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The Magic Charm
Chapter 2
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Three years Later.
"Jury what is your verdict?" The judge asked. A representative of the jury stood up. The representative was a short round man with grey balding her.
"We find the defendant... not guilty." The man said. There was a great cheer from one side of the court. Lily stood up and smiled sweetly and shook the hands of the lawyers who had just lost to her. She then turned to her client. He was tall with an alluring demeanour and well kept brown hair.
"Congratulation Mr Kempton." Lily smiled as people swarmed around them.
"Thank you, Miss Evans. Without you I never would have been acquitted." Just then the man's wife and kids came running up to him and hugged him. When he pulled away from them he stood beaming.
"Will you come to dinner?" Mrs Kempton asked. She was a bit shorter than Lily with rosy cheeks and curly brown hair.
"I am afraid I can't. I have a meeting with the Minister." Lily said apologetically.
"Perhaps another time then." Mr Kempton said. Lily nodded. She noticed a member of the Daily Prophet snapping photographs of the now free man.
"You had better go meet the world Mr Kempton and I had better get going." Lily said as she shook hands with Mr and Mrs Kempton. Lily left the courtroom with one glance back to see the Kempton's looking very happy. Lily smiled to herself as she made her way through the building. The courtroom was part of the Ministry of Magic so Lily didn't have to go far for her meeting. On one of the many floors, Lily walked up to the receptionist and smiled. She was a small woman who looked to be in her mid forties.
"How can I help you dear?" The woman asked cheerily.
"I am Lily Evans. I am here for a meeting with the minister." Lily said with a smile.
"Oh of course dear. She is expecting you, just go on through." The woman said pointing to a door on her left. Lily smiled and nodded to the woman then knocked on the door. A faint 'Come in' was heard and Lily opened the door. The room was large with a big oak table and a high back leather chair. Mrs Bagnold, the Minister, was a tall powerful looking woman who seemed to be in her lat fifties. There was another figure in the room and Lily was shocked to see James, and he also seemed to be shocked to see her. The two figures were both standing.
"Welcome Miss Evans, please come in." The Minister said. Lily smiled at her and shook her outstretched hand.
"Thank you for inviting me Mrs Bagnold." Lily said politely.
"Oh please call me Millicent." She said kindly. Lily smiled and nodded her head. Lily shifted her eyes to James. He hadn't changed much since she last saw him, he did seem more handsome though than she remembered. Inwardly she giggled like a school girl. "This young man is James, James Potter." Mrs Bagnold said introducing the two. Lily smiled at James and shook his head.
"We've met." Lily said.
"Yes old friends." James said with a smile.
"That's good. Please take a seat." James and Lily did so as they took seats in front of her desk. Mrs Bagnold sat in the high backed chair. "I am sure you are wondering why I have asked you both here." James and Lily nodded their heads. "Due to the uprising of this new threat their are a lot of people turning to the Dark side. Miss Evans for your age you're one of the best lawyers in the country if not the world and we want you as part of our team." Mrs Bagnold said. Lily looked at her curiously.
"What have I got to with this recent uprising?" Lily asked voicing her thoughts.
"Well Miss Evans you have come highly recommended. We believe that with your ability we can finally put some of these death eaters in Azkaban. I have watched you in court and I can see that you are a great fighter." Mrs Bagnold then looked at James. "You will be working alongside James. He will be heading up this operation along with Frank Longbottom. Miss Evans this operation is top secret and we hope you will join us." Mrs Bagnold said leaning forward on the desk and clasping her hands. Mrs Bagnold looked eagerly at Lily. Lily smiled at her.
"How big is my office?" Lily chuckled. Mrs Bagnold let out a sigh of relief.
"I hope that is a yes." Mrs Bagnold chuckled.
"Of course. I would do anything in my power to rid this world of Voldemort." Lily said seriously. The whole time during the conversation James kept his eyes focused on the wall behind Mrs Bagnold. He was shocked that he would be working alongside Lily again but also happy.
"Thank you Miss Evans." Mrs Bagnold said.
