All Out
James and Lily's return to Hogwarts forced them to think of other things besides themselves, which came as a slap in the face from James when he told Lily to put the ring in her pocket.
"I will not put the ring in my pocket, James!" she ranted as they went to the tower.
"But Lily, what if anyone sees? What if Dumbledore sees? He'll know we got married!"
Lily stopped and turned to face her husband "James, I don't care what anyone thinks, and I defiantly don't care about what Dumbledore thinks! He doesn't rule my life; he can't control what I do. The only thing he is to me is be the headmaster."
James sighed and rubbed his forehead "You know what? You're right," he said and Lily smiled in triumph. He took the ring out of his pocket and put it on his finger.
"Of course I'm right I-"
But Lily didn't get to finish her sentence since James kissed her. "I love you, Lily Potter," he breathed.
Lily smiled and her heart beat faster; she really is Lily Potter. She is James's wife and nothing is going to change that.
The entered the common room and saw the guys waiting for them on the sofa. Sirius was the first to get up. He walked towards James and engulfed him in a tight brotherly hug.
"I'm sorry, James," he said gruffly. James patted his back.
"It's okay," he said with a slight smile "Really, I am," he said as Sirius gave him a sceptical look.
Both Lily and James sat on the sofa and Lily immediately snuggled to James and put her left hand on his.
Amy looked on their intertwined fingers and met Lily's gaze in shock. No way!
"Lily…" said Amy with shock "Can I talk to you for a minute?"
Lily, amused by Amy's reaction, got up and followed her out of the common room.
"What do you have on your finger?" asked Amy sharply.
"A ring," said Lily, raising her eyebrows.
"Yes! I noticed it's a ring!" snapped Amy "Why do you have a ring on your finger?"
"Because James and I eloped," said Lily simply, watching in satisfaction as Amy's eyes almost popped out of her head in shock.
"You eloped? Lily! Aren't you too young?" she whispered frantically.
"Maybe we are, but we felt it was the right thing to do."
"But…Your parents' funeral…" muttered Amy
Lily's eyes flashed.
"We did it after the funeral Amy, and I don't regret marrying James," Lily said sharply.
Amy shook her head in amazement but then looked at Lily with sad eyes "I wanted to be your maid of honour…" she confessed, "I guess I don't have to be now, do I?" she laughed bitterly.
"We are going to have another wedding. We just felt that it's the right thing to do."
"Do you promise?" whispered Amy.
Lily nodded happily "Yes. And this time, you're going to be my maid of honour and Sirius is going to be Best man and everything…I promise."
Amy hugged Lily, "I'm so happy for you!" she squealed and Lily beamed.
Both of them entered the common room beaming and James instantly knew that Amy knew they had eloped. He also knew that it wouldn't take long for the others to discover their secret.
And he was right. Barely two days after they got back, Sirius cornered him after Charms.
"Is it true? Are you married to Lily?" he asked in a low voice, getting straight to the point.
"I am," said James proudly.
"James," said Sirius in a hurt voice, "I thought we agreed on fourth year that I'll be your best man when you got married."
James sighed. He hadn't forgotten "I am sorry Padfoot…I promise we'll do another wedding for you guys. We eloped because it felt right and not because we wanted to be married alone."
"Or because you wanted to get in the sack with Lily?" joked Sirius, back to his usual self.
James punched his shoulder "It has nothing to do with it," he hissed, looking around, as if fearing the Lily would lurk in one of the corners.
"But it is a benefit right?" Sirius said with a smirk. James ignored him though his cheeks reddened.
Jenny and Remus did not look offended when they discovered James and Lily were married. They were very glad for them and secretly hoped that the year will be finished already so they could have a proper wedding.
James and Lily's request not to tell Peter puzzled the girls and made the boys frown.
"Why not James? He is one of our friends," said Remus, frowning as he regarded James carefully.
