Hey guys, well, this is it! The final chapter of my story. It's kinda sad that it's all over, but I'll get to start another story! But, I hope you all like this last chapter and I hope you stay with me in the writing of In the Way. A big thank you to Nita who has beta'd this story all the way. Well, I'll stop babbling, so you can read the story! Now on to the last chapter of A Prank, A Closet, and A Little Love!

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Disclaimer: I still don't own Harry, Sirius, or Remus, or anyone else.

A/N: I don't know if Eva is actually James' mom's name, but once we find out, I'll change it. But it's going to be Eva for now.

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Chapter 16

"James! What are you doing?" Lily exclaimed.

Lily had been sitting in her parent's home, reading on the couch. She knew James would be apparating in, so she didn't even flinch when she heard his 'pop' of apparation. Then, all she saw was darkness as James' blindfold spell took effect. James picked her up and suddenly apparated.

Lily had stopped kicking, but was starting to get nervous. She finally felt herself come back to earth and James put her down. "James?" she asked.

"Yep," he answered somewhere beside her.

"What are you doing? My birthday was two days ago, what's going on?" she asked.

"You'll see," James said as he guided her. She heard the smile in James' voice as he said it. He knew she hated being left out, and he was enjoying being in the position of power.

"Just a little farther," he told her. Lily sighed. She wished that James would just tell her already, but apparently she didn't have the right to know what was going on.

"OK, we're here," he told her. "You might want to keep your eyes closed."

Lily complied as she felt the cloth leave her face. "OK, open your eyes," James told her.

Opening her eyes the most beautiful sight met her eyes, there was a large house in front of her. It was at least three stories high. The area around the house was beautiful as well. The house must have been sitting on 10 to 15 acres.

"Wow," she whispered.

"You like it?" he asked.

"Well, yes but, why did you bring me here?" she asked.

James caught her eye and slowly bent down on one knee, pulling something out of his pocket as he went. "Lily?"

"Oh, my gosh," she said, looking down at him.

"Lily, I've loved you ever since I met you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. You are smart, loving, and if I may say so, very beautiful. Would you like to be my wife?"

James was nervous even though he knew she would say yes. Had he presented his proposal correctly? Was the timing alright? Did she want to even be his wife? All of those thoughts and more ran through James' head as he awaited Lily's answer.

Lily was surprised to say the least. She knew she was going to say yes, but decided to play with him for a little bit. 'Sorry, James, forgive me,' she thought. She took the smile off her face and in place put an uncomfortable look in its place.

James looked scared and it was all she could do not to laugh. "James, I- "

"Lily? What's gong on?" he asked.

"James, I'm sorry, but I would not like to be your wife," she said running her back to him.

James was heart broken, he thought for sure that she would say yes. Where did he go wrong? Was it in the proposal, the past? He had no clue. "Oh," he said in a small voice. He still hadn't gotten up off his knees.

Lily was so glad that she was standing away from James, because she was smiling like a fool. Then all of a sudden she heard a 'pop' and quickly turned around, hoping that she was wrong. Horrified, she was looking at the place that James had been kneeling moments before. He was gone.

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James apparated to his parent's house, he knew that they would be home. "Mom? Dad?" he called.

"James? You're back already?" his mom asked, walking into the living room where James was standing. At the sight of her son, her smile slipped off her face faster than you could take a breath. "James?"

Finally the tears that hadn't come before came down full force. His mom took James into her arms and hugged him while he cried. He thought that Lily would have said yes. A thought dawned on him, that's probably why it hit him so hard.

Eva was concerned, she knew Lily loved James, so why did she say no? Eva guided her son to the couch, where she pulled James into her lap. She hadn't held James like this since he was a small child. She decided that she would have a talk with Ms. Evans after her son went to sleep.

Sure enough, James fell asleep, exhausted from staying up all night and his emotional output. Eva carefully laid James on the couch, covered him with a blanket, and started towards the fire. She was going to get to the bottom of his if it was the last thing she did.

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Lily quickly apparated to Sirius' flat. "Sirius?" she yelled through the house.

"Lily?" came the reply. "What's going on? I thought you were with James

Lily quickly told him what had happened, hoping Sirius wouldn't get upset. "And when I turned around he was gone. I thought he might be here." she finished.

Sirius shook his head, "No, he didn't. I'm not sure where he could have gone," he said walking to the door, grabbing his coat and hat. "But I'll help you look for him," eh said opening the door.

Lily nodded her head, and with Sirius, walked out onto the porch and apparated away.

