A/N: Well, here it is. I'll have another A/N at the end of the chapter to say more, but here is what I have to say now. This chapter is basically an epilogue to close the story. It's in James's point of view and it is small snippets from graduation until a few months after Harry is born. I've always wanted to end the story this way, so here it is. I really hope you enjoy it.

"Heaven or hell or somewhere in between, cross your heart to take me when you leave. Don't go, please don't go… Don't go without me." -The Civil Wars ~ "C'est La Mort"

(JAMES'S P.O.V)

[May 1978]

"Don't go without me," she whispered as she pulled her lips away from mine, smiling softly. I reluctantly let her go as they called her name.

The speeches, the awards, the house points… They were all over. All that was left now was a piece of parchment with our names on it.

Delia was next, then Lupin, then Peter, then me. And then what was left?

I watched her walk up, smile as McGonagall handed her a diploma, and stand on the stage next to June.

Name after name was called, and when it was finally my turn, I got up, kissed McGonagall on the cheek, shook Dumbledore's hand and stood next to my brothers.

And we threw our hats in the air, and it was over.

And what was of it? What did it mean? We finished school…and now what?

The answer, I realized, was not too far across the stage, smiling right at me.

[May 1978]

"And, this is the bedroom," I said, opening the door slowly. "But keep your eyes closed. And we can add a TV, if you want one, I mean. And there's a wardrobe over there, and it looks small, but it's enchanted so that when you open it it's big enough for the both of us, and-"

"Why are my eyes closed? Can I open them? This is ridiculous, James-"

"Do you have any patience at all?" I asked, kissing her cheek. "Not yet," I said, bringing her with me to the bed. "Sit down."

She sighed but listened.

"Good," I said softly. "Now you can open them."

"Finally," she said. "What-"

She closed her mouth and her eyes grew wide. There were candles floating around the room, and rose petals all over the floor and on the bed.

And I was down on one knee, right in front of her, and she looked down, and her eyes started to water.

"James-"

"Lily," I said softly. "I loved you from the moment I saw you. I loved you when you insulted me, and when you hexed me. I loved you when you would stick your nose up in the air and walk away from my pleas for you to date me. I loved you when your face would be buried in a book in the Common Room while everyone else was having a party. I loved you when you never even looked at me. And I loved you when you did. I loved you when you started to see me. And I loved you when I kissed you for the first time, and I loved you even more when you kissed me back. And I loved you when you were broken. And I loved you when you were whole. And I have loved you every second of every day since I stepped on that train. And I love you here. And I loved you then. And I will love you always. And I want to love you until we're laying in this bed when we're ninety years old, and I will love you more than I do now, if that's even possible."

I wiped my eyes, laughing softly, and reached into my pocket to pull out the ring. And I looked up at her again and tears were streaming down her face, but she was smiling. Smiling my favorite smile in this life.

"Lily," I said again. "Will you marry me?"

Her smile grew as she let out a small sob. "Of course I will, you big toerag."

I smiled right back at her, and put the ring on her finger, and she glowed. I sat down next to her and she grabbed my face and kissed me hard, and I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her back.

The room started to spin, but I was already dizzy.

[August 1978]

"Ready?" my best friend asked me, patting my back.

I nodded slowly. "Nervous, is all."

"Nervous? About what?"

"Tornado. Earthquake. Death Eater raid. Heart attack. Runaway bride. Nothing too serious."

"Don't be a ponce, Prongs," Sirius laughed. "Lily isn't running away. And none of those other things are happening either. Got it?"

"You can never be sure."

He rolled his eyes. "Come on, mate. You're up."

I walked myself down the aisle. My dad passed away a few days after the engagement, and my Mum was too sick to be here today. I visited her before I got here. She told me I'm going to be the best husband a woman could ask for, and that she was proud of me and that she loves me. She only has a few days left, but I'm trying not to think about it.

Lily's Mum was sitting in the front row, crying.

Petunia was nowhere to be found.

Sirius was the one to walk Lily down the aisle. The doors opened, and there she stood, shining brighter than ever.

I had never seen a sight so beautiful in my life.

