Ch. 1: The Second Meeting

James' POV…

The weather was nice for April as I entered Flourish and Blotts, there was a book that Dad had recommended to me that I would love. The place was crowed because everyone was out today. I made around the people with a few wanting my autograph because England was winning every game bringing us closer to the world cup.

I was picking up the book when I saw the strawberry blond hair. It made me think of that night back in December when I met the beautiful woman in Argentina. Every time I saw a strawberry blond I went to see if it was Amy, but none were her. None of them had her blue eyes or smile. I tried looking her up when I went to America but she was out of town. She invaded my dreams at night. I was going to find her after the world cup so we can be together.

I went up to the woman, "Amy," I said. She turned around and it was her. She recognize me I could see it in her eyes.

She gave me shy smile. "James," She hugged the book in her hand to her chest. "How are you doing?"

"Great. Why don't we get out of here and catch up." I said. She looked around the store.

"I don't think so." Amy looked passed my shoulder.

"Why? We had a great time in Argentina." I had to ask because I thought that we had a great time there.

"I heard about all about you from my friend who lives here." She said.

"Who is this friend?" I asked. I was going to find this person and beat the crap out of them.

"Lorcan," There was only one person I knew as Lorcan and that was my brother-in-law.

"Lorcan, who?" I asked through clenched teeth. I was ready to find my brother-in-law and kill him. I hope Lily won't mind me killing her husband.

"Scamander," Amy saw the hurt flashed in my eyes. "I'm sorry about this, James."

"What did he tell you?" I asked. So I could yell at him about what he said.

"He said you date a woman for only a day or a week." Amy gave me a secret smile. I was ready to kill Lorcan with my bare hands.

"That not going to happen to you, I care for you. I would never hurt you." I said. Maybe she will give me a change.

She gave me that smile that women give men when they don't want to go out with. "I don't want to get hurt, James." After she said that she walked away to the front of the store to pay for her book. I took a breath and followed her to the front. I paid for the book and left.

I headed for the Daily Prophet Office. I entered the office and everyone was running around trying to get things done to get it in print. I headed for the elevator; people kept staring at me for who I am. I got on the elevator and ran into my mum. She was looking at the papers in her hands. "Mum," She looked up from what she was doing.

"James," She hugged me. "What are you doing here?" I kissed her on the cheek.

"I came to see Lorcan," I gave her a smile. "I have something to ask him." Mum nodded.

"You know where to find him." I pressed the number I needed. "What did you need to talk to Lorcan about?" Mum asked.

"Oh some investment things," I said. I have a great mind for picking out money makers. When I'm done with quidditch I want to open an investment firm in the wizarding and muggle world. I'm making everyone in the family rich with want I'm doing.

"That's great because Lily and Lorcan are looking for house." Mum said. The elevator open on the quidditch floor, Mum got off. "Bye James. Come over for dinner tonight." I nodded as the elevator door closed. I went up to the next floor and got off.

I went around the floor to find Lorcan sitting at his desk, he had his wand behind his ear, a quill was moving it back and forth, and was looking at his notes on his next article. The desk was a mess; I couldn't see what he was looking at. I could make out pictures of Lily and his family. "Knock, knock," I said.

Lorcan looked up at me. "James, what brings you here?" He starts to look around his desk for something.

"Behind your ear," I said. Lorcan felt his ear and smiled. He found what he was looking for. "I'm here because of a girl." Lorcan looked confused.

"What girl?" Lorcan asked. Lorcan started to gather the papers around his desk.

"An American girl by the name of Amy Charles," I moved out of his way so he could grab his bag.

"What about Amy? I know she's in town." He put the papers in the bag.

"I know she in town, I ran into her at Flourish and Blotts today." I followed Lorcan out of his cubicle. "She was the girl I met in Argentina."

"Oh," Lorcan knew what I was talking about because he knew us both.

"Yeah, I asked her if she wanted to get together and said she didn't want to. I asked her why and she said her friend told her all about me and women. I asked her who her friend was and she said it was you." We stopped at the elevator and Lorcan pressed the down button. He ran his hand through his hair.

"I told her that stuff," The elevator open up and we in. "because I didn't want her to get hurt. I wouldn't see her cry and you with another girl. She doesn't have a brother and we are really close, I would have to kill you for hurting her." Lorcan sounded like an older brother. I would have done the same thing for Lily.

"Okay but Amy is different. I care about her a lot." We stepped in the lobby of the Daily Prophet.

"You say that about every girl you date." We stepped outside into the sun. We shaded our eyes.

"I felt something that night when we went out. When I was in America I went looking for her but she wasn't there. After the World Cup I was going to look for her. I can't get her out of mind and you are going to help me get her." I smiled when I saw the look on Lorcan. He looked confused.

"James, how am I going to help you?" Lorcan asked. He was looking for a way to get away from me.

"You can start by telling her good thing about me." I patted Lorcan on the shoulder. I walked away with a smile on my face.

J&A

Amy POV…

After I left the bookstore, I felt bad about what happen with James. I hurt him, I could tell by the look in his eyes. I didn't want to hurt him but I didn't think I would see him again after that night in Argentina. After I wrote the letter to Lorcan who was married by the time, I thought I could fall in love with him. He made my night so much better after Marcus cancel on me. It turned out that Marcus was married with six children.

