This Chapter is for my two friends, Jessie and Kaylee, may you always have a place in this story.

The Birth

One Month later (March 1986)

"Yep, April's alright." Sirius said. "She's complaining so much though."

"So do you." Said Remus as he lay on his stomach on the floor trying to teach Bo how to play chess.

"Yeah but..." Sirius couldn't think of anything to say in his defence.

"Um, how's James?" Remus asked nervously.

"That incident was a month ago!" Sirius said. "Haven't you been around to see them?" Sirius asked.

"Um...no." Remus said. "I'm slightly scared." Remus said.

"Why?" Sirius asked.

"Because it was me that did all that. He's ok right?" Remus asked.

"Yes, James is fine but he's still in bed a lot. Some of the cuts got a bit infected...apparently we should have brought him back to the house straight away." Sirius said, scratching the back of his head. Remus looked at Sirius.

"Really?" Remus said, "What made you think we should have done that?" he said sarcastically.

"Well I'm not the healer here ok! I don't know jack about first aid," Sirius said. He shifted uncomfortably. It still disturbed Remus that Sirius had a huge bump, it was about the same size as April's bump, though April's was still bigger.

"How's April?" Remus asked.

"Oh, as I said, complaining none stop. Ok, I get that she's getting back pains but these kicks. Apparently the baby is incredibly hyperactive. She complains that the kid kicks too much." Sirius said. "I'm just glad that I don't have to feel tha-ow!" Sirius flinched slightly and put his hands to his belly. Remus looked up.

"What is it?" Remus asked.

"My stomach just really hurt." Sirius said. "Ah!" He said with a wince.

"Um, Jenny!" Remus called as he stood up. Bo looked up curiously.

"Yeah?" Jenny said coming into the room. Remus pointed at Sirius as he winced in pain and held his belly.

"Um, what is happening?" Remus asked Jenny.

"Uncle Siri is in pain." Bo said like it was obvious.

"Oh crap, he's getting contractions." Jenny said.

"Oh no!" Sirius shouted as he heard that.

"Remus, get Sirius to St. Mungos and call Lily and tell her what's happening." Jenny picked up her wand.

"Where are you going?" Sirius asked.

"Going to check on April!" Jenny said. She closed her eyes and heard two loud cracks. She opened her eyes and found herself in April's living room. She heard a scream from upstairs.

"April!" Jenny shouted. Orion came running to her as Jenny walked into the hallway.

"Mummy owy" Orion said. He reached up for Jenny to pick him up. Jenny picked him up and went up the stairs. April was in Rhia's room. Rhia was looking rather alarmed and held a book in her hands. April had her face twisted in pain.

"April." Jenny said going to April. Jenny put Orion on the floor and then held April's hand.

"It's coming." April said through clenched teeth. "Jenny, get me to St. Mungos, please!" Jenny nodded and looked at Orion and Rhia.

"You two stay in this room. Rhia, make sure Orion stays here." Rhia nodded and went to Orion. She put her arms around Orion and looked at Jenny anxiously. Jenny felt glad that Rhia seemed to trust her enough to do as she said. "Come on." Jenny said, helping April up. "Remus has taken Sirius to St. Mungos already."

Lily sat in the staff room reading Witch weekly. She was trying desperately to get a song out of her head that her beautiful daughter got stuck in there. She knew she'd been wrong to buy Emma that damned Mary Poppins video last week. She hadn't shut up since she'd bought it. Lily vaguely remembered liking it but god, the songs were annoying!

"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Even though the sound of it, is something quite atrocious-" She sang under her breath as she read the magazine. She turned the page when a nurse ran into the room.

"Lily, April's in. She's going into labour!" said the nurse. Lily looked up and slammed the magazine on the table.

"Is she ok?" Lily asked, as she picked up her healer cloak and wrapped it around her.

"Well, we've given her some pain relieving potion. Gordon wants you to go and see her. April refuses to have anyone but you deliver her twins." Janice said.

"Ok, which delivery ward?" Lily asked as they left the staff room

"Number six." Janice told Lily. Lily hurried to the ward.

"If you say it loud enough, You'll always sound precocious. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!" Lily sang as she hurried to the ward. Janice gave her a strange look. Lily shook her head. "It's my daughter's fault. It's a Muggle movie she's been watching."

"What's a movie?" Janice asked.

"Never mind" Lily said. She pushed the door open and went into room six. April was lying on the bed, her face was twisted in pain.

"April, I'm here." Lily said gently walking over to April.

"Thank Merlin!" April muttered between gritted teeth. Lily tried to block out the stupid song while she was in the delivery room.

