I hadn't realised just how much I had missed Aiden not being in my life as much as he had been. Although I had laughed at him whenever he said he would beat up any guys who looked my way, a trait he had picked up from watching Jack do as he pleased, I had never been more grateful knowing that both my brothers were watching my back.

I also forgot how annoying little brothers can be.

"For the last time," I moaned. "I am not telling you." Lying on Aiden's bed, I threw the closest pillow I could reach in his direction, hoping to emphasise my point.

"Oh come on." He said, catching it easily. "You expect me to just help out in this pregnancy and not know who the father is?"

"I expect you to stop annoying me."

Aiden sighed. "I just want a quiet word with him about what his intentions are."

I couldn't stop the snort from coming out. "I think his intentions have already been made." I tried to make a joke but noticing how his jaw tightened, I realised it wasn't the right time. "Still too soon eh? Anyway is your quiet word before or after you kick him where it hurts?"

"After obviously." He said matter of factly. "But before I break his jaw if he gives me the wrong answer."

"Aren't we in a violent mood recently."

All Aiden responded with was a raised eyebrow, making me sigh and say "Look, all you need to know at the moment is that he's a nice guy, and he's going to support me."

"Is it Davies?"

I pretended to hurl, before saying "You heard me say 'nice' didn't you?"

"I will find out you know." He said whilst shrugging.

I smiled. "When I want you to." A comfortable silence ensued, The empty dorm making the silence all the more noticeable.

"Who's the father?"

"Shut up Aiden." Smirking to himself, he rolled over onto his front and pushed himself up so he was standing.

"So tell me," he said, sitting down on his bed next to me. "What have I missed?"

"What?" I asked, confused as to what he meant. Missed?

"With the baby. Anything big happened yet?" I smiled in his direction, sitting up so I could see him better.

"Not much. I've felt flutters from her moving, and I've had the first scan. It was the most amazing feeling I've ever had."

Aiden looked curious. "Her? Do you already know what it is?"

I shook my head. "I think it's a girl and…..the father thinks it's a boy." My heart skipped a beat, when I realised I had almost said James' name. "There have been arguments."

Aiden nodded in understanding, but didn't respond in any other way.

"Would you like to see a picture?" I said quietly. Aiden turned to face me, and nodded excitedly. Pulling the locket out from under my top, which I hadn't taken off since James gave it to me, I passed it to him.

Flipping it open, his eyes softened as they fell on the moving sonogram picture. "This is my niece or nephew?"

"Pretty cool huh?"

JAMES' POV

"My arms ache so bad." Sean moaned, causing the rest of us to chuckle at his comment. "How come none of you are in as much pain as I am?"

"Because my dear Watson" Jack started, causing me and Fred to laugh more at the confused expression on Sean's face, "You are obviously not as strong as I." Jack then proceeded to pull muscle man moves, causing a group of fake girls who were walking in the opposite direction to sigh.

"Or we just weren't able to slip you one of my dad's joke wands." Fred smirked to Jack's annoyance. "I really don't think Filch would be able to tell the difference between a wand and a twig sometimes. But we stuck with the joke wand to be on the safe side."

"Which meant," I finished "that we were using our real wands to clean up the trophy room, unlike you."

This was followed by another moan off Sean, and another round of chuckles from us. As we were walking along however, we were able to see Davies walking towards us with his friends. Even though he clearly saw us, it didn't stop him from ramming his shoulder into mine as he went past.

"Oi Davies" Jack yelled, making him stop where he was walking and turn around. "Do you want to add another black eye to that collection of yours?"

Sneering at us, he responded "How was detention?"

"It was alright." Fred replied, smirking again. "Piece of Cake. How's your pride?" This lead to Davies scowling.

"Think you're all so great don't you?" He snapped. "But you're all just thugs."

"Yeah?" I stepped forward, thinking about the frightened look that was on Amy's face before I was able to pull him off. "So what does that make you?"

Davies also stepped forward so we were face to face. "I thought I told you to watch out Potter?"

"Or what?" I said with a threatening tone. "You going to put us in detention again?"

"At least let us do something worth getting detention for first." Fred said from behind me, causing the other two to laugh.

A crowd was gathering around us, even though all students should have been making there way to their next lesson. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Amy and her friends slow down to see the argument as well.