Lorcan wrote me back telling me how James was a womanizer. He went from girl to girl. I didn't want to be just one of many in a long line. I knew he came looking for me because Ashley told me he dropped by. She didn't know what to say to him only that I wasn't there. I knew when I took this job here in England; I knew I might run into him with the wizarding world being so small here. I didn't think I would run into him on the first day here. He looked like a boy who found his favorite toy after a month or two. He was hoping that I would let him take me out. I saw the hurt in his eyes after I told that I didn't want to go out with him. His brown eyes made him look younger then he was. It didn't help that his black hair was all over the place, it give him the boyish look.

After I left him I wanted to go back and tell him that I would go out with him. I did after I left the shop and came back he wasn't there anymore. I looked around the store and saw that he left. I exited the store and went to the Leaky Cauldron were I had a room. I had dinner plans with Lorcan and his wife. This was the first time I was going to meet his wife. They have been married for over a year since last January. I could tell he was really in love with this woman.

I put my book in my room before heading out. Lorcan gave me a muggle apartment address. I took a muggle taxi to the apartment. The apartment was in a nice neighborhood. I paid the cab as I went up to the building. There was a buzzer but Lorcan told me to use my wand to get in. I made sure there wasn't a muggle around when I took out my wand. I went up to Lorcan's after I got in. It was a walk up. I got to the floor that Lorcan and his wife lived on. I knocked on the door and waited for someone to open. I heard someone on the other side coming to the door. The door opened and a redhead woman was standing there.

She smiled at me. "You must be Amy, Lorcan's friend." I nodded. She was a beautiful woman with green eyes and red hair. She moved out of the way to let me. "I'm Lily, Lorcan's wife." She led me to the living room.

There were pictures and knick knacks everywhere. The couch faced the fireplace. There were end tables on either side. There were chairs facing each other next to the end tables. "Would you like something to drink?" Lily asked.

"White wine," I turned to Lily. She nodded and left the room to get drinks. I went to the mantle and saw pictures of their family. There was a picture of Lily and Lorcan on their wedding day, they looked so happy. There was picture of Lily standing between two black haired boys. One had these bright green eyes and the other had brown that I have seen them before. I took another look and relieved it was James Potter. He was Lily's brother. I saw a picture with a baby wrapped in a green blanket that brought out his eyes. He had a tuff of black hair on the top of his head. He looked like James but with green eyes. He must be James' son.

I heard footstep coming in the room and turned around to see Lorcan come in the room. Lorcan had a bottle of butterbeer in his hand. I gave him smile that told him he was in trouble. He started walking backwards. I get on him right away. "Lorcan you didn't tell you were related to James."

Lorcan looked behind him to see if his wife was there. "Sorry, it didn't come up."

I backed Lorcan against the wall. "First, you don't tell me that know James personally and second he has a son."

Lorcan looked confused. "What James has a son?" He gave me a look. "What did you two do in Argentina?" Lorcan asked. He looked me up and down to see if I had a child.

"Nothing, James walked me to my room and kissed me on the cheek. Unless that is the new way people are having kids." I said.

"You said James had a son." Lorcan said, he moved away from me.

"Yeah," I pointed to the baby picture on the mantle.

Lorcan laughed. "That is Aaron, Al's son. Don't ask about how he came to be."

"Oh, who is Al?" I asked.

Lorcan sat on the couch, laughing. "He's Lily and James' brother." Lorcan settled into the couch. I smiled and sat on one of chair.

"So how was Aaron conceived?" I asked. Lorcan looked uncomfortable. His wife came in for the rescue.

"My brother Al and my best friend, Ally were a groomsman and a bridesmaid in our wedding. Hated each other to no end. Before the wedding they made a bet to see who's wedding it was," She handed my wine and took a seat next to Lorcan. "My mother's or mine. Ally won and Al had to pay her instead of paying her he bought her a drink. They had one too many and woke up at his flat with a hangover. Aaron was the result of that night." I laughed.

"Sounds like a good night for them." I took a sip of my wine. Lily laughed.

"It was now they're married." Lily took a sip of her wine. "Dinner will be ready in five minutes." Lorcan put his arm around Lily. "So how did you guys meet?" Lily asked. "All Lorcan said that you met at dig."

"One, men are worthless about that kind of information."

"Hey, we are not." Lorcan tried to defend his gender. Lily and I both gave him a look like don't even try it. Lorcan sighed in defeat.

"Anyways, before we were interrupted. I was working on a dig in Mexico. They told me there was this English man coming. I thought this stuffy old guy was coming. Instead I saw a guy dress in muggle jeans and a tee-shirt. He had this wavy black hair and lop-sided grin on his face," I started.

Lily narrowed her eyes on me. "Are you in love with my husband?" She asked.

"No, after spending time with him I realize what a jerk he was." I smiled.

"Hey, I was not." Lorcan defended himself again. Lily smiled.

"I think we are going to be great friends." Lorcan had crossed his arms, Lily patted his leg. The timer went off in the kitchen. "Dinner's ready." Lily got up, Lorcan and I followed her.

Lorcan walked right beside me. "You know James is great with children."

I gave him a strange look. "What the hell are you talking about?"

"James told me I had to talk him up to you." Lorcan gave me a half smile.

"Lorcan," I hit him on the arm. "You know how I feel about him." We came to the kitchen; Lily had three plates on the table with the food in the center. We sat down to eat when Lily asked.

"Do you like quidditch?" Lorcan was shaking his head no. I gave him a questionable look because he knows that I like quidditch. Lily saw that and hit him on the arm. I smiled to Lily.

"Yes, I do."