"Everything ready?" Lily asked. Her healer mentor walked into the room and looked at Lily.

"I've come to help." He said.

"No you've come to stare at my arse, you do it every time" Gordon grinned and shrugged.

"It's a nice arse" Gordon said.

"WILL YOU STOP FLIRTING AND DELIVER THIS DAMNED BABY!" April shouted.

"Sorry." Lily said. "Ok, just breath and push. You remember what you did for Orion and Rhia." April nodded and started breathing rhythmically. The door suddenly opened and Sirius walked into the room, wincing slightly. He looked like he was really trying not to shout in pain. He collapsed in a chair next to April's bed.

"Who are you?" Gordon asked.

"He's the father." Lily said.

"Why's he...oh, pregnancy bump." Gordon said smirking as he saw Sirius' belly. "You're in for a rough ride, mr. Black." He turned to Lily, who was trying not to smile. "Ok, lets get these babies out." He said. Lily glanced at April but she didn't seemed to have picked up on the plural use of that word.

"Ok, April just push, I can see it's head." Lily said. April had been in labour for about seven hours now and it had already gone past midnight. Lily was getting incredibly tired, god knew how April felt. Rhia and Orion had never taken this long to deliver!

"I can't." April said tiredly as she felt her body beginning to give up.

"Just push once more. SHUT UP SIRIUS!" Lily snapped. She brushed a lock of her auburn hair out of her face and stared at Sirius. He had been moaning loudly the whole time.

"It hurts!" Sirius said. "How do women cope!"

"They're stronger then us." Gordon said. This got a happy look from both Lily and Janice, who was also in the room.

"Oh, here comes the head" Lily said suddenly. "April just one last push." April tried to push again with all her strength. She gripped onto Sirius' hand tightly. Lily thought she heard a crack coming from Sirius' hand. Sirius became even louder and Gordon put his hands over his ears. April was in too much pain to notice and Janice was quietly clamping her ears as well. Unfortunately Lily didn't have the luxury, she was trying to get the baby out. Soon the baby was out and Lily grinned. She looked at Janice, who grinned as well.

"Is it out!" April asked.

"Yes she is." Lily said. "You've had a lovely baby girl." She said.

"Oh thank Merlin it's over" April said lying back in the bed. Sirius pulled his hand free and shook it slightly.

"Shit, you killed my hand!" Sirius said to April.

"You're in a hospital Sirius." Lily said. "Um, April, you can't have too much of a rest" She added uncertainly.

"What?" April asked, looking at Lily over her legs. Lily and Gordon looked at each other.

"You tell her." Lily said.

"Why, you're her best friend." Gordon said.

"LILY!" April shouted at her. Lily looked at April uncertainly.

"Ok, promise you won't get too angry with me?" Lily asked. April glared at her. "Um...well I've known for a while. You aren't having one child." Lily said.

"What?" April asked in a dangerous voice.

"Um...well...you're having twins" Lily said.

"WHA-AH!" April screamed as she went back into Labour. Lily handed the first baby to Janice and went back to helping April through the birth. Sirius went back into his shouts of pain. Gordon got out his wand and pointed it at Sirius.

"STUPEFY!" He shouted over the noise that was being made. The noise suddenly decreased by half as Sirius fell unconscious.

"Oh thank Merlin." Janice sighed as she cleaned up the first baby.

"Oh, this next one is coming out quickly" Lily said as she saw the head of the second baby appearing. "April a few more pushes then you can relax. I promise." Lily said.

"You-are-going-to-die-Lily." April said between pushes.

"I know." Lily said. She began singing again quietly as the baby came out. Gordon gave her a weird look but dismissed it. As soon as the baby's head was out the room was filled with the sounds of baby's crying. "April again!" Lily said loudly. April pushed again and the baby came out and Lily held her in her hands. This baby was really crying her lungs out. She was so damned loud! Louder then Sirius had been, if that was possible. Lily handed her to Janice and Janice cleaned her up, wincing slightly as the noise was hurting her ears.

"WELL DONE!" Lily shouted to April over the noise. April had just completely relaxed on the bed. April looked at her, unable to hear her. Lily held out her hands and gave April two thumbs up. April nodded and let her head drop onto the pillow. Lily felt a tapping on her shoulder and she turned to see Gordon holding the quieter baby. Lily took her and Gordon turned to pick up the one that was still screaming. They went to April, who was pushing herself up into a sitting position. She took both babies. Once they were in April's arms the one that was screaming calmed down and went quiet.

"Merlin, does loudness run in your family?" Janice asked, not meaning to be offensive. April smiled and nodded.

