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I wasn't sure if I would give you all the answers to the earlier chapter's 'cliffhangers', but I think the reviewer books are air nearly died in shock LOL. So I am leaving you with no mystery at the end of this one.

Here's a recap, because it's kind of important to remember what had happen or you might get confused.

Recap: Sunday, Lily and James thought about telling Harry the reasons he was singled out by Voldemort.

Monday, Ginny and Hermione decided to break up with their boyfriends. Lily and Nymphadora decided to take a pregnancy test.

Tuesday, Severus and James felt like hitting the other right in the face.

Wednesday, Nymphadora had the urge to kiss Remus.

Thursday, Emmeline had the urge to kiss James. Lily saw the results of the tests.


Chapter 10 - Goodbyes

'You will write, won't you?'

'I will.'

'And, you'll be safe?'

'I will.'

'And, you'll stay in the castle, and-'

'Alright, enough jibber jabbers.' Mad-Eye said directly at Lily and Harry.

It was the morning of Friday, September 1st. Harry couldn't believe all these people could fit in a single entrance hallway, but everybody seemed to be there to either accompanied them to the station or say their farewell. Lily and James were, of course, obligate to stay in the house, much to their displeasure.

When Mad-Eye started having an argument with Fred and George, James turned to Harry.

'Don't do anything I wouldn't do.' James winked.

Lily scowled at him.

'Don't do anything your mother wouldn't do.' James corrected himself.

Harry laughed. 'I'll be fine. I always am.'

Lily pulled him into a hug and said very quietly so that only Harry heard, 'What I told you yesterday isn't concrete, alright? Just don't do anything rash.'

(Yesterday)

'Harry?'

Harry double backed as he was about to go downstairs. 'Oh, hi.' He smiled at his mother who was on the doorway of her room.

'Why don't you come in?'

Harry entered and noticed his father was absence. 'Where's-'

'He's probably downstairs.' His mother replied simply. 'What was all the commotion about, just minutes ago?'

'Ron and Hermione are Prefects.' Harry said wondering if his mother would still be proud even if he wasn't a Prefect.

'Oh. Well, good for them.' Lily said. Harry noticed that she seemed a bit distracted. 'Is Tonks here?'

Harry shrugged. 'I haven't gone down yet.'

'Right…' Lily said. Harry had a feeling something wasn't right.

'Er – you seem – are you alright?'

'What? Yes, of course. I'm sorry.' She sat down on her bed and look up at him. She was then shocked by her own words. They sort of slipped out without her consent. 'Did anybody ever tell you why Voldemort was after you?'

Harry's feet had gone cold. 'I – what? No. I just assumed he –' He frowned. 'Wait a minute… after me? I thought he was – Hagrid told me he tried to kill me because he wanted to make a clean job out of it. Why would he even -? I was just a… baby.' He sat down beside her.

Lily shook her head. 'You were so little.' A single tear ran down her cheek.

'But, what happen? Why would he want…?'

Lily toked a deep breathe. 'Dumbledore doesn't want you to know. Your father disagrees. I thought I didn't want you to know, but… I don't want us to have secrets.' She paused for a second. 'Voldemort wanted-'

Knock, knock.

It was Nymphadora Tonks.

'Am I interrupting? I can come back-?'

'Oh, no.' Lily realised she probably shouldn't be doing this without James anyways. 'Actually I would want your father to be here, Harry. So, I'll just talk to Tonks a few minutes and I'll be down, okay?

Harry left the room confused and curious. There had been a reason Voldemort wanted him dead? But, why? He didn't have time to ponder the question too long, because somebody else called him.

'Harry?'

It was Ginny this time. She was at her bedroom door, too.

'Oh, hi Ginny.'

'I was hoping to get you alone.' Harry frowned at her. 'Not like that!' She added while laughing. 'I just – can
you come in a second?'

Harry entered Ginny and Hermione's room which was very neat compare to Ron and Harry's. Hermione wasn't there. Harry then realise that this was probably the first time he was alone with Ginny. She had always been so taken aback by his presence and he only realised now how much she grew up.

Harry sat on the desk chair while Ginny sat on what he presumed to be her bed.

'I was sort of – eavesdropping on the Diggorys when they came the other day.' She started seriously.

'Oh, were you? What did they say?' Harry said slightly interested.

