A/N- What a way to end a story with the lucky thirteenth chapter. enjoy.
Riley was rushing around her kitchen trying to cook a delicious dinner for herself, Sirius, James, Lily and Remus. She had crab cakes going for an appetizer, double baked potatoes for the main course of the steaks, that she still had to cook, and to top it off she still had to finish getting ready. There was only an hour left until everyone would be arriving and Riley was determined to have everything perfect. Sirius walked into the kitchen wearing a black button up shirt with the sleeves rolled to his elbows and a pair of black pants. He walked over to Riley and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Hey babe." He said but Riley pushed him off of her and hurried over to the oven to check on her bake potatoes. Sirius placed the knife that Riley had in her hand on the counter and grabbed her arms, "Go get ready. I'll finish." Riley looked around the kitchen then looked into Sirius's eyes, "Don't worry. I won't burn anything." Riley hurried out of the kitchen for her bedroom. After an hour of getting ready, Riley had on a red key hole halter dress and black strapy sandals. From her bedroom she could smell the progress of dinner and could hear her friends in the living room. She slipped on her ring before hurrying out to the living room. Riley just finished greeting everyone and apologizing for being late when Sirius announced that dinner was done. Riley lead everyone to the dinning table before she joined Sirius in the kitchen. Sirius had the plates ready with everyone's steak and potato, he had the crab cakes on a lovely platter and drinks ready. Riley jumped into Sirius's arms and gave him huge gift.
"Everything is perfect. Thank you so much." Riley said.
"I know how much this means to but I don't really know why, its just our friends." Sirius said. He grabbed the platter of crab cakes and Riley followed him out with the drinks. Dinner was served and the conversation flowed like always. Riley kept having Lily tell her about her honeymoon in the Caribbean. Sirius squeezed Riley's hand for a split second before he hushed everyone to silence.
"Okay, we have procrastinated enough. Riley and I have something we need to tell you. We've waited a month to tell you guys because of Lily and James." Everyone looked confused while Sirius spoke, "A month ago, I proposed to Riley and she accepted." The table erupted in cheers and everyone demanded to see her ring. Riley held out her to show everyone her large princess cut diamond ring.
"This is huge." Lily said, "Who would have thunk that a Black and a Potter would get married."
"Have you guys set a date?" Remus asked.
"In three months, December 20th." Riley said, "Nothing too big."
The daily prophet delivery owl dropped off the paper on Riley's coffee table a couple of weeks after Sirius and Riley became open about their engagement. Sirius was still asleep, Riley sat on the sofa reading the Daily Prophet. She turned the page of the paper and her cup came crashing down to the floor. There in the center of the page was her picture and Sirius's under the headline The Ancient and Noble House of Black and the Powerful House of Potter to become one family. Riley burst into the bedroom she shared with Sirius and woke him up with her outburst.
"What the hell is this?" Riley cried. Sirius rolled over and rubbed his eyes trying to adjust to the light.
"What are you going on about?" He asked groggily. Riley through the paper on his stomach and Sirius read the headline that was above his picture.
"How did they find out about this?"
"I don't know maybe someone over heard me telling everyone." Sirius put down the paper, "Riley, I don't see why you're so upset. Who cares if everyone knows?" Riley shrugged; she plopped down on the bed next to Sirius. Sirius rolled on top of her and started kissing her neck when an owl flew into their bedroom, leaving a letter on the bed. Another owl flew and another and another and a half of dozen owls flew each leaving a letter.
"What the…" Sirius started as Riley opened the first letter.
"Well the minister says he is coming to our wedding and is expecting an invitation." Riley said throwing the letter to the side, "Oh look another pre-R.S.V.P. letter. That's what all of these are." Riley sighed, "This is not what I wanted, the whole bloody wizarding world is coming to our wedding."
"Riley, what did you expect? This is kind of a big deal. Our families are enemies." Sirius said.
"Whatever."
Sirius decided to higher a wedding planner to help Riley out with the wedding plans. Riley finally gave in and decided to have a large wedding but she had no idea how to start. Riley took the time off from work to plan the wedding but Sirius convinced her that one of them had to work plus Sirius was afraid of how worked up Riley was going to get when she started planning. Since Sirius was working, James went with Riley to meet the wedding planner and start the planning. The office was lovely, the walls were covered in wedding pictures, fake wedding cakes lined one wall and a book of other people's wedding sat on the table next to the couch James and Riley were sitting on. Riley looked around the room of pastels and white a little disgusted.
"Oh god, what have you and Sirius talked me into?" Riley asked and James hushed her as her wedding planner bustled into the room.
"Oh hello, dears." She said in a high pitched perky voice, "I'm Jenny Hupperman. Mrs. Hupperman if you will." She said as she shook Riley's and James's hands.
"Riley and this is my brother James. Sirius is working so he wont be joining us much." Riley said but Mrs. Hupperman didn't seem to care about the latter.
"Oh care dears, lets get started." She said pulling out a folder from her bag, "Now first what is the date of the wedding."
"December 20th."
"Oh lovely a winter wedding." She made a note of it, "I think we'll start with the church then the reception hall then the color scheme then the dress style then the wedding party…" She went on listing everything that they had to do and Riley's eyes nearly popped out of her eyes. "I think I'll schedule our next appointment for next Tuesday and I'll have the details on the church and reception hall." She stood up, James and Riley followed suit. James thanked her before he left with Riley.
"Where did you find her?" Riley asked, "She's already driving me crazy." James laughed and slug his arm around his sister's shoulders.
