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! You guys are so wonderful! I got a bunch of reviews yesterday! I'm so happy!

Sorry. I was about to update yesterday, but fanfiction.net was overloaded and I couldn't get in.

My project is almost done!! It's due on Thursday and I'm almost finish with it. I'll have much more time to write once it's over.

Thank you for everybody's opinion. After all the votes, I've decided to give Remus a little romance. And don't worry, this time, the girl wouldn't be like Sandra Smith. I haven't really thought about it yet, but I'm planning on making this girl become friends with them. Not as close as Lily and Bella, but enough.

To Enelya Tulcakelumee: Thank you for your opinion. I did not think that it was rude at all. I put a choice C there for a reason; I know some people don't really care. = )

Chapter 11

Over the next few days, Lily and Bella had move into their apartments (a bit earlier than they planned, actually). They each took one of the larger bedrooms and left the smaller one for storing some stuff. Then Lily and Bella went shopping to buy some new clothing and furniture to make their new home as comfortable as possible. Soon, they were very used to their cozy, little apartment…

On Monday, Lily woke up way before her alarm clock goes off--she was nervous about the jobs. She needed to talk to someone, but she knew that it was too early to wake Bella, and she can't just run to James right now. Lily lies in bed thinking for a while longer, until she decided to go get ready. She took a quick shower and came out wearing her bathrobe, unsure of what do wear for her first day of work. Should Lily wear her dress robes? No, way too fancy. They'd be thinking she's trying to hard. But she really wants to make a good first impression. Or maybe she should wear her Hogwarts robes? *Argh!* Lily thought, frustrated. *Why is this so hard?!* Lily gave up. She'll ask Bella later. So Lily tightened the slash around her bathrobe and went downstairs to make some breakfast. She started to make some waffles. She loves them and she knows that Bella will too. Of course, she never had these muggle foods, but they are delicious.

About twenty minutes later, Bella finally came downstairs, wearing her bathrobes too. She sniffed the air in the kitchen and said, "Wow, Lily. Something smells wonderful. What are you making?"

"A muggle breakfast called waffles," Lily replied.

"Waffles?"

"Yeah…my mum use to make it all the time…it was delicious…" Lily cleared her throat and shook the thought of her dead parents out of her head.

"You okay, Lily?" Bella asked, concerned.

"Yeah, I'm fine…. So anyways, I made it because I know you haven't tried it yet. It's wonderful."

Bella sat down on one of the kitchen stools and look at the plate in front of her. "How are you supposed to eat it?"

"Erm…well, you use the little fork thingy."

"No! I meant, do you just eat it plain for something?"

"Oh! Erm…well, yes, you can eat it plain. You can also add the topping or toppings of your choice. We have syrup…" Lily looked through their refrigerator (they had one because remember: they live in muggle London). "Erm…strawberries…whipped cream…"

Bella added some syrup to her waffle and took a small bite. "It's marvelous!"

Lily smiled. "I'm glad you like it. Now, when you are done, you need to help me with what to wear for our first day at work! I haven't a single clue!"

So the girls finished their breakfast and ran upstairs to choose what to wear. Lily held up a bunch of outfits, while Bella sat down on Lily's bed.

"Okay, first I thought about dress robes, but then it's way too fancy, you know? And I don't want to look too desperate or something. And then I thought of Hogwarts robes, but we're not in Hogwarts! So that won't work. And then, I can't think of anything else and…" Lily rambled on.

"Lily!" Bella called. "Lily!"

Lily stopped. "What?"

"You were babbling."

"Oh, sorry. I'm just so nervous."

"It's okay. Don't worry. I'll be there with you. Now, let's see…we live in a muggle neighborhood, so I don't reckon wearing robes will be a too good idea. We can just wear stuff we wear on weekends at Hogwarts. You know, just regular, comfortable muggle clothing."

"You are brilliant!"

"You realize that now? Anyways, here," Bella said, holding up a knee-length, beige skirt. "Wear this. It's nice; it's pretty; and it's comfortable."

"Okay, but what'll I wear it with? How about this white blouse?"

"Perfect! What about me?"

"Erm…this pair of black jeans with your pink tee?"

"That works."

Then they split up and got ready for work. They both came out of their rooms looking very fine. Bella and Lily exited their apartment and walked a couple of blocks to the Leaky Cauldron. They said hi to Tom, and then went into Diagon Alley. Lily and Bella walked up to the front of the Daily Prophet building, but did not enter it.

"Bella," Lily said. "I'm having second thoughts about this. I'm really nervous."

"Don't worry. We'll go through this together."

Lily took a deep breath, and pushed open the door. She and Bella entered and saw an old witch sitting at a desk in a corner. They went up to her and Bella said, "Excuse me, miss?"

The old witch looked up. "Yes?"

"Hi. We're here for our first day of work. Erm, we talked to Ms. Jasmine last time? She's the one who told us to come today."

"Oh yes. Ms. Jasmine told me about you two. You will be working with Mr. Pikes. Do you know how to apparate?" They nodded. "Great. Apparate to the second story and you will find two large doors off the right bathroom a bit. Go through there and you will find Mr. Pikes' office."

"Thanks," Lily said. And poof!, they're gone.

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A/N: I'm sorry. I would write more, but I have tons of homework. Please review even though I know this chapter sucks majorly.