"If we are to be working together, please call me Lily." Lily chuckled. Mrs Bagnold nodded and smiled.
"All we have to do now is draw up the legal work." Mrs Bagnold said as she stood up. Lily and James followed him. She walked out of the door and into the corridor. "Deirdre could I have those contracts for Miss Evans to sign?" She asked her secretary. She turned back to Lily and James. James then spoke for the first time throughout the meeting.
"Millicent I had better go. The Special Ops team are heading out in a few hours." He said as he looked at his watch.
"Of course James." Mrs Bagnold replied. James looked at Lily and give her a small nod before leaving. "Thank you Deirdre. Miss Evans come through to my office please." Mrs Bagnold directed.
A while later Lily was being led to her new office by Deirdre. "You are beside Mr Potter so it will be easier to work together." Deirdre said as she showed Lily James's office door, which had his name on it. "This is your office." Deirdre said pointing at an oak door. Lily opened the door and stepped in. The room was large and had a large window looking out onto the streets of Magical London. In the middle of the room a large oak desk sat with a leather back chair - not as grand looking as the ministers though. There was cupboards along the left wall as well as an oak door and on the right wall there was another oak door.
"Where do those doors lead to?" Lily asked curiously as she walked around the room.
"The left door leads to your own bathroom and right door leads into Mr Potter's office. Now here is your clearance badge. This will give you access to all the files in the Ministry." Deirdre said as she handed Lily a white piece of laminated card with a bar code on it. "You and Mr Potter share a secretary, she is Melinda Price. If you need her just press your wand to this button on your desk." Deirdre said as she pointed at a green button on Lily's oak desk. She then pointed at the light blue button. "This button will get you in contact with Mr Potter and the red button will get you in contact with the Minister herself." Lily smiled in understanding. Deirdre then left Lily's office. Lily took a moment to look around her and smiled happily. This was all hers. She had worked so hard to get to this point in her career and now she had. She was in the big leagues now fighting against evil. Lily finally felt content with herself as she sat herself on her leather chair and set her feet on the table. Her parents would have been proud to see her now. There was a knock on her door, and it opened to reveal a smiling James. He walked in and closed the door behind him.
"Comfortable?" He asked with a chuckle.
"Well I could do with a foot message, if you're offering?" Lily said with a grin.
"If I was offering." James laughed. He sat on her desk and faced her. "You didn't owl." He said with a smirk. Lily shrugged.
"If you really wanted me that badly you would've owled." Lily grinned.
"You're right." James mischievously. Lily took her feet of the table and swatted him playfully. She then sighed happily and looked around her office.
"There is only a door between our offices." Lily said. James nodded.
"I know. You're bathroom is better than mine." James chuckled as did Lily. "This just means I can't have sex with the secretary in my office now." James laughed. Lily smiled and rolled her eyes.
"How long have you been in your office?" Lily asked curiously.
"Two days." James replied.
"Oh yeah I was supposed to meet with Mrs Bagnold two days ago but the trial ran a bit late." Lily said as she stood up and started to walk around the room. James followed her with his eyes.
"I didn't know it was you I was going to be working with. I didn't even know until you stepped through the door this afternoon." James said.
"Disappointed?" Lily asked with a smile as she opened a few of the cupboards.
"Yeah I was hoping for some busty blonde." James joked. Lily's mouth dropped but she couldn't hide the smirk. She then crossed her arms.
"You weren't complaining before." Lily said with a naughty grin. James got of the table and laughed.
"I was wondering when this would come up." He said smiling.
"Well it was only a one time thing so we don't have anything to worry about cause it won't happen again." Lily said as James took a step towards her.
"Yeah a one time thing. It was fun though." James said. Lily bit her lip as James came closer to her.
"Yeah it was. Too bad it can't happen again." Lily said with a smile. James was barely a few inches from her.
"Too bad." James said in his husky voice. He then closed the gap between their mouths and kissed her passionately. Lily ran her hands through his already messed her, as James ran his hands up and down her back. A high pitched giggle interrupted them. It was coming from outside the room. Lily and James looked at each other then away as they straightened themselves up. James opened the door and saw a blonde haired woman talking to Sirius. James and Lily stepped out of the room as Sirius chatted up the woman.
