From the last chapter:

"Lily!"

Sirius had found the tests in the bathroom.

"What are these things doing in here? What is this? How do I-" crash "Oops, nevermind! Why is the bathtub full? Lily are these pregnancy tests? Lily ARE YOU PREGNANT?! Great merlin! Lily how did you get pregnant? Nevermind, don't answer that! Who's is it? Is it James' baby? Or... Lily, do you have an illegitimate child!? No, wait of course it's James' baby. What was I thinking? Wow Lilly. Pregnant. I told James that you two would get married and have tons of little pronglets running around the house! I said it in 6th year! Little kids with messy red hair and glasses!"

Sirius came out of the bathroom with pasta sauce still covering his face. (Really, this was what ladies' men had been reduced to? What a sad day for the world.) He looked so ridiculous that Lily simply could not contain her laughter. She collapsed onto her couch, clutching her stomach. Her head was thrown back, laughing so loud and hard that tears were trickling out of her brilliantly green eyes.

Maybe her stress was finally catching up to her, maybe her hormones were out of whack, maybe she had lost too much sleep worrying about her husband, or maybe she was just completely barmy. Whatever the reason, her tears of laughter quickly became regular old tears. she still held her stomach, but her head was down, and her chest heaved with the effort of her sobs.

Sirius, on his part, was completely baffled by Lily's actions. He had no clue how to deal with pregnant women. But, nonetheless, this was Lily, and he would do his best to comfort her. he sat down next to her and, very slowly and not very surely, put his arm around her shoulder.

"Hey, Lils, it's okay." He told her, "everything's gonna be fine."

Lily cried for a while longer and then looked at Sirius with wide childlike eyes. "Sirius" she whispered, "what if he doesn't want a baby?"

There, she had done it. Her worst fear laid out naked for Sirius to confirm or abolish. Sirius had no idea the weight his answer would have on the Lily's future, James', the child's, or even that of the Wizarding world. Nevertheless his answer sufficed.

"Lily, I know James better than anyone in this world. Better than he know himself. He is not going to skip out on you because you're pregnant. He loves you with his entire heart, body, and soul. He's never told me so exactly, but between you and me, I think he's always wanted a kid. A little princess or a pronglet of his own. Hell, I think James would be a great dad. Don't worry too much about this Lils, I think you two- i mean, three will have a long happy future together.

"Now, what you should worry about is how to stun Prongs speechless when you break the news. Makes for great photo material."

Lily let a tiny smile take root on her face. Then the door slammed again and her eyes got wide.

"Improv," Sirus winked, "my favorite."

A/N: Merry Christma/naka/wanza/madon and a happy new year to you all! This is an alternate chapter 3. The other one is what actually happened for the story. I accidentally wrote the third chapter again, and I thought you guys might like to read it while I get over my writer's block. One more chapter for this. I think. Maybe an epilogue if the mood strikes me. Let me know what you all think, I love it when you guys Review! It makes my day!

~Elizabeth