A/N: Sorry it took so long to post the next chapter but things have been utterly crazy. I had so much stuff going on not to mention major writers block! I was trying to finish Chapter fifteen before posting this chapter and I have which makes me happy. Once I get my laptop things will be so much easier to get up so be prepared! Please R&R and I'll try to get the next chapter up ASAP! Cheers!

Chapter Fourteen:

Sarah woke up slightly earlier than usual. It had been three days since the news of James' dad's death. In two days it would be the funeral. Sarah didn't know why but she was very nervous about it. It was probably because she had never been to a funeral before, let alone one for a wizard, so she didn't know what to expect. She also felt bad because she wanted to comfort Sirius but wasn't sure if it would be the best thing to do just yet. Mr. Potter was like a father to him so she wasn't sure if asking to talk about it would make him more or less upset. That and because they weren't really talking yet. She watched as the sun slowly moved onto her bed. She got up and went to the window to look outside. She opened the window and leaned out to get a deep breath of fresh air. Suddenly, though, Sarah felt the urge to vomit. At first she thought it was just a feeling of nausea until the vomit came out of her mouth and into the rose bushes on the lawn under her window. She quickly pulled her head in but that was a bad idea as well, bringing back the feeling of nausea. She ran as fast as her legs would carry her, down the hall and into the bathroom. The door was closed but Sarah didn't care. She would rather vomit in the toilet than on James' hallway floor. Knocking quickly she burst into the bathroom.

"Talk about knocking!" Sirius shouted. He was in the bath, soaking in the water. Sarah would have made an apology but it would've been a big mistake to open her mouth. Instead she ran to the toilet and started to vomit violently. Concerned, Sirius got out of the bath, wrapped a towel around his waist and went over to Sarah to hold back her hair. When she was finished she slowly got up.

When she looked at Sirius, she said, "First off, I did knock but sorry anyway. Second, thank you."

"No problem," he replied, "Are you alright?"

Sarah hesitated, and then said, "Yeah, just a little under the weather." She gave him a small smile.

Sirius was still concerned about her but didn't push the subject, "Alright."

"I'll leave you to your bath," Sarah said after a short silence and she slowly left the bathroom. After she closed the door, though, she just stood there lost in thought. While she had been vomiting Sarah wondered why. What had made her so sick? She didn't eat anything unusual nor was she into drinking. It was when she saw Sirius that things started to click into place. Sarah just didn't want to believe them.

She made her way slowly to Lily's room. Knocking, since she knew Lily probably wouldn't be awake, she heard Lily's groggy voice, "Yeah?"

"It's Sarah, can I come in?" she asked.

She heard Lily moving around, shifting in her bed before she replied, "Yeah, come in."

She entered to Lily sitting up in bed with a tired smile.

"Hey, what's up?" she asked.

"Nothing," Sarah said nervously. "Uh, Lily I really need to talk to you. It's important.

"Alright, what is it?"

Without moving from her spot, Sarah said, "Well," she laughed nervously, twisted her fingers and looked down at the ground. "Well, Lily, I think- I think I may be…" She hesitated and hoped Lily would get it but when she looked up Lily looked as clueless since she did from the beginning of the conversation. "Lily I think I'm pregnant," she blurted out.

Lily lost her look of tiredness and replaced it with a look of surprise, "Oh, well," she let out a breath. "Geeze, was not expecting that one."

"Will you help me?" Sarah asked rushing over to her, despite the little nausea she still had.

"Well, first of all are you sure that you are… you know."

"If a missed period is the first sign and morning sickness if the second then yes, I believe so."

"You threw up?" Lily asked sounding skeptical.

"You don't have to believe me," Sarah said getting angry, "but I'm sure the rose bushes outside my window would resent it. But if you still don't believe me you can always smell my breath, too."

Lily's eyes grew wide and she stayed silent for some time.

"Well?" Sarah asked impatiently after a few minutes had gone by. "Are you going to help me or not?"

Lily looked at her and nodded, "Of course I will. We'll go get a pregnancy test this afternoon."

14

"You buy it," Sarah said later that day in the store. Lily told James they were going out to buy some supplies for the house, leaving out that one of those supplies was a pregnancy test.

"What?" Lily said, "Why?"

"Because, look who's at the counter."

Lily looked from the isle to the front and saw Scott standing behind the counter, drumming his fingers. "So what?"

Sarah groaned, "I can't let him see me buying this!"

Lily shook her head, "yes you can. You said it yourself; you guys didn't do anything so he would know it's not because of him." Sarah still looked anxiously at Lily. "You probably should get two of these things. You look pretty stressed."

"Stressed? Stressed! What does stress have to do with anything?"

"Well, it can totally screw your insides and have things turn up that shouldn't be turning up." Sarah just stared at her. "Now," Lily handed her all the things they were going to buy and some money. Pushing her out of the isle she was now in the open and had no choice but to go and pay for the items.

"Hi," she said when she got to the counter.

"Hey," Scott replied with a smile.

