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When did we grow up?

"Mum, Dad…meet Lily Evans, the love of my life."

Lily blushed at James' affectionate words and extended her hand to his parents with a warm, nervous smile. She was staying with the Potters until James and she got a place of their own, but it was the first time she'd met them so she was rather nervous.

"Well Lily, it's a pleasure to meet you my dear," Mr Potter said shaking her hand with a grin on his face, which instantly reminded her of James. This immediately calmed her nerves slightly. All her anxiety however was abolished the minute Mrs Potter crushed her into a warm embrace saying,

"Ohhh Lily, we've heard SO much about you, oh and you're beautiful, please, please have a seat…"

Lily grinned and took the place next to James on the cream sofa in the sunny living room while Margaret Potter busied herself with getting some tea. Fred Potter sat in the chair opposite the engaged couple and started asking questions.

"So Lily Evans…wow James has been on about you since third year! A lot to live up to you have…" He said with a wink. Lily giggled and turned slightly pink as she shot a look at James who merely smiled and draped an arm around her shoulders.

"Well sir I certainly hope I'm up for it!" This earned a laugh from James' father and approving smile was shot at James. Mrs. Potter was now pushing a plate of biscuits and a mug of tea into Lily's hands and with a huge smile said,

"Shush Freddy, she's a star…I can tell already!"

"I know Margaret, I know! So Lily, are you planning on becoming an Auror like our James then? By the way son, you'll need to sign that application I've left in your room, I added my reference when you Owled it to me last week. I'll hand it in sometime tomorrow".

"Right, cool Dad…Well Lily wants to work at the Ministry too, but she doesn't wanna be an Auror."

"Oh really? What do you want to do then my dear?"

"Well sir, if you'll excuse me for saying so, The Ministry isn't exactly…the most reliable of places anymore…" Lily began.

"Not at all dear! Dumbledore and I have this conversation about once a week!" Mr Potter said jovially.

"Yes absolutely Despicable!" Margaret added harshly but sent an encouraging smile at Lily to continue.

"Damn bloody right..." James put in before she resumed talking which made his mother glare at his language.

"JAMES POTTER!"

"Mum! I only said damn!" This earned him yet another sharp look.

Lily chuckled, "Yes well, I've thought about it a lot and I've applied for a position in the Wizarding and Muggle Relations department. I really like working with people, and well…I honestly think I'd like to put out the message that a murderous wizard is out there! The ministry shouldn't be ignoring it!" she exclaimed passionately.

"Well I never thought much of the girls James and Sirius brought home but you've got yourself a keeper here Jamesie boy!" James father said impressed at her speech.

"Dadd!" James whined looking a little embarrassed as Lily gave him a teasing poke. "Oh you should meet Iv as well…Sirius is head over heels."

"I dare say he won't admit it either?" Mrs Potter exclaimed with a knowing tut-tut. Lily giggled and nodded.

"Oh Ivana Petrova, yes she was lovely we met her at the Chaterjee New Year party I remember! Shame about her family..." Mr Potter looked extremely troubled and suddenly looked as though he felt even worse when James sent him a glare and Margaret gave him a shove. "Oh Lily! Oh…I'm terribly sorry…that was a tragedy with your parents…" He looked extremely concerned as Lily met him with her emerald eyes.

"Yes sir…but please don't worry about it…I'm just glad I have James"

Mr Potter still looked sorry but a little more relieved.

"So who wants dinner? Andd who'd like to discuss the wedding?" Mrs Potter announced breaking the silence.

Lily and James' mum squealed and hurried to the table whilst the two men looked amused but rather weary at the thought.

Remus was unpacking his last box when there was a knock at the door. He quickly dusted off his hands and crossed the small, homely flat's newly carpeted floor to the front door and swung it open. Sirius stood in the doorway leaning against the frame with a lopsided smile on his face. His hair was messier than usual and he had traces of stubble on his face.

"Alright neighbour?" he said in a funny voice coming into the apartment.

