James and Lily Potter : Sixth year

Chapter 21: summer of sixth year

a/n This is the final chapter of sixth year! I hope you have enjoyed, and seventh year will be out soon keep an eye out!!

Lily's heart nearly stopped just then. All the memories of her past Hogwarts years floated right across her mind: her first ride to Hogwarts, meeting James, making a vow to hate James Potter forever, kissing James in a dare...it all passed by so quickly that it made her dizzy. But one thing was for certain. She and James were together, and nothing could tear them apart now.

"I love you, too, James," she said.

James' eyes widened. "You mean that." It was more of a statement than a question.

"Of course, silly. I mean it with all my heart."

James grinned a full-fledged grin, and kissed her again.

"No way," said James faintly.

"What?" asked Lily, peering over her own Hogwarts letter at him.

"I'm Head Boy," he countered weakly.

Everyone stopped shuffling papers to stare at him. James Potter, Head Boy? Who ever heard of such a thing?

"Dumbledore officially lost his marbles," said Sirius, nodding.

"But you weren't even a prefect!" exclaimed Jackson.

"And you're Head Girl, I presume," said James, looking at his soon-to-be girlfriend.

Lily nodded. "Yeah, I got the badge." She showed him it.

"If you all think I'm pulling your leg," said James, frowning at everyone's disbelieving looks, "then see for yourself." He held up the shining Head Boy badge.

"You would make you Head Boy?" said Jennifer.

"Dumbledore, apparently. And you make it sound like a bad thing!"

"Well, technically, it is," said Violet reasonably. "You never set a good example for the younger kids. All you do is play pranks and break rules all day, James. How can you expect to live up to your name if you do that all day?"

"Well, I'll just have to change, then," replied James, smiling.

"Prongs, don't you realize that this is a disaster?" cried Sirius. "We have a Head Boy in our group...and one of the main ringleaders too!" He pretended to sob wildly.

"Oh, Sirius, shut up," said Arabella, sighing with resignation. "Will you ever grow up?"

"No," he said at once.

Jackson laughed and put his arm around Violet. As if by impulse, James did the same, and to his delight, Lily, instead of pushing him away, snuggled closer. All their friends smiled at each other gleefully.

"Finally, it's happened," said Arabella softly. "Remember in our second year, we were matchmaking them, Sirius?"

"How could I forget, Bellsies? Though we never dreamed that it would take this long for them to get together. But that's what happens when two of the most stubborn people who happen to hate each other end up together. I'm glad Prongs is finally happy, though." Seeing his best friend happy brought joy to Sirius that he had never felt before, except when he was with Arabella.

"I'm glad everything's okay," she replied, smiling, as she kissed Sirius.

James glanced over at his best friend. "Think they're talking about us, Flower?"

"Oh, James," said Lily, laughing, "what do you think? Of course, they are! When have they not talked about us in all of their conversations? I'm glad that we're together, though."