Lily sat on a large rock, over looking the lake. The sun was setting and it left streaks of orange and pink across the sky. The giant squid splashed around in the water and the merfolk below sung a beautiful melody. Lily was ecstatic that things were turning back to normal, that they were happy. It felt good to hear Bella sing again, and watch Cassie whip her but at chess. It felt good to have her friends alive again.
"Can I sit here?" Lily whipped around to see James. She nodded curtly and turned to face the water again.
"Is it just me or do you notice something going on between Remus and Cassie," he asked watching the red head instead of the water.
Lily laughed and nodded. "They think we don't know! They're always smiling at each other,"
"And blushing,"
"And playing footsie under the table,"
"So how is everyone at home?" James asked, fingering the clasp on his coat.
"Mum and Dad are fine and Petunia is the spawn of Satan."
"Same as always then?" James said his eyes twinkling.
"Yup,"
"Remember the time both families went out to dinner and she wore that terrible pink dress,"
"With the metallic pink makeup," Lily said dissolving into laughter. James grinned, loving that he made her laugh again.
"And we made your dad stop..." he started
"So we could by sunglasses!" she finished for him. This surprised them both; they hadn't done that for over a year now.
"So, how's your mum?" Lily asked, whipping the tears of laughter from her eyes.
"Cheery as every, Dad's at work all the time now,"
"I remember in the summer when both our dads were at work and our mums were having tea we would sneak out to that tree house we built," Lily said reminiscing.
"I was sure that would collapse every time we went up there!" James laughed.
"Yeah and you wouldn't let you mum come and use magic on it because you didn't want anyone to know where it was,"
"No one knows besides us, well unless you told anybody,"
"Nope, I figured you'd have told Remus and Sirius and after 5th year I wanted to avoid you at all costs," it took a moment for her to register what she had just said.
"I'm sorry, Lily" He whispered. The sun had finally set and the stars were the only light given off.
"I know James, I just don't understand why you couldn't have broken up with me first…why you had to break my heart that way." Her eyes brimmed with tears.
"I want to say that I was caught in the moment, but that would be a lie. I was afraid. We were getting too close. I didn't want a serious relationship at fifteen. Plus I had an ego the size of Britian, member?" she laughed a little before looking at the sky.
"you've known me for sixteen years now, James. I've always been the hopeless romantic. I think it hurt the most because I was in love with the idea of being in love,'
"I know, when you were five you had your kids named and your wedding dress picked out,"
"Harry if it's a boy and Armelle if it's a girl,"
"You never told me why you picked those names,"
"Harry because when we were four you said I should name my cat Harry. I said Harry wasn't a name for a cat it was a name for a boy and you said the cat was a boy. And I said it was a boy cat not a boy human and if I ever had a boy human I would name it Harry for you. And Armelle because of Arabella and Cassie's middle name is Melanie. And the le at the end stands for my initials Lily Evans. So it's the three of us in one,"
"How did you remember I liked the name Harry,"
"That was the day you slipped to me about magic. I remember everything about that day."
"Harry and Armelle, I like them," James said standing up. "We better head back," The two headed back to the castle remembering and laughing all the way, not caring who saw the once enemies together.
