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A/N: This is the end. It's been four years in the making, which is awful of me to have left you hanging so long. If you didn't notice, I changed the end of chapter 8 to something fluffy again. I think that this story has run it's course and it's time for the sugary sweet end to come. I've enjoyed writing this and have been thrilled by the response it's gotten, so I hope that this does it justice.

Oh and the sleepover happened a few days ago. So, here you go…

Chapter 9: Fallen For You

"James, why don't you go hang out with Lily today?" Mrs. Potter asked her moping son. "I mean, Remus has gone to the park with Nikki, and Sirius has gone who-knows-where with Alexis— You know, he really needs to leave a note from now on detailing where he's going and how long he'll be gone. That mother of his, I swear—"

"Mum, Lily has the wedding today, remember?"

"Oh yes. Her sister's wasn't it?"

"No, her cousin's. Petunia was married months ago. You remember."

"Oh yes, that's right. Well, why don't you go with her to the wedding?"

"What?" James looked at his mother as if she'd gone crazy.

"I'll just call her mother and arrange everything, dear. I'm sure she needs a date, and you have that lovely tux upstairs."

"Mum, I don't think that's a good idea." Mrs. Potter waved off his protests.

"Now dear, run upstairs and get ready. Shoo." James trudged up the stairs, defeat written in his every movement. Mrs. Potter smiled mischievously, and picked up the telephone, dialing quickly and speaking quietly into the receiver when Mrs. Evans answered. "Mission accomplished."

Lily jumped as a pebble hit her window. She carefully threw it open dodging the pebble that flew through her now open window. She poked her head out and looked at James sardonically.

"Must we do this every time you wish to speak to me?" James smiled.

"Hey, I haven't hit you once." Lily smiled back.

"Still. So what do you want then?"

"Our mums are plotting again."

"Really? So you're to be my mysterious date to Daisy's wedding then?" James nodded.

"Yup. They're not exactly subtle about it either. Wait, your cousin's name is Daisy?" Lily blushed lightly.

"My family has a thing for flowers. It is sort of pathetic how they push us together. I mean, we're not blind."

"Yeah, well. Anything's better than being stuck around here. Remus and Nikki are off somewhere, but they'll come back here and make googly eyes at each other, and then Sirius and Lexi will come back looking like… well you've seen it, it's indecent. And it's depressing how disgustingly mushy they've all become." Lily laughed.

"I know what you mean. I think our pranks will have to be more of a stop-being-so-PDA thing instead of a celebratory thing."

"Hey are you really wearing a dress?" James asked. Lily sighed.

"Yeah, but it's not a monstrosity, so it's not gonna be too bad."

"Damn. Now I definitely have to wear a tux." Lily laughed.

"They've probably been planning this ever since that dinner when we both proved to be huge disappointments by not dressing up and having an epic food fight. Which we definitely can't do tonight."

"No, I guess not. I expect my mum will extract a promise from me about being good."

"That would be the smart thing to do." Lily laughed at James's indignant noise, but was soon distracted by her mum shouting for her to hurry up. "Oh, got to go get dressed. See you in a bit then?" James nodded and then proceeded to get ready himself, nerves fluttering round and round in his stomach, mirroring the ones Lily was trying desperately to put out of her mind.

"You may now kiss the bride." Lily smiled at her mother, who was softly crying next to her as Daisy and her new husband, Robert, shared their first wedded kiss.

"That'll be you someday," James whispered in her ear. Lily smiled at him.

"Don't mention that to my mum or she'll be bawling all night!" Lily whispered back, making James chuckle softly. Lily's mum sniffed loudly, and then quickly composed herself. She led the still giggling couple from the church after the bride and groom had passed, and walked them to the reception.

"Lily, I'm not feeling wonderful. I think my allergies are acting up, so I'm going to head home. Why don't you stay and have fun with James though? You can walk home when you both get bored. Home's only a couple blocks from here." Lily shrugged and agreed, sharing a knowing smile with James over her mum's shoulder as she hugged her goodbye.

Lily's mum walked over to say her goodbye and congratulations to Daisy, as Lily and James stepped over to the food table. However, there was to be no food for James and Lily to fill the suddenly awkward silence with, as the caterer was late. The DJ however was not late, and was calling for everyone to dance. Lily and James hung around the edge of the dance floor, still trapped in an awkward silence as a slow song drifted through the speakers.

"So…" James trailed off.

"So?"

"So, did you know our plan of action for getting our friends together was Plan GIT?" Lily smiled.

"Is it? Well, that's apt." James hummed in agreement, and bounced forward on the balls of his feet for a second. To Lily, he seemed to be steeling himself for something.

"So…" Lily giggled.

"Oh not this again." James grinned, looking at her softly.

"Look, do you want to dance?" Lily's sense of ease faltered slightly.

"Well, uh…"

"Only you look really pretty tonight, not that you don't look pretty all the time, but I mean you especially tried to look pretty for tonight and well, it payed off because you do, and you know that I've liked you forever, but Lily this summer, well I think I've really fallen for you, and you haven't said anything, so you probably don't want to dance with me, and I get that because you never said yes before and just cause we've been hanging out this summer doesn't mean that you like me or anything, even though I really really very much like you, and I'm just going to shut up now." James shut his mouth and turned to watch couples on the dance floor. Lily bit her lip.

"Yes." James turned to look at her, confused.

"What?"

