Lily stood in the doorway looking at James sitting up in bed looking over the Daily Prophet. He glanced up and adjusted his glasses as he looked at her, setting the paper down in his lap.

"Everything alright dear?" He asked concerned and she took a deep breath and smiled at him as she walked towards the bed.

"Everything is fine." She said and crawled in to bed next to him and picked up her book.

"You've been kind of quiet you know that?" he said as he took off his glasses and set them on the nightstand. He folded up the news paper and set it next to them as he rolled on to his stomach and looked at her.

"Have I?" She asked as she looked away from her book.

"Yeah, ever since we left for Paris, is everything alright?"

"Yes James, everything is fine." She said as she touched the side of his face.

"Alright, if you say so." He said and shifted his pillows so he could lay down.

"Night then." He said and turned off the light and turned over. Lily stared at his back wondering if she should tell him now. It had been a few days since she had found out she was pregnant and she had still not found the way to tell him they were going to have a child.

"James." She said as she closed her book.

"Hmm?" He asked, glancing over his shoulder at her.

"I was just thinking the other day. I mean when the time comes to have children, what names do you like?" She asked simply as she looked at him and he rolled over and looked at her.

"I don't know, never really gave it any thought." He said and paused. "Maybe uh." He said and looked deep in though. "Maybe for a boy something like Harold after my grandfather or something like that. Why?"

"Well there's something I want to tell you." She said as a smile came over her lips.

"I'm pregnant." She asked and he looked at her as if he hadn't even heard her.

"James." She said as she took his hand. "I'm pregnant." She said and paused. "With a baby." She said and he snapped back to reality.

"What?" he asked looking dumbstruck.

"You're going to be a father." She said as he sat up looking at her and looked to her stomach.

"Really?" He asked breathlessly and she nodded.

"Oh Lily that's great." He said grinning broadly as he leaned his ear to her stomach.

"I'm going to be a father." He said and sat up and kissed her. "I'm going to be a father. Lily you're amazing." He said and jumped up and started to pace. "I'm going to be a father. We're having a baby. We're having a baby. I gotta tell Pads." He said and rushed out of the room only to return quickly and give her another kiss. "I love you, you know that?" he said and walked out of the room quickly. Lily smiled to herself as she laid her hands on her flat stomach and immediately got up to write to Rebecca.


Rebecca woke to a tap at the window and heard Remus give a groan from behind her.

"You get it." She mumbled as she reached behind him and tapped him.

"You're closer." He said in to her neck as he wrapped his arm around her waist tighter, pulling her closer to him.

"I'm always closer." She said as she buried her face in the pillow.

"Sucks to be you." He said and she whacked him with her hand and he chuckled as she got up and walked to the window.

"I want to change sides." She said as the tapping came again and she opened the window and saw Lily's owl Athena with a letter in its beak.

"Don't mess with me, its too early in the morning." She said and snatched the letter from it and shut the window quickly. She walked back to the bed as she opened the envelope and pulled out the letter. She grabbed her wand from the nightstand and lit it up to read the letter.

"Who's it from?" he asked as he turned over as to not be bothered with the light.

"Sorry is my light bothering you?" She asked dryly as she lit it up brightly so it lit up the whole room and he groaned.

"I'll get the letter next time alright?" He said and she smirked and dimmed it back down just enough to read the letter. "It's from Lily." She said and looked through the letter and stared at the word 'pregnant' for a moment until Remus turned over.

"Something wrong?" he asked sitting up.

"Lily's pregnant." She said as she looked at him as he rubbed his eyes and soon there was another tap at the window and she raised an eyebrow at him.

"Probably Prongs." He said as he got up to retrieve the letter. "Yep." He said as he took the letter from the owl and opened it and walked back to the bed.

"They're having a baby." She said with a grin.

"It's kind of hard seeing Prongs as a father after knowing him for so long." Remus said with a smile.

"Well we should probably write back. They'll probably kill us of we don't." She said and summoned a pen and paper to her.


"Can you believe we're having babies together?" Alice asked Lily as they sat on the couch chatting. Rebecca looked up from a book she was looking through and looked at the two sitting on the couch next to her.