I watched as Davies' eyes flicked to her direction, and the look I saw pass through his eyes sent a wave of hate through me. He had no right to look at her in that way after all he's done.

"I hope you're practicing Quidditch day and night." Davies said menacingly. "Because we're not going to take it easy on you next week."

"As opposed to all the other times we've beaten you where you were letting us win." Sean said sarcastically. Davies stared at me with despising eyes, before stepping backwards without turning his back to us.

"What do you think we're going to do? Curse you when your back is turned?" I said. "We're Gryffindors, not cowards."

Davies looked like he was ready to start a fight, and he probably would've done if Professor Trimble hadn't taken that moment to walk past and notice everyone gathering.

"Move along." He said to the mass of students who had stopped to watch. After the hall had partially cleared, he turned to our group. "I thought you lot would have learned your lesson after your injuries and detentions last time. If you can't get along, then just stay away from each other." He only left after Davies and his mates had walked off to lesson.

Turning to scan the hall, I wasn't surprised to see that Amy was one of the few who hadn't run to class straight away. She was stood against the wall with her friends with a worried expression on her face.

I'd talk to her later.

"Come on man." Jack said, snapping me out of staring at his sister. Luckily he was already walking in the direction of the classroom.

"I'm coming." I mumbled, following at a slower place.

Amy's POV

James and Jason had been arguing again. I didn't want this to become a regular thing, I just wanted to forget all about him.

Time to write me some letters me thinks.

Grabbing some parchment, I sat down on my bed and began writing.

Dear Mum,

I miss you already, but it won't be long until I'm home again, Easter's only a few months away.

The boys are behaving themselves, and we're all getting along a lot better. Jack and Aiden are acting as normal, and it's as if nothing has happened.

Pausing a moment to think of what to write next, I felt bad about wanted to come back to Hogwarts so much, and leaving Mum alone in the house.

Counting the days until I see you again.

Love you.

Ames xxxxx

Folding and sealing the letter, I placed it to the side. I then started on the next one.

Meet in my dorm.

-A

There was only a small window of opportunity for my plan, to get my message to James, to work. And it relied on luck, and Jack not being in his dormitory right this minute.

Sneaking out the dorm onto the staircase, I looked up and down to make sure no one was around. I then made my way up to the top of the stairs. Standing in a Walnut coloured picture frame, was a blonde girl, wearing old looking robes and looking very innocent. Trust Romeo and Juliet to be from the Wizarding World.

"Umm…." I said awkwardly. How do you ask someone to let you sneak into the boys dorms. I could've walked down the stairs and up the boys', but there was more chance of people seeing me. If the boys were in the Common Room, I'd never get away with it.

"Let me guess," she said, with a friendly smile on her face. "You need to go through the passageway."

Blushing, I answered "Yes please."

After checking the staircase one last time, I turned back to the portrait which had swung open to allow me to walk into the hidden passageway. As soon as I was completely in, the portrait swung closed again.

Walking across the short distance, I noticed the portrait in the middle, of both the girl that was in the previous picture and another boy. Romeo and Juliet were holding hands, and smiling at me.

"Thank you." I said to them both, to which they nodded. "You both make a lovely couple."

After they both thanked me in return, Romeo said "I'll just go check the coast is clear on the boys' side." After they kissed goodbye, he walked out the portrait, leaving us in what felt to me like an uncomfortable silence.

"So….." I said. "Sorry about being dead and all." Never let it be said that subtlety is my strong point.

"It's alright hun." she replied, not even looking the slightest bit offended. "Don't worry about it." Romeo walked back into the portrait.

"All clear. You ready?" He said to me. When I nodded, he disappeared again, and I made my way to the opposite end of the passageway. It swung open, and I found myself on the boys' staircase.

Now to find the seventh year dormitories.

Luckily for me, they were the closest to the top, and after knocking, realised no one was inside. So far, my plan was working.

Opening the door, I scanned the room.

You could tell which bed belonged to who. One bed was surrounded by prank objects, both old and new, and clothes were strewn everywhere. Weasley's bed.

The next was covered in Puddlemere United memorabilia. Quidditch outfits, a quaffle signed by all the players of the team of '95. This must've been Wood's corner.

Therefore the other two beds were easy to tell apart, seeing as I could tell which one was surrounded by Jack's belongings, and the other was surrounded by pictures of the Potter family.