"You know Mel you have very pretty eyes." Sirius said. The woman giggled.
"Oh Sirius that is so lame." Lily said in a bored voice. Sirius looked up and grinned at Lily, he then looked at James and started laughing.
"Come to pick up your bra Lily. You're a few years late, I don't think James has it anymore." Sirius kept on laughing as the blonde woman looked on curiously.
"You haven't grown up at all have you?" Lily asked with a chuckle. Sirius shook his head then hugged Lily.
"So James this is your office." Sirius said as he walked into Lily's office. "What were you and Lily doing in here?" Sirius smirked. James rolled his eyes.
"This is Lily's office actually." James said. Sirius looked at the pair interestedly.
"You guys are working together then? This should be interesting." Sirius said with a grin. The blonde woman then came into the room.
"Mr Potter, Mr Longbottom is here." The woman said. James nodded.
"Oh yes, Lily this is Melinda. Melinda this is Lily Evans she will be working with me." James introduced. Lily and Melinda shook hands, then Melinda left the room. "Lily we need to have a meeting with Frank to go over some plans." James said to Lily, who nodded.
"I'll be off. I have a mission to be on. I'll see you tonight Prongs and bring Evans along. We can catch up." Sirius smiled. "No sex on the table you two." Sirius laughed as he left the room. James shook his head as Lily rolled her eyes.
"We better go." James said, Lily nodded and walked out of her room, James following.
Later that evening James was sitting in The Three Broomsticks with Remus. Remus was talking about something but James wasn't really paying attention, he was to busy staring at the door.
"Jenny gets angry just because I was late, I mean come on what is so important about being a bit late. Okay I was an hour late but that wasn't my fault it was-" Remus stopped when noticed James's wasn't listening. "James the girl of your dreams isn't going to walk through that door anytime soon so I would stop staring at it." Remus chuckled. James looked at him blankly.
"What?" He asked. Remus shook his head. Just then Sirius came through the door followed by Peter.
"Sorry we are late. Padfoot just had to stop and talk to some chicks." Peter said as he rolled his eyes and sat down. Sirius chuckled as he sat down beside his friends and signalled to the waitress for her to come over.
"What would you like?" Rosemerta the young waitress asked.
"What are you offering?" Sirius asked flirtatiously. Rosemerta grinned.
"Four beers please Rosie." Peter said as he shook his head. Rosemerta nodded, winked at Sirius then went to get there drinks. She came back a few minutes later with their drinks then went off to serve someone else.
"So where is she Prongsie?" Sirius asked with a smirk as he took a swig of his beer. Remus and Peter looked at James.
"Who is she?" Peter asked interestedly.
"Is she the reason why you have been staring at the door all night?" Remus asked with a chuckle. James went slightly red at the questioning.
"Bugger Off." James said warningly as he sipped his beer. The three boys roared with laughter. Just then two girls walked up to the.
"And what are you howling about?" Lily asked. Remus and Peter looked at Lily then laughed harder. She looked at James and Sirius. "What?" She asked curiously. James rolled his eyes as Lily and the other girl pulled up two chairs and moved in between Sirius and James. Sirius put his arm around the girl.
"You're looking good Hestia." Sirius said in a sexy voice and giving her a wink. Hestia Jones was Lily's best friend. She had creamy skin with coffee eyes and long black hair. She had a small mole on her left cheek.
"I'm not sleeping with you Black. Now get us a drink." Hestia said with a sickly sweet smile. Sirius rolled his eyes as he stood up to get Lily and her a drink.
"What brings you to this little establishment? I thought you were still pulling pints at The Magic Charm?" Remus asked with a smirk.
"Thanks for reminding me of that place Remus." Lily said with a fake sour look. "I'm actually working in the ministry now." Lily said as Sirius came back with her and Hestia's drink.
"Guess who's she's working with Moony?" Sirius said with amusement.
"Who?" Remus asked curiously.
"Jamie boy." Sirius laughed. Remus looked at James, who had stayed quiet throughout the conversation.
