PADFOOT FOUND A SMALL RED BOX WHILE HE WAS HELPING ME MOVE INTO THE GRYFFINDOR DORMITORY. It was just me and Padfoot in the Boy's dormitory. Moony was with Headmaster Dumbledore because he wanted to talk to him about something and I had no clue where Wormtail was.
"What's this mate?" Padfoot asked, showing me the box.
"Oh, that box is for you," I said.
"Early birthday present! Yes!" Padfoot exclaimed.
"Not really," I said. Padfoot furrowed his eyes and opened the box and took out a piece of parchment.
"Best man?" he read out loud "Does this mean you-?
"Yes," I said.
"And she said-?" Padfoot continued.
"Yes," I repeated. Padfoot squealed with glee.
"YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED!" he yelled. He then ran out of the room screaming 'Lily and James are getting married' over and over again. Lily came into the room after Padfoot ran out.
"Looks like you told him," Lily said.
"And now he's going to tell the rest of the world," I said, hugging her "If he hasn't done so already."
"Oh, now I'm jealous that Dorcas didn't react this way," Lily joked "Although, she was very happy for me.
"So Dorcas is your maid of honor?" I asked and Lily nodded "That only leaves two major details. When and where?"
"May 28th and Kensington Palace for the wedding and the reception," Lily answered.
"You decided that fairly quickly," I muttered.
"I've been planning my wedding since I was seven," Lily said.
"But we met when we were eleven," I said, furrowing my brows.
"What do you have to do with my wedding?" Lily remarked, shrugging. I laughed a little and shook my head. She smiled with me and left the room after kissing my cheek.
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Moony popped a balloon next to my ear while I was asleep. I bolted upright and threw a few hexes around the room. Luckily, they didn't land on anyone.
"Merlin! What the bloody hell was that for!?" I screamed, putting my finger in my ear, listening to the ringing in my ears.
"HAPPY STAG PARTY!" Moony, Padfoot, Wormtail yelled.
"Emphasis on stag mate," Padfoot said, winking.
"I-I- uh- I- we- Lily and I decided that we weren't going to have Stag or bachelorette parties," I said.
"Don't worry mate, we have Lily's permission," Moony said "I have to warn you we have a... unusual day in store for you. With that in mind. Wormtail, bring out the list."
"What list?" I asked as Wormtail pulled out a piece of parchment.
"Do you remember when you wrote this?" Wormtail asked "It's all the things you wanted to do before you get married to Lily and we are going to do all of them." I took the list from his hands.
"Hmm... not much I wanted to accomplish," I said looking at the twelve items on the list.
"You can cross off number 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, and 12," Moony said, looking at the items.
1. Make Lily fall in love with me
2. Steal all the items Filch confiscated
3. Graduate from Hogwarts
4. Smoke a muggle cigar
5. Learn to cook
6. Feed the giant squid in the great lake
7. Legally drink Firewhiskey
8. Finish the marauders map
9. Break into Dumbledore's office
10. Drink ten bottles of butterbeer in one siting
11. Get an apparition license
12. Prank Minnie
I did what he said and crossing off the eight items. Four more items to go.
"What's next?" Padfoot asked.
"How about... number 2," I said "Think about all the Auto-Answer Quills and the Baruffio's Brain Elixir we lost to that old prat."
"So everything that we own or everything?" Moony asked.
"Everything," I answered "And then on our way we can do number nine." All of us raced out of the room and Moony and I slipped under the invisibility cloak. Padfoot and Wormtail distracted Filch by cat-napping Mrs. Norris. Moony managed to locate where Filch kept all the confiscated stuff and we put them in my school bag and dashed out of there.
"That was a close one," Padfoot said "I don't know how long I could have kept that slimy little hair ball."
"At least she didn't cough up a slimy little hairball," Wormtail commented, making a gagging noise. We made our way to Headmaster Dumbledore's office and honestly, breaking in wasn't as much fun as I imagined it would be.
"So what do we do now?" Wormtail asked. I shrugged and looked around.
"Breaking into my office, are we?" all four of us screamed and turned around to face the speaker.
"Sorry Headmaster Dumbledore," I said.
"You are no longer students here at Hogwarts so there is no need to call me headmaster," Dumbledore said "Just call me Dumbledore or Albus if you prefer."
"James you got this, right?" Padfoot whispered. I turned around and glared at him but it was of no use. Padfoot, Moony and Wormtail were already out the door.
"Did you want something?" Dumbledore asked.
"Er... no sir," I mumbled "It was just a silly little prank."
"Hm... pity, I have always wanted to be pranked by you four," Dumbledore said "You four have pranked professor in the castle except for me."
"There is one thing I wanted to ask you," I said "It would be an honor... for me and Lily... if you could... officiate our wedding."
"It certainly took a long time but I'm delighted that you two have starting a new chapter together," Dumbledore said "I would love to officiate your wedding."
"Thank you sir, Dumbledore," I said. I quickly left the room before it got more awkward.
"I'm still looking forward to be pranked by you lot," Dumbledore said before I left the room. Moony, Padfoot, and Wormtail were waiting for me outside.
"Thanks a lot," I said, sarcastically.
"Sorry mate," Padfoot said "What's next?" I thought about it for a long time and I finally decided what to do next.
"Anyone up for a trip to Hogsmeade?" I asked, grinning. We took the shortcut to the Honeydukes' cellar and made our way to The Three Broomsticks. We drank Firewhiskey, legally and got some shrimp for the giant squid. I nearly lost my arm when I fed it the shrimp.
"Where can we get a muggle cigar?" I asked, wringing the water out of my shirt.
A/N: Honestly this was just a filler chapter and it took me a long time because I kind of went on a mini hiatus for a few days. Anyway, I'm not sure if I should have a chapter for Lily's bachelorette party or not so if you have any thoughts, just let me know.
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