James and Lily exchanged uneasy glances "Look…we have our reasons. Please believe us when we ask you not to tell him," pleaded Lily.
Amy and Sirius crossed their hands over their chest at the same time, causing Lily to giggle. "Look, we want some answers too. Ever since the Hogwarts Express you are acting very oddly. Lily, you hated James last year, what happened?" said Amy, finally touching a subject that bothered her for months.
We'll have to tell them James thought and directed his thought towards Lily, who heard his thought clearly and frowned before nodding.
Amy, Sirius, Jenny and Remus sighed with relief – finally, they are going to get some answers.
"It all started at the Hogwarts Express," started Lily, grabbing James's hand.
Sirius snorted "We know that already," he said before getting a smack on his head from Amy.
"Let them talk!" she snarled impatiently.
"It all started at the Hogwarts Express," said Lily again, "James and I had a fight – "
"Typical," snorted Sirius and was smacked again by Amy.
"James and I had a fight," said Lily once again, glaring at Sirius "And suddenly the room span around us and we found ourselves in the Heads compartment – "
"You were already there!" exclaimed Sirius.
Lily glared at Sirius "If you won't let me talk, I won't tell you!" she said. Sirius nodded and inwardly swore. "Anyway, the room span and we found ourselves in the Heads Compartment with a boy and a girl we didn't know."
"They boy looked at us and said something that we couldn't catch and he and the girl ran away from the compartment. After a few minutes the girl came back and the next thing we know, we were woken from the floor by a very old McGonagall," said James, deciding to help Lily.
"We were talking to Dumbledore in his office – "
"You didn't do anything wrong!" said Sirius when he couldn't help himself.
"I know we didn't Sirius! But please! Let me finish!" yelled Lily in frustration.
"Fine, fine…" muttered Sirius and shut up again.
"And Dumbledore told us that…that we were in 1997."
Stunned silence followed that statement "You travelled to the future?" whispered Remus.
James nodded "But, that's not all…Apparently…in the future…James and I were married and had a son…" said Lily with a beginning of a blush.
"Way to go Prongs!" yelled Sirius and James threw him a dirty look that did not cover his amusement.
"We had a son called Harry, and he was an orphan."
Amy choked "You died? You were dead in the future?" she said disbelievingly.
Lily nodded "And apparently Harry – our son – defeated Voldemort the night we died."
A collective gasp made the Lily and James smiled wearily.
"But he probably lived with me though," said Sirius with a confident smile.
James and Lily exchanged sad look and squeezed each other's hand. "That's just it Sirius…he didn't. He lived with my sister, Petunia."
Amy and Jenny gasped and spluttered "What! Why would he live with that… that….hoarse face!" said Amy.
Lily smiled sadly again. "Harry was prophesied to kill Voldemort," continued Lily through the disbelieving gasps "And we were sent into hiding apparently. We were under the Fidelius charm."
"What's the Fidelius Charm?" asked Jenny.
"A charm which conceals a secret inside a living person, the Secret Keeper and the information is impossible to be found unless the Secret Person chooses to divulge it.
"So who was your Secret Keeper?" asked Amy.
"It was Peter," said James with a scowl. "And he was working for Voldemort."
A thick silence took over the group. "It can't be…" whispered Sirius disbelievingly "Peter would never betray us…"
James nodded "But he did. And he did it again; he was there the night my parents were murdered."
"Wait a minute James, I think you're taking this too far," Remus barged "Peter might have done this in the future, but how do you know he's a Death Eater now?" he said, looking at James shrewdly.
Lily sighed. "I have the ability of looking into people's mind. Peter is a Death Eater." Both Amy and Sirius snorted and Lily sighed, "I really do."
"Prove it then. What am I thinking?" said Sirius daringly.
Lily looked into his mind and smiled a little, "You think it'll be cool if James and I have a baby," she said and James coloured.
