Wow. My very last chapter of this story. I hope you've all enjoyed this story! I've enjoyed writing it. Thanks to my Beta Kaitlyn who has been an amazing help to me. Another thanks to all of my readers. You are amazing! So let's continue, shall we? Please enjoy and remember to leave feedback ;)

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8 – Morning

Lily woke up early the next morning, considering how late it was when she fell asleep last night. She slowly sat up and as she did so, she felt someone's arm around her. She looked down and caught a glimpse of James in the dark. His hair was messy as always, his eyes were closed and he had a peaceful and happy expression on his face with a slight open mouth. He was fast asleep.

She looked out of the window and saw the dark sky outside; it couldn't be more than seven in the morning. She slowly slid out of James' embrace and the covers. She looked around only to find her dress from the wedding laying on the floor. She frowned, sending the closets a look. She quickly walked over to them and opened one.

It was literally filled with junk. Broken quills covered the bottom along with empty bottles of ink, a Quaffle, books, crumpled parchment, socks and half a broomstick. A whole broomstick stood leaned against the back of the closet. In the top, a golden snitch flew around, not knowing where to go.

Lily shook her head and closed the closet door. She opened the next one and felt successful there. It was filled with clothes. Lily started to go through the first stack. It was full of James' t-shirts. She took one and put it on, but halfway through, she ran into something she had almost forgotten about. It was a skirt of her own. She must have forgotten it in the Easter holidays that she spent at the Potters. She grabbed it smiling and saw another thing of hers. It was a simple red top. She smiled and grabbed it too. She looked at it for a second and then threw it over beside James. She had to leave something behind.

After she got dressed, she made her way out of the room with the dress over her arm, but she stopped suddenly when James moved a bit. She looked over at him, but found he had only turned in his sleep. She frowned and then dropped the dress.

Walking over to the desk, she grabbed a quill and opened an inkbottle. For a minute she just looked at a piece of parchment, then at James, and she smiled. She couldn't remember to ever feel this happy before, but was glad she finally felt so. After months of being sad she thought she actually deserved it.

Several minutes later, she raised her letter and reread it.

'James, sorry I had to leave early, but I've got plans. I had a wonderful time last night, and hope you did too. I left a top, which I believe is mine, beside you, but I had to take my skirt. Hope you can forgive me.

Love, Lily.'

She got up and attached the letter to the pillow and gave him a quick kiss on his cheek. Sighing she left the room. The hall was less dark than James' room. Lily had only stepped out when she heard footsteps coming from the kitchen. She quickly pushed the door to James' room open again and jumped inside. From there, she saw Eleanor, coming from the kitchen, yawning and with extremely messy hair. It was easy to see that she was related to James. She stopped for a short moment and looked as if she had listened to something and Lily held her breath. After a couple of seconds Eleanor shrugged and continued to the bathroom.

Lily took this as her chance before she almost ran into the kitchen and then the living room. She grabbed a pinch of green powder from inside a jar, and then she went home.

Lily was smiling widely as she stepped out of the shower about half an hour later. She was in a fantastic mood that morning, and in about another half an hour she was about to visit Alice and Frank to say goodbye to them before they left for two weeks.

Lily quickly brushed her hair, dried it and found a headband to hold it away from her face. She smiled to herself in the mirror before she grabbed her wand and Disapparated.

She was met by Alice with a loud squeal and a hug in which she got most of Alice's dirty blonde hair into her mouth.

"Well, I'm glad to see you too Alice," Lily grinned.

"I'm married!" Alice exclaimed in a very excited tone.

Lily grinned. "I'm only a little bit jealous," she said. "Okay, a lot."

Alice laughed. "I'm so happy! But I have a question, Lily…"

"What?" Lily asked, frowning.

"Errm… Where were you last night? I didn't see you one time after ten I think."

"Err…"

"And so with James. I saw you were dancing, and then, minutes later you were gone, and a quarter later James was too. What happened?"

