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A/N: I just want to thank all you nice people who reviewed and I'm sorry that my chappies aren't longer. I've been trying to get them longer! I really have!! But anyway. I hope you enjoy!
Monday
Monday morning lily woke up and got ready to go to work. She pulled on a pair of light blue robes and pulled her hair back into a braid. She then apparated to the Ministry of Magic where she worked in the Department of Investigations. She saw her friend and co-worker, Michelle Farnway, grabbing a roll at a counter.
"Hello Michelle," Lily called to her.
"Hi Lily. Hey! Why didn't you tell me you were engaged? And to James Potter!" Michelle asked Lily.
"What are you talking about?" Lily asked, bewildered.
"This." Michelle shoved a copy of the Daily Prophet under Lily's nose. In it she saw a picture of her and James. A picture that James' parents had taken on Saturday when she was over at their house. 'They said they wanted it for a photo album. Ugh! I didn't want people to know this soon!' Lily thought angrily. "Why didn't you tell me?" Michelle asked again.
"Umm-uh w-we weren't telling people right away," Lily stammered.
"Well you shouldn't keep a thing like this from your friend."
"Sorry Michelle."
"It's all right. Anyway, congratulations Lily!" Michelle said as she hugged Lily.
"Th-thanks."
"So when's the wedding going to be?" Michelle asked.
"We haven't quite decided yet. Sometime next year."
"Awesome. This is really a surprise. I didn't even realize that you two were seeing each other."
"Well, it was kind of a spur-of-the-moment kind of thing."
"Oh, well, we should start working. Congratulations again, Lily."
"Thanks."
This went on for the rest of the day. People offering congratulations to Lily and she accepting all the while acting like this was one of her happiest moments. Her cheeks hurt at having to smile so much and she was starting to get sick of the word "congratulations."
Lily got home that night and found a letter waiting for her on her bed. She opened it and looked at the signature at the bottom. It was from James. Lily sighed and began reading.
Evans, I'm going to assume that you've seen the paper and have realized what my parents did. I've been confirming that we're getting married. I would hope that you're doing the same.
James
Lily threw down the letter. Why wouldn't she confirm it? 'She' asked 'him' to marry her. Lily finally came to the conclusion that James was a stupid moron who didn't deserve to live.
Saturday
Saturday morning Lily woke up and stretched. 'Finally', she thought, 'I won't have anyone taking about me and James.' Lily was meeting her old roommates from school this afternoon for a butterbeer and some shopping.
Lily cleaned and helped her mother until it was time for her to get ready. After she changed, Lily apparated in Hogsmeade. She walked to the Three Broomsticks, where she was meeting her friends. She saw them sitting at a booth in the back and walked over to them.
"Hey guys. What's up?" Lily asked as she approached the table.
"Hey Lily. Congratulations on you engagement. I read about it in the paper," Her friend, Liana, replied.
"Ugh. Can we please talk about something else? I mean, I'm happy but I'm kind of a little sick of hearing about it," Lily said as she sat down beside another friend named Cassandra.
Lily ordered a butterbeer and sat back and started talking to her friends. Liana, Cassandra, and another friend named Nataliye were all in the same year in Gryffindor. The four had kept in contact over the past year since graduating.
"So how's your job going, Lily?" Nataliye asked.
"Oh, there's good things and bad things. The work's interesting, but some of my co-workers suck," Lily replied, "how's yours?"
"Fine."
"I am so glad to be off school for the weekend, "Cassandra said after a moment.
"Why?" Liana asked.
"Well, it's just that studying to be a doctor is sooo tiring. Some of my classes are interesting, but the homework is so much. More than we ever got in Hogwarts.," Cassandra answered.
"Glad it's you and not me," Lily said with a smile.
"Oh be quiet."
They all laughed at that and talked a little more. Then Nataliye and Liana, who were facing the door, looked up in surprise.
"Hey Lily," Liana asked, "were you supposed to meet James Potter today?"
"No. Why?"
"Because he just walked in with Sirius Black and Remus Lupin."
Lily turned and saw James and his friends walking toward a booth. Remus nudged James and said something to him. James then looked in Lily's direction and his mouth dropped into a kind of "Oh" expression. She turned away quickly and thought, 'Uh-oh. What on earth is *he* doing here?'
James had similar thoughts in his head, but his were more, shall we say "expressive," than Lily's.
James, Sirius, and Remus approached the table where Lily, Liana, Nataliye, and Cassandra were sitting. James reached down and pulled Lily up to him and kissed her cheek.
"Hello my love," James said, "I didn't know you were coming here today."
"I'm just out with my friends, dear," Lily said in a sugary voice. She was acting just as much as James was. "You remember them, don't you, James? They were in our year." Lily knew that James remembered the many pranks that he had played on the four girls in school. This was part of the reason why Lily and James disliked each other. Lily was one of the few people who yelled at James and played pranks back on him.
"Of course I remember them, Lily," James said.
"Why don't you all sit with us," Nataliye said.
"Thanks," the three men spoke up one after another.
