After finalizing the time for that night, Lily and James went their separate ways. Ecstatic, James felt like dancing through the halls and letting everyone know that he kissed Lily Evans. He started off, working his way outside but stopped. Right now James wanted to be alone. Turning around, he headed back to the dormitories to get the Marauder's Map and his invisibility cloak. With the map in hand and the cloak on his back, he headed down to the one-eyed crone. After climbing in, James found himself on the familiar path to Honeydukes. He let his mind wander as he worked his way through the curves and turns of the underground trail. James thought of what he could do tonight to impress Lily and convince her that they belonged together.

"Tonight," James thought, "must be perfect."

As James climbed the steps to the trapdoor, he couldn't help but feel excited yet so nervous at the same time. ------------------------------------------------------

Lily, still a little flustered, walked up to her dormitory and laid down on her bed. Today's events had made her mentally exhausted, let alone physically exhausted. She closed her eyes and let herself drift into a deep, dreamful sleep.

Lily heard slow, beautiful music around her and the smell of roses filled her lungs. Opening her eyes she saw she was no longer in her bed but outside, in a meadow with her friends and family. They were all smiling and looked so happy. Lily looked down at herself and realized she was wearing a white wedding gown. With off-white ribbon, tied in long, flowing bows, the dress looked amazing. Walking over to a mirror that was standing off to the side, Lily looked at herself. She hadn't aged much, but she could tell that she was older than she was now. Her long, red hair fell onto her face and Lily pushed it back, looking at her simple vial. It was a simple band of white roses, weaved together. All of a sudden the dream made sense. Backing away from the mirror, Lily saw that all of her family sat be seated in elegant white chairs. Then the Wedding March began to play. Knowing what to do, Lily walked down the aisle towards her soon to be husband, not exactly knowing yet who he was. As she made it up to the front, she turned around to look at her soon-to-be husband. As she looked up she saw James Potter staring back at her. She looked up and...

"Lily, Lily. Wake up. Are you feeling ok? You've been acting so strange. I heard you passed out! What's the matter? Dinner is soon. Don't you want to come down?" asked Alice, sitting at the foot of Lily's bed.

Rubbing her eyes, Lily looked at her watch. It was already 6:14. Not wanting to sound like a hypocrite and tell Alice she was going out with James tonight, she lied and told Alice she wasn't hungry.

"Sorry, I guess I'm coming down with something. Just go to dinner without me. I'm just going to stay here and rest. I'll be fine, really, go." she said.

"Ok, I guess. Are you sure? Ok, I hope you feel better." said a reluctant Alice as she walked out the door.

As soon as Lily was sure Alice had truly left, she anxiously jumped out of bed and to her closet, trying to decide what she should wear for tonight. ------------------------------------------------------

Since it was almost dusk, Hogsmeade wasn't very crowded, which was good for James. It was insanely hard trying to move around in a crowd with an invisibility cloak on and still not step or bump anyone. He wandered around for a while, just watching the regulars shop and eat. Looking up at the large clock in the center of the village, James realized that he had stayed to long. Although this trip to Hogsmeade had made James more relaxed, he still had no idea what he was going to do tonight. Working his way back to Honeydukes, James realized he had walked outside of the usual boundaries. He passed some large, rocky mountains and realized he was by the shrieking shack. Then it hit him, so excited, James ran back to the Honeydukes cellar and was back at Hogwarts in record time. He took off the cloak and stuffed it into his pocket. James bolted up to the Gryffindor commons room where Sirius, Peter, and Remus were playing a game of wizard's chess.

"Ha! Take that Peter! I win again!" said Sirius to a disappointed Wormtail, "Oh, James, I see you've returned from where you decided to vanish too."

"Yeah... I ....went....to...Hogsmeade...I... have...an...idea." said James, panting for breath. ------------------------------------------------------

Skimming through her closet, Lily decided on her emerald dress robes for that night. Now for her hair, Lily rarely did much with her hair. She liked being simple but tonight was special. Laying out all of her supplies, from muggle hairspray to Magical Mindy's Super Hold Styling Gel, Lily used her wand to lock the bathroom door behind her. She knew that Alice, her only roommate, had a meeting with Professor McGonagall after dinner and then was sleeping over at another friend's dorm that night so Lily would have complete privacy as she prepared. After a couple hours and many mistakes with her hair, Lily was finally ready, and just in time too. ------------------------------------------------------

James paced through his room, he was already dressed and fixed for that night but Remus still wasn't back yet from a small errand James had asked him to run.

"Where is he? It shouldn't take this long. He was caught. I'm going to go down there and see if everything is ok." James said as he headed for the door.

Peter and Sirius jumped in front of him before he could run out.

"James, will you calm down! Remus is fine. He'll be back any minute." said Peter.

"Yeah Prongs, just relax. I don't know, think of Lily, that always makes you go all weird and stuff," Laughed Sirius.

"Oh very funny. But...ok, I'll stay. Moony better be back soon though or I'm going down there." said James, giving up.

Right then, Remus ran in panting. "It's ready," he said with a smile.