A/N – I apologise for the very, very long wait. Blame it on my rather temperamental laptop. Luckily I had all the chapters on my memory stick, so I didn't lose anything. Anyway, I'm going to stop moaning and let you read :)

"Lils? Are you alright?" James asked, coming to my side and looking at the mark, concerned.

"What? Yeah, I'm fine. Merlin, she's insane." He chuckled a little at this, then pulled out his wand and muttered a spell. The pain and mark gradually faded away, and people turned away, going back to whatever they were doing before. I thanked James and snuggled back down beside him on the sofa, watching the drunken partygoers make a fool of themselves with amusement. Alice stumbled over, a glass of champagne in hand. I smiled when I noticed Frank's hand on her waist, even though they had both clearly drunk a little too much. She cleared her throat a little.

"Uh…t-t-thank you for the pwarty…l-lilykins." She swooped down and pulled me into a hug and I smiled a little. That is, until she began to make noises as though she was about to throw up, at which point I pushed her away gently.

"I think you need to find a toilet, Alice." She nodded a little, and pulled a bemused Frank along with her by the arm. I smirked when I noticed she was heading up the staircase to her dorm, rather than to the bathroom. Emmeline and Marlene were nowhere to be seen, either. I looked up when James stood up, offering me his hand.

"Dance?" I shook my head rapidly, cowering away. "Aww. Lilykins doesn't like to dance?" Again, I shook my head. "Oh well." He lifted me up off the sofa and over his shoulder, walking towards the dance floor. He laughed when I started hitting his back with my fists, as though it didn't hurt in the slightest. He dropped me in the middle of the dancing crowd and pulled me close to him. I rolled my eyes when the music changed to a slow song. The dancers disbanded and were replaced by grinning couples, all with eyes only for their partner. I suddenly felt a little out of place. He didn't seem to mind, if anything, he pulled me closer. We stayed like that for a while, dancing slowly in time to the music, and I gradually started to relax. He put his hand under my chin and tilted it up gently, looking into my eyes with an emotion I couldn't quite place.

"Your beautiful. You know that?" I blushed a little and shook my head.

"Liar." It was his turn to shake his head.

"You don't know how perfect you are." He smiled and my heart speed up, my heartbeat becoming so loud that I could of sworn he heard it.

"Neither do you."

"Oh, really? I could of sworn that just last year you were insulting me, telling me I wasn't nearly as amazing as I thought I was. Why the change of heart, Lily?" He leaned closer. I pretended to think for a minute.

"I didn't think you were my knight in shining armour. Evidently, I was wrong. Romance isn't like it is in the books, is it?" He shrugged.

"I don't know about that." He leaned down and put his lips to mine. It wasn't like our other kisses. It was softer, slower, more meaningful. I smiled against his lips, putting my hands around his neck and playing with his hair. He pulled away slowly, still grinning.

"Lily Evans, would you do me the honour of being my girlfriend?" I nodded, then pulled my lips back to his. Yes, James Potter was definitely my prince.

A/N – And the rest was history! So that was the last chapter (very short, I know), I'd love to know what you think :)

I've already got another story in the pipeline, another Lily and James one, of course, but not canon. Look out for it :)

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