Chapter 19- Done Waiting

Lily had found herself feeling better as the week went on, even though the daunting question of results plagued her a bit. The Marauders and Samantha found ways to distract her, something Lily couldn't thank them enough for. It was one morning at breakfast that a strange owl with a owl post tag on it arrived and landed in front of Lily. Remus and Sirius were arguing over something (it was really Sirius just stating that Remus was incorrect in the topic to get a good reaction) and Peter was engrossed in some paper he had refused to show the rest of them. "A note from a girlfriend?" James asked raising his eyebrows.

"Not likely," Sirius had responded.

James's attention was focused on Lily and the letter she had opened carefully, as if something horrible might spring out at her if she were careless. Samantha's nose was stuck in a book, but you could see her look over the pages of her latest novel every so often to gauge the reaction.

Lily's eyes scanned over the letter and stopped somewhere near the end. It started back at the top once more and did the same thing. James tried hard not to ask or say anything as Lily covered her mouth, making it difficult to absorb the full expression on Lily's face. Her eyes started welling up, but she choked them back as she folded the letter and placed it between two books in her bag. James went back to the conversation, and Lily joined in a bit after. They were there right before classes, and Peter had taken to asking James all sorts of stupid questions, so he didn't get to ask Lily what the letter had said.

James didn't have the first class with her, since he took Muggle studies and Lily had taken to Arithmancy , so he sat impatiently through the class, tapping annoyingly on his desk, watching the minute hand move. Once James even thought the hands on the clock were going backwards, and nearly screamed in the middle of the lecture on how automobiles function, and why Wizarding methods of travel are so much more efficient.

The bell rang, and before anyone knew what was going on James was out the door. "Slow down," Flich shouted after him, though James didn't pay any attention.

He skit in front of the classroom just as Lily was coming out, shocking her. "What's the news?"

"What?" Lily said, not understanding.

"Come on, Lily, I can't stand it what's the news?"

"Oh," Lily said, shaking her head in remembrance, then grinned. "It worked."

James, unable to contain himself, picked Lily up around the waist and spun her around whooping in celebration. "Mr. Potter," reprimanded McGonagall, who walked out of the class with Professor Vector, who was confused by this display.

"Sorry Professor," James said, setting Lily down, who looked as though she had slept with a hanger in her mouth. "I, uh, just…we have to go," James said abruptly, grabbing Lily by the hand, puller her around the corner.

"James, we have to get to Defense against th-"

"Not yet," James said, leaning down and kissing her. "So do you have to do the treatments anymore." This would be the deciding factor to whether the potion had worked or not, though James had already been acting as though it had. It was also the deciding factor if Snape was going to be alive by the end of the day.

"No," Lily said, tears starting to find their way back to her eyes again. "They said it's a miracle, and I think they're right. It's not often you get another chance."

"No it's not," James said, smiling wide as he leaned down to kiss Lily again. Now she's completely mine, he thought.

On the Train back home

N.E.W.T.s had gone well, and all of the seventh years had been celebrating the past two or three days. Everyone took their trunks and got into groups to go to Hogsmeade. They were getting onto the train. James and Lily walked together, trying to see where the others had found a compartment. James opened one compartment door with Lily holding his hand and standing just behind him, and saw Severus Snape, alone.

"What do you want?" Severus snapped at James.

"Nothing from a slime ball like you," he retorted back.

"Stop it James," Lily said forcefully, tugging on his arm. It was the first that Severus had realized she was there, and he just looked down instead of getting out his wand and hexing James; that and Severus still had a Life-debt to James. "Come on, we have to find the others."

"Fine," James said, finally passing the compartment.

Severus looked up and saw Lily pass with a small smile and a glance at his book bag, which was sitting on top of his trunk. When she was gone, he looked in and found a piece of parchment, carefully folded into thirds and sealed with wax. He took a gulp, broke the seal, and began to read.

Severus,

It's crazy to think we're done with school. Finally done! I'm sure you're glad you'll never have to do another charm lesson, though I hope you'll continue with potions. You're so brilliant in it and I'm sure you'll go far in whatever you do. Thank you for all of your help over the years. Good luck in whatever you do, and I sincerely hope that whatever it is you do we'll meet up again someday.

Until later,

Lily Evans

Severus folded up the paper, which over the next few months would become much worn.

