Late?
Lily was sitting on the sofa thinking. She had been sleeping with James for the past month now.
At first she had thought they could keep their relationship purely physical, and even though the sex was still mindblowing, she wasn't sure it was going to be enough. After they had finished she had to force herself to get up and leave, all she really wanted to do was lie in his arms. Every morning when she woke up alone, she ached for him, to give him a good morning kiss, for them to have breakfast with him and most importantly for them to go back to the way they were before...
He was at a Quidditch match with Sirius and Remus.
'He always looks so cute and so sexy in his England strip, especially when he's upset if they lose. If they win, he always tells me about it, at least he used to, he always looks so adorable like a little boy, his face lits up. He's due back soon'
"L-Lily" said Mari coming into the room, interupting Lily's thoughts.
"Mari, what is it?" asked Lily worriedly, seeing the state that Mari was clearly in.
"I'm late, Lils, I'm really late" she said on the verge of tears.
"Late... you mean..."
"I mean I was due 3 weeks ago. Lils what if I'm pregnant?"
"Hey, shhh" said Lily putting her arm around Mari's shoulder, "it'll be okay"
"No, 3 weeks, 3 weeks"
"Shit"
"What?"
"Fuck, mine is always the week after yours. Oh great, I'm 2 weeks late" said Lily
"Really"
"You don't have to sound so happy about it"
"I didn't mean it like that. It's just... will you take the test with me" said Mari
"Take what test?" said Lily coming into the room and flopping down on the sofa next to Lily and Mari.
"Um Lily and I are both a little late, you know on the time of the month, so a pregnan..." said Mari trailing off
"WHAT? BOTH OF YOU? WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TWO SLEEPING WITH?"shouted Kelly
"No'one" said Lily and Mari, quickly at the exact same time.
"OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE"
"Kels, it really doesn't matter. Will you go and get us the tests please?" pleaded Mari
"Fine" said Kelly getting up, "I'll be back soon" then she stomped from the room.
Once they heard the flat door slam behind Kelly, Lily turned to Mari.
"Right, she's gone, spill it" said Lily
"What?" said Mari pretending she had no idea what she was talking about.
"C'mon this is me, I won't judge you. Who's is it? Do you know?"
"Lily. One I don't even know if I am pregnant and yes if I am I know who's it is. God you really think a lot of me, don't you?"
"I'm sorry. Come on tell me who?" said Lily
"Promise you won't tell"
"I'm hurt you'd even have to ask, I won't tell a soul, not even Kels"
"Sirius" whispered Mari. (A/N - bet you never saw that coming, (note the sarcasm))
"Sirius" Lily choked out, "Sirius. Sirius Black"
"Yep"
"Oh my god. When? How? Why?"
"About 7 weeks ago and ever since"
"What you two have been at it for nearly 2 months?"
"Uh huh, don't ask how cause I don't know, one minute we were talking and the next..." said Mari, "shit I've made a right mess"
"Hey, don't worry it might just be a scare"
"Well you would know." said Mari then she instantly regretted saying that, "Look at me, breaking down, you must be feeling exactly the same especially after..."
"Hmmm I guess" said Lily with a small smile on her face.
"What? You look positively... well happy"
"Maybe I am"
"Right spill. Who's the father?"
"I might not even be..."
"Tell me, come on I told you"
"Alright, just between us"
"Of course"
"James"
"I KNEW IT"
"How did you know?"
"You looked so happy, wow you and James. That's why you're happy"
"Yeah, I love him. I love him more than anything"
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MEANWHILE
Kelly had gotten the tests, she was just outside the flat, when Sirius, Remus and James almost apparated right on top of her.
"Hey, watch it" said Kelly angrily
"Oh sorry, pumpkin" said Remus, helping Kelly up.
"Here is your bag" said James handing Kelly the carrier bag, she had dropped.
"Thanks, I see you guys later" said Kelly snatching the bag from James, but not before he saw what was in it. She stormed into the flat.
"Did you see what was in her bag" said James
"You looked in her bag" said Remus
"You'll be glad I did, she had a pregnancy test" said James
"What? Are you sure?" said Remus.
"I'm positive"
"Well, it can't be hers" said Remus.
