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I am Incredebly sorry for the length of time this has taken. The post it's self has been ready for a while, I um just um Cough got banned from uploading Cough due to a minor mistake I made ages ago!
Anyway, here it is. The last Phase! Please enjoy! And for the last time...
Summary- James Potter Has the biggest ego at Hogwarts, or so he thought. When he became head boy, he found that the girl he always fought with, had one to match his own. See what happens when their passionate hate for each other becomes into a passionate something else.
Disclaimer- Although I am talented, and can rite fabtabulously, I am not J.K. Rowling, therefore I am not a multimillionaire (In fact the richest woman in England) I do however live in England. I also do not own any film rights and am not part of WB. Blah blah blah. By the way I lied about the first bit (me riting brilliantly)
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Jessie xxx
Ps- I believe this is the longest phase yet.
Phase Seventeen- Living happily ever after...
"So Prongsie, where were you last night?" Sirius grinned at the tired looking best mate of his who had just sat down at the Gryffindore breakfast table. It was their final meal before they set off home to begin their new independent lives. "You didn't sleep in our dorms all night." James just yawned.
"You and Lily were just doing final head duties no doubt. In the heads common room?" Peter said keeping a straight face. Sirius barked a laugh.
"No actually I wasn't in the heads common room." James smiled.
"Lily's room then?" Remus asked. James shook his head.
"Mcgonagal's office?" Sirius smiled back. The three other boys all turned to him. He returned their looks in amusement. "What, oh come on I was joking." He laughed. "So where were you Prongs?"
"Prefects bathroom." He replied simply.
"All night?!" Peter asked in disbelief. James' grin broadened.
"Well Lily wanted to try something new!" The other boys all began laughing.
"Whats funny?" Lily asked as she took a seat next to James nuzzling his neck affectionately.
"Just Peter getting caught by Mcgonagal again." James smiled.
"So Lily how are you? Future Mrs Potter. I'm impressed." Lily beamed at him.
"I'm very good thank you." She said moving closer into James.
"Well at least we all know who wears the trousers in your relationship. Not everyday you hear of the girl proposing." James blushed.
"Nothing wrong with it, though is there? It was a very spontaneous yet desperate gesture, I just got struck there and then with the need to know I was going to spend the rest of my life with the man I love."
"Well isn't that sweet." Sirius stopped and suddenly started sniffing the air. "Say Lily, you smell sweet, have you just had a bath?" He said grinning at her. Lily looked confused for a second then cottoned on.
"JAMES!" She gasped, hitting him softly. "You can't ju..." As the mail owls flew over head a red envelope dropped in front of her.
"Lil, you got a howler?" James asked as they both looked at each other. "Better open it. Last time I got one from my Nan, I tried to ignore it, got left with no eyebrows." Lily opened it cautiously, she had already attracted the attention of half of the school.
"LILLIAN MARIE EVANS, HOW COULD YOU GET ENGAGED AND NOT EVEN TELL US ABOUT IT!
INSTEAD WE HAVE TO HEAR IT FROM YOUR BROTHER!
AND TO THAT BOY POTTER.
NOW YOUR FATHER MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT HIM, BUT HIS FAMILY ARE NOTHING BUT TROUBLE, DID YOU HEAR ABOUT HIS PARENTS GETTING THEMSELVES KILLED BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO DAM STUBBORN TO ANSWER ONE SIMPLE QUESTION.
AND YOU'VE APPARENTLY MOVED OUT? WERE YOU PLANNING ON TELLING US? NOW YOUNG LADY WE MAY HAVE PUT UP WITH YOUR BAD ATTITUDE BEFORE BUT NOW WE MEAN BUSINESS, EXPECT TO SEE US LATER TODAY TO PICK YOU UP FROM THE STATION!"
Lily numbly watched as the letter went up in flames falling as soot onto her breakfast. She turned to James who was just as pale as she was having heard his own name being yelled about.
