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Enter Evans:
Lily moved her stuff in the day she got back. She had loved the apartment as much as Doe had hoped she would. James had come with her and they spent the entire morning conjuring her possessions around the room.
Doe had been here for a week now and had managed to unpack most of her bedroom. She had conjured all of her books and those she had inherited from my father to sit on the bookshelves in the living room, and now with the addition of Lily's collection, it was almost full.
" You know? I like this place a lot" James said as he and Lily left her room.
" It's great isn't it?" Doe said sitting on the edge of the couch.
" It's absolutely perfect" Lily said clapping happily.
James stomach roared loudly.
" There food in the kitchen if you're hungry" Doe told him.
After years of spending time with the marauders she could recognize the need to keep food on hand.
He smiled appreciatively, " Thank you, Doe. Slave driver Evans here wouldn't even let me stop and eat before coming here today"
" I needed help" Lily rationalized.
Doe laughed, " Don't worry about it, it should be fully stocked. I shopped yesterday".
It had been fun, she spent the entire day making sure the apartment was stocked with everything they needed from potions supplies to pumpkin pasties.
" And did you set the protective enchantments we talked about?" Lily asked.
Doe nodded quickly. The first night she was here she had stayed up late rereading every spellbook she had and making sure to set as many security charms possible.
Now no one could apparate into the apartment without permission. Permission she had only given to Lily and the marauders.
They also prevented the use of dark forces from tampering with it in anyway.
" I know, I'm surprised I even had to ask, with an auror living in the house" Lily said with a smile.
" I'm not an auror yet" Doe reminder her.
A small part of her felt thrilled that Lily had even had the thought. Protecting the apartment was the first thing Doe had done that made her feel like a real auror.
" But you will be" James said slinging his arm over Lily, " the ministry won't be able to kick you or Padfoot out".
" Hopefully" Doe said.
Doe didn't want to admit it, but after the initial shock of being accepted to the program had worn off, she had been faced with a new harsher realization, that she had to not only make it through training but pass all of the necessary tests to actually become one.
" Speaking of Sirius, where is he?" Doe asked looking at the lopsided magical clock that hung from the wall.
Sirius had been planning on coming over later tonight to hang out with them, but he was about an hour late.
" He's doing something with the apartment, I think" James pointed it out.
" Have you guys found one then?" Lily asked him.
James nodded, " Sirius found one about two blocks from here, it's directly across from the ministry. In that tall building with the green awning".
" That's quite a fancy building" Lily commented, it was one of the nicer apartment buildings in London that catered specifically to magical families. Several ministry department heads lived there.
James shrugged, " I haven't seen it yet, but you know Sirius, he's going to want it to be outrageous"
Lily laughed, " and what you would want a modest home for two?"
James ran his hands through his hair, " well no, I just meant that Sirius likes things grand"
There was a knock at the front door.
" I'll get it" Doe said to Lily and walked over to it. She peaked through the little hole and saw Remus standing in the hallway.
She wrenched it open.
" I thought you couldn't make it" She said hugging him tightly.
He smiled, " All I had to do was let my mom know it was you I wanted to see and she let me out of family night".
She grinned widely and kissed him, " Thank you, Carol".
" Hey Moony" James called happily from the couch.
" Hey Prongs" Remus said sitting down on the chair opposite him, " how've you been?"
" Busy," James said, " between Lily and Sirius, I never have a free moment"
James was interrupted by a sudden pop as Sirius apparatted into the living room.
" Sirius!" Doe said shrilly, " I gave you the password for emergencies, you could knock"
Sirius grinned, " Oh come on Meadowes, you know me better than that".
There was another pop and Peter followed appeared beside him.
" Why do you always take so long to apparate, Wormtail?" Sirius asked harshly.
" I don't know, come off it" Peter grumbled sitting down in the other chair.
Sirius smiled faintly and then sat down as well.
" It's officially done!" Sirius said happily, " the marauder bachelor pad has been secured"
" Excellent" Peter said happily.
" I can't wait to see it" Lily exclaimed.
" Oh I'm sure you'll be seeing quite a bit of James' room" Sirius said with a wink. Lily smacked him.
Doe leaned back in my chair. This was the first time that we had all been together since Hogwarts, and she was glad to see that nothing had changed.