Lily looked unable to speak for a moment. She kept opening her mouth and closing it, and James couldn't tell whether she was pleased or not. Finally, she spoke. "James, you know I love you and everything, but don't you think it's too soon? I mean, we only started dating 3 months ago and for the past month and a half we were in a fight. So that means we were technically only together for six weeks. Are you sure you're not just doing this because you're so happy we made up. Just think about what your asking me for a minute…"
"Lily I know it sounds crazy, but we're in love. Time doesn't mean anything. There's nobody in the world I'd rather spend the rest of my life with than you."
"I know, but don't you think we're rushing into this a bit?"
"Who cares if were going fast? We're made for each other; I know it. Realizing it so soon is an advantage, we should make the most of it."
When Lily still looked as though she had some doubts, James tried a different approach, "C'mon Lil, just think about it. We can get do it right after graduation. We have the whole month of July; Auror training doesn't start until August. And we'll have to wait until after the training is over to have kids, but can you imagine how great it'll be when we do? We can live in my parents' mansion; they left me a shit load of money so we'll be able to give the kids anything they want. And with Sirius and Becca as godparents…wow they'll have a great child hood. And with my great looks combined with yours, they'll be gods-"
Lily laughed. "Okay, okay, you've convinced me. Yes James, I'll marry you."
James kissed her again, beaming.
"Can we wait till it's official before we tell everyone else though?" he asked, "Till I've gotten you a ring and everything? We can go shopping for one tomorrow."
"Okay," Lily said, unable to remove the smile from her face.
"So?" James said, grinning slyly. "What do you say we celebrate our engagement?"
"You're never going to change, are you?" Lily said hitting him playfully. "You have no idea how much I want to, but in the past 15 hours you fell fifty feet from a broom, broke half the bones in your body, and then fell into a coma; you need your rest. Let's just try and get to sleep."
"Alright," James said glumly.
Lily moved over and placed her head on James' chest. James wrapped his arms around her, finally feeling at peace with the world. Slowly both of them drifted off to sleep, and spent the rest of the night dreaming about the happy lives they were going to live together.
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As Sirius, Rebecca, and Remus entered the Common Room, they were almost knocked backwards by the explosion that met them. It seemed as though every single Gryffindor had stayed up waiting to hear news about James' condition.
"He's perfectly fine," Sirius said happily to the anxious crowd, "he woke up a little while ago, he'll be out of the hospital wing tomorrow morning!"
For the second time that day, the Common Room was filled with cheers and whistles. The tense, distressed environment changed immediately to a joyful one as everybody began to talk and laugh with their friends.
"Wow," Rebecca said, grinning, "people really do worship James around here. It's like he's a god or something."
"Well of course they worship him," Sirius said cockily, "he is MY best friend. Guys want to be us, girls want to be with us…life's great."
"Sirius, do usa favor and shut up," Rebecca said laughing, "You're such a conceited git."
"Yes, but that's okay because I have a right to be conceited. I'm extremely, unbelievably good-looking, I'm funny and smart, great in bed-"
Remus rolled his eyes. "Becca, for some unexplainable reason you're attracted to this thing, so you can have fun listening to him alone. I'm going to find Katie."
"You forgot to mention amazing kisser," Rebecca said giving him a light kiss after Remus had walked away.
"Ah, yes," Sirius said, wrapping his arms around her waist. "Now that James and Lily are back together, we can get back to normal. No more worrying about James seeing us and getting upset."
"WHAT?!"
Sirius and Rebecca jumped spun around, to see the source of the noise. It was Britney, and she looked slightly hysterical." AFTER ALL THAT, THEY'RE BACK TOGETHER?!" she screeched, "YOU'VE GOT TO BE JOKING!"
"YOU EVIL, LIEING, LOWLIFE BITCH!" Rebecca shrieked, her face contorted with rage. It was the first time she had seen Britney since Alana confessed to them what Britney had done. "WE KNOW WHAT YOU DID! JAMES LOVES LILY, NOT YOU. AND HE NEVER WILL LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE AN UGLY, EASY, PATHETIC WHORE-"
"How dare you talk to me like that!" Britney bellowed indignantly, unaware that the whole entire common room was silent and staring at them. "I did him a favor, getting rid of that mudblood for him. Obviously he's too stupid to see that-"
At that moment, Rebecca lunged at Britney, sending her flying and landing on top of her. She punched every part of Britney's body she could reach until Sirius and a few of Britney's friends pulled them apart. Britney gave Rebecca one last dirty look, before turning around and running to her dorm. Her friends did the same and then followed. Rebecca turned to Sirius who was staring at her with his mouth hanging open, unable to speak, as was the rest of the people in the completely silent Common Room. Everybody knew that Rebecca could really be a bitch, but nobody had ever seen her lash out like that.
"Well?" She yelled, looking around at her fellow Gryffindors, "What in the bloody hell are you looking at? THE SHOWS OVER!"
She grabbed Sirius' hand, and pulled him up to her dorm. She paced around the room, while Sirius sat on her bed, still staring at her in awe.
"WHY THE FUCK DID YOU PULL ME OFF OF HER?" she yelled, glaring at him, "THAT BITCH DESERVES ALL THE PAIN SHE CAN GET AND YOU KNOW IT. WHY DIDN'T YOU LET ME-"
She stopped yelling for a minute and stared at him, because a huge grin had just spread across his face.
"ARE YOU BRAIN DAMAGED? YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SMILE WHEN I'M YELLING AT YOU!" she screamed, infuriated.
"You have no idea how sexy you are when you're angry."
"You're fucking sick, you know that?" she said, incredulously. "I nearly rip a girl's head off and it turns you on? You've got to be kidding me."
"I assure you, I'm not kidding," he said, still grinning mischievously. He grabbed her hand, and pulled her on top of him, kissing her passionately.
Rebecca hesitated for a moment and then pulled away. "Sirius, stop it! I am so not in the mood right now."
"I think I can change that," he said, pulling her back down and kissing her again.
Rebecca sighed and gave in. "How do you do this to me?" she asked, frustrated that he had so much power over her that he could change her mood in an instant. "How can you make me want you so much even when I'm so pissed that I'm about to kill you?"
"It's a gift," he whispered, as he began kissing her neck.
Rebecca smiled; Sirius was the only person in the world who could make her truly happy no matter what was happening. "I love you," she said, "more than words can describe."
Sirius looked up. "I don't need words to describe it, because I know exactly how you feel. I love you too." He said, running her hand through his hair.
He kissed her again, and this time she kissed him back, stopping only to pull her shirt over her head, him doing the same.
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Sorry, this is a short chapter, but I had to put something up since it's been a while since I updated and I left you guys with a really big cliffy in the last chapter. I've reached 50 reviews, yay! But I'm a greedy bitch and want more so please keep reviewing. I probably won't be able to update until next weekend, but the week after that is the Thanksgiving break so I'll update a lot then.