It was agreed upon that the Order would meet the following week. Both James and Lily were eager with anticipation. James had been taking less work, no more extra shifts at work (even if he did sort of need the money); he wanted to devote most of his time to the Order of the Phoenix. Lily, however, was quite the opposite.

First, she had to get through her parents funeral service. It was a small ceremony, and when no one was watching she transfigured two forget-me-nots into lilies, and laid one in each of the caskets. The funeral wasn't nearly as bad as she thought it would be. But afterwards, she was as busy as ever.

She took on extra shifts at St. Mungo's, where she worked in the ward for hexed or cursed muggles, spent endless time cleaning out her flat and working on ridiculous projects, and if she had any possible free time left, reading up about the dark arts (in preparation for her joining the Order). If it weren't for the Order, Lily probably would have been working seven days a week. Before her parents' death, she took Sundays off to catch up on housework and bills, visit friends, or, before they broke up, to be with Remus. But since the Order met on Sundays, it was quite impossible for Lily to do anything.

Eventually, Sunday rolled around. Remus came by to take her to headquarters, because she still did not know where that exactly was. Lily had to pretend not to be reminiscent of the times he had come to take her someplace before, however, those times had nothing to do with business. Remus seemed unaware of the deja v of it all. "Shall we?" he asked. Lily nodded.

They apparated out of her flat and into the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade. "Hogsmeade?" she asked in confusion. Remus shook his head but otherwise said nothing. Then they used the floo network to get to Diagon Alley. Then they apparated to a country road. "We'll walk from here." Remus said. They walked the half or so mile in silence. Eventually, they arrived at the Burrow. "Arthur and Molly Weasley's place," he explained. Lily nodded.

"Are you ready?" he asked, " Are you sure? There is no turning back once you walk through that door." Lily hesitated, "In that case…" She opened the door (rather loudly) and strode through it pointedly. She looked back at him, "Let's go."

James was already sitting in the Weasley's kitchen when they heard a loud noise around the front door. In a flash, Moody was at the front door, pointing his wand at the door. Lily, seeing that Moody was going to attack, pulled out her wand, and was muttering a spell under her breath. Lily was fast, but Moody was faster. She was disarmed before he was, and the next thing she knew, witches and wizards surrounded her, all pointing their wands at her.

James was not one of them. He, like Sirius and Peter, was unsure what to do. Obviously, Lily was not part of the Order of The Phoenix, so what was she doing here? McGonagall pulled out a bottle of Veritaserum and poured it down Lily's throat. Then, Remus Lupin stepped into the house. Everyone in the room's eyes went to the same place. First, they all stared at Lupin for a very long time, and then, comprehending that she was with him, everyone looked at James, knowing his past feeling with Lily.

But James was still staring at Lily, who was choking on the potion still. "Well," muttered Moody, "I suppose we were going to do that anyway." James felt bad for Lily; he had to drink the Veritaserum once and he remembered all to well the feeling of all your secrets being exposed. They sat Lily down in the kitchen, and McGonagall began asking questions, "Why are you here?"

"Remus asked me to join the Order of the Phoenix, and I agreed. So he brought me here," Lily choked out.

"Do you have a darker purpose?"

"No."

"Do you serve anyone besides the Order of the Phoenix?"

"Just the cursed or hexed muggles at St. Mungo's."

James couldn't help but laugh.

"What do you do for them?" McGonagall had never heard that kind of answer before. "I give them pumpkin juice, mostly, and then I sedate them," Lily sputtered. Now James had burst out laughing. McGonagall looked at the rest of the Order, "Can anyone think of anything else to ask Miss Evans?"

"What have she been doing since graduation?" Peter Pettigrew wondered aloud. Sirius smirked, "Well, fetching the muggles juice and then sedating them, of course." James was still laughing. McGonagall gave them the one of her looks. All three of them sobered up immediately.

Molly took Lily out of the kitchen so she could go lie down. It would be about twelve hours before the potion wore off. "Well," said Dumbledore, "now that that is all taken care of, shall we get down to business?" The others nodded. Dumbledore smiled. "First off, Molly, Arthur, would it be possible for Lily to stay here until the potion wears off? We don't want her getting into the wrong hands, that is unless Lupin has other plans…" Dumbledore trailed off. "No, no, no, Lily should stay here," Lupin said quickly. Dumbledore looked at the Weasley's, "Is that alright?" Arthur and Molly exchanged looks; "Actually-," Arthur began.

"She can stay with me."

