Knowing quiet well what had happened Sirius made his way to Godrics Hollow to
see Lily and James on the Monday morning of the week after the news was sent.
"Knock, Knock Sirius is here!" he yelled through the wooden door of their
cabin.
"Ergh shut up Siri I'm coming" came a drowsy voice from inside. The sound of a
latch being lifted and locked being unlocked came from the other side. The
doorknob turned and there was Lily in a pair of James' boxer and an old
"Fleetwood Mac" shirt that had to be ten years old and was too small on Lily.
"Oh Lily" he gasped. She had black bags under her eyes, her hair was hanging
in a low ponytail making loose strands hang over her face. She had tube socks
rolled up above her ankles and she had a cup in her hand three times the size of
a normal coffee cup. It read across it "I'm not addicted" over and over again.
He pulled her into a tight hug making her drop her cup on the ground. But
neither of them cared much because it was just good to see each other again.
"Okay enough mussy-ness" Sirius said after a few minutes and they let go.
"Go on in James is expecting you, I'll clean up my coffee mess." she rushed him
inside and as he made his way to the kitchen he heard her say 'Repairo'.
"Padfoot!" James said looking up. "It's so good to see you." They embraced in
a small hug and let go.
"So what's up Prongs?"
"Well as you've heard Charlie and Ernie have been killed and Voldermort is
after Lil. So I wanted to ask you a favor."
"Anything!"
"Well have you heard of the charm that makes a person into a 'secret keeper' of
sorts."
"Yeah I've heard of it."
"Will you be Lily and my secret keeper?"
"OF COURSE!" Sirius said as though it was obvious.
"Oh good."
~*~*~
Lily and James were settling down next to each other on the couch that night.
Sirius had left and they were having an evening alone. Lily had set up candles
all over the house, turned off the light and lit them. She then turned on soft
muggle music and plopped down next to James.
"So Beetle."
"Bug?"
"Sirius is going to be our secret keeper. I'll be able to sleep well tonight."
"You and me both Bug. You and me both..." He wrapped an arm around her and kissed her ear affectionately. Lily laid her head down on his shoulder and closed her eyes. She sighed and opened them again and looked up. James was wearing his glasses, he didn't do that much since he had gotten contacts in his 6th year. Lily reached up and took them off quietly and laid them on the coffee table his feet were resting on. "Oh no! I'm blind!" he whispered into her ear making Lily giggle. He looked down at her and his face moved closer and closer to hers. Finally their lips met and Lily felt sparks fly like they did the first time they had kissed. She smiled happily and kissed him back.
~*~*~
"James!" Lily yelled from inside the bathroom the next week.
"Yes dearest...." he said back, he wasn't really paying attention he was a book on the bed.
"Um... well, I'm pregnant."
"WHA-?!"
"You heard me" she said coming out of the bathroom.
"When? How?"
"To answer the first question last week I think... and how... well do I have to go through the 'a boy meets and girl and they fall in love, after they are married they make the decision that they want to have s-e-x" she spelled the last word out and James put up a hand to stop her.
"No, it's okay I've already had the conversation thankyouverymuch."
"Well is it a boy or a girl?!" James asked. He knew she had preformed the spell to see if she was pregnant.
"Well the spell predicates it to be a boy, but we wont know for sure for a while."
"What should we name him!?"
"Well if it's a boy then how about Seamus?"
"Nah, how about James junior."
"NO!"
"Hmm.. How about Harold that was my dad's name."
"Hmm then we could call him Harry, Harry Potter, hmm it has a nice ring to it. Harold what though?"
"James?"
"No..."
"Why not......"
"How about Evan."
"I like James better" he said smiling.
"Yeah well you would, fine well call him Harold James Potter... Harry James Potter! Oh I do like that!"