Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. The wonderful JK Rowling does! I wish I did, then I'd be rich! Just kidding! Please don't sue me for writing a fan fic that I really hope you enjoy!

Last Chapter Summary: Lily was having odd pregnancy cravings and also learned that Dudley was born. James and Sirius went on a "Black and Potter Escapade" and played a prank on the Dursley's. Peter asked Sirius for advice on dating and Sirius told him the Western Europe story. Remus scolded Sirius for trying to get his motorbike to fly. Lily's hormones began to pick up and James didn't think being pregnant wasn't as bad as Lily was making it. So Remus told Lily a spell to make James feel everything Lily was feeling.

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July…

"Lily!" Marissa called, dropping her suitcase by the door. She had just gotten off work and had decided to pop in the Potter's house to see how Lily was managing. It was July; after all, her due date was fast approaching. "Lily!" she yelled again. When she heard no response she just shrugged and turned to head out the door. But something shimmered out of the corner of her eye.

Curious, Marissa turned to see a beautiful bracelet resting on the table by the door. The deep emerald jewel in the middle of the band of gold entranced her. It looked like there was something in the center of the jewel but Marissa couldn't quite make it out. Carefully, she picked it up, as if she were in a dreamlike state.

Gently, she rubbed her thumb over the jewel. Immediately, she heard a loud pop next to her. Marissa dropped the bracelet on the table and whipped out her wand in a matter of seconds, finding it pointed in the middle of James' head.

James frowned. "You're not Lily," he said confused.

Marissa smiled. "Thanks for noticing. You should knock first or something."

Smirking, James asked, "In my own house?" He impatiently brushed her wand away. "Would you get that stick off of my forehead? What, are you on high alert or something?"

"Everyone is these days. Where's Lily?" she asked.

James scratched his head. "She called me, with the bracelet. It means she's in labor," he said all together too calmly. Then panic settled in. "In labor? Oh my God, where is she? I need the shoes, the bag, the Sirius-" James began rapidly naming off things.

"Whoa, slow down!" Marissa said, grabbing his arm before he could rush off. She quickly summoned the bracelet. "Were you talking about this?"

Waving her away, James said, "Yeah, I got her this custom bracelet thing so she can just push it and I'll come running to her. It's in case she's going into labor I can get here immediately. But she's not here! Where is she?"

A voice came from the top of the stairs. "Right here, what is it?" Lily asked sleepily.

Putting on a full burst of speed, James ran up the stairs. "Are you alright? Did you call me? Is the baby here yet?" James asked, looking around the floor as if to see a baby lying there.

"Calm down! I touched the jewel. I came to see if Lily was home and was about to leave when I saw the bracelet," Marissa said, crossing her arms obviously annoyed.

"Why did you take it off?" James asked sharply.

Lily's eyes narrowed and Marissa backed out the door silently. "Are you commanding me?" Lily asked.

James saw his slip up. "No…no, I just t-think it shouldn't be taken off, in case of an emergency, such as having a b-baby."

With a small groan, Lily leaned her weight on the railing. "James, I don't think you understand that I am swelling up more and more each day and that bracelet is cutting into my skin. That will be fine after I'm pregnant to wear, but now when I am a cow I think it should just be nearby."

"But it wasn't 'nearby'! It was all the way down here and you were all the way up there!" James said, dramatically pointing to the end table and the bedroom upstairs.

Lily waved him off. "Fine, whatever, I'll keep it three feet away from me at all times. Are you satisfied?" James nodded with a sugary sweet smile as Lily rolled her eyes. "Now go make me a sandwich, I'm wasting away up here," Lily said grumpily and waddled back into the bedroom, slamming the door shut behind her.

Muttering something about "evil pregnant hormones" James made his way down to the kitchen to answer Lily's newest request so he wouldn't have to deal with the wrath of the fiery red head.

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"Lily! Lily!" James called through the house. Lily groaned and turned down the volume of the TV.

"What now James?" Lily said with an irritated sigh. James was always yelling something in a panic these days. It was really grating on the little nerves Lily had left.

James sounded in the kitchen, "Your water broke!" Confused, Lily looked around on the couch and the floor. "We need to get you to the hospital!"