Sarah placed the items on the counter and Scott began to check them out. As Sarah waited she drummed her fingers nervously on the counter. She noticed that when Scott came to the two pregnancy tests he turned a little red.

"So," he said, "how've you been?"

"Good, good," she replied.

"Alright, that comes to $15.50." Sarah handed him a twenty. "Here's your change and have a great day." He gave her a smile; Sarah grabbed the bag and went out the door as coolly and casually as possible. She met Lily outside.

"See, it wasn't that bad was it?" Lily asked her.

"No, it was the most humiliating moment of my life." Lily laughed and the girls started walking home.

14

James and Sirius sat out front of James' house at a table making arrangements for the funeral. It had been an hour or so since the girls had returned from the store.

"I still wonder why Sarah looked at me the way she did," Sirius wondered out loud.

"I don't know. Mate, but personally I think all girls are a little wacky," he stopped. "Don't tell Lily I just said that."

"Right," Sirius replied with a sigh as he looked at the papers in front of him.

"Hey Potter, Black!" The two boys looked up and saw Scott Wiekel leaning on the white fence in front of them.

"Wiekel," the boys said in unison looking back down at the papers, uninterested in him.

"I just want to say I'm sorry for you loss Potter," he continued anyway with a solemn look. If James didn't hate him so much he would think that it was an honest statement. Then Scott suddenly smiled," but on a happier note, I would like to congratulate you, Black."

Sirius looked up at him quickly with slitted eyes," What are you talking about, Wiekel?"

Scott's smile became wider and he said in mock surprise, "You mean, you don't know?"

"Know what!"

Scott laughed, "This is bitter sweet! Why don't you go talk to Sarah, then maybe you'll get what I mean, daddy." With that he walked away and the two boys stared after them.

"What the hell is he talking about?" James asked but Sirius just stared in shock as the events of that morning clicked into place.

"I'm not entirely sure, but I'm going to talk to Sarah about it," quickly Sirius jumped up from the table and ran inside. "Sarah!" he yelled but with no reply. "Sarah!" he yelled again, closer to the stairs and heard a faint, "Yeah?" in reply. He ran up the stairs and looked around.

Noticing that the bathroom door was closed he ran over to it and banged on the door.

"Sarah!"

"Yes?' came her voice from inside.

"I need to talk to you, it's important."

"Can it wait?"

"What does it's important mean to you? No it can't wait! Well, I guess it could but I'd really-" Sarah opened the door but only stuck her head out.

"Yes?" she asked sounding slightly annoyed.

Sirius became very shy all of a sudden but he sucked up all the courage he could muster right then and said, "Well, James and I were outside and we had a very, very interesting conversation with Wiek- I mean Scott."

Sarah's eyes grew wide but she stayed calm when she asked, "Oh, really? What did he say?"

"Nothing really, but he mentioned something that made me start thinking and so I was just wondering," Sirius hesitated. He didn't know exactly how to put it and he didn't want to be blunt but he didn't know how else to put it. "Sarah, are you pregnant?"

Sarah didn't say anything. She just stood there looking slightly sick and slightly embarrassed.

"Well, the first one came out positive-"

"The first one?"

"Yeah, but Lily think it's because I'm stressed, even though I wasn't stressed until the thought that I could be came to mind. So I did another one, and we should find out-" there was a ding in the background, "right now." She let Sirius into the bathroom and they both walked over to the sink together. Taking a deep breath Sarah picked up the pregnancy test and stared at it.

"Well?" Sirius asked impatient and very nervous.

"Well… it's not negative."

Sirius' heart stopped. It was so odd for him to think that he was going to be a father. But was he really going to be a father? How was he sure that it was his? He decided that he should voice his thoughts before any other actions took place.

"Sarah, are you sure that it's mine?"

Sarah looked at him incredulously as if he just slapped her. "What kind of whore do you think I am?" she asked. "Of course it's yours! You're the only one I've ever made love with, Sirius, I love you!"

"Then why are we on this break?" he asked not understanding her.

"I didn't want you to break my heart," Sarah replied with tears in her eyes.

"Sarah," Sirius said coming closer to her and wrapping his arms around her waist. "I love you. I thought you knew that. I would never hurt you, especially since you love me as much as you do."

Sarah looked down, "I should've known that and I' so sorry." She began to cry silently. Sirius tilted her head upwards and kissed her gently on the lips.

"It's alright, with my reputation among girls I shouldn't be surprised that you were scared," he whispered. Suddenly he picked her up and spun her around.

"Sirius!" she yelled with a slight giggle, "Stop it!" he placed her back down. "What was that for?"

"I'm just so happy! We're having a baby! We can be married and start a family together!"

Sarah became serious, "Now Sirius, I don't want you to marry me because we're having a baby. I want you to marry me because you love me."

"But, I just said I did," Sirius replied a little shocked.

Sarah smiled, "I know. I just want to make sure you don't freak out about the responsibility and leave me." They kissed.

"I will never, ever do that to you," he replied. They laced fingers and walked out of the bathroom together.