Wow! Thank you a million times over to all the people who read and reviewed this story. I can't believe I got ten reviews just for the first chapter! Thank you for thinking that this story has potential and….okay, before I cannot control my hand anymore from typing a useless babbling, here's chapter 2. Hope you like it! Happy New Year to ya'll!

Disclaimer: I won nothing except a few characters you don't recognize.

Chapter 2

Three Years Later………

Lily, now 20 years old, occasionally tapped her quill in time to the music the magical stereo was paying that was installed in her office as she read a random report from one of her officemates.

Suddenly, the door opened and Jeremy Lewis, her boss and one of her friends, walked in.

"Don't you knock?" Lily asked him.

"No. Anyway, you don't seem to mind" Jeremy replied, lightly running his hand over his brown hair.

Before she could reply, the door opened once more and Kelsey Rivers, her other officemate and friend, walked in. "Hey Lils, hey Jeremy. Listen, Lily, you have a client meeting at around 1 pm, at the Shermont Café, that's up at Cloves Street( still in the wizarding world). He wants to discuss matters with you as soon as possible. He wouldn't tell me his name though,"

Lily nodded as she pulled her hair into a simple ponytail. You see, Lily, after graduating Hogwarts, now worked at the Department of Wizarding Law (I just made up a new department, since I can't think of any other job for them. This will be relevant though). She was now known as one of the top-notch wizarding lawyers in England, what with her intelligence and sharp wit and eloquence.

Jeremy, after a few minutes of animated discussion, exited, saying he had to meet the Minister for a short meeting. Kelsey left as well, leaving Lily to prepare for her meeting with this seemingly elusive client.

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"YOU?" Lily exclaimed, shock and disbelief written on her face as she arrived at the café and faced her client, sitting lazily in his seat, looking supremely unconcerned.

For her client for her new case was none other than Sirius Black.

"Lily, great to see you again!" Sirius said cheerfully as he got out of his seat and pulled up Lily's chair for her. Once she had sat down, he did the same. He and Lily had kept up correspondence over the years, but they had never met up formally again until now, even if Sirius was working in the Ministry as well.

"Since when did you become a gentleman?" Lily questioned him, her brow raised, slowly recovering from her shock.

"Since Remus and Chelsea warned me to act nicer and more, what was the word..? Oh yeah- vastly mature and un-siriuslike- to you or they'd take away Mr. Snuffles," Sirius said, looking quite horrified at the prospect of this.

Chelsea Leonards was Sirius's long-time girlfriend (I know, hard to imagine, right?). She was also Lily's close friend.

"And since when have you ever actually followed Remus' and Chelsea's advice?" Lily asked. Then she paused and frowned. "Wait, you mean to tell me that Mr. Snuffles is still with you? I thought I threw him in the Black Lake in seventh year because you spread the word about that-" she made a noise of distaste as she said, or rather, spat the next word- "-incident- that happened during Christmas".

"And I still cannot forget how mercilessly you threw my beloved Bear into the cold, black lake, screaming and cackling like an evil, heartless witch, so cruel, and so vile! Really Lily, just because I told everyone that you and James accidentally kissed during Christmas didn't mean that you had to throw out one of my prized possessions!" Sirius said dramatically.

"Shut up!" Lily hissed at him, her eyes firing, and her temper rising a bit, her face slowly beginning to compliment her hair. "Will you keep your voice down, someone might hear you! I don't want anyone to know that Potter's lips touched mine, accidentally or not, ever, understood? I still can't forget that you "conveniently" left out the part where I slapped him afterwards". Then she took a deep breath and continued, "And I wasn't cackling like an evil maniac when I did that, you were the one who was howling like a crazy idiot! And what's more, how the hell did you manage to get that wretched teddy bear out of the lake?"

"Let's just say my charm extends beneath and above land," Sirius said arrogantly.

"Potter got the bear out for you, didn't he?"

