A.N I'm so sorry it's been ages, but hey, I've had computer trouble and time trouble. Besides, I've been typing up a new chapter for Return of Lord Voldemort, which hasn't been updated for MONTHS. So anyways, here's the story. Please remember to review. Even if you have nothing to say.
"My Son"
Feeling shaken and completely lost, James walked down the hall until he reached a small room which had a dozen chairs littered about and books on the floor.
James noticed one laying open showing an article which said "Lockhart's guide to becoming a dad!" there was a big shiny picture of a blonde wizard grinning widely to show off his white teeth and looking down at the baby boy in his arms.
James smirked when he noticed the baby was crying madly, its cheeks were red and he wore a furious expression on his face.
James collapsed in a chair and raised a hand to his head, he felt like he had two wands probing his temples and the fat lady in the pink dress jumping on his head. He closed his eyes and groaned.
"James? James Potter?"
James opened his eyes with a start and looked up, there standing was a wizard in his twenties looking at James with recognition and surprise. James smiled and stood up to shake the wizard's hand.
"Hey, Frank Longbottom right? How are you?" James said good-naturedly. Frank sighed heavily and laughed.
"Alice is having a baby," he said hopelessly. James clapped his shoulder and congratulated him.
"My Wife's having a baby too," he replied.
Frank looked at James with surprise again and said "wow, who's the unfortunate witch?" James chuckled.
"Lily Evans," he said thinking how strange it was to say her name like that again. He suddenly felt like he was back at Hogwarts in the boy's dormitory.
"Ah so you got the girl you wanted in the end? Well you always did James…none of the girls could resist you back at school, it made it a lot harder for the rest of us lads to find a girl." Frank said lightly. James shook his head to himself and laughed.
They both sat down in chairs. "So how long have you been here?" Frank asked. James ran a hand through his hair, Frank watched with slight amusement.
"About half an hour I think." James finally said heavily. It felt much longer than that.
"Ah, well we just arrived." Frank said.
James nodded and said "Oh right," there was suddenly an uncomfortable silence and the two men stared at the floor with identical expressions of worry for their wives.
"So do you know if it's a girl or boy?" Frank asked after a few moments. James smiled.
"No, Lily wanted it to be a surprise, but I know it has to be a boy," he said. Frank smiled politely.
"That's nice, I'd hate to have a boy, thankfully my wife went to have a scan in a muggle hospital and they said it's a girl," he said. James raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"What's wrong with having a boy?" he asked.
"Nothing," Frank said quickly. "I'd just much prefer to have a daughter," he continued then he shrugged.
The two men were silent again.
After a few long moments Sirius bounced into the room followed by a weary looking Remus.
"James! It's happening! You're becoming a father! I'm becoming a God father!" Sirius exclaimed as he jumped around with excitement and gave James a bone breaking hug.
James laughed and shook Remus' hand.
"How did you both find out?" James asked curiously, he was in such a panic with Lily before he didn't think about leaving a note or contacting anyone.
Sirius winked at him. "I just knew, had a feeling, you know," Remus rolled his eyes.
"He was snooping around in your bedroom looking for socks, when he noticed water all over the bed." He said calmly. James raised an eyebrow.
"You were looking for socks?" he asked Sirius in an amused voice. Sirius smiled guiltily.
Suddenly a blonde healer hurried into the room. "Mr Longbottom," she breathed, her large chest heaved up and down as she tried to regain her breath. She beckoned for Frank to follow her.
"Oh looks like my daughter's been born," he said happily to the men and turned to follow the healer, who shook her head as she began to walk away.
"No Mr Longbottom, it's a boy," James could here her say quietly. Frank's face paled.
"But we painted the room pink," he said helplessly. The two of them disappeared round a corner.
"Mate, how are you feeling?" Sirius asked seriously as James sat down in a chair with a sigh.
"I'm alright," he replied just as his stomach tightened. He hoped Lily was alright, it seemed wrong that he wasn't allowed to be with his wife.
"Stupid Mungos," he muttered under his breath, Lily had told him that he would be with her to hold her hand and tell her to breathe.
"Listen James, I know this is a bad time to say, but you need to know…" Remus said quietly. James looked up worriedly.
"What?" he asked. Sirius and Remus exchanged looks.
"Dumbledore knew where you were, that's how we knew." Remus said slowly. James shrugged.
"Okay well I thought the socks story was quite weak, especially as Sirius never wears socks." He said as he glanced at Sirius who shrugged.
"We had to lie, we couldn't risk Frank figuring anything out," Remus said quickly. James nodded.
"Alright, what's going on?" he asked quietly. Remus took a breath and sat down next to James.
"He's after you," Sirius said in a low voice. Cold chills ran down James' spine and his heart momentarily stopped beating. He swallowed.
"What do you mean," he murmured. Sirius rubbed his neck and sat down too.
"Dumbledore, he knows, he won't tell us how, but he knows that Voldemort is after you and Lily," Sirius said barely above a whisper. Panic began to race through James' veins; he stood up quickly and felt an impulse to run down the corridor to Lily.
"James," Remus said powerfully. James took a shuddering sigh as his heart raced; he looked at Remus who looked back at him worriedly.
"Actually what Sirius said isn't right," Sirius suddenly shook his head and looked pointedly at Remus who stopped talking. He sighed and said "He must know," to Sirius who sighed and looked down at the floor. James watched the two of them with fear.
"What are you not telling me?" he asked loudly. Remus placed a hand on his shoulder and looked at him hard.
"He's after your son," he whispered. James' eyes grew wide and fearful for a moment.
"My Son," he asked weakly.
Then, a piercing scream filled the air, without so much as a nod to either Remus or Sirius James dashed out of the room and hurried to the ward where Lily was.
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