Sirius stared at her in disbelief and Lily took the chance to continue the story "Anyway, after Sirius heard that Peter betrayed us, he went after Peter. When Peter saw Sirius he blasted the whole street apart and changed forms and Sirius was framed for killing Peter."
"Wait…changed forms?" asked Jenny. Remus paled suddenly and shook his head, pleading Lily and James not to tell her.
"It doesn't matter; anyway. Sirius was framed and was tossed to Azkaban without a trial. He broke out of Azkaban when Harry was in third year…"
"I broke out of Azkaban?" asked Sirius in a hushed whisper.
James nodded "You did. And made sure that Harry knew you were innocent. But it didn't matter anyway, you…you died…two years later…"
Sirius stared at them in disbelief and rubbed his eyes, "I died?" he asked in a rasped voice.
Lily nodded, "It was really hard on Harry…" she whispered.
There was an awkward silence for a few minutes until James cleared his throat "Anyway, Harry found himself a girlfriend, Ginny, and he proposed to her."
Amy and Jenny squealed in delight and cooed as Lily smiled nervously, "It didn't matter, Harry died that night. Voldemort killed him…" she said, and a few tears escaped her eyes.
Amy and Jenny immediately sobered and James drew Lily close to him, hugging her. "After Voldemort killed him, we were transported back here and that's…that's all," said James hoarsely.
The awkward silence was once again broken by James hoarse voice "Guys…we should treat Peter the same way…at least until we finish school."
Loud protests came from Amy and Sirius but Lily beat them to it, "We have to guys; all of the information we came across in the future will be for nothing if we turn our back now."
It took some convincing from Jenny and Remus, but eventually, Sirius and Amy grudgingly agreed to treat Peter the same way as they did before.
Months passed after James and Lily's told Amy, Sirius, Jenny and Remus what happened. Life was normal again and even though they found it hard at the beginning, all of them treated Peter like they would have had they not known..
The preparations for the Graduation Ball were driving Lily and James off the wall and in addition to the ball, Lily and James also had to make sure they had enough time for preparing for the NEWTs.
With their hectic schedule, James and Lily hardly found some time alone, which made them both snappish and edgy.
"It is sexual frustration," explained Sirius one morning when Lily and James didn't come for breakfast because they had worked on the Graduation Ball the night before.
"I hardly think that that's what's bothering them," said Amy. She, herself, was quite stressed about the NEWTs.
"It's not sexual frustration, Padfoot," said Remus, who got to talk with Lily every once in a while, "They have a workload. They have the Graduation Ball, the NEWTs, Lily's worried about a dress and – "Remus cast a furtive look at Peter, "- there's always Voldemort to worry about. It's not easy, and no one is helping them."
"Why don't we help them than?" suggested Jenny, gulping from her pumpkin juice.
"I can't help them! I have a workload myself!" snorted Amy.
"Look, Amy, they are working really hard, and if we all help them, it's not going to be such a tremendous addition to your workload. Please, if we don't help them, they are going to explode soon, and it's not going to be pretty."
Amy shivered at the mental image of parts of James and Lily's bodies lying scattered on the walls and floors of the Great Hall.
"Fine! Fine! We'll help them then…" she said and Remus beamed.
After breakfast, Jenny, Amy, Remus, Sirius and Peter went to the common room, where James and Lily were both writing furiously on pieces of parchment.
"James? Lily?" Remus cleared his throat.
James and Lily did not respond.
Remus cleared his throat again. "Ah? James? Lily?" he said a little louder.
Nothing.
"Guys!" called Sirius loudly, clearly annoyed by the lack of response.
James and Lily's head snapped up "What?" they snapped at the same time.
"Can we help you?" asked Jenny.
"No," said Lily and got back to her parchment.
"Please, Lily, let us help you, you don't have to do it all by yourself…" said Jenny, walking closer to Lily.
"James and I are doing just fine thank you," said Lily with an odd catch to her voice.
