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To have and to hold, part 5

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The party was over when the sun started rising. The whole tent was a mess, people were drunk and happy at the same time and slowly all of them left. Mrs. Potter and Mrs. Evans told Lily and James they would help them cleaning the garden after some hours of sleep and followed their husbands who were long in their bedrooms, fallen into deep, drunken dreams.

Lily felt really sleepy, her feet hurt from dancing and she was a bit tipsy, too.
“I’ve never been so…”, she yawned, “…tired in my life.”
“Well then, I can’t let my better half to suffer”, said James.
“What do you…”, Lily started, but she couldn’t finish her sentence, because James took her up in his arms.

Lily held onto his neck, smiling at him as James stepped into the house and went to Lily’s bedroom. James laid his wife on the bed and he took off his shoes. Lily did the same as James took off his dress robes and put them on the backrest of Lily’s chair. James lay next to Lily. He tucked up the sleeves of his shirt and looked at her with a deep, satisfied sigh. They looked at each other for long minutes before Lily asked:
“Are you happy?”
“Are you not?”, James asked back.
“I asked first.”
“I thought you knew the answer."
“I do”, replied Lily and crept closer to James. She rested her head on James’s chest and her fingers played with one of the buttons of his shirt. “It just feels good to hear it from you.”
“I am happy”, he answered and started stroking Lily’s dark red locks. “I am the happiest person in the world to have you.”
“Actually”, said Lily, “there’s someone who’s just as happy as you are.”
“Who’s that?”, asked James smiling at her.
“I thought you knew the answer.”
“I do.”
Lily leant to him and kissed his lips.

“Lily, do you remember how much you hated me?”, James asked when they stopped.
“Hated you?”, Lily lifted up her head. “What are you talking about? I’ve never hated you.”
“Never?”, James raised his eyebrows. “But you…”
“I rejected you so many times because you were a jerk, isn’t it obvious? I didn’t like the kind of fun you had with Sirius. You badgered Severus without almost any reason. That’s something that was very obnoxious for me, but I didn’t hate you.”
“I’m sorry.”
“You better be.” 

They almost fell asleep when something crossed Lily’s mind.
“James?”
“Mhm?”
“Aren’t you scared?”
“Scared?”, he echoed with a hoarse voice.
“Yes.”, Lily took a deep breath. “Scared of what might happen in the future. I mean, you know, there are some really dark wizards and even the Order isn’t enough to stop them.”
“Oh my, Lily”, James sighed. “Don’t be so negative. Nothing’s going to happen. You shouldn’t think of things like this about nine hours after our wedding.”
“I know, but still… I’m worried.”
“Listen to me very carefully, sweetheart.” James pulled Lily closer to him and held her tightly. “I won’t let anyone ruin our life, okay? Even Dumbledore is convinced that we can overcome this obstacle. There’s no dark force that could defeat us. We’re going to have a beautiful house in a quiet village where we can bring up our children in peace. They will go to Hogwarts and we’ll grow old together. And when we’re going to have grandchildren, they will be whining about how boring we are, sitting next to each other in front of the fireplace, arguing about the importance of Quidditch in wizards’ life. I hope you’re ready for this.”
Lily laughed and stroke James’s cheek. She could feel the short and soft stubble on his face.
“I’m ready”, she said and put her head back onto James’s chest. 

Two minutes later they fell asleep in each other’s arms happily, dreaming of the future they would have together.

 

THE END

About James's last words: I can imagine him telling this to Lily. I mean, he must have swore he would protect their future family, if not loudly, maybe in his mind, but he definitely did. I can feel the shame, sadness and frustration he could feel whenever he met Harry (through the Mirror of Erised, during Harry and Voldemort's fight in the graveyard in Little Hangleton, when Harry had the Resurrection Stone). He couldn't keep his words and this must have hurt him very much.

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Awwww :happycry: feel attack