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"Remus?" Sirius yelled through his house.

"Sirius? What are you up to now?" Remus asked walking into his living room.

"Have you seen James?" Lily asked.

"Not since last night, why?"

"I'll explain later. Where would he go if he's upset?" Lily asked him.

"Well, most probably his parent's house. Why? What's going on?"

"No time to explain, Remus. If he's not there I'll come back. If I'm not back in 10 minutes, you'll know I found him," she told Sirius, then she disapparated.

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Apparating into the Potter mansion alone, Lily looked around. She had apparated into the living room, which was very large, for a living room anyway. There lying on the couch was James. When she walked up to him, she saw that he had been crying. Lily felt her heart break at the sight of James. She felt so bad, this never was supposed to happen. She was just going to turn around and tell him that she wouldn't like to marry him, but she would love to marry him. But he had apparated away before she got the chance to tell him.

Bending down so she was level with the couch, Lily bent down and kissed James.

James was startled awake, but he found Lily kissing him so he kissed her back, forgetting about the previous events earlier that day. But suddenly James remembered what had happened and pulled away.

"James, please let me explain,"

"No, you don't need to, I don't need an explanation,"

"Please, just hear me out, James?"

James looked into those beautiful green eyes and saw tears come to her eyes and they were filled with guilt. "Fine," he said scooting over.

Lily sat down next to him, wondering where to begin. "James? You know how you said 'Would you like to marry me?'?" Lily asked.

"Yeah," he said dully.

"Well, when I said no, that I wouldn't like to marry you, I meant," she paused. "I meant that I wouldn't like to marry you, I would love to marry you! You just left before I could tell you," she said smiling.

James looked up at her, hardly daring to believe her words, "Do you mean that?" he asked.

"Yes! I can't think of anyone else I rather spend the rest of my life with!" Lily exclaimed.

James smiled; Lily saw light come back into his eyes. Then all of a sudden there was a sudden 'pop' of apparation. James and Lily both looked over to see who apparated into the house.

Lily cringed as she saw Eva Potter walk into the room. When she saw Lily she starting screaming, "LILLIAN EVANS! HOW DARE YOU BREAK MY SON'S HEART! HE LOVES YOU AND YOU LOVE HIM, WHY DID YOU SAY NO? WERE YOU JUST STRINGING HIM ALONG? WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND GIRL?"

Lily flinched at the harsh words that James' mom was shouting. She felt bad enough as it was, did she have to rub it in? "Ms. Potter, I'm very sorry. I meant no harm, please just let me explain -"

"Why? Why should I let you? I know you love him, so the question is, why did you say no?"

Lily sighed and explained what had happened, about how James had taken her to the beautiful house, how he proposed, her prank, James apparating, and about how she found him and said yes.

Eva smiled, she knew she loved him. "I'm sorry, Lily. I didn't mean to scream at you. I was just upset."

"No, I deserved it, I never should have done what I did. I never meant for James to leave, I was just going to turn around and yell, 'I would LOVE to marry you'. But he left." Lily explained.

"Don't be so hard on yourself, Lily." James told her. Lily looked over at James, who was smiling. "Now that I know you didn't mean it, it's actually a very good prank. I couldn't have done better myself." James said, with something akin to pride in his voice.

Lily smiled, she knew he was still just getting over the fact that she didn't mean to say no, but she appreciated the effort on James' part. He knew she still felt guilty about her little charade. But he forgave her. "James? You want to ask me again?" Lily asked, smiling guiltily.

"Lily, don't feel bad. Don't worry about it. It's actually an excellent prank," he said. Then his eyes unfocused. She knew that he was thinking about something to do with the future. Then James focused back on her, then smiled mischievously. 'Uh, oh,' Lily thought.

James got down on one knee again, taking her hand and taking out the small velvet box. "Lily, would you please marry me?" James asked, now not a bit nervous.

"Yes," she said simply. James smiled, and then he placed the ring on her finger. Lily started to just admire the ring. It was a white and yellow gold band with a large diamond in the center. It was astounding. Then all of a sudden the ring turned into a large worm around her finger. "AAAAHHHH!" Lily screamed, "GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF! GET-IT-OFF!" she screamed holding her hand away from her body.

James and Eva were laughing hysterically. Lily knew that James did this, and she wasn't happy, but she knew she deserved it. But, come on, a worm? She hated worms, and James knew that, and he was using it to his advantage. Then there were three 'pop's in quick succession. And there stood Remus, Sirius, and Sarah. To their surprise Lily was running around like a complete lunatic and James and Ms. Potter were both rolling on the floor with laughter. "What is going on here?" Remus asked Sirius and Sarah. They both shrugged their shoulders. They decided to just sit back and enjoy the show.

