A/N: Wow! My first ever fic! I have finally got off my lazy bum to start – and actually continue – to write a story! =D Anyways! Hope you enjoy it!

This story takes place after Hogwarts. The characters are 20 years old!

Summary: James and Sirius go to eat at a restaurant where they see Lily Evans for the first time since 7th year, when James and Lily broke up. Will sparks fly again between James and Lily?

Disclaimer: Sadly I don't own Harry Potter or anything else that belongs to J.K. Rowling. I do however own the plot, and some added characters.

"Come on James! I don't want to miss the early bird special!" Yelled Sirius Black from the front door.

"All right, all right, I'm coming! Keep your hair on!" Replied his best friend, James Potter, as he was running down the stairs. "Sheesh. All you think ever think about is food!"

"And women." Added Sirius, who was getting into the car.

"Yeah," said James, shaking his head while putting the key in the ignition. "That too."

After a twenty minute drive, they finally reached the Lunar Restaurant, Sirius' favorite place to eat because of the 'early bird special'. James and Sirius got out of the car – a brand new Mercedes Benz bought by James – and walked into the restaurant, to see that it was crowded.

"Looks like we're not the only ones here for the special." Said James, taking a look around the restaurant.

"Yeah." Replied Sirius. "If you had dilly-dallied any longer back at the flat we would've missed it!"

He too was looking around the restaurant, when his eyes fell over a young woman who looked about the same age as them, and was eating alone at the bar section. Sirius' eyes noticed the red hair, and recognized the woman immediately. Well, well... he thought. If it isn't Lily Evans. Hmm… - he took a good look at her up and down – I must say that she's gotten more beautiful, if possible. Haven't seen her since the days of Hogwarts. He mused, thinking about 7th year.

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:: Flashback::

Lily and James were walking hand in hand down the corridor with the rest of the Marauders. James looked tense, while his friends kept on shooting sideward glances at him.

Finally, after what seemed like an hour of silence, James cleared his throat and said, "Lily, can I talk to you alone?"

"Sure." She replied, giving him a curious look. The Marauders took this as a sign and nodded their heads to them while they headed back to the Gryffindor common room.

The young couple walked outside the front doors and onto the grounds of Hogwarts. It was a bright sunny day, with a warm light breeze. James and Lily sat under a large willow tree. Lily decided to break the silence and said,

"What's up?"

"Er – " James said. He felt really nervous.

"Is something wrong?" she peered closely at his face.

"Um – well, I don't – I don't we should go out anymore." He said in a rush, waiting for her reaction.

First her expression was shock, and then confusion.

"But, but why?" she said. "What did I do?"

"Oh! Nothing, nothing," he said quickly. "Er – it's just that, um, with us graduating and everything – er – I think it just wouldn't work out after Hogwarts."

Lame, thought James. That's the most pathetic excuse you've ever said.

Suddenly her expression changed from confusion to anger.

"There's another girl, isn't there?" She said, her voice growing louder. James looked at her, shocked, and shook his head vigorously.

"No! Never! You know it's always been you!"

"Then why?" she said softly, her eyes brimming with tears. "Why are you doing this?"

"Because… Just because Lily! It's over all right?"

With that said, Lily got up, and ran back up to the castle, tears flowing freely down her face. James sighed deeply, with sadness clouding his eyes. Unknown to him and Lily, Sirius had been carrying James' invisibility cloak the whole time and followed them outside. It was just then that he removed it.

"Shit Sirius!" yelled James. "Don't tell me you heard everything!"

"I did." He said, shaking his head. "I didn't think you were gonna do it."

"I just couldn't handle it."

"Her loving you?"

"Yeah. As soon as she had told me those three words, I didn't know what to do. I didn't know how to react, I didn't know what to think. So, I ran off, and today, I broke up with her."

"You're the biggest idiot I've ever met." Sirius said, seriously, shaking his head.

"I know." Said James sadly.

:: End of Flashback ::

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"Sirius! Earth to Sirius!" said James, waving a hand in front of Sirius' face.

"Wha - ? Oh, yeah, right."

"You okay there?" said James, concerned. "You look like you zoned out there."

"Uh, course not!" said Sirius, becoming cheerful again. "Excuse me," he said to the table seater. "We'd like a table for two near the bar, thanks."

"Of course sir" Said the man, nodding his head. "Nicholas," he said to a waiter who just came by. "Seat these two men at a table by the bar."

Nicholas nodded and led James and Sirius to a table just a couple meters away from where Lily was seated, her back facing them. Perfect. It's about time someone's had a little reunion. Sirius thought.

While walking to the table James muttered to Sirius, "Why the one by the bar? We usually eat in the center, where we can scope out the chicks."

"Weeell.." Sirius drawled, "I just wanted a change for tonight." And a big one for you especially. He added silently in his head.

After seating them Nicholas handed them two menus.

"So James," Sirius said, saying the word 'James' a little louder so Lily would possibly hear. "What do you want to order tonight?"

"Um –," said James, his eyes scanning down the menu. "I think I'll have spaghetti tonight. How about you?"

"I'll have fish and chips as usual, James." Replied Sirius, emphasizing 'James' again.

James looked at him weirdly and said, "Now really, what's gotten into you?"

"Oh nothing, nothing.."  He replied, with a broad grin.

"You're acting so weird! Are you sure you aren't high or anything?"

Sirius shot him a scandalized look. "Moi!? I don't do drugs James. Drinking though…that's another subject." He grinned.

"Well you sure don't look like you're drunk. Just – I don't know. You're acting weird, that's all."

"James," Sirius said dramatically. "Tonight is a very special night."