"Yes, fine, so James got it out for me. But who cares? I've got Mr. Snuffles, and his life is now placed under threat again, so I have to be nice to you!" Sirius said in defeat and exasperation.

Lily shook her head. "Okay, remind me again how the simple question of how you became so gentlemanly all of a sudden branched out into talking about Hogwarts and more specifically, James Potter?"

"You started it! You were the one who mentioned the 'incident', not me! You're the one who kept on talking about him. Admit it Lily, after all theses year, you still harbor very strong feelings for my best mate".

"You're right Sirius" Lily sighed, causing his jaw to drop open. "I do harbor strong feelings for him". Then her expression changed. "Unfortunately for you, those strong feelings are one of intense hate. I still cannot forget and forgive him for what he did to me during graduation, and now that I mention it, for all the years of annoying hell he put me through. Thank god I don't have to ever see him again"

At this, Sirius gulped, looking quite nervous. "Um yeah, right, whatever Lils".

She sighed. "Wait, Sirius, are we really going to talk about business or did you make this whole thing up so you could talk to me?"

"Actually, we are going to talk business." Sirius replied. And with that he proceeded to tell Lily the situation. "It's about a Death Eater attack on one of the Aurors. Since this suspected Death Eater is quite prominent, it would be quite tough to convince the court to convict him" Sirius explained.

Around 4 o'clock, they ended their discussion with a promise to meet again soon. Lily had agreed to defend them and convict the suspected Death Eater. They hugged each other briefly before saying their good-byes. Once she was outside, she Apparated back to the Ministry.

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A week later……..

Lily arrived at her flat at around 7 pm. She was exhausted, but happy, as was always her feeling after winning a case. She dressed into house clothes and flopped down on her duvet couch and sighed, letting the soft feel of the fabric envelope her as she relaxed.

Without warning, her telephone(enchanted so it works in the wizarding world) began to ring. She hopped off the couch and picked up her phone.

"Hello?" she said cheerfully.

"Hey, Lily, it's me, Sarah" the voice said from the other line.

"Hey Sarah!" Lily said joyfully. "What's up?"
"Yeah, I was wondering, do you want to come with me tonight? I've got a spare ticket for the musical play that's showing tonight, it's really romantic. Please!"

Lily thought about it and said, "Sure. The Theatric Pavilion? Seven? Ok. See you at the lobby!" and with that, she put the phone down and began to get ready.

She reached the The Pavilion, in a matter of minutes. She found Sarah Anderson already waiting for her there. She met her friend at the lobby. Just as they were about to enter the theatre, Lily stopped short.

"Remus? Peter?" She said out loud in disbelief as she found that Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew, along with two other girls she didn't know, were just in front of her.

"Lily! Sarah!" The two boys chorused happily, engulfing her and Sarah into a hug. "We haven't seen you in a long time" Remus remarked.

"Yeah, well, work almost always takes up my time already" Lily explained.

"Too bad" Peter remarked as they finally were inside the theatre. Since their seats were far from each other, they said their goodbyes and, before sitting down, decided to meet up for a late dinner afterwards.

Lily and Sarah finally settled themselves into the plush red armchairs, quietly talking. Suddenly, everything was in a hush as the lights dimmed, the red velvet curtain opened to reveal a world of enchanting laughter and gaiety. The audience clapped as the conductor picked up his baton and the orchestra began to strike beautiful sweet sounding melodies as the play finally began.

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Lily was finally home. She checked her clock, and found that it was already 11 o' clock. She groaned, as she knew she'd have a killer headache tomorrow when she went to work, the result of giving in to Sarah's coaxing to go to a bar after their dinner with Remus and Peter and their dates.

She changed into her nightclothes and, now yawning, she lay down onto her bed and turned off the light. As she drifted off to sleep, she was thinking, or rather, dreading, that, after seeing Sirius, Remus, and Peter again, she knew that she would see James Potter again.

She had no idea how right she was, and how soon that would be.