Hogsmeade
Previously on Cross For anyone who has seen Desperate Housewives that made me want to say previously on Desperate Housewives.
Lily stood up furious. "Sirius," She roared.
"Yeah Harry?" He looked up from where he was reading Lily's letter. Lily stomped over to him.
"The name Lisa Hedge. Does that mean anything to you?"
Sirius sat there for a minute thinking. "I think we hooked up this summer. Why?"
"Because she's pregnant." Lily revealed. "With your child."
Sirius stared at her, stunned. "What do you mean?" He stuttered. That was all he got out before fainting.
"Uh, Padfoot." James said with some concern. He was standing over Sirius, staring down at him. Sirius had been unconscious for a good ten minutes and didn't show any signs of getting up from the floor soon.
Lily threw her hands up in exasperation. "James why don't you try waking him up like you feel the need to always wake me up." She suggested.
"Oh. Yeah. Right." James muttered. He drew out his wand and splashed freezing water on Sirius's face.
"Ahhhh." Sirius started screaming the minute he was able. Lily quickly cast a silencing charm on him. The four of them got to watch Sirius run around the hall for a good twenty minutes attempting to scream his head off. By the time he realized that he wasn't actually making any sound, and came out of shock, there were tears of mirth streaming down their faces.
Sirius walked to the front of Lily and poked her. He started miming something with his wand. Lily got the message a minute later and removed the curse. "Finally." Sirius said with some release. "Now what do you mean?" He asked again. "Please tell me that you're kidding.
"Sorry." Lily said. She showed him only the last paragraph of the letter. "But what are you going to do now?"
"I don't know." Sirius collapsed in a chair. He was suddenly serious. "I didn't think that-. How could I be- How did this happen?"
"Well Sirius when two people are very much in love-" James began trying to lighten the mood. All he got for his efforts was a punch on the arm. Lily sat down next to Sirius.
"Are you going to take care of this baby?" She asked softly.
"I can't talk about his right now." Sirius said. "I need to be alone. James can I borrow the-?" James nodded. Sirius stood up and walked away, leaving the rest of the Marauders staring at him.
"Wow." Remus finally said. "I never thought that he would be the first out of all of us to have a kid."
"None of us did." James replied. "I personally was banking on you."
"What do you think he'll do?" Lily asked, her anger momentarily forgotten.
"I know he'll take care of the baby." James said firmly. "But it will pretty much ruin any chance he had of doing anything else with his life."
"He has money though." Remus said. "I doubt he'll have to quit school." He turned to Lily. "Tell me what you know about Lisa. Can she be certain that it's his child?"
"Yeah." Lily looked offended. "She wasn't a slut. She had a few boyfriends but she would know who fathered her baby."
"Sorry. Sorry. I just wanted to be sure." Remus held up his hands, palms up.
"I feel so sorry for him." James said, staring off into space where Sirius had been last.
"Why?" Lily asked, some of her temper flaring up. Have to ask; is it to cliché to have a redhead with a temper?
"He never wanted any of this." James whispered. "It shouldn't have happened to him." He stood up and walked away. Lily and Remus sat there for a minute longer before getting up to head to Potions. Left behind was Peter. He was silently sulking. He had been replaced and he didn't like it. He would die for his friends but it seemed like they would no longer die for him. Instead they would die for Harry. He stood up slowly, following in his friends footsteps.
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Sirius missed all of his classes that day. They didn't see him until they went into their dormitory that night at 11. He was lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling. When they walked in he stood up. He walked over and stood in front of Lily. His eyes were bright red and she could see the streaks tears had left. "Harry, when Lily comes tomorrow can you ask her to bring Lisa."
"Um. Yeah. I guess. Is there anything else you want?" Lily replied. She figured she could owl Alexis and asks her.
"That's it. Thanks." Sirius replied. He walked back to his bed and pulled the curtains around him. Lily stared in disbelief then left to go send an owl. James and Remus changed and fell asleep. Peter was no where to be seen.
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The next day Lily woke up at 7a.m. She figured that they wouldn't be up till 8 to sneak off to Hogsmeade. She grabbed a quill and quickly scribbled a note, being careful to disguise her handwriting since she figured James might recognize it.
Guys,
I left to visit my sister early so the two of us could have some alone time. See you there.
Tigris
Lily stared at her note satisfied. She could make up some excuse for Harry once they came to meet her. She grabbed her wand and snuck out of the room. On the way she attached the note to James's forehead. At least that way she could be sure to find it. Lily appeared in the bottom of Honeydukes twenty minutes later. She slipped into the already forming crowd and walked out the door.
