Te Quiero

Jersey Princess

Rating: PG
Genres: Drama, Romance
Relationships: Lily & James
Book: Lily & James, Books 1 - 4
Published: 11/06/2005
Last Updated: 11/06/2005
Status: completed

1-shot. James walks down the isle, and waits for the girl to show up. She appears in a long pink dress, her blonde hair tied up elegantly...Wait a minute. Why isn’t James marrying Lily? LJBFF

Chapters

1. Te Quiero

1. Te Quiero

I was inspired to write this by another author. I didn't copy her work, though, and so this isn't plagiarism.

I hope you like this! It's sort-of a traditional LJBFF again…as traditional as they can be, especially when I write them…anyway, I only own the plot, and even that's not completely mine…um, well I borrowed the paragraph to do with the roots (and the `so fake') from Bring It On Again. But that's not plagiarising, either…

Summary: James walks down the isle, and waits for the girl to show up. She appears in a long pink dress, her blonde hair tied up elegantly…and all of a sudden he sees someone else. Lily, not Aleerah. Wait a minute. Why isn't James marrying Lily? LJBFF

Please R/R!

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Te Quiero

Lily was having a great time. She was spending time with her three best friends; James, Sirius and Remus, and life seemed to be going great.

And then in came Aleerah. Stealing the show. Booting Lily out of her position as the confidante, the girl in the group, and most importantly, James's best friend.

That was all gone.

Aleerah was James's girlfriend. In fact, she'd destroyed Lily's place in their circle of friends. She'd turned Remus and Sirius against Lily by spreading lies, and they all thought this blonde was an innocent angel. They turned against Lily.

Nobody gave her a second chance, or a say in the matter.

Lily started spending time to herself. James didn't understand why she wasn't spending time with them anymore. He thought she didn't like Aleerah.

Basically, he thought Lily was jealous, and it was her fault she was staying away from them; not that it was the fault of his other three companions.

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Finally, a year later, Lily received a letter from James saying that he'd insisted that she be Aleerah's chief bridesmaid at their wedding in two months. She'd have to meet up with Aleerah for dress fittings.

Of course, this did not go down too well (Aleerah hated Lily but tried not to show it—and anyway, she'd wanted her best friend for chief bridesmaid. Lily didn't want Aleerah to do anything horrible to her when she was being fitted). Even with the two girls fighting for the stronger will, James persevered, knowing that eventually they'd give in to his idea. They both loved him in their own way; they should do something for him.

Aleerah managed to subtly insult Lily, with her wedding colour.

Pink. Great on a blonde, awful on a redhead.

When Lily said aloud (James was in the room), “I can't wear that! It's pink! It'll clash with my hair!” the boy scurried over and tried to sort it out quickly.

“Leer, why don't you wear pink and leave the bridesmaids to wear white? It'll look great.”

“But Alisa and Alanah look great in pink! I won't have one bridesmaid spoiling my scheme! I didn't want her for a bridesmaid.”

One thing Lily learnt, at that moment, was that shopping tired Aleerah out, and tiring Aleerah out meant that she couldn't help but tell the truth.

“Don't be stupid! That's like saying I wouldn't go out with you because you were wearing a turquoise belt with orange hipsters! It's absolutely ridiculous.”

Lily laughed in her head—years of being around her had left its mark on James. He knew fashion when he saw it. Though she happened to like orange and turquoise together. Maybe that was Aleerah's influence?

“But that's just stupid! You know I'd never do that. Besides, don't compare me to that slag. She's just some cheap tart; you know that? That red hair? So fake. And her eyes…contacts. Anyway, she's just sticking around so she can sleep with you and your friends.”

“Well isn't that the pot calling the kettle dyed?”

“I…I was born with dark roots!” Aleerah said indignantly, stroking her obviously-dyed hair protectively.

James turned his horrified face away from Aleerah's and focused it on Lily. “Is this true?”