They arrived at Platform 9 ¾ where all the parents were waiting to greet their students. Petunia and Josh were standing near the entrance. Kyla and Michael came up to meet them as they came off the train. "This is Lily, Mum," James introduced, another large smile plastered onto his face.

"Good to meet you after hearing so much," Kyla said, giving Lily a large hug. "I hope you know James isn't as big a prat as he seems," she added in a whisper.

"I know," Lily said, laughing. They all walked over to Lily's family and everyone was introduced, though Petunia hung back being a bit uncomfortable with so many of these people she didn't quite understand anything. She started to glare at James when she found out he was the one Lily had been dating for the past few months, though no one took notice of the expression.

As they started to go their separate ways, James came up to Lily, grasped her hands, pulled her in for one last quick kiss, and left something in her hand. "See you soon," he said, then ran off to where his parents were.

Lily waited until she had everything in the trunk of the car and they were ready to go before reading it.

My Lily,

You bloom more beautiful then the thriving wildflowers. You're more lovely than the blue sky on a clear Spring day,

You have more depth in your deep green eyes then in the ocean in the middle of the month of May.

Trying to compare you to any other lovely thing would be in vain, for nothing can compare to how you bloom in my arms; and nothing can bring a smile to my face the way seeing yours does.

A/N: Again a sappy ending, but that's how I work people! I hope you feel I tied up most of the loose ends here. Thank you for everyone who's stuck it out to the end and reviewed for me! I really can't believe it's over! And it lasted a lot longer than I expected, by means of chapters not just time. Please review in this chapter, if nothing else. I appreciate all the support in this one, and I hope that now since this one is over you might check out some other ones I have written. If you liked this one you might like the one I just started entitled: "The Devil's Brand" which is an Oliver Wood story, inspired by the book The Devil's Arithmetic. Or you might enjoy "Blood is Thicker" which is one that focuses on Dennis Creevey. Any support you could give would be appreciated!

Thank you:

Rose in winter: It's only been a week! Well, sorry it took that long anyway. Now it's all done! No, Snape didn't mess it up. I have that he likes Lily, so why would he sabotage it? Sorry there weren't any more smackdowns, but there might be some more in other stories, so keep up with those and you might get what you want…

Bitter Heart: I'm glad you liked it, and thanks for continuing to review. It's good to just know who's reading it.

Animalluvr75: Yes it worked… hehe. Thank you for reviewing and I hope to see your name on other things I write.

JamieBell: Awww, oh faithful one…. Thanks for all your help and letting me vent when I have writer's block and such. James has a wand that's good for transfiguration… hence he transfigured the ring into a flower to pull what he did. I think it's cute too! I think it's important to be supportive either way when it comes to your family, though I like Josh's dumbfoundedness too.

LeoKing: Hola! (That doesn't mean I know Spanish) James has never seemed the type to wait if he didn't have to, and I think he was pretty confident that it worked when she appeared to be getting to get better, and it was only when she got the official letter that he remembered it could have been otherwise. On top of which, I don't see James slowing anything down now that he has her saying yes, though I did try to portray her shock, which I'm afraid didn't work very well, because I'm sure the ring thing would have been going through her head, even though he had her place it on the right hand. I guess the gesture was mostly meant (to me) that James is completing the set (both literally and metaphorically). I know any real doctor would have said what was going on, but I wanted my audience to sweat it out, so I went a little further from reality there. I think you beat JamieBell on longest review in the last chapter hehehe…. Let's see if you can keep it =)

RnB Diva Gurl: She's tried to tell James and them but do they listen??? Noooo….LOL. Thank you for reviewing, and I hope you like this ending!

Josephine Sawyer: I think the subtle things, like the ring being on the right hand when he gives it, is an indication of it not being a proposal, but I can understand where you're coming from. Read my response to LeoKing if you want an explanation on why it was a ring. It was Tom Riddle, and I thought I'd add a cameo thing and see how many people picked up on it. Good for you! Again on the doctor thing read the LeoKing response (since you both had the same concerns) Last, I might go in and edit that James 'look beautiful' thing, because I see you're point, and I haven't decided if I'll do that or not, but I'm considering it. Thank you for all the reviews and emails you've sent to me! They have been most helpful.

KSO: He is romantic, even if it isn't all the time. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed this story.

Brianne: I'm glad you enjoy this one, even if you never read another JL story!