"Yes James, I'd like to dance with you." James grinned excitedly and led Lily out onto the dance floor, where the DJ was playing yet another slow song to distract people from the fact that the food was late.

Lily and James dance somewhat awkwardly, both unclear about where the boundaries between them lay. But soon enough, they relaxed and the awkwardness between them ebbed away.

"This is nice." Lily proclaimed softly.

"Yeah it is." James agreed just as softly, subconsciously moving his head closer to hers in order to hear over the music.

"You're a good dancer." She said, still in that same soft voice, as she too moved her head closer to her partner's.

"You are too." James returned the compliment. They danced in silence for a few more minutes and then Lily lay her head on James shoulder, and he tightened his hold around her waist.

"Did you mean what you said before?" Lily mumbled into James's shoulder.

"Which part?"

"The part about falling for me." James briefly considered lying, or fleeing, but instead chose to answer honestly.

"Yes."

"Oh." They danced in silence.

"Lily?"

"Yes, James?"

"Um, why?"

"Why do I care if you meant it, you mean?" Lily lifted her head off James's shoulder and looked him in the eyes. He nodded. "Because…"

But here, Lily was interrupted by the arrival of the caterers, and a mad rush for the newly delivered food. Lily sighed in relief and led James over to the food.

"Tell me later?" He made it sound like a question, but Lily could tell it was a promise he was demanding.

"Sure. Cake?" James smiled and took the proferred plate eagerly.

"I cannot believe you threw cake at me!"

"I tripped! It was clearly an accident! Besides, you didn't have to throw cake back!"

"You got cake on my dress! I was obligated to retaliate!"

"Yeah, well what was the ice cream then?"

"Insurance!"

"What?!"

"If you were covered in ice cream, you'd be less likely to dump a bowl of punch on my head!"

"But I did that anyway!"

"I noticed!" Lily and James looked at each other in their state of messiness and had to stop walking home because they were laughing so hard.

"My mum is going to flay me." James said when they had gotten their laughter under control. "I promised her I'd be on my best behavior."

"Eh, nothing blew up. I'd say that's pretty good for you." James smiled.

"You know, you look good in Buttercream." Lily blushed and smiled.

"Thanks. You look good in Rocky Road." James stuck his tongue out at her.

"I look good in everything." Lily lightly punched him in the arm.

"Okay Mr. Ego."

"Thank you for conceding defeat Mrs. Ego." Lily stopped, and looked at him as he blushed.

"Mrs. Ego?"

"Well…" James sighed, and looked up at the moon.

"Hey, um, don't worry about it." Lily said, trying to get James to relax, and to try and relieve some of her own nerves. Still James kept his eyes on the moon.

"Lily, what are we doing?" Lily, feeling suddenly more nervous than she could remember, also locked her eyes on the moon.

"Walking home." She mumbled. James looked down at her, and though Lily refused to meet his eyes, she could feel his gaze making her cheeks burn.

"Lily, what are we doing?" Lily sighed, giving up and meeting his gaze.

"We're being idiots." James raised an eyebrow. "Our mum's Plan GIT-ed us."

"Then…" Lily noticed that James had intertwined their fingers.

"Then, maybe it matters that you meant what you said before, because maybe I've fallen for you too. I guess." James smiled, and Lily found herself returning that smile happily.

"If I kiss you, will you beat me up again? Bite me or something?" Lily brushed noses with James, who was looking at her teasingly.

"I'll only bite you if you ask nicely." She deadpanned. James grinned.

They kissed. A brief peck. Followed by another. And another. And another.

Then they broke apart and wandered the rest of the way home.

"Goodnight James." Lily offered a bright smile.

"Goodnight Lily." James offered one of his own.

Then they each walked into their respective houses, and their peaceful night was interrupted by their respective mothers screaming in respective shock, frustration, and surprise at their appearance.

(the next day)

Dearest Lillian,

Oh my dearest love. To be kept apart from you like this is so cruel. The witch who hath borne me persists in my being trapped inside my chambers, and will not remove the cinderblocks she has replaced my window with. I am afraid I must ask for a photographic representation of your beauty as I will soon forget thy face if I am left here another sunrise without the sight of it.

Missing You,

James

Dear James,

You've only been grounded a day so far, and your mum is removing the bricks tomorrow anyway so we'll be able to talk then. Relax. Besides, Sirius told me you have a whole stash of pictures of me in a box underneath your bed anyway, so I don't know why you'd need a new one.

Yours,

Lily

Sirius,

You blockhead! Why did you tell Lily about my picture stash?! Why do I tell you anything? Argh!

James

PS. I hope you notice that once more the dear has been removed from in front of your name. .ha.

Dear James,

Lily's scary. I can't keep secrets from her. Besides she won't let me come over and watch movies unless I tell her embarrassing things about you.

You have only yourself to blame,

Sirius

Dear Sirius,

Okay, I forgive you.

James

My fairest maiden of the flame,

Why do you persist in blackmailing my comrades?

Your noble knight

James,

Why do you persist in being a nutcase? This whole solitary confinement is bringing out your crazy. And besides that, it's fun. Sirius is easy to blackmail. You should just count yourself lucky that Remus went home already or I'd know a lot more.

Yours,

Lily

Dear Lily,

I concede to your deviousness. Also, are you really mine?

Yours,

James

Dear James,

Yeah, I guess I am.

Yours,

Lily

Dear Lily,

Good.

Yours,

James

Dear James,

Yeah. It is.

Yours,

Lily

A/N: The end.

Bee :)