Chapter 45: Mr And Mrs Potter

May kissed Sirius before she left. She was in an amazing mood. She was extremely happy. As she walked out of Diagon Alley, she could not stop looking at her engagement ring. She had to travel by the underground to get to James and Lily's. They lived in muggle London and she didn't want to apparate straight outside their door, just in case one of their neighbours saw her. She usually apparated into the flat, but last time she did that, she caught them in a compromising position in the sitting room. From then, she vowed to get to their place the muggle way.

She shifted her bag further on her shoulder as she walked out of the underground station, and made her way towards James and Lily's flat. She couldn't wait to tell her brother and best friend about what had just happened to her and Sirius. May could not stop smiling as she opened the door to the building, walking inside. She lifted her left hand to knock on the front door of the flat. She looked at her ring for a moment before she knocked on the door.

"Hello!" Lily answered cheerfully. "You've just missed James. He's just apparated to your place." She moved aside to let May in. "I'm so nervous."

May laughed as she dropped her bag on the floor. "I cannot wait!" She laughed as the two went into the sitting room. "I have something to tell you." She said as the two sat on the sofa.

"You're pregnant!" Lily gasped and looked down at May's stomach.

"No!" She laughed and shook her head. She held up her left hand. Showing off her engagement ring.

"No way!" She grabbed May's hand and pulled it towards her. "Bloody hell! Sirius has gone all out. It's huge!"

May laughed. "I know. But he wasn't going to propose today. He was going to propose tomorrow. But I found the ring, and he proposed today." She laughed as Lily let go of her hand. "I just can't stop smiling or looking at it." She looked down at the ring. "Right! Forget about me. It's your night." The two of them spent the night talking and sharing a bottle of wine.

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Meanwhile, James had arrived at Sirius' flat. "All right, Prongs?" Sirius greeted his best friend, when James had knocked on the door. "You've just missed May."

"Oh right." James chuckled as he went into the spare room, and hung up his dress robes, which were in the bag. "Merlin, I am nervous!" He groaned when he moved into the sitting room, sitting on the large chair. "Thanks." He smiled as Sirius handed him a beer.

Sirius sat down. "I have some news." He sipped his beer. "May and I are engaged."

"What?" James smiled broadly. "Congratulations!" He put his bottle of beer down and shook his hand.

"Thanks." He grinned widely. "I wasn't meant to propose today. She found the ring. I was going to do it properly. Ask your permission today. Propose tomorrow at the reception. Before we got drunk." He laughed and picked up his bottle. "So, do I have your permission?"

"100%!" James grinned widely. "Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!" He grinned. The two spent the rest of the evening reminiscing about the past and what the future would hold for them.

"I'm getting married!" Lily announced very early the next morning as she burst into the spare room, where May was sleeping. "May! Get up!" She jumped on her bed.

"UGH!" May groaned. "Lily! Stop it!"

"When are we going to the house?" She sat down next to May. They were going to apparate to the old Potter manor, where May and Lily were going to dress for the wedding. Lily wanted to spend her last night as an unmarried woman in her own home, not someone else's home. The wedding was taking place in Godric's Hollow church.

"Let me eat first." May grumbled as she climbed out of bed. "You better have a good breakfast. I'm starving."

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She and Lily had breakfast before apparating to the edge of Godric's Hollow and walked to the Potter Manor. "I'm so nervous, May." She bit her lower lip as May curled her hair with her wand. She had a spell which could curl a lock of hair. She was doing this to Lily right now.

"Oh shut up. You'll be fine." May chuckled as she placed her wand down, which cooled down when she blew cool breath at it. She began pinning some of Lily's red hair up. "Where is your veil being pinned?"

"The back of my head." She reached behind her and pointed to where May was pinning up her hair.

"Brilliant." She smiled at her friend in the mirror. "We'll do that after you've got your dress on." She finished putting the rest of Lily's hair up.

"Wow! That is amazing. Thank you." She smiled broadly as May held up a hand mirror behind Lily. "Your turn."

"I'll do my own hair. I know what you want me to do." She rolled her eyes when she picked up her wand. "All up?"

"Yes please." Lily laughed as she moved into May's bathroom. The two of them were getting ready in May's old bedroom. May sat at her dressing table and began straightening her hair with her wand. "May?" Lily spoke softly as she walked out of the bathroom holding something in her hand; a muggle pregnancy test. "Are you pregnant?"

She bit her lower lip and turned on the stool to face Lily. "Yes, I am. Three weeks pregnant."

Lily smiled broadly as she rushed to May, and knelt in front of her. "Oh May! Congratulations." She grinned widely. "Is that why you were so grumpy this morning?" Giving May the test.

May laughed as she looked down at the positive test before putting it onto the dressing table. "That's normal with me." She bit her lower lip again. "It's actually why I was in the shower for ages earlier. Bloody morning sickness already. I've only ever been late once and when I was late last week, I knew. I just knew."

"Does Sirius know?"

"No. I'm going to tell him tomorrow."

"Why tomorrow?" Lily asked as she moved to sit next to May.

"I want slutty wedding sex." She laughed loudly. "If I tell him I'm pregnant, I won't get it."

"May!" She scolded her friend and nudged her arm gently. "When did you realise for certain?"

"Yesterday. I got a test on the way to your place and took it last night. I brought it here, just so I could show Sirius." She laughed and blushed. "I think I got pregnant just before your Hen Party. It was a one night that we were so drunk we didn't think about any protection. Too many bottles of muggle wine. Then there was the night of James' stag party. I'm not surprised I'm pregnant. Sirius and I are rubbish at remembering about protection." She laughed again. "It's very early days. Can you not tell anyone? Not even James?"