"Yeah." She said. She looked at Lily, "They're beautiful aren't they?" Lily sat on the bed next to April.

"Are you upset you were pregnant now?" Lily asked, brushing some of April's blonde hair away from her sweat covered face.

"No." April said. "But no more." Lily laughed and kissed April's forehead. Gordon raised an eyebrow at this.

"Yes we are lesbians" Lily said tiredly at Gordon. Gordon laughed.

"Haha, very funny. Are you really?" He asked. Lily rolled her eyes and turned back to April.

"What are you going to call them?" Lily asked.

"Kaylee and Jessie." April said. "The quiet one is Jessie, the other one is Kaylee." Lily laughed.

"Aren't you going to consult Sirius?" Lily asked

"No. He named Rhia and Orion while I was sleeping so I'm naming these two." April said with a smile. She looked at Lily with a happy smile. Lily hugged her tightly.

"So when the cat has got your tongue, there's no need for dismay, just summon up this word and then you've got a lot to say But better use it carefully-" Lily stopped herself from screaming. "That's it! I'm getting rid of that damned video!" She said getting up. April laughed tiredly.

"Emma?" April asked. Lily nodded.

"Anyway, I think that you should rest now." Gordon said. "And we'll tend to the babies and get your husband all sorted out." He said. April looked at the twins and reluctantly let Lily take them from her.

"Don't worry, they'll be with you when you wake up." Lily said. April gave her a sceptical look but nodded.

"Alright."

"And we'll bring Rhia and Orion over once Sirius is awake." Lily said. April gave her a grateful smile.

"Can I see Jessie and Kaylee again?" April asked, sitting up slightly straighter. Lily shook her head in amusement and took the babies over again. They had a few small tufts of very light blond hair on their heads. They were going to look like April, no doubt about it. Well, more like they were going to look like Rhia.

Rhia and Orion sat on April's legs watching the babies with amazement.

"Jessie?" Orion asked pointing to the baby that April was holding.

"No, Kaylee." April said with a smile.

"Hold." Orion said holding out his hands. April shook her head.

"Not yet Orion, you're not strong enough." April said. Orion crawled up April's legs and sat closer to Kaylee and gently poked her face.

"No poky" Rhia said, as she moved up as well. "Like this." Rhia said. Rhia gently stroked Kaylee's face. Orion grinned and copied Rhia. Kaylee was staring at Orion and Rhia curiously as they kept touching her. Their new baby sister! There was a soft groan from the chair next to the bed. Gordon Ramsay had put Sirius in a chair next to April's bed once he had healed Sirius' hand. April looked at Sirius as he opened his eyes.

"Hey." April said, "Awake at last." Sirius looked at her sleepily.

"Huh?" Sirius asked. "What? How did I get here?" He asked as he looked around.

"Healer Ramsay stunned you." April said. Sirius looked at his body and jumped up in happiness.

"NO MORE BUMP!" He shouted, Rhia and Orion looked at Sirius as Sirius did some strange dance thing. "Oh yeah! Oh yeah!"

"SH! Daddy, Jessie sleeping!" Rhia said harshly to Sirius. Sirius looked at her then at the baby in April's arms. His grin widened, if that was possible.

"Oh, baby. So you called her Jessie?" Sirius asked sitting down next to April.

"No!" Orion said like his dad was stupid. "This Kaylee." Sirius looked at April for an explanation.

"Um, Sirius." April said. She leant forwards and gave him a kiss. "We had twins. This is Kaylee and Jessie is sleeping in the cot there." April said pointing to a cot at the end of the bed. Sirius' mouth fell open.

"T-t-twins?" He asked. Rhia nodded happily.

"Two baby sisters!" Rhia said with a grin. Sirius' eyes fluttered shut and he fell to the floor. Orion and Rhia looked in alarm and Orion peered over the edge of the bed.

"Daddy?" Orion said uncertainly. April frowned.

"Um, Rhia, could you go outside and get the healer?" April said. Rhia nodded and climbed off the bed and went to the door. She pushed it open with some effort and disappeared for a second before appearing again and running back to April.

"Don't want to go. Scary." She said as she climbed back up. She sat next to April and hugged April. April put an arm around Rhia.

"Ok, could you just get my wand from that table there" April said, nodding to a small sliding table at the end of her bed. Rhia nodded and crawled carefully over April's legs and picked up the wand. She handed it to Orion who grinned and waved it around.

"Magic!" Orion said. April took the wand before Orion could do anything. She pointed her wand at Sirius and made him float in the air. She made him go to an empty bed in the ward and lay him down on it. Orion held onto Kaylee's hand and pulled her gently towards him.