It took her ten minutes but eventually she found a dark, deserted alley. She quickly changed into Lily form (superman sounding) and then looked at her robes. She shook her head, realizing that she couldn't show up in them. She pulled out her wand and quickly changed her clothes. Soon she was wearing dark blue jeans and a black and white tang top. She was wearing an emerald diamond tennis bracelet with two earrings to match. On the remaining holes in her ears she had small hoops, identical except in color. They were black, white, and green. Another green ring was on her belly button. Her tiger was clearly visible with the shirt she was wearing. She applied some make up that she conjured then quickly left to go meet Alexis and Lisa. She was already ten minutes late.
Lily ran the rest of the way and was breathless when she finally reached them at the Three Broomsticks. "Hey," She greeted, dropping into one of the chairs.
"Hey," Alexis returned the greeting.
"Where have you been this year Lily?" Lisa asked. Lily got her first good look at Lisa. If you didn't know her you wouldn't know that she was pregnant. But Lily had known her for years. Lisa's normally flat belly was bulging a little, not a lot, but it reminded Lily of the reason that they were there.
"I transferred to a new school in America." Lily said glancing at Alexis. This was the story that they had discussed. She hoped Alexis had said the same. "But my twin, Harry, goes to Hogwarts now. So I came up to visit him. I just left him." This was getting way too complicated for Lily. She hoped that Lisa wouldn't spill anything to the Marauders unintentionally.
"That's what I heard." Lisa confirmed. Apparently she didn't believe them. "So you know Sirius?"
"Barely. I got into a duel with him the only time I ever met him. I don't think he likes me." Lily answered. "Harry is good friends with him though. He's a decent guy. How long did you know him?"
"Not very, I'm sorry to say. It was just a drunken night. A stupid mistake. But I refuse to kill my baby." They were tears welling up in her eyes. Lily could sympathize, she knew all about drunken nights. That was why she was now, sadly, her own twin. Only funny from another person's perspective. "You know this is nothing like Pendragon." Lisa said, changing the subject. "It's much smaller; it lacks the breathtaking quality that Pendragon processed."
"I know what you mean." Alexis said, looking around.
"Well we got two hours to kill, what do you guys want to do?" Lily asked checking her watch.
"Sleep." Alexis begged.
"Wizard's chess." Lily countered.
"No fun. You always win." Lisa argued. "Clothes shopping."
"Boring." Alexis said.
"I believe we have reached a standstill." Lily said. "Flip a coin?"
"Nah. I got a better idea. Let's go back to Pendragon. There's a band playing there right now." Alexis said.
"Ooo. Which one?" Lily pressed.
"Faery I spelled that the way I wanted so no one tell me I need an I please Ring." Lisa answered hesitantly.
"They replaced me already!" Lily shouted indignantly, causing everyone in the pub to stare at her.
"Well they couldn't morn your lose forever Lily." Alexis said gently. She could see Lily shooting death glares at her. After this was half her fault.
"Yeah, but it's barely been two weeks." Lily argued. "How did they already find a new lead singer and guitarist?"
"They started holding auditions a week ago. Joel said something about wanting to test their new person out. That's why they got the gig. If it makes you feel any better Maren took your old spot. That means that Ben has to play back up."
"That does make it slightly better." Lily admitted.
"C'mon. Let's go." Lisa urged. They walked out of the store and apparited to Pendragon.
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"This is awesome." Alexis shouted to be heard above the crowd. "There are almost as good as when you played."
Suddenly the music and the crowd stopped as if in cue. Maren walked up to the microphone. "Tonight we have a special treat for all of you. Our old leader returned just to sing for you. Give her a hand." The eyes were all on Lily now. They recognized her from when she used to play gigs here all the time. Lily turned to face Alexis.
"You planned this." She accused.
"Are you mad?"
"No."
"Then yeah, I planned this."
"You could have told me." Lily countered.
"It wouldn't have been as much fun." Alexis argued. "Go on." She added with a push. Lily caved and walked up on stage. Maren handed her a guitar and the microphone. Out of the corner of her eye she saw some new guy stepping off the stage. Lily smiled with satisfaction. At least she still had a small place in Faery Ring.
"Thanks." Lily said in the microphone. "I didn't really expect this but it's great to be back." The crowd roared. "So in honor of this unexpected event Faery Ring is going to play some of my favorite's song when I was a kid." Putting a hand on the microphone she walked backwards. "How about Do Wah Diddy and Annie's Song?" She asked. The rest of the band nodded. Lily turned and talked into the microphone.
"Without any further ado, Do Wah Diddy by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich." The crowd cheered. Lily had sung this song many times over the years and everyone loved it.
