Fate

Part 2- The McDonald's experience

A/N This takes place Five years after the first part. And for those of you who don't know what ' Coke-bottle glasses' are, they're glasses with really thick lenses, like the bottom of a glass coke bottle.

Disclaimer: I don't own Lily or James. JKR does. And I don't own McDonalds or Happy meals or any of that stuff.

" Can we please go out for dinner Mum? Pleeeeeeeeeeeease?" Begged Petunia Johnston, pulling on her mother's leg trying to get her mothers attention.

"I said no 'Tunia."

" But-"

"But nothing." And she went back to fixing dinner.

" Mummy?"

" What Lily dearest?" Cooed Violet at her younger daughter.

" Can we go to McDonalds for dinner?"

Violet sighed. Ask Daddy when he comes home.

"Ask me what?" Hal walked into the kitchen and kissed his wife and daughters.

"Can we go to McDonalds for dinner Daddy?" Lily asked quietly

"Of course deary."

Petunia looked at her sister with venom in her eyes. Lily just smiled sweetly then stuck out her tongue at her sister.

Meanwhile across town....

"Let's do something Mugglish tonight." Jason Potter suggested. " You look tiered. We'll go to a Muggle restaurant for dinner."

" A Muggle restaurant? Really?" Seven year old Matt couldn't believe his ears. He'd never been to a Muggle restaurant before.

"What restaurant should we go to?" Ginny asked her husband.

" Well, I was thinking about McDonalds." Replied Jason.

"What's a restaurant?" Asked five year old James, but in the rush to get in the car no one heard him.

"We'll have one cheeseburger happy meal, one hamburger happy meal, a big mac, and a crispy chicken meal. All with Coke." Hal Johnston told the acne-ridden teenager behind the counter.

" Would you like fries with that?"

Hal shook his head. As the kid got their food, Hal looked around the crowded restaurant. His eyes came to rest on a man with his family. A very familiar man, with unruly black hair and piercing blue eyes hid behind coke-bottle glasses.

Hal shook off his creepy feeling, picked up his food and walked over to his family. As he passed the familiar man, he caught fragment that family's conversation.

"... Muggles have good food, Daddy. "

"... Yeah. We should do this more often. "

" Maybe we will James."

James. Why did that name sound familiar? He looked at the boy named James. He looked about Lily's age... That's it! It was that weird family that had been at the hospital when Lily was born! The man had known the weird older man who had been wearing a purple cloak, and had known Violets name.

" Excuse me sir, can we help you with something?"

"What?" Hal snapped out of his thoughts.

" You were staring at us... Hey! You're the father of that little girl Matt ran away with in the hospital that day!"

Hal nodded.

" You know, we never did get properly introduced. I'm Jason Potter. This is my wife, Virginia, and our two sons, Matt and James."

By this time, Violet, Petunia and Lily had come up behind Hal. " I'm Hal Johnston, this is my wife Violet, and our daughters, Petunia and Lily."

" Well, Hal, pull up a table and take a load off."

The families had a wonderful dinner. It turned out they had a lot in common. Matt and James were amazed at the Muggle stories that Hal told them. Neither of the boys had ever talked to a Muggle before, so they had lots of fun.

But then it was time to leave.

"We'll have to get together some time soon, Jason." Hal said as they left the restaurant. Jason nodded. Then the families went their separate ways.

A/N Ok. I know this part sucks. But, I promise it will get better. Lily starts at Hogwarts in the next part, so it'll be more interesting.