Chapter 4

Lily's POV

Today's the day. The day I become Lily Potter.

The past couple months have gone by past. James and I have been going on missions but luckily haven't bumped into Voldemort yet. We caught Sirius' brother, Regulus, and Sirius was on that mission with us. How he must have felt, tying up his own brother to go to Azkaban; that must not have been easy for Sirius.

James and I have barely missed the killing curse so many times; I'm surprised that we are still alive.

I slept over at Marlene's house last night because the groom isn't supposed to see the bride the day before the wedding and the day of the wedding until she walks down the aisle, for good luck.

Last night I had a little bachelorette party with Marlene, Alice and Mary. I picked Marlene as my Maid of Honor; we just have a connection between us that I and the other girls don't. I told them that they can be bridesmaids.

I haven't seen any of the decorations that Alice made because I want I to be a surprise.

I wake up and stretch. I think: I am marrying James Potter today.

I sit up and see that Marlene is still asleep but the other girls are awake. I see worried faces on Mary and Alice.

"What?" I ask.

"Er, Lily, please don't be mad but I have to tell you." Alice says. I quickly stand up in panic.

"What?"

"I invited your sister." Alice says with a apologetic look.

"Oh, she's not going to come anyways." I say, looking at the ground.

"You never know." Mary says getting up and going to the bathroom.

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Once Marlene wakes p I go and make some coffee. When I get back in the room I hand then all a cup.

"Ok, so you have to be at the wedding at three, it is ten now so we should probably start to get ready." Marlene says looking at the clock on the wall.

"It's going to take that long?" I ask. I hate dressing up and getting my makeup done and getting my hair done, but today it will be all worth it.

"Yes," Alice says. "It took me four hours and you have way longer hair than I do." She says standing up to come over and play with my hair.

When it is all decided, Marlene is going to do my hair, Mary is going to do my makeup and Alice is going to help me get my dress on.

They do my hair first.

Once Marlene is done with my hair it is about twelve. I look in the mirror and I love my hair. My hair is in a low side bun with two small pieces hanging out in the front and Marlene curled them. The reason why it took so long was because Marlene curled all of my hair then put it into a bun so the bun looked kind of curly. She has also put some diamond circles into parts on my hair. I thought it looked beautiful

When we started my makeup every agreed that it should look natural. So we went through a bunch of colors of makeup for it to match my skin. Finally we found some. Mary put some foundation and on just a little bit of blush. She put some mascara on and some eyeliner and I was ready! All I had to do was get my shoes and dress on.

I looked at the clock and it read: 2:13

"Oh, my Merlin! We are going to be late!" I yelled, running into the room that had my dress in it. Alice ran after me.

"Lily, calm down. You are just getting pre-wedding jitters." Alice put her hand on my shoulder. She calmly went and grabbed my dress. When she handed it to me I took a deep breath. I am ready for this.

Once I got my dress and shoes on, I went to show the girls.

"Lily, you look beautiful." Marlene said, smiling. All the girls got into their dresses. The dress was purple and went down to about the middle of their thighs. The dress clung to their bodies. They were all the same except for Marlene's dress had a pink slash in the idle of the torso going across her body sense she was the Maid Of Honor.

"Are we ready to go?" Marlene asked. We all nodded.

We all held hands and Marlene apparated us. We all agreed that Marlene should be the one to apparate because next to me she is the best and I am too nervous and I might mess up and someone might get splinched.

We landed in an ally way next to the church because I was getting married at a muggle church. Once I saw everyone starting to go in is when I started to get really nervous. My breathing starts to get heavier and my hands start to shake.

We walk in without anyone knowing—thank Merlin—and walk into the room that had a plaque on it that says: Bride. I walk in and sit down.

"Lily, you need to take deep breaths." Marlene says.

"You're right. I need to calm down. This is going to be the best day of my life." I tell them.

"In a couple of hours, you, Lily Evans, are going to be Lily Potter." Alice says, smiling. I let out a laugh.

"If someone had told me just three years ago that I would be marrying James Potter, I would have sent them to a mental hospital." The girls look at me confused. "It's a place where people who are mentally ill or who are absolutely crazy go." They look at me in realization.

"Ohhhh." They all say in a chorus. I look at the time. 2:58. I hear a knock on the door.

"Is everyone decent?" A deep voice asks.

"Yep, its all clear." Marlene says. I wasn't able to answer. Mr. Potter steps in.
"Lily, its time." He says smiling.

"Wait! Who's leading Lily down the aisle?" Alice asks standing up quickly from her seat. Mr. Potter stands tall.

"I am," He smiles. He looks over at me and the smile vanishes a little. "Lily, everything will be alright. Just take a few deep breaths. I know you love James and James loves you. Trust me; he is in the same situation as you are right now." He walked over to me.

"Lily, are you ready?" Marlene asks me. I stand up, regaining my confidence.

"Yes, I am." I linked arms with Mr. Potter and let the girls go out in front of me. I see Mr. Potter give the pastor thumbs up and the flower girl starts walking down the aisle.

The flower girl is James' little cousin. She looks to be about eight years old. Next I see Marlene walking down the aisle, linking arms with Sirius. Then I see Mary walking down the aisle with Remus and poor Alice gets stuck with Peter. She looks so tall and thin next to the short and chubby boy. I take a deep breath.

"Are you sure you want to do this, Lily?" Mr. Potter asks me.

