"Have you ever thought about it?" Lily asked SIrius as he stared at her belly in wonder, feeling the tiny kicks beneath his hands. "Kids and marriage I mean" she said when he looked at her questioningly.
He smiled. "Sorry kid, my life plan doesn't exactly include marriage" he informed her, leaning back into the couch.
The door opened and Alice entered the room and dropped into an empty chair,exhausted, her small round belly hidden beneath her aurors robes.
"Long day?" Sirius asked.
Alice snorted. "You could say that. Had another run in with your cousin. She sends her love by the way. Barely made it out of that one."
"She's never liked me" Sirius said in false disappointment. "Even when we were young and her parents made her babysit and she would boss me around, never letting me choose the games we played or nothing..."
"Ah, the golden summers of a sociopathic youth" Alice said, yawning.
"You know" Lily said, turning to Sirius, "Considering the number of people trying to kill you your life plan might not include living."