And she walked towards me, smiling, and she was the only thing that mattered. We were the only two people in the world. She was all I'd ever need

And so the preacher man did his job, and I barely heard a word he said as I gazed at Lily the entire time.

I woke from my trance when I was told to say my vows.

I went first. "Lily, I… I never thought I could be so happy. That I could find someone that makes me feel the way I feel when I'm with you… I've loved you for so long. And I always will. You are by far the best thing that has ever happened to me. And I cannot wait another moment to spend the rest of my life by your side."

She smiled up at me. "James, you were like a storm upon me. I never knew that the annoying boy with messy hair and a slight ego problem would fall upon me without even a warning. I never thought I could love someone the way I love you. You are my best friend, and I can't imagine a world without you in it. I love you, now and forevermore."

We smiled at each other, and I have never been so in love.

We put on the rings and said our "I do's," and when the preacher man said "You may kiss the bride," I gently put my hands on both sides of Lily's face and kissed her, and the world fell apart, and I was lost in her, yet I had never been more found.

We broke apart, and everyone was cheering, and we turned around and smiled at them, and walked back down the aisle until we were lead to a room upstairs to have ten minutes of privacy.

I kissed her with everything I had in me. She kissed me back, and I picked her up and brought us over to the couch and set us down. I pulled apart for a second, and looked at her gently and asked, "Are you all right?"

"Of course I am," she replied, smiling and running one of her hands through my hair. "Why wouldn't I be?"

"Just…you know, Petunia, and your dad…I just was making sure that-"

"I'm fine," she said, caressing my face. "Better than fine. The best I've ever been. I promise you. Nothing and no one can take today away from me." She leaned in and kissed me quickly. "Are you okay?"

"Yes," I answered honestly. "Brilliant, actually."

"Glad to hear," she grinned, and she brought her lips back to mine and I melted in her touch.

After a bit, I pulled away and murmured, "I love you, Mrs. Potter."

She giggled and responded, "I love you too, Mr. Evans."

I rolled my eyes and nudged her. "It doesn't work that way."

"It should," she said before I started kissing her again.

Not too long afterward, a knock was on the door and I heard Sirius's voice, "Time's up, love birds. Time to show your faces to the crowd!"

I groaned and Lily laughed as she kissed me one more time and removed herself from me.

Sirius then walked in and said. "Hurry it up, would you! People are waiting!"

"Would you calm down, Sirius?"

"No," he said. "I'm really just trying to get you out of here so I could get my alone time with your wife."

Your wife. My wife. She was my wife.

"After all," Sirius continued. "Marrying you was also a promise to marrying me. Isn't that right?"

"No," I said, scoffing at him.

He put his arm around Lily's shoulders. "Come on now, love. You may kiss the groom!"

Lily laughed and kissed his cheek, to which I pulled her away and to me.

"All right, mate, enough. We're coming."

"Oh, someone's jealous," Sirius said, leading us out the door.

As we walked down the stairs, Lily said, "But the question is, is he jealous of you, or me?"

"Ah, yes, a very good question indeed, red."

"I think he's jealous of me," Lily said, grinning at me. "He wants some alone time with you, Padfoot."

"You caught me," I laughed.

"Don't worry, Prongs," Sirius said, slapping my arse. "I'll steal you away later."

I rolled my eyes as Lily laughed and gripped on my arm as we continued to walk back to the party.

"You look beautiful, by the way," I whispered against her.

"Thank you, love," she grinned. "You could use a little work, though," she said, chuckling.

[1 hour later]

"Best Man speech!" Sirius shouted, clinking his glass.

"So, how badly do you think he's going to embarrass us right now?" Lily whispered to me.

"With the amount of blackmail he has…I'd say we better change our names and move to America, right about now."

"Do we have time to pack?"

"No, let's just run while we can."

"Hey," Sirius's voice boomed. "No escaping this, mates. I've got some things I want you to hear."

"How did he know?" she whispered to me.

I just laughed and held her hand. "It's Sirius."

"Now, as the Best Man," he said, fixing his tie. "I think there are a few things I'm obligated to say here. I'm going to start off with Lily."

"Wonderful," she sighed, smiling.

