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James had been unable to think of an effective way to prove his honest intentions to Lily, so he avoided her and was dejected through summer. Even Sirius Apparating into his bedroom one morning wasn't quite enough to get rid of the feeling that he should have done something, but couldn't quite remember what.
His own seventeenth birthday passed and he experienced a slight lightening of heart when he passed his own Apparation test and Apparated into Sirius's bedroom. He enjoyed himself when he convinced Remus that the Marauders should meet again on the full moon in July. Peter was, unfortunately, unable to attend.
When he got his school letter he was pleasantly surprised that he was Head Boy. He went to the Hogwarts Express early that year, and was not surprised when he discovered that Lily was the Head Girl. They soon found themselves in an empty compartment, in an empty car at the front of the train waiting for the prefects to talk to them.
"Hello, James," Lily said after a long silence.
"Hello, Lily," James said softly.
"Erm – what are we going to say?" Lily asked.
"I don't care, you can talk if you like, I've never really disagreed with you much," James said.
"No, you talk to the prefects, I'll interrupt if I don't like what you're saying," Lily said and then they fell back into a slightly uncomfortable silence.
Luckily, the prefects walked in then. The compartment magically expanded to hold all of them and when they were all settled James stood up and began.
"Have a good summer, prefects?" James asked.
He was answered by a unanimous 'yes!' but he didn't see Lily's slight shake of her head.
"Anyway, I'm not quite sure what to say because I've never made a speech like this before. I guess that Lily and I feel that it is our, meaning you," James waved his hand before him to include the entire compartment in the our, "our job to keep an atmosphere that is supportive to both learning and friendship. Most people would think that prefects and the head boy and girl exist to enforce rules, but I disagree. We exist to support, but to do it in a fashion that makes everyone think we're just boundaries instead of foundation."
"I don't have anything to say after James, except that you will not be permitted to abuse the privileges given to you. If you do, then I can promise you will no longer be a prefect and you will have detention with Filch for a month," Lily said.
"A month!?" one of the Ravenclaw prefects called out, a look of disgust apparent on his face.
"Yes, a month," Lily replied.
"Any questions?" James asked.
All the prefects shook their heads and exited the compartment.
"Lily?" James asked once they had all left.
"Yes?" Lily replied.
"I have a question," James said.
"Well…" Lily said, turning to face James.
"Will you go out with me, for real?" James asked.
"Yes! I've been waiting for you to ask for so long," Lily replied and threw her arms around his neck. It was the beginning of their relationship, which would have been perfect if Voldemort hadn't existed.
(A/N: Shall I leave you here? Make this the end? I think I'll write a little bit more…)
That is how it was. Lily bonded with Remus further and was able to laugh at Sirius, but was never able to quite stand Peter. She could never quite shake off the feeling that there was more to his than met the eye.
She was right. He got his wish. He always wanted to be considered better than James and Sirius. When he betrayed them he was more powerful than them. He killed them.
Sirius got his wish to be the godfather of James's son. He also always had an insane desire to laugh at the Ministry when they tried to arrest him. Just like when James was caught by Filch doing something that he hadn't done and just laughed, but couldn't be punished. Sirius wanted to do that when caught for a crime he didn't commit. Except that Sirius was convicted, but he escaped and tried to finish killing Peter, as he was required to do because of the vow they had taken.
James had got his wish. He had always said that he would like to die because of the colour green. He had died to try and save his son and wife. He would have commanded Voldemort to kill him if he hadn't died how he did.
Lily had died to save James and their son. She would have rather lived, but would have been very happy that she had sacrificed herself because it had saved her son more than once.
James would have preferred to live and give his son the Marauder's Map himself. Even though Lily would have lectured them both on the dangers of sneaking around. Both him and Lily would have preferred to die the way they did than end up alive like the Longbottoms. They preferred having their son know that they love him.
A/N: Welcome to the real end! sniff The real actually no more after this end. I'm somewhat sad. I'll have to start a new fanfiction now. By the way, this is your LAST CHANCE TO REVIEW! Because there won't be anymore chapters in this story...