"You guys are working together? There will be no work done." Remus said as he shook his head. Lily and James rolled their eyes.
"It won't be like our Hogwarts days. We won't be laughing and joking about like we did when we were Head Boy and Girl." Lily said as she took a drink form her glass.
"Yeah I'm sure you guys will be doing other things." Peter chuckled.
"So Sirius how did the mission go today?" James asked trying to change the subject.
"Alright." Sirius said with a shrug. "We bagged a few deatheaters. Nothing major."
"We would've got more if our informant hadn't given us some dodgy information." Hestia said with a shake of her head.
"You went too?" James asked curiously.
"Yeah ." Hestia said curtly. She didn't really want to talk about her work in a crowded pub.
"So did that guy make it down the aisle? The one whose bachelor party you guys were at when you came to New York." Lily clarified. The four boys started chuckling.
"Not exactly." James said.
"It seems James wasn't the only one to get lucky that night." Sirius chuckled. James rolled his eyes.
"Tracey showed up the next morning and caught her fiance, Rob, in bed with some other girl." Remus said.
"So that was the girl who was crying hysterically in the foyer of the Hotel?" Lily asked with a chuckle.
"She battered Rob black and blue." Sirius chuckled.
"I don't know what she was crying about. She was doing the exact same at her own party." Hestia said disagreeably.
"Who was she with?" Peter asked curiously.
"You guys are going to hurl when I tell you." Hestia said. They all urged her to go on. "None other than Snape." Hestia said shaking her head.
"Remember the time Hestia kneed him. Why did you do that anyway?" Sirius asked as he howled with laughter along with the others. Hestia grinned and started to tell him about how Snape had tried to curse her. Lily leaned over to James as her friend told the story. She looked around her, making sure nobody was listening.
"Did you get those documents?" Lily asked in a whisper. James nodded.
"Frank got me them. That man can get almost anything." James chuckled. Lily smiled.
"Good. They can help me with the legal contracts needed for the first mission." Lily said as she sipped her drink. James smiled at her.
"You really love your job don't you?" James said. Lily blushed but smiled.
"I guess I do. Well I had better I spent long enough getting to where I am today." Lily chuckled.
"Do you still keep in touch with your friends from America?" James asked before drinking his pint.
"I've kept in touch with Philippe. He is currently living it up in Barbados with his husband." Lily grinned. James choked on his pint.
"Husband?" James asked. Lily nodded.
"He got legally married about two years ago. I was his bridesmaid." Lily chuckled. "It was most certainly a crazy event." She said.
"I'm sure it was." James smiled. Lily looked round the table and noticed then most of their drinks were nearly empty.
"My round." Lily smiled as she stood up. "Same again?" She asked everyone. They all nodded. She then walked towards the bar, bumping into a few people as she went and ordered the drinks. As she waited a voice spoke behind her.
"Lily? How long has it been?" Lily turned round to see Kristi Marx smiling in an obvious fake way. Lily put on a fake smile also.
"Kristi. It's been forever." Lily replied. "So how've you been?" She asked.
"Married." Kristi said as she showed her wedding ring to Lily. "Daryl and I have been married for three years." Kristi said with smugness. "Little Alexander turned two last week." Kristi said with a haughty smile. "What about you?" She asked.
"Oh I'm a lawyer." Lily said intentionally leaving out the bit about working at the Ministry.
"Are you married?" Kristi asked looking at Lily's wedding ring finger but it was hidden. Lily was about to answer when she felt an arm wrap around her waist. She looked up to see James beside her.
"Honey you were taking so long, I got worried." James said. Lily looked at him oddly then caught on to what he was saying.
"Oh sorry sweetie. Why don't you take the drinks over and I'll be over in just a moment." Lily said to James. He smiled at her then kissed her cheek then took the drinks that had been sitting on the bar. "He's so wonderful." Lily said as she paid the bartender. She turned back to Kristi who had a look of pure shock on her face. "I don't know how you ever let him go. Though I must thank you for doing so. Since we've been together life has just been so ... perfect. Well I must go, can't keep him waiting." Lily said as she walked off. She chuckled as she seen James waiting for her at the table with a grin on her face.