"My brilliant, sweet Lily. Always a pleasure, even when hitting me on the back of my head with a textbook for losing Gryffindor house 50 points in one class."

Everyone laughed.

"But I always liked something about her. She had that gleam in her eye, like she was ready to take on the world all by herself. Came into the school not knowing a thing about magic and was top of the class by the first week. Incredible, that Evans girl, all the professors would say. And of course I would get all jealous because, hey, I was supposed to be the star of every class. I mean, I'm Sirius Black, aren't I? Who was this bird? Of course, I thought James would be with me on this one, beating him too. But I saw the way he looked at her."

He paused for a moment and scratched his said, looking at me for a moment.

"Anyway," he continued. "James being my very best friend and all, I was able to catch up on some habits of his. One of those habits throughout the first three years of school was casually mentioning Lily's name here and there, or being where she was, or somehow bumping into her. What a crush that kid had. It became more obvious once we hit fourth year, and James finally started to hit on poor ole Lily. She was smart, turning him down. Served him right."

Everyone laughed again.

"But James never gave up on her. And he was right not to. Because, well, look at her," he said, pointing to Lily. "She's beautiful. More than beautiful, really. And she's the most brilliant bird I've ever met. And she's got a heart bigger than anyone I've ever known. She actually truly and genuinely cares about other people; she doesn't just fake it like the rest of us do. She loves with every atom in her, and she is like family to me. Like a sister. And I love her. And hell, if James hadn't gotten there first, I sure would have tried myself."

People were chuckling again, but when I turned to look at Lily she was smiling with tears streaming down her face, gripping my hand tightly.

"And then, finally, Lily fell for James like she inevitably would have, even if it would've taken 100 years instead of 7, because James would never stop trying to win her over. Not even that, but, really, how could she resist? I mean, he is very handsome, not to mention he was the top of almost all his classes, Quidditch captain and star…just an all around got-to-have lad. He is also, without a doubt, the best person I've ever met in my life. He always puts others before himself. He is always, always there for his friends. He's got love bursting out of his seams. He's as good as they come. I have never put so much faith in someone as I do with James. He is my brother, in every sense. And I cannot think of a single person on this planet who would be better fit for Lily. I cannot think of two better people. And they will conquer the world together, I'm sure of it."

He smiled his brilliant wide smile at me, and I felt speechless.

"So, to Mr. and Mrs. Potter. I love you both with all my heart. And thanks for the spare bedroom in your place. Cheers!"

"Cheers!" everyone chorused and drank, and then clapped as Sirius, in a very Sirius-like manner, took a bow and blew some kissed and then waltzed back over to our table.

Lily was up in seconds, and she wrapped her arms tightly around Sirius's neck and kissed his cheek, and he picked her up off the ground and held her tightly back. And he looked at me over her shoulder and his eyes were red and glossy.

They let go of each other and exchanged some words I did not hear, nor was I meant to. Sirius kissed her cheek and she smiled at him, and then he walked over to me.

"Sirius," I started. "That was…I mean, you didn't have to… I just…"

"Nothing to it," he shrugged, half grinning. He looked like he was about to cry, but in a good way. "All from the heart. Didn't even write anything down."

"A born natural, obviously," I said.

"They don't make 'em like me, anymore," he said.

I grabbed him in for a hug and said, "I love you, Sirius."

"Love you too, mate," he said, patting my back.

After a few more short moments we let go of each other.

"Now," Sirius said, waving to Lily for her to come over here. "I think it's time for the newly weds' first official dance as husband and wife, yeah?"

Lily and I went on the dance floor and I held her in my arms as we swayed to a slow, soft song.

"So," Lily said softly. "How long do you think he's going to hold that beautiful speech over us for?"

I chuckled lightly, kissing her head. "Til the end of time."

She laughed against me and then said, "He does know he is not getting that spare bedroom, right?"

[November 1978]

Her arms wrapped around me the moment I got into the bed.

"Did I wake you?" I asked, kissing her head.

She shook her head. "No," she answered quietly. "I can't sleep without you."

I sighed, putting a hand in her hair. "I know. I'm sorry."

"Not your fault Crouch and Moody have got you working until midnight."