Her expression matched James's at his accusation. “No!” she told him truthfully. “When have I ever lied to you, James?”

He shook his head. “I'm sorry Lily. I just can't believe you. I don't think I can trust you anymore. You're always so distant, and you never tell me anything anymore.”

Lily listened to everything he was saying, and said softly, “I can't tell you anything because you tell Aleerah everything. It's like a relationship without trust—it doesn't work. Anyway, you, Miss I'm-So-Perfect, have lied about everything to do with me. You turned Remus and Sirius against me. You told Sirius I slept with his bloody brother! If you even knew Regulus, you'd know how stupid that was! I can't be around people who deliberately try to make my life a misery. Goodbye, James.” With that, she turned and walked straight out of his life.

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James found that he was missing Lily. He'd coped without her for a year, but this was different. This time she'd walked away. And more importantly, he'd insulted her first.

He got ready on his wedding day, upset and cold. He wasn't nervous about the wedding at all. In fact, he probably wouldn't have even noticed if Sirius, his best man, hadn't come in his room to tell him.

“You know you did the right thing in letting Lily leave. She was controlling you,” Sirius said. “Trying to make you hate Aleerah.”

James looked up at Sirius. “I don't think so. Did Aleerah ever tell you that Lily slept with Regulus?”

Sirius nodded. “Three times. That's what made me really mad. Lily knew how I feel about him—if she had any respect, she wouldn't have even spoken to him, let alone had sex with him.”

James chuckled and clapped Sirius. “Well that's good then. Did you know Lily's still a virgin? Therefore Aleerah's story isn't plausible.”

“What makes you say that?”

“I know Lily. Trust me; I'm right on this one.”

Sirius bit his lip. “She told Remus that Lily'd told the dark side about his condition.”

“How the hell did Aleerah even find out about that?”

Sirius shrugged. “I guess Lily told her.”

James shook his head. “Lily'd never betray us. I guess I needed to learn that the hard way. I miss her so much, you know? I can't believe Aleerah would lie to me. But maybe it's just a glitch in our relationship. We'll go through with the wedding, and everything should be fine.” He looked at his watch. “Two minutes to go.”

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Aleerah scratched at her left forearm and muttered in annoyance. Alanah and Alisa helped her into her long-sleeved fuchsia dress (they hoped James wouldn't notice that it was not the pale pink strapless dress they'd chosen together—recent events had made that an impossible dress to wear), already dressed in their matching baby pink long-sleeved outfits, their identical brown hair twisted into buns on the tops of their heads. Alisa grabbed Aleerah's hair and began twirling it expertly, whilst her twin grabbed Leer's hands and began painting them in pink.

They walked out on the chime. Aleerah was greeted by her father, who smiled warmly at his daughter who was about to get married. He took her down the aisle and proudly handed her to James, who was fantastically spruce in his black tux.

Just then, there was a flurry of noise from the back of the room. James turned just in time to see a girl wearing a long white dress exit through the large doors. Red hair flew out behind her as she walked.

Aleerah laughed quietly. “What are you looking at her for? It's our wedding day. She's a slut. It's me you're getting married to, not her.”

And then James said something that shocked everyone in the entire room.

“Remind me why that is, again? Because I don't see any reason I should stay here. You've lied to me, you turned my best friend against me. You made me distrust my remaining friends. You tried to make the other two hate Lily. But I guess you made me realise something. Bring over the ring box, Remus. I'm going to propose to the girl I'm actually in love with.” With that, he grabbed the ring. He started heading for the door. He was halfway there when he turned to face Aleerah, and he said, “You should dye your hair again.”

Then he left.

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Lily had wondered why she'd gone to the wedding. Actually, she was glad she'd left. She didn't want to see her best friend get married to the girl she hated most in the world.

She had just started stripping out of her dress when she heard a knock at her door. Forgetting about her dress, she headed over and opened the door, to reveal James standing there.

