Amaryllis P.O.V.

After Jamie and I went home on Sunday, I started freaking out. I am going on a date…what do I do? It's been 4, almost 4 and a half years since I was last asked out on a date. I needed to talk to someone, especially since I was feeling such a connection to Tony. It was odd.

On Monday morning, as I was getting ready for work, I summoned my Patronus and said, "Please take a message to Hermione. Hermione, I need to talk to you. Can you floo over sometime after 4 o'clock US time? I have something HUGE to talk to you about and I need your opinion. I will be leaving for work in an hour, so please respond whether you can come or not before then." Once I finished my message, my stag was on its way.

Jamie woke up at 7:30 and was ready for breakfast. My little early bird is always up before 8. If he sleeps past 8, then I know something is wrong. I make Jamie and myself breakfast, thinking about my date this weekend. As we were eating our breakfast, Hermione responded back. I saw her otter streak in and heard her voice say, "yes, I will see you tonight" before the Patronus disappeared.

I left for my new job early. The walk to the library was only 10 minutes, but I left half an hour before I was to start. I would rather be early than late. I walked into the library and saw my new boss. I said, "Good morning, Mr. Brooks! How are you today?"

Mr. Brooks looked up from his work and smiled, saying, "Amaryllis, please call me Jonathon or Jon. There is no need for you to be calling me 'Mr. Brooks' when we will be working together."

I smiled back and replied, "I will call you Jonathon if you call me Amy. Amaryllis is a mouthful, even for me!"

Jonathon chuckled and said, "deal."

I was introduced to the other workers in the library. Jonathon was in charge and there most of the time, but there were others who came and went throughout the day. Since it was my first day, Jonathon spent most of the time explaining to me what my job was going to be and what was expected of me in the library. It was easy enough. I would be in the front of the library and help people check out books and find what they were looking for. My first shift was a piece of cake, and I foresaw my other shifts being similar.

My new job was mindless work, but I did not mind it. I loved the library when I was in school and this library was just as full of information as the Hogwarts Library. If this job proved to be not as time consuming as I was looking for, maybe I would talk to Tony about working for a few hours a week at Stark Industries. With my history coming out to Tony yesterday, I couldn't stop thinking about everything.

I was out of work by 3, and home by 3:15. As I walked through the door, Jamie toddled over to me to give me a big hug. My baby missed me. I gave him a squeeze, then I thanked Kreacher for watching Jamie. Kreacher loves Jamie.

Jamie started babbling and I listened intently, even though I couldn't understand what he was saying. While Jamie babbled, I kept thinking about Hermione coming over tonight. I told Jamie, "Aunt Hermione is coming over tonight! Isn't that exciting?" After I said that, Jamie started babbling even more excitedly.

As 4 o'clock approached, I couldn't wait for Hermione to get here. It had been 2 weeks since I have seen my best friend. Suddenly, I heard a pop in the foyer. I ran over and stopped when I saw Hermione. I paused, pointed my wand at her, and asked her my safety question, "what nickname did Fred give me when we first started dating?"

Hermione promptly responded, "flower" then gave me a big hug when I lowered my wand.

We started chatting, catching up on what I had missed over in England, while I filled her in on life here for me. Finally, I decided to mention Tony. I started, "Hermione, I met someone. This guy, Tony, he's so nice and sweet and I really like him. It's weird…I feel connected to him. I feel a pull towards him whenever I see him."

Hermione froze, then got excited. She exclaimed, "Amy, you found your soulmate! That pull you feel and the connection you talked about, that sounds just like the soulmate bond I read about in the library years ago. That's so exciting!"

I paused, "So, Tony is my soulmate? Is it possible to have more than one soulmate? Do they change? What about Fred? I feel like I'm betraying him by dating Tony…I only met him 2 weeks ago!"

