The Two Additions
Prologue
It really began about two years ago, when Frank Longbottom and James Potter became roommates during their Auror training. Soon enough, the young men married their girlfriends, Alice McKinley-Smyth and Lily Evans, both of whom decided it would be best, finance-wise, if they all lived together. So the flat that had once been a messy, four-room apartment turned into a...well, a clean, four-room apartment inhabited by four young adults with nothing to do.
Chapter 1
Sunday morning was broken just like the first morning. A black bird sat on a tree branch and sang its little heart out. "CAW! CAW!"
"GO AWAY, YOU STUPID CROW OR I'LL CURSE YOU INTO NEXT WEDNESDAY!" James Potter was not a morning person. Lily simply rolled over, mumbling unintelligibly. She was the other kind of not-morning-person. She simply didn't wake up; it had gotten worse over the last week or so, though. She simply couldn't bring herself to get out of bed on time.
James, now that he was up, decided to be useful and get himself some breakfast. Porridge was a nice, warm thing to eat on a late-autumn morning. Especially with sugar. A lot of sugar.
By the time said additive was found, Frank Longbottom had woken up, made and consumed three pieces of toast, and made another three for his wife, Alice, who had assured him she would be there in a second. "I'm just not feeling too-" she'd gagged for a fraction of a second before dashing for the washroom, her pretty, round face a bit green.
Frank looked up as Alice walked into the dining room/kitchen. She was looking rather haggard, but altogether not bad. "Morning, guys. Oh, hi Lily. You're awake for once."
James looked over from his porridge (which had gotten cold during his search for sugar, and he was reheating with his wand) to the opposite doorway where his beautiful wife stood, red hair messy, emerald eyes half-closed with fatigue. "Morning, Lil." James tried to be energetic, but he wasn't really awake yet.
"Mn'n," was Lily's reply before she shuffled her way to the washroom, turning steadily greener on the way. A retching sound was soon heard by all, and three muffling charms were cast at the washroom, deadening the sound. Alice looked a bit sick again, but managed to keep down the stomach acid.
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Lily and Alice had taken a sick leave from their work earlier that morning, but come afternoon they felt fine. Their curiosity got the better of them, though, so they took a short trip to the apothecary to buy diagnostic potions. It would tell them if they had the flu that was going around, or if it were something more serious, like the beginnings of dragon pox.
So the two ladies were slightly shocked when they got the same results: both women were 1.5 months pregnant.
A/N: I am currently wearing a scrum cap (because it relaxes me), curled up in a blanket (because it keeps me warm), and rocking back and forth (because my balance is off). I am also very unhappy. Due to the clogged-ness of my nose, I am surrounded by dirty, slimy Kleenexes. This is the perfect environment to be writing in. :( and :p