"Ignore that I don't believe it." She started. "It's just my step mother trying to control me."
"I know love don't worry." James said with a quivering voice. Lily was angry, what right did that, that lady have telling her about what to do with her life? She wasn't even her mother. She would show them. She got up abruptly and made her way to the Slytherin table. Everyone looked at her. Even those who knew here were shocked, all except for those few people who knew. Why on earth would she go to the Slytherin table?
"SNAPE, WHAT RIGHT DID YOU HAVE TO TELL ALL THAT STUFF TO YOUR MOTHER?
WELL YOU CAN TELL HER THAT I AM MARRYING JAMES, I'M NEVER COMING BACK TO THE HELL HOLE HER AND MY FATHER THINK IS A HOME, AND NOT TO BOTHER LOOKING FOR ME AS EVEN IF THEY FIND ME I WILL NOT ACKNOWLAGE THEM.
THEY ARE NO LONGER RELATED TO ME!
AND YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT ALL THE STUFF I SAID ABOUT VISITING ME. FOR A SHORT SECOND I THOUGHT YOU WERE ACTUALLY KIND OF ACTING LIKE A BROTHER. BUT NOW YOU ARE STILL THE BANE OF MY EXISTANCE, YOU AND YOUR TRAMP OF A MOTHER!
IF YOU TWO HADN'T APPEARED I WOULD STILL HAVE A HAPPY FAMILY, AND A REAL MOTHER..."
Lily was going to continue but she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see James behind her glaring at Snape.
"Come on Lily, we should go." Not once did he take his glare off Snape until Lily turned.
"It's not my fucking fault you're bastard of a father fell for my mother. AND YOU KNOW WHAT I NEVER WANTED A MUDBLOOD OF A SISTER!" He yelled after her.
"STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM HER SNAPE AND SHUT YOU SLIMY MOUTH.
IF WE EVER HEAR THAT YOU'VE SO MUCH AS TALKED TO OUR LILY THEN YOU WILL NOT SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY AGAIN!
AND EVEN WITH ALL THE DARK THINGS YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THINGS THAT YOU WOULD NEVER IMAGINE POSSIBLE." Sirius growled, Peter and Remus in tow behind him. And with a final glare each they followed Lily and James steps out of the hall.
"Snape, your mum is married to Evans' father?" Malfoy said amused. "You're half sister is that fucking mudblood! I thought you told us that she was fine? And that you went in on her in the bath?"
"Shut up Malfoy." Snape muttered, but Malfoy looked like he was not going to give in. He had that glint in his eyes. "Or I'll tell them about your obsession about Evans." That shut Malfoy up. He knew very well what he had been trying to do that day that Snape stopped him.
"Fine." Malfoy said.
"4 fucking years I manage to keep it a secret and on the last day the whole sodden school finds out." Snape muttered darkly to him self-feeling the whispers all around him.
Lily was far from ok; she was in the entrance hall scaring 4 eighteen-year- old boys. She was effing and blinding cursing the ground her father and his wife ever walked on. The boys kept trying to calm her down, but everytime they did she would hit them (and not softly either). Finally James grabbed her, hugging her to him whilst holding her arms down by her sides.
"It's ok Lil, you never have to see any of them again, we'll make sure of it. We won't let them come near you again. I promise." Lily stopped struggling and leant against him completely.
"I know, it's just... it's just... It's not fair! I hate them all and everything they've done to me." She broke down into sobs. Shaking against James' chest, he just held her stroking her hair till the tears subsided. He knew how she hated appearing weak to anyone, She hadn't let him see the weaker side of her until she had to. She was a very tough and independent girl. James had learnt that much about her at least.
"Shhh, I know it's not fair, life isn't fair. Neither Snape or his mother, had any right to say anything they did in there." James then got an evil glint in his eyes and bent down closer to her whispering into her ear. She couldn't help it, her face lit into a watery grin and she giggled girlishly.