"That felt good. I love getting one up on her." Lily said with a mischievous grin.
"What was she saying to you?" James asked.
"She was boasting about how she was married and had a kid." Lily said shaking her head. "God love that guy Daryl."
"He thinks there is nothing like her." Remus said butting into the conversation. "She's got him whipped." Remus said with a chuckle.
"I hated when I went out with her. I tried everything I could to end it with her but my Parents were adamant that I stay with her because of who her family were. They soon changed their tune when they met her." James chuckled.
"Did you see her face when you put your arm around Lily?" Hestia asked with a laugh. "I thought her eyes popped out of her head."
"It was all in the name of good pure ... revenge." James laughed before drinking his beer. They all laughed and joked for the rest of the night. James and Lily usually talking with the other. Hestia laughed and joked like old times with Remus, Peter and Sirius. The four of them were telling each other stories about their adventures in and out of Hogwarts; Hestia listening and not telling of course. Lily and James talked about things that were happening at the Ministry and other things like it.
"So Lily where are you living at nowadays?" Remus asked curiously after he had come back with the fifth round of drinks.
"Oh I'm staying with Hestia." Lily said with a chuckle. "But I'm looking for a place." The boys didn't quite understand why Lily was chuckling and Hestia was scowling.
"She is unbearable to live with." Hestia said with a shake of her head. "Do you know that she wakes up every morning at seven on the button. Blares the music, then makes loads of racket making breakfast." Hestia said before drinking from her glass. Lily was trying to stifle he laughter the whole time.
"Your walls are to thin." Lily chuckled. James let out a laugh.
"Lily, I stayed in the Head quarters with you for a year. You do make an awful lot of noise for a girl." James said. Lily rolled her eyes at him. She looked at her watch and realised it was 12:49. She had an early meeting in the morning and needed her rest.
"Hestia we had better go." Lily said with stiffness.
"Lily I was only joking." James said.
"No seriously we have to go though." Lily said standing up and putting her jacket on her. Hestia followed suit. "I am going to look at some apartments tomorrow and Hestia is meeting with her mum." Lily said. Hestia cringed.
"Don't remind me." Hestia said. "She'll probably start going on about how I'm not married yet and how Leona has two kids already." Hestia said exasperatedly. Leona was Hestia's older sister. She had absolutely no ambition unlike her sister, and Hestia hated being compared to her.
"Well if you want I can go with you and tell your mother how we plan on having a least thirty kids." Sirius said with a grin as he stood up and put his arm around Hestia's shoulder. Hestia pushed him away and smiled.
"Not going to happen, Black." Hestia said. Sirius pouted but Hestia rolled her eyes. The other four chuckled. Lily hugged the three boys then turned to James as Hestia hugged the three boys.
"I'm going to be in at lunch time ok?" Lily said. James nodded then Lily kissed him on the cheek and left with Hestia. James sat watching after her as the other three boys sniggered.
"What?" James asked as he took a drink from his pint.
"Are you sure your going to be able to work with her?" Remus asked with a smirk.
"Of course I will. Why wouldn't I?" James asked. Remus sniggered.
"No reason." He said with an amused look.
"James your looking for a room mate, why don't you ask Lily?" Sirius asked as he smiled at a girl that was on the other side of the room. She smiled shyly back.
"No, it wouldn't work out." James said with a shake of his head.
"Because you two slept together?" Peter asked with a smile. James rolled his eyes.
"No, because we work together." James said as if it were obvious.
"Yeah and it would just be terrible if you had to see Lily every waking moment." Remus said mockingly.
"Give over." James said annoyed. Sirius stood up.
"Guys I'll be right back." He said as he strolled towards the girl he had been looking at. The three watched him work his charm on the girl. James shook his head.
"I bet ten galleons she tells him to piss off." Remus said.
"Your on." Peter said.
That is the end of Chapter 2. Hoped you liked it cause I had fun writing it. I hope to get the next chapter up within the week.
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