EPILOGUE: THE FINALE

Disclaimer: A long time ago a little elf came to me in my dreams. He talked of wonderful things and dark things. He told me I did in fact write this story, but that, unfortunately, I do not own Harry Potter.

"Hey everybody! Lily and James are dating, so all you ladies and gents better just back off! The two best looking kids of our year are dating each other!"

The voice was that of Sirius Black holding a box full of Zonko's products and skipping in front of his large group of friends as he paraded down the streets of Hogsmeade with Arabella Figg under one arm. Lily and James were behind them, whispering in each others ears and giggling lightly. Sirius almost found himself falling over at the switch in moods between them. They were perfect in that moment, and he couldn't believe that either could have ever doubted the spark between them.

"Thanks for the publicizing Tweedle-dum!" said James with a laugh.

"Tweedle-dum? Who is that?" at this Sirius looked at Arabella and asked "Does he mean the short fat twin of Tweedle-dee from Alice in Wonderland? The really annoying one?" At this James laughed heartily at the connection of the two, and then grabbed Lily's hand. As he did so he yelled at the sight of the sign to the Three Broomsticks. Rosmerta, a 4th year in Ravenclaw house, had a part in the shop where many young people went to socialize because her father owned it. It was a rising star of a hang out spot, not to mention Remus and Peter were in love with Rosmerta. As they walked in the door they saw her behind the counter. She waved when they came in and Remus and Peter swooned.

"Go talk to her already, she isn't going to bite!" said Sirius giving them both a shove in the right direction. They seemed nervous, but they found themselves looking into her beautiful face in no time. They had no problem talking to her after a while. Lily, James, Sirius, and Arabella ended up laughingaltogether as they sat down to some Butterbeers.

Before the day wore away, they had went into every shop in Hogsmeade, but before they left Lily and James got away from the group and found a quiet shop where they could sit and talk. They had already been together 2 weeks, but it had felt like far more. Now they discussed their plans for the summer, and the days and times they would see each other, most of this was caused by the need for organization by Lily. The plans were all arranged and now they found themselves nose to nose over a chocolate shake and they wished that moments like this would never end, but it did, much to their chagrin.

As they went to bed the last night at Hogwarts, Lily found that sleep wouldn't come because she hated the idea of leaving her home again. Her parent's home was a house, but this bed, this place, this world, was Lily's home, as was James. James was her home.

She knew it even more as she looked at the picture beside her bed. It was a picture of Lily, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter in front of the Three Broomsticks at their last Hogsmeade visit of the year. Sirius was poking Remus who looked thoroughly annoyed as he tried to ignore the pokes and laughs that issued from the wizard beside him, Peter was waving encouragingly and Lily and James were kissing passionately. Eventually the other people in the picture noticed their kissing as they turned their heads at the same time and then plunged their fingers in their mouths as if to say 'gag me' and then Lily and James parted and started laughing. The whole picture was full of laughs now, but Lily didn't notice as she had fallen asleep to the sight of her perfect boy kissing her.

They were all happy for the first time in months, and Lily hadn't cried since the night she ran away from her feelings. Now, they sat on her bedside table. The sight was not only happiness for now, but happiness that would last forever, because they had foundthe key to lifein each other, and it gave them love, honor, and safety in numbers. They would remember forever the love they held for each other; the love that couldn't be concurred even by death. And everyone would remember forever the day pigs flew because Lily said it would be so when she said his name. And now so much time later she couldn't remember a time when it had been absent from her vocabulary.

And the world was in a perfect place, for a while, anyway.

A/N: Ok, it is over. I want to say thanks, once again to everyone who reviewed and continued to read! It really does mean a lot to me! I was thinking about starting another J/L fic, but it will be a while before you see it. I have to make sure I'll actually work on it before I start submitting. But, anyway, I hope you all had fun reading this, because I know I had fun writing it. Thanks again, and I hope to hear from you all again on this chapter! Oh, and, sorry it is kind of short!