'Not much, really. Emotional stuff, more of, but one subject did come up and I though you should probably know.'

'Was it about me? Or Voldemort?'

Ginny flinched. 'Don't say the name! But, anyways, they weren't really talking about you. They were talking about Cho.'

Harry's stomach lurched. 'What has that got to do-?'

'You fancy her.' Ginny said raising one eyebrow. 'It's dead obvious. Anyways, my point is, I've been talking to your mother lately about love and stuff. She made me realise a lot of things and I just think you should be considerate of Cedric when we go back to Hogwarts tomorrow.'

In Harry's opinion, she had crossed the line. Who was she to tell him to back off? 'I'm sorry, but this isn't your business.' He said as nicely as he could.

Ginny shrugged. 'It's your choice, Harry. I was just saying what I know.'

'Yeah, well… I better head down.' Harry said walking away annoyed.

Hermione entered the bedroom not long after Harry left.

'What's Harry's problem?'

Ginny, who was now throwing stuff in her trunk, shrugged. 'I only try to tell him the truth about Cedric and Cho and – well, there's the results.'

'Why are you so concerned about this?' Hermione asked suspiciously.

'Don't look at me like that.' Ginny ordered. 'I'm over him. He can date whomever he wishes; I was just trying to spare him some trouble.'

She said this with such convention that she almost believed it herself.

Almost.

'Well, you better not, seeing as you're still with Michael.' Hermione reminded her.

'I'd be coward to break-up with him in a letter-' Hermione scowled at her. 'Not that you had a choice.' Ginny added very quickly. 'But, I can just wait until tomorrow, you know.'

'I suppose so.' Hermione said.


Meanwhile, down the stairs, Sirius entered the living room where James sat solitary in his own thoughts. 'What's going on?'

James jumped as Sirius spoke. 'Oh, it's you.'

Sirius sat down beside his best friend.

'It's been a weird week.' James observed.

Sirius frowned. 'I haven't really noticed anything.' He then looked at James who seemed distant. 'What happen to you?'

'Well, it started on Tuesday…'

(Tuesday)

Severus raised an eyebrow. 'Afraid?'

'Of what? You've got nothing on me.' James said amusingly.

'When did she start seeing you? Only when I wasn't around anymore. Fancy being the second choice.' Severus said his lips curling.

James boiled inside at what he had always tried to deny, that, possibly, if Snape hadn't been a Death Eater….

'She hates you!' James said loudly. 'When I go to sleep at night, she's there warming me up. Who do you have? Nobody. She will never forgive you for what you did. I've already win.'

Severus went paler than usual, which was saying something. Both men were angry, but James was a little satisfied. He took a step forward determined to taunt Snape. 'You disgusted her. She will never love you. In fact, (James sneered.) I rekon you don't even know how her soft lips feels, because you are such a coward and-'

BAM!

James was hit with such force on the mouth that he was force to bend over his hands trying to cover up the blood. He withdrew his wand as he pulled himself straight, but Snape had gone.

He ran to the bathroom and fixed himself up with simple spells and decided not to mention anything to Lily… or Harry. What a terrible influence he could have been if Harry had seen any of it. Hadn't he told Harry last week that he grew out of it? Hadn't he told Harry that he wasn't Draco Malfoy the bully anymore?

Yes, but Snape is a bully to your son, a voice in his head told him.

Who's fault was that? James's. If he hadn't bully Snape first…

But, that had nothing to do with Harry.

With one last deep breath, James left the bathroom as if nothing had happened.

(Back to the living room with Sirius on Thursday)

Sirius gawped at him. 'Snape hit you. No, wait. Physically? And, it – it hurt like hell?'

James was already regretting having told Sirius. 'Don't make a big deal out of it. I didn't tell Lily.'

'Yes, but I could probably hurt you more with my pinky than his whole fist.' Sirius said half laughing at this information.

James scowled at him. 'That's not the point-'

Sirius rolled his eyes. 'I know, I know. You think you're a rubbish father and you don't know what to do. Think about it though, does anybody actually know what they're doing?'

James sighed. 'Probably not.'

They were silent for some time. Then, James spoke again.

'There's something else…'

'Snape?' Sirius suggested.

'No, it was… Emmeline. I went into the kitchen like two hours ago and…'

(Two hours prior)

James looked at the parchments. 'What kind of language is this?'

'It's codes.' Emmeline said in a slightly higher voice.

