*Bites lip* I've never had a fic that has ever hit over one hundred, is this going to change? You decide. This isn't as funny as the rest, but it's important.
Also, if you see a couple of reviews saying "Oooh, you're a mean reviewer, I hate you!" by a certain someone, then you'll know why I'm not updating – I'm replying to this thicko's reviews.
Contractions and consciousness"Whatarewegoingtodo? Whatarewegoingtodo?" Sirius kept on asking.
"Sirius," Remus began, "we weren't expecting Mrs. Longbottom and Peter to come, so why are you panicking? We're going to pretend that neither of those people came over and tried to help us out."
Sirius completely ignored him. "Whatarewegoingtodo?"
Remus rolled his eyes and banged his head against the hard wall. Needless to say, it hurt. But it was better than listening to Sirius slur in a panicked voice.
Little did anyone know that tomorrow was the 31st June, not that it meant anything to anyone, of course.
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The next day, Lily and Remus were having a chat.
"Remus, I really need to talk to you," said Lily.
"It's not even dawn yet," complained Remus. "What could you possibly want to talk about that couldn't wait until Sirius had started talking in his sleep?" Lily raised an eyebrow. "He always talks after sunrise. You don't share a dorm with anyone for seven years, and not know their sleeping habits."
"I don't know what Alice's are," Lily replied.
"But Alice hardly ever slept in your dorm, did she?"
"How did you know?"
"I have my ways."
"You know, you make Alice sound like a real tart, talking about her like that."
"What's wrong with that?"
"Shut up, we're not talking about stuff that I want to talk about."
"Yes, Queen Lily, whatever you say, Queen Lily."
"Shut up, Moony."
"Who gave you permission to call me Moony?"
"I didn't give James permission to get me pregnant, but you never see me complaining."
"Moony and babies are very different. Babies are cute, pink… mini versions of their parents. And Moony is just a curse thought up by Sirius' sick, twisted mind."
"You know, before I knew that you were a werewolf, I always thought that your nickname originated from something else."
"Like what?"
"Ever pulled a moony, Remus?"
Remus' eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "Apparently."
"What do you mean 'apparently'? You either did, or you didn't."
"Sirius said that I have, but I sincerely don't remember."
"Ah, Remus, is there something else you'd like to confess?"
"Like what?"
"Girlfriends. Maybe even drugs." A gasping sound was heard. "Or has our dear Moony got a b-"
"Don't even go there."
"Too late. I've been there, done that, and even gotten a souvenir."
"You're sounding an awful like Sirius."
"I'm so not."
"Must sleep…"
"That was awfully random."
"Must murder Lily…"
"That's it! I don't care what James says. I'm going to keep my wand under my pillow – just in case."
"Lily, what did you want me to talk to you about?"
"Finally! It's about the baby."
"What about it?"
"There's something that you don't know about it."
"What is it?"
"It's yours."
"What?!"
"Hello!"
"Who's that?"
"Liandrania Cassandra Bubbles, but you can me Libbie!" There stood a girl with dirty blonde hair. She was about medium height, but was rather plump. There was nothing special about her. "Oh damn it!" There was a huge, silver, blinding light. There now stood a girl with radiant, waist length blonde hair, she had large, attractive, brilliant green eyes. She was quite small, and very slim. Her electric blue—hold on, weren't her eyes green a minute ago? "Hello Remus." Her voice was high, yet pleasant. Lily coughed. "And Lily."
"Why are you hugging me?"
"Because I wuv you. And we're going to have lots and lots of kids, and I'm going to be a really, really good wife, and we'll have the best relationship ever!"
"Nooooooooooooooooooooo!"
Remus almost screamed when he woke up. It was just a dream, nothing to be afraid of. It's only your imagination. Calm down, Remus.
But it was one heck of a scary dream! It couldn't even bear thinking about.
"Psst," Lily hissed. "Remus, are you there?"
No answer.
"Remus, I really need to talk to you," said Lily.