"James." She laughed playfully. "Don't bring that up whilst your friends are here!" She giggled. He looked at her innocently. Lily turned to the other three. "Thanks for sticking up for me in there. It's really good to know that you guys have my back." She smiled. They all grinned back at her.
"Course we do, You're Prong's girl!" Peter smiled. "It's weird to think that you two are getting married.
And that we were. From a relationship, which was supposed to be No strings attached, we seemed to be all tied up.
Soon enough we were home. James was still staying with his Grandparents, we weren't going to live together until we were married. We needed some Surprise's for when we were hitched.
Well when we told James' grandparents of our engagement was a whole new story; they were ecstatic to say the least. They announced it to the wizarding community at their own 60th wedding anniversary. I remember it as though it were yesterday.
"60 years with John doesn't seem long enough." James' Grandma started when she was asked for a speech. "I still love him now as much as I ever did. We only wish that we still had our little Harry with us. But unfortunately we don't. We do however have his son, James, our Grandson. Seeing him grow up under our roof. We have been privileged to have him in our lives and now his time has come to experience what we have experienced. James has just recently gotten engaged to his girlfriend Lily Evans. I would like to end this little speech in toasting many more happy years between John and I and more For James and Lily. Thank you all for coming, your support is important to us."
"To the Potters." One family friend raised his glass. The rest of the hall followed and toasted my soon to be family.
A year later I became a Potter. James and I hadn't wanted a rushed engagement; we wanted to sort ourselves out first. I got myself a simple office job at the ministry. I would start at the bottom and work myself up to a higher more prestigious position.
James was always the eager one; he wanted to become an Aurour. I always knew he would want to do that you could just see the fight in him! Plus with what happened to his parents- well most people who had been through an experience like he had with his parents would be like that.
Sirius surprised us all when he announced that he had enrolled in Healer training. When we questioned his motives, he replied with the response; "I like the outfits the medi witches wear." This caused multiple sighs and sets of rolling eyes. And there we were thinking that he had some secret side to him where he was actually serious.
Remus was struggling a losing battle against the ministry all the time. Everytime he thought he was able to get a job, a new law came into action and would knock him back down. There was a reason why werewolves were often quite violent and it wasn't because it was in their nature, it was because of the way they were always shunned by the wizarding community. Remus managed to find himself a job down Knockturn alley. When he was asked about it, he replied with; "Unfortunately I have to have a job, they don't ask questions. Wizards got to work, werewolf's got to eat." He smiled sheepishly.
Peter shocked us the most; he began training in becoming a professor. He was going to teach at a very prestigious wizarding school in Bulgaria. Durmstrang. It was a long way from home, but he promised to floo back at weekends.
When I walked down the aisle, there was not one member of my family there. I hadn't invited any of them. I was walking towards my family. Guided by John Potter, I walked towards James. His best man Sirius and Remus and Peter the groomsmen. On my side stood James' grandma, Rosemary Potter. She was my matron of honour. That foiled all Sirius' ideas of the best man getting with the maid of honour. I didn't really have any girl mates, the girls from my dorm were at the wedding but since school we hadn't really spoken. So my bridesmaids were James' neighbours. It was funny how my life solely revolved around James. I used to be so independent. But now I didn't care, because I was marrying the man of my dreams, James was my past, my present and my future. I loved him. And my heart was his well before I said the words I do.
3 months after we wed, there was another announcement. Peter had just gotten engaged to one of the other teachers at Durmstrang. Their engagement party was the first time any of us had gotten to meet her. She was really pretty and really quiet. Peter seemed to be happy so none of us could complain. This just meant that peter disappeared more often. We were getting used to it.
In fact Peter wasn't the only culprit who was guilty of spending less time with us. Remus was constantly disappearing, claiming he had to be all sorts of places. None of us knew where.