James finally took pity on Lily and reversed the spell. Then the ring went back to its original beautiful shape. Now that the worm was gone, Lily was able to sit down and catch her breath.

Remus, Sarah, and Sirius all started laughing. Lily, James, and Ms. Potter all looked over at the three Marauders in confusion. Then they realized that they were laughing at them. It wasn't long till the other three joined the laughing group.

After a while, the group settled down and decided to have something to drink. "So, what was that scene about?" Sirius asked James.

"That's what I was wondering about," said a voice from the doorway. Everyone's heads turned and standing in the doorway was Mr. Potter. Smiling, he walked in and gave his wife a kiss. "So what was all the racket about, I thought someone had set Death Eaters on you guys."

Everyone laughed then Lily, James, and Ms. Potter all started to tell their story. Sirius, Remus and Sarah would chime in when they had something to say. Mr. Potter apparently found all this rather funny.

As everyone was talking Lily looked over at Sarah, who was smiling and laughing with everyone at the table. Then, when she made a motion with her hands, she caught it. Something sparkled on her finger. When she took a closer look she saw that it was a ring, on her left ring finger. Lily screamed and ran over to Sarah, who was confused, "Lily what-?"

Lily ran over and grabbed Sarah into a huge hug. She was squeezing Sarah for all she was worth. "Um, Lily? You're choking me," she said, in a constricted tone.

"Oh, sorry," Lily said letting go. "Why didn't you tell me!" Lily asked her best friends.

"Tell you what?" Sarah asked. But Sarah had an idea of what she meant.

"You and Remus! YOU'RE ENGAGED!" she squealed, then grabbed Sarah into another hug.

Giving Remus a look, Remus came over and pulled Lily off his fiancé. "Lily, we were going to tell you today."

"Remus asked me yesterday," Sarah said, he face glowing. "When we went to dinner. We ate and then we apparated to outside my complex, then he walked me home. Then when we got there, he got down on one knee and proposed! It was so romantic."

Lily squealed again, but this time instead of squeezing the life out of Sarah, she squeezed the life out of Remus.

Everyone was laughing. Lily finally let go of Remus. Taking a deep breath Lily turned to Sirius, "Well, Sirius. It looks like you're the only one who doesn't have a fiancé. Well, except Peter," she added as an after thought.

"Oh well," Sirius said. "No worries. Elizabeth and I are going strong, not sure about marriage yet but, it's all good."

The three boys exchanged looks, James and Remus smiled, but rolled their eyes, they knew what that really meant.

"So, it looks like we're getting married, Lilykins," Sarah told her best friend.

"Yeah, we're getting married," she said. Lily and Sarah both smiled then looked at their respective husbands to be. Life was going to be wonderful. They were out of school, Lily, James, Sarah, and Remus were getting married, and they had their entire lives ahead of them.

"Now we have to plan the weddings," Eva told the girls. The boys heard this and they shared a look, and then ran out of the room.

The girls laughed, realizing that the boys would have no part in their wedding day, except the best men speeches. The three girls found themselves devoid of their husband/fiancés. It seemed that Mr. Potter left with the boys. Lily and Sarah both started talking about what they wanted their weddings to be like. But in the end, they knew all that mattered was that they were getting married. "We're getting married!" Lily and Sarah squealed, then they hugged each other as they laughed.

Eva knew that the girls were going to be happy. James was going to be happy with Lily, and Remus would finally have someone to love and care for him, not that Sarah hadn't been doing that already, but it would be a legal binding. Nothing could spoil this day for these girls, not even Voldemort.

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Well, that's all folks! Sorry it's late. Life has gotten in the way: aka, AP European History exam! Yikes. I hope I did ok. I want to thank all those loyal readers who have stuck with me throughout this story. What was once an 8 chapter story, has turned into a 16 chapter story. I just wanted to thank all those who have stuck with me, and to thank those who have reviewed. I LOVE the reviews I get. And guess what? I got my 100 reviews! I'm so proud of this story. It is technically my first story, even though I have 'Sirius' Escape' up, it's just a one shot. If you haven't read it, go read it, it's great. I also thank those of you who have read this after its completion. I hope you all liked it, and now I will be starting with In the Way. Not right away of course but…soon enough. I also want to thank Nita for all her betaing, she's done a great job no?