"So where do we go now?" She asked.

Sirius set Harry on the ground, and he crawled over to his bear. "We have to find a house." He said calmly.

"But I love this house." Lily said, looking around. She did love this house, everything from the burnt newspapers in the fireplace to the pictures of the Marauders on the mantle. Lily walked up to them, and picked up one of James and Sirius together, laughing. "I don't want to leave!"

"Lily, we have to." Sirius said. "Come on, I know where we can find a good house, and it will just be the three of us. All together."

Lily thought this over. "It sounds nice but…I don't know."

"Lily."

Lily set down the picture and turned back to Sirius. "Fine, I'll do it." She said, knowing she wouldn't win this argument.

"Okay, well, do you want to start packing?"

"We have to move today?" Lily asked, groaning. She flopped onto the couch lazily.

"We might have to start trying." Sirius rolled his eyes at her ignorance.

Sirius waved his wand, conjuring several boxes out of thin air. He then waved the pictures into it, and some of the pillows on the couch. Lily watched him, and then sat up slowly.

"Sirius?"

"Yeah?" He said, turning towards her.

"You need to bring Aden."

"What?"

"You need to bring Aden with."

"Why?"

"Because you love her."

Everything was silent. Even Harry seemed to know that something big had been said, and watched the two adults with his thumb in his mouth.

"what-I don't-I've only-"

"Sirius." Lily gave him a knowing look. "You can't stand to see her come and go every day. You'd rather she was with us. And frankly, it'd be safer for her to just stay there."

"But you hate her!"

"But you don't."

Sirius rubbed his hair, thinking. "Well, when should I tell her?"

"As soon as possible."

Sirius shrugged and walked over to the fireplace. He grabbed a small jar off the mantle and picked up a pinch of glittery powder from it.

"Aden Smith, Apartment 32B!"

The fire glowed green, with Sirius's head inside. Harry yelped with shock and fell backwards, his arms flailing. Lily ran over to him and picked him up, and then they went to see what Sirius was saying. But no matter how close they got, the fire made it impossible to hear any bit of conversation on this side. Finally Sirius came out of the fireplace, shaking bits of ash out of his hair and clothes.

"What'd she say?" Lily asked, bouncing Harry on her hip.

"You'll see in a second." Sirius said.

The fireplace glowed green again, and Aden stepped out of it lightly. Harry's eyes widened, and then he gurgled and clapped with joy. Aden smiled at him and then turned to Sirius. "So what is this you say about…moving?"

"Well, Lily has to go into hiding and I was just wondering…if, well…" Sirius trailed off, looking down. Lily walked over and smacked him on the arm, snapping him back into reality. He jumped, and said, "If you, well….wanted to move in with us."

Aden widened her eyes, and looked frozen in place for a moment. Sirius looked like a sheepish four year old, looking down at his feet and shifting back and forth.

"Sirius, I-"

"You don't have to say yes." He exclaimed, cutting her off. "It's just, you would be safer."

"Sirius-"

"And then you wouldn't have to come and go so much-"

"Sirius!" Aden said, and smiled at him. "Sure, I'll do it."

Sirius smiled widely, and walked towards her. He embraced her in a tight hug, and Lily smiled at their combined shape.

"So…" She started, stepping forward as they broke apart. "What are we going to do about the house?"

"Oh, I can handle that." Aden said. "I know someone who's selling a house. I can get it for us."

Sirius brightened. "Okay!" He said.

"Wait, wait, we need to look at it first!" Lily looked worried. She didn't want anything moving too fast, and messing everything up.

"Fine. You and Aden go look at it, and I'll stay here with Harry and pack." Sirius turned to Harry. "You wanna stay here with Padfoot?"

"Pa' fo'?" Harry asked, looking confused.

"He can't say Padfoot?" Sirius looked hurt. "You kill me Lily. Well, I'll teach him this, and then I'll pack."

Lily rolled her eyes at him. "Fine. Let me change, and then we can go."

Lily pointed James's wand at herself, murmuring a few spells. Her hair turned from bright red to a dull brown, and her eyes became a deep shade of blue.

"Wow." Aden said. "When you said change, I didn't mean you actually meant change your appearance!"

"Security precaution." Lily replied, smirking. "Let's go."

