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Chapter 13,

"Awww, look at this one." Sirius cooed holding up a onesie with a snitch on it.

"Or this one!" James showed as similar outfit with a quaffle on it.

"What if it's a girl?" Lily asked. The boys looked at each other and rolled their eyes.

Lily had been living with Black and Potter for three months. Sirius was moving out and in with his girlfriend and Lily was becoming James's roommate. She had a doctors appointment in an hour that was going to tell them the gender of her baby. Both Sirius and James were excited and giddy. Lily looked at Remus for some support.

"Let them have their fun." Remus said with a smile. "After all how often does a baby come into their lives?"

"If that baby knows what's good for it, it'll stay in there until they mature." Lily said. Remus laughed and the other two looked at him questioningly.

"Miss Evans, I have the gender of your baby." The doctor said happily. Lily couldn't tell who was more excited, James or Sirius. Both were praying for a boy. Remus was sitting on a roller chair next to her and smiling pleasantly with one leg crossed over the other. The doctor opened the envelope and smiled. "Miss Evans, in four months you will give birth to a baby boy."

"YES!" James and Sirius cheered. Lily put her hands to her mouth and cried with joy.

On their way out, James turned to Lily and asked the question they were all thinking.

"So what are you going to name him?"

"I like the name Harry." Lily said.

"You should name him something cool." Sirius said. "Something like, The Destroyer!"

"Why yes that would be a perfect name, for a battleship." Lily said dryly. James and Remus sniggered and Sirius glared at her.

"You're lucky you're preggie or I'd pay you back for that." Sirius sighed. "How about…ooh…Voldemort Killer!" Lily felt a pang of betrayal and pain in her heart but pushed it aside.

"How about not."

"Make his middle name Crack." Sirius suggested with a grin.

"Harry Crack Evans?" Remus said. Sirius and James howled with laughter.

"Or better yet, Harry Crack Potter." Lily and Remus rolled their eyes and walked off leaving the howling boys behind.

"So are you excited about having a son?" Remus asked as they walked down the street.

"Yeah, I mean you all are so great and I feel like I'm surrounded by family." Remus put his arm around her shoulder and gave her a one armed hug. James and Sirius caught up to them and they all walked home.

James and Lily were at the baby department store picking out all sorts of things. They were looking at cradles when James spoke.

"You'll make a beautiful mother, Lily." James noticed that Lily was cradling the teddy bear they were going to get for little Harry like a baby.

"Can I help you with anything?" a sales person asked.

"I think we're good." James said.

"What do you recommend for strollers?" Lily asked.

"Well you want one that will let you look at the baby." the woman said leading them off to the side. James followed, slightly sour. He didn't like sales help all that much. "Might I suggest this one?" Lily looked at the model while James lagged behind.

He had gotten into the habit of admiring her from afar again. Pregnant suited her quite well. She had been showing for a while now, and it seemed that week by week the bump was getting bigger. Lily looked back at him with a smile, her deep red hair over her shoulder and her emerald eyes sparkling.

She returned to him shortly.

"Did you find a good one?" he asked. Lily nodded. They wrapped up their shopping and paid for their items.

"Is this going to be your first? An elderly woman asked as she rang up their items. Lily nodded. "It's always nice to see young couples having their first baby." James looked at Lily. He put his arm around her and she smiled at him.

Back at home they began setting up the nursery. James had just finished assembling the crib when he stopped and looked at Lily.

"I've been thinking about what that woman said about it." Lily, who was wall papering the walls with snitches and quaffles, stopped and looked at him. James came over and took her hand. "I want to be your boyfriend, maybe even someday your husband." Lily couldn't answer. Her throat was tight. Probably in an act to protect herself, her mind blocked out every thought of Voldemort and pushed words from her mouth.

"Are you asking me out or proposing?" Lily asked with a laugh. James laughed too.

"Asking you out." He answered.

"I suppose it's about time I gave you a chance." Lily said. James smiled broadly at her.

"I won't make you regret it."

The beauty of having been friends with James for a couple years was that he knew what she liked. He took her for a sunset walk around the park then they had a picnic. It was all so romantic.

After they ate, they walked to the ice cream parlor and shared a banana split. "So did you have fun."

"Yes." Lily said with a broad smile. "Who would have thought that we would actually date."

"Me." James said. "I've been hoping since third year." Lily stared at him with wide eyes.

"You've had a crush on me for almost seven years?" Lily asked in amazement. James nodded.

"Yeah, I'm a bit of a dork." James said. He took her hand and they ate their ice cream.

They returned home a little after midnight laughing. "That was so much fun." Lily said through her laughter.

"I know!"

"God, I need to take a shower." Lily said. James wrapped his arms around her waist. Lily turned in his arms and looked at him.

"It was everything I hoped it would be." James said. Lily felt her cheeks warm a bit. "I really want to kiss you right now."

"I want you to kiss me." Lily answered softly. Lily pushed her lips against his and wrapped her arms around his neck. After the kiss was broken, James touched her cheek softly.

In mid July the heat had become unbearable. It didn't help that Lily was in the middle of her eighth month and very pregnant. James would often come home to a freezing charm around the living room and Lily on the sofa looking quite miserable.

He greeted her with a kiss and then he would talk to Harry before he helped Lily with dinner.

Since it was so hot, Lily couldn't handle going outside for more then a few minutes, meaning that she usually had a lot of time to think about things.

More often then not, she thought about Voldemort. She felt stupid for still having feelings for him, especially when she was involved with James.

Sometimes she would remember his kiss and his touch, but then she would feel miserable. She wished that she could forget about him, she wished that she had discovered the mature and romantic side of James Potter before she had gotten tangled up with Voldemort.