"Yes, I am positive." I say. I put on a smile and we start to walk down the aisle, slowly I may add.

I look at James. He has the biggest smile on his face. When I look into his eyes all my worries leave my body because at the end of the aisle is the guy of my dreams. All I want to do is run down the aisle towards him but I know I have to wait.

Once I finally get to James I grab his hand and Mr. Potter kisses my head. Even in my heals James is still a good five inches taller than me. I look up into his eyes and just fall into a trance.

"We are here today to bind together the love of Mr. James Potter and Ms. Lily Evans." The pastor starts talking. Finally after about ten minutes he gets to the "I dos". He turns to James.

"Please repeat," The Pastor says. "I, James Potter, take you, Lily Evans, for my lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, through good days and bad, in sickness and in health, until death do us part."

"I, James Potter, take you, Lily Evans, for my lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, through good days and bad, in sickness and in health, until death do us part." James repeats. He smiles at me once he is done. His smile isn't just a smile that you put on to take a picture or when you're with family you don't like, this smile is of true love. The pastor turns to me.

"Please repeat," The Pastor starts."I, Lily Evans, take you, James Potter, for my lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, through good days and bad, in sickness and in health, until death do us part."

"I, Lily Evans, take you, James Potter, for my lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, through good days and bad, in sickness and in health, until death do us part." Through this whole time I haven't stopped looking at James. This is the best day of my life.

"Ring bearer." The pastor calls. I look to my left and see one of James' other cousins, bringing the rings. James put my ring on and I put his ring on. We hold hands again.

"You may kiss the bride." The pastor closes the book. James and I start to kiss. I can feel sparks on my lips when we touch. After a while I remember that there is a crowd and break away, smiling. James and I walk down from the podium and walk down the aisle. Everyone is clapping and smiling. Everyone is having so much fun, not thinking about the war or worrying when they are going to die. It's a nice break from all the Voldemort talk.

James and I climb into a limo that is leading to where we are having our reception. I look at James and we smile at each other, then his smile vanishes quickly.

"What?" I ask frantically.

"What if this is a dream? What if this is not real and I am still back in sixth year when none of this happened?" He says worriedly. I pinch him. "Ow! Thank Merlin, its not a dream." He said, the smile coming back on his face and leaning in to kiss me.

Once we get to the reception we are both trampled with "Congratulations". Everyone is already here because the bride and groom are always the last ones to get to receptions.

Alice had booked a wizard photographer so once we got inside the building we got pulled to go and get pictures taken. We did all of the traditional bride and groom pictures. Some where we are kissing, some with his hands around my waist, some with us looking into each other's eyes. But there is one that I absolutely adore. In the middle is James and I laughing, I'm smiling at the camera while James is kissing my head. Next to James is Sirius doing bunny ears to James. Remus is next to Sirius laughing at him and Peter is just there smiling at the camera. On the other side of me is Marlene who is covering her face with her hands and every now and then peeking through her fingers to see if the picture is over because she hates to get her picture taken. Next to Marlene are Alice and Frank smiling into the camera like a happy couple and Mary is next to them just laughing at the whole situation. I know it's not a professional picture but it means so much to me.

After pictures James and I sit down at the bride and groom's table while people start to give speeches. Marlene is up first.

"Lily, you are my best friend. I do not know what I would do without you. Every sense first year you have been like a sister to me. If you all don't know, James and Lily were enemies until fifth or sixth year. All James would do is either play pranks on her or hex her best friend, Snape. But in sixth year they started to become friends. James started to grow up and he stopped hexing so many people. Then surprisingly in seventh year James got Head Boy. Everyone knows Head Boy and Head Girl gets to share a common room and what do you know Lily gets Head Girl.

" I guess all I am trying to say is if you didn't know Lily and James like Mary, Alice, Sirius, Remus, Peter or I do, you would have been very shocked that Lily and James got together. Just don't have fun you two," She winked at us. "Oh, Merlin, Sirius is rubbing off on me!" She shrugged and got down from the microphone, handing it to Sirius.

"Lily and James are the perfect couple. If anyone ever asks me about my experience at Hogwarts, all I would be able to tell them is that every single night starting during first year is James going on and on about Evans. He could be a real bloody git about it," Everyone laughed. "Oi, Lily, I will never be able to forgive you for all the pain and suffering you made this poor git go through trying to make up your mind," He said in a jokingly tone. "Have a great married life you guys!" He started to walk away but came back. "Prongs, you better not become a boring arsehole now that you are married." He left and James smiled at him. After Mary, Alice, Remus, Mr. and Mrs. Potter had made a speech (Peter had refused to go up) James was handed the mic.

"Oh, I have no clue what to say. My whole life was practically just told. Er, well I in seventh year was when Lily told me that she fancied me, but she didn't want to date because of the war. Sadly, Mr. and Mrs. Evans were taken from this world by none other than Voldemort and Lily had to stand there and be held by someone she trusted and watch them die right in front of her eyes. I have no idea how Lily made it through.

" When Lily had told me we couldn't date because she didn't want Voldemort to have another reason to hurt her, it sprung on me. The only way to defeat Voldemort is with love. Yes, some loved ones die along the way. Then, after a very long speech," He glared at me but smiled. "Lily finally told me that she would be my girlfriend and look where we are now. No amount of time will be long enough; my love will never die for you, even if I do." He smiled at me and got down from the podium.

"I love you so much, James Potter." I said kissing my husband.