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Chapter Seven

The first days of June were hot, humid, and uncomfortable. James and Lily saw little of their friends and Sirius and Mo were swamped with work after Voldemort's attacks and Caroline was busy with her own job while trying to help Remus find one for himself.

Everyone seemed to be on edge there was a feeling of waiting in the air. Mo felt it every morning when she woke up and Caroline and Lily had said they felt the same. They were sure something was coming, they had ideas as to what it was but didn't know for sure.

Lily brushed her dark red hair away from her damp face, "I hate the summer. If it weren't for Harry being born during summer I would despise it completely."

"If you hate it so much then why do you spend so much time in the sun," Caroline smiled and her laughter was refreshing to all three women.

Lily sighed and took another sip of her lemonade, "I'm not going to let my garden suffer just because I am. Great lemonade by the way Mo."

"Thanks," she replied looking up from her book. "Sirius liked it so I figured I try it out on you guys."

"It's great," Caroline agreed. "I'll have to steal your recipe."

Mo smiled and watched as she went back to work helping Lily weed her small garden. It was odd, she thought, how even in a time when all their senses were alert that they managed to still bring themselves comfort. The serenity of the humid summer day brought a little peace to Mo's mind, she loved watching her friends in the garden and being able to know that at least for a short time they didn't have to worry about what might happen the next day.

It was the first time in weeks that they had been able to be together for more than an hour at a time. Sirius and Remus had taken James to where, they could only guess and had left the women to a little girl time for the afternoon.

"So have you decided on a name for the baby yet?" Lily asked setting aside her spade and gloves.

"Well if it's a boy," Mo said. "We've decided on Brennan and if it's a girl. I found this great name. Aria. It's so pretty and incredibly unique."

"I like it," Caroline said and grinned. "It suits you and Sirius."

"So does Brennan," Lily added. "But I think you'll have a girl. Sirius needs a daughter. He'd raise too much of a trouble maker if you had a boy."

Mo grinned, "Sirius wants a girl, surprisingly. I thought all men had the need for a male heir to the family name. Something to do with their ego."

"James did," Lily laughed. "But then his ego's always been a little big. Sirius reacted differently than James did though. James was happy of course but Sirius just glowed with it. Still does. You can tell he can't wait to be a daddy."

Caroline sighed, "Do you think Remus will want kids?"

"Of course," Lily said sounding surprised. "Why?"

"I just thought with the werewolf problem that he might not," she shrugged. "I haven't talked to him about it yet."

Mo smiled encouragingly, "Get married first. You'll be so caught up in each other you won't even worry about it until it happens."

Caroline returned the smile, "I suppose your right."

A loud whoop of laughter had all the women grinning. Sirius danced out on the lawn with James following slowly behind, his fingers being squeezed by two tiny hands that were connected to a toddling body.

Harry was doing his best to totter along with his father for support. When Lily clapped her hands in happiness and laughed, he grinned from ear to ear and let out a stream of happy babbling.

She took off her gloves and went over to pick Harry up. She smiled, "Look at my big boy walking! And you're not even a year old yet."

"Almost though," James said pressing a kiss to Lily's lips before collapsing on the ground next to Sirius.

Mo was oddly reminded of their summers at Hogwarts. Except for the new addition of Harry, their lives hadn't changed much. Every summer they would all have spent their time together at the Potter's laughing and not yet worried about the next school year.

How many afternoons had they spent lounging in the sun while James and Sirius ran themselves to exhaustion with Peter and Remus looking on? How many times had they ended up just like this with the boys collapsed on the grass and the girls smiling and laughing at them.

For a moment she was caught up in her thoughts, happy for the moment to drift on her reminiscent feelings.

"Doesn't she look beautiful?" Sirius brought her promptly from her thoughts when he picked her right up from the chair and twirled her in his arms. "Our daughter is going to look just like her."

Mo laughed, "Oh put me down you big idiot."

Sirius pouted and set her down, "Some wife. I'm telling her how beautiful she is and she's calling me names."

She shook her head and kissed him, "Only because you deserve it."

Sirius grinned and proceeded to attack the pitcher of lemonade sitting next to her chair.

"So what did you juveniles do today?" Caroline queried watching Harry scoot himself over to where James lay sprawled on the grass.

"Went and had a game of Quidditch," James sighed happily. "God I've missed flying." As if in agreement, Harry squealed and was tossed into the air by his father.

"And what about you ladies?" Sirius asked settling down next Mo. He picked up the romance novel she was reading and raised a brow, "Did you enjoy the afternoon."

Mo grinned, "Yes we did, thank you very much."

"However we spent the afternoon doing something constructive," Lily said with a chastising tone, then grinned when Caroline and Mo burst into laughter. "Well sort of anyway."

As Mo laughed she felt the hair on the back of her neck stand up. She looked at her arms and saw goosebumps rising as her smile slowly died away. The lightness in her chest was suddenly replaced by a tight darkness that left her shaking and gasping for breath. Her body was cold and clammy and a feeling of panic was rising steadily from her gut.

Then as quickly as it came it passed.

When she looked up all her friends were standing horror stricken around her.

"Are-are you all right Mo?" Lily managed and let go the near strangled hold she had on Harry.

Mo looked at her dazed for a moment before taking a steadying breath, "What happened?"

Sirius looked at her the fear in his eyes more than evident, "You were laughing one minute and then the next you were shaking and making a gagging noise and your face got really pale."

"It was cold," Caroline said softly and all of them looked at her. "When you started shaking it got really cold."

Lily touched a hand to the face that had been glistening with moisture only ten minutes earlier and found her own face to be cold and damp. Harry started whimpering and the hand she rubbed reassuringly on his back was shaking.

Her green eyes darkened, "Something's not right."

Mo wiped away the tears that she hadn't known were there and got shakily to her feet. Sirius put his arms around her and stood holding her until a voice interrupted the anxious silence.

"I tried ringing the doorbell but no one answered so I came back here when I heard your voices," Peter stood awkwardly in front of them twisting has hands together nervously.

Harry started wailing at the exact same moment the cold pressed down on Mo again. She gripped Sirius's arm and he looked at her concerned again, "What baby? What is it?

"Lily's right," she replied. "Something is wrong. Whatever it is Harry can feel it too."

"Apparently we all can," James said stuffing his shaking hands into his pockets. "It feels exactly like it did the night Voldemort showed up, like someone is watching us."

"Not just watching us anymore," Mo said softly her eyes restlessly moving along the edge of the trees behind them. "He wants us to know he's here. He's making sure we know it's him."

"Who?" Peter asked. "Who's watching us?"

"Voldemort," Remus said quietly.

"He's trying to scare us again," Caroline replied.

"Well it's working," Lily said and nearly collapsed into James's arms.


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