A/N- Sorry about the horrible amount of time between updates….lol…school has kept me busy. This story will hopefully draw to a close sometime within the next few chapters…I am jumping a couple of months…I haven't re read this story in a while…so if something gets confusing just let me know…I totally lost my out line…it really sucks..

February

James looked over at Lily who was staring idly out of their giant picture window in the living room. He could tell she would have given anything to be outside and breathe fresh air. They had been locked up inside of their house ever since Snape had told Dumbledore that they were to be Voldemort's next big target.

James had doubted Snape's loyalty at first, but now he had no doubt in his mind that Snape was indeed on their side. As soon as the rumor had gotten out that Lily and James were spending a week in Paris for their anniversary, there was an attack on the hotel that they were supposedly staying at.

It had been about 4 months since they had gone into hiding under something called the fidelious (sp?) charm that Dumbledore had run across. James had no idea how it really worked, although Lily had said it had a lot to do with a secret. So naturally, Sirius was in charge of that. If the secret of where they were hiding got out then the charm would be broken and they would be found.

Dumbledore still wouldn't say why they were Voldemort's new target. James could tell that he knew why, otherwise he wouldn't have been so eager to get them into hiding so fast.

The attacks had died down since they went into hiding, according to Sirius who was the only one allowed to see them. This absolutely terrified Lily, who was convinced that the reason that the attacks had slowed was because he was planning a devastating way to kill them.

Life was slow and every day seemed to last a year. There was nothing to do at the house besides sit on the couches and stare at each other. Harry was keeping them busy and served as their entertainment most of the time. He had learned how to crawl around the house pretty well and was getting into everything. In a muggle house he would have been a big pain to straiten up after, but as Lily knew most of the 'easy cleaning' spells, it was no problem.

Lily had spent her time putting old photos into albums and organizing old Christmas cards that they had received over the past few years. James was busy still organizing Quidditch strategies for his team.

Another catch with the Fidelious charm was that no one could even know that they were in hiding. So they had to get 'stunt doubles' so to speak to fill in for their normal everyday activities. Loyal members of the Order were recruited to fill the positions of James, Lily, and even little Harry. They had memory charms put on them so they didn't remember anything about their former lives. As far as they could remember, they had always been the Potter family.

So even though James wasn't technically working anymore, he still had to come up with strategies for the game since his 'stunt double' had no talent for thinking ahead. It was quite annoying and he had protested against the idea at first, but eventually gave in as soon as he became bored of sitting around, doing nothing.

Lily's hopes were high that they would soon be able to come out of hiding and live normal lives again. She was really starting to miss being able to go outside and be in the open air. Life was so boring inside of their house. The house had become a mess over the past few months, Lily didn't have the energy to clean it. She really didn't do much of anything. There was nothing to do. She couldn't keep her garden pretty or go shopping for food or clothes. She felt trapped within the walls of her home, a place that you should never feel trapped in.

Harry was the only one who seemed happy. He had the constant attention of his parents and could go anywhere he wanted to in the house without getting into trouble. He smiled constantly, which kept his parents smiling as well. He started to sleep less and less which meant he was up for a good portion of the day, discovering new things around him or new noises that he could make.

Other than that, life was really boring.

Lily pressed her fingertips lightly to the window pane and sighed. James sighed as well. He had to do something to get her mind off of what they were no longer a part of. But what to do?

Luckily he didn't have to think of anything because at that moment Sirius appeared in their living room, making Lily jump. "Oh, it's just you Sirius," she laughed, hand on her chest.

Sirius smirked. "Who else would it be?"

Lily shrugged. "No one I guess. Please, sit," she said, thankful that he had come to visit them.

"What's up mate?" James asked as Sirius sat on the couch.

"I have some good news!" he shrieked.

Lily looked up. "Can we come out? Can we go outside again?" she asked.

He shook his head and Lily sighed. "Then it's not good news. That is the only good news I want to hear," she huffed.

Sirius shook his head. "I think you'll think differently of it as soon as you hear what I have to say," he smiled.

