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Chapter 12 Confrontation

Lily was close to trembling, in fact, she was. James' face was terrifying. Dasani and Ally were mad beyond belief and the room was deadly silent. Two 'pops' were heard and Sirius and Remus appeared in the kitchen.

The silence stayed until James spoke up.

"I'm coming with you tomorrow morning." He said in a deadly low voice. Lily finally stopped shaking, and looked up.

"I'm not going." Lily whispered, looking down. In one stride, James made it to her and grabbed her shoulders.

"LIKE HELL YOU'RE NOT!" he bellowed strongly, shaking her slightly. She averted her eyes. "They're your parents too, Lils! Don't listen to her!" he exclaimed. She shook her head.

"There's more." She indicated to the letter. James looked back at the letter and found the postscript she was talking about.

"'P.S. You killed them, you whore. You killed my parents.' Lily, this is NOT TRUE! Don't you bloody believe her for a minute!" James yelled. "We are going tomorrow morning. You will attend this funeral! I WILL NOT LET YOU MISS IT!" he roared.

- Meanwhile, In Japan…

"Mary? Is d-Dead?" Marie Makino asked herself as she read the letter for her. A few tears escaped her eyes as she realized her sister was dead. It was seven in the morning and she was getting ready for work when an OWL dropped this letter off. Marie immediately knew it had to do with the school Lily, her niece had attended.

"Mom, are you okay?" 18 year-old Crystal Makino asked as she came downstairs for breakfast before heading off to West Shinjuku University (A/N: I made that up! I don't know any schools in Japan!). The answer she received wasn't the answer she was expecting.

"You're aunt and uncle are dead." She said almost silently. She then broke down into silent tears once more as the third and final member of their family, Tasuke Makino, came downstairs. Crystal had put her stuff on the counter and embraced her mother, as the two of them cried together.

"What's with all the water works?" Tasuke asked.

"Aunt Mary and Uncle Bob were killed on the 12th." Crystal croaked. He froze. Then after a moment, took charge.

"Okay, Crystal, I don't want you to go to school today. Marie, I want you to call in sick and stay in bed today. I'm going to call the airport. We're leaving for England in three hours." He said. "And call Jade, if you want Crystal." He added. Jade was practically family to them and knew the Evans' family really well. Crystal nodded and within two and a half hours, the four of them were boarding a flight, non-stop service to London.

- The Next Morning In London…

"I am not doing this. I am not going." Lily whispered. This would have been rather funny under any other circumstances because she was floating beside James with her arms and legs crossed. James had to resort to levitating her, making it so that she followed him because he, of course, had his wand.

"Better rephrase that sentence, love." James said, simply.

"I hate you." She rephrased.

"You love me." James pecked her lips and shut the door to the passenger seat. He rushed over to the driver's side. "I'm only doing this because I feel that you have a right to be there for your parents' final rights." Lily didn't answer.

- At the Funeral With Petunia and Lily

Lily had seen her aunt, uncle, Crystal and Jade and had gone on to find her grandfather.

"So, freak, you came." Lily turned around.

"Yes. Yes, I did, Petunia." Lily said.

"Yes, I see that. Now leave." Petunia said with narrowed eyes.

"She'll do no such thing." James said, wrapping his arms around Lily and resting his head on her shoulder from behind her.

"You have no right to say who is invited! This is a funeral, not an open house!" Petunia exclaimed sharply.

"I am quite aware of that. This funeral is for Lily's parents and therefore she has come to pay her final respects to them." James told calmly. Petunia was shaking.

"How dare you! How dare you bring that bloody bitch here? There are no relatives of hers here. She has no right to be here." Petunia shrieked. Her horse-like face was shaking and red, making her look more sickly than normal. James had to fight the urge to slap her.

'You do not hit girls. You will not stoop that low.' James told himself mentally. Oh, but it was so god-damn hard! His hand was clenched into a fist in his pocket and his grip on Lily tightened unconsciously. Lily opened her mouth, but before she could get anything out, the Priest stepped up to the podium, ready to begin the services.

