Chapter twenty.

a/n: This is alll so sad, it's finished, finite, finito, the end. Excuse me while I cry a little.

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I think I'm gonna write a proper disclaimer.

Disclaimer: I hereby state that the characters in this story do not belong to me, they belong to the wonderful J.K Rowling. The only thing in this story that belongs to me is the plot.

Over the next three weeks Lily slowly gained health and strength. She felt better everyday; she had only coughed up blood twice, and that was in the first week.

She knew she had one more week until she would be completely back to normal, and she was very excited. She wanted to go back to work. Hopefully her boss would be lenient on her about all the time off she'd had.

She had gone out with James a few times, he was ever so cautious, making sure she was content and comfortable the whole time. She had gone to a picnic in Langston Park with Remus, Jen, Sirius, Emma and James. Peter didn't come; he had been very busy for the last few months.

She was going out to dinner with James tonight, she knew he was the one. He always took care of her, she thought he would always be there; he made her feel safe when she was in his arms. She now knew, that he was the one she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.

James was feeling great. He had no worries, apart from the fact that he was to be killed in three years by a crazy killing psychopath; he couldn't let Lily be murdered. Then he started to think, ' If I marry Lily, I will be giving her a death sentence. I can't do that to her. Now that I know what is to happen, maybe I can change it! Now I am having regrets about all of this. I can't let Lily die.'

His mind went back and forth, back and forth, yo-yoing over a decision, about what to do.

He decided to end things with Lily. As hard as it would be to leave her, it would be even harder to sentence her to death.

Sirius felt like he was on top of the world, so many good things were happening, after years of torture living with his real family, things were finally looking up. He had been going out with Emma for almost two months, his best friend and his 'little sister' had finally gotten back together and his 'little sister' was quickly recovering from an almost fatal disease.

The way he felt about Emma he had never felt about anyone before. He wanted to take things slowly, she wasn't like his other girlfriends, most of them were complete bimbos. Emma actually had some brains. She was training to be and Auror, just like him.

He knocked on the door, and waited patiently for the answer. Lily answered, and a look of pure happiness spread across her face, she kissed him lightly on the lips.

"Hello Lily." He said glumly

"James, what is wrong? Why are you unhappy?" she questioned him

"We need to talk." He said

"James, why are you being so serious?" she smiled; it wasn't often that James frowned.

"Lils, I can't do this anymore."

"What do you mean?" her smile broke, her lips creased into a frown.

"I can't be with you." He said the words bitterly, as if they were pure venom.

"What? Why?" she said, her voice broke slightly, "Are you ending this?"

"Yes." He said, after a long pause he continued, "I can't do this to you."

"Do what to me? James give me a reason!" she said loudly, a tear ran down her cheek, she brushed it away and looked up at him with sad emerald eyes.

"Lily, I have to go." He said, feeling guiltier than ever.

He hated himself for causing her pain, even though he thought he was saving her. He walked out into the rain and closed the door behind him. Lily flung it open and ran after him, she grabbed him, tears streaming down her face.

"James, no!" she shouted, "I can't let you do this without telling me why! I know there is a reason; you're hiding it from me! Why would you go to the future just to save me and then come back and break up with me? I may as well have not been healed, this pain will kill me anyway, and if it doesn't, I'll kill myself," she sobbed.

"Lily please." He said, his voice starting to quiver, "please don't make this any harder than it already is."

"Why won't you tell me?" she screamed.

"Lily, I love you, but I can't stay with you, it wouldn't be fair, I can't do it to you."

"James Potter don't you dare say you love me, if you love me then why are you leaving me?" she hissed venomously,

"I can't sentence you to death! I won't do it!"

"What do you mean?" Lily's voice became quieter.

"I shouldn't have said that."

"James, don't leave me in the dark, I need you. You have to tell me."

"I can't."

"James, please."

He weakened, he didn't want to tell her, but he knew he would have to.

"Ok." They sat down on the lawn in front of Lily's house. He held onto her hand tightly, he never wanted to let go. It was still raining, but Lily didn't care, she wanted to know why the man she loved most was leaving her.

