The next morning Lily woke up in James's arms. She smiled to herself as she snuggled herself closer to him. Even though he was sleeping he automatically held on tighter to her. She sighed happily. All that time she had spent detesting him, she never knew just how much he cared about her.
She felt James move behind her, and he rose so he was above her. He kissed her cheek and then yawned.
"Morning beautiful," he yawned.
Lily smiled and turned to face him.
"Morning yourself," she smiled.
James returned the smile and wrapped his arm around her waist.
"Are you at work today?" he asked.
Lily shook her head.
"What would you like to do?" James asked.
Lily hesitated for a minute.
"Can we go to muggle London today?" she asked.
James looked at her curiously.
"Why muggle London?" he asked.
"It's been a while since I've been in the muggle world, it will make a nice change," Lily replied.
"muggle London it is then," he said.
Lily looked at him curiously.
"You're in a cheerier mood than normal," she stated.
James kissed her nose.
"I have to say Evans that you say the loveliest things in your sleep," he chuckled.
Lily blushed pink.
"What did I say?" she asked mortified.
James blinked then smiled at her.
"You said you loved me," he said quietly.
Lily's heart hammered in her chest, oh god she thought, we haven't said that to each other yet.
"I love you Lily Evans," James whispered.
Lily smiled warmly as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I love you James Potter," she said.
James closed the gap between their mouths and kissed her passionately.
Marlene awoke the the feeling of a strong leg kicking her in the back. She rubbed the spot where her boyfriend had kicked her and poked him hard in the ribs. But Sirius was in a deep sleep and only snorted louder at her action. She rolled her eyes and dragged herself out of bed. She went down to the kitchen and made herself some toast.
An owl had already dropped off a copy of the Daily Prophet and she began to read whilst she ate her breakfast. There was nothing out of the ordinary, more muggles and muggleborns had been found dead. She felt herself shiver, she hated reading about these deaths and knowing that Voldemort was behind them.
The clock in the hall chimed ten o'clock. Crap. She was going to be late for work. She ran back to the bedroom to get dressed. Sirius sat up and looked at her.
"Now dearie, you need to get undressed and come back to bed." he teased.
Marlene chucked her childhood teddy bear at him from the shelf it had been sitting on.
"I'm late," she moaned as she searched for her shoes.
Sirius chuckled.
"Sirius have you seen my other shoe?" she groaned.
"You mean this one?" he asked holding it up.
Marlene dived for it but Sirius held it higher.
"Black give it to me now," she growled.
He raised an eyebrow, "Is the ministry really going to miss the girl who makes the coffee?" he teased.
Marlene flushed scarlet in fury.
"I don't just make the coffee," she growled.
"Oh sorry and the girl who does the filing and note taking?" he asked.
Marlene punched him on the arm and he dropped the shoe.
"Ouch Marley, I was only joking." he whined.
Marlene stared daggers at him.
"I work as a secretary in the Improper Use of Magic office Black and where do you work?" she asked.
Sirius glared at her.
"That's what I thought Paper Boy," she laughed.
She kissed his cheek and then flooed to the ministry.
Alice was sat at her desk in the Auror office drinking a cup of coffee. Her third since she arrived at the ministry at six that morning. She had been feeling rather worn out due to training lately and moving in with Frank. She felt even more down about herself as she felt that Frank's mother always criticized her. And Frank had been acting weird lately too. She was wondering if he was having second thoughts about them moving in together.
It was September 2nd, their one year anniversary since he had asked her out. She wanted to cook him a nice meal and when she suggested it he just shrugged off her nice gesture.
Maybe he no longer loved her? It broke her heart just thinking about it.
She was in the middle of thinking if she should talk to Frank about it when he came over to her.
"Hey baby," he said brightly.
Alice blinked in confusion.
"You're in a better mood today," she said grumpily.
Frank raised an eyebrow and then pulled a rose out of his sleeve and handed it to her. Alice's heart skipped a beat, maybe she was just imagining things.
"Oh Frank," she said tears welling up in her eyes as she took the rose from him.
"Happy Anniversary Alice," he said kissing her forehead.
Alice smiled at her boyfriend, touched by his gesture.
"After work I'm taking you out for dinner," Frank said proudly.
