The next morning James Potter sat at the Breakfast table reading the Daily Profit while drinking a mug of hot tea.

"More attacks," James said, "you'd think with Voldemort gone they'd stop, but they seem to be getting worse."

"I wouldn't say worse, but I suppose now that they have no leader they're just do whatever they want." Lily said sighing.

"But Death Eaters never were the most clever people, they shouldn't be too hard to catch now they're not being protected by their masters." James said. "But it's a little strange, a couple a little older then us were killed, in this area, with a son the same age as Harry."

"Could just be a coincidence." Lily said.

"I suppose," James said folding the paper over and setting it down in the table.

There was a few moments of silence while he sipped his tea.

"I've been thinking," He said, Lily could tell that he had been waiting to say this.

"About what?"

"Well I was thinking about going back to work, you know seeing as we're out of hiding now, and we need to start bringing money in." James said.

Lily smiled, "Don't worry James, I think it's a good idea." She said, "we can't rely on your inheritance forever. Plus I know how much you hate being cooped up all day."

James smiled.

"James why were you so worried, what did you think I'd do?" Lily asked.

"I don't know, I just didn't want you to get mad of anything, I didn't want to put any strain on the baby."

"The baby is fine," Lily said patting her bump, it wasn't all that big, but it was growing bigger every day.

"In three months time we're going to have another baby, it's so exciting!" James said.

"I suppose," Lily said, "I just don't fancy having to push another one out, it hurts you know."

"You know if I could do it for you I would." James said getting up and hugging his wife.

"You know there probably is a way," Lily said smiling, and James jumped away from her looking horrified. "Don't worry dearest husband, I wouldn't put you through that."

James looked relieved and moved closer towards Lily again and kissed her.

Lily loved James' kisses, they gave her a warm tingling feeling inside.

"So when will you be going back to work?" She asked after she had pulled away.

"I don't know, I'll send an owl to the Ministry later and see what they say." James said.

"Well while you do that I'm going Diagon Alley," Lily said, "I'm buying some stuff for the new arrivals and we're going to meet Jess and Emma for lunch. That means you can spend some quality time with your son."

"On my own?" James asked a little worried.

"Yes on your own," Lily said and she looked at James' expression and laughed. "I don't now why you're so worried, you've done it before."

"I know, but he's older now." James said.

"Stop being such a baby," Lily said and she ruffled his hair up before leaving the kitchen and going upstairs.

Jessica Lupin apparated to the Leaky Cauldron, it was rather quiet as most people were at work on a Monday afternoon.

She moved to the back of the pub and out into the yard, she tapped the bricks on the wall in the correct sequence and they moved to reveal Diagon Alley.

She stepped out into the street full of witches and wizards.

She put her hand into the pocket of her cloak and pulled out a pair of gloves and slipped them over her hands.

She walking quickly through the street to keep as warm as possible, she was going to meet her friends for lunch.

She entered a small café just off the main shopping street, she felt a lovely warm breeze wash over her as she stepped further inside.

"Jess," Lily called from a table by the fire. Jess went over to them.

"Hello." She said as she sat down, "blood hell, it's freezing outside."

"Well it's January, what do you expect?" Emma asked sarcastically.

"Oh, look at the cranky pregnant woman." Jess said.

Lily laughed, "she's been like this all day." She said.

"Well I'm pregnant what do you expect?" Emma said.

"I'm pregnant too." Lily said, "and I don't have a face like a wet weekend."

Emma opened her mouth to talk but Jess cut across her, "so what're we having for lunch?"

Emma sat back in her chair looking a little huffy.

"Did you see the paper this morning?" Jess asked.

"Yeah," Lily said, "it's terrible, James seems to think that their might be some sort of link between that attack and us."

"Us?" Emma asked.

"Now us as in us three here now, but as in James, Harry and I." Lily explained.

"How'd he work that one out?" Emma asked.

"Well I guess he just thought it was strange that the two people that were attacked lived in the same area and they had a little boy the same age as Harry." Lily said.

"Good point, but I wouldn't say there was anything to worry about." Jess said.

"Well I think James is just a little paranoid, a little edgy," Lily said, "but then again so am I."

"Did you find out anymore about the potion that you made?" Emma asked, she seemed to have snapped out of her bad mood.

Lily shook her head, "it's like it doesn't exist." She said.

"There must be something about it somewhere." Jess said, "There must be some sort of record, maybe in the restricted section in Hogwarts. That's where you found it originally, maybe there's something there."

"Maybe," Lily said, "but at the moment I can't be bothered with that. It's in the past and for the last two months I've been to worried with all that, I've got to start looking to the future ."

"That's the spirit," Jess said, "live in the here and now!"

Lily just laughed and the waitress came over to take their orders for lunch.

"Right," Jess said standing up after finished her food, "I have to be off, or I'll be late back to work."

