Chapter 11: Graduation
The school year went by quickly and the six Marauders had taken N.E.W.T.S and luckily they all passed. Dumbledore had bought James and Lily a house in Godric's Hollow as an early wedding gift.
"I can't believe we're graduating tomorrow." Lily said suntanning again.
"See I can believe that, what I can't believe is that you two have the patients to sun bath every day this week." James said walking up to the two girls.
"Yeah but at least we aren't as pale as you." Bailey said laughing.
"Yeah well at least I won't get sun cancer when I'm older." James snapped back. Bailey shut up instantly.
"So have you and Sirius been able to be alone recently?" Lily asked.
"What! You've been boinking Sirius?" James yelled.
"Like you haven't with Lily." Bailey commented back.
"That's different." James yelled back.
"How is that any different?" Lily joined in.
"It just is! Sirius said he was going to protect you."
"He has but we are also in love." Bailey said looking at James. "I love Sirius."
James was shocked at Bailey's outburst and ran to find Sirius. "Sirius! Where are you?" James yelled in the Gryffindor weight room.
"Here what is it James?" Sirius asked beofre James punched him. "What was that for?"
"You! You've been sleeping with Bailey! How could you man! That's my niece!" James yelled pulling his fist back for another punch, instead of punching Sirius he hit the punching bag behind Sirius' head.
"James I have been protecting her, but she's been my girlfriend for 11 months James, and it's not like it was a one night stand! I love her." Sirius said ducking again.
"At least it's not a one night stand or I would have killed you!" James said hitting the punching bad again."So you really love her?"
"Yeah I do. I'm thinking about proposing during graduation." Sirius said sitting next to James.
"Good luck, and congradulations." James smiled. "Sorry about that."
"No problem. I would have done the same thing if I was in your position." Sirius said healing his black eye.
"Let's not tell Bailey or Lily about this." Sirius said.
"Fine wiht me, they would kill me if they knew what I had done."
"We better get ready graduation is in an hour." Sirius helped James up. At graduation Dumbledore stood up to make a speech.
"Congradulations on making it through Hogwarts. You came knowing very little about magic and are leaving filled with knowledge, new friends, and in love we will miss you all. Before we get started one of your fellow students have asked me to do him a favor." Dumbledore handed over the ceremony to Sirius.
"As most of you know Bailey means the world to James and I. She's had a very rough year at Hogwarts. I'm just hoping that I can make her year and the rest of her life better Bailey Potter will you marry me?" Sirius got off stage and got on bende dknee in front of Bailey.
"Yes," Bailey said crying. She had always dreamt of Sirius proposing to her since James had proposed to Lily. Sirius hugged Bailey and kissed her. After graduation Bailey, Sirius, Peter, and Remus said good by to James and Lily as they left for Auror training.
"So Sirius, Remus, I can trust you to take care of Bailey for me?" James said hugging his friends.
"Of course. You better get going you still have to get settled into your new house." Remus said hugging Lily. The then apparated to the Ministry of Magic.
"Lupin, Peter that manor is going to be very lonely, and it's every big if you two watned to move in your more than welcome." Bailey said turning towards them.
"We would love to. We'll move in Friday since we go home Thursday we can use magic to pack and be there the next day." Lupin said hugging her. The trip home on the Hogwarts express was fun. They played exploding snaps and a muggle card game called UNO. They decided to go by train since it would be their last ride on the Scarlett and Black steam engine.
"I'm going to miss Hogwarts." Bailey said shuffling the UNO deck.
"Yeah but now you have your whole future ahead of you." Sirius said laying on one of the benches.
"Yep, and luckily that future includes you." Bailey said smiling.