They sat quietly for a while, and then he spoke.

He told her the whole story, how he entered 1997 in the Shrieking Shack, and how he met the future Dursleys, how he kept hearing about Harry. Then how Dumbledore had told him about his death and his son and the prophecy.

Then he finished with; "… I love you Lily, but I cannot condemn you to death. I won't. If I can change time and save you, I will."

"James. Why do you have to be so noble? As I said to Jen; it's inevitable, the one thing we can't prevent is death." She said, another tear forming in her eye," she took his other hand, then she whispered "Please, don't leave me."

He looked at her; her eyes were full of sadness and hope. He kissed her softly on the lips, and then she deepened the kiss. James pulled away and turned his head.

"I don't want you to die." He said quietly, avoiding her gaze

"James, I would rather die than live without you."

That sentence seemed to convince him.

"I'm sorry." He whispered

"For what?" she asked

"Falling for you. Then condemning you."

"It's not your fault."

"I love you Lily."

"I love you too James, but please, don't leave me."

"So, when are we going to have our first 'official' date?" Jen asked; she had recently become the girlfriend of Remus Lupin, a man whom she had had a crush on for quite a while.

"I don't know, when are you free?" Remus asked

"Whenever. I am always free, except Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I work those days, until six. But after six, I'm all yours." Jen said happily.

"Well then, is next Thursday at seven o'clock okay for you?"

"That is fine! I'll see you then, Remmy." She laughed

"Jen." He said, "Never call me that again."

"I was only joking." She laughed; the last three weeks had been hectic for them, so they were unable to have a proper date. Remus had been in France, visiting his little sister, Kelly; who was in a hospital similar to St. Mungos. She was being treated for a Phlinkypep bite; a Phlinkypep was a vicious little creature whose venom penetrates a witch or wizards brain and eventually sends them mad. Kelly's case wasn't as serious as some, but she was facing a lifetime of madness.

Lily and James were sitting in a restaurant, the Blue Moon, where it all started. Lily was looking radiant, in a beautiful emerald dress that brought out her eyes. The dress was flowy, and went down to the ground. She was wearing a beautiful pearl necklace with earrings to match. Her hair was tied in a bun, with soft curls falling in her face.

James wore black formal pants and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top and a black formal jacket. He too looked great.

After they had finished their meal they left the restaurant and walked through Langston Park, hand in hand. They stopped at the fountain. He took her other hand, and before she knew it, she was in France, standing on the Eiffel Tower. James had apparated them both here. She looked out across the city. It was all lit up.

"James, it's all beautiful. Tonight has been completely wonderful"

"Lily, I have something to ask you." James said nervously,

"Yes?"

" I have known you for almost eight years now. And In that time a have come to love you very much, and I hope these feelings are returned." Lily nodded; he smiled. "I want you to know, that I would do anything for you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I love you with all my heart." Then, he got down on one knee and pulled out a ring box, "Lily, will you marry me?" James opened the box to reveal a gold ring; it had a sapphire with four diamonds around it, two on each side of the blue gem.

"Oh James! I will! I will!" she cried happily, James got up off his knees and wrapped his arms around her, he only let her go to slide the ring on to her finger, then he kissed her passionately.

It couldn't have been a more perfect night.

"James, it's a gorgeous ring. Thank-you so much."

"Look at the inscription."

Lily took off the ring and looked at the inside of it. The writing read: Until the end. LE+JP, She smiled and placed the ring back on her finger.

"I have one more surprise for you." He grinned; he shoved his hand into his pocket and pulled out something shiny. It was a mirror. He showed it to her. She laughed, "James, it's just a mirror."

"No, it's not Lily, it's much more than that. Speak into it."

"What? Why?" she smiled

"Just say something, please."

"Ok then, um, what do you want me to say?"

"Anything."

Lily looked into the mirror, a face appeared, the person looked exactly like James, except he had bright green eyes.

"Hello?" she said

"Mum?" the voice replied.

The End.

A/N: Oh, I'm happy and sad at the same time! If anyone didn't realise, the person in the mirror was Harry. You'd be pretty silly not to understand that. :)

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