Ch.32, Hello Harry

Of course, Remus as ecstatic. He did something very similar to what James did, but didn't pick her up. Melissa laughed and congratulated them, and then Lily and James popped in.

Then, to the annoyance of the boys, all three girls shrieked and hugged each other. This lasted for about 5 minutes, during which the boys congratulated each other in a "civilized" manor, which included conjuring earplugs.

Soon, Melissa reminded them of the girls' aura stone colours, which caused another 10 minutes of shrieking and hugging and talking.

So after all that, Melissa glanced at Sirius and he smiled and nodded.

"Okay girls, you won't believe what happened earlier today." she said.

"What?" Lily asked.

"You didn't say the magic word." Melissa said in a sing song voice.

"Please?" Len asked, and all three girls were getting more and more hyper by the minute.

"I don't know..."

"Pretty please?"

"Pretty please with sugar on top?"

"Pretty please with sugar and chocolate on top?

"You're forgetting something!"

"Pretty please with sugar, chocolate, cherries, icing and caramel on top?" Len said, sending all three girls into a fit of giggles so they didn't even realize their husbands leaving the room to get a snack and more earplugs.

Melissa held up her hand. "Sirius proposed!"

The boys were glad they got earmuffs, as this was the girls' loudest shriek yet.

"Ok, details girl!" Len demanded.

"Well..."

Flashback+

Melissa had gone out shopping in Diagon Alley, just for some simple groceries, as they were out of milk. She arrived home at the precise time she was expected, but the lights were off. She went into the kitchen by memory, and turned on the light. Putting her groceries in the fridge, she went out to the living room, only to see a sight that made her gasp in surprise.

Someone had decorated the living room to be a very romantic setting. There was a table set for two, with candles and dinner that was charmed not to get cold. Soft music was playing in the background, and while she was standing there gawking, someone put their hands over her eyes playfully.

"Guess who?" the extremely familiar voice asked.

"You did all this?" she asked, turning around to see Sirius standing there.

"Yep. I remembered that today, all those years ago, this was the first day I considered asking you out." he said.

She gave him a tight hug, and a kiss. They went over and ate their dinner. After they finished desert (ice cream) the music got louder, and Sirius said in a mock voice, "Would the beautiful lady care do dance?"

Melissa giggled and said, playing along, "Why yes good sir, the beautiful lady would like to dance."

So they danced, for, oh who knows how long, but soon they were heading back to the table.

Melissa looked curiously as Sirius bit his lip, and reached into his pocket.

Melissa's eyes widened as he came over to her end of the table and got down on one knee.

"Melissa, I love you, and frankly, I have no idea what I did to deserve you. I've never felt for anyone the way I feel for you, and I don't think I ever could. Would you do me the honour of becoming my wife? Melissa Smith, will you marry me?" in his hand was a small velvet box that contained a single, diamond ring.

Melissa, with tears brimming in her eyes, said, "Yes!" and flung her arms around her fiance, and he kissed her, to stunned for words that she had actually said yes.

End Flashback+

"Oh my gosh! That was so romantic!" Lily shrieked.

"I know! He was just so sweet!" Melissa said happily.

"Are you girls done yet?" James' voice called out from the kitchen.

All three girls simultaneously rolled their eyes, that sent them into another fit of giggles.

So, once everyone was done talking, Len and Remus contacted Dumbledore to discuss things like the parameters of Maternity leave and such. It was decided that Len would teach classes for a few months, but then go onto official leave, and it will last until the baby was six months old. It was similar parameters with the Auror office for Lily.

The next day, Len went into Hogwarts to be met with congratulations by all the teachers and the Head Boy and Girl. Before Len arrived, (she was only at Hogwarts during class hours) Dumbledore made a speech.

"Now I am sure you have all noticed that even though this dreadful bout of flu has ended, one of our teachers still has not returned."

At this point, the 6th year JM were listening intently, as they had missed their favourite teacher. They hardly ever pranked her, but they still did. Just to make it seem as if she didn't favour them. But it was obvious.

"I am both happy, and sorry to announce, that our Defense against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Lupin, will be leaving around March."

The entire Griffindor table booed loudly. Dumbledore smiled.

"However, this will be temporary. She will be rejoining us the next year, after her Maternity leave has ended!"

The JM's faces broke out into smiles. There were a few cheers, mainly from anywhere but the Slytherins, and plenty of whispers. The older students were explaining to the younger ones what Maternity leave meant.

"So I would like to ask that no pranks be played on her, because there is almost no way of telling how it will effect the baby. Thank you, now go gossip." he finished with a smile.

When Len began her class, all the Griffindors clapped and cheered. She most definitely favoured them above the other houses, as whenever McGonnagle temporarily left the school with Dumbledore on official business, she was appointed temporary head of Griffindor.

It was similar at the Ministry for Lily. Even people who weren't in the Auror's office, like the obsessed Secretary to the Minister, Cornilious Fudge, who ran around the building all day because the Minister found it amusing to watch him run around in a sort of half bow, and practically scream with excitement every time the Minister asked for coffee.