"Please don't go, we were having so much fun." Emma said.

"Sorry, but I have to, and shouldn't you be getting back to Saint Mungos?" Jess said and she hugged each of her friends.

"Good point," Emma said also standing up and slipping her cloak on.

"Emma, you shouldn't be working, your going to put too much strain on the baby." Lily said.

"God you sound just like Sirius!" Emma said rolling her eyes, "I'm fine."

"But it's not like your just having lectures or working in a office your doing practical experience." Jess said frowning, "all that rushing around must-"

"Would you just relax, I'm the one that's becoming a healer, I know what I'm doing." Emma said.

The other two frowned, "If you say so," Jess said and she bade goodbye to her friends before leaving the café.

A few minutes later she was back at the ministry, she got into the lift and took it to level three, Obliviator Headquarters.

She went into a room that had four desks crammed inside.

"How was lunch?" asked a man sitting at the desk nearest the door.

"Good," Jess replied as she went to her desk and draped her cloak around the chair, "but it's bloody cold outside."

The man laughed, he was one of the people that she shared an office with called Oliver Brenton, "you wouldn't know it from in here." he said looking at the small window where the sky was a perfect shade of blue and the sun was shining.

Jess smiled, "been busy while I've been away?" She asked.

"Not really, I've just been-" He said but he was interrupted by a man coming to the door.

"Finally," the man said, he was the head of their department, "Where is everyone today, no ones in their office! Right urgent job, the stupid Auror department left this to the last minute," he said more to himself the to the other two.

"I don't know why this wasn't done last night, they really are letting things slip" he continued, he still seemed to be talking to himself. "If we're not careful we're going to be exposed! Now it would be better if there were more then two of you but we're desperate so two will have to do." he said looking up at Jess and Oliver, he handed Jess a slip of parchment.

"This was the attack that happened last night," Jess said scanning the parchment, "it's a bit late now isn't it? This should have been dealt with then."

"Yes yes I know, there's no point telling me that, now you two better move quickly." The man said starting to move out of the room. "The attack was in a hamlet so there won't be as much damage done, but they'll be enough. The news will probably only have spread as far as that little area but you might want to go a bit further, just to be sure."

Jess and Oliver nodded, "round up as many more people as you can find, I would come but I have a bone to pick with the head of the magical law enforcement squad!" He said and he left their office.

Oliver just stared at Jess, "well you herd the man, lets get going," she said, "we've got a hell of a lot of memory charms to dish out!"

Emma returned to her house, "Mum I'm home," she called.

"Shhhhhhhhh!" Her mother hissed, "I just put the twins down for a nap."

"Sorry," Emma said as she slipped off her cloak.

She hooked it on a coat rack that was in the hallway, and as she did so another one fell down.

She bent down and picked it up, it was one of her cloaks that she hadn't worn in a while, and she noticed something fallout of the pocket.

"What's this?" She asked herself as she picked up a small card. "Which Witch Modelling Agency," she read aloud, "what's that all about?"

She stood there staring at the card for a few minutes, wracking her brain, then she remembered.

It had been just over two years ago, or maybe three when she and Lily had been in Diagon Alley. A witch had given Lily the card saying she was a scout for a modelling agency, but Lily didn't want to know, so she took the card. She had been meaning to phone them and arrange a meeting with Lily, it was too much of a good opportunity to miss but she'd forgotten.

"Emma, where are you?" Her mum asked poking her head around the door.

"What- Oh sorry." She said and she hung the cloak back up and slipped the card into a draw. Maybe she would give them a ring, but not just yet, who'd want to employ a pregnant model?

"How was work darling?" Her mum asked.

"Busy," Emma said and her mum tutted, "what's wrong?" Emma asked although she had a pretty good idea what she was going to say.

"Your six months pregnant dear, that's quite far along, you should be slowing down not speeding up." Her mum said.

"Yes mum, so people keep telling me," Emma said, "but I'm coming to the end of my course now, and I just want to get it done. I've had so many interruptions so far I just want to get it out of the way and qualify."

"That's all very well but you could be putting your baby at risk."

"Look, it's not like I've never been pregnant before, and last time I had twins inside me." Emma said, losing her patience slightly. "It's easier this time around, and if I feel I can still work then I'm going to."

"Well I just hope you know what you're doing." Her mum said, "but just because there is on less baby inside there and it's a little lighter doesn't mean that it's going to be any different from your last pregnancy."

Emma was getting tired of this. "Alright mum, don't worry, I only have a month left of practical training, after that I promise to stay at home and put my feet up." She said.

"Well I suppose that's better then nothing." Her mum said, "now you look after yourself, and I'll see you tomorrow." Her mum said as she kissed her then left.

Emma sighed, it is her body, her baby, she can do what she likes. As she thought this she patted her bump.

"You're alright in there aren't you?" She asked it.