Lily Potter lay wide awake in her bed in the Potter mansion on a cold February evening. She lay against her husband, James' chest as he slept soundly. A wave of nausea swept over her, and she started running to the bathroom. Once there, she kneeled on the floor and threw up in the toilet. It took about 20 minutes for her to stop heaving, by which time she had almost passed out. James woke up to a heaving noise followed by coughing from the bathroom next to their suite in the Potter mansion. He rushed to the bathroom, after discovering his wife missing, and arrived just in time to grab her before she passed out on the bathroom floor of fatigue. He carried her back to the bed, and laid her down gently. 'No fever, I wonder what's wrong…' He stayed up the rest of the night to make sure she got proper care. She slept soundly until the next morning, when she woke up to more throwing up. When she finished, she drank some water, and leaned up against the cabinet in the bathroom while James stroked her hair.
"Baby, what's going on? Why are you vomiting all of the time now?" She looked at him weakly, and just started to cry. He held her, confusedly, and waited for her to calm down.
"James? Can you take me to the couch? I just want to lie down."
James smiled slightly at his wife. "Sure, baby," he muttered as he attempted to pick her up. He carried her from the bathroom to the couch, and accidentally blurted out the worst thing you could say to a woman.
"Wow, have you gained weight?" That's when Lily realized something.
She quickly said, "I think I'm going to go see Ariel." She apparated quickly to Ariel and Remus' flat (they had married the previous year). Remus saw her as he walked to the kitchen and ran up to hug her. She was very pale and weak, and could barely think straight.
"Are you okay, Lily? You don't look too good…I'll go get Ariel." She nodded her okay, and waited on the couch in their living room. Ariel came in and hugged her friend.
"Hi, honey! How are you – Oh. Not too good I see. What's bothering you? And, Lil, have you gained weight? You look bigger and flushed." Lily looked at her friend, attempting to ignore the beefy comment.
She told her friend the healer about her problem, "And I just keep throwing up. I'm also becoming more and more emotional." She looked down.
Ariel smiled slightly and asked, "Lily? Did anything else weird happen recently?"
Lily placed her finger on her chin, and then remembered, "Oh, yes, now I remember. Yesterday I had this weird craving for pecan pie with apples on top, coated in peanut butter-"
Ariel screamed. Lily looked frightened and confused. "Lily, honey, don't you understand?" Ariel smiled hugely while Remus walked into the room and stood in the doorway, unnoticed. "Lily, you're pregnant! This is wonderful!"
Remus entered, glowing. "Pregnant! Oh, Lily, congratulations!" Remus and Ariel hugged her, and she just stared into space. She said thank you to her friends indifferently, and disapparated home.
James was pacing in the study, going nuts over books, trying to figure out what was wrong with his wife. She opened the door carefully, and walked up to him. He turned around, but before he could say anything, she embraced him in a large hug.
"Honey, are you okay? I've been so worried about you? What did Ariel say?"
'He looks so scared,' Lily thought, 'Better now than later.'
She started to tell James what Ariel had said. "James? What I'm about to tell you, is very bad news. I mean it's wonderful, but it's terrible. Now? Why now? James, the reason I've been so sick is, well, James, I-I'm p-p-pr-pregnant."
James' face suddenly stretched into a huge smile. He picked up his beautiful wife and spun her in his arms. He kissed her, passionately. They somehow ended up on the bed in their room, still kissing. James pulled back, "I love you so much, Lils. This is wonderful. We're going to be parents! Honey, why on earth would this be terrible-"
James stopped dead in his words. He suddenly remembered Dumbledore. "Let's go," she said. Five seconds later, they were standing in front of Albus Dumbledore, in his office at Hogwarts.
James! Lily! I thought I'd be seeing you soon. Mrs. Lupin sent an owl. First, I want to offer my congratulations. You are indeed expecting, then, Mrs. Potter?" Lily nodded, holding her already growing front, and leaning against James.
"Ah. You're worried about Voldemort? Just as I told the Longbottoms, you just must be cautious. When are you due?"
James looked down to Lily, who replied, "Ariel mentioned something about the middle of August. I guess that's good news, it's 2 weeks away from the mentioned date," she said, her attitude perking up.
"Yes, good. Well, be careful, but please, share the joy! You are going to have a child, Lily. You will be a mother in less than half of a year. Be happy!"
Dumbledore said brightly. Lily smiled, and James kissed his beautiful wife. Her emerald green eyes shown love towards him, and the next thing the two knew, they were asleep in each other's arms, happily in love, and excited about their upcoming family.
Spring came around, and Skye was becoming more and more pregnant. She was positively glowing! The girls, with Sirius' help, decided to throw her a surprise baby shower. However, the party had only just started when Skye fell to her knees. Everyone cheered as she headed off to the hospital, in preparation for her childbirth. The Divines and Marauders closely followed, excited to see the new child. Skye had always been a strong girl, very strong, with a lot of love to offer the world. Three hours later, screaming was heard from all over the hospital. Skye was in a great deal of pain, but Sirius helped her through it. Right before the contraction that would help her baby to come out into the world, Sirius planted a luscious kiss on his wife. She became very relaxed and strong after that. In just 30 short seconds, she held a baby girl in her tender arms, and a husband on her side kissing her profusely. She looked down at her baby girl, and cried in happiness. Neither she nor Sirius had ever been so happy.
"Oh, Skye, she's beautiful. Thank you for making me a father. I love you, baby."
Skye smiled and kissed her husband, "I love you too, Sirius."
Lily, James, Remus, Alice, and Frank came in to see Skye's new baby. Ariel had been helping her deliver, so she went back to work with another delivery. "What are you going to name her?" Remus asked as he kissed Skye on the cheek.
"Well, Sirius and I have talked about it a little bit," she said. She looked to Sirius, who nodded to his wife and took her hand, kissing it lovingly.
"Okay," she whispered. "We've decided to name her…Emily."
There was a gasp from the door frame, and Ariel hugged Skye as she wept. "Thank you, Skye. You have no idea-" she started, but Skye hushed her.
She kissed her friend on the forehead, and said, "This way, she'll always be remembered."
If anyone were to look into that hospital room at that very moment, they would see every single person holding each other's hands as tears flew down their cheeks.