Marauders Match-making Inc.
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Disclaimer: The plot of this story is based on the ABC Family movie, "See Jane Date." The characters are property of J.K. Rowling. The only thing that belongs to me are the changes I made to the plot I borrowed, and the new characters that you don't know from the Harry Potter books. Alright with you then?
Chapter 3- There's Always More Fish in the Sea
"Good to see you decided to come to work, Evans. You've used your sick days up this month," Cornelius Fudge told her snottily. The junior hit-wizard in training was working at the reception desk today.
Stupid kid, she thought. Lily really wanted to slap him right now, but she settled for a simple comeback.
"At least I'm not a workaholic whose dream is to be the Minster, which is never going to happen."
She let her grin slide into a playful smile.
Fudge smirked, and tipped his hat. "It's nice to have you back."
"It always is, Fudge." Lily laughed and signed in, passing by him.
She was definitely happy to be back at work. All that moping around had gotten a little old after a while.
Well…it would get her mind off of him and the wedding.
She continued to walk down the hallway towards her office, feeling as though she'd rather go home and continue to eat those 2 gallons of ice cream a day. But the only problem with that is that she would get fat and not be able to get a date to her sister's wedding.
Damn shallow men.
"Lily!" A voice rang out behind her, practically echoing down the hall, "Lily, hold up!"
She stopped and twisted around to see a friend of hers by the name for Marcia Grunwich. Marcia was frantically running towards Lily, waving her arms to her associate.
"Hey Lil. Where have you been for the past two days? I've been trying to call your house the whole time, but no one answered. Did you go on some kind of surprise vacation with your boyfriend?"
Lily stood in silence. Marcia had mentioned him. And just when she thought that maybe her day wouldn't be so horrible.
Okay, so she had always thought it would be horrible, but she didn't feel like admitting it. People said that, "Admitting you have a problem is the first step." How wrong that saying was.
Going into denial and eating twice your weight was always the first step in Lily's book.
"Uh…" Lily began, not really wanting to tell her the truth, "Actually we broke up."
Marcia had never looked guiltier in her life, even if she could have tried.
"Oh my gosh… I'm so sorry, Lily." She replied, uncertain of what to say next.
"No…really…It's okay. I'm fine," Lily forced a smile, "Honest."
Liar, liar, pants on fire, she thought to herself.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, of course."
Liar, liar…
Shut up, already! She thought angrily in response to the voices in her head.
"Okay…well, I wanted to tell you that I have a reservation at L' Amour Masque, and if you want to go, I could make the number three, instead of two," she said, raising one eyebrow jokingly, and smiling.
"You mean, you made a reservation for a party of four, intending to ask me to come and find a date, right?" Lily replied, laughing a little, finding the hidden meaning instantly.
She knew Marcia all to well.
"Well…yes, I suppose."
"So who's the big-shot you finally got the courage to ask out? Sirius, Michael, Randy, Matthew, Robert, or Stanley?"
"Just a face I think you'll recognize by the name of James Potter!" Marcia exclaimed, looking extremely pleased with herself.
"Really?" Lily said incredulously, "When, and where in the name of God was I?"
"Last week, Saturday."
"Why didn't call me?" Lily asked, not believing that her friend would leave her hanging like this.
"I did try calling you. On the weekend, when you weren't answering your telephone," she replied, "Not that I blame you, or anything."
"Oh…"
"So do you want to come with us?" Marcia asked, as they began to finally walk down the hall, after receiving many dirty looks from Ministry officials who thought they were completely blocking the hallway.
Couldn't they see that this was important news that deserved a blocked hallway, if necessary?
"I guess not. I mean, where would I find a date?" Lily questioned Marcia, wondering.
"Lily," she said, taking Lily's head in her hands, and turning it forward, away from its former position of looking at her, "Look down this hall. Do you not see all the guys filling this hallway? You could easily pick one, and ask him out."
"Yeah, I see them, but how do I pick?" Lily said, feeling repetitive.
Is she even hearing me?
Then, at that exact moment, Cornelius Fudge chose to barge through Lily and Marcia, with a metal cart stacked full of papers.
"Excuse me, excuse me, important papers coming through. They are extremely vital for the well-being of the Minister…. Excuse me, excuse me…"
"Ow!" Lily said loudly, having been jabbed in the back with a point on the cart.
"Sorry, Miss," Fudge called, continuing down the hall.
Marcia looked at Lily, and smiled.
"How about him?"
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"She's going on a double date with you and Marcia?" Peter asked James later, when they had met up at the Leaky Cauldron. Both Sirius and Remus were busy. Remus' excuse being the full moon, and Sirius had an evening assignment at the ministry.
"Yep. And that's not the worst part," James said him, leaning closer, "She's going with Cornelius Fudge."
"Really? Wow. Lily sure knows how to pick the wrong ones," Peter replied, chuckling to himself a bit.
"No kidding," James answered back, taking a swig of his drink.
"So what are you going to do, Prongs?" Peter asked him, sensing that his friend had some plan up his sleeve.
"Not sure yet, but something."
"You mean like sabotage?" Peter inquired curiously.
"Exactly like sabotage," James responded, blankly staring at the bar.
"So you haven't got a plan yet?"
"None whatsoever," was the blank reply.
"What about playing a prank on Fudge? Just like old days?" Peter suggested to him, taking a sip of his own drink.
"Have you got anything in mind?" James asked, perking up instantly, giving Peter all of his attention.
"I do think an old muggle joke might come in handy here…" Peter said, grinning evilly.
"I always knew that there was something I liked about you, Wormtail," James smiled the way he hadn't smiled since his days at Hogwarts.
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