Sirius was also with us less and less. He had moved out of the Potters a long time ago. Becoming a Healer meant lots of studying and many unsociable hours. His workload seemed to have consumed him. He was becoming a workaholic. Now in knowing Sirius, we were shocked to say the least.
James and I were not consumed with work, we were consumed with each other. Even after 6 months of marriage we still acted like newly weds. We thrived on the intimate moments, the late nights and the new ways we could express our selves to the other.
The next time we met up was at Peter's wedding. That was when we were all there as a group again. James had always been with his mates, they had always been close and they all knew what the other would be thinking. Even after a long time apart they had fun, they laughed it wasn't awkward to say the least. They made a promise that night that they would all meet up at least once every 2 weeks. Life was never the same when you battled it alone.
I could always see why James relied on the company of his fellows they were all like brothers. We had been meeting up as a group every 2 weeks no matter how busy we were no matter whom the guys were seeing. None of us missed a meeting. Sirius even apperated back twice from when he went away for a month long healer training course.
James and I had been happily married for 2 years. We hardly even fought any more, but when we did it was so worth it when we made up afterwards. The most passionate and spontaneous experiences happen after a good scream. That's how we got engaged, that's how it would always be. I was used to James telling his mates about them too, then they would tease us about them. In fact Sirius had made a list of all the different places James had told him about. Sometimes I was a little worried.
Anyway, it had just been one of our little get together's. We were about to toast mine and James' 2nd wedding anniversary over Champagne when apparently Sirius pulled my husband to the side, without my knowledge.
"Should she be drinking that?" He asked James. Well James was surprised to say the least.
"What do you mean should she be drinking that. Of course she should it's her wedding anniversary too." He stuttered.
"No I mean with being pregnant." Sirius said. James began choking. "You did know she was pregnant didn't you?"
"What? Lily's pregnant? She told you?" James was utterly confused, not only was his wife pregnant? She had told his best friend before him?
"No I just gathered you knew. I worked it out. I'm a healer, I know these things. So you're telling me that neither of you know?"
"How do you know she's pregnant? I mean it could just be you fooling yourself... right?" Sirius looked at his best mate. If anyone was responsible enough to have children this man was. Yet he seemed to be scared of it.
"James, Lily is pregnant. Look at her." Both men gazed at the red head in question. "First note that glow in her cheeks, that's not as a result to what you did with her last night. That's the first sign that someone is expecting. Second see the way she's eating her dinner, she's being very picky. She's subconsciously picking out the comfort food so to speak. See, the cheese off the pasta's coming off, then out comes the sausage." James nodded watching his wife. "Ok, look then see that, she's sitting on a cushion and look how she keeps fidgeting- that there is what we call nesting. I expect she's been having a few mood swings recently as well. James, bring her to me tomorrow at the hospital and I'll give her a check over, but I am almost certain I can see those signs. And meanwhile, no alcohol for her." He glanced at his mate whom was looking quite nervous. "Come here you fool." Sirius said pulling his mate into a hug. "Congratulations man. I knew you had it in you. I promise you guys will make fabulous parents." James smiled.
"We will won't we. I'm gonna have a kid."
"Champagne and orange juice for all!" James announced bringing in a tray. He gave each person a glass.
"James, Has this got any Champagne in it?" Lily asked after they had toasted their wedding anniversary. She had taken a sip and instantly found fault. Dam it James thought.
He hadn't wanted to tell lily there that he suspected she was with child. He had wanted to talk to her privately. So he had simply not put champagne in her glass just orange juice.
"Course it has darling." He replied nervously. She seemed to accept his answer.
Later that evening I confronted James.
"Why did you keep swapping my drinks earlier?" I asked him.
James cowered under my gaze. "Lily I need you to sit down." He said softly. And I did so looking nervously at him. "Now I know we've talked about having children in the future. How would you feel if that future was very soon in deed?"
"You want to try for a child?" I had asked cautiously. "You want to get me pregnant?"