"It's just for a few months," I reminded her. "Until they get more Aurors, after…well, you know."

"After the attack, I know," she said. "I remember almost being killed by Voldemort last week."

"I know you remember," I said, feeling a little bitter, pulling away a bit. It was a shocking experience for all of us, but in the end, it was Lily and I who threw him off and helped us all escape. We have only been out of school for half a year, and we escaped Voldemort. To me, it made me feel like we could do anything, really. Lily didn't see it that way though.

She must have noticed, because she said, "Sorry. I didn't mean to…" She breathed heavily. "It's just been hard. Nightmares, and all."

"I'm sorry."

"Don't be," she said softly. "You make them go away."

"Good," I sighed against her hair. "That's what I'm here for."

"Got any energy to be here for me for other things?" She asked suggestively.

I laughed and looked at her curiously. "Not too tired?"

"No," she said, and in that moment stifled a yawn. We both laughed.

"We can make it quick?"

[December 1978]

"It's Christmas."

"Lily-"

"No, you're staying here. Your friends are here. I'm here. They have enough people at work today. I know they're not back on track yet but Moody said you take today off. You. Are. Staying. Got it?"

I sighed. "Yeah."

"Good."

"Well, you don't look too happy about it."

"Because, James, Merlin!" she screamed, slamming a pot down. "It's been so bloody hard the past few weeks, and I don't understand why you're running away!"

"I'm not running away, Lily! I just saw the memo and thought they could use a little extra help-"

"And leave your friends on Christmas? Leave me? Our first Christmas together and…"

"Lily…it's…it's not because I don't want…Oh, God, do you actually think that?"

"Well, you aren't giving me any reasons not to!"

"You're fucking ridiculous," I sighed, frustrated. "Of course I want to spend Christmas with you. I want to spend every day with you. If it were up to me I wouldn't go to work at all and-"

"I'm not asking you not to go to work at all, I have work too-"

"I know you're not asking me that," I told her. "I just hate seeing you upset because I'm trying to do my job."

She breathed heavily, walking closer to me. "I just feel like you're over working yourself, that's all."

"Maybe I am. What happened the other week… I just want to make sure in case something like that happens again we're better prepared. We got lucky. I just want to keep us safe. Everyone safe. You understand that, don't you?"

"I don't feel safe when you're not here," she whispered.

I sighed, reaching out for her hand. "Lily-"

"I'm sorry," she said quickly. "That's selfish of me."

"Of course it isn't," I answered, taking her other hand as well. "You're my wife. You are always my number one priority."

She half smiled at me and sighed. "I just don't like coming home from work four hours before you, eating alone, waiting for you to come back, hoping you're okay. They have plenty of older and longer experienced people who did not just get married who can work until midnight. I'm not saying you're incapable, I just… I just want you home."

"I'll try to work something out," I told her. "Something better for the both of us. Sound good?"

She nodded, and then pulled me in for a hug. "I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry too," I said, kissing her shoulder. We let go. "Now," I started as we walked towards the door back to the dining room. "Let's get back to the lads. Although I'm sure they've been eavesdropping this whole time, am I right?" I said, smirking, as I pushed open the door, revealing a very guilty looking Sirius, Remus and Peter.

[August 1979]

"Feels longer than a year," she said, playing with my hair.

"Only cause we've been together for two."

"Still," she said. "All we've been through…just makes it feel different, you know?"

"Kind of," I replied, kissing her fingers.

She sighed, humming against me. "Guess we just became adults faster."

I hummed in agreement, moving my lips up her arm slowly.

"Well," she said. "At least one of us."

I rolled my eyes and said, "So conceited."

"Yeah, coming from the winner of 'most inflated head,' nineteen years running."

I laughed loudly, removing my mouth from her skin for a few moments. "Let's be clear, I only won that sixteen years in a row. The past three years I haven't even made it into the final five, so."

She laughed her most beautiful laugh, grabbing my face and kissing it. "It's all right, I still love you."

I smiled at her and kissed her lips quickly again, before moving my mouth to her neck and making her release a mixture of giggles and moans.

"Don't you think we should eat breakfast?" she asked.

