Disclaimer: None of the characters in this fan fiction belongs to me. They're owned by J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. The only ones that belong to me are those that you don't recognize.

A/N: Thank you everybody who reviewed!

I'm so sorry that I haven't update sooner. Remember that major project I was talking about earlier? Well, it's almost due and I'm a bit behind. I've been staying after school to work on it and hadn't much time to write. If I don't complete this project, my teacher will give me an F, which is why I've been so busy working on it. I hope you guys understand.

To RetroHotty44765: I'm glad that you like this story. I'm sorry that I haven't gotten to the point of this fic. This is the sequel so the plot is really in the other fic. I mean, when I started writing, I didn't even plan to do a sequel. My readers just talked me into it. So, yeah, the other fic holds the plot really (how James and Lily came to be). This one, as it said in the summary, is just how they handle adulthood. I'm just writing as I go along. In this chapter, they are going to be thinking abut jobs and stuff, which is where I'm aiming for this story to head towards. I'm not going to tell you anymore, for I don't want to really spoil the story. But this fic, at this point, doesn't have a steady plot. If you have any suggestions, though, I will be glad to take it.

To DracoNGin527: I have some stuff in my mind already that would spice up this fic. This chapter is pretty much an introduction to it. As I said above to RetroHotty44765, more stuff is going to come in later.

Chapter 9

Now that James and Lily were back together, everything was fine again. Everybody's happy and nothing's going wrong. The Marauders, Lily, and Bella continued to goof on neighbors and play Quidditch. Three weeks had gone by. It was only a matter of days before Bella and Lily have to leave. One day, Peter brought up the subject that had lain forgotten since the train ride from Hogsmeade Station to King's Cross.

They were all just sitting in the living room doing absolutely nothing. Well, not really. James was laying on the couch with one of his arm over it. Lily was leaning on is shoulder while he stroke her hair. Sirius was sitting on the other couch with Bella in his laps. Remus was sitting in an armchair, reading a book, and Peter was sitting on the floor, eating a banana.

He took a big bite, finishing off the banana, swallowed, and said, "You know what?"

"What?" Sirius asked lazily, tightening his arms a bit around Bella's waist.

"D'you 'member the train ride home? I asked what are jobs are we planning to get? Well, you guys said we'll talk about it later, and, well, this is mid-summer already, and we still haven't got any plans yet."

"Oh, I can't believe we've forgotten something so important!" Lily said, jumping out of James' arms and sat up straight.

"Thanks a lot, Wormtail," James muttered and sat up straight too.

"What?" Peter asked.

"Nothing," James said. "Nothing."

"Whatever. So…what are you planning to do with your lives? What jobs do you want to get?"

"Aurors," James and Sirius said immediately.

"Aurors…" Remus considered it thoughtfully. "I don't know…that wouldn't be too bad, I guess. We'll have to go to training school though."

"What about you girls?" Peter asked.

"I think I want to go into journalism," Lily said.

"Oh, that's so cool!" Bella exclaimed. "I want to do that too! We can get jobs together, Lily!"

"That'll be nice," Lily said.

Then there was silence.

"Ooh!" Bella cried suddenly. "You know what, Lily? I think we should move out on our own. We're adults now. I don't want to continue to live with my parents."

"That's not a bad idea…" Lily said. "We can rent our own apartments…"

"Yeah! We can find one somewhere near the Daily Prophet Headquarters, which is in Diagon Alley, right? We can live in Muggle London on the other side. I haven't been to the muggle world a lot. It would be interesting to live there." (a/n: I don't really know if the Daily Prophet Headquarters is in Diagon Alley; it never mentions it in the books. But if you'd seen the first Harry Potter movies, you can see a sign hanging over a white-ish building that says "The Daily Prophet." I'm not sure, because the movies are a bit different from the book, but oh well.)

"Oh, that's cool! I still have quite a lot of money in Gringotts, so we can chip in and rent the apartment together."

"All right," Bella agreed. "I'll talk it over with mum and dad when we get home."

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The rest of the week went by fast. Soon it was time for the girls to go back home. James and Sirius were really reluctant to see their girlfriends leave. As were the girls, of course. They were saying good-bye in front of the fireplace.

"Bye, Bella," Sirius whispered in Bella's ear, hugging her tightly.

"Bye-bye," Bella replied. "I'm going to miss you, baby." Then she left.

"Bye, James," Lily said tearfully.

"Lily," James hesitated to say bye. "Don't go. My mum surely won't mind if you stay here a bit longer. Don't go."

"James…I'm sure your mum won't mind…but Mrs. Figg will. We promised her we'd be back in a month and Bella's already gone. I can't not go. But I promise you that I will owl you to tell you about the moving out thing. If the Figgs' let us, than you can visit us any time."

"All right," James said reluctantly. "Bye. I'll owl you everyday."

"Okay. Bye, James." Lily tiptoed a bit to lean in and gave James a kiss. "Bye." And she, too, was gone.

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"Lily!" Mrs. Figg cried, holding out her arms.

"Hi, Mrs. Figg," Lily said, hugging her.

"What took you so long?" Bella asked.

"Never mind. Let's go put away our stuff."

"Good idea."

At dinner that night, Bella brought up the subject of moving out to her parents. She took a sip of her pumpkin juice and said, "Erm…mum? Dad?"

"Yes, sweetie?" Her mum asked.

"Well, over the weeks at James' house, we were talking about jobs. I mean, we are adults now."

"Oh…I almost forgot that you girls are all grown up now!" Mrs. Figg cried. "You girls are right; there are four adults at this table."

"Right," her dad said. "Jobs…. So what do you guys have in mind?"

"Well," Lily began. "We both have an interest in journalism--"

"Journalism?" Mr. Figg asked. "Not bad…"

"Yes," Bella said. "Anyway, we were thinking of getting jobs at the Daily Prophet and erm…getting our own apartments near it…"

"Your own apartments?" her mum questioned. "You girls want to move out?"

"Well, yes," Bella said. "I mean, it'll be closer to our jobs…and you did agree that we're adults now. We should be able to make our own decision."

Mrs. Figg looked taken-aback. "Yes, but--"

"Now, now, honey," Mr. Figg said. "The girls are right. They should be able to do what they want. However, you guys need to get the jobs first, before you can get an apartment. So how about this: if you guys can get jobs at the Daily Prophet, then we would let you move out. Sounds fair?"

"Very!" cried Lily and Bella. "Thanks dad," Bella added. "Thanks mum."

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A/N: Yes, I know this chapter sucks, but I have no other ideas of how to make an appropriate introduction for what I have in mind. So please review and tell me what you think.