"Lil's honey, we're a step ahead of that. You are pregnant." I was brought to earth like a ton of bricks.
"How... how do you know that?" I asked.
"Sirius seems pretty certain about it. He wants you to go and get checked out by him tomorrow."
"I'm going to have a baby?" My hands flew to my stomach. Was I ready for this responsibility? I could just about look after James- how would I manage another one?
"No Lily, we're going to have a baby." James said looking up into my eyes. His hand finding itself on top of mine. "And we're going to a great job in bringing it up. It'll be lucky to have us as parents." He put his fingers under my chin and pulled my softly to his lips. He kissed me sweetly. "I love you." He whispered. And all my fear instantly died. We had each other and together we could handle anything. Even that dark lord himself.
Well I got checked out and Sirius the bloody prat was of course right. It was weird having him analyse me. I mean it was one thing Sirius being a healer, but he actually had to touch me. It felt slightly awkward, but of course he was nothing but professional.
"Well, I'm happy to say that you guys are expecting a little baby boy." Sirius said to the couple he knew so well sitting before him in his office. "Congratulations." We then proceeded to hug and on my behalf spill a few (or a lot of) tears.
We apperated off to James' grandparents house straight away.
We entered the front room where James' grandpa sat smoking his pipe.
"Hey pup." James smiled. "Where's ma?"
"Do I hear the patter of young feet?" James' Grandma came in smiling. I looked at James and he too had adopted a face of confusion. She didn't already know did she? "Whats do we owe this pleasure then dears?"
"Ma, we have something important to tell you." James said. He looked at me taking my hand and silently telling me to carry on.
"Ma, Pup," I continued. They refused on letting me call them anything else. "How would you like to hear the sound of really young feet? I'm afraid we're making you great grand parents." She smiled.
"Oh my gosh. That is wonderful news my dears!" Ma said rushing to hug us both. "Ow how I did hope that I would get a chance to see my great grandchildren in my life time." She gushed.
"I'm proud of you son. I am really proud of you. And I know your father would be too." James' grandpa said getting up and ruffling his grandsons hair. "And you, I don't know how you've managed to put up with him for so long." I laughed.
"Well he makes me breakfast." I replied.
The other boys were just as excited for us. We were the first to make all the big steps sex, moving in together, marriage and now having a baby. Sirius and Remus hell they hadn't even lasted in a yearlong relationship yet. Both for different reasons.
Remus didn't want to bring anyone close enough to have to tell his secret to and Sirius, well Sirius enjoyed playing the field, and if he were a quidditch player he would be the best dam player on that field!
In fact he had managed to play half of the nurses at the hospital. So much for professional. When I told him this all he could respond with was; "I can't help it, it's just the uniform." Hopeless.
Well nine excruciating months later, I either had to have the dam child or I'm sure James would've filed for a divorce. My mood swings were quite frequent, and I often took out my condition on him.
I also managed to break his hand during the birth. What!? It was a painful experience!! Sirius delivered our baby. I thought that it might have been awkward but it really wasn't- I wouldn't have wanted anyone else to tell you the truth. Sirius was almost like a brother to me, he was a brother to James. Although Sirius did complain that he got the boring job in our little sons birth. Pervert!
Only July the 31st, just as the day ended, we announced to the world the birth of our first child Harry James Potter, after James' father. We could not have been prouder.
It seemed however our euphoria was not to last long. Just before Harry had been born James and I had agreed to join a secret society against the dark forces. You see for roughly 10 years a dark wizard by the name of Voldemort had been gradually gaining power and now, there was a reported death or suspicious disappearance at least once a week. We were entailed to help stop it, go under cover and keep an ear out. When Harry was born we stumbled across a problem. It seemed that a prophecy had been announced, one which involved our little bundle of joy.
