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Chapter Nine

Remus paced around his small flat. It wasn't fair. It wasn't fair at all. The wedding was tomorrow, and he really should be at the rehearsal dinner. He just couldn't do it, though. It was a hypocrisy for him to even be involved in this wedding, since his hopes had never fallen that the wedding would fall through. Of course, that was what everyone involved wished for.

He sighed, and kicked a chair. He should have guessed that things wouldn't work out. They never had, for him. He had gotten bitten by a werewolf, after all, and it all went downhill from there. He didn't deserve anyone as perfect as Alexis. And, no matter how you looked at it, if two people who were truly in love couldn't make it in this world, like Lily and James, then there really was no hope for anyone else. In his miserable musings, he didn't notice that he had begun to slowly destroy the chair. Someone else had, though.

"Don't do that to the chair, it hasn't done anything to you," a light voice scolded him softly. He looked up, startled, to see Alexis, still in the gown she wore to the dinner, standing in the doorway. She walked over to him, continuing her lecture. "Destroying furniture really isn't the way to go. After all, they can't fight back. Now, if you want to hurt a few of my cousins, like Lucius Malfoy, then I have no complaints whatsoever."

Giggling softly, she pulled his hands away from the chair, and hugged him. He looked down at her face, to meet her resolved-looking eyes. "What are you doing here?" he asked gently, although he wasn't able to keep all the bitterness from his voice. "Don't you have to go get ready to marry my best friend?"

Alexis looked incredibly hurt, but the strength in her eyes only increased. "Remus, you know my opinion on all of this. I hate it as much as you do. We couldn't break it off, though, because it's a wizarding betrothal, and we had to wait for the opportune moment. I have to know, do you trust me?" she gave him a quick, searing glance. He nodded, slightly confused, and she grinned, almost evilly. "Good. Come with me." She replied, and led him out the door.


Anna sat on a blanket in an isolated clearing, watching Sirius attempt to cook something the muggle way. It really was quite amusing. They had come here straight after the rehearsal dinner, just because. Sirius had said that he wanted to ask her something, and she really was interested.

She saw that the hotdogs that Sirius was attempting to heat were catching on fire, and she stood up to put it out. However, Sirius got there before her, and then, without turning around, said, softly, "And I guess now is as good a moment as any."

He turned, and knelt on the ground. Looking up at her startled face, he said, nervously, "Look, Anna, I know I'm probably going to mess this up somehow, and I'm sorry if I do. However, I need to say this, before something happens like last time. I love you more then life itself. I can't live without you. I basically died over the last three years, when you weren't in my life. You have no idea the anguish I went through, knowing that losing you was all my fault.

"So, I decided, I had to do something. I couldn't let you walk out of my life again. I can't stand the thought of you with anyone else. I can't stand the thought of myself without you. Anna Susan Smith, will you marry me?" He held her left hand in both of his, hanging on for dear life, almost.

She looked down on him, lost in thought. Then, gathering her resolve, she replied, "I'm sorry, Sirius, I can't. It's just too soon. I love you as well, and living without you nearly destroyed me too. But, I just don't know." She met his eyes with her own, and blinked back a tear. "I need more time, I need to be with you more, to see if this is what I want with my life."

Sirius looked crestfallen for a second, but then his joking façade came back into play. "More time? Well, I can give you that. A whole eternity of it." And so Sirius waited, knowing that one day the right time would come, it just wasn't here yet. And Anna would tell him when it was here.


It was now the morning of the wedding, and there was about 20 minutes to go before the ceremony began. James was pacing slowly around the gardens of the church. He hoped that Alexis had done whatever it was that she needed to do. She had said she would, but James hated putting his fate in another person's hands.

Suddenly, he heard footsteps behind him. He whirled around, wand out, with his auror training kicking in, before he realized it was his mother, looking a lot frailer then she had recently. He walked over to her, and put his arm around her, helping her to a bench, where they both set down.

"I appreciate all that you're doing for me," she said softly, and James knew that she wasn't just talking about the physical support. "I know that you hate what you're having to do, and that there is no doubt another person you wish to go to. I wish I could release you from this, but I never figured out how. Recently I've noticed how much my friend has changed, and it disturbs me greatly. She's not the same, kind, person she was once. Alexis seems lovely, but, there is someone else in your heart, I can feel it."

She took one of her hands in hers, and pressed something in the middle of it. "I just wish to tell you to do what you believe is right. I hope that you can find happiness, just as your father and I did. If that isn't with Alexis, well, so be it. I love you, James, and I want you to be happy more than anything else." She walked of, leaving James staring at the object in his hand. It was the Potter wedding ring, that his mother had worn for as long as he could remember. He had his freedom, now, or he would, as long as Alexis did her part.


The wedding was spectacular, everyone would say afterward. The gown was beautiful, the bride was wonderful, and it truly deserved being called the greatest event of the year. Of course, no one really expected what happened.

As soon as Alexis was at the front of the church, James shot her a pleading look. She ignored it pointedly, and the ceremony continued. However, when the priest asked if anyone had any reason why the two should not be joined, Remus stepped forward, and cleared his throat.

Everyone looked at the young werewolf, shocked. After a few moments of awkward silence, Remus spoke up, softly. "She can't marry James."

"Why ever not?" Mrs. Rieu trumpeted from her pew, looking like Christmas had been cancelled. She didn't approve of this boy coming in and ruining her daughter's special day.

Remus looked even more uncomfortable, and replied, growing stronger. "She can't marry him because she married me, last night." Alexis shot James a triumphant look, and he grinned back. Mrs. Rieu wasn't done yet, though.

"I forbid it," she replied, rage growing evident in her voice. "He's not one of us, Alexis. He's got unclean blood in his veins. He's, well, for Merlin's sake, Alexis, you know what he is? If you stay with him, then you will never be a part of this family again."

"Good," Alexis replied, calmly, yet radiating much more strength then her mother. "I always hated it, once I figured out what our family was like. I want nothing more then to leave the family, and I don't care about any of it."

James grinned even wider, and slapped Remus on the back jokingly. Then, kissing Alexis's hand lightly, he straightened, and replied, "I wish you two all the happiness in the world. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to leave. A previous engagement, and all." Then, James disapparated immediately, leaving the scene that would become the folklore of Pureblood events, grin never exiting his face.


In France, the time difference making it a few hours later, Lily Evans glanced around her small flat for the last time,completely unaware of all that had happened, and began to assemble her things for her own ceremony that day.
I live again! I'm very proud of how fast I got this chapter out. I am finally cured of the whooping cough, and so I can breath again. And I am also one with the lacrosse stick, which is very good.

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"I'm sorry to have to disrupt you like this on your wedding day, Lily." James said softly, "But I had to tell you all that. I wish for you all the happiness in the world."

And with those words, James Potter walked away, knowing that he would never be able to beg Lily to come back to him again. It was over, and he had lost.


Now I feel really evil.

Love ya'll,

Sally