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A few days later, Lily found herself back at work. She worked in the Charms department at the Ministry of Magic. Today was another boring day, she had paper work sky high in front of her. And Lily was dreading doing it all. She would be surrounding herself in write-ups of a new charm; how it works, who founded it, what it does, just typical general information.

Lily was just starting to fill out a form on Leocadia, a charm which can detect the presence of other wizards, even if they were hidden by an invisibility cloak, when she heard a knock on her open door. She looked up to see a man standing there, a bundle of red roses in his arms.

"Are you a Miss Lily Evans?" he asked her.

"Yes, yes I am."

"Sign here please," the flower man said while taking out a small form.

She scribbled her signature onto the sheet, and then took the roses in her own hands. They were beautiful; her favorite flower.

Once the man left, Lily quickly investigated the arrangement of roses. She quickly found a small, white card which read:

My dearest Lily,

I love you, sweetheart. Please don't be upset with me for canceling our date tonight. You know how much I adore you… and if you wish, perhaps tomorrow night we can make it up- at Scarlet Roses, your favorite restraint in all of wizarding London.

Love,

Jason

She smiled as she finished reading it. True, she was upset about not being able to go to the theater tonight as Jason had promised, but Scarlet Roses was even better. She just loved the romantic candlelit dinners that she and Jason had shared there before.

Once Lily had conjured up a vase to place her roses in, she sat back at her seat to continue her work. She still had the report to write up, which was so tempting to forget about.

Then she heard another knock on the door, she looked up and saw James Potter standing there, he had a grin on his face. "Hello, Lily, thought that you might want a coffee."

"What do you want?" she snapped, completely ignoring the extra coffee that was in his hand.

"Why do you assume that I want something? Can't a guy just come up to your office to say a simple hello?"

"I don't have any bloody time for this crap, James. Just tell me what you want," Lily demanded.

"You know, I just realized that we have both worked at the ministry for the longest time, and we didn't bump into each other at all," James commented, ignoring her previous question.

"Well, we do work in separate departments," she retorted.

"Yes, well, I just came by to see if you wanted to, um, catch up a little after work?" he asked.

She ignored his question and responded, "I'm back with Jason now."

"Are you really?" He was disappointed at this, but didn't let it show in his voice or face expression. His idea of getting both Lily and Emmy may not work after all, 'but then again, you never know,' he thought to himself. "Are those roses from him?"

"Yes, now get out of here, I've got loads of paperwork to do."

"Lily," he said as he walked closer to her. James had even somehow managed to shut the door behind him with her noticing. He leaned forward and kissed her lightly on the lips. "The other night, at the dance club, I had a fantastic time, being with you. And that night, two weeks ago, I can't get it out of my mind; I can't get you out of my mind."

Lily's heart started to race, she couldn't believe he was saying that to her. Then, he suddenly placed his lips back on hers, more forceful this time. She felt his tongue slide against her lips, begging for entrance to her mouth. She complied his desire, opening her mouth, allowing his tongue to explore.

The kissing began to get even more passionate, and Lily was lifted up and out of her chair. James had his arms wrapped around her, and she snaked her arms around his neck, pulling him closer to her.

Lily was going weak in the knees, her only support being his strong arms to hold her balance. He gently moved her back toward to wall, giving his hands a chance to roam around the rest of her body. She felt his rough hands going underneath her shirt, making their way up toward her the hook of her bra. And she suddenly felt the hook unclasp.

She immediately ran a hand up toward his unruly hair. She ran her fingers through it, and it reminded her of their days at Hogwarts together.

Lily's mind eventually caught up with her actions. What was she doing? She had Jason back again, and she didn't need James.

She pulled her hand out of his hair, and pushed him away from her. "James, we can't do this. I'm with Jason now, and you have Emmy."

At these words he pulled back from her, a disgruntled expression on his face. "I don't care Lily," he told her.

"What the fuck do you mean you don't care?" she asked as her hands went to clasp her bra back into position.

"I don't care about them, not right now."

"James, we can't do this," she said in a scream-like whisper.

"Why the fuck not?" he asked, irritation was present in his voice.

"Because, because, it's wrong," she said.

"Cut the shit Lily, you know you want it as much as I do. I can see it in your eyes and the way you act just proves it even more," he replied.

"Oh, you know nothing about me! I can't even believe you even think that I want you, because I don't," she replied.

"Oh really? Then explain what we just did, please," he told her, his voice was full of mockery and anger.

"We were, we were, doing absolutely nothing," she replied, rage was rising in her voice.

"You can't tell me that was nothing," he yelled.

"James, I'm not about to become some cheating whore just because you want to me to," she said in her scream-like whisper.

"I'm not asking you to be a whore," his voice was full of outrage, "And I'm not asking you to cheat, you're already doing that perfectly fine on your own."

"Oh, you fucking bastard! I'm not cheating on Jason, and I never have either."

"Then what do you call what just happened? I'm pretty sure that snogging me while dating Jason is called cheating."

"Fuck you James, you know that fuck you," Lily exclaimed, her temper was rising fast.

"Oh, come on Lils, just admit it to yourself, you want me as much as I want you," James responded.

"Get the fuck out of here James, I don't need your shit anymore."

"No, not until you at least admit that you like what's happening between us," James replied.

"Fine you want to hear me say that, fine. I like being with you, and hell, you're a good shag. But that's it, nothing more!" Lily shouted.

"That's all I want to hear Lily, and that's all I want to happen," he said slowly.

James looked straight into her eyes, they were burning with rage. He decided to take the chance anyway, not knowing where it would land him.

He walked toward her, grabbed her face in his hands, and leaned forward for a kiss. To his relief, Lily began to kiss him back, apparently ignoring her good, proper common sense. The kiss was exhilarating, making Lily lose herself to him, not wanting the kiss to end, but it did.

He pulled away, looking into her now open eyes, waiting for a response.

"Meet me in the Leaky Caldron at 8:00 tonight," she told him, her heart racing faster than ever before.

He nodded and left the office without another word.

She looked over at the roses that Jason had given her, and at the card that had accompanied them. She sighed and couldn't help but wonder what she had just gotten herself into.

Author's Note 2: Okay, hope you guys all liked the revised chapter 9! Please review!