So, here I am once again! This is the last chapter, so write lots of reviews now, OK? This chapter is actually a LOT longer than I thought at first, but it took longer to write, so...

If you want to read more of my stories, I just updated a story called Revelations, which is actually a sequel to Together to the End, so R&R that one too! It's a OneShot about how Lily and James found out they were going to have a baby.

Illusion100, thank you for reviewing!

Happy New Year 2006!

Chapter 4: Diamonds and Champagne

"Lily! Could you come here for a second?"

"In a minute!"

They were getting ready to Petunia and Vernon's wedding, which would start in half an hour. James thought he looked rather stupid in a Muggle suit but Lily had assured him, that he looked ´quite handsome´. The suit was black, except the shirt was white. His tie was emerald; Lily had bought it, saying this way their dresses would match. He had to trust her in this one, because he wasn't an expert in fashion.

"What's up," Lily asked, emerging from the bathroom. She had the emerald gown on her, the one James had bought her, and she looked stunning. James couldn't keep his eyes away from her.

"Wow, you look…" he searched for the right word, "beautiful."

"Thanks," she said smiling, "all because of the dress."

"Nah, you would still look beautiful even if you'd wear only garbage or something like that…"

He walked to the drawer and opened one of it's boxes. He pulled out a black, big and flat box and turned back to Lily.

"I have something for you."

"Again? James, you shouldn't…" she started.

"Open it before you say anything." Lily cast a reproachful look at him before she opened it. She gasped. There was a beautiful golden necklace, which had a emerald diamond in it. It sparkled when she took it in her hands.

"I didn't actually bought it, if that's what you think. It was my mum's," he broke the silence, when Lily didn't say anything. "But you don't have to wear it, if you don't like it…" he added quickly.

"Are you mad? It's beautiful… But if it was your mothers, I don't think I should wear it. It's a family heirloom, what if I lost it! Or…" James took the necklace from her and started to put it around her neck.

"You, my Flower, are practically family and you would never in a million years lost it, because… well, you're you. And you would have got it eventually, anyway. I just thought now would be good time to give it." He locked the necklace. "Now, are you finally ready?"

Lily turned towards him and kissed him passionately, which sent goose bumps along James' neck.

"I just finish my make-up."

James sighed.

"Women."

After 20 minutes they were walking hand in hand towards the mansion, where the wedding reception was held. It was massive and it had a big garden, which was full of candles and lights.

"So remember," Lily started, "only my parents and Petunia know I'm a witch, I don't think she's told Vernon, so talk only about Muggle things. And remember, you're a police and I'm a nurse and we…"

"…both went to Hogwarts, which is a private school in Scotland. Don't worry, I won't forget."

"Sorry, I'm just…"

"Worried, yeah… So what does this Vernon Dursley do for a living? Is he in the parliament or something, at least judging by this place he is…"

"I don't actually know what he does, I just know that he is some kind of founder or boss or something in a big company. I've only met him once, but that was enough to tell that he likes to impress people by showing off his money and authority."

"Sounds like Malfoys to me…" James muttered.

"Well, maybe he is like the Malfoys but he definitely doesn't look like one. You'll see."

They were walking the stairs now.

"Oh, and one more thing," Lily stopped in front the door, you could already hear music and laughter behind it. "Don't let me drink too much champagne. You know what it does to me and I don't want to humiliate myself in front of my whole family."

"But I like the drunken Lily. She's so much more funnier than the regular Lily. But," he added quickly, seeing Lily's look, "whatever you say, Flower."

They walked in, put their present (cook books) to the table, where all the other presents were and walked to the big Hall, where the quests were.

"OK, so far so good." James muttered. "What now?"

"Come on, there's mum and dad," and she led him to the centre of the room, where two people were smiling and waving their hands furiously.

"Lily! James! Over here!" Lily's mother Mary hugged her daughter tightly and her father David shook James' hand.

"Hello James," David said. "Long time no seen. How have you been?"

"Good. And you," he asked politely.

"Excellent, excellent, of course. It's a good day."

"Oh, Lily, you look so beautiful!" Mary said, "And your necklace! It's gorgeous! Where did you get it?"

"Actually, James gave it to me."

"James, you spoil her too much." Mary scolded, although she was smiling.

"Well, I try," he grinned.