Placing the note for James in his bed, I then made my way to Jack's side.

And that's when the door opened, and they all came in. Luckily, I'd already done the part of the plan which mattered.

"What are you doing here?" Jack asked confused, James in the background seemed to find it amusing. The other two didn't look like they cared.

"I need to send this letter to Mum." I said, holding up the parchment so that Jack could see. "And Missy is in your room."

When he nodded, I carried on with my task. After I saw Missy flying off into the distance, I left the dorm and made my way back through the passageway.

Did he find the note? Was he going to come?

I'd left the note on James' bed over an hour ago. All the girls had made sure they were decent, so that when James came, it was alright for him to stay for a bit.

"Maybe he's held up." Dom said, trying to cheer me up.

Getting up, I made my way to the mirror, and lifted my shirt slightly. My bump more pronounced, was getting harder to hide everyday. Soon, even the half sized bump due to my Invisibumps would still be noticeable.

"I'm going to need new robes soon girls." I said, sadly.

"You could always borrow mine."

The new voice made everyone jump, and Holly even fell backwards off her bed with a thump. With me trying to stop my giggles from getting too loud, James smirked.

"You alright down there Holly?" He said.

"THAT BOY IS EVIL." Holly jumped up, hopped over her bed, and poked James in the eye. I'd like to wish I was kidding.

"OW!" He yelled, holding one of his hands up to the eye that was watering.

"Shouldn't have scared me then should you?" Followed by her walking to the bathroom, slamming the door, and walking back to her bed.

"I'll take this one." Rose mumbled. "Umm, Holly? Why the door?"

Holly shrugged. "I just have strong feelings."

"Not even going to ask." I said before pulling James over to my area of the dorm. When we sat down on my bed, I asked "So you know what tomorrow is right?"

"Yep." He said smiling, pulling me closer so that I was hugged into his side.

"So do you want to?" I asked him. He seemed to think about it for a minute.

"I think I do. It would be more of a surprise if we waited, but I don't think I'd be able to." He answered, smiling down at me.

Before we were able to carry any other conversation, we were interrupted by Holly again.

"Are you two having a full conversation about sex?"

"Wh…wh…" I stuttered blushing. James just looked at Holly with a weird look on his face.

"NO." I shouted, to the amusement of the other girls. "We've got our next scan tomorrow, and we can find out the sex of the baby."

"Oooohh." Holly said, getting excited. "I hope it's a girl. That way I can dress her up."

"I won't let you near my cat Holly," I said bluntly. "What makes you think I'll let you anywhere near my baby?"

Dom had to have her say next. "A boy would be quite nice." This only caused James to reply with "I don't really mind. I'm just excited to find out. But I have a feeling it might be a boy."

"What do you think Rose?" I asked, who had been pretty quiet today.

"Does it matter?" She said. "As long as it's healthy."

Poking James in the arm to get his attention, James muttered "I wish people would stop poking me today."

"You need to stop arguing with Jason." I said. "It's not good for my nerves."

And James mumbled with all the maturity of a five year old. "He started it."

So mature.

"So Aiden is covering for me again, although this time he knows where I'm going." I said to James as we walked through Hogmeade, him once again in disguise.

"That's good." He said. "I'm glad you've got him to help you now."

"Me too." I said walking into the Hogs Head.

"Oh god." Abeforth moaned. "Not you again."

I rolled my eyes, putting on an expression of hurt. "Nice to see you too Abeforth." Already walking towards the fireplace.

Abeforth started muttering profanities under his breath as we flooed to St Mungo's. My good luck that had been lasting for the last couple of weeks, seemed to still be holding, as the Welcome witch who had been there for the first two visits, was not on shift today.

Making our way into the Maternity ward, we were welcomed by Marie with a smile on her face, before being ushered into the examining room.

"Sorry we're late." I said, apologising. "There was a big queue for the lifts in the entrance room."

"No problem." She said, "You're lucky we had a cancellation straight after your appointment, so there's no rush."

Healer Jones walked in, this being the cue for Marie to leave.

"Alright, shall we get another look at this baby?" He asked, clearly in a good mood.

I jumped up on the table and leaned back, lifting my top away from my swollen stomach. James let his hands gently stroke my abdomen, before reaching for my own hands.

Sigh.