Lily swallowed, blushing slightly. "We kissed."

"WHAT?!" Alice exclaimed. "Okay, okay, okay! Then you slapped him or what? Because he didn't look too happy."

Lily looked down. "I said we couldn't be together. Then I went home."

Alice sighed and grabbed her hands. "Lily, are you okay?"

"Actually," Lily said slowly. "I'm more than okay. Sirius visited me… He put things into perspective and so on…"

"Err?" Alice said.

Lily was now biting her lower lip. "Well… I went to James' and… I spent the night there…"

Alice's jaw dropped. "Oh – my – God!" she said shocked but then smiled widely. "You…! So what? Are… Are you together now or what?"

"I think so," Lily said and shrugged.

"Wow," Alice sighed. "Some kind of journey…"

Lily nodded. "But it doesn't matter at the moment," she said. "Where're you going?"

Alice suddenly smiled secretly. "I won't tell you!"

"Alice!"

Suddenly Frank appeared at the door. His hair was extremely messy, but only James could outrun him, and he looked tired. He smiled at the sight of Lily, but turned his attention to Alice first.

"Honey," he said. "Maybe you should pack the rest soon. The train leaves in two hours."

Alice nodded with her eyes still set on Lily. "Sure."

"And hi, Lily," he added.

"Hey," Lily smiled back.

"Guess where Lily slept last night!" Alice blurted out and looked excitedly at Frank.

Frank narrowed his eyes and looked at Lily. "Please don't tell me at Sirius'!"

Lily laughed. "No, don't worry Frank."

"Where then?"

Lily looked at her watch. "Well. I'm sure Alice can tell you all," she said and winked at Alice, "she seems to want to."

"Lily?" he asked.

"It was at James'!" Alice shouted even more excited than before and then clasped her hands over her mouth.

Frank looked at Lily with a glint in his eyes. "Really?"

Lily nodded, slightly embarrassed. "But just forget it for a moment! You're on the way to your honeymoon!"

"Oh, that's right," Frank said. "Alice I want you to go pack right now!"

"Yeah, yeah!" Alice said and turned.

"Well, I'm going now," Lily said.

"Already?" Alice asked and turned back.

"Yes… You're busy and I'm tired."

Alice ran out and gave her a hug. "I'm so happy for you, Lily!" she said.

Lily smiled. "And for the first time in a really long time, I'm happy too."

She waved goodbye to Alice and Frank before she Disapparated.

She sighed heavily as she closed the door behind her and stood alone in her hall. She lighted up the room and walked into the kitchen, only to continue to her bedroom. She pulled off her coat and threw it on the chair.

Suddenly the door behind her slammed and the room went dark. She almost screamed of surprise, but quickly regained self-control and in one swift movement she spun around and drew her wand, pointing it to the person standing at the door.

"You were gone early this morning."

Lily took her hand to her heart. "You scared me there, James."

He grinned and walked over to her and kissed her lightly. "That was the point of it," he whispered. "So why did you leave that early without waking me up?"

"I don't know," she said honestly. "I couldn't sleep anymore and thought you should have the right to do so."

"No wonder there," he said. "I mean, next to me; the handsome, muscular-"

Lily shoved him slightly in the chest. "I get it, you arrogant git!" she grinned.

"Ahh! But you can't resist my charms!"

Lily raised an eyebrow. "I'll pretend I didn't hear that…"

James smiled at her and pressed his lips against hers again. Lily smiled and gave James a very tight hug. She couldn't remember feeling this safe for a very long time.

"Breakfast?" she asked, smiling.

He shrugged. "If you can make it without burning down the house."

Lily raised an eyebrow. "I'm a pro in the kitchen, even without a wand," she said and grinned.

"Prove it," James said and kissed her neck playfully.

"I will," she said and pushed him away. "Come on."