Her jaw dropped. “James? What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with the girl you're in love with, your wife? Getting ready for your honeymoon?” She waved him in and they sat down on the two armchairs in Lily's sitting room.

He replied, “Yes.” He was silent for a few moments as he thought. “But, you see, technically I haven't proposed to her yet.”

Lily raised her eyebrows at that. “What about Aleerah?”

James sighed. “She was a bitch. I finally found out everything. Why didn't you tell me you were still a virgin? It would have made it so much easier to get rid of that Regulus story.”

Lily blushed. “How did you know?”

“Intuition!” He grinned.

Lily rolled her eyes. “What did you really come here for, James?”

“To apologise for not believing you earlier,” James said softly. “I also have an apology present. It's probably not exactly apt, but I really don't care.”

Lily looked around. She was confused. She didn't see anything.

James chuckled, and, completely without warning, he leant in and kissed Lily.

When he moved back, Lily stared ahead of her. “Thanks…” she said. “It's okay, really…” Then she smiled teasingly as an idea struck. “I like apology presents,” she said cheerfully.

James realised she was flirting (even though he knew she had no idea she really was), and so he flirted right back. “Would you like another present? You'd better not become too greedy…”

“I can have another one? Yay!” Her eyes literally lit up. It reminded James of Sirius when you offered him extra chocolate. He was still crazy for chocolate.

“I think that can be arranged,” James told her as he leant in and kissed her again.

After a while, Lily asked softly, “Didn't you say you were going to propose to the girl you're in love with?”

“Oh yeah,” he said thoughtfully. “Do you think she loves me?”

Lily shrugged. “I wouldn't know. She'd be foolish not to. If it helps, I do.”

James smiled. “That's good.” Lily's eyes widened as she suddenly realised it all. “Lily Marie Evans, will you marry me? And if you think it's a rebound thing, it isn't. I've been in love with you since I was fifteen.”

The girl stared in shock. Finally, she nodded. “I think…Yes, I will marry you.”

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After they'd fixed Lily's dress (which they noticed was hanging off her after she'd agreed), they left to go back to the church. Aleerah was still there, hoping that James would come back for her.

When she saw him walk in, she beamed. She couldn't help but look gloatingly in Lily's direction. The girl had come in from another door a few minutes later. Then the smile was wiped off her face when Lily raised a hand to brush some of her hair behind her ear. On her ring finger was a large diamond.

Aleerah had seen that diamond before. She'd been presented with it. It was her wedding ring.

James had given it to this girl as an engagement ring. How much money would he be spending on Lily's wedding ring?

Aleerah walked over to Lily stiffly. “Oh look, the ring matches your hair. They're both fake.”

Lily rolled her eyes. “We've been over this before. The ring is not fake; neither is the hair. Try looking in the mirror.”

“My roots—” began Aleerah, only to be interrupted by Lily.

“Sweetie, you actually think your roots are natural? You are not born with roots,” Lily told Aleerah forcefully.

“I was too!” the other girl replied in a high and squeaky voice, before she ran away to the bathroom to give her mascara some major TLC.

Lily watched the girl hurry away from her for the last time, and laughed aloud. Then she hooked her arm in James's, and they walked up to the podium together, where they announced their engagement.

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Meanwhile, Aleerah entered the bathroom. She hurried over to the mirror and started fixing her makeup. Then she rolled up the left sleeve of her wedding dress and looked down at the skull.

What? Even Death Eaters are allowed to cry sometimes.

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What did you think of that then, eh?

Different, certainly…

I hope you enjoyed it! I love that quote, `Sweetie, you actually think your roots are natural? You are not born with roots.” It gets me every time! The actual line, earlier on, is “Ain't that the pot calling the kettle blonde?” because the girl (Marni) in the film was accusing the other blonde of having fake blonde hair…very amusing, you should watch it. It isn't really about the cheerleading as much as the first one. It's more about loyalty, though the gymnastics is pretty good at the end.

ly,

Cazzy xx

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