Summary: AU. James and Lily are both Aurors at the Ministry of Magic. Lily is a scholar from Mercedes American College for Witches and Wizards while James a scholar from the one and only Hogwarts. Will they clash? Or will they be a picture perfect pair of colleagues??

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A not so working affair

James Potter sighed in contentment as he lay down in bed beside his girlfriend of 4 years, Marie Adams. His life was perfect now. His girlfriend was the best, his job the best, his friends the best and he himself was the best. Today was the day that he was going to be promoted to Head Auror together with an American witch named Lily Evans. From her impressive resume, to her beautiful picture, James got the idea that he was going to be able to work with the young woman.

"Wake up," he whispered into Marie's ear and she giggled. Slowly, he got up and went into the bathroom. Despite his morning drowsiness, he was still cheerful in the morning, a quality which had irked his three best friends when they were still at school and living in the same room.

After having done his morning rituals, James was seated at the coffee table clad in his black work robes with a mug of piping hot coffee in his hands. Nothing could put him down today. He had a feeling that today was going to be one hell of a morning.

"Good morning," greeted the sweet, serene voice of Marie as she bent down and pecked him on the lips.

Lily Evans awoke with a startled yelp. Her night had been a horrible one, in which she kept replaying the breakup she had had with her long time boyfriend Jeffrey O' Connors. She had found him cheating on her and with an uncharacteristic indignant slap on his face had broken up with him.

And to top it all off, she was to start a job at a new post today, as she had been promoted to Head Auror, together with a lean man named James Potter. He was extremely well-known even in America. When she had worked there, she had heard nothing but how jealous her peers were of her getting the chance to meet the James Potter. She, however, had automatically characterized him as a snob for she had studied his resume and had learnt that he was almost as well- qualified as her. Possibly more. And the photograph of him that was held in her possession showed her that he was definitely a good-looking man.

Yup, today was definitely going to be a horrible day.

A/N: That's the first chapter. Tell me if you liked it. And yes, my characteristic short chapter might be a source of annoyance but what the hell? I expect at lease 6 reviews before I update, so winkwink I don't think that it Is that well-written…