Lily fixes a mistake
Disclaimer – still don't own them
Chapter 2
Lily smiled a bit grimly – James would regret making her a full partner in the Potter vaults and businesses. James hated all the tedious paperwork and 'trusted her to take care of all that nonsense'. She had consolidated all the vaults, to make them easier to manage, and of course James had dumped all the businesses that he had felt no personal interest in, swelling the vault even higher with gold – all the better she snickered to herself. The goblins glanced at her anxiously. She quickly cornered a supervisor and opened a vault in her name only, and moved half of all James Potters gold into it. He had been rich – he was just about the only Potter left, so he had inherited a lot of vaults, but now he was only half as rich – 15million galleons was quite a dent.
Lily left with her new key and a large wad of muggle money – she would need it later. The next part of the plan was fairly easy. 2 firecalls later she and her friend Natalie Abbott (who just happened to be an attorney) were sitting in Amelia Bones office making a pensive copy of the entire incident and thoroughly documenting the now spectacular bruise on her cheek, as well as the broken cheekbone underneath it.
It was almost 4 am, but they had completed the paperwork. James would be presented with divorce paper from Natalie, and a Howler containing news of his suspension as an Auror pending charges of battery from Amelia Bones. If he did not sign the divorce papers that also gave her full custody of Harry he would be spending time in the MLE cells and be promptly fired from his position as an Auror.
They all tearfully hugged and promised to owl each other later that day. Lily took refuge in a very posh muggle hotel that James would never think to look in. As she settled into the luxurious suite, and the still sleeping Harry lay in his re-enlarged crib, she thought about her words to James. She had made the wrong choice – Severus would never, ever have cheated on her, his love would have been absolute.
She had made tentative overtures to Severus before they left school. Always careful to not let any of their housemates see them. Their friendship had recovered, but he had not accepted her marriage to James. Since her marriage they had stuck to owling each other. He insisted he did not have the dark mark, but she knew he was working with Death Eaters at the apothecary he was employed at.
Fresh tears trailed down her cheeks, if only it was not too late for them.