So the months passed, Remus got a job, Lily and Len went off work with a good-bye party form the Griffindors, and Melissa took on a perilous task.

She and a few friends from the Order were planning a joint baby shower for Lily and Len. They went muggle shopping one day because they couldn't find what they were looking for in the wizard world. Luckily their friend from the Order was muggle born, so she knew all this stuff.

Melissa passed a display of a strange looking toy, and asked Samantha what they were. She explained it to the best of her abilities, and Melissa decided that Sirius would love one of these for his birthday. So she bought one.

Lily was at home with Len, and was fuming. Due to her and Len's pregnancy, Dumbledore had told her not to go on an Order mission that the rest of the group were attending. Lily had put up a good fight, and in the end, Dumbledore had discreetly asked if Melissa would mind staying to calm her down.

Len wasn't nearly as worried about Sirius or James as she was about Remus. He was in Saint Mungo's, because it was the full moon. He had told her that his last few transformations hadn't been nearly as hard as the ones a few years ago, because the Healers had perfected the Wolvesbane potion. So really only James and Sirius were on a mission.

Lily was also testy because she had gone on Maternity leave a week ago, and didn't have a thing to do. All the group members didn't dare say a thing that could possibly annoy her, as she had taken to yelling at people as a form of exercise.

But the girls were planning a surprise birthday party for Sirius. Melissa told them what she had gotten him, and Lily and Len cracked up with laughter.

"What's so funny?" Mel asked.

"T-That toy is meant for 6 year olds!" Len explained between laughs.

So the day came, and Sirius was, as he put it, "Seriously surprised!" but there were only a few forced laughs at the long-old pun.

But then, Sirius unwrapped Melissa's present. (duh duh duh duhhhh) His face lit up like a child's at Christmas as he heard the song that went with it.

(Disclaimer: Not mine)

Slinky,

slinky,

everybody loves a slinky,

slinky,

slinky,

go slinky go!

After the muggle-borns that were at the large party explained what to do with it, Sirius conjured up a very long staircase. (Has anyone seen Ace Ventura: Pet Detective? That one with the bat, at the beginning there is this really long staircase, it goes up a mountain, about that long.)

By the end of the day, Lily had a silencing charm on him, because, as she had justified herself, "He wouldn't shut up!"

Soon, it became a little dangerous for Lily and Len. They didn't have a defense. They couldn't transform while pregnant, they couldn't apparate now that they were seven months in, and travelling by Port Key wasn't highly recommended. If they were attacked they wouldn't stand a chance if they were outnumbered.

A few days later, the Healers were able to predict when exactly the baby would come. Lily's child's birthday would be July 31st, and Len would be around August tenth. Sirius still had his slinky.

"I can't believe it! I never though muggles were so smart! (receives glares from Lily and Len) Er... no offense of course. 'Slinky, slinky, everybody loves a slinky,'" he said, just fading off the song as he saw that Lily's wand was nearby.

More months passed, and at one time Lily's mood swings got the better of her and she made James sleep on the sofa. Of course, she apologized once she was herself again.

But then, the day came. Lily went into labor, and taken to Saint Mungos. James got frustrated when they wouldn't let him in, but let Melissa and Len in. They had already decided on a name for either a boy or a girl.

"James, relax, she'll be fine, and you're making a hole in the floor." Remus said jokingly. James had not stopped pacing for hours.

But the screams that came from inside the room were not that helpful.

Hours later, when the combined efforts of both Remus and Sirius, who threatened to start singing the Slinky Song if he didn't stop pacing, James was sitting down. But he jumped up right away as a Healer came out of the room.

"You're her husband, correct?" he asked James. He nodded.

The Healer smiled. "You can go in and see her now. There is a certain someone you might want to introduced to."

James raced in, not even caring that Sirius and Remus had not been allowed in, and saw Lily, exhausted, but holding a small bundle of blankets.

Lily smiled when she saw him, and Melissa and Len left, sensing a family bonding moment.

"James, would you like to say hello to you're son?" she asked, and handed him the small bundle.

He took the sleeping boy carefully, and saw, with a smile, that he already had a small tuff of untidy black hair.

"Hello Harry."

IMPORTANT!

Okay, say it with me, AWWWWW! Just to tell you, I plan on finishing this before the summer ends, because with me going into high school, I wont have much time to write. Also, I have decided not to let Len and Melissa die, but to have them go into hiding in Canada. Sorry, but I have to take the out of the story some how! But that will happen in the epilogue. Still a few chapies to come, but will be done by the summer! But whenever I get a holiday that lasts more than a week, I will be starting a new story. I need you're vote on which one I should do first. No extra ideas plz!

(1) a story where Lily isn't that popular, but still falls in love with James after he sees the real her after a summer.

(2)a Harry/Ginny story where Lily and James return. I know I have already done one of those but I like the idea. Can either be as ghosts or actually alive.

(3) a story where James (can't be Lily, sorry, all people who read book five know what I'm talking about) survived the attack and raised Harry himself.

Personally I would prefer to write (1) first, but since I will probably write all of them sooner or later, pick the one you want to see during the Christmas holidays.

Now the only way you can vote is to REVIEW!