Hey guys! This is the last REAL chapter, so enjoy it. The last chapter will be the Epilogue. Yay! I'm glad to be finishing this story, even though I'm kind of sad. I really liked writing this...hehe. The song is 'Somebody' by Bonnie Mckee.
Chapter 39- The Question
I sit alone
In the dark theatre watchin' the people go by
hand in hand
everybody but me
oh
I stay behind
watchin' the credits roll by
roll roll roll right by me
I know, I won't cry
cause there is somebody somebody somebody waitin' for me
out in the rain
oh cry
not tonight
because there is somebody waitin' for me
oh yeah
I take a walk
the streets are busy tonight
and I am searching for you
waiting to brush your shoulder
But I'm alone
I watch the faces roll by
roll roll roll right by me
But I know, I won't cry
cause' there's somebody somebody somebody waitin' for me
out in the rain
oh cry
not tonight
because there is somebody waitin' for me
A week had passed since Amy was born and Abbey would be returning home with her any moment now. Of course now she and Sirius were getting their own apartment and Anais and I were left alone. Not that we weren't happy for the new parents but we would miss our girl time together. Abbey, however, promised us she would still be available for 'girl talk' whenever we needed it. I doubted it.
"Lily!" Anais called from Abbey's room and I walked into it.
"Hm?' I asked. I saw here bent over some boxes in the back of the room. Yup, we, being the good friends we are, decided to pack for her. She had enough on her hands.
Anais and I took the liberty of buying the rest of the things for Amy that she had forgotten. She was a blonde, you know. Luckily for her she didn't need a job right away. Sirius' uncle left him quite nice amount of money when he was sorted into Gryffindor. Felt some kind of pride at not being the only outcast or something.
"Can you help me move this box? It's pretty heavy." Nese sighed as I walked over to help her lift it.
"Where are we taking it?" I asked.
"Their new place. Sirius just got it and wants to move in right away." She said with a note of sorrow in her voice.
I smiled weakly and nodded, grabbing two corners of the box and lifting it up.
"Ugh." We both moaned and apparated to Abbey's new apartment. It was quite spacey, very nice. Big windows, nice open kitchen and living room. I knew Abbey would be comfortable here with Amy and Sirius. I was happy for her and I knew Nesie was too.
"What's in here?" I asked, opening the lid of the box.
"Photos." Nesie mused, plopping down on the hardwood floor and grabbing a photo album from inside.
"It's our first picture on the train." Anais said with a sigh. I leaned over her shoulder and saw Anais and Abbey waving to the camera. It was right before they had met Remus and I.
"Here's one of her and James when they were little." I said, pulling one from out of the box.
"Aw." Nesie smiled softly, pushing a photo in front of my face. My eyes immediately prickled with tears.
It was Abbey, Anais and I when we were fifteen. We were all waving at the camera and pulling silly faces. I remember we swore never to listen to the Marauders. Well we all had our little exceptions. I talked to Remus, Nesie tutored Sirius and James and Abbey were best friends.
"I miss her already." Nesie said quietly, looking down at the photo.
"Well it's not like she's leaving forever. She's just moving out of the apartment." I said, trying to stop the tears from falling.
"I know, I know. But it won't be the same and she has Amy now. Beautiful Amy." Anais sighed with a dreamy look on her face.
"I can't wait to have children." She said with a smile. I nodded my head in agreement.
"But not for a while. I want to wait until I'm at least twenty-four." Anais said with a laugh.
"I don't know when…whenever it seems like the right time, I guess." I said, thoughtfully.
"Well we better go and finish packing." Anais noted after a moment of silence.
"Right, I have to get ready for a date with James." I said and Anais raised a brow.
"Oh, a date? What are you going to do?" She asked curiously with a mischievous glint in her eye.
"I don't know. He won't tell me. Claims it's a surprise." I laughed and she smiled, like she knew something.
"Have fun." Was all she said before apparating. Crazy woman.
A couple hours later I sat in my room, eyeing my reflection, distastefully.
"I look like an idiot." I muttered, poking at my make-up job.
"Lily! James is here!" Anais called and I groaned. Too late now, should've fixed it when I could've.
I braced myself for gasps of terror and Anais offering to re-do my make-up but none of that came.
"Aw Lils. You look so pretty." Anais coo'ed, before winking at James and leaving the room.
I frowned and patted my hair while waiting for James to say something.