The Healer did his stuff, and sooner than I thought, a new picture was being projected onto the wall. Bigger than the last one, the baby had a much clearer shape, with the lower half being blurred. This was in case we didn't want to know the sex until the birth. How anyone had the patience to wait was beyond me.

"Everything looks good." The Healer said, smiling. James was beaming next to me, while I was relieved that everything was okay.

"Any problems you've experienced?" He added.

"Nope." I said. "It seems to be going by the books." And I should know. James has been quoting them every minute of every day.

"That's a good thing." He replied. "So that leaves one question." We looked at him expectantly. "Do you want to know the gender?"

Excitement. That's how I could describe what I was feeling. I could practically feel James bouncing next to me.

Turning to him, I said "Shall we?"

He smiled at me, before responding to Healer Jones. "Yes please."

With a swish of his wand, the blurs disappeared at the same time that he said "It's a girl."

"A...a…." I stuttered, happy tears creeping up on me. I felt my hand being squeezed hard, and I looked up at a grinning James,

"Are you disappointed?" I asked. He looked down at me,

"Never." He said, rubbing my hand with his own. "I don't think I've ever been happier." Our eye contact was only broken by the Healer coughing to get our attention.

"Sorry." He said genuinely. "But I need to know if you want any copies of the new scan, and how many?"

"Two." James replied, at the same time I said "Three." When he gave me a strange look, I said "One's for Aiden. He missed out for the first trimester. I think it's only fair he gets one."

James sighed, before saying "Four please."

When the healer left to get the pictures, I asked "Four?"

"My dad's going to want one to show my mum." he said. "I agreed that he could tell her. She's going to kill me."

I gave him a sympathetic look, as we took the newly made scan pictures and left to see Marie outside.

"Let's have a look then." She said happily. Handing over the scan, she 'ooh'ed and 'aah'ed like your suppose to when someone shows you a picture of their baby.

"So I have your paperwork here." She started. "And your Healer wanted to organise a growth scan in your thirtieth week, just to make sure everything is growing normally, what with this being a teenage pregnancy." She searched through her records. "Nineteenth of March? It's a Saturday again."

"That's fine." I smiled, James' arm sneaking around my waist.

We walked into the lift, identical smiles on each of our faces. Only when the doors close, did they fall off.

"Shit."

I turned to James, after he swore to see what was wrong. His hair was slowly turning from the blonde of the guy he was impersonating, to his normal black.

"Take some more polyjuice potion." I said, panicking.

"I left it at school." He said, pressing one of the buttons above the ground floor. When the doors opened early, he pushed me out.

"If you want this kept secret, you're going to have to go back to the Hog's head separate from me." He whispered, allowing the doors to close between us. Looking up at the screen above the lift, the number changed from '1' to 'G'.

Heading to the stairs, I ran down to the ground floor. Out of breath, I pushed the double doors open to the entrance room.

James, looking exactly like his normal appearance, was making his way to the fireplaces. Followed by a large crowd of people; some taking photos, others just seemed to want to get close to him.

This world that he was so familiar with seemed so strange to me. In Hogwarts, taking photos of any of the Potter/Weasley family wasn't allowed without their permission. Along with any other famous students. So to see people forcing their way into his personal space, it showed a whole new respect for what exactly he had to deal with.

Tomorrow morning, there would be hundreds of pictures in all Wizarding newspapers and magazines showing James Potter in St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. When he should've been in school.

A/N: Yay another longish chapter. : )

What do you think will happen with James? Will he get in trouble? Will Amy and James be found out?

Preview time!

I'd never seen such a violent game of Quidditch, and having spent my last six years watching Gryffindor and Slytherin matches, that was saying something.

What was worse was that the main instigator was my ex boyfriend. And the other people joining in were mainly my brother and James. Testosterone levels were definitely high at that moment.

Shoving, kicking, punching and pulling were all happening a hundred feet in the air. It had been terrifying.

Luckily the game was over though, so I was being forced to relax by Rose, who seemed to have taken the role of 'Annoying fake healer' in this messed up story I was living in. Constantly whispering in my ear that stress can't be good. Like I didn't know that already.

So with everyone either celebrating or commiserating and my friends being irritating gits, no one else saw the bat fly out from no where, aimed right for the back of James' skull.

"LOOK OUT!" I yelled.

Drama drama drama.

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