Alice took his hand happily.
"Honey you don't have-
"Don't be silly, I want to," he said warmly.
He kissed her cheek before heading back to his desk.
Alice sighed happily, maybe he just wanted to surprise her after all.
Lily and James walked along the river, eating a portion of chips between them. Lily couldn't stop looking at her boyfriend happily. James caught her eye and smiled warmly.
"You never told me what Frank wanted," Lily said.
James swallowed his food and smiled.
"He's proposing tonight," James said happily.
Lily squealed happily.
"You don't even know if she'll say yes," James laughed.
Lily rolled her eyes as James chucked the rubbish in a bin.
"Alice will, she's madly in love with him." Lily stated.
James took her hand.
"Just like I am with you," he smiled.
Lily kissed his cheek as they sat down on a bench.
"I think it's a bit soon for us to be engaged though," Lily said quietly.
"One day though," James said thoughtfully.
Lily nodded in agreement. For now she was as happy as she could be with the boy she loved.
Marlene was sitting on the floor by her desk sorting through the five drawer filing cabinet behind it. She hated Sirius right now. Because of the shoe incident it had made her even later than she would've been if he hadn't teased her. Her boss had been very annoyed and as punishment, made her sort through the filing cabinet in alphabetical order without magic.
It felt like she was in detention all over again. Like the time she had been caught skiving in sixth year to have a secret snogging session with Thomas Jones from Hufflepuff. He had been in the year above them and she had a huge crush on him. McGonagall had caught them and gave her a week's worth of detentions for skipping her class. Lily had stated that boys would always be her weakness, especially a boy she really liked.
She sat cross legged on the floor as she sorted through the letter S. She sighed to herself. It was her fault that she lost track of time but Sirius hadn't helped matters. She guessed he was probably still in bed right now having yet another 'sick day'. To her surprise he knocked on the office door. She looked up at him and then looked away again, she was mad at him right now and he knew full well that his charm could make her forgive him.
"What do you want?" she asked as she started on the letter T.
"I'm sorry for making you late," he apologised.
Marlene looked up at him and blinked.
"It's okay," she said still a bit mad.
Sirius sat down next to her.
"Marley let me make it up to you, let me cook you dinner tonight." he offered.
Marlene blinked.
"You cook dinner?" she asked in disbelief.
He nodded seriously. She smiled a little.
"Alright Black, I finish at six." she said.
Sirius grinned and quickly gave her a peck.
"See you then Marley," he said as he left the office.
Frank and Alice left the office and apparated into muggle London. Alice smiled as she saw they were opposite a restaurant called Tony's. She turned to Frank and whispered "Have you been talking to my parents?. Frank nodded as they crossed the road and entered the restaurant. The waiter sat them down at their table with menus. Frank looked at his girlfriend adoringly. He had never seen her look more beautiful then she did tonight. She wore a light blue dress with a matching clutch purse that matched her eyes. Her light brown hair flowed freely down her back. The candlelight lit her eyes up like a warm summer's day. Alice looked at Frank and smiled.
The waiter brought over their meals, Frank ordered steak and chips, Alice a chicken salad. They tucked into their food and conversed over how their days had been. After dinner Frank poured them some champagne.
"Frank this is expensive," Alice gushed.
"You're worth every penny" Frank smiled as he passed her a glass.
She raised her glass as if toasting him and took a sip before placing it down on the table.
"Alice, I've never been as happy as I am with you." Frank said warmly.
Alice smiled and took his hand.
"You're everything to me and I only want you in my future," he continued.
"You're everything to me too," Alice smiled.
Frank moved off of his seat and bent down on one knee before her. Alice's eyes widened. He pulled out a velvet box and opened it to reveal the diamond ring that James helped him pick out the day before.
"Frank," she whispered happily.
"Alice Prewett will you marry me?" Frank smiled.
"Yes," she squealed happily.
Frank, sitll smiling, placed the ring on her wedding finger, a perfect fit. Then he kissed her happily. After a minute Alice threw her arms around Frank and hugged him. She had never been happier than she was right at this moment, She felt foolish to think that he wanted to end things with her. She was glad she accepted his proposal for she couldn't see anyone else being her husband, she could only see Frank.
a/n: so what do you think so far? review please :)