Heaving herself off the couch, Lily waddled into the kitchen. When she arrived, James was digging around in the hall closet looking for a jacket, his backside the only part visible beneath a pile of coats. The sink faucet was running and there was a small puddle in the middle of the floor. "Um, James, how could my water break when I was in the living room?" James was very still for a moment, then wiggled his way out of the hall closet.

He pushed his glasses up his nose and tried to lay his hair flat, which was full of static electricity. Lily grinned; he looked so cute and innocent. "Hmm, I'm not sure…" James said, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

"My due date isn't for two weeks. And I have a feeling this baby will be on time," Lily said, smiling at James. James stammered an embarrassed grin, went back to the sink, and continued washing dishes.

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"GET OUT!" screamed a fiery voice from upstairs. James cringed as he saw Sirius being magically thrown down the stairs.

Sirius landed on his bum hard. After a small rub, Sirius looked up at James innocently and asked, "Was it something I said?"

With a sigh, James asked in monotone, "You didn't make a joke about how big she is, did you?"

Grinning slyly, Sirius said, "Maybe…"

James let out a groan. "I called you over here to help me CALM down her hormones, not aggravate them more!"

"Then you really should've called Remus, we all know how Sirius is," said a voice from the entryway. Both boys turned, well, Sirius looked; his arse was still in pain. Marissa closed the door behind her and sent a smile Sirius' way, but it quickly turned to a frown. "What happened?"

Muttering, Sirius quietly said, "Lily's wrath."

"A girl beat you up?" Marissa asked with a laugh.

"No! I wasn't trying!" Sirius said indignantly. Marissa was still laughing. "I want to see you try it!"

"Fine, I will. And I won't get beat up!" Marissa said, marching up the stairs with a smug look placed upon her face and went into the study. A few minutes later they heard a scream and saw Marissa zooming down the stairs, landing hard on Sirius, who in return yelped in pain.

"I think…I'm not sure…but I think Sirius was right," James said sarcastically.

Marissa gave him a glare almost as bad as Lily's. "What if I locked you in there with her?"

James shrugged his shoulders. "I live with her, so I looked up all of the defensive spells."

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BANG! James shot straight up in bed. What was that noise? He looked to his left, Lily wasn't there. James untangled himself from the sheets and clumsily ran down the stairs. He skidded into the kitchen, where another slam erupted.

Lily was waddling back and forth between the fridge and the stove. There was a skillet warming on the burner. In an angry fit, Lily slammed two eggs, shells and all, into the skillet. She threw the eggs back into the fridge. James cringed as he heard the entire carton break.

"Lils…" James started, but Lily cut him off.

"Late!" Lily said, yanking a spatula out of the drawer. "Almost…TWO…WEEKS…LATE!" Lily yelled with each messy flip of the eggs.

Clearing his throat nervously, and feeling as if he was in trouble with Professor Snelling, James asked timidly, "Why are you making breakfast at-" he consulted the wall clock, "-three in the morning?"

A plate was ripped out of the cabinet by Lily. "Oh, because I want to get more fat, what else?"

"I don't think those are cooked…"

"I KNOW HOW TO COOK!" Lily screamed, throwing the skillet into the sink.

James watched Lily for a moment, then said, "Well, enjoy your eggs!" He quickly went back to the bedroom, but not before he heard Lily's voice yell,

"Fine! Just leave your wife, carrying your LATE child, all by herself!"

Sighing, James muttered, "I cannot wait until this is over."

"I HEARD THAT!"

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"How much longer?" James moaned, sinking into the sofa at Remus' apartment.

"It can't be more than a few days…" Remus said calmly.

"I cannot survive for ONE day!" James said desperately. "Why won't Harry come out? He needs to be here!"

It was official, James was loosing it. "Living with Lily must be hard. I'm glad I didn't try to make a move in 4th year." Sirius muffled voice came from the floor.

"WHAT!" both Marissa and James screeched.

"Kidding," Sirius said with a yawn. "Sooo tired…" he muttered, fluffing the pillow he was laying on.

Marissa threw a blanket at him. "Tell them to give you some time off."

"Can't, we're loosing more Aurors everyday." That was the wrong thing to say to a nerve-wracked Marissa. "So where is Lily, James?" Sirius asked, directing the subject.

"Taking a nap. So be quiet, that woman has the most amazing hearing, I swear," James said in a hushed whisper, putting his index finger to his lips. Yep, completely lost it.