"Lils…Please let us help you…is there anything we can do about the ball?"
Lily sighed and looked up again. When seeing they were all very serious, she turned to James, who begged her with his eyes for some help.
She sighed heavily, "Fine," she said and the others immediately sat on the floor while James and Lily gave some of their chores to them.
The night of the Graduation Ball was very stressing for both Lily and James. They worked on this Ball for weeks and nothing could go wrong. Nothing.
When Lily came downstairs, she took James's breath away. She wore a red silk dress, with a diagonally cut skirt and thin straps that crossed in the back. Her hair was up in a French bun and she had long sparkling diamond earrings that caused every boy in the common room to turn his head in awe.
"You look…amazing," said James, his mouth dry.
Lily's smile curved into a smile "Thank you, you look pretty handsome yourself," she said and smoothed his robes. "Let's go," Lily said and gladly accepted James's arm.
Just like in the common room, every eye was turned to Lily as she entered the Great Hall. There was no escaping – Lily looked incredible.
It took some time, but eventually all of the excited seventh-years were in the Great Hall, chattering with their friends.
The sound of McGonagall, knocking gently on one of the glasses, put a stop to the chatter and all eyes were on the headmaster, who stood up.
"Tomorrow will be the day you leave Hogwarts after a journey of seven years. During these years, Hogwarts became your home, and the students – your family. I want to wish you all a great life, full of love and hope."
Applause broke as Dumbledore finished his little speech and after a few seconds, the food appeared. Chatter started again as the graduating students ate their one-before-last feast at Hogwarts.
As the food disappeared an hour later, Dumbledore stood again "I want to welcome to the dance floor our Head Boy and Girl, to open the dance."
James stood up and offered his hand to Lily as applause was sounded again. He took her to the dance floor and the tone of a slow beat caused James to put his hands around Lily's waist and Lily's hands to wrap themselves around James's neck.
As they danced and looked into each other's eyes, not even noticing the dance floor was filling up with swaying students.
"We did a great job on this Ball," noted James.
Lily nodded "We do need to give some credit to the guys though, even Peter helped."
James's features darkened at the mention of Peter "What are we going to do about Peter now? Are we supposed to ignore him?" he said.
Lily had a pretty good idea what they should do with Peter, but she hesitated.
"What is it Lily? Tell me, he is not my friend any more…"
Lily sighed deeply and looked into James's eyes "I think we need to turn him in to the Ministry," she said, not looking at James.
She felt James stiffen under her arms "Look James, we don't have to…"
"No," James said roughly "You're right, we can't let him cause any more damage," he said resolutely, "We can't let him ruin our life. Harry's life."
"You're planning on having children than?" asked Lily lightly.
James smiled "Of course I am I can't wait to start a family with you."
Lily's breath was taken away from her at James's words and she kissed him earnestly, showing him exactly how happy she felt at the moment.
"Hey, lovebirds."
James and Lily broke the kiss and saw that none other than Sirius Black had ruined their romantic moment.
"Mind if I share a dance with your wife?" Sirius asked, grinning.
"Just don't run off with her," said James and broke away from Lily.
"Never," grinned Sirius and watched as James took his place in Amy's arms.
"So, Lils…" he stated with a charming smile.
"So, Sirius…" Lily joked back.
"What did we have this year?" he said and pretending to think "Well, in the Hogwarts Express you hated James, went to an exciting adventure at the future, came back in love with James, and got married before the year was over. Miss Evans, I'm impressed," Sirius said with a rough smile.
Lily laughed "Well Mr Black, this year isn't over yet… Don't forget that you have a wedding to attend in two months."
"I still can't believe you eloped," said Sirius in amazement.
"I can't either," confessed Lily "But I'm not sorry…it made my life…complete," she said.
"Such fine words from such fine lady," said Sirius and Lily laughed again "Treat him right, Lils, I trust you," Sirius said seriously.
