Chapter 13

"Get up," urged James, shaking his boyfriend's shoulder. Sirius was huge at this time and was only about a month away from when the babies would be born. Sirius groaned and simply pulled the covers tighter around his body. The last thing he wanted to do was get up.

"Don't wanna," he grumbled and rolled away from him. James growled in frustration and again tried shaking his shoulder, but Sirius just dodged.

"For someone who seems so intent on staying in bed, you sure seem to be doing a lot of exercise," teased James, gently prodding him. Finally, Sirius rolled over and faced James, groaning loudly. "You see, that wasn't so hard, was it?"

"Do you like your teeth, Potter?" Sirius snarled. He was not a morning person, and the pregnancy seemed to be making him even grumpier.

James just smiled at his response and pulled back to covers, ready to assist his lover out of bed. Sirius just shook his head and allowed James to help him, grumbling mildly under his breath. He seemed to be in an especially bad mood and James was very careful while escorting Sirius to the bathroom for a shower. Halfway there, Sirius rounded on James and snapped, "I'm pregnant, not an invalid!"

James took a step back, holding up his hands as if in defense. "Sorry, you can go along your merry way. I'll just wait for you and then we can go on a nice walk around the lake."

Sirius actually smiled, despite his temper and mood swings, and entered the bathroom, once again grumbling under his breath. James smiled and laughed slightly. He couldn't wait for the babies to be born, if only to tone down Sirius's grumpiness. James sighed and walked back to sit on his bed. He was hoping that a walk wouldn't be too strenuous for Sirius, because Madame Pomfery would have his neck if it was.

He wondered what it would be like to have another human life completely depending on you for everything. It would be weird, no matter what ended up happening. He had a feeling that he would love Sirius and the babies and live happily ever after, no matter how corny it sounded. He loved Sirius, and despite the circumstances on which they were created, the babies were part of Sirius.

Moments later, Sirius came out with his hand on his stomach. He had a pained expression on his face. "I don't feel too good," he mumbled and started to fall as his knees gave out. Immediately James got up to catch him.

"Do you want to go to Madame Pomfery's?" James asked, looking concerned as he helped his boyfriend stand again. Sirius leaned heavily upon James and nodded slightly.

"I don't really want to, but the sensible thing to do would be to go to the hospital wing, I suppose." Sirius sighed and stood up straight. He still seemed to be in pain, but James didn't say anything, and just followed him out the door to be certain that he didn't fall. Sirius had started teasing James that he was following him around like a worried mother hen. James had nothing to say to that except that he always had Sirius's best interests in heart and mind.

And it was a good thing he did too, because as they exited the common room, Sirius seemed to get dizzy and his knees gave out. James immediately dived for him, catching his boyfriend right before he hit the ground, grateful that he had incredible reflexes, or else Sirius would have hurt himself. Sirius looked up at James and gave a disoriented smile. "I don't feel so good," he muttered, his breathing becoming rather shallow. "In fact, I feel really bad."

"Oh, come on, love," James muttered, hauling Sirius back to his feet. Now that he was pregnant, he was a lot heavier. "We have to get you to the hospital wing, now!"

"What if they babies are ready to come?" asked Sirius as James wrapped his arms around his waist and half carried half dragged him to the hospital wing.

"Then…well, then they'll come," retorted James, too focused on making certain that Sirius was alright. The last thing he wanted to happen was for them to both fall and die.

In record time, though, James was pushing the door open to the hospital wing. Sirius was half conscious at the time, and when he was paying attention he was really random. The way James figured it, it was best if Sirius just didn't know what was happening.

As Madame Pomfery bustled into the room, she attempted to switch Sirius's weight onto her shoulders, rather than James's. Sirius, however, struggled by clutching onto James and not letting go. Almost immediately, she gave up and gestured James to bring him over to the bed. As they started walking again, Sirius muttered, "It hurts James."

"What hurts?" James responded, carefully assisting his friend into the bed. Once he was lying down, Sirius closed his eyes and seemed to drift off into an unsettled sleep.

"What happened?" asked Madame Pomfery, looking at the sleeping boy as she checked his pulse. It was quickened.

"I don't know. He came out of the bathroom and almost fell over. And then we came out of the common room and he kinda…I don't know, somewhere between passing out and going mad."

"I think the babies are ready to come," she muttered softly, placing a hand on the bulge in Sirius's chest. "Hmm, I've never done this before. I know how, but…"

"YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE!!!???" yelled James, shocked. He had assumed that she had done things like this many times before.

"Shush, this is a hospital wing, not a quiditch pitch," she snapped, looking around at her other patients. Then she sighed. "This is going to be my first time actually."

"Oh no it's not," James said, not yelling now, but still not quietly. "You are not going to do a first time thing on Sirius. No way!"

Madame Pomfery sighed. It was cute how much James cared for Sirius, but at the same time, it could get annoying really fast. "Mr. Potter, I have to do my job. I called in for a mediwitch to come and help me out. She should be here in moments."

"Okay," James muttered, finally calmed down. "That's fine then. I'll be around, I guess. Blood is kinda…yeah, not for me. I'll see y'all around."

And with that, James turned on his heel and walked out the door. He wanted to be with Sirius, but he knew that he would most likely get sick and be more of a hindrance than a help.

Meanwhile, Sirius had drifted back into consciousness and was wondering where James had gone. It was making him panic, slightly.

Madame Pomfery walked into the room with some woman that he didn't know. They both walked over to him. "Okay Sirius," Madame Pomfery said, and then began explaining everything. Sirius listened with half an ear, all the while wondering where James was.

"Where's James?" he asked after she finished her explanation.

"He left. He figured he wouldn't be needed here so he went…elsewhere," she responded and began setting up for a c-section. Sirius watched her apprehensively, wondering why James wasn't around. Had he decided that he didn't want anything to do with him and the babies after all?

"Alright, Sirius," said Madame Pomfery in a soothing voice and gave a potion to drink. The last thing he remembered was feeling really sick, dizzy, and scared before he blacked out.

A.N.-alright, the next chapter, you get to meet the twins. Sorry that it was very vague. I really don't know anything about c-sections, so that was really about the extent of my knowledge (it's also why Sirius blacked out and it ends there). Teehee. Anyways, feedback is always great! Love you all. Tootles.