A/N- Lily wrote this chapter.  Nice job darling.  We are currently working on number three!

CHAPTER TWO: LILY'S PREGNANCY


"Oh, hello, Sirius, Remus, Peter. James should be home any minute now," Lily greeted the three as soon as they had Apparated in her living room.

"Hello, Lily," Remus said. Sirius gave her his usual grin and Peter smiled, his watery eyes flitting around nervously. He glanced at her face and quickly dropped his gaze. He refused to make eye contact for the rest of his stay, which was approximately ten minutes. "Urgent call. My mas-boss wanted me to come directly after I saw how you were."

Sirius' smile fell. "Come on, Wormtail! Stay longer! We never see each other anymore. And now Lily's having a baby! James' baby! Just say a little longer." He demanded.

Peter Pettigrew whined, "I-I can't, Sirius."

"It's okay, Peter. If your boss really wants you to go in, then you can go. I'll tell James it was urgent."

"Thank you, Lily." He murmured. Peter Pettigrew put on his cloak and left, muttering under his breath, "What have I gotten myself into...?"

Remus frowned, and Sirius rolled his eyes. "Urgent my left feet. He's probably out trying to pick up the babies. And I don't mean the kind of baby you're having, Lily."

"Are you harassing my wife, Padfoot?" James came lumbering into the kitchen. He kissed Lily on the forehead and sat down.

"James, you're late."

"Lily, I know! I'm sorry. I was held up at the office, there's been lots of things going on what with all these killings, and this mad Dark Lord..." James ran his hands through his hair. He looked more tired and he wasn't getting enough sleep. And he was worried. How could he and Lily manage to keep their child safe from this Dark Lord, this Lord Voldemort? It was very hard and worrisome.

"I don't see why I have to stay here and you get to do all the work, James Potter." Lily spoke up.

"Lily, we've been through this, the baby's coming."

"I know that, when do you think I was born, yesterday? But I can still work, you know. It's so boring here, just sitting here all by myself. I'm not getting any younger. Older, maybe, fatter, yes! I have no one to talk to except the garden gnomes. And a fat lot of good company they are! And FAT! I'm FAT!! I'm so huge; I can't even see my feet! My FEET!" She threw down the latest victim of a pickle onto the table in exasperation. "My feet! They're swollen, I can't even fit them into my shoes!" Lily had burst into tears. Sirius and Remus, who had never seen a pregnant woman act in this way, sat in stunned silence, as Lily jumped up and waddled from the room. All they could hear was the creaking of steps, then the slam of a door.

James jumped from the table. Sirius and Remus followed him to the bedroom door, where James started begging. "Lily, please, love, come out..."

"No! I'm fat! I'm ugly and fat!"

"No, Lily, sweetheart, no you're not, please come out!"

"I'm not coming out!!!" She shouted with a tone of finality in her voice. James exhaled. "Fine..."

He motioned for his friends to follow him. "She won't be out for a while yet. Third time this week. And before I left yesterday, she was shouting at me to clean the whole house when I got back." He nodded up towards the ceiling. "Blew up on me. 'James Potter, you're the reason I've got swollen feet!' Just because I asked her if she was done with the morning paper..." Sirius burst into laughter. "I had to clean the whole bloody place without magic!"

Sirius stopped mid-giggle. "Without magic?" he asked, breathlessly. "It must've taken you forever!" Remus exclaimed in disbelief.

"Forever and a day," James muttered.

Sirius looked at James in amazement. "She's gone mad! You're only one man, James."

James snorted, and then looked around. "Oy, where's Peter? I thought I asked him to come over, too."

Sirius rolled his eyes, and Remus let out a cynical laugh. "That little arse? Left not ten minutes after he got here. Said his boss wanted him to come over. It's a bloody Sunday evening!"

The three decided to reminisce about old times. "Ah, let's reminisce about old times, mates," Remus said, winking at the authors roguishly.

"Ah, yes, well, remember that one time that we told James if he put a..." Sirius ran off about all the jokes he and Remus had pulled on James, and the three laughed about all the pranks they had done on the Slytherins ("Dirty bastards, weren't they?"), including enchanting Severus Snape's quills to burst into a bawdy parody of God Save the Queen each time he put quill to paper.

"Oy, remember the time we told Frank Logbottom if he danced the salsa around that statue of Helga the Horrid, she'll open up and give you Sugar Quills? He did it, and got caught by the caretaker!"

"Oh yea, and he told McGonagall that Longbottom was 'performing immature mating rituals' with a girl in the halls! And Frank was so shocked, he didn't even deny it!"

"And McGonagall was so mortified, her face got all red... Whenever Frank passed that statue on the way to Quidditch practice, his eyes'd get all big and he'd start laughing." Sirius smiled. "Oh, blimey, I'd love to stay, James, matey, really I would... But I've got to go. My job, you know." James grinned at him.

Remus stretched his legs out. "I'd better get going as well. I've got to go, tonight's the full moon, you know..." he said. They all said their goodbyes, and Sirius and Remus prepared to Disapparate, when- "Well, how about a good-bye for me, then?" Lily stood in the doorway, looking particularly cross.

Remus crossed the living room and hugged Lily tightly. She smiled, and he whispered in her ear, "Go easy on him, he's just trying to make it easier for you all." She smiled again and said, "Oh, go on with you."

Sirius waited in front of her. She tried to look unsympathetic, but couldn't. She hugged him, and he kissed her cheek. "See you, Lily." He said, before bounding across the room to join Remus. They Disapparated.

"Lily... do you know I'm only trying to do what's-" he was interrupted by Lily kissing him. She sighed, and pulled away. "James Potter, you're the reason I love you." He smiled and kissed her back.

A/N- Please R/R!!! THANKS!!!!