"It's noon, love," I told her.

"But we got up at nine!" she said, laughing.

"Well, we got busy," I reminded her, kissing her collarbone.

She laughed. "Right. Maybe we should get up now."

"Maybe," I repeated. "Maybe as in no."

She pushed me. "I'm hungry!"

I ignored her and let my lips play with her ear.

"Er, well, " she said after a few moments, sounding breathy. "My stomach can wait a little while more, I suppose."

"You suppose, yeah?" I asked, chuckling.

"Would you stop teasing me and just kiss me already?"

[December 1979]

"I'm home," I announced as I walked into our living room, where Lily was lying down on the couch, wrapped up in blankets, wearing one of my jumpers, watching something on the telly. She looked like she was crying.

"Hi," she answered quietly from the couch.

I put my stuff down, took off my work robes so I was just wearing trousers and a t-shirt, threw the robes on one of the chairs and walked over to her. "What's the matter?" I asked, putting my hand on her wet cheek. "Are you hurt? Is someone we know hurt? Is-"

"I'm fine, everyone's fine," she answered quickly. "Nothing like that."

"Then what is it?"

"S'nothing," she sniffled.

"It's obviously something," I said, worried, wiping away the tears sitting on her face. "Do you want to talk about it?"

She nodded slowly and said, "Yes, but…but not right now. Soon, though. Can you just…can you just lie here with me for a little while?"

"Of course, Lil," I said, giving her a kiss on the cheek as she sat up and made room for me to cuddle up with her under the blankets.

"Thank you," she mumbled into my chest, snuggling closer against me as I wrapped my arms around her tightly.

"No problem, love. Just let me know when you're ready to talk."

Lily closed her eyes and kept her face against my chest while I let one hand run through her hair and the other down her back while I watched some movie on the telly. After around twenty minutes, Lily opened her eyes and looked up at me, kissed me softly on the lips and said, "I'm ready to talk now."

She lowered the volume on the telly and sat up, and I sat up too, holding one of her hands. She sighed heavily, her eyes wandering around the room and then looking down at our hands. She squeezed my hand for a moment before she spoke.

"I…erm, well I… I have something I need to tell you…"

"All right," I responded cautiously.

"B-but, you can't get cross…or storm off, or…or-"

"Lily, calm down," I told her, seeing the tears forming in her eyes again. "You can tell me anything, you know that. All right?"

She nodded. "I know. I'm sorry."

"It's okay."

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before she revealed, "I'm pregnant."

I'm pregnant.

Lily was pregnant. We were going to have a baby. Together.

I couldn't smile wider.

And then I started laughing.

"Wh…Why are you laughing?" she asked. "It isn't funny!"

I continued to laugh, and then I grabbed her face and kissed her. "And you tell me that I'm daft."

"I don't get why you're still laughing!" she shouted.

"Because," I said, still smiling as wide as I could, "how could you ever in a million years think I'd ever be angry about something as wonderful as that?"

"You…you're not upset?"

"No! I mean, I'm a bit confused, since we always use contraceptive spells or-"

"Three weeks ago, after that Death Eater raid…"

"Oh," I said, smirking. "Right. Well, we slipped. But why would I be upset about it?"

"Just… I mean, there's a war going on, it's not exactly the best time to have a baby…and, we're both always working…and we're young and…"

"Lily," I said, cupping her face with my hands. "Forget about all that for a second. We're having a baby. You and I are going to be parents. Who cares about the bloody war when we're going to have a miracle."

She sighed, but then a smile spread across her face. "You're right."

"I know I'm right."

"We're having a baby."

"We're having a baby."

"We're having a baby!" she shouted this time, laughing, and then she kissed me, and I kissed her back, my heart leaping up into my throat, the world spinning. I pulled away to kiss her stomach and let my head rest there for a moment, where our baby was growing. I kissed her stomach one more time before wrapping my arms around her, telling her "I love you so much," and bringing my mouth back to hers, melting in her, sinking into the beauty, living in the moment of how wonderful everything was, and how wonderful everything will be.

[March 1980]

"Are you sure you want to know?" the healer asked.

