A/N thanks to my new beta on the story dinosoprano.

Chapter 2

James watched as Lily fell asleep crying, he tried to shut out the horrible events of the day. Not only had Lord Moldy Shorts tried to murder his son, but the stupid inconsiderate healer just had to give Lily horrible news, news that her unborn child that she hadn't even known about would not live. James was so angry he had chewed out the healer. Lily didn't need to know about this, it would have caused much less trouble to just pretend she had not been pregnant in the first place. Then Lily wouldn't be heartbroken, at least not so soon after being attacked.

James had talked to the healers and they said that the only reason Lily had survived the killing curse was because the curse only needed to kill one person. And since there was another person living inside Lily at the time it had killed the baby instead. James had tried to tell Lily that if she had died both of them would have died and Desiree and Harry wouldn't have a mother. This had made Lily cry even more.

Lily lifted her head from the pillow looking at her loving husband.

"James," she said.

"Hey Lil, are you feeling any better?" James asked. Lily nodded.

"I'm sorry for acting like that; I just never wanted to lose a child," Lily said through tears.

"I know that, I feel the same Lil. I lost this child just as much as you did," James said wiping the tears from her cheeks. Lily laid her head on James' chest while James ran his fingers through her tangled hair, soothing her. They fell asleep again for about an hour before two young raven haired children came running into their parents' room.

"Mummy! Daddy!" Desiree said crossing the room with bare feet Harry close behind her.

"Hey guys," James said scooping up both children in his arms. Lily by some miracle was still asleep, and James planned to let her sleep, so she carried both the children down the stairs to where Sirius was pouring cereal into a bowl for himself.

"Hey Sirius," James said sitting his two children down at the table.

"Hey James, cereal's on the counter," Sirius responded grabbing three more bowls and spoons. "Lily doing any better?" he asked as James began pouring his children cereal. James faltered a minute spilling cereal on the table.

"Yeah she's doing better," James said placing the bowls in front of the two toddlers. Sirius smiled sadly. He didn't exactly know how his best mate felt, but with his unborn child on the way he would not be happy if it died.

"Daddy?" Desiree called from across the table.

"Yes Dezy?" James asked.

"Can we go to park?" Desiree asked. James smiled at his daughter.

"Sure Dez, just as soon as we finish breakfast," James said. Both children looked exited and finished their food quickly. Fifteen minutes later the four of them were walking to the nearby Muggle park while the girls slept. They went to a Muggle park because if they went anywhere in the wizarding world they would be bombarded by reporters. As they walked Desiree paused to look at her ruined house.

"Daddy?" she asked. James turned to see why his daughter had stopped. "How long is our house gonna be broken?"

"It should be fixed by tomorrow Hun," James said. Desiree nodded holding her hand out for her father to hold. James smiled at her and went to catch up with Sirius and Harry. The kids played at the Muggle park for over an hour until they started to complain about being hungry. James and Sirius each carried one of the toddlers on their backs for a faster walk home. Back at the house Rachel and Lily were awake and sitting at the kitchen table.

"Mummy!" Desiree yelled jumping into her mum's arms.

"Hey Desiree did you have fun?" Lily asked summoning a brush and pulling it through her daughter's silky black hair. Desiree nodded. She could tell her mum was sad about something but she just couldn't put her finger on what it was.

Lily tucked her two small children in bed fretting again over the scar on her son's head. James lay down on Desiree's bed to read her a Beedle story.

"Which one pal?" he asked taking the battered book from the shelf.

"Fountain!" she said. James smiled knowing she would pick that one, for she always picked The Fountain of Fair Fortune. Desiree snuggled with her stuffed dragon to listen to her favorite bedtime story. Lily smiled watching her husband read their daughter a story; she rocked Harry to sleep then laid him down in his sleeping cot.

Desiree yawned as James finished the story.

"Night-night pal," he said kissing her head.

"Nigh-night Daddy," she mumbled sleepily, her hazel eyes so much like her father's fluttering closed. James smiled and closed the door to his daughter's room. He walked to his own room with Lily just across the hall and plopped right on the bed without changing.

James woke the next morning to the sound of shouting down stairs, looking up he saw that it was nine o'clock. He shot straight out of bed rushing down the stairs worried about his sleeping in. Upon arriving he saw that the shouting had not been in anger or hurt, but in fun.

Sirius and Remus were having a full out wrestling match in the roped off area in the living room. At the moment Remus had Sirius pinned under his extreme werewolf strength. Desiree and Harry were cheering the werewolf on and booing their godfather.

"Go Wemus!" Harry cheered.

"Oh come on! What about Sirius?" Sirius whined.

"No!" Desiree yelled. "Uncle Wemus!"

James laughed at the pout on his friend's face.

"James defends your old pal!" Sirius pleaded. James shrugged.

"Come on Remus old pal!" he cheered smirking at Sirius's pouty face.

"Alright all of you," Rachel said coming into the room. "We need to get ready to leave. We're going over to the Weasley's for lunch," Both Desiree and Harry ran up the stairs to get ready.

"James?" asked Lily.

"Yeah?" he responded.

"Are you gonna go over there in Quidditch jammie's?" Lily asked smirking at his pj pants. James blushed and ran up the stairs after his children. After changing into suitable clothing the families lined up in front of the fire place. James took Harry and Lily took Desiree, Sirius and Rachel each went by themselves.

When they arrived Desiree went straight upstairs to look for the twins, Harry went to find Ron.

"Hey Molly," Lily called. "Do you need any help with lunch?"

"No it's alright dear I am almost finished," Molly said.

"Well then do you need any help getting food onto the table?" Lily asked.

"Well I suppose you could set the plates and glasses on the table," Molly said reluctantly. Lily smiled at her and flipped her wand making the dishes fly out of the cupboard onto the table.

Soon everyone was seated at the table. Lily, Rachel, and Molly quickly struck up a conversation about their children. The twins and Desiree started a whispered conversation about that evening's prank. James and Sirius were unsurprisingly talking about Quidditch.

After lunch the kids bundled up and went to go play in the fallen November leaves. Desiree and the twins were out first, immediately jumping in the biggest leaf pile they could find laughing the whole time. The twins were almost exactly a year older than Desiree, their birthday being only a week before hers, but they were the best of friends, as good of friends as Harry and Ron.

Soon the Potters and Blacks left the Burrow and went home. James and Lily tucked their two children in bed tightly before falling asleep themselves. It had been a rather long day and everyone was tired.

A/N so pliz tell me what you think in a wonderful review. Because reviews make me super happy. I am sorry that this took a while to be updated but I have been super busy with school just being out and all, and I know your thinking that if school is out then I must have more time, but this is not the case I have been going to different camps and stuff busy all day and hardly ever home, so I hope my updating is quicker in the future.

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