"Do I look that bad? I can go change." I chuckled at his open mouthed expression.
"No! Don't change!" He exclaimed, hurrying over to me and quickly kissing my cheek.
"Alrighty then." I said, watching him with an amused expression.
"Okay, your arm, my lady?" James smiled and I took his hand in mine, loving the warmth I got from him.
"Where are we going?" I asked, but James didn't respond right away.
"Close your eyes." He commanded, gently and I raised an eyebrow but obliged.
"Hold on." I nodded, hoping we weren't going to go anywhere that would ruin my outfit. Okay that was selfish…but I paid good money for these clothes.
I was wearing a white pleated skirt that reached my knees and a pink lacy tank top with some black flip flops. James told me not to be too dressy.
"Open your eyes." James said as I felt a cool breeze against my legs. I opened my eyes and gasped at the beautiful scenery.
We were standing on a deserted beach and a blanket was spread out on the sand with a picnic basket in the middle of it.
I looked at James, my mouth hanging wide open in astonishment.
"James…." I whispered and he blushed.
"I just wanted you to be happy." He said with a small laugh of embarrassment.
"I am!" I exclaimed, hugging him and giving him a quick kiss on the lips before going back into awe at the beach. It was gorgeous.
The sun was going down and the sky was a pink-ish orange and the sound of waves immediately put me at ease.
"Oh, it's lovely." I whispered, more to myself but James heard anyways.
"I'm glad you like it. Come and sit with me." He said, grabbing my hand and pulling me towards the blanket. I smiled at how romantic the scene looked.
James always was a romantic. I remember from school, every Valentines day I had at least a red rose and a teddy bear on my pillow when I woke up.
James pulled me into his lap and softly began to stroke my hair as I watched the waves roll into shore. It was really beautiful and the whole fact James brought me here made it all the better.
"Why did you do all this? I mean it's not our anniversary or anything…at least I'm pretty sure it's not." I said and James smiled, shaking his head.
"It IS our anniversary?" I gasped, trying to think back to what happened on this day. Nothing.
"James, nothing happened on today." I said with a frown, watching him suspiciously.
"You would be wrong there, Lils." James said with a small smirk.
"What happened then?" I asked, crossing my arms over my chest.
James moved out from under me, so now he was sitting across from me.
"Today was the day I fell in love with you. I walked onto Hogwarts' grounds and saw you reading under a elm tree by the lake. You were all by yourself so I walked over and you told me to leave you alone and I was nothing but a conceited, arrogant, idiotic prat. I told you I had never seen someone so beautiful when they were angry and you slapped me for 'mocking you'." James laughed as I blushed, remembering the incident vaguely.
"As you left I realized no other woman, except maybe Abbey, would ever have the guts to yell at me, let alone slap me. I fell in love right then. That happened three years ago, today." James said and I laughed.
"So this is why we're here?" I asked, grinning at him.
"Partly. You see Lily, I wanted to ask you something for a long while now and I figured I needed a good day to do it on. I just happened to realize that today was my anniversary of loving you, so it seemed perfect. Lily, you are the most beautiful, intelligent, tempered, kind, loving woman I have ever met and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Lily, will you spend the rest of your life with me? Will you marry me?" James asked, while getting onto one knee if front of me.
I think my heart stopped. He was holding out the most beautiful ring I had ever seen in my life.
It was a silver band with a gorgeous emerald, surrounded by two small diamonds.
I gasped and felt tears come to my eyes as I tried to speak.
"James I…" I felt a tear slide down my cheek as I bit my lip, trying to keep the tears in. It wouldn't work.
"Yes!" I said, throwing my arms around his neck and knocking him over.
He laughed out of relief and slid the ring onto my left ring finger. He looked up at me on top of him and beamed at me. I smiled back, looking at the ring on my finger.
"It's perfect." I whispered as James caught my lips in a breathtaking kiss.
"I love you." I whispered as we pulled apart.
"I love you too, Mrs. Potter." James said and I giggled.
"Sounds nice." I noted as he began to kiss up and down my neck, lovingly.
"You're so beautiful." James mused from underneath me.
"You're so sucking up to me." I laughed and he chuckled.
"We fit together." James said as I rolled off of him and snuggled into his side.
"We do." I whispered as he buried his face into my hair, causing me to giggle.
So we sat there in happiness watching the sun fade into the distance and listening to the waves crash on the shore. We would love each other always and no one could come in between us.
Life was good.
-A lesson before dying