New Flatmate

It had been a month since James and Lily didn't get divorced.

Lily moved in with her two best friends, Kelly Henderson and Marissa Paton, who lived next door to none other than Sirius Black and Remus Lupin.

James had spent the month in Egypt, on an Auror training course. But now he's back and is moving in with Sirius and Remus, who haven't told him that Lily was living next door.

"So is that you all unpacked?" asked Remus collapsing on the sofa.

"Yeah, looks like it" said James, "thanks again for letting me move in"

"No problem. Now it really is the Marauder bachelor pad we always wanted" said Sirius as he handed James a beer.

"How are you, about Lily and everything?" asked Remus

"Uh, I'm okay I guess. I miss her though" said James

"There's something you should know..." started Remus, but he was interupted by someone entering the flat.

"Sirius, Siri, Remy oh Remy" shouted a tipsy Lily

"In here" shouted Sirius

Lily stumbled into the room, "hey Mari sorta collapsed downstairs. Can one of you help her?"

"I'll get her" said Sirius leaving the room, then he peeked his head back, "meet our new flatmate"

Lily looked over to where Sirius and saw James staring at her.

"J-James, you-you moved in here" she said shocked to see him.

"Uh yeah"

"I hate to break up this reunion, but where's Kelly, she was out with you right?" said Remus

"She's fine, she's trying to sober Mari up" said Lily, trying to block out the fact that James was there.

"How did she get into this state?" said Sirius, coming back into the room carrying Marissa, closely followed by Kelly.

"Ask Lily" said Kelly

"Me" said Lily surprised, "What did I do? I didn't make her get drunk"

"She only got drunk to try and keep up with you"

"Calm down" said Lily taking her wand out. Seeing James had really sobered her up, she could already feel the heartache coming back. "Soberio"

Then Mari started to stir.

"Wh-what happened? Why am I on the sofa?" said Mari sitting up.

"You blacked out AGAIN" said Kelly disapprovingly

"Oh" said Mari, "oh well no harm done. Time for the phone number count"

"Do we have to" groaned Kelly she hated this game.

"Yes" insisted Mari, "I got 17 how many did you get?"

"One" said Kelly unhappily

"Can I just say, that I find this childish game very demeaning to men" said Sirius

"Oh, shut up, we hear how you talk about the women you sleep with" retorted Mari, "Lils, how many did you get?"

They all looked over at Lily who was staring at James, almost as if she was in a trance. James was still sitting on the sofa, he hadn't taken his eyes off Lily since she had walked into the room.

"Hi James, did you get unpacked okay?" asked Kelly

"Yeah, fine, thanks" said James still not taking his eyes off of Lily.

"Y-you knew he was..." said Lily

"Yeah I did, sorry" said Kelly guiltily.

"I didn't" said Mari, outraged, "Why didn't I know?"

"Because Kels is sleeping with Remus and you're not sleeping with me" said Sirius

"That is so not fair" grumbled

"Well you know how we can fix this" said Sirius winking at Mari.

"You wish Black" smirked Mari

"I know I do" muttered Sirius

"Anyway..." said Mari trying to change the subject

"I got 23 numbers" said Lily quietly, "I'm going to bed" then to James' surprise she tapped the living room wall with her wand, and muttered, "Sirius Black is a sex god" and a door appeared, Lily opened the door and went through to the girls' flat.

"So I uh guess she moved in next door, with you guys" said James as Lily closed the door behind her and it disappeared.

"Yeah she did" said Mari

"We were going to tell you, just before she walked in" said Remus

"I think, I'll go to bed" said James quietly.