Remus had rented the flat directly opposite the one Sirius owned, and he could already see his friend would probably be over at all times. He chuckled at the prospect and left Sirius to plonk onto his sofa and put his feet up, to cross the hallway into Sirius' open flat. Sirius had owned the place far longer than Remus had leased his, but there were still boxes everywhere. The only visible thing he could see that Sirius had unpacked was three photographs which stood on the small table next to the leather sofa in the middle of the bare room.

One was of the seven of them on their last day at Hogwarts. They were all grinning and waving at the camera with a perfect view of the castle in the background. Sirius with his arms around Lily and Diya as Ivana was being crushed in a hug by Remus and James. Peter had offered to take the picture and so had caught Sirius blowing kisses at the camera. Remus laughed as he remembered the reason for this was because Professor McGonagall had been standing beside Peter as he did this. The next photo was an extremely funny one Ivana had taken of the Marauders. They all had their arms around each other, Sirius ruffling James' hair and holding Remus in a headlock. Peter was kneeling on the floor laughing in front of them with Sirius' knee holding him down. It had been the day where Sirius had heard of some wizard named 'Serayus the Conqueror' in the History of Magic. He had been so taken by the likeness of the name, he'd begged the Marauders to let him pose like the warrior. They were all rolling their eyes at Sirius' triumphant expression but grinning nonetheless. The last was an artistic, timed shot Ivana took of her and Sirius by the lake. He had his arms wrapped around her waist and she was looking at him with a smile as he stared into her eyes. The sun in the picture was glinting as the couple in the photo smiled at each other.

Remus turned to see Sirius behind him grinning.

"She'd kill me if she saw this stubble you know..." he was saying as he rubbed his scratchy chin. "But no more school, no more rules!"

Remus laughed and as if on queue Ivana apparated into the flat. She threw Sirius a disgusted look as he headed to kiss her.

"Sirius Black if you think I'm kissing that face, you have got another thing coming!"

"Oh come on love…it looks manly!"

"Scary more-like!" Ivana muttered. "Oh hello Rem…all settled? Better than this fool.." she said indicating Sirius with her head when Remus had nodded.

"I resent that!"

Ivana ignored him. "Anyway I'm here to enlist your help! Me and Diya are a bit overwhelmed with all the unpacking, so d'you reckon you can come give us a hand?"

"Yeah sure! Give me a sec.." Remus agreed and crossed the hall to lock his door which Sirius had without doubt left wide-open.

"…You know Ivana…Unpacking…it sorta needs some manly strength...and if I go shave off my beard then…you'll just be stuck with a weakling." Sirius said slyly in a slow voice putting on a pout.

Ivana laughed and kissed him briefly. "You git! Well…I s'pose it isn't too bad.."

He gave an exaggerated roar of triumph and pulled her in for another kiss. Remus walked in at that moment and gave a little cough which broke them apart quickly. Although he was grinning and Sirius had a sheepish smile, Ivana was positively horrified – she hated public displays of affection, least of all when she'd just called her boyfriend a hairy beast.

Without waiting a second longer, she apparated with a pop.

"Nice one Padfoot!"

"Ahh I was always the ladies man! Lets go!"

Remus rolled his eyes and laughed. "Sure you were mate…and wait a jif to at least lock up you git!" He then apparated to Diya and Ivana's flat leaving Sirius looking annoyed.

"Ohoo…why bother with this locking business!" He said exasperatedly. Then realising the stupidity in his own comment he sent a spell at the door to lock it and apparated away.

Diya sat on the floor sobbing when Ivana returned.

"DI! Why are you crying?"

She sniffled as she sat in front of one of the boxes clutching a photograph. Ivana was afraid it would be one of Remus, so she looked at it apprehensively. She then burst into a fit of giggles. "You're joking right!"

"NOO…sniff…I…sniff…misss it!" Diya replied wiping her eyes and staring at the photo of her mansion. "Just look at this dump Ivana…even if we do manage to unpack…how will it ever look like home?"

Ivana sighed. "Oh Di…don't be such a dramaqueen.. ok so it won't be a beautiful mansion…but it'll be OURS! How brilliant is that?"

