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Chapter 14—The Married Life

James took a deep breath before entering their bedroom, where Lily was putting away her clean clothes. After the wedding, they moved into the same room, and Remus got his own room, instead of sharing with Sirius. After James knocked, Lily responded.

"Who is it?"

"It's me, babe."

"Come on in, you don't have to knock."

"I need to tell you something." James said.

"Okay, shoot." Lily replied casually, while folding a shirt.

"Will you sit down with me?"

"Sure." Lily replied uneasily. "You seem nervous, James, what's up?"

"Okay, so we've been married, say, two weeks now, right?"

"Yes." Lily replied slowly.

"So, I want to be completely honest with you." James said. Lily also became nervous and bit her lip. "You know Remus is a werewolf, correct?"

"Yes."

"Well, when Sirius, Peter, and I found out, we wanted to do something to help. We were working at it and finally accomplished it in fifth year."

"What did you do?" Lily asked, as if she didn't want to know the answer.

"I'm an animagus."

"What?" Lily cried out and shot out of her seat.

"Lily, please! Sit! Let me explain!" James instructed. Lily sat with her arms crossed but exploded before James could explain.

"How could you not tell me! We're MARRIED, James Potter, in case you forgot! You don't keep something this important from your WIFE!" She shouted.

"LILY!" James yelled to get her quiet. "Remus is one of my BEST friends! He needed help and we couldn't just wait for him to get past the pain! Humans can't be around a wolf, but animals CAN! It was the only way!" James argued. Lily sighed and put her head in her hands.

"I don't want to yell. I don't want to mess things up." She said in a shaking voice.

"Lily, I'm sorry I've never told you before, but this is a huge deal, and I didn't want you to accidentally let it slip!"

"It's just a shock. I mean, I assumed even you would never do something this stupid."

"It's not stupid, Lily. No matter how you felt about me at school, I did it to help a best friend, not to seem amazing to everyone else."

"So what are you?" Lily asked.

"What?"

"What animal are you? Sirius? Peter?" Lily repeated. James let out a huge breath.

"I'm a stag. Sirius is a dog and Peter is a rat." Lily snorted.

"A rat?"

"It was all he could manage." Lily smiled.

"Not mad?" James asked. Lily hesitated.

"I guess not. You really should have told me, James."

"I know."

"I mean, I kept Remus's secret forever."

"I know."

"So I guess this explains the night in the common room."

"I know. Wait, what?" James asked.

"One early morning during seventh year, Katie and I saw you three cut up and bleeding on the couch, exhausted. Then, I realized it was a full moon. I didn't say anything to Katie, though. I just always wondered why you three were there and hurt."

"Oh."

"One more thing, Lils." Lily groaned.

"What?"

"The ministry doesn't know."

"Oh, James! You could get in serious trouble!"

"They won't find out! We were underage when we did it, so we couldn't tell! I promise you they won't find out."

"Okay."

"That's it? Okay?" James was surprised.

"Yes. I don't want to fight. Is that everything you've kept from me?"

"Yes."

"You swear?"

"I swear." James walked over and kissed her softly on the lips. "I feel like I've lost 300 pounds." James laughed and Lily joined him, putting her arms around him.

TWO YEARS LATER!

"Hey, we've got to get to the Ministry. Are you okay to come?" Lily walked up behind James. A month ago, Mr. and Mrs. Potter were murdered and robbed by Death Eaters. It completely killed James and Sirius, and they were both still getting over it. There was a soft knock at the door, and they looked to see Katie there.

"Are you coming with us? Sirius said he would. I think they want us all there for some meeting." Katie said.

"Yeah, I'll come." James said, ruffling his hair.

Once they all apparated to the Ministry, they met in the conference room, where Fudge was sitting at a table.

"Please, have a seat." He said to the five of them. (Peter included, too)

"We've noticed that by now you've all turned twenty-one or older, which is the age we usually stop training and begin recruiting new Aurors. We think all five of you would be great additions to us. Would you like to join?"

"Of course!" Everyone except Peter announced immediately and they looked at him.

"O-Of course." He stuttered.

"Well then. Excellent. You understand you must be on call at all times and ready to enter battle, especially now with the growing threat."

"We understand, sir." Katie spoke for all of them.

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"Lilyyyyyy. Let's go shopping." Katie came up into Lily and James's room. "I'm bored. Sirius, James and Remus are working at the Ministry tonight."

