A/N: Thanks for all the feedback! I was practically jumping for joy! I did the YMCA instead. No Siriusly. I did.

Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter, I'd write a prequel. Think about it.

Warning: Some low violence and cursing in this chapter. And only a small tweak of child abuse. It's really nothing major. It's not worth M, but I apologize deeply for it.

Previously:

James smiled at Adelaine before turning to where she was pointing.

Straight at me.

His hand went straight to his hair, a habit I figured was long forgotten, but he must have only done it in my presence.

"Lily?"

"Lily?"

I stepped out nervously from behind the wall.

"Oh, um, hi," I muttered, staring at my feet.

"Can she be my new mommy?" Adelaide repeated, bouncing up and down excitedly.

James did not answer, but kept staring at me. I laughed nervously.

"I dropped my… wand and it rolled over here," I lied. "I just found it."

He nodded, but wouldn't take his eyes off me. He shook his head, seemingly shaking himself out of a daydream and turned to the young girl.

"This is Lily," he introduced, "Lily, this Adelaide, my daughter." I couldn't help but flinch at the word daughter.

"Are you the girl that Daddy loved?" Adelaide asked curiously. I laughed.

"I would hope so. He did spend seven years pining after me."

James seemed to blush slightly and bent down to tell Adelaide something.

"Bye bye, Miss Lily!" she called. Adelaide ran into the little pet shop on the corner.

"You're just going to let her walk in there?!" I asked incredulously. I had known he was immature, but that was pushing it.

"Her mother works there," he answered stiffly. I almost cringed at his tone.

"So how are things?" I asked nervously, hoping he wouldn't jump down my throat. I wasn't even sure why I thought he would.

"Not very well," he said bitterly. "I'm getting a divorce from my horrible marriage and my daughter will most likely end up with that bitch."

"Is she really that bad?" I inquired. I remembered Clarissa Stuart from Hogwarts. She was a very shy Ravenclaw. I hadn't known her too well.

"Worse. She works from nine to five, spends at least ten thousand a week ouprisings she doesn't need, I doubt I would even have any money left if Remus hadn't stopped her from buying a fleet of yachts."

"You don't think she'll take good care of Adelaide?"

"No," he answered simply, "she'll be too busy worrying about herself."

"When are you divorcing?" I asked.

"We don't have a date yet, but I'm hoping soon." he answered, his face darkening.

Before I could respond to him, he gave me a small smile and walked into the small pet shop. About a minute later, Adelaide ran out crying, and ran into me.

"What's wrong?" I asked, brushing the hair out of her face as she rubbed her eyes. She sniffled and looked up at me.

"They're fighting again!" she exclaimed, sounding anguished. "They always fight and I can't take it! I want my mummy and daddy to love each other," she rubbed her eyes and looked down before adding, "And I don't think my mummy loves me."

I felt like crying as she said that. It wasn't right. The poor little girl.

"Of course she loves you!" I assured her, lifting her chin to make her look at me. "There's no way she couldn't!"

"She told me she hates me, Miss Lily!" she sobbed, falling on her knees with her face in her hands. "That's why they're fighting! Mummy told me she hates me and daddy got mad!"

I was appalled. I couldn't believe it.

"Why would she say that?" I asked incredulously.

"I-I let out a parakeet and it knocked down a bunch of displays. She yelled at me and told me she hates me!"

My eyes widened in horror and anger and I wanted to go yell at that awful wench. I pulled the young girl into a tight hug, holding her head to my shoulder.

"Will you be my new mummy?" Adelaide asked quietly, sadly. I sighed.

"I wish I could," I told her honestly. I had really wished I could call the little girl mine.

"Why can't you?" she countered, pulling away from me and putting her hands on her hips, a frown on her face. I almost laughed.

"Well I'm not married to your—"

"Get married!" she screamed stamping her foot and taking her hands from her hips to fold on her chest.

I laughed humorlessly, "It's not like that. You have to fall in love with someone before you get married."

Her eyes narrowed at me. "Well fall in love Goddammit!"

My eyebrows rose at her use of a swear word, but i figured she probably heard her parents use them a lot and didn't know better. Her look told me different. 'This kid is feisty' I thought.

"I can't just do that," I whispered. She started crying again, losing her fire.

"I just… want a mummy who loves me," she said desperately. I would've given anything to make this small, poor girl happy.

I continuously stroked my fingers through her hair soothingly. "It'll be okay," I promised.

She nodded against my shoulder and sniffled delicately. She slowly began to drift to sleep while I heard a crash from the pet shop, then a loud scream. Followed by another. And another.

I got up, picking up Adelaide with me and peeked in the window of the shop. Clarissa now had black hair against the red that she had in Hogwarts. Her and James were leaning very close, her screaming at him and him looking at her, unfazed. She lifted her and and slapped him across the face leaving an angry red mark, but he still made no response. She threw goldfish bowl on the floor— I'm assuming her second from the crash earlier— and screamed at him louder something that sounded like, "I CAN'T FUCKING STAND YOU!"

He murmured something to her calmly. She gasped and slapped him again, harder this time. I gasped at the bruise beginning to form. He rolled his eyes at her and shook his head, muttering something else. She screamed at him again and looked near about to kick him. I gasped as Adelaide jumped out of my arms and ran in front of James, receiving the kick from Clarissa. James' jaw dropped and he dropped to floor next to Adelaide. Clarissa gasped and looked down at Adelaide, but made no move to help her. The filthy bitch.

"You filthy bitch!" I snarled at her. She turned around and looked at me as I stood in the door of the pet shop. She smiled at me a fake smile.

"Lily Evans!" she exclaimed like we were old friends. "I haven't seen you in so long!"

"You stand there and greet me when you just kicked your child?" I practically growled at her. She smiled and waved her hand like it was nothing.

"Oh that? It's nothing, she'll get over it, she's a tough girl," she said briskly, not even looking at her sobbing daughter on the floor that her husband comforted.

"Nothing?!" I screeched. "She's five fucking years old! Would you've liked to be kicked when you were five?" She opened her mouth to answer, but I continued, "It seems like you were kicked on the head if you find nothing wrong with what you did!"

Her eyes narrowed at me and raised her hand to slap me. I closed my eyes and waited for the hit to come, but it never did. I opened my eyes to see James holding her wrist, restraining her from slapping me.

"I want to divorce as soon as possible," he told her, his glare boring holes in her head.

"I wouldn't have it any other way," she responded before turning to kiss him. My jaw almost dropped. What the hell was the matter with this girl?

He shoved her off, fire burning in his eyes the way I only thought they did when he fought with me or was really angry.

After a second of silence, a crack sounded and standing in the corner of the pet shop, in all his glory, was Sirius Black.

"What'd I miss?" he asked cheerfully before noticing Adelaide sobbing and clutching her stomach, James' bruise and the husband and wife glaring intently at each other. "Oh."

A/N: Well. That was intense. Poor Adelaide. I felt so bad. But there's our Lily and James sticking up for her. And Clarissa. Awful bitch. How about you guys give me a bunch of reviews hating on Clarissa. Ooh lets think of some names for her! I've called bitch, but lets see what you guys can come up with! I'll use the most creative one in the next chapter!