"It's not even dawn yet," complained Remus. "What could you possibly want to talk about that couldn't wait until Sirius had started talking in his sleep?" Lily raised an eyebrow. "He always talks after sunrise. You don't share a dorm with anyone for seven years, and not know their sleeping habits."
"I don't know what Alice's are," Lily replied.
"But Alice hardly ever slept in your dorm, did she?"
"How did you-?"
"Hold on. This is really familiar."
"Is it?" Lily's dazzling green eyes wondered around the ceiling. "There's something I need to tell you. It's about the baby."
"It isn't mine, is it?" Lily nearly died laughing.
"Y-yours?" More laughter. "Ar-are you m-mad?" Even more laughter. "I love James, not you, genius."
"Sorry," apologised Remus, blushing. "What did you want to talk to me about?"
"You thought it was yours?" Lily burst out laughing again.
"Shut up. Just tell me what you wanted to tell me."
"Finally! Th-there's something about the baby."
"What?"
"I think it's going to come… soon."
"You don't mean…?"
"Yes, but it might just be indigestion. Any ideas what I should do?"
"Wait and see then," Remus instructed. "Be sure to keep Sirius or myself informed."
"'Kay," Lily said. There was a pause, Lily nearly shrieked with excitement and hugged Remus. "I can't believe I'm going to have a baby, I can't believe I'm going to be a mother!"
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Today wasn't brilliant for Alice, not at all. She was about to get a letter that would change her life, forever. A small, scrawny, brown owl hooted and tapped the window. Alice opened the window and took the letter obligingly, smiling. The owl hooted again and rested its tiny head in Alice's wrist. It looked so sad, like the piece of parchment was about to unravel something horrid, and it was true.
Alice noted the owl's behaviour and smiled. "Silly owl—" She put a hand on her bloated stomach "—there's nothing wrong, what could possibly be a on this teeny piece of parchment?" She unfolded it and read it out loud to the owl to prove a point.
"Dear Alice,
How is the baby? I hope you are all right. I love you so much. I'm going to be back tomorrow, when you see the bottom this letter, you will know why. James did not come with me; I haven't seen him at all actually. He just shot off with some friends at the headquarters and I haven't seen him since!—Alice laughed – typical James – Alice, when you read this please let me know you have straight away. I love you with all my heart; I don't want you to be hurt in any kind of way - physical or emotional - I am so sorry I haven't been there for you in the past. I won't let it happen again, I promise I won't let you down.
Your caring husband,
Frank Longbottom"Alice shrugged off her husband fluffiness and the fact that he kept repeating himself. Frank loved letting Alice know that he cared for her deeply in Hogwarts by giving her passionate kisses and giant, warm hugs – not like this! The only other time that Frank had been like this when they had the infamous fallout just before Snape had his… body exposed to the public by James Potter.
She read the letter, her small smile on her face that kept getting smaller as she read on. It couldn't be, it just couldn't. Her vision was becoming blurred due to the tears. She felt wet in between her legs but was so shocked and upset by what the letter had said, she hadn't even noticed. Tears fell down her now very colourless cheeks.
"Alice, I know it's lunchtime but we have to go to St. Mungo's, Lily's going to have her baby really…" Sirius trailed off when he saw what a state Alice was in. "Sweet Merlin, what happened? You never cry I've only seen you cry once. What's wrong?"
Alice looked up from burying her head in her hands revealing a pair of very red and puffy eyes and she handed the letter to him. "I-it's thi…" She burst into more tears.
"Y-our parents have…?" Sirius asked after reading the letter in disbelief.
"Yes, they're dead," cried out Alice.
"And your water has broken," Sirius pointed out, only just noticing.
"Has it?" Alice asked. She exploded into tears again. "They… they wanted to be there, my parents, they really did, to see the baby being born. B-but now they can't and it's all my fault for not helping with the Order while I've been pregnant."
"It isn't," Sirius assured her. He led the mourning woman downstairs, to Remus Lupin and Lily Potter, who was at any time soon going to give birth to Harry Potter, The-Boy-Who-Lived!
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I think this is quite sad, I have to go for emotional because otherwise this fic wouldn't fit in with the Harry Potter universe. Please review.
