Chapter 5

A.N. Lots of you thought that this story was going way too fast and I agree with you but I personally think that's what makes a good story, one where it is fast paced so you can't stop reading (I'm not saying my stories are good). Anyway thank you for all your reviews.

On with the story…

James and Lily went back to the jewellery show and unfroze everyone. Everyone carried on like nothing had happened and almost immediately reporters and people eager to buy her work surrounded Lily. James smiled and decided that he might as well go and find his cousin Melinda.

Melinda had stopped Jacques' kisses (she was still way too conscious that she was kissing her brother's love of his life fiancé). James knocked on the door and Melinda hurried out straightening her dress, Jacques followed.

"So what have you been up to, missy?" James asked Melinda playfully. Melinda blushed. James and Melinda left with James gently teasing Melinda about her newfound love. Gradually all the other people coming to look around with Lily's work went and Lily and Jacques were left looking at each other. There was a long pause and then Jacques said quietly

"Um, Lily I think we need to talk." Jacques said awkwardly

"It's ok, I know you have fallen in love with Melinda and I love James again so shall we just forget we ever got engaged?" Lily said, Jacques looked relieved and hugged Lily tightly.

"Friends?" Jacques said still hugging her

"Friends" Lily said smiling a little and with that they left the museum. Lily headed back to her apartment to find James there.

"How did you know I was staying here?" Lily asked James

"Connections…" James said with a mysterious grin.

"So why are you here?" Lily said heading towards her bedroom.

"I wanted to see you." James said following Lily into her bedroom

"Get out James, I'm getting changed." Lily said but she was grinning. James put on a sulky pose but he went and sat down in the television. A few minutes later Lily reappeared wearing a red three quarter length shirt, a pair of black flared trousers and nothing on her feet. Her hair fell all over her shoulders.

"We saw each other 2 hours ago." Lily said

"And that is a problem, I haven't seen you for 10 years, that's a lot of time to make up…" James said, circling around Lily running his hands through Lily's hair.

"James don't. I love you but I have to go back to Rome tomorrow and it would be way too hard for me and you." Lily said, her eyes sparkling with tears. James looked at her, the colour draining from his face. He sat down. Lily ran off and got a glass of ice-cold water. She gave it to James, who drank the whole contents

"What do you mean, you are going back to Rome?" James asked Lily

"Well, my work is there and I can't just move it over to England."

"But your love is in England." James said softly and he disapparated. Lily stared at the place where James had been and sobbed. James, in the privacy of his bedroom wept a single tear.

The next day, when James was just getting up and looking very fine in blue boxers, Lily appeared in his fireplace.

"What are you doing here?" James asked Lily

"I don't think that's fair, you came to my apartment last night and didn't give a good enough reason. Anyway I wanted to tell you that I'm going back to Rome in one week." James looked up

"Lily there is something that I've got tell you." James said and he explained everything. The whole if he didn't get married then his home would become in possession of the Malfoys. Lily stared at him and as Lily had done to him last night, James got a glass of water for her.

"So you want me to marry you in less than a week, because you love me and you don't want to lose your house."

"That's pretty much it" James said suddenly aware he was only in his boxers and muttered a quick charm that made him have clothes.

"So will you marry me, Lily?" James said looking at Lily. Lily looked at him and sighed

"I will but I'm going to still work in Rome so you are going to have to teach me how to apparate and disapparate properly." Lily said. James looked at her then he decided that he would rather have part of Lily then none of her at all. James and Lily walked down the stairs of the Potter mansion and announced their engagement. There was a silence, especially from James' parents, as they had never met Lily before. There was an awkward silence with only Melinda smiling

"So is this Lily Evans that you met at Hogwarts and lost sight of?" James' dad asked

"Yes" Lily said, speaking for the first time. James' dad stared at Lily and then spoke again

"I recognise you. Who were you mum and dad?"

"My mum was Rose Evans and my dad was Harry Evans." Lily said proudly

"Harry Evans? You are his daughter. I don't believe it, he never mentioned it to me." Lily stared at him in puzzlement

"Um my mum and dad died 18 years ago. It was just before my second year in Beauxbatons."

