I decided to give this a shot. What if Lily or James survived? Well I chose one and it turned to James. We'll see how it goes.

"James will you hurry the hell up in there? Some people have to piss as well!" There were poundings on the door and laughter from two of men right outside the locked door. James found himself laughing at how drunk they sounded and zipped up his pants before picking his beer up and unlocking the door. "There are plenty of trees just right outside gentlemen. I mean one of you can willingly turn into a dog and not have to have people watch you and try and take a peak at your stuff." Sirius was leaning on the wall next to the door and had a large smile on his face while Remus seemed to be over taken with laughter. "Well now that you put it that way why the hell would I want to be a dog when they can see the real thing?" James laughed and put an arm around Sirius' shoulder and they began back towards the bar.

"Another whiskey, Rosmerta my beautiful lady." Called Sirius as they took a seat at the bar. It was Halloween and Lily had finally had enough of his moping and told Remus and Sirius to get him out for the night. Of course it had taken a good bit of convincing and a good bit of dragging but they had finally convinced him to come out.

"See this isn't so bad! You get to have fun and talk to people." Sirius called over the noise and took a sip of his whiskey. James smiled as he looked around at the crowd around them and gave a shrug. "I don't know I still kind of feel bad for leaving Lily alone at home. She's been cooped up just as long as me."

"Yeah, but she handles it a hell of a lot better than you do. She kept telling me you were near the point of bashing your head into the wall earlier today just for fun." Called Remus. He had just joined them once again and was looking for Rosmerta to fill his glass. James couldn't help but feel his heart warm at the thought of his woman caring so much for him even in such dangerous times. He suspected that's why he was at Hogsmeade was to be close to Hogwarts. The one place they were sure He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named would not dare get so close to with Albus Dumbledore running the school.

James drained his beer and set it upon the counter and turned his head as he heard a low growl come from his left. He found himself giving a smirk and turned to look around the bar. "I know we are supposed to be making sure you have fun but does that cancel out making sure any of these lovely young ladies having fun?" He looked to Remus who had looked to James almost as if he could slap Sirius upside the head but at the same time wondered the same. "Well here I thought I was the one that had your heart and eyes." James said laughing following Sirius' eyes to a girl with dark blonde hair. "But since I won't play with little Black there I guess it's be best to let you have one of these ladies so so."

With that Sirius had gone to fetch Rosmerta. The girl would end up with free drinks for the rest of the night unless Sirius saw it as a lost cause. Remus shook his head and looked to James. "I may have done the same thing if this wasn't a night to celebrate. Your first night out in ages! It's nearly like the glory days." James smirked and took a swig from his mug and shook his head. "Well we are missing one figure to the group and we aren't exactly running around like wild animals." Remus chuckled a bit and watches Sirius come back to the group. "Well our smallest said he wasn't feeling well and has to help his mother with something tonight." James gave a small sigh. "It's a shame really. I would have thought he'd flip her off and come jumping for joy the whole way." He heard Sirius' bark of laughter and turned with a grin. "You know just as well as I that if he was still in school he'd do just that."

Sirius gave a small shrug as he watched the girl across the bar and then turned to look at James and Lupin. "We all know that. It's just strange he didn't. I've always worried he's had a fantasy of you grabbing ahold of him and professing your endless love of him." Remus ended up nearly on the floor laughing so hard as James gave Sirius a punch to the arm. "He wasn't that into me. He just looks up to me is all."

"Maybe from his knees he does." And once more James gave a punch to Sirius. "Alright enough picking on him. He's not even here to defend himself." Remus had finally managed to stop laughing and wipes tears from his eyes. "I surely hope you two don't think that way of me." Sirius shook his head and gave Remus a pat on the shoulder. "Oh never! Just your furry little problem." Sirius had drained his whiskey and waited for another refill as Remus rolled his eyes. As Rosmerta came to fill up his glass Sirius ordered a round of shots and disappeared into the crowd. Remus made a face.. "I really hope he didn't order these for just you and me."

"Well if he did he can carry me home first and get his ass kicked by Lily for making me drink till I puke and pass out. I'm sure that's all that woman needs me in bed with puke breath." Remus counted out the shots and laughed. "Well with six shots that may be what he intends to do. But I'd prefer he gets me home safe first that way I don't have to try and get him to St. Mungo's while I'm trashed." There questions were soon answered as Sirius returned with the girl he had been eyeing and introduced them. "And these are two of my closest buddies James and Remus." James gave a smirk and Remus gave a small shake of the hand. Sirius had them take a shot with the girl whose name James hadn't really heard through the noise. Next thing he saw was Sirius and the girl were taking the extra shots. James caught Remus smirking out of the corner of his eye. "I guess we were wrong about us getting wasted." Sirius looked to them for a second and gave a wink. "I still plan on you asses getting wasted as well."

James found himself holding onto both Remus and Sirius. They had stayed out until about two and it was time to head back home to Lily and Harry. Sirius was going on about the girl he had taken to and how things would always end in his favor even though she had ended up taking off with her friends. Remus tried to give Sirius a punch and stumbled clenching onto James and dragging him a bit as they all stumbled around. Sirius grabbed ahold of James and all of them started to stumble around more. After a moment they managed to straighten up. James grabbed both Sirius and Remus tighter around the shoulders and gave a turn and seconds later he heard puke hit the ground as their feet hit solid ground.

James looked over to see Sirius holding his knees and wiping his mouth off and started to laugh. It died nearly immediately as he looked up at his home. He could hear Remus laughing at Sirius and he started running at the house. Sirius and Remus looked up to see the house ruined and James running for the door. "Lily!" Remus and Sirius went running after James. "James! Be careful!" "Watch out!" All three of the men were in the house. Trying to work through the wreckage. James stopped suddenly. He could hear the crying. His heart started pounding harder. "Harry? Son!" James felt pieces of wood rip at his clothes as he forced past sharp edges trying to get to the sound of his boy.

He was panting heavily the drinking seemed gone. Why had he gone?! Why hasn't he stayed with them. James squeezed through the broken door frame and the sight that he was greeted with. His son in his crib crying and screaming, his wife was there too, not moving, on the floor. "Lily!" James slid onto the floor at Lily's side and took her in his arms pulling her to him. The tears were there as he let out a cry. "Lily! Lily! Merlin, no! Please!" He had his arms so tight around her. He knew that Harry was still screaming and needing to be taken care of he just couldn't do it. He couldn't take himself away from the love of his life, the mother of his child.

It seemed like forever just holding Lily. When he finally looked up and could see clearly through his tears. Sirius was holding Harry and Remus was standing there. Both men had tears running down there faces. It was the only time any of them had seen each other cry. He didn't know what to do but he found a rage building inside with the sorrow. This happened because of one man. They had one person that knew the way to their home and now his house was ruined and his wife was in his arms, dead. What the hell would he do? He couldn't think to leave his wife. He promised to be there