A week later, James and Riley were once again at the office of Mrs. Hupperman.
"Hello dearies." She sang as she greeted them, "I have found a lovely church in the country side, very romantic, very beautiful especially if its snowing and it is big enough to hold all the guests-all 330 of them." Riley looked the atpicture, she did like the church so she kept her mouth closed, "Now the I've booked the reception hall in the…"
"Well, actually I wanted to have the reception at the old manor." Riley told her. Mrs. Hupperman giggled her high pitch laugh.
"A wedding of this caliber can't have the reception at some old house. The reception hall I've booked is…"
"You going to have un-book that because its going to be held at the old Potter manor." Riley said through gritted teeth and James placed a hand on her leg, "I don't care what caliber you think this wedding is, its mine and I decided where the reception will be held." Mrs. Hupperman pierced her lips and made a note of it in her notebook.
"Then I guess we can move on to the color scheme. I was thinking of a dark navy blue. The bridesmaid dressed would look very beautiful in navy blue with a bouquet of white roses." She said, "Don't you agree, Miss Potter?" She added as an afterthought.
"Actually, no." Riley said, "I've already decided on red bridesmaid dresses and red and white tiger Lilies for the bouquets."
"But lilies are a spring flower more appropriate for a spring wedding." Mrs. Hupperman said. Riley shrugged her shoulders, "Well if you say so Miss." She made another note in her notebook, "Then I suppose we should have red napkins and china with red detail."
"Napkins? China?" Riley asked, "Uh…sure if you say so." Mrs. Hupperman smiled triumphfully, finally finding something Riley had no opinion of, "I'll leave all that to you." Mrs. Hupperman nodded in approval.
"Have you given any thought to the cake?"
"No."
"I'll schedule a cake tasting for three days from today." Mrs. Hupperman said before she stood to see them out.
"Riley, you don't have to completely rude." James told her outside.
"James, they women is a total nutter."
Riley had to go to the cake sampling alone. She sat in a small dining room surrounded by different pieces of cake and many glasses of champagne. Mrs. Hupperman described each piece of cake before Riley tasted it. Riley rejected five different types of cake until she tried the white cake with fresh strawberry layers. Riley loved it. She told her that she wanted it in a four tier cake with white frosting and red embroidery. Mrs. Hupperman made a note of it even though Riley could see in her face that she had something to say but wouldn't.
"Now, I think it is time for the wedding dress." Mrs. Hupperman, "I think we should go for a fitting and start trying different dresses…."
"Actually, Lily and I are going to dothe dresses ourselves. All I need you to do is make the flower arrangements for the church and the reception and the seating for the reception and to make sure everything goes right on my wedding day. Just send me all the information when you have it." Riley shook her hand and left her there.
Lily was able to take some time off work to help Riley design her wedding dress. They were browsing the dress in the top bridal shop in London, waiting for their designer.
"James told me about your wedding planner." Lily giggled. Riley rolled her eyes
"I left her do the flower arrangements and such so I don't have to see her until we get married in four weeks."
"Miss Potter, Mrs. Potter." The sales associate said walking up to them, "Kathy, it's a pleasure. I think we should get started." They followed her to her office, "From what I understand you already have an idea in mind for yours and Mrs. Potter's dresses." Riley nodded and described her dress to her while she drew what Riley described.
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Sirius's and Riley's big day was upon them. Riley woke up excited but the nerves hit her when she was in her room in the church started getting ready. Sirius wasn't in any better shape. He finally understood how James was so nervous on his wedding day. James tried getting Sirius to take a couple shots of whiskey but Sirius was too nervous to even move. Riley was finally in her wedding dress and standing before her mirror shocked that she was actually getting married.
"Oh, Riley you look beautiful." Lily said standing behind Riley. Riley's wedding dress was a stapless dress with a tight bodice that went past her hips where it turned into a full skirt. The bodice was embroidered in red bead work that matched the color of Lily's dress. Lily's matron of honor dress was red satin that had a plunging back. Riley's hair was up and her veil flowed down her back. Riley's bouquet was of white tiger lilies and Lily's was a mixture of red and white tiger lilies. A gentle knock on the door brought Riley out of her amazed dazed. James walked into the room.
"Everyone is waiting." James said as he walked in, "Riley you look beautiful." Riley gave him a huge hug.
"How's Sirius?" She asked.
"Anxious. Lets not make him wait any longer." James said offering Riley his arm. Lily handed Riley her bouquet and James led out of the room.
Lily walked down the aisle first. James and Riley waited behind the grand oak doors. Since their father was dead, Riley asked James to give her away. The doors swung open and thesome odd threehundred people stood for Riley and James. Riley's eyes immediately found Sirius's and neither broke the contact until James handed Riley to Sirius. The pastor started the ceremony.
"Do you, Jackline Riley Potter, take Sirius Aidan Black to be you loftily wedded husbanded. To have and to hold from this day forward, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, till death do you part?"
Riley looked deep into Sirius's eyes and felt the butterflies in her stomach that she always had whenever she caught Sirius's eye, "I do." Sirius's smile got even bigger when she spoke those simple words and slipped the ring on his finger.
"Do you, Sirius Aidan Black, take Jackline Riley Potter your loftily wedded wife; to have and to hold from this day forward, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, till death do you part?"
"I do." Sirius slipped the wedding ring on her finger.
"I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride." Sirius pulled Riley close to him and kissed her gently.
A/N- Well I hope you all enjoyed it. I have a sequal in my mind but I havent started writting it. I also started a Lily/James fic that I might start posting soon. Hopefully you will see something new from me soon.