Hello everyone!  Here is the next chapter to my story!  J  Please review and flames are welcomed.  If you all have ideas, fill me in and I'll see if I can add them to my story!  Till next time!  -Jen

          "Oh Lily, I've got a surprise for you!" Bella said as she entered her apartment after her date with Sirius was over.

          "Really?  I hope its something that I can put to good use," Lily said as she looked over her shoulder from her spot on the couch.

          "Well, it depends on how you look at it," Bella said as she went to go sit next her.

          "What did you do now?  I told you that I'm not going out with anymore of your blind-dates, Bella," Lily said as she looked up from the book she was reading.

          "Its not exactly a blind-date, Lily.  You see, okay…you know how I went out with Sirius on a date earlier right?

          "Yes, Bella.  It was exactly between five and ten minutes ago," Lily said as she smirked at her.

          "Anyways, I told Sirius that you were looking for a roommate already and things like that and well…his roommate is in need of a roommate as well when Sirius leaves…"

          "Bella, don't tell me that you…"

          "I told Sirius that you would room with his roommate when Sirius moved in with me," Bella said as she looked timidly at her.

          "Bella, how could you!  I probably don't even know the guy!" Lily said as she stood up and walked towards the kitchen, picking up the phone and dialing a number.

          "Well…in a way you do know him, but…who are you calling?" Bella asked as she walked into the kitchen.

          "Sirius to tell him that I am not rooming with his roommate!" Lily said as she waited patiently for someone to answer.

          "Lily!  Don't!"

          "It's all set, mate," Sirius said as he walked into the apartment.

          "What are talking about?" James asked as he walked into the living room where he heard Sirius.

"I've found you a roommate, mate," Sirius replied as he smiled at James.

"Padfoot, you're scaring me now.  Would you like for me to get you your medication?" James asked as he looked at his friend.

"Yes, its on the third shelf in the bathroom cabinet," Sirius said as he smirked at him.

"Sirius, what's going on?" James asked as he crossed his arms over his chest and waited.

"Bella's roommate is going to be rooming with you when I'm gone," Sirius said as he smiled up at James.

"Padfoot, I've told you already that Lily Evans and I will not work out," James said as he heard the phone ring and went to go answer it.

"Yeah, but…"

"Hello," James asked as he glared at Sirius, who kept his mouth shut for once.

          "Yes, is Sirius home yet?" asked a voice on the other line that sounded vaguely familiar.

          "Uh…no, he's not back from his date yet," James replied as he saw Sirius shake his head.

          "Oh, well is this his roommate?"

          "…Yes," James said as he tried to remember where he heard this woman's voice before.

          "Will you give him a message for me then?"

          "Yeah, sure," James said as he looked at Sirius who was wondering who was on the other line.

          "Tell him that Lily has turned down Bella's invitation.  Thanks."

          "Looks like you've got to think of another plan, Padfoot," James said as he hanged up the phone.

"Why?"

"As I told you earlier, mate, Lily and I would not work out," James said as he glared at him one more time before leaving to

his room and shutting the door.

          "James, mate, you've got no idea," Sirius said as he smirked at his friends door before making his way to his own.

          "I can't believe you did that, Lily," Bella said as she looked at Lily.

          "Bella, this is my life and I would really rather not room with some guy I don't know," Lily said as she walked towards the couch.

          "Um, well, you are wrong about that," Bella said as she followed her.

          "What do mean?" Lily asked as she turned around and waited for Bella to answer her.

          "You remember Sirius' friends…right?" Bella asked as she looked at her friend hesitantly.

          "…Yes," Lily said, not liking where this was going.

          "Well…he's been rooming with one of them for the past two years and…"

          "Please tell me that Sirius' roommate is Remus," Lily said as she stared at Bella.

          "Um…no."

          "…Peter?"

          "Uh…no."

          "…Please let it be some other friend of Sirius' that I don't know of?" Lily asked, looking at Bella hopefully.

          "Well, he's changed…a lot," Bella said as she began to walk away.

          "There is no way that I am rooming with that…that…jerk!" Lily yelled as she threw her hands up in the air.

          "Lily, really…James has changed a lot these last couple of years.  I mean…he's had to since he's an Auror and all and from what Sirius has told me, one of the most qualified ones," Bella said as she tried to get Lily to see that James was no longer a "jerk."

          "Bella, the only time that we have ever gotten along with one another was when we were not in the same room together or within each others line of vision!  There is no way that Potter could have "changed" just by him being an Auror!" Lily yelled again as she walked into her room.

          "Lily…"

          "No.  I will not room with that bigheaded egotistical prat that believes that the whole world evolves around him.  Not once did he stop picking on Severus or Lucius and he never deflated his head in sixth or seventh year.  As I said before, him being an Auror has nothing to do with him changing at all," Lily said as she walked back out with a book in her hand.