Before James could reply, Nicholas came by, took out a pad of paper and pen and said, "May I take your orders?"

"Sure thing Nicky!" said Sirius. "I'll have the fish and chips."

"Very well, and you?" He said, looking at James.

"Um – I'll have some spaghetti."

"It will be here in a short while." Nicholas replied, taking their menus and walking away.

There was a short silence in which Sirius kept on shooting James a look that said, "I-Know-Something-You-Don't-Know" until James, who knew Sirius wouldn't tell him if he asked anyway, asked instead,  "Sooo…talk to Remus lately?"

"No.." Sirius said slowly. "Have you?"

"He owled me once. Said he was going to Italy with Natalia for a week or two."

"Who's she?"

"New girlfriend. They've been going out for almost a month now."

Sirius looked shocked. "How come he never told me! I'm supposed to be one of his best friends!"

"Maybe because the last time he had a girlfriend, you owled her as a joke and said that Remus still wets his bed."

Sirius laughed. "Oh, yeah that. That was HILARIOUS!"

James chuckled and said, "True, but she still dumped him."

"Poor guy."

"Yeah."

"So have you heard from Peter?"

"Umm… not really. Sometimes he says hi and asks how we're doing but he doesn't usually say much."

"Yeah… the lil' bloke never really did say much."

"True…" said James.

"Say James," said Sirius, in a way as though he *just* noticed something. "Do you see that red hea -"

Sirius was cut off as Nicholas arrived just then with their orders.

"Hmm? Did you say something Padfoot?" Asked James, as their meals were placed on the table.

"Uh, yeah. But I'll tell you after we eat." Said Sirius, giving James another one of those "I-Know-Something-You-Don't-Know" looks.

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After they eat (A/N: I'm not going to bother with the meal part as u can see)

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"Hey Padfoot, it's your turn to take the check" said James. "I'm just going to go to the bathroom for a minute. Wait here, all right?"

"Yeah, yeah sure." Said Sirius somewhat distractedly, as he was looking at Lily who was still sitting at the bar.

Good, still here. Now…how can I get James to know she's here?

Just then an idea struck his head, and he casually passed by Lily, pretended to do a double-take, and said in a surprised voice: "No! It's can't be! Lily Evans?"

Lily turned around to see where the voice had come from, and when she her eyes landed on Sirius her eyes grew wide in realization. "Oh my gosh! Sirius Black? Holy cow! How have you been? I haven't see you since -"

"- Hogwarts." Sirius finished. "What's a pretty girl like you doing here alone?"

Lily blushed slightly. "You've never changed Sirius. You're still a flirt! Well… I was going to meet up with a friend, but she sold out on me last minute because she wasn't feeling well."

"Oh. That's too bad."

"Yeah, I was thinking of visiting her later. So where do you work?"

"I work at the Ministry of Magic in the Department of Magical Games and Sports."

"Oh really?" said Lily excitedly. "I was just hired at the Ministry a couple days ago! I'm with the Committee on Experimental Charms!"

Sirius laughed. "Of course! What else could I have expected?"

At the same time James came out of the bathroom and was walking back toward him and Sirius' table, where he didn't see him.

Jeez…I wasn't gone that long. Where'd he go?

He heard Sirius laugh and turned to where the sound was coming from, and stopped dead in his tracks. His eyes were fixed on a beautiful young woman that was currently laughing with his best friend.

Oh. My. Gosh. That had better not be Lily Evans. Shit. What's she doing here? She's so hot! Why didn't I see her before? She still looks gorgeous!  AND WHY IS SIRIUS TALKING TO HER??  His mind screamed.

Sirius noticed James standing there gaping like an idiot and said, "Oi James! You'll never guess who I just ran into!"

James finally composed himself and walked over. He couldn't help but notice that Lily's smile flickered as he got closer to them.

"Hey Lils." He said. "Long time no see."

He used my nickname. Lily thought. "Hey James. What's new with you?"

"Not much. Sirius and I just bought a flat outside of Diagon Alley. And yourself?"

"Really now? I bought a flat around that area too!"

"Now how cool is that?" said Sirius happily. "We're like, neighbors!"

Lily laughed. Still sounds nice as ever. Thought James. "Yeah, I guess we are. Anyways, I got to go. I promised I'd meet Arabella Figg at her house. She's the one that's not feeling well Sirius. You guys remember her, don't you?"

"Oh yeah!" Said Sirius. "I mean, how could I not? I went out with her."

Lily smiled. "Yeah, you two were a crazy couple. But now, she's been recently engaged."

"Oh, to whom?" James asked. He noticed Sirius' eyes go slightly wide in shock.

"Amos. Amos Diggory."

"Well how about that." Said Sirius, with the slightest trace of bitterness. "She'll be Arabella Diggory soon."

"Yeah, she will be. But she doesn't know if she'll change her last name or not. But I really got to get going, maybe I'll see you guys later!" Lily said, and started to walk her way out of the restaurant.

"Bye Lils!" Sirius cried after her.

There was a moment of silence where Sirius was looking at James, who was staring at the spot where Lily just was.

"James," said Sirius quietly. "She left already."

"Huh?" said James distractedly. "Yeah, I already knew that."

"I saw how you looked at her."

"Looked at her how?" said James, pretending to be confused.

"You miss her."

"Can we talk about this somewhere else?"

"Fine. In the car on our way back to the new flat."

"Okay…" James sighed.

A/N: OKAY! First chapter finally done! I don't know whether I want to continue this or not, we'll see. Maybe it'll depend on how many reviews I get ;). So far this story is kind of just like an experiment I guess. Any suggestions/tips are welcome with open arms! =) Hope you liked it this beginning.

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-Ramona