Aden and Lily walked out of the house. Outside it was dark and cloudy. Lily shivered a little, crossing her arms. "Its cold!" she said, annoyed. Aden had a giant jacket on, and seemed to have no sympathy.

"Come on." Aden said, holding out her arm. Lily looked at her strangely.

"What?" She asked.

"Side-Along Apparation," Aden said, as though it was obvious. "You don't know where we're going, do you?"

Lily rolled her eyes and grabbed her arm.

"Bitch." She said to her, but the pop of them apparating covered it up.

When they landed, Lily was laughing.

"What?" Aden snapped, glaring at her.

"N-nothing." Lily said, grabbing her sides. Aden turned quickly and walked away, Lily stumbling behind her. They walked up to a medium-sized, chocolate brown house, two stories high. It had a little picket fence around it, surrounding a large grassy yard with huge trees shedding their leaves. The grass was half covered by large orange and red leaves, and as Lily walked up the stone path to the porch she noticed little patches of flowers in the remaining areas of grass.

Aden knocked on the large front door, and a young woman opened up the door.

"Hey Melissa!" Aden said, smiling.

"Hello Aden!" She said, hugging her. "What are you doing here?"

"My…" Aden scrutinized Lily. "My-uh, sister and I are buying a house, and I heard yours was for sale! Can we come in?"

"Sure!" The woman gestured her inside, and Lily followed her in. The house was almost empty, with only a few pieces of furniture inside. But there were tons of windows, letting in the bit of light that was outside. The walls were beige, and it had wood floors like Sirius's.

"Who is she?" Lily whispered to Aden.

"Old friend from grade school." Aden whispered back. They walked behind Melissa into the kitchen.

"Okay, so you guys can look around and tell me what you like!" Melissa said. "I have to go finish packing the living room, so yell if you need something."

Melissa walked out of the room, and Aden turned to Lily. "You want to look around?"

Lily nodded, and they walked into a large, open space. "This could be-"

"A playroom." Aden finished for Lily, and Lily looked taken aback.

"How did you…?"

"Just a guess." Aden said, and they walked out of the room and up the stairs. They walked up and into a large bedroom. Lily thought to herself: I could do so much with this room…it would be Sirius and Adens', it's the perfect size. There's a perfect corner for a desk, and they could put the bed underneath that large window…

"You know what I think?" Aden said, cutting off her train of thought. "Over there, that corner?" She pointed where Lily had just been thinking about. "That's the perfect place for like, a desk or something. I know Sirius like to write sometimes…"

"That's exactly what I was thinking!" Lily said. She was taken aback by their similar sense of style. Maybe we have something in common? She thought, but her brain rejected the idea of her and her longtime competitor having anything in common.

After a full tour of the house, they were back in the kitchen with Melissa.

"So, what do you think?" She asked, jumping up and down slightly. She seemed nervous, waiting for their approval.

"I love it." Lily said. "It's perfect."

"I have to say I agree." Aden smiled at Lily.

"So, do we have a deal?"

Aden looked at Lily. "Does Sirius care if we say yes?"

"I doubt it." Lily said.

"Okay, Melissa, we'll take it."

After lots of talking, signing, and discussing, they finally got the house. In two weeks, it would be theirs.

Aden and Lily apparated to Sirius's separately this time, but when they landed, something had changed about them. They didn't hate each other quite as much. Given, to Aden Lily was still the girl who was better than her at everything, and to Lily Aden was a snobby know-it-all, but they had at least one thing in common. And that was enough for both of them.

They walked inside, Lily changing her hair back and Aden ripping off her coat.

"Hey guys!" Sirius said, bouncing in. Harry was on his shoulders, laughing and holding onto his hair. "Look what Harry can do!"

Lily groaned and rolled her eyes at him. She knew what was coming.

Sirius looked up at Harry. "Okay, Harry, what's my name?"

"Padfo'!" he shrieked, giggling.

"And how cool am I?"

Harry spread his arms. "Dis much!"

Sirius laughed and tickled Harry, who laughed some more. "So, did you guys get the house?"

"Yes!" Lily said excitedly. "We move in in two weeks!"

Everyone cheered, and got ready to pack some more. It was time for a new beginning.

AN: Double Chapter day! Yay! I will probably have one up tomorrow. It will be like, 2 and a half weeks later Xoxo my lovelies!