Diya sniffed and a small smile played on her lips. "Yeah I guess…"

"Idiot!" Ivana said affectionately as she pulled her friend into a hug.

Two loud cracks were heard as Remus and Sirius arrived in the flat. When Sirius saw the two girls embracing he sat in an armchair and conjured up a bag of sweets as he watched with wide eyes. "Oi Rem!...Good show eh? Have a bean.."

Remus rolled his eyes and looked rather awkwardly at Diya as Ivana and she separated.

"Ughh Sirius you're such a guy!" Ivana said disgustedly.

"Thanks babe that's what it said on the birth certificate!"

"..I think I preferred it when he brooded…" Ivana mused rolling her eyes and throwing a pillow at Sirius who playfully headed it back at her.

"Ahem…anyway you guys need help?" Remus asked politely.

"Yeah thanks Rem…if you can start with those boxes..that'd be great.." Diya said smiling.

The three got to work as Sirius lounged in the arm chair looking bored.

"Ivana..?"

"Sirius." She gave him a deathly glare.

"Um…yeh nevermind…Remus?"

Remus sighed heavily and asked, "What now Padfoot?"

"Erm…hang on I don't want a scary wolf on my hands" This earned him an irritated glare, so he quickly turned to Diya. "Diya mate…"

"Yes Sirius?"

"Why are you guys acting like Muggles?"

The three young adults looked at Sirius wearily questioning his comment.

"Uh…hello we're not like 4th years…we're in the real world now!" Sirius said giving them all a condescending look as he got to his feet and drew out his wand. "Locomotor Diya and Ivana's stuff…" He waved his wand in a complicated fashion and directed the objects quickly to their places. With household items flying above their heads the others ducked and sent Sirius annoyed looks. He didn't seem to notice them as everything finally came to a standstill in its correct place. He then grinned at the others who looked a little sulky.

"Now for some decoration," he announced waving his wand turning everything in the apartment violet and black.

"UGH how depressing…this isn't your place Sirius!" Diya whined.

"God…no wonder he never bothered unpacking while he was alone…he needed to show off in front of everyone!" Remus stated and then waved his wand so the room turned into warm shades of scarlet and gold.

"Hmm…not bad, but I'm trying to get away from the whole school spirit stuff…" Diya said with a smile and waved her wand. Instantly the room's colours changed to green and silver.

"Hmm…so instead you thought you'd go all Slytherin on us?" Sirius mocked, while she looked confused.

"OH ENOUGH!" Ivana burst in a fed up voice. She concentrated and waved her wand turning the room into cool shades of blue and calming sea green with white sofas and light tables.

"Perfect!" Diya exclaimed collapsing onto a chair. Remus agreed and patted Ivana on the back and joined Diya sitting. Sirius stood behind Ivana looking sulky.

"Well...sure it's easy for an artist and that…"

"Shut it Sirius…" she said giving him a rare public kiss on the cheek.

Two weeks later Sirius was rushing madly around his flat looking for something. With a crack James apparated directly in and looked at him puzzedly.

"Dude, we have to be at Auror training in literally five minutes."

Sirius looked up from the box he was rummaging through and stared at James with a weird expression on his face. He then started laughing like a madman at his friend whose usually messy mop of hair was neatly combed down with water. Or at least Margaret Potter had attempted to comb it down. Defiant pieces were sticking out all over the place, giving James a rather ridiculous appearance. "Ok ok Padfoot…I just needed to get out the house, relax" he said with a sigh and messed up his hair so that it looked as though he'd just won a Quidditch match.

"Aww but Prongs you looked so sweet!" Sirius mocked as he returned to his searching.

"What are you looking for?"

"Would you believe - my wand?"

"Considering it's you and the state of this flat…yes."

"Oi Sirius, you idiot…forget something last night?" Remus said walking into the room and tossing his wand at him.

"Thanks Moony!" he said catching it in one swift movement.

"Alright Moony? Ready for the goblins?" James asked.