"Babies are kind of evil." Rebecca said and Lily and Alice looked at her amused.

"What?" Alice asked with a laugh.

"Do elaborate Becky." Lily said looking equally amused and Rebecca closed her book and leaned forward.

"Alright, babies are the most narcissistic creatures in the world. I think they truly believe in their tiny little hearts that you exist to serve their every need."

"Well Becky we pretty much do." Alice said and her and Lily exchanged looks.

"Ugh, who would want a baby?" She asked and leaned back and opened her book.

"Uh perhaps us?" Lily suggested as she smiled.

"Sorry what I meant to say was what sane people would want a baby?"

"Becky, having a baby isn't a new concept you know that right? You were once a baby." Alice said and Rebecca shrugged and lifted up her book to her face.

"I've come a long way." She said and Alice and Lily laughed.

"Alright whatever you say Becky." Lily said.

"So I take it babies are not on your list of things to have?" Alice asked.

"I'm just a tad bit more sane thank you very much."

"Not likely." James said with a grin as he walked over to Lily and gave her a kiss.

"He has a point Becky." Lily said and Rebecca narrowed her eyes and stuck out her tongue at James.

"I have to go to work I'll see you later dear." James said with a sigh and gave her another kiss.

"Alright I'll see you tonight, be safe." She said as she took his hand.

"I will. Have a good day." He said and gave a nod to Alice and looked at Rebecca and she raised an eyebrow.

"I suppose you can have a good day too." He said cracking a smile and walked out of the room.

"Well if you insist." Rebecca muttered and went back to her book.

"Hey guys." Sirius said as he came in to the room with the twins. He walked over and looked at Rebecca's feet stretched across the seat of the couch and she glanced at him from her book.

"Can I help you?"

"I'd like to sit down." He said dully.

"The floor is right there." She said and turned a page and looked back at the book.

"You're right." He said and bent down and picked her up.

"Put me down, now!" She screamed as he set her down on the ground and jumped on to the couch. She sat up and looked at him with narrowed eyes and grabbed the pillow he was about the lay his head on.

"You asshole. Gimme back my seat." She said as hit him flat in the face.

"Bllody hell-." He said and she started to hit him repeatedly.

"Get out of my seat you jerk." She said hitting him until he rolled off the couch with his hands over his head and she gave a huff and sat down on the couch, picking up her book from the floor.

"Bloody hell Walcott." He said and smoothed back his hair as he looked at Alice and Lily who were holding back smiles. "Yes its hilarious." He muttered and stood up.

"Hello dear.' Remus said as he walked in and she looked at him disgruntled as he walked over to Rebecca. "May I sit?" He asked.

"Your girlfriend is crazy mate." Sirius said and she moved her feet so Remus could sit next to her. "How come you move for him?" Sirius asked as Remus leaned over and kissed her cheek.

"Well because he asked; you asshole, and he is my boyfriend." She said and looked back at her book.

"She has a point mate." Fabian said and Sirius picked up the pillow and chucked it at him and he ducked with a smile.

"Missed by a mile mate."

"Oh hush up." Sirius grumbled as Edgar appeared in the doorway with a sullen look on his face.

"What's going on Edgar?" Rebecca asked.

"Marlene was killed last night." He said softly and silence came over the room.

"What?" Lily asked breathlessly.

"Her and her family was killed by death eaters last night." He said as he rubbed his hands together.

"No, we saw her last night." Lily said as Alice took her hand.

"I'm sorry, I must go, the report needs to be filed and arrangements have to be made." He said and gave everyone a nod before leaving the room and Rebecca looked at Alice and Lily holding each other as they cried and Rebecca looked at Remus who was staring at the floor.

"Fuck this war." Rebecca said angrily as she got up and walked out of the room.


Rebecca walked in to the house and threw her keys on the table and peered in to the kitchen as she took off her jacket.

"How did the evaluation go?" He asked from a cup of tea and a copy of the Daily Prophet.

"Well I am now an official Healer at St. Mungos." She said with a grin.

"Becky that's wonderful. Congratulations." He said as he got up and hugged her.

"And James and Lily have invited us to dinner tonight." She said and opened the fridge and looked around.

"Oh." He said and she turned from the fridge.

