"How did you know it was time to leave?"
"Do you feel sick to your stomach every waking moment in that house?"
Romina stepped back for a moment and let out the breath she did not even realize she had been holding. "Y-Yes." she admitted sheepishly...
Chapter Thirty-Seven: I Will Follow You Into The Dark
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J U L Y 1979
"She said yes!"
James' voice echoed out loud, almost shaking the picture frames off the walls of the Potter Manor. His arms were raised high, his hands balled tightly into fists as he shook them in celebration.
Lily stood beside him, her cheeks almost as red as her hair as she shook her head. "James!" She hissed, reaching out now to try and reel him back in. "I think they can deal with your inside voice!"
James was beaming. His cheeks were flushed from his excitement and rapid movement, but the moment Lily touched his arm, he melted into her and quieted down. "I'm sorry, love, I'm just extremely excited about this."
Romina was standing in the doorway that led into the kitchen, Sirius peering out behind her shoulder with his own large grin. "Bloody hell, mate! That was quick!" He wiped his hands clean on Romina's apron, giving her cheeky wink as he walked by to greet his best friend and his new fiancé.
Discarding the apron and banishing any of the flour that was lingering on her hands using wandless magic, Romina quickly rushed over to the engaged couple to wrap Lily in a tight hug.
"Congratulations!" The brunette beamed, pulling back from the hug to take hold of Lily's hand to take a look at the ring. "Oh, it's beautiful!"
"James told me you helped him, Mina. Thank you for that. The poor boy was sweating bullets the entire afternoon!" Lily giggled softly, wiping away a stray tear from her cheek as she looked over at James who was locked into a tight hug with Sirius.
Romina smiled and followed Lily's gaze. "Don't worry, he was able to hold himself together while we went shopping." She told her, leaning into Lily as the two wrapped arms around one another and continued to watch the other two in their tight embrace.
"Oi!" Romina called teasingly, "Are you going to let go long enough so I can congratulate the future groom?"
Sirius finally pulled back, grinning madly at James before he stuck his tongue out at Romina. "He's all yours!"
Romina wrapped her arms around James' shoulders and hugged him tightly. Sirius maneuvered his way around them to congratulate Lily, his lips widely pulled up in a large grin.
"This is going to be just what we all need," Sirius announced, "and obviously, I will be best man. So we'll have a great time planning your last celebration as a single man."
