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A/N: You guys are wonderful! Thank you for all the marvelous reviews.

YAY!! I finished my stupid project!! I'm so happy! But then, I have to present it tomorrow…and I have a history final on Monday…this stinks…

These last few chapters had been a bit brief, but I really, really, want to get to the juicy parts.

To DracoNGin527: Thanks for you review. Er…about it…Lily and Bella worked there for a couple of weeks, about a little more than a month. Just want you to know.

To e!i: A bit fluff is in this chapter. Sirius and Bella again. More later.

To Amber: Thank you! I try to make my chapters as humorous as possible (well, when it's needed). I'm glad you like.

Chapter 13

The next day, Lily and Bella handed in their resignation forms to the Daily Prophet Headquarters. Then, they went back to their apartment and followed the address of the Witch Weekly to it's building.

"Hello?" Bella asked a witch (about thirty-something years old) in the building. "We read that you need a couple of journalists. We'd like to apply?"

"Ah. Please follow me, girls." The witch led them into her office. "All right. First of all, you are…?"

"Bella Figg."

"Lily Evans."

"Right. Ms. Figgs and Ms. Evans. I am Carla Levinston, editor here. Now you want to apply to work for our magazine. Do you two have resumes?"

"Yes," Lily said, handing the witch a piece of parchment. Bella followed suit.

"Hmm…very impressive…Hogwarts graduates…Head Girl and prefect…very nice…. Oh, you've also worked for the Daily Prophet? Yes…nice…Okay." She looked up. "This is very good. But I need to ask a few questions before I can give you the jobs…an interview.

"Okay, Ms. Evans…you were Head Girl…and I see you received a lot of N.E.W.T.s and O.W.L.s…nice…. You've had a very good job at the Daily Prophet. What made you leave?"

"Well," Lily began, "it's a bit personal, if you don't mind. I'd prefer not to say."

"Not at all. I respect your privacy. What about you, Ms. Figgs?"

"I left because my best friend did. And because my boyfriend persuaded me to." (a/n: how straightforward can she be?)

"Okay. That's good enough for us. You got the jobs. But I need to find out what positions to give you. As you know, Witch Weekly is a magazine for both teenage and elder witches. The elder sections are covered already, so our company needs a couple of witches to handle the teenage areas. You two are, as I observed, just pass that age, so I can imagine that you can relate to them. So let's see…. Ms. Evans, you can run the advice column."

Lily nodded.

"And Ms. Figgs, you are going to be working on the new news column, like new fashion or stars. Is this okay?"

"Yes."

"Great. You can start tomorrow."

(a/n: Yes, I know. Very, very fake. I've never had a job interview so I haven't the slightest idea how it goes. And in the wizard world too! I just imagine things as I go along. Sorry.)

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Meanwhile, James and Sirius just finished their classes for the day. Then apparated back to James' house. They grabbed some snacks from the kitchen and went up to James' room. James plopped down on his bed and start eating his apple absently.

"James?" Sirius asked, over at James' desk.

"Yeah?"

"What's up? You've been acting all weird today. You were hardly listening when Moody was talking."

"Well…I was just thinking about Lily."

"Don't you always?"

"I guess…but after this Mr. Pikes thing, I've been a bit worried about her. I love her, Sirius, and I don't want her to get hurt. I mean, she's gorgeous. There'll be a bunch of guys after her. I wish there's something I can do about it."

"Why don't you ask her to marry you?" Sirius asked.

"Marriage?"

"Yeah. I mean, you love her. So, why not?"

"Well, I have thought about it. It's just, neither of us have had steady jobs yet, and if I marry Lily, I want to be able to support her."

"Well, I guess you'll just have to wait until you're finish with Aurors School. It's only going to be, what, five more months? Four?"

"Somewhere in between. I'm just afraid that during this long period, something will happen."

"Well…you can get engaged. I mean, that way, you don't have to marry yet, and you can claim her."

"Sirius, you are brilliant!"

"I've always been."

"Whatever. So should I buy an engagement ring or something?"

"Yeah, you should."

"Hmm…"

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Later that day, James and Sirius went to the girls apartment to wait for their girlfriends.

"Did you guys made it?" James asked, as they entered.

"Yeah. And you don't have to worry, because it's all girls there," Lily answered.

"I know…pity," Bella said, in mock pain. "I wish there were some hot guys working there."

"I'm sorry," Sirius said, not noticing her sarcasm. "Did I just hear you correctly? Hot guys??"

Lily and James watched the couple, interested.

"Yes, you did. I'll say it again. I wish there were some hot guys there."

"There's a hot guy right here!"

"I know, but James' taken."

"I was talking about me!"

"What about you?"

"Hello?! I'm your boyfriend! Don't be talking about hot guys in front of me!"

"So it's all right if I talk about them behind you?"

"Yes--no! It's not all right!"

"What's not?"

"You talking about them!"

"About who?"

"The--the hot guys!"

"There're hot guys? Where?"

"Right here!"

"I told you, James' taken."

"Not James!"

"Are you saying James' not hot?"

"No."

"So you think he's hot?"

"Yes--I mean….ARGH!! BELLA!!"

Lily, James, and Bella all burst out laughing.

"I hate your stupid mind tricks, Bella!" Sirius cried, frustrated.

"I'm sorry, baby. I was just kidding. I think you are very hot. The only hot guy I need."

"That's a lot better." Sirius leaned in to kiss Bella. When he pulled away, he said, "Do you really think James hotter than me?"

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A/N: Okay, my chapters are getting weirder and weirder. I don't care. The last time I made Bella tease Sirius, a lot of people liked it, so I added some more. I hope I didn't wear it out. Anyway, please review.