Lily thought for hours about what she could have possibly done to make him want her dead. Sure they had fought quite a few times, but why did he want her dead?

"Hey Prego!" Lily jumped and looked over at Sirius.

"Shut up Black." She groaned.

"Prongs sent me over to check up on you." Sirius walked over to the sofa and gave her a hug. "So how are you?"

"It's so hot, and my son has a big head."

"Just like his surrogate dad." Sirius said with a strait face. Lily laughed but stopped when her stomach hurt. "What's wrong?"

"Cramp." Lily supposed. With help from Sirius she sat up. She hadn't felt right for the past few days. Perhaps that was why James was worried. Her head ached and she was constantly having cramps. "This kid is killing me."

Sirius put his hand on Lily's belly. "Stop hurting your mommy." Sirius told the unborn Harry. Lily closed her eyes and sighed. "Cute little stinker."

Lily put a hand on her abdomen, she noticed that it was firmer then usual. "Sirius, can you take me to the doctor?"

"What's wrong?"

"I'm worried is all, I want to know that everything is okay." Sirius nodded. He put her shoes on and took her out to his motorcycle. "Why did James buy you that damn thing?" Lily asked.

"'Cause it rocks." Sirius said. He handed her a helmet. Lily gave him a look. "Oh, right, pregnant." He put the helmets down and walked to the curb and haled the Knight Bus. "St. Mungos, and step on it." Sirius told Ernie the bus driver. He sat Lily down and held her hand.

Even though there were a load of other people on the bus, Ernie went to the hospital first. When they arrived, Sirius helped her off the bus and took her into the hospital.

Lily was taken into a room and given an exam. Lily was wheeled out of the hospital room and she saw James standing with Sirius. "Lily!"

"We're going to perform a C section." The doctor told James. A nurse handed James a scrub and a mask.

"I have to do it?" James cried in a daze.

"No." The nurse said in mild annoyance. "You can be in the room with her, you are the father right?"

"Yes."

James went into the room with Lily and held her hand.

"James, he's early, he's early James." Lily sobbed. James kissed her sweaty forehead. "I'm scared."

"I know, I'm right here darling." Lily squeezed his hand as the doctors cut into her stomach. Curiosity caused James to look over. Lily saw all the color leave his face and he looked faint.

"Everything will be okay." He said weakly. Lily squeezed her eyes closed and gripped his hand tightly. James squeezed her hand back, just as scared as she was.

They both looked over as they heard the cries of little Harry Evans. Lily's sobs turned from sobs of fear to cries of joy. The nurse cleaned little Harry and another brought in a potion.

"What's that?" James asked, getting color back into his face. The nurse took James into the hallway as the other nurse tended to baby Harry and Lily.

"You're baby will be monitored closely for a while to make sure that he'll be alright." James opened his mouth to speak but she kept speaking. "He's a little early, but we are sure that he will be able to survive. Your wife…"

"Oh, she's my girlfriend." James corrected, slightly sad.

"…your girlfriend's uterus was slightly misshapen, I'm surprised it wasn't caught earlier. She'll need to spend a day or two in recovery, and we'll keep watch over the baby. The doctor is giving him a potion right now that will help keep him healthy."

James walked along side of the stretcher as Lily was taken into a recovery room. After she was settled down James sat next to her and took her hand.

"Lily, I realized some things yesterday, when you were lying on the sofa and I was sitting next to you and we took turns singing to little Harry." He took a deep breath. "Lily, I love you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

"I love you too, James."

"Marry me, Lily." Lily's heart began to race. She looked into James's eyes and smiled softly.

"Okay." She answered. A large happy smile broke on James's face and he kissed her tenderly. James pulled out a diamond ring and slid it on her finger. "I want to see Harry."

"Do you feel up to it?"

"I feel fine." Lily said. "They put a potion on my stomach to numb the pain." She gave him a knowing smile. "You nearly fainted."

"Did not." James said irritably. He helped her into a wheelchair and they were about to leave when Sirius, Remus and Peter all came bursting in with flowers, balloons and candies.

"So where is the little bundle of joy?" Sirius asked after giving Lily a hug.

"They're caring for him right now. They told me that he'll be fine but they want to keep a close watch over him."

"We're going to visit him right now." James said. He pushed Lily into the hall and they all went to the baby care ward. Suddenly Sirius spoke.

"Is that a diamond I see on your finger Lily?" Sirius asked in a sing song voice. Lily blushed and nodded. Sirius giddily clapped and seemed very childish. They made it to the ward and James helped Lily stand and she looked into the cradle surrounded by hard plastic and smiled softly. She put a hand on the plastic and Harry waved his hand at her.

"Hello my precious." Lily cooed. Little Harry looked at her with wide emerald green eyes and sucked on his fingers.

"He's so cute." Sirius gushed. "Look at his widdle hands." Remus smiled at the baby and gave Lily a soft hug.

"He's a beautiful baby, Lily."

"A baby and a wedding! Oh I'm so happy!" Sirius carried on. James wrapped his arms around Lily's shoulders and she rested her head against his shoulder. She suddenly looked sad.

"What's wrong?"

"I want to hold my baby, I want to know that he's going to be alright." Lily said, tears brimming in her eyes.

"He will be alright." James said. "He's your son, Lily, he's strong like you are."

"He looks so fragile."

"He is fragile, but he's going to be okay." James assured her. Together they looked at their son. James kissed Lily's temple and whispered love into her ear.

TBC

So now Lily and James are to be married! And little Harry has been born! Cute widdle baby Potter. Anyway I'll update soon. Enjoy!