Chapter 25, Planning
Lily thought that she could never, ever, have been this excited ove3r a wedding. Though it was all excitement coursing though her veins, it was nerves too. After she said those two words, everyone knew what was after that. It sort of spooked her a little.
"Rin! Can you come, I need some help!" Lily yelled down the hall from her room.
"Coming!" Rin yelled, walking into her room. "What?"
"Which one is nicer, Daffodils or Roses?" Lily asked holding up a picture of each.
"Roses."
"What color?"
How about a little of each? One color makes everything bland," Rin tried to help, sitting on her bed.
"That sounds good," Lily agreed, marking it down on her paper. "Weddings are too much work."
"Yeah. Shouldn't James be here?" Rin asked looking around the room.
"Yes, but he's in class. He decided to take his Auror train in the spring and some Healer training in the fall, so that he didn't close all his options," Lily supplied.
"Ohhh…."
"He's coming over tonight to help a little. I decided to let him book the band, and invite the people. The guest list we have to work on together though."
"Ohhh…. Is that all, because I've got a final to study for?" Rin asked getting up.
"Yeah, I just needed help with the flowers then I'm studying all night too. Have fun!" Lily told Rin, closing the door behind her.
Lily still couldn't believe that it had been almost a year since James proposed to her. She was finishing up her first year of Auror training and deciding on a few small things for the wedding.
The door bell rang around 7 o'clock, and James was let inside by Lily.
"Hey," James gave Lily a kiss and a hug. "I've got this really cool band. My Uncle Marty knows them. They're this really cool Finnish band, that has this really original sound," James announced following Lily into the kitchen, where she laid out a few things for them to look over.
"Who are they?"
"Er… The Rasmus."
"Wait. I've heard of them. Aren't they a muggle group?" Lily looked at him quizzically.
"Well, yes. But I thought that they were pretty good, and I know that you would like them," James tried to persuade her.
"I think I would too, but they're not exactly the wedding type of band," Lily said nicely.
"I know, I told him we were still looking, so I never made anything final. What about that new wizarding group. What are they called? The Fairies…? The Pixies…?"
"You mean The Harpies?" Lily supplied helpfully.
"Yeah! I heard that they can imitate pretty much any song, muggle or wizarding."
"They sound good. That way we can have all the bands we like to play!" Lily smiled, and they started working on the guest list. Lily wasn't keen on big things. She liked small things. Small houses, small parties. Big things tended to go on for ages.
"So… where is everybody?" James asked Lily, moving a little closer to her.
"Out at dinner. Rin finally decided to introduce them to Sirius," Lily told him, as he snuck his arms around her waist.
"Ohhh…. That's why Sirius was making himself look presentable. You know, he was actually thinking of cutting his hair?" James said kissing her.
"Really?" Lily said in between his kisses. "Never would have thought he think that."
"Neither did I."
James always had a strange way of talking to Lily that made her want to do things that she normally wouldn't. "Do you want to give me a tour? This place is huge, someone could get lost."
"Tour. Yeah, okay." Lily got up and walked hand in hand through the kitchen door. She started at the first floor and made her way up.
"And this is Rin's room," Lily opened her door just a little for him to gt a peek, "And here is mine."
She walked in it and stood in the middle, "A little messy, I know, but it's home. Or as close to home as it can get."
"Well I like it," James told her sitting on the bed and pulling her to him.
"You know, my mum would be screaming bloody murder at me about now," Lily joked sitting on his lap as he stroked her hair.
"Umm…"
"Well, let's get back, we've still got a lot more planning to do still," Lily got up slowly. She really didn't want to leave, but Rin and her parents would be home at 10 and it was already 9:45.
"Yeah, okay," a put out James agreed, following Lily out the door.
"So just friends and family, that's it right?" James asked after 15 minutes of discussing it.
"Yep, so it's: Sirius, Rin, your mom and dad, Remus, Peter, Mr. and Mrs. Sugarsweets, Dumbledore, Petunia and her husband, and Snape. So far," Lily recited, reading off the sheet of paper that held all the guest's names.
"Ye- wait! Snivellus?" James looked puzzled.
"Ha! Got you!" Lily smiled like a two year old. "Why would I invite Snape? To have you and Sirius ruin everything?"
"You have a point there. Bet you he's a Death Eater by now," James muttered.
"Hey! That's not nice. He may know a lot about the dark arts, but sometimes people are deceiving. Like I never would have guessed that you would end up getting married. Let alone to me. Or that Sirius would stop being a player."
"That's different," James pointed out.
"How?"
"Because- because- he's Snape." James said it as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"That's the same reason you gave for turning him upside down in fifth year," Lily pointed out.
"Fine, he's a Slytherin," James tried.
"If he was a Slytherin then why did you save him in sixth year? Come on, I know deep down that you really do have some respect for the man," Lily pushed.
"Nope," James said simply.
"Fine, but hatred can be a really strong bond. Look at where we are after all."
"I've got to go, Healer training starts in a few weeks and I need to get my books. Bye," James got up and kissed her quickly before leaving.
"Bye!" Lily shouted at the door.