James looked up. "Well spill it already!"

Sirius smiled. "We found her!"

Lily and James looked at each other. "Her?"

"Yes, we found her!" Sirius said.

"Her who?" James asked.

Sirius rolled his eyes. "What do you mean her who? We found her!"

Lily looked confused. "Sirius, the only person we have been looking for is Voldemort…and unless I am greatly mistaken, Voldemort is not a her," she said.

Sirius rolled his eyes again. "No, we haven't found him yet, but we did find someone," he said.

James looked like he was ready to strangle Sirius. "Just tell us already, we are growing short on patience!"

Sirius smiled. "Patience is a virtue Prongs. Let's play a little game," he said.

"Why do you like to torture us?" asked Lily, eyes narrowing.

"What is wrong with a little guessing game?" Sirius asked innocently.

James rolled his eyes. "Fine, we'll play your little game," he said.

Sirius smiled. "I was hoping you'd say that," he said.

A moment of silence. "Are we going to play or not?" Lily asked, growing slightly aggravated.

"Alright, alright, give me a minute…okay…I know what game we are going to play now. It's a muggle game called 20 questions or something. Ask me any question," he said.

Lily and James raised their eyebrows. "What if we don't guess after 20 questions?" she asked.

Sirius shrugged. "Then we rename the game 40 questions or however long it takes you to guess," he said.

James shook his head. "Okay then. Is it a new broom stick?" he asked.

Sirius shook his head no and Lily sighed. "James, you can't be so specific with your questions. Sirius, is it a person, place or a thing?" she asked.

Sirius pretended to think about it for a minute before answering, "Person."

"Voldemort!" James screamed.

Sirius shook his head and Lily slapped her hand to her head. "James!"

He laughed. "It's just a game," he said.

Lily sighed. "Boy or girl?"

"Girl," Sirius replied.

"Voldemort has a wife!" James shrieked.

Lily made an exasperated noise in the back of her throat. "James!"

Sirius shook his head. "No, but that would be amusing," he said.

Lily thought for a moment. "Younger than me?" she asked.

Sirius nodded. "Voldemort has a daughter!" James yelled again, standing up.

"James, you can't play anymore," Lily said, scooting closer to Sirius.

Sirius laughed and shook his head. "No, not his daughter."

"Do we know her?" Lily asked.

Sirius nodded his head and James opened his mouth and let out a scream as Lily kicked his shin. "Is she at Hogwarts?" she asked.

Sirius shook his head no. "Will she go to Hogwarts?"

"Most likely," Sirius replied.

James sighed and put his head in his hands. "So she is under the age of 11?"

Sirius nodded. "Is she related to us?" Lily asked.

Sirius nodded again. James' head perked up. "Umm…me or James?" she asked.

"Both," Sirius said.

Lily thought for a few moments. "Sirius that isn't possible."

James shook his head. "Yeah, it is!" he said excitedly.

"James be quiet!" Lily shushed.

"No really, it is Lily!" he said.

"James! Please!"

"Lily, I think James might be on to something," Sirius grinned.

"Fine, James, just ask a question," she said.

James smiled. "Thank you Lily dearest. Does she have red hair?" he asked.

"James, Sirius isn't talking about me," Lily said.

James smiled and rolled his eyes. "I'm not that thick Lily love," he said.

"Yes about the red hair. James you know who it is, I know you know, so just say it," Sirius said.

"I am afraid to say it," he said, softly.

Sirius looked puzzled. "Why? I thought you'd be happy."

"It's just I haven't seen her in so long. I thought I'd never see her again," James frowned.

"Will someone just tell me? I hate suspense!" Lily said.

"Is it…?"

A/N- Evil cliffy, I know, but I don't care. Hehehehe…maybe this will give me incentive to update sooner…it's been…what…3 ish months? Sorry, so sorry. School is a pain and I blame it for keeping me from typing this up. School drains the creative mind too much. Well I hope you liked the chapter…and sorry for not updating as quickly as you all would have liked me too. Till next post…leave a review!