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Chapter Four

Babies

Six months had passed and little Danny was growing like a weed, and Petunia, being a dutiful mummy made sure to record every minute of his babyhood. Every little thing he did, the first time he pooped, smiled, rolled over, everything she wrote down in his baby book. And the pictures, my goodness the pictures, there were mounds. Every free moment she had she spent with her baby boy, holding him, feeding him, playing with him, reading to him, everything. She hated it when she had to go to class or work, she had gotten a job at the library, she worked a couple hours a few days a week, it wasn't much, but it was something to help contribute to Daniels needs.

Lily was a big help as well. If she wasn't at work or with James she was with her nephew. She loved reading to him, mostly children's book but every once in a while she would pull out a potions or charms book and read a bit. Petunia didn't mind, really, which surprised Lily completely. She had noticed her sister had seemed more tolerable of her magic recently, which was great, just…strange. It was like she did a complete 180 concerning the subject.

James too would sometimes play with little Danny, and he was actually quite good with the baby. Lily said it's because he just a big child himself. Which was partly true, he could be immature at times, but Petunia didn't mind, Danny was getting time with his daddy, and even though neither of them knew it, Petunia did. One of James' favorite games to play with his nephew was baby quidditch. He would pick him up in his arms and pretend to fly him around the room. As James carried him around the room James pretended Danny was a famous quidditch star on a Comet 360, she assumed that was a broom of some sort.

"And Daniel Evans shoots the Quaffel, the keeper misses and yes, he scores! Can you believe it, he single handedly won the game, yeeeaaaa!"

Petunia smiled as she watched James continue to fly her son around the room, the baby giggling happily at his uncle's antics.

"He really is good with children." It was Lily who said this; she was sitting beside her sister on the couch.

"Yes, he is. Though when your own is born you may want to watch out, he'll probably literally put your baby on a broom and try and fly him around.

Lily smiled, placing her hand on the small bump on her tummy. "Yes, I'm sure he will." Yes Lily was pregnant, just about five months in fact. It was a surprise; they had planned to wait a few years, but a blessing none-the-less. Her son was due the end of July, Danny was born the in early September, and they would both go to Hogwarts together. Of course Danny was too young to show signs of his magic, Lily hadn't until she was five, so Petunia would just wait it out and when the time came her family would simply assume that the baby was a muggleborn like Lily.

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"Severus. Don't forget the pickles." Ellie shouted after her husband as he made his way, barefoot, down the cold wooden stairs in the middle of the night because his pregnant wife had another craving.

He really was growing tired of be woken every night because she wanted sardines and pickles, or because she had a leg cramp and he needed him to rub it out. At least the morning sickness was over. Having to hear the poor woman wretch every morning was just awful-not to mention the smell. He complained, at first, but then, after mending several burn marks on his new robes he quickly discovered you do not irritate a pregnant, hormonal woman carrying twins. Yes, they were due to have twins, a boy and a girl, they had just found out that day in fact, and as excited as he was about being a father, he was worried as well.

His father had been nothing but a lousy drunk, a horrible role model and he was worried he wouldn't know how to raise a child properly. Plus there was the money issue. They were doing okay, Ellie had a job at the Ministry, and basically spent all day thumbing through old texts, tomes and archives in the Ministry's library basement. The job had been advertised as a library research assistant and she had thought it sounded interesting and that she could make good use of her organizational and management skills, she was wrong. Most days she spent incinerating outdated manuals and rule books.

Severus worked part time at the Acropathy, just a couple days a week in fact, and on the side he would brew difficult hard to come by potions that could not be purchased in Diagon Alley. Yes they were mostly illegal, but they brought income in. He also continued to brew things for the Dark Lord, though he was never paid for that. Very few people knew Severus Snape was an actual Death Eater. He was rarely called to the meetings and even when he was, he always wore his mask and was referred to by the Dark Lord as Potions Master not Severus or Snape. This allowed him a certain amount of discretion, which he very much appreciated.

After securing the odd foods his wife requested he quickly brought them up to her. "Thank you, sweetie." Ellie smiled, kissing her husband quickly on the lips.

"You're welcome. Anything for my little ones." He then bent down and kissed his wife's belly.

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Petunia had put her son down to sleep, quietly leaving the nursery she headed down stairs. Reaching the sitting room she saw her parents sitting on the couch talking quietly.

"But if I take the job we'll have to move." She heard her father say.

"I know, but this is a big promotion for you, Harold. You would be a fool not to take it."

"But what about Petunia, and Lily is expecting too…I just don't-

"You should take it." It was Petunia who said this. Harold and Rose Evans turned toward their daughter. "You should take it daddy." Petunia restated as she rounded to the front of the couch. "Danny and I will be just fine. I can move into the house Grandmother left me if need be."

"Oh, Petunia, heavens know." Her mother said rising from the couch. "She left you that house with the intention of you selling it. The place hasn't been lived in, in years; it's nothing more than a shack in the middle of nowhere."

"Look, I'm not going to be responsible for holding you two back. Daddy should take the job. Danny and I will be fine."