'Well, this is frustrating.' He replied still gazing down on the documents. Did she maybe know what the codes meant? Something felt weird here.

He turned his head towards her with the intention of asking her more about the documents, but something was definitely odd. Emmeline was looking at him with…

James realised a second to late what was about to happen and he couldn't stop it. Emmeline's lips touched his. He was paralyzed at the impossibility of the situation. It took him about five seconds to come up with the plan of pushing her away.

Emmeline seemed to have realised she did something wrong. 'I thought you wanted me too.' She said getting up and avoiding his eyes.

'W-What?' James gasped. 'Of course not, I'm married!'

'It doesn't mean anything. I heard you guys bicker a lot.' She said before walking out of the kitchen.

(In the living room, once more)

'…'

'I fucked up.' James said putting his face in his hands.

'Shit, mate. That can't be good.' Sirius said. Then, he added rather annoyingly. 'How is it that you're here for three weeks plus you're married and you're the one who get to snug with someone?'

'I didn't want to!' James said rather loudly. 'She's the one who – it's all her fault. Now, I'll have to tell Lily… somehow.'

'You're going to tell her?' Sirius said shocked.

'I have to. She needs to find out from me, not from anybody else.'

Further exchanges about the problems would have to wait as the kids decided to enter the living room at that precise moment.


'This is going to sound crazy.' Nymphadora said pacing Molly's room.

Lily and Molly, who were both sitting on the bed, exchange a confused look.

'Well, come on now dear, spill it out. I need to get dinner ready.' Molly said rather sweetly.

'I think I'm in love.' Nymphadora said really, really fast.

Lily clapped her hands with excitement. 'I knew it! Who is it?'

'That's what's crazy. I've only known this man for about… two months. We never kissed. We never had… anything, really.' Nymphadora sighed. 'It's like love-at-first-sight kind of thing. It's impossible that I could fall in love so fast.'

'Maybe you're not 'in love' per say? Maybe you just have really strong feelings for this guy?' Lily suggested.

'Maybe…'

'Is it somebody from work?' Molly asked interested.

She shook her head. 'No, it's… somebody from here.'

Lily was on her feet. 'Oh, come on. You have to tell us now.'

There was a quick pause and then, 'Remus.' Then she added quickly. 'I know, I know, he's probably too old for me.'

Molly and Lily considered this for a moment. Molly spoke first.

'Love isn't calculated by age difference. If you would still be at school, I'd say no, but you're an adult. You have a job. You can take care of yourself.'

Lily nodded approvingly. 'Remus could use someone to love.'

'So, you guys actually think this is a good idea?' Nymphadora said surprised.

'It's worth a try.' Lily shrugged.


It was only late that night that Lily and James were able to speak to Harry alone. They set up in James and Lily's room like usual; James on the desk and Harry and Lily on the bed.

'So, why was Voldemort after me?' Harry said as the question had been pondering in his head all day.

James sat up straight. 'About a year before you were born, a Prophecy had been made. Dumbledore heard it. It said that the one who could – er – destroy the Dark Lord would be born at the end of July or something. So, Voldemort set after you.'

Harry sat still as the impact of these words hit him. When he found his voice he said, 'Well, I mustn't be the only wizard born at the end of July?'

'No, but Dumbledore had some spies and it seemed that Voldemort though you were the bigger treat.' Lily said uneasily. 'But, you can't go after him, now. He might have been wrong for all we know. We never heard the Prophecy. Dumbledore won't show it to us, which probably means that there's more to it.'

'Why hasn't anyone told me?' Harry asked while his thought repeated I can destroy him?

'Dumbledore ordered it.' James said simply. 'The main thing is, nothing is for certain. The Prophecy could have been talking about that night you made him lost all his power.'

This made so much sense in Harry's mind that he decided it must have been that.

'Couldn't we still hear it?' Harry asked. 'It is about me, isn't it?'

'Dumbledore refuses.' Lily said sadly. 'But, Harry, we must ask you, is anything weird?'

'What do you mean?'

'Strange feelings or dreams or-'

'I don't know.' Harry shrugged.

'Nothing?' James pushed on.

'No… except… I keep having this dream. I'm walking in a hallway and there's a door at the end of the hall that's always locked. Why?'

Lily looked unperturbed. 'Dumbledore wants to know.'

'Why?'