"We are here today to remember two people who will be honored in our hearts forever and on. We are here to remember Robert and Mary Evans, who died on September 12, 1977. We have here today, not only Mary's sister and her family, but Mary and Robert's daughters, Mrs. Petunia Dursley, the eldest, and Miss Lillian Evans, the youngest. Petunia will not like to say a few words about her parents." The priest stepped off the podium and allowed Petunia to step up. Petunia made a speech which wasn't one of the best one's you could make at a funeral, and stepped down. "Now the youngest daughter, Lillian, would like to say a few words." Lily shakily walked up to the podium and looked out into the crowd. She saw her Aunt Marie with a handkerchief holding onto her Uncle Tasuke. She saw Crystal and Jade sitting together, both not crying, but their eyes showing that they had been crying earlier. She looked at James and he smiled reassuringly at her.

"Umm…Robert and Mary Evans were the greatest people I knew. They always put Petunia and me before them, and our needs came before theirs. They were always willing to make time for us or help us when we needed it. They…" Lily broke down at the podium and couldn't talk. James had to come up and hold her for a minute before she calmed down. Once she calmed down, James let her go and allowed her to continue.

"…Robert and Mary Evans were the best parents a girl could ever ask for and they will always remain in my heart, always and forever. Thank you." Lily whispered and stepped down. There. She had done it. It was final. She and James stood there as the two alike coffins were lowered into parallel graves. The Makinos and Jade stood right next to them.

"…ashes to ashes, dust to dust…" the priest continued on. He beckoned Lily and Petunia forward. They obeyed and slowly stepped toward the graves. He took a handful of dirt and pushed it into Petunia's hand and repeated the action with Lily. Petunia went to her father's grave and dumped the pile of dirt on it. Lily followed her and slowly watched the dirt slip from her fingers. The two of them did the same with their mother's grave and stood back.

Once the ceremony was over, Lily and James were the last ones standing there. James had finally lost the feeling in his hand, but he didn't care. Lily needed comfort, and he was more than willing to give it to her. (A/N: not that way you dirty minded people!)

- With Sirius and Remus in their apartment

James and Lily appeared in the living room and Sirius and Remus stood up immediately.

"Lily!" They said together. They walked over to the couple.

"Thanks for caring." James said sarcastically at their lack of mentioning him.

"Shut up, you git." Remus said. James stepped back a little. He knew Remus didn't mean anything of it. They were all worried, not just him.

"I'm just going to take a nap." Lily said quietly, preparing to disapparate.

"You don't have to go home. Go into my room. I have to do some work anyways." James said. Lily nodded as James placed his arm around her, bringing her closer. She rested her head against his shoulder and allowed him to steer her to his room. He got out a pair of boxers and a large shirt and gave them to Lily, in case she wanted to change out of her dress. Lily put them aside for the time being and started at James. James matched her gaze. The two seemed to be in what looked like a staring contest. Lily broke it by tackling James and throwing her arms around him, knocking him over onto his bed. (A/N: now I'll have NONE of THAT yet.)

"Whoa, Lily?" he asked the girl lying on top of him.

"Thank you." She whispered without pulling away from their embrace. "thank you for being there for me."

"Hey, no problem." James smiled.

"I love you." Lily informed.

"I know. I love you, too." James said. James kissed her lips sweetly and then rolled her off him. He got on top of her. "Get some rest." He kissed her once more, got up, and walked out the door, closing it behind him.

James walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table next to Sirius and Remus.

"That was the hardest thing I have ever had to do." He said tiredly. Remus put a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"And you couldn't have done a better job, mate." He said. Sirius nodded.

"Yeah, she's doing pretty well for just have attended her parents' funeral." Sirius affirmed.

"I'm dead tired." James groaned. He used his hand to keep his head up, propping his elbow on the table.

"Go to bed, mate. I'll owl the ministry to tell them you're taking the day off." Sirius promised.

"No need, Padfoot. Lunch hour's over. We have to go back any ways. I'll tell Moody." He insisted. James nodded as his friends disappeared.

James slowly walked up to his room and saw that Lily had changed into his clothes, and was fast asleep on one side of the bed. He stripped down to his boxers and slid in next to Lily, taking off his glasses and placing them on his bedside table. He turned on his side facing Lily and spooned her into him. In a few seconds, he, like Lily, was dead to the world for the next three hours.

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OMG! I'm so sorry about the delay! I wanted to update so badly but my computer broke and we had to get it fixed and it took longer than we thought because of a program mix up so I was without my lovely computer for four months and then I found that my story had been completely deleted from my computer so I had to retype chapter 12 and get my first eleven chapters off the net. Since I took such a long time, chapter 13 (which I already have written in a notebook) will be out within ten days. (I do have homework, you know). Well, I'm not far from 100 reviews…Please make my day! Toodles!