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I know you waited forever for this, but I had to find the right words to do this.

This has been LONG awaited and I needed to do it right.

Sorry it took so long.

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Chapter 43

The Path To A Dream Come True

The weeks passed by quicker than any of them could have imagined. They all watched as the boys slowly reclaimed who they used to be. James found that with Lily asleep in his bed he could actually sleep. Sirius was brought back to his normal vigor as James became more normal and together they closed in their little group of friends. They became even tighter knit, understanding that one of them could be lost any day. It was rare to find one without the other. Between Lily, Marleen, Alice, Morgan, James, Sirius, Remus and usually Pete there wasn't much quiet time during those last few months that they were able to walk the sacred halls of Hogwarts.

James had accompanied her to her sister's wedding, an event that neither of them had been prepared for. He looked stunning in his muggle attire and was amazed at Lily in her dress. They danced through the night and giggled at the sheer size of Petunia's new husband. They surprisingly made it through without incident though James could barely stand the way they were treating Lily.

They sat NEWTS together, laughing at the stupid mistakes they made and at the fact that somehow Sirius had set his tentacula loose on his examiner. James and Remus both walked away with what they were certain was all O's and though Lily had been close to a nervous collapse for the final month they were all near positive that she had achieved the same.

She was surprised shortly after when and OWL brought with it news of her acceptance to St Mungo's trainee healer program and the dates that she would be starting. Her mum was so proud when she wrote to tell her and James had told anyone who would listen that he was dating a future healer.

James and Sirius were both elated the morning that they received their letters welcoming them into the prestigious folds of the auror academy. Lily was sitting on the sofa in the Head's Common room watching James reread the letter and expectations again when she finally decided to ask the question that had been nagging her all day.

"You wanted to be a quidditch player." She stated.

He looked up at her, a bit confused by her random statement. "Huh?" he said in response.

"You said, you wanted to be a professional quidditch player, why did you apply for the Aurors?"

"Oh." He said, comprehension of a long ago conversation dawning on him, he paused as he let the words that were spoken over a year before wash over him.

"And that James Potter was arrogance." She huffed.

"No, that was confidence, quidditch and school work are the two things I am certain of. I am good at it and I am not going to pretend I am not." He shrugged.

"Ok, ok, we can come back to your arrogance later. What do you want to do after school?" she asked.

"I want to play quidditch. I love it. I love the way it makes me feel when I fly. Like nothing can hold me back, like it is only me and the air and nothing anyone says can hurt me.

"Do you remember when I told you that I wanted to play professionally?" he asked, she nodded slightly, how could she ever forget the night of their first kiss? "Well I told you that I felt safe in the air and free. I can't spend my life trying to escape something that is planning on hurting the people that I love. I can't be happy and joyous on a broomstick with you all in danger. I want this to end and I intend to be a part of that reason Lils. I want you safe."

She stood and walked over to the chair he was sitting in. She took his face in her hands and kissed him gently.

"I just want you to be happy." She said.

She watched as a moment of astonishment seemed to flash before his eyes. His mind fell back into that day of honesty that had truly been the beginning of their lives together, he remembered her words to him,

"Ok, how about you? What does the brilliant Miss Evans want to be when she is a grown up witch?"

"It is stupid. You will think I am dumb. Lets just say I will be a healer that is what everyone thinks and what will likely happen right?" she replied.

He noticed her pink cheeks when he glanced over at her. He rolled to his side to face her, the sight of Lily Evans snuggled into his bed and pillows took his breath away a bit.

"I thought this was a truth game. I told you, even though I am pretty sure you think it is dumb to want to be a quidditch player." He said.

She sighed and pulled a blanket over her face.

"I just want to be a mum. That is all. I want to have a perfect baby with the perfect guy and be happy. But it isn't going to happen, and I shouldn't want to be a mum when women just want to have careers and stuff, right?"

He looked like suddenly everything had fallen into place, she saw his wand flick but didn't think anything of it as he stood and wrapped his arms around her before pulling her into a breath defying kiss.

"Lily, as long as I am with you I will be the happiest I have ever been."

She smiled brilliantly but it faltered as he dropped to one knee and caught a little box midair before opening it and holding it out to her.

"You are the only thing that will make me happy Lily. You, you are all I need. I know you are already accepted to be a healer and I know that you are so proud and I am too, but I would love it if you would let me make your dream come true. Just say yes one more time. Will you marry me?" she watched the tears sparkle unshed behind his eyes and let hers flow straight down her cheeks, pooling on his gray slacks.

He was pretty certain that his heart was about to fall out of the hole it was beating through his chest as she remained silent staring at him and then to the little box holding the brilliant gold and diamond ring.

"Lily, please answer me. Will you spend the rest of forever with me? Be my wife Lily Elise Evans, make a perfect family together with me, be an amazing mummy, just say yes, that is all you have to do to make it happen, marry me." He watched as she nodded her head nearly imperceptibly before speaking in a whisper.

"I, yes James, yes of course I will marry you."

Thank you so so so much for reading this!

It was just a random muse I had based on lots of no strings attached hookups of Lily and James and it turned into so much more.

I am ending it here b/c I don't think I can write anything as perfect as the wedding and the birth of legacy. I can't see it any other way.

Plus the title of this story tells it all, this was all about Lily discovering that James was the key to her dreams. He actually was marriage material. He really was.

Thank you again for the support and everything.

Soon I will be posting the prequel to Legacy.

Before A Legacy

It will cover from Year one until the beginning of second term year 6 right up until

James receives the letter.

I hope you liked this and I hope you like it too!

Thank you again! You are all fantastic readers.