Accio Love- A Jily Fanfic

Chapter 41

Lily Potter and James Potter sat on their sofa, forever frozen at 21. They passed their time by talking, laughing, and watching their son. Lily ached to see him and set everything straight. She so badly wanted to tell him how much she loved him. She wanted to tell him she was proud of him. She was ready to beat everyone that ever harmed him. James popped champagne on his first Quiddich game and danced around the room when Harry caught the snitch. Marlene stayed with the two of them and celebrated with them.

"Did you see that? Did you see him? I was right! I told you so! I told Minnie-" James was running around their room and his face fell. Lily hugged him tightly and they didn't look back in on his life for a while.

One day, Lily was repotting some flowers in the kitchen when there was a knock on the door. James, who sat at the kitchen table, gave Lily a surprised look. They had never had visitors before, besides their parents of course. Lily walked over to the door and looked out the peephole. She felt herself tear up and looked back at James who stood up.

"Who is it?" He asked. There was another knock. Lily finally opened their door to see a young Sirius Black on their doorstep.

"Sirius," Lily smiled as tears gently rolled down her cheeks and opened her arms. Sirius looked at her for a minute before gladly accepting the hug. He began shaking as sobs escaped his mouth.

"I tried, Lily. I'm so sorry. I tried to help him. I tried to protect him," Sirius's voice shook and Lily stroked his hair as she closed her eyes. A couple tears escaped her eyes again. Whether for her son, her friend, or both she wasn't sure.

"I know, Sirius," Lily whispered. "It's not your fault. You did the best you could," she kissed his cheek and managed to get him inside. The door closed behind them, and Lily wasn't sure how long she held Sirius and whispered it wasn't his fault before he finally pulled away. Sirius finally composed himself and Lily ran her hand through his curls with a smile.

"Took your damn time," James hugged Sirius tightly and Sirius began to cry all over again, but this time from happiness. "You look good, mate," James squeezed Sirius and Lily watched fondly as best friends were finally reunited.

"I wanted to kill him," Sirius finally spoke bitterly. "He should've died, not you two," he shook his head. Lily touched his arm and his voice faltered.

"You didn't deserve what happened to you Sirius," she squeezed his arm. He nodded solemnly.

"Sometimes it feels like I did. I should've known-" he was cut off by a door slamming behind Lily.

"Sirius," Marlene almost whispered from the living room. Sirius turned to look at her and broke into a smile. He picked her up and spun her around before kissing her like he used to do years and years ago. Sirius decided to stay with them. He moved into the extra room. He would never be separated from James or Lily ever again.

Lily wasn't quite sure how much time had passed before there was another knock on their door. Sirius and James were playing some game from when they were kids, so Lily made her way to the front door. She opened the door to see Professor Dumbledore, in all his glory. Lily folded her arms and looked at him. Dumbledore walked in, humming lightly. He snapped his fingers and tea appeared on the table for her and Dumbledore. They talked for hours. Dumbledore told her stories of her son and his friends. Lily smiled and cried the whole time.

Dumbledore apologized at the end. He wished he could have done more to help before they were gone. He wanted to save Harry and told Lily all the mistakes he made with Harry.

"Is it really parenting if you don't mess it up?" Lily laughed a little and Dumbledore shook his head. "You did fuck my kid up though. Really? You had to give him to my sister?" Lily felt a surge of anger go through her body.