Lily smiled softly at him "I will. I promise you'll have some godchildren soon, too."
Sirius's eyes widened and he stopped dancing "Are you?" he asked in an excited whisper.
Lily shook her head in amusement "Not yet. I said soon, not very soon."
Sirius clutched a hand to his heart "Don't do that to me!" he said and Lily giggled as he twirled her.
"I promise you'll be the second to know if I am," she said, not the slightest bit embarrassed about discussing it with Sirius.
Sirius raised his eyebrows "Who'll be the first?" he asked arrogantly.
"James, of course," said Lily, rolling her eyes. Sirius looked embarrassed for forgetting James and Lily laughed again. "It takes two to make a baby you know! Should I explain?"
Lily, for the first in her life, saw Sirius Black blush. "No, Evans!" he hissed.
Lily giggled "It's Potter," she said in delight.
"Right, right… Lily Potter…" Sirius muttered and twirled her.
"Amy! I look… I look horrible," Lily wailed, sending her friend a pleading look.
"Lily, shut up. You look marvellous. Now hold still so the… er… lady… can finish your hair."
"But Amyyyyyyy…"
"Lily! Stop it! It's your wedding day, and you look perfect. Even if you looked like a hag, James would still think you were beautiful."
"But-"
"Lily," Amy said sharply, slapping her lightly on the side of the face so no mark would show up, "snap out of it!"
Lily blushed deeply and apologized, "Sorry, Amy. I got a bit… carried away."
Even though it was the second time she was marrying James, Lily couldn't help being nervous. After all, this is the real wedding; she was wearing a dress and had a maid of honour. And there would be a long second honeymoon, without the pressure of Albus Dumbledore.
"Your hair's done, ma'am," the Hairdresser said politely.
Lily stood up, and Amy suddenly went speechless.
Lily had always been pretty, but now- now she was beautiful.
"Oh, Lily," she finally managed to say, in a low, breathy voice.
"That bad, huh?" she asked with a slight twitch of her mouth.
"Ye- no, you look gorgeous! Oh, James won't know whether he's in heaven or at a wedding when he sees you!"
"Good," Lily said, beaming and looking all the more beautiful.
Her dress was simple and elegant, with a long, flowing white silk skirt and a sleeves bodice with a swooping neckline that sharpened to a point in the middle. Delicate pearl embroidery in the form of flowers adorned the neckline and followed to opposite side. Her hair was up in an elegant half-bun, while the rest of her hair fell down her back in perfect ringlets.
"Miss, it's time," a woman said, poking her head in.
Lily's smile, if possible, became brighter.
"C'mon Amy!"
"Who'd have ever thought you'd marry James?" Amy laughed.
"Certainly not me, until recently," Lily said, a slightly reminiscent smile on her face.
"Let's go."
"Thanks again for doing this, Remus. You have no idea what this means to James and I," Lily whispered to the man escorting her down the aisle.
While he had expected it, Remus was somewhat sad that he was not best man, and Lily had known this. So, when they came to the dilemma of who would escort her down the aisle, she asked that it be Remus. After all, he had been a good friend to James and her for years.
"No problem, Lil," eh said, before turning his eyes back to where James and Sirius stood.
James… Lily fought to keep her jaw from dropping.
He wore a black tux, and looked even more stunningly handsome than usual. His hair still flopped messily over his warm hazel eyes. She should have known it wouldn't behave, even on his wedding day.
And suddenly she was at the end of the isle, inches away from his face as Remus gave her to him, to have and too keep forever.
She didn't hear what was being said, and neither did James. They were too absorbed in each other's eyes
"Do you, Lily Rose Evans, take James Harold Potter to be your lawfully wedded husband until death do you part?" finally broke through Lily's reverie.
"I do," she said; face threatening to light up the entire room with pure happiness.
"And do you, James Harold Potter, take Lily Rose Evans to be your lawfully wedded wife until death do you part?"