"Aghh don't remind me! Wish I was doing something as interesting as you!"

"So come join Auror training you fool! You were top of Defence Against the Dark Arts for gods sake! What Ministry wouldn't want you?" Sirius said proudly.

"Apparently this one, who'd want a werewolf Auror Padfoot? Even if he was alright at Defence.."

"Brilliant you mean!" James corrected which made Remus smile.

"Nah it's alright…Public Relations department at Gringotts aint too bad I s'pose."

"Yeah better than Wormtail! Poor guy's got stuck running his mother's writing supplies shop." James said sympathetically.

"Seen Wormtail then have you? Corr I aint seen that fool in ages!" Sirius exclaimed.

"Sirius, you saw him the day we got our results!"

"Yeah but he went off in a mood cos he only got one acceptable!"

"Well…he only did four NEWTs.." Remus put in trying to be fair.

"Yeah spose I'd go mad if I got any Trolls.." Sirius had received only one mark lower than Remus, having received four O's, two E's. Remus had managed five O's and an E while James had surprised them all receiving 6 O's! The girls hadn't done badly either, Ivana getting all E's and one O and Diya all A's. Of course Lily had surpassed them all, which was pretty amazing considering she did two more subjects than all of them – 8 perfect O's and a special award for the top five marks in England for Charms.

"Anyway lads, love to stay and chat, but Goblins can get pretty nasty!" Remus joked as he apparated to work.

"Let's all do something one of these nights ok James? Just the Marauders…"

"No Ivana?" James asked with a raised eyebrow.

"No…and no Lily either, I miss my mates…" Sirius said firmly.

"Why Padfoot…you've gone soft!" James joked.

"Stuff it Jamesie!" Sirius laughed lunging at his friend, but missed as he apparated to work. Sirius grinned and also left.

Diya smiled brightly at the customer who walked into the small boutique in Diagon Alley. She frowned however as the other, more eager assistant Maxine Malkin ran to greet her. Diya was at her dream job, a clothes store – however the shop was owned by an old woman who had little creativity and seemed to prefer Miss Malkin to herself. Diya rested her chin on her propped up arm and let out a sigh. Just then the door of the shop opened and Rahul Patil walked through the door. Diya couldn't have been happier; Maxine was busy with the other customer as she greeted her Indian friend.

"DIYA!" He said with a slightly accented voice and went to hug her.

"Hallo Rohan…looking handsome, need any assistance?" Diya asked flirtatiously, sensing her old self – before Remus dumped her- returning.

"Well Miss Petrova, I'm incredibly impressed with your work!" Patricia Blunt exclaimed as she flipped through Ivana's portfolio and CV.

"Thanks Miss, Photography has always been my favourite part of my artwork, and as you can see I adore taking pictures of people!" Ivana said confidently.

"I can indeed…when can you start?" Miss Blunt, editor in chief of Witch Weekly asked eagerly obviously looking for fresh blood.

Ivana grinned and spoke up happily, "Now if you'd like! Wow…I can't believe it…thank you so much! I always thought it was difficult for people just out of school to get employment."

"Yes…yes well it is…but with your talent Ivana…you could go far. Anyway, splendid! We have a celebrity couple getting married and we need some good artistic shots of them dancing, to put with the feature article." Patricia announced leading her to a studio where two famous Wizarding singers were waiting. Although Ivana fought the urge to roll her eyes at their mindless conversation, she fell happily into her deep love of her work as she began to click.

Lily sat at a desk with a Wizard from the Department of Education. She had been placed almost immediately in a front line role when her boss had seen her marks, and heard her speak of her passions.

"Well no I do not think Hogwarts should close, despite the many attacks. Sir, Albus Dumbledore is capable, and already keeps his school at top-most security. The kids are better off there than they are at home!"

"But Miss..Eckins…would it be wise to trust Dumbledore? He often has such radical ideas.."

"It's Evans…and I would trust Dumbledore with my life! So, for that matter would most people."

"But would it not be wise to transfer the students to Durmstrang for a term perhaps? Just until things quieten down?"