The next 2 hours went by quickly in James' mind. They sat at the same table with Lily's parents, who James had always liked. The only boring part was when Vernon Dursleys best man, a man called George Something had given his speech: very boring one, no jokes at all. Apparently they were co-workers. And Lily had already drank 7 glasses of champagne, so she was in a funny mood, but not so much that people would notice it. James just had to make sure she wouldn't drink more… When James went to get more cake, a young boy with brown hair dived quickly under the table. James checked if someone was watching, put his plate on the table and dived under the table also. The boy clearly wasn't expecting anything like that to happen.

"Hiding, are we," James said.

"Yeah, my mum wants to take a picture of me. Who are you?" He asked in a tone an agent would have been proud.

"James, I'm Lily's, the brides sister's, boyfriend. And you?"

"Daniel, my mum's Petunias friend. I just don't understand what I'm doing here, I don't even like the woman. What are you doing here, you're giving away my cover."

"Ah, well I'm sorry. I just thought you want some company." He started to crawl away.

"No, wait!" Daniel whispered. "Umm, you can't go yet. Then my mum would realize I'm here. You can stay here for a while."

James sat on the floor grinning.

"So you don't like photos?"

"No, I do like them. I just don't like this stupid outfit and I don't wanna ´remember it for the rest of my life´ like my mum said."

"I know what you mean. Lily made me to wear this thing too."

James immediately liked Daniel. He was just like him when he was little. He even liked jokes and pranks so James taught him some. Suddenly James realized how long he had been under the table so he left Daniel to hide all by himself.

"Where have you been? You've been ages." Lily asked, her cheeks flushing red.

"I'll explain later. Do you want to dance?"

When they were dancing a particularly slow dance, James said:

"I like your sister's friends son."

"And who might that be?"

"See that boy over there." James pointed at Daniel, who was now sneaking towards the bathroom. "That boy." Lily burst into laughter.

"Wait," James said, raising his eyebrows. "How much champagne have you drunk?"

Lily, still laughing, said: "I dunno, 10 or 11."

"Lily! You told me you didn't want to drink too much! When did you have time? I didn't see you drinking that much!"

"When you were getting more cake. And don't worry, we'll be leaving when this song ends."

"Really? Great. But hey, you haven't spoken to Petunia yet." Lily heaved a sigh.

"Yeah, well I guess I have to do that, also. That would be rude…"

So when the song ended, they headed towards the Dursleys, but not before they had said goodbye to Lily's parents. When Petunia saw them approaching, she quickly started to talk with Vernon. She couldn't ignore them completely however, when Lily said in a cheery voice:

"Hi, Petunia and Vernon. Congratulations." Vernon cast them a knowing look, but didn't say anything. Petunia just sneered.

"Well, umm…" Lily tried to say, embarrassed "We'll be leaving now. Thanks for the invitation." She turned and took James's hand. James said "Congratulations" quickly before he left too. They were both quiet, but when they reached the stairs, Lily exploded.

"She could have said Hi, at least. God, why did they even invite us? I guess she just did it because of Mum and Dad."

"That Vernon was a cheery man. He's going to be a great Dad someday," James joked.

"Oh, come on, he was awful. I feel so ashamed, why didn't they say anything?" Lily rambled on, not understanding the joke.

"Come on, it wasn't so bad. We had fun, didn't we? Just think about the good things." James suggested. "The food and champagne were free. And you got to see your parents."

"Yeah. And the flower settings were nice…"

"I like more lilies," he said, referring to the petunias, which were everywhere. Lily giggled and rested her head against his shoulder.

"Yeah, you do…" James put his arm around her and squeezed her tightly.

"Do you believe in happy endings," Lily asked suddenly.

"Yeah, of course. Why?"

"Oh, I don't. At least not in those ´they lived happily ever after´ they have in fairytales… It would be too good to be true. But I think our's going to be very close," she muttered, almost falling asleep.

Yeah, their future was going to be pretty close to those ´happily ever afters´ James thought when he watched Lily sleep later. No Petunia, Vernon nor Voldemort could change that, he was going to make sure of that.

The part where James said "But I like the drunken Lily. She's so much more funnier than the regular Lily." it's actually from Friends, (Season 7) which is probably the funniest show on Earth,at least in my mind.Phoebe says so to Chandler when Monica is drunk.And I wanted to show in this chapter that James was a great Dad, the Daniel-part proves that... So, what did you think? Review and tell me!