"I do," he said softly, smiling with an intensity that was almost unbelievable.
"You may kiss the bride," the priest said, droning tone not changing in the slightest.
He leaned forward in a kiss that was far more than fireworks and lust- it was true love, the kind that would last through anything.
"I love you," he mouthed against her lips.
"Love you too," she whispered as they finally broke apart.
"RECEPTION TIME! NOW WE CAN ALL GET DRUNK!" a familiar voice boomed jovially from behind them.
"Sirius," Lily muttered, shaking her head in amusement as she saw Sirius's glowing face, "Only Sirius."
"Lilsy, wouch you liksh to dansh wi' meee?" a very tipsy man whom she had never seen before asked.
"Actually, I was just about to claim her for a dance myself. You know, a bride-best man thing," Sirius said coolly from behind her. The drunken man slunk off to goodness knows where, and Sirius held his hand out for her.
"Sirius, for once I must say, you're timing is perfect," Lily breathed in relief.
"Well, actually…" he began somewhat uncomfortable, "Moony told me to come over here. I guess he saw that guy moving towards you or something.
She laughed as he spun her around the white and mauve dance floors, "Somehow I'm less surprised with that than thinking you have good timing."
"Yes, I know. Everyone seems to think I'm entirely unreliable," he said, sporting a false wounded look.
"Sirius, shut up. You know everyone loves you."
He brightened instantly, before returning to normal.
"I must say, I never thought it'd be you I'd give this talk too," he laughed, once again returning to seriousness, "But, Lily, don't hurt him. He hurts so much already, though you've gone a long way to healing that. James… James wouldn't live without you. He couldn't. And if you hurt him… well, make sure I won't hesitate to hunt for you across the world until I make sure you pay."
With a bow, Sirius dropped his hands and walked away, leaving a thoroughly confused and somewhat alarmed Lily in his wake.
"May I have this dance?" an even more familiar voice asked from behind her.
"But, well, I think my husband might want to dance with me," she teased, turning to look at James.
James walked around to her other side and simply said, "I do."
She laughed and they began to dance. Round and around they twirled and Lily realized she had never felt safer in her entire life. In his arms she could forget that she was going to be the mother of the wizard who defeated Voldemort, and that she might very well die if things didn't work out right.
The music ended, but James continued to dance with her.
"James," she whispered gently, "The music's over."
"So?" was his unconcerned reply.
She smiled softly as they continued to sway to the imaginary beat.
"Love you," he said, so softly she was almost unable to hear it.
"I love you too, James."
"Ok, ok, break up the mushy stuff," Sirius called, "It's time for… the slide show!"
"What slide show?" both asked, Lily alarmed and James bemused.
"The slide show…of our dear Jamsie's life."
He waved his want at a Pensieve that had been set up without her notice, probably while she and James were dancing.
"Behold… a true masterpiece."
Out of the Pensieve hovered images of a very small –and very adorable- baby James.
Next flashed a James who seemed to be about two years old; he looked remarkably mischievous for even a two-year-old, and in the distance yelping could he heard.
The 'slide show' went on for about 20 minutes of various pranks by a rapidly aging James, until it showed an image of him, just about to board the Hogwarts Express. Large words flashed above, The Marauders Meet, and several pictured of various 11-year-old Marauders flashed before them.
Next came 'pranks.' Even Lily had not heard of many of these- they were horrible! Then 'James and Lily interact,' flashed above them
Lily was screaming at James, while crowds gathered to watch. Aside from Quidditch, it was one of the most popular 'sports' at school. Several images of this popped up.
Then came 7th year; Lily and James fighting on the train, Lily and James dating, Lily sleeping in James's arms on the Gryffindor couch, the two of them kissing by the Lake. Appropriate 'awws' were heard every few seconds as new images flashed above the Pensieve.