Hermione looked at me sadly and shook her head, "Fred may have been your soulmate, but he's gone now. When our soulmate dies, we grieve, then we move on. I don't know what it's like to lose my other half, and I pray I never find out, but in your case it's different. If Fred were still alive and you met Tony, you would still feel a connection, but it would be like a best friend bond, not a soulmate bond. You are not betraying Fred by dating Tony. You might feel it's too soon, only meeting him 2 weeks ago, but it's ok to move on. Fred would want you to."

As Hermione finished speaking, I looked at her with tears in my eyes and asked, "are you sure?" Hermione just nodded and hugged me. We continued to talk well into the night. Hermione had to leave the next day, but she spent the night in my new apartment and played with Jamie for as long as she could.

The rest of the week flew by. By the time Saturday came around, I was once again excited for my date. At 4 o'clock, I started getting ready. I had already asked Kreacher to watch Jamie tonight, so I was set there. I also decided that I would tell Tony my story soon. Maybe not tonight, but definitely before our third date. I was giving myself time to tell him. I wasn't ready tonight, but that did not mean I wouldn't be ready in the next few weeks.

When 6 o'clock rolled around, I was waiting for Tony. He was early to the park, but I knew it wasn't in his nature to be early. As it neared 7, I was disappointed. Tony had stood me up. I didn't think he would ever do that to me, but it looks like it happened.

I looked outside and saw a blinding light going towards the sky. As I looked closer, I saw it was coming from Stark Industries. Immediately, I knew that something big had happened, which had kept Tony from our date. I yelled to Kreacher, "watch Jamie," as I bolted out the door and apparated near Stark Industries.

I started calling for Tony as I ran closer. He looked at me and I threw myself in his arms. I started crying softly saying, "I'm so glad you're ok," over and over again. Tony just held me tight and whispered in my ear that he was fine and everything was ok.

Once I had calmed down, I looked around me. I noticed a strawberry blonde woman and a man with brown hair staring at us. I blushed and mumbled an apology as I hid my face in Tony's arm. Tony just chuckled and wrapped his arm around my shoulders.

He gave my shoulder a little shake, then said, "Amy, I would like you to meet my personal assistant, Pepper Potts. Pep, meet Amy. This whole thing with Obie made me miss my date with her."

Pepper looked at me excitedly and said, "I am so glad to meet you! We need to get together sometime soon and get to know each other better. It's so exciting having another girl around. I am always outnumbered."

I giggled and replied, "it's nice to meet you too. And I know what you mean about being outnumbered. Back home, my late husband was one of seven, six of which were boys. Since I was the youngest, I consider them my overprotective older brothers. Plus, my best friends act like older brothers, so I am outnumbered nine boys to three girls. My friends, Hermione and Ginny, felt the same way you do. But Ginny fought back a lot…she was used to having six older brothers. Hermione and I were only children, so we weren't."

When I mentioned nine older brothers, Tony paled. I don't think he was expecting that. Pepper looked shocked as well and started mumbling, "nine older brothers, heaven help poor Tony," which made me giggle again.

The mystery man, who had just been standing there until now, kept staring at me and looking at the scar on my forehead. It made me very uncomfortable. Suddenly, he said, "Lady Potter-Black, it's so nice to finally meet you. I had heard you were now living in the US, but I didn't have the opportunity to meet you."

I stared, then said, "I'm sorry, but who are you?" I was freaked out by now…he addressed me as "Lady Potter-Black," which hardly anyone on this side of the pond did.

He introduced himself as Agent Phil Coulson from some ridiculously long winded company that worked in world security. I stopped paying attention after he said his name. I would have to ask around to find out more about him.

After that, Tony offered to take me home and we could reschedule our date. I agreed and he walked me home. We talked as we went home and he asked more about my life. I hesitated, then suggested we reschedule our date for tomorrow. For our date we would stay in and I would tell him all about my life. As much as I wasn't ready, Tony deserved to know. I just hope he doesn't leave me when he finds out.

A/N: Sorry it's kind of a long chapter! Next one will probably be shorter, but this chapter is hard to compare to with length!