Lily:

It was very hard for Lily to leave Hogwarts for the last time. As she clambered on board the Hogwarts express for the last trip home she looked back at the old building that housed so many memories. The good, meeting her friends and becoming a prefect, the bad: Almost getting killed by a werewolf and, of course the death of one of her friends at the hands of Lord Voldemort, The Ugly: Getting covered from head to toe with stink sap by Alice's damned Mimbulus Mimbletonia and getting hexed by the Slytherins and Potter. Potter. What memories did he fit in to? Good ones now they were together and the bad ones where she had stood up to him as he bullied people like Snape… not that Snape didn't deserve bullying.

Looking back on it she had grown up here. This great big castle stored all the memories of the people she loved best. Dorcas Meadows, who was strong and brave and beautiful with her long dark hair and big blue eyes, Alice Morgan with her dirty blonde hair and humorous view on life. Amelia Bones with her cynical views and loving nature. Then there were the boys, Remus and Amelia were always perfect together it had been this year that they had gotten together, then Lily had been shocked to see Dorcas falling for the charming but all together trouble making Sirius Black. Then, she had been even more shocked to find herself falling for the bullying toerag she had sworn to hate. Oh well, even head girls have conflicting views sometimes.

She climbed on the train and rolled back into muggle London. It was nearing 5pm when the Marauders and their girl friends rolled back into Kings Cross, platform 9 and ¾ and left the train for the last time now adults.

But enough with the soppiness, Lily had to go back and live with Petunia… well only for a while… then she, Dorcas and Amelia planned on getting an apartment in London close to where Lily and Dorcas could start training as Auror's and Amelia could start training with the department of Magical Law enforcement. Alice was going to be an auror too but would be living with her longtime boyfriend Frank.

Lily was very happy to say that James would be joining her at the auror academy, as would Sirius. Remus was taking a job at Gringott's because of his 'condition' restricting him from most things and Peter… Well, who knew with Peter? Lily didn't like to dwell over him.

All in all Lily Evans' adult life was looking as if it was going to be a fun one. She snuggled into her childhood bed feeling all warm and tingly at the thought of apartment shopping the next day with Dorcas and Amelia.

Who could have known that finding an apartment would be so hard? Seriously, Lily was entirely exhausted by 12pm when the girls stopped off at Florean Fortisques for 3 quadruple chocolate and jellybean Sundays. They had seen the most horrible of places; the last one made Amelia faintly green and smelt like stink sap (the apartment, not Amelia) they had seen one nice place but they would never be able to afford the rent there the apartments in their price range were all hideous. Lily insisted they try muggle neighborhoods as well as the wizarding ones they had already tested. It was a useless day and all three girls trudged back to the leaky cauldron, disheartened and with sore feet only to find some certain boys.

James came up behind Lily and kissed her jaw, alarmed she grabbed her wand and sent out the first charm that came to mind, which is why her boyfriend, moments later, resembled a lovely wooden hat stand. Sirius let out a whoop of laughter and walked over to the girls.

'Poor old Jamesie really isn't getting any is he?'

'Is that?' said Lily looking mortified she swooped her wand in a downward motion and James appeared again in front of her.

'Sorry!' she said weekly. James smiled

'Ah well, at least I know you don't allow random guys to kiss you in bars. I'm flattered.' Lily swatted him on the arm.

The boys had had more luck than Lily, Dorcas and Amelia on the home hunting front and were in negotiations to take on a nice apartment in Diagon alley.

'It was really just because I dropped James' name' said Sirius in explanation as to why they had so easily procured a nice piece of prime real estate.

'You're lucky with that name Lily.' Dorcas hit her boyfriend lightly on the shoulder 'Shut up you idiot' she said. James ran his hand through his hair. He didn't like people talking about his family money or suggesting that was why Lily was with him because it wasn't true. It was his parents money not his. Sensing James' unease Lily leant over to him and whispered in his ear.

'Puhlease if I was after someone for money I could do much better than you!' she kissed his cheek and scooted away again.

That's when James realized that she was perfect for him. He knew that he wanted to marry Lily. He knew Lily was the girl he wanted to spend the rest of his life with.

Now there was the slight problem of asking her.

A/N: Hey! This fic is going to go up to their deaths I think. If I get attached it will go longer as an AU if I don't like it then it will go down the dunny. Really not sure. New chapters should be up every week but If I don't get reviews I wont update! So ha-ha!

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