"Cuddle." Orion said. April carefully lifted Kaylee into Orion's arms. Orion grinned and stared at his little sister. Kaylee stared back at him with a vaguely confused expression. Rhia went back to April and settled in her arms. April held her tightly as Rhia put her head against her chest.

"Why daddy sleeping?" Rhia asked.

"Because he's shocked." April said with a tired smile. The door to the ward opened and Jenny came in with Remus. Bo was probably at school so he wasn't with them.

"Hi." Jenny said. "You look great for having just given birth." April smiled.

"I'm thin again!" She said with a grin. Jenny laughed.

"So, what have you called your baby?" Remus asked.

"Well that one is Kaylee" April said pointing to the one that Orion was hugging. "And that's Jessie." April said. Remus looked like he'd misheard.

"Twins?" Remus asked. April gave him a slight smile.

"You've had twins and you're ok with it?" Jenny asked uncertainly. April shrugged.

"I don't know but there's nothing I can do now. And they're beautiful. Rhia and Orion love them" April said. She took Kaylee back as Orion decided to see if he could see up her nose. Jenny smiled.

"How did Sirius take it?" Remus asked. April nodded towards Sirius. Remus looked and laughed. "Fainted?" He asked.

"Yep." April said. "The wonderful fantastic Sirius has fainted like a girl." She smiled.

"Well, at least you've got your sense of humour back." Jenny said, "Can I hold her?" She asked eagerly.

"Be careful. She's not even a day old yet." April said anxiously as Jenny picked up Kaylee. Jenny held Kaylee and smiled at her. Kaylee seemed to smile slightly before opening her mouth. She immediately began to scream.

"Ah!" Remus said in shock. He covered his ears. April took Kaylee back quickly and rocked her gently. Kaylee went quiet and closed her eyes. She went quiet in April's arms and was soon asleep.

"Sorry." April said. "Kaylee seems to do that to everyone. Jessie's quieter, a lot quieter."

"Really?" Remus asked. "I would think that as children of you two they'd be loud" He said with a smirk.

"Well she's been asleep since she came out." April said.

"Kaylee." Orion said wanting to hold his baby sister. It seemed a novelty to him. He was a big brother, he seemed to like that.

"Could you put Kaylee in the cot?" April asked.

"Sure." Jenny said. She carefully took Kaylee. A bit more weary then last time. Kaylee seemed fast asleep and didn't make a single noise. As soon as Jenny had put Kaylee into the cot she turned to April.

"So, how are you doing?" Remus asked.

"I'm tired." April said. "But I can't go to sleep until Sirius wakes up." She said.

"Why?" Jenny asked, she sat on the bed.

"Well I can't leave the children on their own and Rhia doesn't like being with other adults." April said. As if to prove the point Rhia cuddled April a bit more and closed her eyes. Jenny nodded.

"Oh, that's a bit of a problem then." Jenny said. "Do you need us to do anything?" She asked.

"No, I'm fine. Thanks for coming." April said.

"We want to see our best friends' children." Remus said. "They're so cute."

"So are Lily and James their godparents again?" Jenny asked with a smirk. April nodded.

"Lily went home to talk to James about it. He might come by later...depending if he can get out of bed yet." April said. Remus scowled and cleared his throat uncomfortably.

"It's ok Remus, they don't blame you, actually Lily's blaming herself." April said. "She says it's her fault for leaving James on his own to fight you."

"Yeah, but it was still me who did all that to him." Remus said. Jenny took Remus' hand and gave it a squeeze.

"Remus, it wasn't your fault." Jenny said. "Actually, James seems to be making a joke about it." Jenny said with a smile. "Anyway, I have to go. I've got a job interview with Gringotts." Jenny said.

"Oh, what are you going to do?" April asked.

"Kinda like a managing position. I'm not sure if I'll get it yet." Jenny said modestly.

"You'll get it." April said.

"Definitely." Remus said. He gave Jenny a kiss as she started to leave.

"I'll see you at home." She said to Remus. "April, I hope you'll be alright soon. You really look like you need some rest."

"I'll be alright." April said. "I've lived on no sleep in a week." Jenny smiled and left the room. "So Remus." April said, pulling Rhia onto her lap and letting her rest against her body.

"April." Remus said. Remus sat down in the seat that Sirius had been in earlier.

"How's your love life?" April asked with a grin. Remus gave her an amused look. "Lack of sleep ok! I can't be bothered to start up a proper conversation."

"Why don't you sleep and I'll keep watch over the kids?" Remus asked. April shrugged.

"I don't know." April said uncomfortably. "Ok, alright." She said.

