It had been a week since they arrived home after their interesting trip to the Louvre. Lily decided it had not been so bad. Who knew James was not an inflated headed cannibal? Belle and Sirius began to sneak out more often. They're so obvious! And they both would come back, arm in arm, and occasionally drunk. Everyone had decided to spend the rest of the summer with Lily inside her apartment, despite the run-ins and yells of "why does god punish me? Hai Ram!" from Mr. Ramachandran next door.

Rachel and Remus of course, were always together. Lily was thankful he was here. That guy can cook wonders. And, the best part, Remus had proposed to her the night before.

Lily couldn't help squealing.

"AHHHHH! Tell me everything, Rachel!" Lily yelped as the three ladies sat on her bed and discussed the proposal.

" Well, he showed up here and, as usual, we both went out. He kept acting a little jittery…

"Remmy? What's wrong?" Rachel put her hand up to Remus's worried face. Remus just smiled and held her hand close to his breath..

They arrived at the La Jolie around nine and both sat down to order. Remus just couldn't stop shaking. Everything about Rachel mesmerized him. Her walk, her talk, her bubbling personality. He remembered the very day she found him in his werewolf form sleeping soundly in the Shrieking Shack in his fourth year, how she gently, with no fear whatsoever, prodded him awake as he morphed before her eyes, into the sick, frail boy of fourteen years old. She lifted him gently as he, amazed at her calm face, could think of nothing except of telling her everything from the day he got bitten to now. She didn't say anything, but nodded mutely and gently massaged his shoulders. Since that day, their friendship grew and blossomed into love.

"Sweetie, should we go home?"

" Shelley, I'm fine. Hey, you want to go out and walk now?"

"We haven't even eaten!"

"I'm sure we'll find some bakery along the street."

"Um..alright. Sure, I guess."

Remus put his quivering hands and controlled them to place the coat on Rachel's periwinkle blue figurine dress. They walked down the streets of love and into a park nearby in a friendly silence until they reached a lake with the silver moon shining in it.

Remus knew it was time.

He knelt down and bent his head, reciting what he practiced all week. "Rachel Forenza, I have known you and loved you since the day I met you. You were always there for me during my times of need and always had the right thing to say to make my low self confidence rise once more. I love you." Looking up into Rachel's glistening eyes, he held her hand. "Will you marry me?"

Rachel was speechless. She loved him, she knew it. The night seemed so perfectly planned. Looking deep into Remus's longing eyes, she exclaimed, "Yes! YES!"

Remus pulled Rachel into a kiss as her finger held his ring.

"Wow! Remus is not bad at all." Arabella said as she pulled her friend into a hug. "I'm so happy for you!" Rachel just beamed.

"AHHHHH!" Lily shrieked

"So when's the wedding?"

"This Saturday!"

"WHAT?"

"AHHHHHH!" Lily shrieked.

"Yea, this Saturday! I love him so much. You all are coming and you two are being my maids-of-honor. I've already chosen…"

"AHHHH!"

Both the girls turned on the happy redhead.

"Lily dear, shut up!"

"Oh. Ok!"

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Remus sighed as both his friends stared at him in awe.

"So you just asked her? Like that?" Sirius asked after regaining his wits. "And you didn't even tell us? We're best mates man!"

"I was already under so much pressure, I was afraid I would burst!"

James stepped in. "Wow, Remus. I'm happy for you mate!"

"So, are we the best men, or whatever they call them! "

"You better ask Belle soon, Sirius! " Remus joked.

Sirius kicked him ,blushing vehemently. James laughed. He loved his friends. He only wished a certain redhead would be more open to him. James sighed and ran out of the room into Lily's living room.

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"Where is the tiara? Find me the tiara! Go, glasses boy, run like the wind!" Claire, the wedding planner, turned on James and slapped his butt with the clipboard. "Faster!" James winced as she turned onto Lily, screaming for bringing the baby pink ties instead of the warm pink ties. "This is a wedding ,people, not a baby shower! Find me the warm pink ties for the flower vases on the dinner tables, redhead!" Lily scowled visibly and turned to face James. To his surprise, she glared at him.

During the wedding rehearsals, everything, according to the annoying, eccentric wedding planner Claire, a muggle friend of Rachel's whom nobody liked, went well. James was paired with Lily, much to her dislike, and Belle happily fell into Sirius's wide arms. James couldn't believe his luck. Lily glared at him. She seems to be doing that a lot to me lately.

Of course, the wedding day arrived and nothing was being done according to plan. The flowers arrived late and very made of red roses instead of white, the garden area they rented was not big enough, even though only hundred people were invited, the napkins, which Rachel's eccentric mom made custom made said "Happy Weeping!" instead of "Happy wedding!". The angry shouts of Rachel's' mom could be heard for miles. Remus was frantic with worry. And of course, Claire took out all her anger on everybody else.

"Where is my latte? I need my latte! NOW!" She yelled at a scrambling waiter.

"Ok, time for dressing up. The wedding begins shortly, guys. In three hours! THREE HOURS! WHERE"S MY LATTE!"

Claire's voice roared as Belle and Lily ran to get fixed up, James and Sirius stared at one another.

The church bells rang through the crisp, French air.

Lily admired herself in front of the mirror. "Lovely darling. Absolutely spiffy." The mirror cooed. Lily put up her tiny lilies in her hair and finished herself. She could barely believe her eyes. A beautiful face, with bright green eyes, a well shaped torso accented with the olive green bridesmaid dresses Rachel had chose. I'm actually beautiful. I really am beautiful. I- "PE- O-PLE! Hurry up!" Bitch. Lily thought as she ran out to the stage.

James felt his mouth drop. Lily was a goddess, from heaven. She looked wonderful. Her hair rippled in the sunlight and her dress sparkled in all the right bends.

Sirius let his eyes glow as Belle raised her hand into his and they both walked down the aisle to their positions. She was brilliantly beautiful.

And Remus. He was amazed when he kissed his new wife, Rachel. I am so lucky. I love her.

The audience got up and roared and clapped.