"Alright. Yeah, I guess we could go."

"Good!" Katie grinned and they gathered their stuff and apparated to the Leaky Cauldron.

"Oh, this is cute, definitely perfect for you, Kate." Lily grabbed a cute blue shirt that matched Katie's eyes.

"Love it!" Katie added it to the collection of clothes she was buying.

After they bought their clothes, they stopped for ice cream sundaes at the ice cream shop. It was a beautiful, warm and breezy day, so they sat outside, enjoying their ice cream.

"Katie, I think I'm pregnant."

"What?" Katie said, surprised.

"I don't know, I mean, I threw up yesterday morning, then felt fine later and I felt a little nauseous this morning too. I just have this feeling that I'm pregnant."

"Wow. Did you mention this to James?" Katie asked. Lily shook her head.

"No."

"He's your husband, Lils. You should tell him." Katie advised.

"I just don't know how he'll take it. Plus, I'm not sure if it's true or not. It could just be some weird sickness I'm getting."

"Maybe." Katie said, and they were silent for a little while. "But it would be good, right? If you are having a baby?" Katie finally spoke.

"I don't know. I mean, I've always wanted a child, but we just started a real career and it's just not the best time. I'm only twenty-one, too. Well, James is twenty-two, but anyway, isn't that a little early to have a kid?"

"Well, you should have thought of that before." Katie grinned.

"Oh, shut up." Lily said, but grinned also.

"You really should tell James, though."

"I know. I'm just worried."

"I understand. I can't imagine telling Sirius."

"Yeah."

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"I think Lily's mad at me for something." James told the other guys.

"Why do you think that?" Remus asked.

"She's just acting weird. Not talking to me as much, and just seems distracted."

"Ask her what's up." Sirius said simply.

"It's not that easy, Padfoot."

"It could be."

"A-Are you sure you didn't say or do something?" Peter asked James.

"I can't think of anything. I've been trying to all week, but I've got nothing."

"I hate to say this, but is she having second thoughts about the marriage?" Remus asked.

"I truly hope not."

"Maybe you got married too early." Sirius suggested.

"Don't say that, Padfoot!" James slammed his fist on his desk, then rested his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands.

"Sorry, mate."

"H-Have you thought about marrying Katie?" Peter asked Sirius. Sirius exhaled deeply.

"Yeah, I have. I just don't know if it's right."

"Not right? I thought you loved each other?" Remus put in.

"I do love her. She loves me too, but I mean, me, a married guy? I can't picture it too well."

"You don't think it will last with her?" James finally spoke. Sirius was silent for a while.

"I want it too. Honestly. I just hope she does. I mean, Katie's kind of like me, when you think about it. She started 'dating', while really just making out, in second year. Most 12 year olds don't, but we both did. The longest 'relationship' I've had besides these 3 years with Katie is about a month with that Maria girl in fourth year."

"Think about it, Sirius. 3 years is a while. I mean, Lily and I got together shortly after you and Katie, and we're married already."

"Yeah. Well, hey, maybe we'll get married. I think I'll just take it as it goes."

"Good idea." Remus told him.

"Sirius, can you ask Katie what's up with Lily for me?"

"Yeah, I'll try, Prongs."

"Thanks, mate."

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"Katie! Come here!" Katie heard Lily call.

"Where are you?"

"In the bathroom!"

"Why?"

"Just come!"

Katie slowly opened the bathroom door. "What?" She asked, then noticed Lily was holding an at home pregnancy test.

"It's negative!" She grinned and laughed. Katie went over and hugged her.

"So I guess it's good that you're not, if you're this happy."

"Yeah, but I still do want a kid, just not now."

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"Kates?" Sirius called and knocked lightly on her door. Katie smiled as he came in. Sirius's amazing dark hair was flopped perfectly in his gorgeous eyes.

"Come in." She was propped up on her bed, reading a book. "May I…" Sirius gestured towards the bed.

"Sure." He sat down and looked at her.

"I've got a question from James."

"Okay."

"What's up with Lily? She's been acting weird lately. He's scared she doesn't want to be married anymore."

"Oh! It's nothing like that at all! She's crazy about him." Katie responded.

"Good. So what was wrong with her?"

"Oh, she, erm, just wasn't feeling well, but she's feeling better now."

"Alright, then. Come here, you." Sirius grinned pulled her towards him and kissed her lips deeply.

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