Remus slid in the booth next to Liana and Nataliye and James sat next to Lily. Sirius pulled a chair over from another table and sat backwards in it at the end of the table. A waitress came over and took the three men's orders and left. James put an arm around Lily and she stiffened, but then relaxed, remembering that they were supposed to be engaged. She didn't like it, but she'd do anything to avoid marrying Severus Snape.
"So what are you girls up to today?" Remus asked.
"Well, after we finish our drinks, we're going shopping," Cassandra replied.
"Ah. So what are you all doing now that you've graduated?" questioned Remus.
"I'm going to college to be a doctor. I want to work at St. Mungo's," Cassandra answered him with a smile. Lily always knew that Cassandra liked Remus Lupin, in spite of all the pranks he had helped play on the girls.
"I'm working at the Ministry in the Department of Magical Games and Sports," Liana said. She had been on the Quidditch team at school and enjoyed her work immensely.
"I'm working in the Department of Muggle Affairs," chimed Nataliye. She was a muggle-born, like Lily, and so worked well with muggles.
"What do you all do?" asked Liana.
"We're all aurors," James answered her. The seven talked for a few more minutes, then the girls said that they had to go. They paid for their drinks, said good-bye to the guys, and left, after Lily and James exchanged a quick kiss.
The four girls walked down the street towards a robe shop. They walked in and immediately began trying on robes and gossiping. Lily carefully kept the subjects away from her wedding to James. That was one topic that she did not want to discuss. Lily and James had probably talked more today than they had in all their years at Hogwarts, which didn't say much about how their marriage was going to go.
The girls went into several other shops after the robe shop, after which they all disapparated home. Lily showed her mother what she had gotten while out shopping and then went up to her room. She was thinking about James' behavior as she lay on her bed staring at her ceiling. She was thinking that James was an excellent actor. No one looking at them would be able to tell that they hated each other.
Lily hated the thought of lying to her parents by pretending that she was in love with James Potter. But she had to pretend or face a really bad alternative. Lily cringed as she thought of her and James' marriage. 'It's probably going to be fighting all the time,' she thought with dismay. 'And then we'll have to go out and pretend that we're happily married.'
Lily started remembering James' actions back in school. For some reason, James hated her from the moment he saw her. He played so many pranks on her, such as feeding her owl a Filibuster Firework, and causing all of her homework to disappear. And he "always" made her look bad in Transfiguration.
Now, she was marrying him. Almost nothing could be worse in her mind. "Ugh," she said as she turned over, "Potter, why do you have to mess up my life so bad?"
A/N: I just want to thank all you nice people who reviewed and I'm sorry that my chappies aren't longer. I've been trying to get them longer! I really have!! But anyway. I hope you enjoy!
Monday
Monday morning lily woke up and got ready to go to work. She pulled on a pair of light blue robes and pulled her hair back into a braid. She then apparated to the Ministry of Magic where she worked in the Department of Investigations. She saw her friend and co-worker, Michelle Farnway, grabbing a roll at a counter.
"Hello Michelle," Lily called to her.
"Hi Lily. Hey! Why didn't you tell me you were engaged? And to James Potter!" Michelle asked Lily.
"What are you talking about?" Lily asked, bewildered.
"This." Michelle shoved a copy of the Daily Prophet under Lily's nose. In it she saw a picture of her and James. A picture that James' parents had taken on Saturday when she was over at their house. 'They said they wanted it for a photo album. Ugh! I didn't want people to know this soon!' Lily thought angrily. "Why didn't you tell me?" Michelle asked again.
"Umm-uh w-we weren't telling people right away," Lily stammered.
"Well you shouldn't keep a thing like this from your friend."
"Sorry Michelle."
"It's all right. Anyway, congratulations Lily!" Michelle said as she hugged Lily.
"Th-thanks."
"So when's the wedding going to be?" Michelle asked.
"We haven't quite decided yet. Sometime next year."
"Awesome. This is really a surprise. I didn't even realize that you two were seeing each other."
"Well, it was kind of a spur-of-the-moment kind of thing."
"Oh, well, we should start working. Congratulations again, Lily."
"Thanks."
This went on for the rest of the day. People offering congratulations to Lily and she accepting all the while acting like this was one of her happiest moments. Her cheeks hurt at having to smile so much and she was starting to get sick of the word "congratulations."
Lily got home that night and found a letter waiting for her on her bed. She opened it and looked at the signature at the bottom. It was from James. Lily sighed and began reading.
Evans, I'm going to assume that you've seen the paper and have realized what my parents did. I've been confirming that we're getting married. I would hope that you're doing the same.
James
Lily threw down the letter. Why wouldn't she confirm it? 'She' asked 'him' to marry her. Lily finally came to the conclusion that James was a stupid moron who didn't deserve to live.
Saturday
Saturday morning Lily woke up and stretched. 'Finally', she thought, 'I won't have anyone taking about me and James.' Lily was meeting her old roommates from school this afternoon for a butterbeer and some shopping.
