Chapter Four- Weddings
Today is Lily's wedding day, and I wake up with a smile on my face. I'm her maid of honor, so I'm really excited! The church here at Godric's Hollow is adorable. It's small and quaint, and I couldn't imagine Lily getting married anywhere else but here. Lily's still sleeping, and I know I should wake her up, but I can't just yet. I'm here at her new home, while James is at Sirius's and my place in the city.
"Lily," I whisper and give her a little shake, "Wake up."
She tries to slap my hand away, but then she remembers what day it is, because she sits up and smiles. "I'm getting married today,"
"I know!" I say, and before you know it, it's time to get ready! Lily's beautiful red hair is piled on the top of her head, and I carefully put the veil in.
Lily steps into her dress, and I swear I'm going to start crying. She looks so beautiful in her dress, and I have all the knowing in my heart that she made the right choice, marrying James.
She wanted to say no at first, because she was scared. I don't know what she was scared of, though, she would never tell me, and so I eventually dropped the subject. Hearing that Snape was a Death Eater messed her up a little too. It didn't help that James would bring it up whenever he could.
I tried to talk to her about it once or twice, but she would always agree with James, even though her eyes told a completely different story, "he always knew Snape was bad," was all she would say.
The church is already filled with people when we get there. I sneak my head in to see James waiting nervously at the end of the aisle, and Sirius is standing by him. He spots me and gives me a wink. I blush and smile and close the door.
A couple of long minutes later, the orchestra started playing and that was my cue to start walking. I walked slowly and I get another wink from Sirius. When I'm halfway down the aisle, Lily walks in and there is a gasp in unison. I have to fight the urge to turn around. I look back up at Sirius, and I'm shocked when I find his eyes locked with mine instead of on the bride. He smiles at me and then I take my spot.
After what seemed like an hour, Lily was finally at the aisle. Her father kissed her on the cheek and then shook James's hand before he went to his seat next to his wife. Petunia's not here and I know that makes Lily sad. Petunia said the last thing she wanted to do was see two people of her kind get united in matrimony. But if Petunia was here, she's probably just rain on everyone's parade and that would not be a good thing either.
Lily and James say their beautiful vows, and then it's time for pictures. Lily and James take some alone and then there's some of all four of us, and then even some of just Sirius and me.
The reception is amazing as well. Everybody's dancing and having a great time. A lot of people from the Order are here as well, and it still shocks me that we only graduated three years ago.
When a slow song starts, Sirius sneaks up behind me and puts his hands on my hips. "Jeez, Sirius! You scared me!" He turns me around so we're face to face and I place my hands around his neck.
"Hey, beautiful," he says and gives me a kiss. I accept it and we continue to dance gracefully across the floor. I catch a glimpse of Moody and Professor McGonagall dancing together, and I can't help but laugh a little.
"I was wondering…" Sirius starts and then looks me in the eye. He has that look like he's about to tell me something serious. This was the face he had on when he asked me to move in with him. I said yes, of course, and the last couple of months have been pure bliss.
"Oh, no good can come of that, Mr. Black," I wittily respond and then he chuckles.
"Haha, very funny. But no, I'm serious,"
"I know you are. I'm May," I simply love whenever I can throw in puns on his name.
"Okay, Ms. Smart Alec, can you shut your mouth for just one second so I can ask you to marry me?" Marry you? Did he just ask me to marry him? "Yes, I just asked you to marry me."
I'm still looking at him dumbstruck, and he answers all of my questions, "It doesn't have to be anything big." Good, I know it's bad of me, but I hated helping Lily with planning her wedding. It was just too difficult! Why bother with all of useless things, when you can just go to the Ministry and have it done there, right? "It can be first thing tomorrow, if you want, so Lily and James can be there before they leave for their honeymoon."
I don't say anything and I kiss him; he starts talking, even though our mouths are still touching, "Is that a yes then?"
"Yes!" I exclaim and kiss him again, "I'll marry you!"
The rest of the night is that much more amazing. No one knows of our plans for tomorrow, except us. I find that beautiful.
Way later that night, Lily and James finally go to their new home in Godric's Hollow so they can get one more night's sleep before they leave for their honeymoon. Sirius and I go home as well, and I breathe in the aroma of our apartment.
It's a relatively small place, but I love it. It's home. Sirius got money from a distant uncle or something, and that's what caused him to buy this place—he was still living with the Potter's, even after James moved out! He still has a lot of it in Gringotts; when I asked him what he was planning on doing with the money he told me he was "Saving it up for a rainy day, dear!"