James looked around, who had said that? Everyone was looking at him. Oh dear, it must have been him, "I'll be off for a few days anyway, and Lily is welcome to stay with me." Dumbledore smiled knowingly and called out, "Lily, do you mind if you stay with James Potter until the potion wears off?" "No, I guess it's okay," Lily called back drowsily. Dumbledore nodded, "Then its settled." James was astounded. Lily Evans was going to stay with him. And then he grimaced. Lily was not going to be happy when that potion wore off.

Sirius threw him a questioning glance. But everyone else was on to the next thing on the agenda; Lily's entrance had gotten them a little behind schedule. James however, looked up and saw Lupin staring at James with an indecipherable expression on his face. James wondered why he didn't take Lily. They had arrived together, so he assumed that they were together. A good boyfriend would take care of his girlfriend, especially when she was this vulnerable. He shook his head a little, he could think more on that later. Now, it was really time to get down to business.

But all too soon, the sun was rising, and almost everyone had a job to get to tomorrow. So, James, picked up Lily, and then apparated directly home, which was a very risky move. The Order would not be happy if they had found out, but with Lily in the condition she was in, James felt it was necessary. He laid her on his bed, grabbed a pillow, and went to sleep on the couch. It had been a long night for everyone.

When Lily woke up the next morning, she noticed two things: 1) that is was almost 11:30 and she was several hours late for her job and 2) that she was not in her own bed. Both of these things profoundly confused her. Lily Evans was never late, and Lily Evans almost always woke up in her own bed.

She looked at the comforter, it was old, ratty, clashed with the rest of the room, so it must have been a bachelor's and it was not Remus's. All of these things alarmed her. If it were Remus's bed that she was lying in, she would have been horrified and embarrassed, but not alarmed.

Remus was a gentleman. The only time she had ever spent the night at his flat was when she tried a bit of fire whiskey and was in no condition to go home. But this was not Remus Lupin's comforter, bedroom, or flat. She looked down and much to her relief; she still had her clothes on.

She thought about apparating right then, but she was curious to see where exactly she was. She climbed out of bed and opened the door. At first, she didn't see anyone, but then she turned the corner and found James Potter sitting at the breakfast table, eating a bowl of cereal with orange juice. And she did what any normal woman would do in such a situation. She screamed.

"Why are you screaming?" James yelled over Lily's screams. Lily just stared at him with wide eyes and kept shrieking at the top of her lungs. "You know, this is a muggle flat and they can hear you, and you won't be able to just give them pumpking juice and sedate them," he yelled again. Lily shut up, mostly because she was confused by his statement.

"Where am I?" She whispered. James laughed again, but stopped abruptly when he saw how frightened she really was. He made his voice softer when he said, "You really don't remember what happened last night?" She shook her head. He grinned, "Well, in that case…"

"James Potter!" she cried and picked up the first object she could find, which was thankfully a pillow, and threw it at him. James kept on grinning. "Well," he said, "Why don't you sit down and have some breakfast, and I will explain everything to you." He poured her some cereal and orange juice. She wrinkled her nose and pulled her wand out of her pocket. She transfigured the orange juice into milk. James laughed gleefully, "Now I don't have to buy milk this week either!" Lily rolled her eyes. "Pathetic," she muttered. James just laughed again.

She looked him over and sighed, "I always did remember you being such a happy person." He looked at her seriously, "I sincerely hope you remember me, it's only been two years since we last saw each other, do you remember?" She looked down at her cereal as she answered softly, "Of course I remember, how could I forget?" They sat in silence for a moment, though James was comfortable in it. Lily, however, was not.

"So," she said to brightly, hoping to change the subject, "What happened last night? The last thing I remember is arriving at the Burrow." James held his hands up, "Before I tell you, I would like to ask you one more question. Do you promise you will answer?" "I promise," Lily said solemnly. He asked, "What's up between you and Lupin?" Lily sighed, "You haven't changed a bit, Potter. But that's my business. You have no right to ask that." James smirked, "Maybe not, but you promised to answer." She sighed, defeated, "Alright then, after graduation, Remus and I got together, and it became serious."

"How serious?" James asked, "Why didn't he offer to take you home?"

Now it was Lily who held her hands up. "I said I would answer your first question, that was it, but I will answer your other questions if you stop interrupting me. How serious? Well, I thought that he was going to be the one I married. I loved him. That serious. My parents thought he was nice enough, but too quiet for me. I always told them that they were wrong, and that he was perfect. Of course, they didn't know about his flaws but they did notice that he was different from other wizards. I never told them about his-"

"Furry little problem?" James offered. Lily nodded, "Yes. Anyway, we dated for over a year, and then, about nine months ago, he felt that we were getting too serious. So he broke it off," Lily sighed, "He's much too hard on himself about the whole werewolf thing, I think that was part of the problem. And that's the story, I didn't see him again until last week when he showed up at my flat to offer me a place in the Order." James leaned across the table a bit, "Do still love him?" She shrugged, "I think so, but I'm not sure."