"What's wrong?"

"I was actually going to try and get some sleep; I haven't been sleeping very well."

"You don't have to go. I'm sure they'll understand."

"I'm sorry." He said as he furrowed his eyebrows and she walked over to him.

"Its fine, really.' She said and kissed his forehead.

"I'm going to get ready for bed. Give everyone my best.' He said as he got up and kissed her.

"Try and get some sleep.' She said as she watched him leave the room and walk down the hall. She sighed to herself and glanced around the kitchen before getting back to the fridge to start on some food for the dinner that night.

Rebecca knocked on the Potter's door and poked her head inside and saw Lily walking towards the door.

"You're getting fat." Rebecca said as she looked at Lily's small swelling stomach.

"I'm pregnant, remember?" Lily asked humorously as she gave Rebecca a hug. "Where is Remus?"

"He wasn't feeling that well, he says hello though." She said and they walked to the kitchen as Rebecca set the bag down.

"Where is Moony?" Sirius asked as he sipped on a beer with James in the kitchen.

"Not feeling well. He sends his regards." She said and James held out a beer to her.

"Thanks." She said as she took it and tried to get the top off.

"Girls. They can't do anything themselves." Sirius said with a sigh as he held his hand out for the bottle.

"I can do it myself; I don't need your help." She said with a scowl.

"Can't you guys ever get along?" James groaned and Rebecca gawked at him.

"Did you not just hear him? He is a sexist pig."

"Don't call me a sexist pig."

"Well you are."

"Feminist bitch."

"Arrogant asshole."

"You know I was just offering to help." He snapped.

"Well I didn't ask for your- where did they go?" She asked and saw that James and Lily had disappeared.

"Great, look what you did." Sirius grumbled.

"Me? What about you?"

"Well I was just offering to help and you had to turn it around and call me a sexist pig."

"Well you are." She muttered as she looked to the side with a sigh and held out the bottle.

"Now you want my help?" He asked and she looked at him with a glare and he took the bottle and popped the top off for her and handed it back.

"Thank you." She said quietly and took a sip.

"I'm sorry I didn't quite catch that." He said as he held a hand to his ear.

"I'm not going to say it again." She said and walked out of the kitchen.

"Good times Walcott." Sirius said to himself as he took a drink of the beer and followed out after her.


"Go to hell. You will be next. You will die." Professor Owen said as he read off the paper in front of him. "And the last one doesn't even make any sense. Empire of the Dead." He said and set the paper down. "And their grammar was awful, they conjugated nearly everything wrong." He said as he rubbed his face.

"You know having good grammar probably wasn't on the death eater application." Sirius said as he leaned against the wall. "I'm sure the only qualification was being able to senselessly kill, maim and destroy."

"What do you suppose their campaign was? I mean who would want to join?" Jenny asked.

"Probably something like 'join the Death Eaters, meet new people, and then kill them." Rebecca said dryly as she sat up from the floor next to Remus.

"Sounds about right." Sirius said.

"I can't seem to get rid of them." Edgar said as he walked in to the room with Caradoc and Elphias. "They dig tunnels all over the yard and when the tunnel collapses so does my yard, just when I think I got them all 10 more appear." He said and took a seat at the table.

"Wait." Remus said as he sat up and Rebecca looked at him.

"What is it?" Rebecca asked.

"Edgar what's that you were saying about tunnels?" Remus asked.

"The garden gnomes, awful little creatures." He grumbled.

"Great for target practice." Fabian said with a laugh as him and Gideon high fived.

"No, that's it. You said the portkey didn't lead any where right?"

"Yeah, it was just some bushes, why?" Caradoc said curiously.

"The portkey didn't lead to nowhere, it was the right spot but it wasn't there, it is underground." Remus said as he got up.

"How could they have a lair underground?" Professor Owen asked.

"The catacombs." Remus said as he looked at everyone.

"Oh god why didn't we realize it sooner?" Rebecca said as she got up. "I feel like such an idiot- Remus you are a genius." She said and kissed him.

"I'll tell Albus right away." Caradoc said and quickly left the room.


Hope everyone has a good Labor Day, i have started the next chapter and that should be out around Thursday or so. Remember to rate and review =)