Lily and I both looked at each other. "Yes," she answered. "We want to know."

"It's going to be a boy," the healer told us.

A boy.

I was going to have a son.

Lily started crying tears of joy and I embraced her, feeling like crying a bit myself.

A boy. Wow.

[June 1980]

"Lily," I tried.

"Don't even bother," she said, shoving another spoon of ice cream into her mouth.

"Well, you could save some for me too, you know."

She stuck her tongue out at me and proceeded to gather more ice cream into her spoon.

"Or not."

"I'm as fat as an elephant anyway, why stop now?"

I rolled my eyes, sitting next to her. "Lily, you do realize you have a person growing inside of you. You are not actually fat."

"Person or no person inside of me, I'm hideous. Just leave me and my ice cream to our alone time."

I got up, sighing. "Fine. I'm going to-"

She grabbed my hand. "No, wait, stay."

She had such a pleading look on her face I just laughed and sat back down next to her. "Change of heart?"

"I missed you today," she said.

"I missed you too."

"It's weird being home all the time. It's only been a week and I feel like I'm going crazy."

"They thought it's what was best for you and the baby to be home for at least a month before he comes."

"I know but I had no one to eat lunch with," she pouted.

"Did you eat ice cream for lunch?" I asked amused, moving a piece of her hair behind her ear.

She shoved another spoonful into her mouth and said, "Maybe."

I laughed and kissed the hand I was holding. "I love you. And you are not hideous, by the way. You are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, especially now."

She scoffed at me momentarily. "You're such a liar," she said, but a smile spread across her face. "And I love you too."

I smiled back at her. Then I took a book from the coffee table and transfigured it into a spoon.

"Hey!" she shouted as I dug into the tub of ice cream resting on Lily's belly.

"Don't be so selfish," I responded.

"No, not that," she said. "I needed that book!"

"Don't worry I'll turn it back afterward."

"You could've just gotten up off your lazy arse and gotten a spoon from the kitchen, you prat. Or even summoned it!"

"Oh well," I said, shoving some more ice cream in my mouth.

"You just love showing off your transfiguration skills."

"Maybe a bit," I smirked. And then she rolled her eyes and I put my hand on her chin and crushed my lips against hers, slipping my tongue into her mouth, reveling in her. She kissed me back for a few moments, until she pushed me away.

"Stop that," she said, hiding a smile. "I'm mad at you."

"No you aren't."

"Seriously, I needed that book!"

"What was it?"

"A baby-naming book."

"Lily, I thought we went over this. James Jr. is a perfectly-"

"Enough," she said, rolling her eyes but smiling.

I smiled. "Sorry, love. Fine, fine. What names do you have it narrowed down to again?"

"Thomas, Harry, Scott."

"Thomas? No… I just don't see it."

She shrugged. "Scott because of my dad but… I just don't know if I really want to. That's why I'm thinking Harry. It was Dad's middle name."

"Harry…" I said, thinking about it. "Not bad. Could work…"

I looked at her and I could tell it was the name she really wanted.

"Harry, yeah?"

She nodded, eyes wide.

"If it's what you really want… Yeah, Harry's a nice name."

"So, Harry? Is that it?"

"I guess so. See, you didn't even need the book," I said.

She laughed, put the ice cream tub down on the coffee table, and then she closed her eyes and put our linked hands on her belly. "Harry James," she whispered.

"Harry…what?" I asked, smiling.

"I want his middle name to be James. You know, if that's okay with you."

I grinned wide. "I love you so much," I told her, and then I kissed her, and I felt her smiling against my lips, and she kissed me back.

We snogged on the couch for quite a while, until I realized how hungry I was and pulled away. She groaned and pulled my face back to hers, and I laughed against her lips, kissing her one more time. "We'll continue later," I promised her. "Right now, the kitchen is calling. Why don't we lay off the ice cream for a bit and I'll make us some real dinner?"

"Oh, I love it when you cook. So manly."

[November 1980]

"Your turn," Lily mumbled against my chest as Harry started to cry again.

I sighed and kissed Lily's head, got out of bed, grabbed my glasses and put some boxers on. I left our room and walked down the hall to Harry's.

