Lilly blinked her eyes open and yawned. Sun spilled in through the window above her bed and hit her square in the face.

"Ugh..." She rolled over and threw her pillow over her face to block out the sun's 'Good Mornings'. She was about to go back to sleep when she felt Beth nudge her.

"C'Mon Lilly! James has been waiting for over a half hour!" Beth said in her ear. Lilly shot up and looked at the clock—9 o'clock.

"BETH! I'm not supposed to meet James till' 10! Why didn't you let me sleep? I'm going back to bed."

"Oh well, you're up now. Come on! Get READY!" Beth gave a tug on her arm and jerked Lilly out of bed. She tumbled to the floor in a pile of sheets, quilts, and pillows. Getting up, she brushed off her pajama bottoms and stood up.

"Where's Jess?" She asked, noticing the other bed was empty. Beth grinned and laughed.

"She didn't come in at ALL last night. She must have had a late date with Sirius." She replied. Both girls giggled before hurrying to get ready to meet the boys.

Remus, James, Lilly, and Beth were on the sofa in the common room talking about what had happened to the Slytherins that had attacked James. Sadly, none of them died, all lived. When the walls had started caving in, the boys tried to use magic to hold them up. All the spells didn't work though, and they ended up with some odd injuries indeed. Malfoy had gotten a Jelly Legs Jinx that was way out of control. He couldn't stop tap dancing, no matter what he did. Regulus was turned Purple. Really—his skin was dyed purple, and nothing Madam Pomfrey did would turn it back. Goyle and Crabbe had huge zits everywhere---everywhere. Lilly and Beth laughed as James and Remus did impressions of Lucius Malfoy and Regulus Black. They heard giggling from out in the hallway and turned to see who it was. Sirius climbed inside the portrait hole, carrying a sleeping Jessie in his arms. She was wearing one of Sirius' Quidditch t-shirts and a pair of boxers. He turned pink when he saw Remus, Beth, James, and Lilly laughing at him from the couch.

"Go Padfoot!" James mouthed wordlessly. Lilly playfully slapped his arm. He grinned at her, and then turned back around to face the fire, putting his arm around her and pulling her close. Beth giggled and Remus tightened his grip on her waist as Sirius carried Jessie up to her dorm.

"Looks like Sirius and Jessie had quite a night..." Beth said, gasping for breath because she was laughing so hard. Remus grinned—he hadn't seen Beth laughing this hard for so long—it was a good change.

Within a few minutes, Sirius had showered, dressed, and returned downstairs. .

"Don't say a word—"He mumbled awkwardly as he saw James staring at him with a silly grin on his face.

"Did you do it mate?" James said with a grin.

"JAMES ALEXANDER POTTER!!" Lilly gasped, "What did you just say?!" James and Remus started laughing and Beth looked rather disgusted.

"Not do IT. Sirius was going to propose last night." Remus said between breaths. Lilly turned pink and shrank down into her chair.

"Oh...hehe, that's sweet Sirius..." She muttered as James pulled her closer towards him. Beth looked down at Remus and smiled.

"Two down, one to go..." She whispered to Remus, reaching down to touch the end of the chain that hung around her neck, tucked in her sweater. Her engagement ring hung on the end of it...they were going to wait to announce their getting married. Remus smiled up at her and kissed her softly on the forehead.

"I love you," He whispered.

"I love you too..." She said, before she was interrupted by James and Lilly's laughing. Sirius had tried to sit down in the armchair opposite Remus and missed the chair. He was currently sitting on his butt—on the floor—glaring at James and Lilly.

"We'd better get out of here Lils, he doesn't look to happy with us." James whispered in her ear. She nodded. He grabbed her hand and ran out of the common room.

" So where do you want to go?" James asked as they roamed down the halls.

"I don't know. Let's go somewhere private." She said grinning at him and giving his hand a little squeeze. James closed his eyes and thought:

Room of Requirement, we need a private place to erm---talk—yeah, talk.

A door popped up in front of him and they disappeared through it. The room inside was decorated with rich reds and yellows and oranges. There were couches that were low to the floor, mounds of pillows, and rather large bed in the corner. The walls were draped with silk, the windows were tall, yet covered by red silk curtains, Lights baubles hung from the ceiling and the air had a certain spicy scent.

"Oh James—this is great." Lilly said, letting go of James' hand and walking over to a mound of pillows. She primly sat down on it and looked around as she took off her school jacket. James just grinned as he flopped down next to her. She leaned over and kissed him on the lips. She blushed as he growled deep in his throat and wrapped his arms around her waist, falling back into the pillows and taking her with him. She reached up and pulled off his already loosened tie, throwing it towards a couch at the other end. All of a sudden, the lights dimmed and Lilly gasped, pulling off of James. He sat up as well, looking around. The lights had dimmed and candles made a softer, more romantic light. They were lit everywhere, making the air even spicier. Lilly smiled at James and put her arms around his neck, leaning her forehead on his.

"James, you're one hell of a guy." She whispered, kissing his cheeks, going down his face to his neck. "I love you." He just wrapped his arms tighter around her waist and pulled her face up to meet with his gaze.

"And you're one hell of a girl Lils." He kissed her softly, but as he pulled back, she grabbed his shirt and jerked her towards him, kissing him hard.

"James—I--I'm ready."

About an hour later, Remus, Sirius, and Beth still sat in the common room, talking about the upcoming graduation.

"It's going to be horrible—"Beth said, cuddling closer to Remus. "We'll never see each other again."

"Of course we will Sweetheart, we'll see each other so much we'll get sick of each other." Remus said, brushing a piece of hair off her face.

"Yeah, I'm going to have to eat dinner somewhere!" Sirius grinned, and then turned as he heard someone on the stairs. Jessie emerged from the girls' dorm. She had changed into her school robes.

"Hey Guys," She said quietly, blushing and hurrying over to Sirius. He scooched over in the chair and she curled up next to him.

"Hey Jess..." Beth gave her on over-exaggerated wink and smiled. Jessie's cheeks flamed and Sirius laughed.

"It's okay Babe, I'm sure we're going to be making fun of Lilly and Prongs in awhile anyway—"He said reassuringly.

"Why?"

"The minute I sat down, James grabbed Lilly's wrist and they ran off like Bludgers. Give you one guess where they're going—"

"--The Room of Requirement--" Remus and Sirius finished together.

"How do you know?" Beth asked.

"Because—that's where James always goes for something important. That's where he asked her out, that's where he asked her to go to the Yule Ball, that's where he always apologizes for being a bloody asshole, that's where he's going to—"

"Ahem...." Somebody cleared their voice from behind them and they all jumped around. James stood there, hands crossed over chest, glaring at Sirius.

"---hehehe, Where's Lilly Prongs?" He said meekly, shrinking into his chair.

"She's—erm—she's busy—"He said, turning pink and running his hand through his hair. He jumped and turned around as the Fat Lady's portrait swung open.

"James, silly, I'm right here!" Lilly said, appearing through the portrait hole. Her cheeks were pink, and her hair was slightly messy, but otherwise she looked perfectly fine. As he breezed by him towards her dorm she muttered:

"Meet me upstairs in five minutes and for goodness sake, zip up your fly."