'We don't know much more then you do.' James said truthfully. 'The important thing is that you remain in the castle's boundaries. Do you understand?'

Harry wanted to argue about the Prophecy, but decided not to. 'Yeah, yeah I won't.'

(September 1st)

Lily pulled him into a hug and said very quietly so that only Harry heard, 'What I told you yesterday isn't concrete, alright? Just don't do anything rash.'

Harry squeezed her. 'I won't.'

'Alright.' Came Mad-Eye's voice booming. 'We're off. Come along, everyone.'

Harry barely had time to say a last goodbye when he was pushed out the door and into the sunlight.

Lily sighted when the door closed on James, Sirius and her, the only three who weren't going to the station.

'I should have gone.' Sirius said annoyed. He shot James a dark look. 'How is it that you convinced me not to go again?'

'I don't know. Something stupid probably.' James said looking at the closed door.

'Of course you guys weren't thinking of actually going?' Lily said exasperated.

They started towards the kitchen.

'Well, it's not like we didn't have a disguise.' Sirius pointed out.

'What a way of not attracting muggles: a stag in a train station.' Lily said rolling her eyes.

James and Sirius laughed at this as they all sat at the kitchen table.

'So, let's have… tea or something?' Sirius suggested.

'Weren't you going to go do that thing since no one's here?' James asked Sirius.

'What thing?' Sirius frowned confused.

'You know that thing.' James pressed on.

Sirius stared blankly at James. Lily was now frowning too.

'You know,' James said kicking Sirius leg under the table. 'Emmeline came yesterday morning so you need to go do that thing since no one's here.'

'Ouch… Ok, ok, I'm going.' Sirius said trying to kick James as well, but only managed to hit his knee on the table. 'Fuck!'

When Sirius had left, James pulled all his courage together. 'Lily, there's something you should – Lily?'

Lily was tearing up.

An awful thought went through James's brain. What if she already knew?

'Er- Lily? Is something wrong?'

Lily nodded pressing her lips together.

'What is it?' James said his heart beating in his ears.

'I'm… pregnant.'

James's heart stopped beating. 'You're what? With a baby?'

'What else?' Lily said in tears.

'But, I thought you wanted other kids after Harry?' James said quickly recovering from the shock. Another child wouldn't be so bad. They'd get to see him or her grow up this time around.

'James, I can't be pregnant. I'm supposed to be dead. How am I supposed to go see a Healer? This could easily kill me if I don't get the help that I need.' Lily said crying.

Because he didn't know immediately what to say, James took her in his arms until she calmed down.

'We'll figure it out, okay?' James said quietly after a while.

Lily merely nodded.

'The chances of something going wrong are probably slim.' James added.

'I'd still like to see a Healer.' Lily said in barely more than a whisper.

There was a very short silence before James spoke again. 'Does anybody know?'

'Tonks.' Lily said quietly. 'She thought she was pregnant too, so I did a test on both of us. She wasn't pregnant, but I was. I'd like to keep it quiet for now.'

James nodded. 'What about Harry?'

Lily shrugged. 'I don't know. It was all so quick, I just founded out yesterday morning. I got up and you weren't in the room so I had a look at the results.'

James stomach went tight as he guiltily realised that when Emmeline kissed him, his wife was finding out she was pregnant. 'You should have told me that you thought you were.'

Lily let go of James's embrace. 'I didn't want to worry you. I thought my system might have been messed up because of the coming-back-to-life thing.'

'We'll get through it.' James said firmly.


Stay tuned, because:

We're going to see some Dursleys in chapter 12 I'd say, 13 at the most?

Ah. Snape, Snape, Snape, how is he going to behave with Harry at school now that Lily's back? You'll see, probably next chapter. Snape/Lily scene coming up as well.

They will be a lot of Harry/Lily and James letter exchange.

James and Sirius are going to have a marauder moment… or hours.

Somebody or perhaps more than one are getting attack by Death Eaters. Will they survive?

With those hint said… sorry books are air if the hints are cliffy lol.

ONE MORE THING: I started a new story called Love and Forgiveness and it's about... love and forgiveness. Ok, really it's about Snape and Sirius in a NON slashy way. It's a 'Snape has a daughter kind of story'. I only put up a small prologue, so it's not really... interesting... right now. I'll put up chapter 1 this week if anybody wants to check it out!

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