All of a sudden, James yelped and Apparated. There was silence for a few moments before Marissa explained; "Lily has a calling bracelet, like Kiah's lock-" she trailed off, the memory of Kiah floating back.

Remus was stone still, trying to remember how to breathe. He had to forget, forget that the one person he loved and put above everyone else, was gone. He had stood and watched as she fought a loosing battle. It hurt so much to not have her here anymore. He blocked the ghost of her face during the day. At night, his dreams, and even nightmares, were filled with her. Full moons were the worst. Every pain he felt was Kiah. He gave into the pain, he felt he deserved it. Remus' wolf always howled in agony, moaning for Kiah's koala Anamagus.

"I'm sorry Remus…" Marissa whispered.

Remus snapped out of his hurt, realizing his eyes were wet. Angrily, he swiped shakily at his eyelids. "I-I think you should go. I rather be alone," Remus chocked out.

Sirius and Marissa nodded solemnly and Apparated together. As soon as they popped back in Marissa started sobbing. She fell to the floor in tears. Sirius sat on the floor next to Marissa and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her quivering form onto his lap. Marissa buried her face in his shoulder as Sirius soothingly rubbed her back, whispering calming words in her ear and kissing her head every now and then, trying his best to be strong.

"I miss her, Sirius. And I'm heartbroken for…hiccup…Remus. He tries to be so brave and I know…hiccup…it's so hard for him."

Sirius nodded into her hair. "I know, he's a good actor. James and I have known him for what, eight years now? We see right through his mask."

There was a small hush, then Sirius muttered, "We have to help him."

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July 31st…

"Ow…" Lily muttered sleepily. Her stomach hurt, as it usually did nowadays, false labor. She and James and visited the hospital 17 times in the past week. But now it was small pains it was three in the morning, far too late to be taking an unnecessary trip to St. Mungos. She rolled over on her back and winced again, this time adding a groan on.

"Lily?" James muttered sleepily, suppressing a yawn.

"Go back to sleep…ooh…" Lily moaned, switching to her right side.

James sat up a little in bed. "Do we need to go to the hospital?" Lily shook her head, absorbed in the task of trying to get comfortable. "Why is the bed wet?"

Lily stopped what she was doing and looked at the bed, seeing what looked like a stain spread on the sheets, then looked into James' confused yet concerned face. "My water broke," she finally said.

It took a moment for James to fully digest what Lily said, then his eyes widened. "Y-your water…" he asked, dumbfounded. Lily nodded her head. James shot out of bed, rushing around like a madman. "Ok, ok, stay calm, ok, we need to get your shoes and the bag, ok, we need a pillow and a robe, ok, ok, stay calm, don't panic, ok-"

With a small laugh, Lily said, "James, we have some time, just calm down." This didn't slow James' progress whatsoever. Lily heaved herself out of the bed and helped calm James down while gathering all of the things they needed for the trip to the hospital. "Go fire-call Sirius, Marissa, and Remus. Possibly Peter if you can get a hold of him," Lily commanded like an owner commanded over its dog. After James had done his duties, they Flooed to St. Mungos, James still in panic mode.

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"How long has it been?" Sirius moaned, sliding off of the lobby chair in St. Mungos.

Marissa was asleep, sprawled across three chairs with her head in Sirius' lap and her feet in Remus' face. Remus answered, "It's been two hours, it can't be much longer, can it?" Sirius moaned again, they had been there far too long. James had woken them up at three in the morning, saying Lily's water broke. They had rushed immediately to the hospital, but that's all that has happened. Marissa fell asleep about thirty minutes earlier; she was not a morning person.

"Has she had the baby yet?" a voice said from the entryway to the lobby. Sirius and Remus looked up and smiled simultaneously.

"PETER!" they both shouted, waking a grumpy Marissa up and receiving a shush from the on call nurse. "Sorry!" they whispered together.

After catching up with Peter, they were once again bored. Marissa complained about how she couldn't get to sleep again. Sirius complained about how long it was taking. Remus was complaining about them complaining. Peter was sitting there, feeling out of place.

"99 bottles of formula on the wall, 99 bottles of formula! Take one down, pass it around, 98 bottles of formula on the wall!" Sirius sang.

"What are you doing?" Marissa spat grouchily.