"Who told you that? Your dad is definitely alive and your mum I'm not sure because she never goes to the Ministry of Magic. And I thought you went to Hogwarts?" James' dad said. James' mum put a hand on James' dad's arm

"Darling, you are overwhelming Lily with all of these questions." James' dad looked embarrassed but Lily walked down the stairs with James behind her and she continued talking to James' dad whilst James talked to Melinda and his mother.

"Well you see I went to Beauxbatons for 6 years and then I was chosen for this transfer thing and that was when I met James. Also my mum and dad aren't magical."

"Then how did you lose sight of James? I'm sorry if this personal. Who has been telling you all of this? Your mum and dad are some of the greatest witches and wizards of the moment."

"Well something happened and I decided to get away from it all and I have lived in Rome for 10 years being a jewellery designer. Can I go and see my parents?"

"Sure. Honey, I'm going to take Lily to meet her parents, do you want to come James?" James' dad asked the first part at Lily, the second part to his wife and the third part to James. James nodded and he, Lily and James' dad disapparated.

They reappeared in a comfy house with elegant furnishings everywhere. Lily walked around and found a picture of her and her sister Petunia taken before she went to Beauxbatons. There were voices coming from the kitchen and Lily went towards them, James' dad and James staying there and they disapparated. Lily opened the door and saw two people whom she could tell were her mum and dad.

"Mum, dad?" Lily asked them her voce going weird as she spoke, the people's faces changed

"Lily?" they said and the next second they were all hugging and kissing each other. Lily then asked her parents the question she was dying to hear the answer to

"Why did you pretend to be dead? I mean I was 12 and I really needed you." Rose and Harry looked at each other and then Rose spoke

"We love you so much Lily and it broke our hearts when we said goodbye but we really, it was for your own protection."

"So? I don't care about my protection I wanted you to be there for me I came over here because my fiancé's dad knew you both. I'm getting married in 5 days and I when I heard that you were alive dad I wanted you to give me away but I think I will give my friend a call." And with that Lily disapparated with her parents looking at each other, almost as if they were going to cry.

Lily reappeared in Ashleigh's apartment. Ashleigh ran over to where lily was and hugged her. Lily burst into tears. Ashleigh hugged Lily, unsure why she was crying. Ashleigh led Lily over to the sofa

"So what's wrong?" Ashleigh asked Lily

"Well you see, I'm getting married to James in 5 days. Which reminds me, would you be the maid of honour? Anyway James and I announced our engagement to James' family and it turns out they know my mum and dad, they are alive and they pretended to be dead and it's such a mess." Lily said breaking down again in tears.

"You really mean it that I can be your maid of honour? Anyway about the whole parents thing why don't you just get to know them or just keep pretending that they don't exist?" Lily looked at Ashleigh

"I don't know what to do, I mean it shouldn't matter really, I mean I'm 28, I'm a successful jewellery designer and I'm getting married." Ashleigh looked at her

"Well it is all down to you, I mean you have coped without them for most of your life so why not keep pretending. At the end of the day you have to make a choice." Lily smiled at her. She spent the rest of the day at Ashleigh's and returned at 6 o clock to her apartment.

Lily looked around, half expecting to see James there but he wasn't. She cursed inwardly that she hadn't spent hardly any time with him today and flooed to the Potter mansion. She came out not in James' bedroom but in the Hall. There was an eerie silence. Lily called out for anyone but no one appeared. However she spotted a note on the table and read it

Dear Lily,

I hope you are well. I would love to catch up but I've kidnapped your fiancé and his family so it is kind of the wrong time to catch up. You and I are ment for each other Lily, whether you like it or not so get used to it so instead of it being you and James getting married it's you and me. The only way to save your friends is to marry me. You have 24 hours. Meet me at the Chapel in France that we used to have to go to. We are getting married Lily, whether you like it or not.

Yours lovingly

Pierre xxx

A.N. End of another chapter! I might not to be able for a while for various reasons. So when I come back I'm want loads of reviews from you all, it doesn't have to be good it can be constructive criticsm.