I picked him up out of his crib and sat down on the rocking chair and started to sooth him.

Truth was I didn't really mind tending to Harry in the middle of the night. He's actually not that big of a crier. Thank Merlin. But, I mean, he still cries. Sure, sleep isn't as plentiful, but that didn't really matter anymore.

Harry was only a couple months old and he already had enough hair on his head to know he was going to have the same problems as me. Poor kid. Glad he didn't turn out ginger, though. He actually looks quite a lot like me, really. Like father like son.

But the best part of them all is, he's got Lily's eyes; big and wide and green as can be. And when he cries they get even brighter. So I just put him on my lap and calm him down and try to make him smile or something. When desperate times call for desperate measures I take out the snitch Lily got me in seventh year for Christmas and let it fly around the room for a bit, distracting Harry. It usually makes him a bit happier.

Only a few months old and he's already crazy about Quidditch. This kid is going to be the best.

He was pretty easy to calm down tonight. I just had to hold him and rub his back while rocking on the chair. After a minute or so he stopped crying, to which I couldn't help but proceed to kissing his cheeks and tickling his belly, making him giggle lightly. I held his tiny body in my hands and rocked with him as his eyelids fluttered. He yawned and after a few minutes he was back to sleep. I kissed him one more time, not wanting to let go. But I got up from the rocking chair and put him back in his crib.

I stood there watching over him for a few more moments. I reluctantly left the room and walked back to mine, taking my glasses off and crawling back into bed, taking Lily back into my arms.

"Is he all right?" she asked me quietly.

"Yeah," I answered, kissing her shoulder.

"You know," she said. "You were in there for a while. And Harry stopped crying very shortly after you got in there."

"Yeah, well…Just wanted to make sure he-"

"You love him so much," she sighed against me. "It's amazing."

I mean, she wasn't wrong.

"You're a brilliant dad, James."

"You're a better mum, though."

She shook her head, chuckling. "He's going to be just like you. I can feel it."

"And you're happy about this?"

"Well," she said, smirking. "I'll have to watch out for him. He's going to look exactly like you, so I'm sure the girls will be all over him. And I don't want him to be an ego maniac like you are-"

"Excuse me. Were is the correct word there."

"Fine, like you were. So I'll have to make sure I keep him grounded."

"Sure, go ahead and brainwash the kid to be a goody two-shoes."

"Well, I'm not letting you turn him into a trouble maker!"

"What trouble?" I asked. "Only good hearted fun."

"Ha! Right."

"He'll be a Gryffindor, of course. And he'll make captain of the Quidditch team in no time."

"He'll do great in school."

"And find a beautiful, red-headed, off her rocker, brilliant witch to eventually settle down with."

Lily laughed as I pulled her face up to mine to kiss her. We parted and she smiled at me sweetly. "I love you."

"I love you too," I told her, and I kissed her one more time, and she rested her head back on my chest.

And I thought about teaching Harry the rules of Quidditch, and having Sirius come over and play with us. And how he would grow up and look like a smaller version of me. And how Lily would try to keep his hair calm but it just wouldn't work. And putting him on the train for Hogwarts for the first time, Lily crying while she waves goodbye, maybe one, or two, or three other little Potter children on the platform with us, wishing they were going off to school like Harry. Reading the letter that he got sorted into Gryffindor. Finding out he made the Quidditch team. Hearing about his mates, all the girls chasing after him… Watching him get married, and have kids…

He had his whole life ahead of him.

And I couldn't wait to be there for him through it all.

[The End].

A/N: Well, there you have it. 356 pages and it's finally over. I know it may have been a little cruel of me to end it with that sentence, since, well…you know why. But I wanted to end it with James and Lily being happy and being a family and looking forward to their lives despite the war. I hope you liked this chapter. Thank you to everyone who has stuck with me all the way, who has actually taken the time to read it. To anyone who has shared it, reviewed it, messaged me… Thank you. I really loved writing this story and I hope you loved reading it too. Reviews on this chapter would mean a lot to me also. Maybe I'll write something else eventually- not necessarily James/Lily but who knows [always HP though]. Thank you so, so, so much to you all. I love you.