"No Mr. Codswallop, I do not think that is wise. For several reasons, one being Hogwarts is the best Wizarding School especially for students in the UK, as they would not have to travel so far. Second, things will not quieten down…the Ministry and your department must realise this!"

"You have a lot of cheek for someone who's only just started Miss Ellen!"

"It's EVANS! And if you don't mind me saying sir, perhaps a lot of cheek is better than being so utterly passive!"

"FINE…let them stay at Hogwarts…I daresay Dumbledore will go mad within the year, but apparently that's being rather passive!" The Wizard then scraped back his chair and with an angry swish of his robes burst from Lily's office past a grinning head of department.

Mark Bones was a young, successful Wizard at the Ministry, and prided himself on agreeing with Dumbledore, and putting out radical actions.

"Well Miss Evans, I daresay you'll be doing brilliantly here," he said looking impressed.

Lily blushed crimson but wore a wide smile on her flushed face.

Sirius was snoozing at the back of the room, while the lecturer explained about the different tasks involved in Auror training. James however was paying close attention, even making notes. If Lily had seen him now, she would've been proud.

"Wazzat?" Sirius said stupidly awakening with a start. James shot him a look and indicated for him to listen.

Sirius leaned back in his chair and tried to listen to the lecture, but he was extremely bored. It just seemed like school all over again!

"Mr….you, Black..!" The Auror was saying.

"Yeah?"

"Come here and perform a Patronus if you please?" The handsome man ordered icily folding his arms and shooting Sirius an annoyed look. James was alarmed. Sirius was good at Defence against the Dark Arts…but sometimes his Patronus wasn't a corporal, full formed one but simply wisps of silver. Sirius however didn't seem in the least worried as he strolled to the front of the class cocking a grin at the unimpressed Auror. The girls in the room looked excited as they saw two very handsome men standing in front of them. Two girls seemed to be fighting over whether the Auror: Michael Porter was better looking or Sirius Black. For a moment, James was reminded of the giggly Gryffindor girls chatting in the common room.

Sirius was taking out his wand and twirling it in his fingers drawing sighs from the girls, with the exception of Alice Longbottom who simply cast her worried husband Frank an adoring look. "Ok Black…on three. One…"

Sirius didn't wait and shouted, "Expecto Patronum!" A silvery dog raced from his wand and charged at Auror Porter running circles around him until it disappeared. The class burst into applause, James with a sigh of relief.

"Good enough for you Sir?" Sirius asked sarcastically as the young man glared at him.

"You didn't obey orders Black…I said on three – you went on ONE! In the real world, you could've been dead! ALWAYS, ALWAYS an Auror must have constant vigilance…and listen to everything his superior tells him! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME CLASS?" Porter was seething, his short blonde hair, getting slightly dishevelled.

"YES SIR!" The class replied, shocked that Sirius had made a mistake.

"And you Mr.Black?" The Auror asked politely.

"Yeah, yeah.." Sirius said walking back to his seat and slumping in it. James cast him a sympathetic glance while Porter resumed talking.

"Now can anyone else please demonstrate…actually obeying orders this time?"

The majority of the class put up their hands and waved them frantically. Porter called on James who performed the charm perfectly: a silver stag bursting from his wand when the Auror said three.

"BRILLIANT Potter! Glad to see you're not like your mate.."

James tried to hide a smile when he was praised out of loyalty to Sirius, but didn't quite manage.

Sirius was scowling.

"Thank you for visiting Gringotts…a goblin will take you to your vault now." Remus said in a pleasant but extremely bored tone. He checked the wall clock with a sigh and realised he still had two hours until lunch. He sighed but quickly began scratching down some figures with his Quill when his nearby boss shot him a warning look.

"Um…hello I have some money I'd like to exchange?" A nervous looking dark haired woman asked him. He was suddenly struck by her beautiful blue eyes which seemed almost purple.

"Oh…..yes?" Remus said shaking himself from the trance the woman seemed to have in her eyes.

"Yes…my son, he got a letter from a school named…Liam what was it again?"