The crowd sang along to half the song and Lily smiled as she played. It felt good to be in her band again. It was one of the main things that she had missed. Lily played the final note and listened to it echo in the stone room. She smiled again at the cheers and took a bow. "Annie's song." She announced, "By John Denver."
No one sang along that time. They preferred to hear Lily's clear voice sing it. She got the loudest applause that she had ever gotten in all her years in the band. She wondered how bad Ben was if they were cheering this loud. She bowed again and heard several shouts for an encore. As she was bowing she noticed her watch. It was 10:50. They had to get back soon to see the guys. She quickly took another bow and shouted good bye. Lily handed the guitar back to Maren and jumped off the stage. She managed to land smoothly on two feet and take off running. The crowd parted for her so she managed to reach Alexis and Lisa easily. She held up her watch and the three quickly apparited.
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"James wake up. You're going to be late." James was being roughly shaken by none other then Remus. He almost rolled over before remembering Lily's way of waking him up last weekend. He jumped out of bed and stood straight up.
"What?" He asked icily. "Is so important that you would wake me up at 9 on a Saturday."
"Date with Lily." Remus reminded him.
"Oh. Yeah. Thanks." James said awkwardly. He ran towards the bathroom and jumped in the shower.
Remus moved on to Sirius next. "Wake up dog." He said. Sirius woke up at once, eye flying open. Around them was a lot of red puffiness and dark circles. He didn't get a lot of sleep last night. Sirius didn't say anything; he just stumbled out of bed and waited for the shower to open.
Peter was the last one to wake up. Remus walked over to his bed and flung open the curtain. "You coming?" He asked. He then looked again. Peter wasn't in his bed. Remus shrugged then grabbed some clothes. Maybe Peter had already left.
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"No let me go. I won't do this to my friends. They'll come for me." Peter screamed.
"They aren't going to come. They don't care about you anymore. They've replaced you." A voice whispered.
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The guys appeared around 9:55. Lily was only two minutes ahead of them. She was standing out in front of the Three Broomsticks. "Hey," James greeted. He brought one hand up to ruffle his hair subconsciously.
"Hey," Lily replied. That started the chain of heys that always seem to happen when people get together.
"Where's Harry?" Remus asked.
"I think he went back to the castle." Lily lied. "Everyone this is Lisa and Alexis."
"So you're the insane one." Sirius said happily.
"What?" Alexis looked at Lily wondering what she had told these guys.
"When you and Harry were going out you would wake him up by hitting him with water. I think you and Prongs would get along well." Sirius explained. Lily gave an apologetic glance to Alexis. She didn't think anyone would actually remember that. Alexis nodded, agreeing with Sirius.
"Whose Prongs?" Alexis asked, still confused.
"James." Lily answered absentmindedly. "Harry told me." She explained as everyone looked at her.
"Anyone up for butterbeers?" Sirius asked. "I'll buy."
"Sure." Lisa agreed.
"Actually I need some candy from Honeydukes." Lily said. "Anyone else?"
"Sure." James and Alexis answered.
"Actually I want-" Remus's answer was cut off when Lily kicked him in the leg. "Some candy too." He adlibbed. "You two go ahead. We'll catch up."
"Okay." Sirius gave them a grateful look. The remaining four took off in the other direction, James leading.
"So do you go to Avalon too?" Remus asked.
"Yeah." Alexis agreed. "I'm on the quidditch team with Lily."
"Really what do you play?" James asked, suddenly interested.
"I'm a chaser too." Alexis answered.
"This isn't the way to Honeydukes." Lily pointed out.
"Why? You didn't really need candy, did you?" James asked.
"No." Lily admitted. "But where are we going?"
"It's a surprise." Remus said. He and the Marauders had been to the place several times before.
"I don't like surprises." Lily told them.
"Why not?"
Lily thought back to her last surprise birthday. "I don't know." She lied.
"Then come on. We're almost there." James said, grabbing her hand. "I promise you'll like this surprise." They walked for the next few minutes in silence. "We're here." James finally announced.
Lily and Alexis looked around. "A hole!" Lily said. They were in the forest by the Shrieking Shack. James had stopped by a large hole by a large tree. There was nothing around.
"Jump in." Remus commanded.
"No." They refused together. Dark tunnels, not really their thing.
"What are you afraid of the dark. Sirius would jump in." James taunted.
"NO!" Lily lied. She walked up to the hole as James jumped in. She followed.
"Aren't we going?" Alexis asked, as Remus turned around and started to walk away.
"Nah. Let them have some time alone. This was originally their date." Remus pointed out.
"Okay. So where are we going?" Alexis asked.
"You'll see." Remus said.
