Taking one pins that held her red hair up, Lily set it down on the dresser unaware that her now husband was standing in the doorway watching her while her emotions piled on top of each other and threatened to snowball into the overwhelming.

It had been the happiest day of her life, but tainted by the sadness of someone who had once been important to her not being a part of it.

"Mrs. Potter," James said, wrapping his arms around her.

Lily Potter. That was her name now. Her future. It was time to let go of the past.