"Orion." Remus said. Orion looked at Remus curiously. "Do you want to go get something to eat?" He asked. Orion grinned.

"Yes." He said.

"Ok, Rhia?" Remus said to Rhia but Rhia appeared to be asleep. April smiled.

"Leave her, look after Orion for me." April said.

"Alright. Come on Orion." Remus said, standing up.

"Turn around." Orion said. Remus frowned but turned around. Orion jumped onto Remus' back and wrapped his arms around Remus' neck. "Go!" He said. April and Remus laughed.

"Ok, April, sleep!" Remus said to April.

"Yes sir!" April said. Remus smirked and shook his head as he went to the door

April woke up to a camera flash. She frowned and opened her eyes slowly. Sirius was grinning over her.

"Hey." He said. He bent down and gave her a kiss.

"What time is it?" April asked.

"Um...lunch time." Sirius said looking at his watch. "So, we got you this." Sirius said. Pointing at the end of the bed

"We?" April asked sitting up.

"Yeah, me, Rhia, Orion and Emma." Sirius said.

"Emma's here?" April asked. She felt slightly disoriented even though she'd only been asleep.

"Yeah, James came by to see you and dropped Emma off so that he could go and see Lily." Sirius said.

"Right." April said. She sat up and looked at the end of the bed. On the small table there was some lovely looking warm food. There was a glass of pumpkin juice and a bowl of ice cream. Jessie and Kaylee were still asleep in their cot.

"We were going to get this food and guess who we found in a store cupboard." Sirius said with a grin. April's mind was working really slow, was she supposed to know?

"Who?"

"Well it seems that James is now well enough to go romping around the hospital with" Sirius said with a smirk.

"No way." April said with a smirk.

"Yes way. The expressions on Lily and James' faces when we caught them." Sirius said with a grin and a shake of his head.

"We?" April asked again.

"Yeah, me and the kids." Sirius said. "I think Emma may be slightly scarred." He said with a chuckle.

"Mummy and daddy were all red." Emma said. "Why?" Sirius laughed.

"I love this girl." He said. The door to the ward opened and Lily and James walked in.

"Sirius you are an evil bastard." James said cuffing Sirius upside the head. Sirius laughed.

"Well, you know, a hospital mate..." Sirius said knowingly. "And Lily in her healer uniform...who can resist a girl like that?" Sirius said. April laughed slightly. Lily gave him an unamused look before looking at her uniform.

"Damn, a button's gone missing on my skirt." She muttered.

"Don't worry, we're all friends here." Sirius said with a grin. This time it was April's turn to hit him

"I'm laying right here!" April said.

"Sorry." Sirius said. "But can you resist Lily? I mean she's Lily!"

"Thank you for that Sirius." Lily said with a fake smile as she used magic to stop her skirt from falling down. "But I belong to one person only." Lily said. James grinned and put his arm around Lily's shoulders as she let her hair down.

"Now why don't you wear your hair like that more often." James asked, kissing the top of her jaw. Lily fought to keep the smile off her face.

"Because it gets in the way." Lily said. "James-" Lily pushed James away. "I'm working. Now April, you don't mind if I steal your babies for a few minutes to give them a check. I was going to come earlier but James distracted me." April smiled knowingly.

"Um, if you need to. But I want to see them again soon." April said. Rhia and Emma were currently looking in the cot as Lily went and picked up Jessie in one arm. She carefully picked up Kaylee in her other arm. Jessie woke up with the movement and looked at Lily. Lily gave her a quick smile and left the room after saying bye to the others and that she'd be back. James leant against the bed watching.

"Do you think I should get her pregnant again?" James asked. "She's so amazing when she's being a mum." Sirius grinned and nudged James.

"It's up to you mate. The men have control-ow!" Sirius looked at April as he rubbed his arm.

"Just making a point" April said with a smile. Rhia and Emma laughed at their parents. Orion grinned and dipped his finger into the ice cream.

A/N:-After INTENSE peer pressure from Kaylee and Jessie, I've finally updated...even though it's only been like a day! Anyway, yes...if you want someone in this story named after you, I will do it, my reader Rhia asked if i cud do so so i did. Kaylee and JEssie asked, so i did. If it fits in with teh story then i can name a kid after you. Anyway, that was just a one chapter for the ickle babies. The next chapter will be when they're six months old...it was sooo much fun to write. I'm glad to see that you enjoyed the last chapter

Also HELLO ANGELOFLILY!! my faithful reader, who has been with me since the beginning...or there abouts -gives AngelOfLily a hug- you are my most faithfulllest reader...you even came over to read this version.....ah -gives another hug- ok, well i'm going to go to bed now. toodles