Somehow, though, both Lily and James felt something was missing. There was a whole part –a very important part- of their life missing. Their limited time with Harry, and his friends, and the knowledge of how short their lives were. Oh, Harry… she felt like crying again.
"Shh… it's ok, Lil," James said softly, sensing her change in mood.
"I know," she whispered back, "I know."
The slideshow was now showing images from their wedding. Lily was amazed at how gorgeous she looked, and James was stunned all over again.
"Well, I regret to say that our masterpiece is complete," Sirius said, now standing on a table, "What I'm glad to say is that the limousine is here, and James and Lily need to leave for their honeymoon. James, Prongs, my brother, be nice and don't play with other girls," Sirius said, winking.
"SIRIUS," he exclaimed, appalled, but offering Lily his arm anyways.
She took it and teased, "James, if you are going to play with other women, make sure I don't see or suspect it unless you're fond of the idea of castration."
"The world is against me," James moaned.
"And I don't blame it," Lily said, as they climbed into the limo amidst a shower of rather hard and oddly coloured rice.
"You know, not many wives get a second honeymoon so soon," Lily said, eyes sparkling as the driver pulled away.
"Not many wives are as amazing as you."
Lily laughed- if only there'd been a sunset to drive off into, but at the moment, it didn't really matter.
It had been a month from James and Lily's wedding and they long since returned from their second honeymoon.
While on the honeymoon, Lily received a letter from the Charms Department in the Ministry for Magic, offering her a job in the innovation division. The division was trying new charms, filing them and giving them to the Minister for Magic for approval before it was introduced to the Wizarding society.
Lily immediately accepted the job and the first thing she did when she returned home was apparate to the Ministry and check out the department.
Her boss, Mr Hansel was a stern looking man that, Lily discovered, was very nice and polite. He showed her around the department and introduced her to her co-worker, Eleanor Reed.
Her first task was to file some new charms and send them to the Minister. It was horribly boring and by noon, she was exhausted and her hands hurt.
"It's not always like this," commented Eleanor at lunch break "In a few months you're going to start working with the inventors."
"So why do I have to do this?" moaned Lily, flexing her sore fingers.
"Because they want you to see what it's like, what kind of charms you will be working on. My job is to file the charms but every time a new person comes here, my workload is being reduced," Eleanor grinned and even Lily cracked a smile.
"So how long will I be doing it?" Lily asked.
"About two months," said Eleanor and Lily gasped in horror. "It's bad only in the first two weeks, believe me."
Needless to say, when Lily came back to Godric's Hollow, she was completely knackered.
"How was work?" asked James from his seat on the sofa.
Lily collapsed on the sofa and immediately put her head on James's shoulder, "Exhausting. Apparently I need to file charms for two months before I actually start working on creating charms."
James stroke her hair, "Well, how bad can it be?" he asked with a smile.
Lily wanted to glare at him but she was too tired, "Very bad," she mumbled into his chest.
James chuckled, "Do you want dinner?" he asked.
"No, I just want to sleep," mumbled Lily.
James grinned, "Ok than," he said and picked her up.
Lily yelped, "James! What are you doing?"
"Going to put you to sleep," he explained. Lily was too tired to argue and she let him carry her to their bed.
Lily felt a fleeting kiss on her forehead before she fell asleep.
The sound of the alarm clock woke Lily up. She heard James groan above her and looked up to see that his eyes were half open and that he was hugging her close to his chest.
Lily sighed and poked his chest.
"Mmmm?"
Lily poked him again.
"Mmmm?"
"James!" said Lily sharply.
"I'm up, I'm up…" he muttered and opened his eyes slowly.
"Morning," said Lily sleepily and yawned.
James only groaned and pulled her even tighter to him.
Lily giggled, "Come on, James, time to wake up…" she said.
"I have nothing to do, anyway…why must I wake up?" he moaned and buried his face in Lily's hair.
Lily stayed silent for a couple of seconds "James…" she started with a hesitant voice.