Our boy, was one of two whom could defeat the dark lord. Therefore, the dark lord wanted him dead. We had to spend our time together in hiding. Instead of going out on family outings to the zoo, or the park, we had to stay at home where Dumbledore had put a million and one protections on it.
The thing, which got me through our confinement, was that fact that I got to stay with the two people that I loved the most in the whole entire world. I got to be there with my son when he spoke his first word. I got to witness his first steps. I got to give my husband a good rogering anytime I felt like it! (when Harry was asleep of course)
Still our efforts were going to waste, Voldemort still seemed to be finding us. When Harry was just one year old, we were told that one of our closest friends was betraying us. Naturally we refused to believe it. How could someone that we had grown up with be passing such information to that beast? It was really upsetting and we had many arguments over it. We decided with Dumbledore's help that the only way foreword was the fidelius charm. We had to choose a person we trusted to be our secret keeper, that person alone would hold the key to our fate. We chose Sirius. But Sirius thought that the he knew whom the traitor was and he wanted to throw the werewolf off the scent. So Sirius persuaded us to change our secret keeper to Peter. Nobody would expect us to use Peter, right?
Only one week after the charm was performed Peter betrayed us.
Voldemort came after us. And finally he found us.
He found us and he tried to destroy us.
"Lily it's him!" James shouted at me, urgency in his voice. "Lily, take Harry and run!"
"No James not with out you." I cried back. I knew this would be our last encounter. I knew this would be the last time I would ever see my husband alive.
"Lily I love you, please go." James said gripping my arms and holding me tight. Somehow it comforted me. I lent up and kissed him harshly one last time, Harry was held tightly in-between our bodies. James kissed me back with as much passion and remorse as I had. "Go." He said pushing us up the stairs.
"I love you." I cried as I ran up the stairs. I couldn't bare watch the man I loved die. I ran into Harry's room and barriered up the door. I took Harry over to his cot and held him tightly crying my heart out. For the first time in my life I didn't feel ashamed about crying, for the first time in my life I knew exactly what was happening and I knew I had no control over it.
The door slammed open with a flash of red light. Voldemort was here.
And suddenly I realised what I had to do. I had to save my son. He was after my son, and I had to save him.
And that's what I did. I saved him.
I refused to get out of the dark lords' way and I took the unforgivable curse instead of Harry. And in dieing for my son I gave Harry the same protection James had received from his parents. I had given him my love.
Voldemort came to Godric's Hollow that night to destroy the Potter family.
Voldemort failed his quest.
Voldemort thought he had destroyed us, in actual fact he had only killed us. In destroying us he would have had to gotten rid of our souls, our beliefs. But they still resided in our friends, our family and our son. The soul survivor of this tragic night.
You see Voldemorts plan backfired, in trying to kill something so innocent he managed to strip himself of all his powers.
And my son, Harry Potter lived on.
My life was supposed to be simple, after all I was Lily Evans I was perfect, I was wrong.
I thought I had life figured, I thought that it was every girl for herself. If you wanted something done right- do it yourself.
That's what I had learnt from my parents mistakes.
And that's what I believed until I met him, until I met James.
When I began to get to know him better, I found myself feeling things for him, which I didn't want to have because I didn't believe that they could be true. So instead I turned them into feelings of passion and angst.
I wanted a relationship, but I didn't want a commitment. I didn't want to have my life ended in the same misery of my mothers. That's why I invented a relationship with the man, whom I wouldn't admit that I loved, one of non- committal sex, one with no strings attached.
Little did I know then that there was no such thing. A relationship, which involves only a physical attraction, must have some kind of mental attraction behind it. There is no such thing as a relationship that you are not mentally involved in. That was my mistake.
I'm lucky I had James to amend it.
If not I would have lived longer but unhappier. I wouldn't have had a life worth living at all. I wouldn't have even got cats because I would have been to scared that they wouldn't return home.
My life was complete, I had loved I had lived and I no longer went by the rules of "No strings attached"
This is Lily Evans signing off.