"Come here, you," I hear Sirius say to me and I turn around to see he has taken off his tie, and is now beginning to unbutton his shirt. I go up to him and help him out while he helps me unzip my dress. Then we help each other to the bedroom.
"Morning, dear," A soft but loving voice wakes me up. He's playing with my hair when I'm still half asleep, but then he awakes me with a kiss and jumps out of bed.
"Chop, chop, May! We got to get to the Ministry soon!" As he's saying this, he's practically pushing me off the bed.
"Oh," I say, rubbing my eyes, still tired from the night before, "You were serious about us… getting married?"
He runs over to the other side of the bed where I am and kisses me, "Of course I was serious! Now come on! I made breakfast," and then I smell bacon.
"Oh, thank you!"
"You're welcome. Now get clothes on, girl!" I do as I'm told, but I just don't know what to wear! Something white, obviously… then I see one of my favorite sun dresses. It's made out of white lace, and it looks very sweet. I put it on along with a pair of white flats. Then I put my hair into a high ponytail and meet Sirius in the kitchen who has started munching on a piece of bacon.
The layout of our apartment is pretty simple: you walk in the front door and then you see the kitchen on your right and the living room on the left. Then, by the kitchen is a door leading to our only bathroom. Behind the living room is the door leading to the bed room. I sit on the counter and Sirius stuffs some toast in my mouth.
"You look pretty." He says and kisses my forehead. "Time's a'tickin', May!" I nod in agreement and I finish my toast and grab a piece of bacon as we walk out the door.
Then, we Apparate to Godric's Hollow. We have to walk a little to get to Lily and James's house. They still don't know about what we're doing today, so we plan to surprise the newly wedded couple with the news of our plans to become newlyweds.
I knock on the door, and James answers. He's brushing his teeth and he's not wearing his glasses, so I doubt he could even see the sun if it was right in front of him.
"James!" Sirius screams like James can't hear him, "It is I! Sirius Black! May we come in?" James moves away from the door, and then I see Lily running around frantically.
"James, dear, who was that? Where's your toothbrush? You have to start packing, dear!" Lily's running from room to room, occasionally holding a piece of clothing.
James spits in the sink and then replies to his wife, "I have my toothbrush right here, dear! It's Sirius and May."
"May?" Lily asks and she finally realizes she has company. "My word, what are you two doing here?"
"We were actually wondering…" I begin.
"If you two would take just a mere ten minutes out of your day…" Sirius says the middle part.
"And come be witnesses at our wedding!" I say the last part. Hey, we didn't even plan that!
Lily shoves James's glasses on his face and then looks at us, shocked. "Wedding? As in marriage?"
"That's the only kind I know of," I reply.
"Right now? At a church? Where?" Lily's still asking questions.
"Why at the Ministry of Magic, of course!" Sirius exclaims, "Where dreams come true!" James laughs at this, but Lily's still looking at me stunned.
She then whispers, even though everyone could still hear her, "Are you sure?" I see James and Sirius look at each other and they laugh again.
"Gee, way to have faith in us, Lily," Sirius says in a mock voice.
"That's not… that's not what I'm saying, Sirius. I'm just… wow… are you sure?" I look at her and I nod the most serious nod. Then she puts her hands to her mouth and I think she's going to start crying. She quickly puts on a dress and we're off to the Ministry!
Once we're there it takes a little more than ten short minutes. I'm surprised that there is this much paper work! Honestly, I think it would have been faster to just find a priest off of the streets!
I apologize to Lily and James that we're going to make them late for their honeymoon, but they don't listen.
Then, finally it's our turn to get married! We're all told to go into a back room where an obviously bored woman is working.
"Which two of you are getting married?" Sirius and I raise our hands. She tells us to come forward and hands us—yet again—another paper. On this one, though, it says our vows and we only need to sign. I carefully read over the paper. I have to trust, honor, and respect my husband. I will stay faithful to him, no matter what happens. I sign and then Sirius signs, and then he takes out an actual ring.
It's a pretty ring, with a pretty diamond in a gold setting, and he places it on my finger. "I'm sorry," I say when I don't have a ring to give him. "I would have gotten you a ring if I would have known…"
Sirius quickly brushes this off, saying how men who wore rings were sissies. Right after he said this, I heard Lily whisper to James that his ring looked lovely.
Married. United. Whoa. I see everything in a new perspective now. Lily and James left to get their bags and then leave for their honeymoon. Sirius and I, on the other hand, went back to our apartment.
Sirius found a frame and then put our marriage paper in it. He then hung it above our bed.
"We're a family now, May!" He said and kissed me, I kissed him back and we have a honeymoon of our own.
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