"I won't tell him or anybody." She hugged May tightly. "I get to be Godmother. No arguments!"

May laughed. "That is a stupid sentence. Of course you are!" The two women laughed and hugged each other for a moment. "Come on. Let's get ready." She hugged Lily again. "Come on, soon-to-be my sister-in-law. Go and do your make-up. I've got to do my hair." Pushing Lily away.

The bride laughed and left her alone. "Fine, pregnant woman. Keep your hormones intact."

"Shut up." She laughed as she turned on her seat and began putting her hair up. She put it up in a sleek bun at the back of her head.

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"You all right, mate?" Sirius asked James as they waited in the church. They had to wear muggle suits because some of Lily's muggle relatives were attending the ceremony. There was going to be a private Wizarding ceremony at the reception.

James wasn't listening. He was constantly looking back at the open doors. "Sorry, what?"

Sirius laughed quietly. "Are you all right?"

"Nervous. Very nervous." James chuckled nervously. "How long now?"

"Any minute now." Sirius grinned. "Remus has just gone to the house to fetch the girls."

The nervous groom nodded. "Good." He ran his hand through his hair, which was tidy at first, and now its usual mess.

"James!" Alice scolded him from the third pew. "I can't believe you messed your hair again!" She hissed at him from her seat. "I give up!" She grumbled when he ran his hand through his hair again.

"He's nervous, Alice." Frank chuckled. "Leave him alone." Tapping his wife's hand.

"It's time." Sirius whispered in his ear. "She's here."

James stood in front of the minister, with his back facing the aisle. He was not going to look. Well, he was going to try and not to look. Music began to play, which was the signal for May's arrival. He had to look. He grinned at the sight of his sister walking down the aisle in a floor length strapless blue gown with a small bouquet of red roses. He gave her a wink when she stood to the side. He turned and looked at his best man, who was winking at her too. "Pack it in." He whispered to him. "The bridesmaid is my sister."

"My fiancé." Sirius smirked as he winked at May again, who just rolled her eyes.

"Shut up." James chuckled and looked up at the minister, just as the bridal march began. His heart leapt in his chest. It was time. He was finally going to marry the woman of his dreams. He couldn't resist it. He looked. "Oh wow!" He gasped at the sight of her. Lily was magnificent. She wore a long white muggle wedding gown. It was strapless and had a long train with a long veil. She looked stunning as Remus led her up the aisle. Sirius had to nudge him in the side as James had seemed to have stopped breathing.

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They were married. Neither of them could believe it. There was a large wedding reception at the Potter manor. As some of the guests enjoyed some free drinks, the magical members of the party went into the library, where James and Lily were bound together. Many pictures were taken in the grounds of the newly wed couple. Allowing the others to return to the reception. May struggled not to drink the wine. She knew she shouldn't but it was hard to pretend around Sirius.

"Ladies and gentlemen." The head waiter announced to them. "Please be upstanding for your bride and groom. Mr and Mrs Potter." Everyone stood up and applauded James and Lily walked into the dining hall, with large smiles. The two of them sat between Sirius and May. "Dinner is served." The head waiter announced and the waiters brought the food out, beginning with the head table.

"Are you all right, May?" James asked her. "You look a bit green."

May laughed nervously. "I haven't eaten since this morning. Of course, I'm green. I'm starving." Digging into her dinner hungrily. "Have you done your speech?"

"Have you?" He chimed back cheekily.

She rolled her eyes and sipped her water. "I have." She smiled broadly. "The speeches are right after desert."

"Are you all right?" Lily whispered to her when James turned to talk to Sirius.

May smiled. "I'm fine. Sirius is noticing that I'm not drinking." Sipping her water.

"He'll forget it soon." She smiled softly and sipped her own water. "Thank you for today. You've helped me so much."

"Save it for the speeches." May laughed as their plates were taken away, and they were served desert. "Who chose the food?"

"James did. Your brother is quite the cook." Lily smiled. "He knew what would be good for everybody." The desert was soon finished and Sirius stood up. "Oh Merlin help me." Lily groaned when he gave Lily a cheeky grin.

"Hello ladies and gentlemen. Welcome." He smiled as he took out a small piece of paper. "It took me about two weeks to write this speech." He chuckled. "But it took James a lot longer to get Lily to say yes. From our first year in school, he grew attached to her, despite her hating him." People laughed. "But finally she started warming to her. Which was better for his friends than for him. We didn't have to hear him complaining about how she turned him down again." He tapped James' shoulder as he spoke. "But from the day she said yes, we all saw an amazing change in James. Lily is the best thing for him. So, I am glad to be standing here on your wedding day as your best man." He raised his glass. "To James and Lily."

"To James and Lily." Everyone chorused, holding up their drinks.

May took a deep breath and stood up. "Hello." She smiled broadly. "I've known Lily for nearly 8 years. Unfortunately, I've known James since the day I was born. Believe me, I've tried to get rid of him. If I was told to get rid of him was get him to marry, I would have persuaded Lily a long time again." Everyone laughed. "James has always been my best friend, but Lily is another of my best friends. I cannot ask for a better friend." Looking down at Lily. "As for brothers, any body want to trade?" She laughed with everyone. "On serious note, I am very happy for you two. I hope you have the full life that you dream about. Mr and Mrs Potter." Raising her glass of champagne.

"Mr and Mrs Potter." Everyone chorused as May sat down.

A/N: Soooooooo? A lot of revelations there. ;)

Responses from chapter 44:

Lizaluvsdoggies: I knew you would like that. :D I hope this chapter makes it even better. ;)

CharlotteBlackwood: An engagement makes up for everything. ;) I hope you like this chapter. Another lemon in the next chapter. ;)