James immediately sobered "What's wrong?" he said and looked down to her.
Lily bit her lip, "James…I think you need to turn Peter in…" she said and watched his reaction.
James's face fell and he closed his eyes "I know it's hard, but please James, he can cause so much damage while he's free. He already caused to our parents' death…" Lily said quietly.
James knew she was right, of course, but yet, it was so hard to turn in to the Ministry a person who was a friend of his for seven years.
Lily, knowing his internal debate, softened "Why don't you talk to Sirius and Remus? They can help you."
James smiled a little and looked down at his wife "I think I will," he said and without warning, he flung himself down on the bed again with an 'oof' of exhaustion.
Lily looked at the magical clock and gasped "I have to go!" she said and got up.
James sighed at the sudden lack of warmth and snuggled into his pillow. Within seconds he was asleep again.
When he woke up three hours later, Lily was already gone and the house was empty. James sighed into his pillow and thought about what he was going to do today.
He is going to turn Peter in.
The thought of Peter caused James to think about Harry. He was doing this for Harry, in the memory of Harry and because of Harry.
He also hoped that it wouldn't take long for Lily to be pregnant. He longed for a child of his own. He longed to start a family with Lily. And most of all, he longed to get rid of Voldemort. He knew that at the moment he and Lily would face Voldemort, with Harry in Lily's arms, Voldemort would be defeated.
The prophecy said so. And it didn't matter that the prophecy was made in another world. He would make sure to give Harry the life he never had in the other world.
As he dressed, he thought about Ginny and the Weasleys; should he introduce them to Harry as soon as he was born? Or should he let fate play its part?
Thoughts of Harry vanished from his mind as he appeared at the Ministry. He went to the department of Magical Law Enforcement and saw a secretary sitting in front of a messy desk, chewing gum and reading a magazine.
He cleared his throat and the witch snapped her head up. She looked him up and down and immediately adopted a sweet sugary voice.
"Hello," she said with a bright smile, "Did you schedule an appointment?"
"Actually, no, I was wondering if I could talk to one of the Aurors here?" James asked in the nicest tone he could master.
The witch frowned, "I don't think so…" she said, looking apologist.
"James? James Potter?" a voice said behind him, and James turned around to see Gideon Prewett, who was five years before them in Hogwarts and gave them a few pranking tips when they were in second year.
"Gideon!" said James, obviously happy to see someone who will help him, "What are you doing here?"
"I'm an Auror, obviously," he said with a smile, "What do you need?"
James took Gideon aside "Look, do you remember Peter? The guy that was always with us? Chubby, blond hair…"
"Yes! Yes, of course, why?"
"Look…" said James and took a deep breath, "He's a Death Eater."
"I see," said Gideon, "Are you sure? That's quite an accusation…"
James nodded and swallowed a lump in his throat "Yes, I'm positive…"
Gideon frowned and put his hand on James's shoulder "Look, I'll look it up and I'll let you know ok? Where do you live?"
"Godric's Hollow," said James immediately.
"Right," said Gideon "Tell me, you were crazy about a girl back than, who was it?"
"Lily Evans," said James with a smile.
"Still crazy about her I see," said Gideon with a sly smile.
"Oh yes, I'm crazy about her alright," shrugged James and smiled, "She's Lily Potter after all…"
James walked out of the department, leaving a dumbstruck man behind.
A/N: Not done yet guys, I am thinking of doing one or two more chapters, depends on how I see the next one is getting along. A BIG THANK YOU for Zayne who wrote the whole wedding and reception scene and by that, taking a lot of pressure off my shoulders. One more thing most of you commented about is Sirius being best man. I KNEW IT! I just wanted them to elope before they are having an actual wedding.
Thank you:
James'sSnitchBoxersLover– You had me lmao, god…that was sooooo ewww
hermy32146- No I don't, although I speak Hebrew.
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Love,
--Lily