Lily Evans Potter sat outside Potter Cottage, sipping on her cuppa while James finished reading Harry his bedtime story of the night. Her heart soared as she thought about the two most important men in her life. Her thoughts continued to trail off into the night as she thought of everything she wanted for her son. But she had a feeling that deep down inside she wouldn't be around to see her son grow up and have a family of his own. Just thinking of not being with her son caused her heart ache.
No, she wouldn't let herself think such thoughts and live in the now. She looked up into the night sky, not a cloud in sight and the only light from miles around came from the moonlight. 'I won't be afraid, I won't be afraid.' she silently chanted to herself. Out of the corner of her eye, she watched as James carefully closed the sliding glass door and took a seat next to her.
"Penny for your thoughts, love?" James asked, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. Lily leaned into his touch, placing her head on his shoulder as she kept her focus on the darkness.
"No matter what happens, you and I are in this together right?" James tilted his head, his eyes full of curiosity.
"What are you on about, Lils?" Lily let out a sigh and gathered her words. "I can't help but shake this feeling. Like something bad is heading our way and I don't have a clue on how to stop it."
James placed a kiss atop his wife's fiery mane. " Sweetheart, Nothing is going to happen to us.."
"How can you be so sure?" She replied, a hint of worry in her voice. "We have spent the last few months hiding for Merlins' sake because some evil maggot believes that our son is his undoing! We are leaving the fate of our livelihood in the hands of Peter, who hasn't always been the bravest of souls out of all our friends." She had to admit, when James had picked Peter as their secret keeper she thought he'd gone mad.. Her obvious choice would have been Sirius, but James had coaxed her into letting Peter, explaining that he'd begged for him to give him the chance to prove his Gryffindor courage.. How could she have said no?
James pulled his arm from around her shoulders and placed his index finger underneath her cute, small chin as he looked deep within her eyes. "Because, how can I be afraid as long as you're standing by me?" Lily caressed his face before tenderly kissing him on his lips.
"You seem to have a lot of faith in me."
"Baby, even if the sky above were to tumble and fall tomorrow or the mountains dare to crumble into the sea, I wouldn't cry nor shed a tear because I'd have you and our beautiful one-year-old son standing right at my side." Listening to her husband speak those words began to wash away the sense of dread she felt.
"Alright, alright. Since when did you become so level headed?" She asked him as she nudged his side. James merely smirked at her as he replied, "On the day I married you." Lily couldn't help but laugh at his answer, a blush forming on her cheeks.
"Smart answer." James stood up and held his hand out to her. "Now, why don't we put all this rubbish behind us and focus on tomorrow?"
"Yeah, you're right. Harry is going to be so excited to dress up in his little lion outfit for Halloween tomorrow." Lily replied, as she walked hand-in-hand with her husband, all her darkest thoughts being pushed aside, for what could go wrong on Halloween?