"I know you're mad at me. I shouldn't have said anything about Harry, I was just trying…" said Calvin almost desperate to make Lily understand.
"I don't want to hear it," Lily interrupted. "You know James loves Harry more than anything in the world, and you know I would never ever keep him from him."
"I know I'm sorry."
"You had no right to say that."
"I know, but you heard what he said. He'll sign the papers."
"He said I had to choose," said Lily quietly.
"Yeah but you know how much I love you…he hurt you…" Calvin trailed off when he realised that Lily obviously wasn't seeing things the way he was. "You're not seriously considering…"
"Why would you ever threaten James with that? I don't even know who you are, the man I thought I knew would never have that. That was cruel and uncalled for. My divorce is my business, mine and James'"
"I already said I was sorry. I just wanted you to be happy, to be free of him…"
"No you wanted me to yourself. You wanted to push James out and play happy families," shouted Lily angrily.
"That isn't true."
"Yeah it is, why else would you tell James he would be seeing less of Harry?"
"Well he is around here a lot more than most people would be. Most guys see their kids at weekends."
"I didn't want that for Harry, I wanted him to grow up with both parents…why am I justifying myself to you?" said Lily truly shocked by what Calvin was saying.
"Don't do anything rash," said Calvin cautiously he knew what she was going to say.
"Get out! I don't think I could even have you as a friend anymore let alone anything else.
"You've been manipulating me."
"I haven't. It was just today I…I'm not what you're thinking I am," said Calvin panicking. "It was a mistake, let me make it up to you,"
"No. Get out!" said Lily strongly as she held the front door open.
"Lily don't…" he protested.
"Go or I will let James break your jaw."
Calvin hung his head and did as she asked. He could kick himself, he had been so close to getting the woman he had loved for months and he had ruined all because of one little threat. And he had probably lost his best friend.
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THREE HOURS LATER
James was sitting on his balcony cradling a glass of firewhiskey. Harry was asleep in his room. By now James was convinced that Lily wasn't coming, it had been three hours she was obviously with Calvin. James just didn't understand how she could do it, he didn't understand how she could pick someone she didn't even love over him. Maybe she was completely over him after all. James sat there and mentally pulled himself together, Harry shouldn't see him falling apart. He had promised Lily that her decision would not get in the way of them being parents and he intended to keep that promise. It scared him though, what Calvin had said would he be seeing less of Harry? James didn't think he could bear it if he couldn't see Harry and Lily every day.
James took one more deep breath and wiped the tears from his cheek. He got up to go inside and sign the divorce papers. Then he saw her, she was there in his living room looking right at him.
"Hi," she said quietly.
"Lily…I thought you were…you…you're here," whispered James completely amazed to see her.
"Yeah I'm here, sorry I took so long. After Calvin left I just had to think and…here I am."
"Calvin is gone?"
Lily nodded her head. "You were right I didn't love him or even like him as more than a friend…and I couldn't pretend to love someone who would threaten to take your son from you."
"Does this mean?"
"It means I pick you…I think we should give it another try," said Lily suddenly sounding unsure of herself.
Before Lily could blink James was standing in front of her, looking down on her. Suddenly he reached out and pulled her body to his.
"You won't regret this, I promise. I'll never give you reason to doubt how much I love you ever again," he whispered into the top of her head, treasuring the feeling of her body against hers.
"You better not," she whispered.
"I won't," he said. He curled his finger under her chin and kissed her sweetly on the lips. "I love you so much."
"I love you too, I never stopped loving you," she said.
"Good," he said kissing her again.
"Come on Potter, have you gone soft on me. Give me a real kiss," laughed Lily pulling him down to her and kissing him passionately.
"Now that I have missed," James laughed when Lily let him up for oxygen.
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"Good morning Mrs. Potter," James whispered when he saw Lily starting to stir. He had been awake for hours just watching her, he couldn't believe she was actually there with him after all that time apart.
"Morning," she mumbled rolling over so she was facing away from him.
"Where do you think you're going?" laughed James. He knew she really wasn't a morning person, one of the big differences between them. He loved nothing more than waking up and talking all morning in bed, she just wanted him to shut up so she could sleep.
"Away from the light," she grunted. The window was right behind James and the sun was shining through the curtains.
"This is our first morning back together and Harry is still in bed and you want to sleep," said James incredulously.
"Damn straight," mumbled Lily as James pulled her back into his arms. "It's seven in the morning and he is still asleep. Do you know how rare that it?"
"About as rare as us getting back together."
"We can have more sex later…"
"That isn't the point," laughed James. "I just want to talk to you."
"In the morning. There is something not quite right about you."
Then they heard Harry screaming in the next room.
"Go and get the baby dear," said Lily sleepily.
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"ARGGHHHH I didn't mean bring him in here," moaned Lily.
James had just come back into the room with a gurgling Harry in his arms.
"You are so maternal at times dear," commented James placing Harry on the bed.
"Ugh what is that on my shoulder? Booger or banana?" groaned Lily, Harry was trying to get her attention by patting her on the shoulder.
"Ummmm…banana," James confirmed.
"Oh Great."
And to James it was great they were finally a proper family.