"98 bottles of formula on the wall, 98 bottles of formula! Take one down, pass it around, 97 bottles of formula on the wall!" Sirius continued singing.

"Apparently he's singing," Remus said quietly. Marissa groaned and attempted to block out the noise by burying her head in Sirius' robes.

"You married him, you'd think you'd be used to it by now," Peter put in. Marissa shot him a dangerous glare and Peter shut up immediately.

An hour later…"Negative 64 bottles of formula on the wall! Negative 64 bottles of formula on the wall! Take one down, pass it around, negative 63 bottles of formula on the wall!" Remus, Sirius, and Peter sang while Marissa sat there, steadily turning red.

"HOW MUCH LONGER!" she cried out, attempting to silence them. But they continued on singing.

But the three friends stopped singing immediately when James burst into the waiting room, his messy black hair damp with sweat and the biggest grin in the world on his face. "He's coming!" he shouted, putting his arms above his head in a V for victory and rushing back to the room where Lily was.

The group sat there for a moment, staring at each other, then Sirius jumped up and yelled, "This calls for a celebration! Gentleman," Sirius poised his hands like a conductor and Marissa moaned in agony. "For he's a jolly good fellow! For he's a jolly good fellow! For he's a jolly good fellooooooooooowwwwwww…" The friends sang.

"WHEN WILL IT END!" Marissa howled, hearing another shush from the on call nurse, which didn't help Marissa's mood.

Meanwhile, Lily was in the process of cutting of the circulation in James' body and breaking his hand in two. "Push!" the mediwitch commanded while a Healer was casting various spells on Lily to help Harry to come out safely. Lily screamed, gripping James' hand tighter.

James crumpled to the floor, trying to wither away from her grasp. "You have no idea how much this hurts!" James said through gritted teeth. Lily gave he the meanest glower she could muster through the pain (which was enough to make James shrink backwards as far as he could with Lily still gripping his hand).

"This is your fault!" Lily growled through deep breaths, "It isn't fair, you need to do it for me!"

"You're almost there," the mediwitch said, "One last push should do it." Lily's face turned redder than it already was, if that was possible. James already sore hand was once again being broken in two. "You need to push more Lily, Harry isn't wanting to come out," the mediwitch commanded.

Lily exhaled a deep breath. "I can't, why doesn't he want to come out? I can't do it anymore…"

James freed his now crushed hand and looked Lily in the eyes. "You have dueled Voldemort-" the mediwitch and nurse cringed, "-yet you cannot give birth to your own son?"

Fiery red eyes found it's way to James. "I know how to duel, I've done it before, I've never tried to push a watermelon through an extremely small opening!" she spat, the mediwitch had to choke back a laugh.

"Well in school you were always the first one to get a new spell right, this is exactly the same. It's a new spell you get a grade on, if you want an A, you have to push," James said, proud of his so-so metaphor and bravely took Lily's hand again. A look of determination crossed over Lily's face as she took a deep breath, ready to get that A.

"You can do it Lily, one push and it's over," the mediwitch said. Lily pushed with all her might, James whimpering a little, regretting taking Lily's hand again. "I can see the head!" the mediwitch called. James pried his hand from Lily's and ran over to where the mediwitch was.

"What does he look like?" Lily asked through gritted teeth.

James hesitated before answering, then said, "Slimy, but beautiful. I can see his shoulders now!" James was grinning from ear to ear. "I can't believe you are doing this, I see his chest, his hands…good job Lily, keep going…wow we have some clothes for him, right? Okay, stupid question, I can see his legs, his knees…Lils you're so close…his feet! He's here!" James said, screams and wails filling the room. Quickly, the nurse cut his umbilical cord and wrapped a blue blanket around the infant. Smiling, the mediwitch passed Harry to his mother, which immediately calmed the child.

Smiling softly, the pain from moments ago forgotten, Lily held her newborn child. "Hello…" she whispered, laying a hand on his head as she lightly bounced him. James came to Lily's side, hardly breathing as he looked at his son. Slowly, Harry opened his eyes; both parents were stunned to see sparkling emerald eyes, just like his mothers, staring at them. "He sees me, he knows me…" Lily said in an astonished whisper. James reached his hand out to Harry and the baby looked up at him, wrapping his tiny fist around his finger. James broke down in hushed tears as he kissed Lily's forehead.