"Why not? You are sleeping together, aren't you?" said Sirius
"Yes, but we're careful and it was her... special time last week, so it can't be hers" babbled Remus
"It must be Mari's" said James, "or Lily's"
"Come on, let's find out" said Sirius.
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A few minutes later Sirius, Remus and James were huddled under the invisibility cloak, in the girls' living room.
"Right, so who's going first?" said Kelly
"I'll go" said Lily grabbing one of the tests off the coffee table, and headed towards the bathroom.
'She could be pregnant, I could be dad. I hope she is, then we can give it a proper go, she's feeling it again, I know our relationship isn't just physical, not to either of us' thought James
Kelly and Mari stayed silent for the next few minutes, until Lily came back into the room.
"Right, next" said Lily as she entered the living room again, holding the test, and putting it on the coffee table.
"Okay, I'm going. Wait how do I..." said Mari
"There's a diagram inside the box" said Lily
"Well I guess you would know, this is your what 10th pregnancy test" said Mari
"Fourth if you don't mind" replied Lily. Mari left the room.
'FOURTH! She's been pregnant before, she didn't tell me. Why didn't she tell me?'
"Fourth! What the fuck?" spluttered Kelly
"I've had a few scares that's all" said Lily
"Okay I'm done, now what?" said Mari anxiously
"Now we wait three minutes" said Lily
"How am I supposed the wait three minutes" wailed Mari.
"Hold on, Lily why didn't you tell me about your 'little scares'?" said Kelly
"I didn't see the need. I was young and stupid, I wasn't ready. I didn't even tell James" said Lily
"What happened? When?" asked Kelly
"The first one was in 7th year, I was terrified I'd only been seeing James for a few months, I wasn't ready" said Lily, "the second one was a few weeks after our honeymoon. I was still petrified, I was only 19. I thought about telling James, but when the test came back negative, I didn't see the point, neither of us were ready to be parents"
"And the third?"
"Ah the most fucked up thing that has ever happened to me. It was about 3 months ago, this one terrified me the most. I had ran out of excuses, before I was only 17, then 19 but now I'm 22 we'd been married for 4 years. It came back negative but I was still freaking out. I started to pull away from James and... we ended up in divorce court"
"Oh"
"Yeah, oh" said Lily
"What about this time?" asked Kelly
"This time it's not so scary" replied Lily
"So you want it to be positive?" said Kelly
"I dunno, it's not great timing or circumstances and there's a million reasons why I shouldn't. But I guess there could be worse things" said Lily
"What about you, Mari?" said Kelly
"I don't know, I just don't fucking know. Shit, shit, fuck, shit"
"It'll be okay, if you are he'll be a great dad, you know he will" said Lily trying to reassure Mari
"I know" admitted Mari
'She knows, Lily knows it's my baby' thought Sirius, under the cloak
"Wait, you told Lily who the father is, but you won't tell me" said Kelly
"I don't even know if I am pregnant or not" said Mari
"Well, we're about to find out" said Lily, "It's time" she went over and picked up her test.
"Well?" said Kelly impaitently
"Negative" said Lily, disappointed, "C'mon Mari, your turn"
Mari went over and picked up her test, "Positive, shit" said Mari before collapsing onto the sofa in tears, "Wh-what am I g-going to do?"
"Hey don't worry it'll be alright" said Lily
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Sirius couldn't take it anymore, he threw the cloak off of the three of them, and went over to Mari and pulled her into his arms.
"Hey come on, don't cry, you don't have to worry. We'll get through this together. Whatever you decide I'll support you no matter what" he said to her.
"You don't have to, you don't have to feel guilty. I got myself into this mess" sobbed Mari as she clung onto Sirius
"Hey, don't talk like that. I love you and I love our baby" he said emotionally.
"Maybe we should give them some privacy" said Lily, who could feel James' eyes boring into her.
She, Kelly, Remus and James went into the boys' flat.
"Uh Kels, I think we should leave these two alone as well" said Remus.
"Yeah" said Kelly as she allowed Remus to steer her out of the room.
"Lily" said James
"James"
"You know that talk we didn't feel ready to have?"
"Uh huh"
"It's time to now"