His Final Year

Chapter Fourteen: Sirius Concerns

James and Lily had never had the fairy tale romance. James had never been her 'knight in shining armor'; he was far to busy being the joker that annoyed her. Lily had never been the 'damsel in distress'; she probably would have kneed him in his happy place if he ever tried to rescue her. They never had a 'love at first sight, can't live without you, marry me now' type of romance. If asked, they would have said they had something better.

They had decided to take their newfound romance slow and at their pace. Everyone at Hogwarts knew only too well that everyone else lived to gossip. Gossip had a reputation of destroying quite a few couples at Hogwarts, but Lily and James decided that they were the ones who were going to call the shots in their relationship. They felt that they're close friends should be the first to know; everyone else could figure it out on their own. They walked into the common room, winked at each other and headed upstairs to their old dorms. James and the other confused Marauders were first down, James stopping them to wait for Lily. She, followed by her confused friends, came down after about a minute.

James and Lily smiled and led the way, their friends exchanging glances behind them as they followed. James and Lily gave the password to their dorm room, guiding everyone inside. Everyone sat down except them, who stood right next to each other, grinning.

Alex sat on the edge of the couch, Mel sitting between her and Remus. Sirius took the chair and cleared his throat. "So what's up?"

James and Lily looked at each other, both trying to figure out what to do first. James gave her a wink and took a breath. "Ok guys…Lily and I as you might have heard…during patrolling we kissed." When James got no gasps from the girls, he turned to Lily, who was smiling.

"What? You didn't really think I wouldn't tell them did you?" James just smiled and looked back at everyone, still as confused as when they got there.

"Ok, well Lily and I have talked and we've decided…" Lily smiled and grabbed his hand, giving it a reassuring squeeze. James smiled and sighed. "Guys…Lily and I are a couple now."

Everyone nearly wet themselves. No one said anything; their jaws had dropped too low to even make words. They just stared at their smiling friends, unable to say a word. Sirius finally fell back and screamed a huge "woo-hoo!" as everyone else started coming to. Sirius jumped up and hugged James, then Lily, the others following his lead. James and Lily started laughing and hugged everyone back.

Alex giggled. "Ok spill, all the gory details, leave nothing unsaid!"

James and Lily laughed and told them everything. The others sat and watched them, their eyes getting bigger each time a particularly surprising event occurred in the retelling. Mel and Alex looked as though they could've started crying and ran over and hugged them both again. Remus sat back and whistled, looking at the couple and grinning. Sirius just stared at them blankly. Everyone started talking laughing. Sirius walked over and leaned close to Lily.

"Lily can I talk to you alone for a second?" Lily stared at him; he looked very concerned, almost as though something was wrong. She smiled and nodded, leading him into her room. She motioned to her bed, and he sat down as she sat next to him. He sighed heavy and Lily tensed. Sirius laughed.

"Don't worry I'm not here to tell you I'm madly in love with you and I'll kill James if you don't break it off with him." Lily laughed and relaxed. Sirius looked down at his feet and sighed again. "Truth is Lily…James is my best friend…he's like a brother to me and I really care about him. He's always been there for me; he's the coolest guy in the world…and he cares about you Lily, more than I've ever seen him care about something. For the past seven years all the Marauders have heard from him is 'Lily this and Lily that and oh my god you guys Lily just blinked or oh Lily just turned a page in her book'."

He stopped and sighed again, looking up at her eyes. "He loves you Lily more than anything. Look what I'm trying to say is…please please don't break his heart. I'm not saying you automatically would or anything…" He hesitated for a moment but she didn't say anything. "All I'm saying is that he's going to be the happiest guy in the world now that you guys are together. He's going to be so amazingly happy and he'll be the greatest guy you'll ever hope to get…please don't hurt him. He loves you so much; don't break his heart. It'll destroy him. Just…"

Lily reached over and squeezed his hand. "Sirius, I'd never try to hurt James. I care about him too, and I love him. I'd never want to hurt him; I know he'd never hurt me. I love him too much to ever break his heart. And I'd never try and take him from you guys either."

Sirius smiled. "Really?"

Lily laughed. "Of course…no matter how long James and I are together, you guys come first. You're his friends and you guys matter so much to him. I'd never try to take that from him or you or Remus or Peter." She laughed. "It helps that he's got such great friends…at least I don't have to put up with assholes all the time." Sirius looked at her again. "You guys don't mind having to hang out with a girl now do you?"

Sirius laughed and threw his shoulders back, trying to look as manly as he could. "Ha, me, Sirius Black, ever have a problem with a female? Let me tell you this, that's not even possible Lily Evans!" Lily started laughing and headed toward the door.

"Come on…James probably thinks we're doing it in here or something." With the best timing possible there was a loud knock at the door. James's voice was heard through the door, clear as day.

"You guys better not be humping in there or so help me god…"

Lily opened the door and kissed James right on the lips. Remus, Sirius, Mel, and Alex started cheering, causing Lily and James to pull away, laughing.

Remus started laughing. "I still can't believe after seven freaking years James finally won you over." At this Sirius and Remus went into a fit of laughter, causing the girls to laugh. James and Lily just smiled at each other and kissed again.

Author's Note: Well, now their friends know. I just wanted to clear something up…I always imagined James and Sirius having a very close relationship together. They're going to be very close throughout hard times (RED ALERT: HUGE HINT TO UPCOMINGNESS!) so expect them to always be there for each other. Sirius comes from a horrible family so he has to rely everything on James. Just to clarify…hope you liked the chapter!