"I am so proud of you," he whispered into her hair.

This caused Lily to start crying as she tilted her head up and kissed her husband, her best friend since they were eleven years old, her soul mate. "Hold him," she said, passing Harry to James.

James cradled him so delicately in his arms as Harry looked up curiously at him. "He's perfect…" James said quietly, kissing his son on the nose. "I'm going to love you so much," he said, holding his son closer to his chest.

Marissa, Sirius, Remus, and Peter crept into the room. "Where is he?" Marissa asked. James turned, unabashed by the tears in his eyes, walking to Marissa and placing Harry in her arms. Rissa sucked in a breath as she held her best friend's baby. "He looks just like James," she said, smiling at the baby.

"No, he has Lily's eyes for sure," Peter squeaked.

Sirius, who had been standing quietly, asked, "Could I see him?" Marissa nodded with a smile and handed Harry to Sirius. "Hey, little guy," Sirius said, grinning at the baby, "Me and your dad are going to teach you all the pranks of the world."

"You most certainly will not!" Lily said from the bed, blowing her nose into a Kleenex. James had his arms around her shoulder, moving his thumb up and down her arm slowly.

"Like you never played a prank, Lily," James said, smiling down at the woman he could tell anything to. Lily lightly slapped him on the arm, pulling four more Kleenexes out from the box.

"Remus' turn!" Sirius said, turning to his best friend.

Shaking his head slightly, Remus muttered, "I'm not allowed, there are laws about werewolves and babies-"

"Nonsense, we allow it," Lily said as Sirius handed Harry over.

Remus awkwardly held the baby in the crook of his arm, but became more relaxed as he smiled into the Harry's amazing green eyes. "It's astounding how he looks so much like you two," Remus said, passing the baby over to Peter.

Reluctantly, Peter took the infant, who began to whimper slightly. Peter's arms burned where he was touching the baby and sucked in a deep breath. "I don't think he likes me that much," Peter said, passing the newborn to Lily again. Once the child was in his mother's arms, he was calm. "I better go anyway…I have a huge stack of paperwork that's due tomorrow and I haven't even started on it yet," Peter said, quickly scuttling to the door. The group of friends called their goodbyes.

"Lily, you won't believe what I had to go through while this little tike was stalling," Marissa said, sitting down and began to replay what happened in the lobby. This lead to a fresh start of the song, this time James joining and dancing around the room with Sirius (their horrible singing causing Harry to burst into wails). Marissa conjured a pillow and threw it at Sirius, who in return conjured his own and the couple had a pillow fight with their friends cheering them on, Harry falling asleep to the sound of their voices.

But somewhere someone was not happy about the birth of young Harry. Voldemort circled around Peter Pettigrew, Lucius Malfoy, and Regulas Black, the three Death Eaters who were in charge of getting information on the Potters and the Longbottoms.

"The new birth of Harry Potter meets the requirements of the prophecy, as does Neville Longbottom's birth. We need to dispose of them," Voldemort said.

"But Master, you do not believe that a baby will defeat you, why kill them if you do not believe?" Regulas said.

Voldemort turned his glaring red eyes on him and whipped out his wand in one fluid motion. Regulas shrank back as Voldemort raised his wand, muttering carelessly, "Crucio!" Regulas twitched and screamed on the floor. "Because, my faithful Regulas, I want no loose ends that could come back to haunt me," Voldemort said lazily. He allowed Regulas to twitch for a moment longer, then lifted the curse, leaving Regulas panting and shaking on the floor.

"My Lord, may I remind you that Harry Potter's requirements for the prophecy have not been completely filled yet," Lucius said, bowing in front of Voldemort on his knees, "for the Potters have only escaped you once and the Longbottoms have only escaped twice. The prophecy's requirements may not even happen."

Reflecting on this for a moment, Voldemort's shapeless mouth twisted into a grin, "You are right, Lucius. Peter!" Voldemort whipped around to the third Death Eater, who shivered slightly under the Dark Lord's glare. "You are now solely in charge of the Potter's. I want to know everything about them, no excuses."

Peter sank to his knees and kissed Voldemort's feet. "Of course, my Lord," Peter squeaked. Voldemort chuckled slightly, then with a wave of his hand dismissed the Death Eaters.

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