          "But Lily…"

          "No!"

          "Fine!  I just hope you realize that you are going to have to deal with what Sirius is going to have to say!" Bella said as she gave up and walked towards her room.

          "Bella, you just wouldn't understand," Lily whispered to herself as she opened her book and began to read, hoping to get a certain someone with messy raven black hair and mischievous hazel eyes out of her mind.

          "We've got to do something, Sirius," Bella said as she met up with him for lunch.

          "Yeah, I know.  James is acting the same way and it got worse when Lily called and he answered," Sirius said as he led Bella to a booth.

          "Well, Remus isn't here so we can't ask him for his advice and Peter was never really this good at these type of things," Bella said as she remembered the small group back in Hogwarts.

          "Why don't we set the two of them up on a date?" Sirius asked as he looked out the window and saw a crowd forming.

          "You know that it wouldn't work and from what Lily said yesterday, I doubt they would act civil towards one another," Bella said as she noticed Sirius was looking at something outside.

          "Yes, well, James knows how to assess the situation while Lily can heal the wounds they both might get," Sirius said as he quickly stood up and ran for the door.  "Bella, go home!"

          "Sirius what's going on!" Bella asked as she saw Sirius run outside, wand drawn and other witches and wizards running away screaming and yelling.

          "Everybody get under the tables and stay down!" yelled a voice from the door of the café.

          'I can't believe this is happening!  Please just let no body get hurt…or worse,' Bella thought as she quickly got down and under the table, but not before she saw a flash of green aiming at a witch with red hair.

          "I can't believe that he had the guts to do this in Hogsmead and in broad daylight no less," complained somebody from beside Bella.

          "Excuse me, but do you know how long it is that we're going to be here?" Bella asked as she still saw no sign of Sirius and she still had no idea who that witch was with red hair.

          'Please, don't let it be Lily,' Bella thought as she closed her eyes and held back the tears.

          "Just a little longer.  The Aurors are hoping to get as much information out of those blokes they caught today," replied the girl.

          "Oh…thanks," Bella said as she looked around what used to be the café.

          The windows were shattered and those that were near windows were cut by a few of them, but nothing too serious.  The door was no longer there and the tables and chairs were skewed and broken all over the floor.  Luckily for her and a few others, they were able to make some sort of a barrier with the tables when curses and spells began to break through the windows.

          "Excuse me, but have you seen a woman in here with wavy brown hair and…Bella!"

          "Sirius?  Sirius!" Bella said as she heard her name being called and turned around only to find Sirius running towards her.

          "Are you alright?  You're not hurt are you?  Can you move?  How many fingers am I holding up?"

          "Sirius, I'm fine…nothing happened to seriously in here," Bella said as she was able to free one of her hands from his and cover his mouth to stop his questioning.  "What about you?  What happened?"

          "I'm fine…just a few cuts and bruises…nothing big.  Unfortunately though…they got a few of us pretty good and they had to be sent to St. Mungos Hospital…" Sirius said as he looked at the ground and glared.

          "Sirius…what happened?" Bella asked as she noticed his change of expression.

          "Its…we…we found a girl that was hit with the Avada Kedavara curse…and…"

          "…Did she have red hair?" Bella asked, afraid of the answer.

"…Yes."

"Please don't tell me that it was Lily," Bella said as she looked up at him.

          "…No, it wasn't…but…it hit her just the same.  Bella, that was the first one we've had so far…and everyone else is concerned about what will happen later on," Sirius said as he sat down in one of the chairs that was still standing.

          "I'm sure that James and Moody will be able to think of something.  Besides, they've always been able to come up with something…especially James," Bella said as she tried to comfort her boyfriend.

          "…No, they won't be able to," Sirius said as he put his head in his hands.

          "What?"

          "…Moody got hit pretty hard with a sleeping spell by a death eater, so we already know that he'll make it out okay, but James…"

          "Sirius…why don't I take you home so you can get some rest," Bella said as she helped Sirius stand up and walk to where there was an area that was vacant.

          'I hope its Lily that will take care of him, if not, Sirius is going to have fit,' Bella thought as they both headed to his apartment.

          "How many do we have so far, Liz?"

          "Too many to count, Evans," Liz said as she attended to one of her patients.

          "All you had to do was answer me nicely, Whit," Lily said as she passed her while reading names off her chart that would be under her care for the next few days.

          "Now for the next one we have… Auror…Moody, Alastor…sleeping spell.  Judy!" Lily called as she walked out the room she just walked into.

          "Yes?"

          "Please take care of Mr. Moody and give him these potions I've written here," Lily said as she ripped off a page from her list.

          "Yes, ma'am," Judy said as she quickly took off to where the potions listed would be.

          "Okay…that's one more Auror down and the next one is…Auror…Potter, Jam…oh no," Lily said as she dropped her list and ran towards his room.