James sighed, "Lily, can you stand?" She stood and replied, "yes."

"Now tell me," he said, "What it was that I did to all your admirers fifth year." Lily looked confused but said; "You used the Levicorpus on them." He sighed again, "What was the worst grade you ever got on an exam?" She was still confused when she said, "An "Acceptable" in Divination."

He was looking very solemn now, "Okay, last one: why did you refuse my marriage proposal?" She looked down now but said quietly, "Because I didn't love you like that."

James stood up. "Lily," he declared, "I think- no, I know that you had more than one drop of Veritaserum, because you answered all of those questions. Obviously, the potion has not worn off yet, and the Order asked me to do two things, the first was to keep you in my flat until the Veritaserum wears off, and the second was not to tell you anything until it does, just in case I fail at the first. Therefore, you are stuck her for another twelve hours." Lily groaned, "You mean I will have no one for company but you for twelve more hours?" James smiled, "Don't be ridiculous, Lily, Sirius lives here too." Lily sat down on the couch and groaned again, "I think I liked it better when it was just you. I have had enough with all you Marauders!"

James sat down next to her, "Well, if it makes you feel better, I won't take advantage of you by asking overly-personal questions that you would be bound to answer." Lily threw him a death glare. "I don't trust you," she accused. James pretended to look hurt, "Why ever not?" Lily glared again, "Because, you are asking me questions like 'why ever not?' and you know I am compelled to answer. And you have your mischievous grin on." James looked surprised, "You can tell the difference between my range of grins." He said it as a statement more than a question

"Yes, I can," Lily snapped, "And I can tell the difference between your expressions, too. You're enjoying yourself at my expense." James tried to supress his happiness, "Alright, can I ask one more question?"

"No," said Lily curtly.

"Do you know that I'm going to ask you anyway?" he smirked. "Yes," grumbled Lily.

"Alright, which one of my grins is your favorite?"

"I don't ha-" she started choking, and then she sighed and said, "the mischievous one." He grinned his mischievous grin. Lily grimaced; it was going to be a long day.

Lily did manage to get through the majority of the day by using a Muffliato charm. That way she didn't have to answer all of James and Sirius's strange and over- personal questions. Lily didn't know it, but once they realized that she couldn't hear them, they began to talk about her.

James told Sirius about Lily's reaction to waking up in their flat, her transfiguring the orange juice into milk, and his discovery that she was still under the influence of the Veritaserum.

"What about her and Lupin?" Sirius asked. James simply told him that they had dated for a year, but were no longer together. In fact, James kept several parts of his day with Lily to himself. For example, he did not tell Sirius about how he asked her why she didn't marry him and the fact that she noticed the difference between his expressions and smiles. All the while, Lily just sat on the couch and read the Daily Prophet.

Eventually, they knew the Muffliato charm had worn off when James said, "Lily, have you been listening to us?"

"Yes," came the answer. Sirius smirked. He opened his mouth to ask her a question, but before he could, the doorbell rang. "Blimey! I forgot that I have a date tonight. You don't mind if go on my date tonight, do you, Lily?"

"Leave!" she yelled. He opened the door and a woman James did not recognize came in. Sirius told her that he would be ready in a minute and suggested that she sit down and wait for him in the living room. When she saw Lily, she demanded, "Who's this?" "Umm…well…" Sirius tried to think of an explanation, "She's James's girlfriend!"

James and Lily both stared at him. Sirius's date turned to Lily, and James quickly muttered a Muffliato. "Do you live here?" she asked Lily.

"She's deaf," James said rather loudly. The woman turned to him, "Really." Sirius saw a chance and took it. "I'm ready now!" he announced, "let's go." He escorted the woman out the door quickly. James shut the door behind them and locked it. He then lifted the charm.

"Well, then," he said, "Its good that Sirius is all taken care of now, but I doubt that he will stay with her all night, seems like the jealous type, don't you think?"

Lily smiled, "She reminds me of my sister Petunia, she is also entirely unpleasant. Now, if you excuse me, I would like some quiet so, Muffliato."

And then she couldn't hear anything again. Lily was asleep before the twelve hours were up, so James picked her up and put her on his bed again. He sighed; it appeared that he would be sleeping on the couch again.

A/N: I just went back and edited this section, so I really hope there aren't any more mistakes. If there are, oh well. Thanks for reading, now all you have to do is leave me a review!