James followed her out to the kitchen where he sat down at the table. Lily walked over to the counter where she started to boil some water in a pot. Then she turned on a pan to make eggs and bacon.

"What kind of tea do you want?" she asked.

"Earl Grey," he said from right behind her.

Lily almost jumped up as she hadn't noticed James had snuck into the kitchen and stood right behind her. She turned; ready to say something to him, but her words didn't come out as he had just pressed his lips against hers.

"I love you, you know?" he said and hugged her tightly, almost as if being afraid of losing her.

She nodded. "Yeah. I know. And I love you too."

He kissed her once more before she turned again and found a box with tealeaves in it. She could feel his breath on her neck and got chills from it.

"James, go over and sit down at the table again," she smiled.

He responded by kissing her neck. "Fine," he sighed.

She pulled out some tealeaves and cups and walked over and sat them on the table in front of James. He kept smirking at her. In some seconds they just sat looking at each other, smiling. Lily could feel the warmth inside of her the whole time. She truly was glad she had James back; almost as if she'd just woke up from a long and terrible nightmare.

Someone knocked on the door, and they both gave a start. James got up.

"No," Lily said. "I'll get it."

She got up and pushed James back in his chair. Then she walked out to the hall where she opened the door. Sirius did not look happy when their eyes met.

"You're home," he said shortly.

"Yeah," she said with a shrug.

Lily could see how he was trying to suppress some of his anger by biting his tongue. Seconds passed as they looked at each other, trying to read each other's mind.

"You're a really mean woman," he said at last.

Lily nodded. "I know."

He pushed past her into the hall. "I just can't believe you Lily! After all I told you last night. I don't get why you can just be so uncaring about it. You ha-"

"Why are you saying that?" Lily stopped him.

"Because you're a mean, mean woman!" Sirius yelled. "You hurt my best friend by playing with his feelings, and-"

He stopped suddenly as his eyes fell on the person at the door to the kitchen. Lily smiled satisfied, leaning against the wall.

"Hey, Padfoot," James grinned.

"Pro-"

"Why are you yelling at my girlfriend?" he asked, in a fake cold voice.

"She- It was- I was really- What are you doing here?!" Sirius exclaimed at last.

Lily walked over and slowly let her arms slide around James. James just smiled down at her and then at Sirius.

"Having breakfast with my girlfriend," he said, flashing a smile.

Sirius' jaw dropped. Then his eyes fell on Lily, who was smirking at him. "You little piece of s-"

"Tea?" she asked.

He sent her a snarl. "Yeah, whatever!"

"Oh, come on, Padfoot!" James grinned. "Lily will make you breakfast too!"

"Uh! The bacon and eggs!" Lily exclaimed as she suddenly realised she'd let them stand on the cooker.

She and James let go of each other and she stormed into the kitchen. Luckily the bacon and eggs weren't burned at all, but they were finished. She quickly took them off and served them.

"Breakfast guys!"

Sirius and James entered the room, laughing. Lily smiled at them before she sat down at the table.

"So Lily," Sirius grinned, "James told me you guys had fun last night. Can I have details?"

Lily sent him a cold stare. "Yeah. It was the last night that James will have fun for the next few months."

"What about fun in the day?" James grinned, receiving cheers from Sirius.

Lily shook her head. "Noooo."

"Damn!"

Sirius laughed. "In your face, Prongs!"

"Sweetie, you know how guys are," James said and grabbed Lily's hand. "Putting that aside, I love you."

Lily smiled. "I guess we can cut it down to one month."

James groaned and Sirius laughed.

"Though luck, mate," Sirius said and stuffed eggs into his mouth.

James sent him a snarl and began to eat too. Lily couldn't hold her smile back; she was truly happy and nothing could ever ruin her happiness again. She caught James' gaze; he smiled too.

This truly was their happy ending.

Taking a deep breath Yep, that's it. Please tell me what you think of it all right here :)

Vicki