Lily cleaned and helped her mother until it was time for her to get ready. After she changed, Lily apparated in Hogsmeade. She walked to the Three Broomsticks, where she was meeting her friends. She saw them sitting at a booth in the back and walked over to them.
"Hey guys. What's up?" Lily asked as she approached the table.
"Hey Lily. Congratulations on you engagement. I read about it in the paper," Her friend, Liana, replied.
"Ugh. Can we please talk about something else? I mean, I'm happy but I'm kind of a little sick of hearing about it," Lily said as she sat down beside another friend named Cassandra.
Lily ordered a butterbeer and sat back and started talking to her friends. Liana, Cassandra, and another friend named Nataliye were all in the same year in Gryffindor. The four had kept in contact over the past year since graduating.
"So how's your job going, Lily?" Nataliye asked.
"Oh, there's good things and bad things. The work's interesting, but some of my co-workers suck," Lily replied, "how's yours?"
"Fine."
"I am so glad to be off school for the weekend, "Cassandra said after a moment.
"Why?" Liana asked.
"Well, it's just that studying to be a doctor is sooo tiring. Some of my classes are interesting, but the homework is so much. More than we ever got in Hogwarts.," Cassandra answered.
"Glad it's you and not me," Lily said with a smile.
"Oh be quiet."
They all laughed at that and talked a little more. Then Nataliye and Liana, who were facing the door, looked up in surprise.
"Hey Lily," Liana asked, "were you supposed to meet James Potter today?"
"No. Why?"
"Because he just walked in with Sirius Black and Remus Lupin."
Lily turned and saw James and his friends walking toward a booth. Remus nudged James and said something to him. James then looked in Lily's direction and his mouth dropped into a kind of "Oh" expression. She turned away quickly and thought, 'Uh-oh. What on earth is *he* doing here?'
James had similar thoughts in his head, but his were more, shall we say "expressive," than Lily's.
James, Sirius, and Remus approached the table where Lily, Liana, Nataliye, and Cassandra were sitting. James reached down and pulled Lily up to him and kissed her cheek.
"Hello my love," James said, "I didn't know you were coming here today."
"I'm just out with my friends, dear," Lily said in a sugary voice. She was acting just as much as James was. "You remember them, don't you, James? They were in our year." Lily knew that James remembered the many pranks that he had played on the four girls in school. This was part of the reason why Lily and James disliked each other. Lily was one of the few people who yelled at James and played pranks back on him.
"Of course I remember them, Lily," James said.
"Why don't you all sit with us," Nataliye said.
"Thanks," the three men spoke up one after another.
Remus slid in the booth next to Liana and Nataliye and James sat next to Lily. Sirius pulled a chair over from another table and sat backwards in it at the end of the table. A waitress came over and took the three men's orders and left. James put an arm around Lily and she stiffened, but then relaxed, remembering that they were supposed to be engaged. She didn't like it, but she'd do anything to avoid marrying Severus Snape.
"So what are you girls up to today?" Remus asked.
"Well, after we finish our drinks, we're going shopping," Cassandra replied.
"Ah. So what are you all doing now that you've graduated?" questioned Remus.
"I'm going to college to be a doctor. I want to work at St. Mungo's," Cassandra answered him with a smile. Lily always knew that Cassandra liked Remus Lupin, in spite of all the pranks he had helped play on the girls.
"I'm working at the Ministry in the Department of Magical Games and Sports," Liana said. She had been on the Quidditch team at school and enjoyed her work immensely.
"I'm working in the Department of Muggle Affairs," chimed Nataliye. She was a muggle-born, like Lily, and so worked well with muggles.
"What do you all do?" asked Liana.
"We're all aurors," James answered her. The seven talked for a few more minutes, then the girls said that they had to go. They paid for their drinks, said good-bye to the guys, and left, after Lily and James exchanged a quick kiss.
The four girls walked down the street towards a robe shop. They walked in and immediately began trying on robes and gossiping. Lily carefully kept the subjects away from her wedding to James. That was one topic that she did not want to discuss. Lily and James had probably talked more today than they had in all their years at Hogwarts, which didn't say much about how their marriage was going to go.
The girls went into several other shops after the robe shop, after which they all disapparated home. Lily showed her mother what she had gotten while out shopping and then went up to her room. She was thinking about James' behavior as she lay on her bed staring at her ceiling. She was thinking that James was an excellent actor. No one looking at them would be able to tell that they hated each other.
Lily hated the thought of lying to her parents by pretending that she was in love with James Potter. But she had to pretend or face a really bad alternative. Lily cringed as she thought of her and James' marriage. 'It's probably going to be fighting all the time,' she thought with dismay. 'And then we'll have to go out and pretend that we're happily married.'
Lily started remembering James' actions back in school. For some reason, James hated her from the moment he saw her. He played so many pranks on her, such as feeding her owl a Filibuster Firework, and causing all of her homework to disappear. And he "always" made her look bad in Transfiguration.
Now, she was marrying him. Almost nothing could be worse in her mind. "Ugh," she said as she turned over, "Potter, why do you have to mess up my life so bad?"