"Hogwarts mum!"

"Yes…Hogwarts…and he needs to buy his supplies, but the shops in Degon Alley.."

"..DIAGON ALLEY mum!" Liam interrupted

"Ohh…you're a muggle I suppose?" Remus said with a chuckle then felt like smacking himself at his choice of words.

"Um…yes that's what the Headmaster told us…White beard…Dumbledore?"

"Oh yes, I've just graduated from Hogwarts, yes and we'll exchange your money" Remus said with a smile. The woman looked grateful as she plonked down some pound notes and Remus began to exchange them. He then carefully explained what each coin was worth whilst stealing glances at her out the corner of his eye.

"YES! That sounds amazing…Mumm, can I go with these two to the ice-cream place? It's just around the corner…" Liam interrupted gesturing towards two boys he'd obviously made friends with while she'd been talking to Remus.

"I don't know love.."

"S'alrite Miss…I'm from a full Wizard family, Ill keep him outta trouble!" the little boy with red hair and freckles assured her. The woman looked rather sceptical but Remus put in hurriedly,

"It's alright Ma'am that's Bill Weasley, I know the family well – he'll keep Liam from any trouble, and I'll escort you to the ice-cream shop myself after we're done here.." He tried to hide a blush at his eagerness. The woman looked in two minds but finally agreed and the boys ran off happily, Liam clutching a galleon Remus had tossed him from the pile.

"Sorry…I um...worry, single mothers and all" she explained as she gathered up the money.

As Remus retrieved a form for her to sign, his heart gave a little jolt. Single?

"Hope you don't mind me asking…" Remus began as he escorted the woman out of Gringotts after informing his boss of a five minute break. "But you look awfully young to be a mum?"

The woman giggled and her purple eyes sparkled. "Had Liam when I was fifteen…I know I know what you're thinking! But I really loved his dad." Her face fell a little as she said this.

"I wasn't thinking anything at all!" Remus said politely, which made her smile.

"Well…yes so one day he just upped and left! Disappeared…literally. He was a wizard, I found out from the Headmaster at Hogwarts."

There was an awkward silence as they came towards the ice-cream place. "So…that'd make you only about twenty-six?" Remus asked cheekily breaking the silence.

"Why..Mr Lupin, don't ask a lady her age! But you're only eighteen then aren't you? If you've just graduated.." She replied laughing.

"Yeah, but I'm pretty mature…please call me Remus"

"I can see that…well Remus, thanks very much…I hope to see you soon," she added suggestively.

"But I don't know your name…"

"Holly Ashbery…see you Remus!" she provided with a wink and then went to collect her son.

Remus had a broad smile on his face as he returned to his boring job.

Peter awkwardly sat at a stool behind the counter in his mum's shop as she went to do some shopping. There were no customers, but he felt rather jumpy at any slight noise. So when the bell above the door tinkled and two people in dark cloaks walked in, he almost fell off his stool. The man stood back glancing out of the door cautiously whilst the woman approached Peter.

"He-he-hello Les-Lestrange.." Peter stuttered.

The beautiful woman with dark black hair and familiar grey eyes let out a high pitched laugh. The eyes were cold, so unlike our other favourite grey-eyed member of the Black family.

"Come now Pettigrew…I thought we were on better terms than that?" Bellatrix Lestrange sneered.

"Hello Bella…Rudolphus.." The man at the door nodded in recognition of Peter's greeting.

"And…how is my dear cousin…Sirius Black?"

"He's ok…"

"He doesn't deserve the name Black is what he is! And the other blood traitor? Potter…and his mudblood Evans was it Rudolphus?"

"Yes Bella.." Rudolphus Lestrange said in a dignified, snotty voice from the doorway.

"Um…yeah they're all working.." Peter answered nervously. Bellatrix had an ugly expression on her stunning face, but regained her composure to say simply,

"Well…we shall be in touch Peter.." Then she and her husband lifted the hoods of their cloaks and slipped from the store into a nearby dark alleyway.

Peter shivered and hugged himself tightly.

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