"Petunia." Harold rose from the couch. "The job is in Australia, it's too far from-

"I am an adult, as is Lily. We will be fine."

"But what about school?" Rose added. "You won't be able to finish."

"I only have a semester left. I'm sure I can find a baby sitter if need be."

"No." Harold shook his head. "I'm not taking it. My family needs me, you and Danny need me. Lily's baby too, I'll hardly ever see them if we move. No. I'm staying." Harold crossed his arms over his chest, and pouted looking very much like a five year old who had refused to go to bed. Rose was very tempted to laugh at her husband's stubbornness.

She knew how much he loved the girls and Danny and even James, and she would support him if he decided to stay, but deep down she thought it would be good for him. He had wanted this promotion for years and now he finally had the chance.

Petunia went over to her father, wrapping her arms around him. "Please daddy, think of yourself for once. You need to think about what you want, not me or Lily or your grandson's, but you."

Harold simply nodded and said he would think about it

Another month had passed and slowly but surely Harold and Rose had packed up 30 years' worth of their belongings. Mr. Evans had given into his daughter's instance and took the job, even Lily agreed with his sister telling her father it was 'a chance of a lifetime'. They decided to give the house to Petunia, having paid it off a couple years previous. Petunia had the money from her job and some left over from her trust fund her grandmother had set up, so she knew she would be able to take care of utilities, food and such. Plus she had finally decided to put her grandmothers old house on the market, it really wasn't doing anyone any good just sitting there.

Danny sat quietly in his playpen with his toys, every so often glancing up at his mummy or grandparents. The house had been very busy lately, everyone always running around, putting things in boxes, talking about some place called Sydney. But being the happy-go-lucky baby Daniel Evans was he didn't worry much about it and instead just went about his normal life.

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Since becoming pregnant Lily had been forced to reign in on the more strenuous duties involved in her job and was, unwillingly put behind a desk and Lily Potter does not do well sitting idle for long. Paperwork, mounds and mounds of paperwork, that was what she spent the bulk of her day doing now, she was near her wits end with it. She couldn't tell you how close she had come to pulling out her wand and incinerating the whole pile. Finding a duplicate copy of some report on fake time-turners she magically transformed it into a paper air plane and charmed it to fly around the room.

"Well done Mrs. Potter, though I doubt that will decrees your workload by much." Lily laughed at her husband who was standing in the entry way of her cubical.

"Perhaps not." She said rising from her seat. "But my mind was going fuzzy I needed a distraction."

"Oh really." James smirked as he took his wife into his arms. "I believe I can help you there." He then kissed her, long and hard. Lily moaned as her husband moved his amazing lips down to her neck.

"Like that." He whispered.

"Umm, yes."

"How about this?" James then moved his mouth to her ear quickly tasting it.

Lily could have melted into his arms at that very moment. The man had a gift when it came to foreplay. "James, you-your making me hot."

"That's what I was aiming for, love."

"Ahem." The couple quickly pulled apart turning to the voice that had just cleared behind him.

"Sirius, mate, what's up?"

"You have absolutely no self-control, do you Prongs".

James just laughed. "You're one to talk. Mr. shagging Lily's friend Mary in the loo during our wedding reception."

"Sirius!" Lily's hand was planted firmly on her hip as she gave him a very disapproving glare.

"Oh please Lily; you're the one who attacked James on your parents sitting room couch."

Lily huffed in annoyance. "Sirius, that never happened. I keep telling you, James dreamed it."

"Well if I did it was one hell of a dream." James laughed as they headed out of Lily's cubical and towards the elevator. "You were an animal Lil's".

Lily just rolled her eyes at her husband's immature fantasies.

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Severus' first instinct was to go to his master. The prophecy was about him after all, but he didn't. Instead he headed home to his wife.

"Don't tell him." Ellie pleaded with her husband as they lay in bed later that night.

"Ellie." Severus said taking his wife's hand in both of his. "This is big. Can you imagine the reward he will give me when I tell him?"

Ellie shook her head in disbelief. She knew her husband just wanted to be someone, to be accepted, appreciated, which was why he joined that stupid group of sadistic bigots in the first place, but this was too much.

"Severus. The prophecy talks about a baby. How is a baby going to defeat him? It's ludicrous."

Severus was a reasonable person, and when things are handed to him in a logical manor he tended to see the point of the issue, and that was exactly what she was hoping for.

"The baby will grow." He said softly.

"He wouldn't allow it to grow, and that's the whole point. He would get rid of the child before it became a threat".

"Yes but-

"It's a baby, Sev. An innocent baby, just like our own." She took his hand and gently placed it on her bulging belly. "Please, love, please don't tell him."

Tears had begun to well in her eyes, and Severus could never bear to see her cry. She had such a good heart. Just like his Lily.

"Okay Ellie, I won't tell him."

"Thank you."

A/N: Okay there's chapter four for you. Hope you enjoyed it. Things are developing quite a bit differently this time, though that doesn't mean happy ending all around. Sorry, but there has to be a bit of drama and tragedy, doesn't there.

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