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Lily was sliding down something. She started to scream but then quickly stopped. She wouldn't scream in front of a guy. By her estimate she slid for about 100 feet before she finally saw some light. She came off the slide and hit something soft and bouncy. She looked down and realized that she was on a mat. "Where are we?" She asked as James offered her his hand. She refused and stood up by herself.
"Underneath Hogsmeade." James answered. He drew his hand back and ruffled his hair some more. Lily looked around. They were in an underground cave type thing. James reached out and took a torch.
"How did you find this place?" Lily continued her questions as they walked further through a passageway.
"I can't actually take the credit on that." James admitted. "Sirius fell into the hole in our third year. Here we are." He announced, putting the torch in it's place on the wall.
Lily laughed at James's explanation then looked around. They were in an even larger cave. In the middle was a table lit by the torchlight. The entire place was decorated with a midnight blue theme. James waved his wand and one of the walls changed. Instead of the wall, it was replaced with a view of the galaxy. It was constantly changing so that it looked like someone was zooming through it on a broomstick. "It's beautiful." She told him.
James walked over to the table and pulled a chair out. "My lady." He said with a bow. Lily laughed and sat down. James sat down in the chair opposite her. "So do you take all of your dates here?"
"No." James lied effortlessly. "You're the first."
Lily smiled, doubting that. "Well I love it." She told him.
"Then my life goal has been accomplished." James said, smiling. "Are you hungry?"
"Not yet."
"Then come on." James said. He stood up.
"But we just got here." Lily protested.
"So?" James stared at her.
"Fine." Lily said, standing up. "Where to?"
"You'll see."
"Are you ever planning on telling me where we are going before hand?" Lily asked.
"No. Come on." James repeated. He grabbed Lily's hand and started walking towards the wall. Unexpectedly he yanked her arm so she fell into the wall. He jumped in after her.
The two of them were sitting on an actual broomstick and flying through the galaxy. Lily turned to James. "How did you do this?"
"Maybe if you're lucky I'll tell you someday." He promised her.
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"I'm going to have this baby." Lisa said matter-of-factly.
"What!" Sirius said.
"I'm want to have this baby." Lisa repeated. "I'm not going to have an abortion."
"I know that." Sirius said. "I don't want you to abort this baby. It's my baby too."
Lisa smiled. That was a whole weight off her shoulders. At least she knew that her baby would have a father. "But I don't want to get married either."
"You seem to know exactly what to do with out me." Sirius said.
"I'm sorry. What exactly were your plans?" Lisa asked.
"I have enough money to support you and the baby." Sirius told her. "I thought that after school ended the two of you could move in with me, so I could be with it."
"Okay." Lisa said. That was really sweet of him. "But I'm not exactly poor. I can pay for half of the baby's needs."
"We can decide this later. When he/she comes." Sirius put an end to the conversation.
"He." Lisa told him. "My baby is a he."
"That incredible." Sirius said. He jumped up and gave her a hug. "I'm having a boy. A future Marauder." They spent some more time discussing baby names and their future plans. Eventually the conversation lapsed into a different topic. They were talking about themselves when everyone else walked in.
"So then James and I jumped off the roof and into the lake. The Slytherins just stared at us, not willing to risk coming after us." Sirius finished his story.
"I'm not sure that I want my boy to turn out like you." Lisa said with some concern.
"You're having a boy." Remus said, walking up behind them with Alexis.
"Yeah. Isn't that great. Now you, James, Peter, and Harry need to have boys so they can be the future Marauders." Sirius said. He was already planning what to teach his kid.
"I think I'll wait a while." James said. He sat down next to Sirius. "We should leave soon. Is that all right with you Lily?"
"Yeah that's fine." Lily smiled. "I had a good time."
"Me too. Next weekend?"
"I'm busy. You can always write." Lily told him. She didn't think she could get away with sneaking away three times in this short amount of time. "Bye." She waved and walked out. Alexis followed.
"Insane one." Alexis said, reminding Lily of Sirius's comment.
"I had to say something." Lily said. "They were going to find out. Besides you don't play quidditch."
"Yeah. But I've always wanted to. What's one more lie?"
"Good point. You like Remus?"
"He's okay." Alexis said with a shrug. "He's no Dean. What about you and James?"
"I'll tell you later. Right now I have to become Harry again." Lily told her.
"Later." Alexis replied.
"One more thing." Lily said before walking away.
"Yeah." Alexis paused.
"You're dating Harry." Lily said. She ran away, not wanting to face Alexis's wrath.
A/N
I have over a hundred reviews. Yeah! So I did a long chapter in honor of that fact. Thank you guys so much for reviewing. It always encourages me to write.
I need a baby name.
Any suggestions? Please help me out here. I'm horrible with names.
