CHAPTER TWO!!! WOOT WOOT!

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Something tickled her nose and she scrunched up her face against the offending air that wouldn't seem to leave her alone. She pushed at something soft in front of her that wouldn't move and gave a start when it snorted.

Lily's eyes flew open, squeezed shut at the light flooding the room, but it was still time enough to see the face so close to hers.

"Potter…Potter…can you please move…? Potter..!" She moaned, pushing harder on his chest. He grunted and opened his eyes.

"Lils…why are we on this couch…?"

"I don't…oh wait…" she rubbed her eyes and began to sit up. James immediately got out of the way and helped to pull her to a sitting position. She yawned and scooted over so he could have room to sit next to her. "We fell asleep after rounds last night…yes, I remember…ugh, I remember too the stench of that nasty little Slytherin…third year? No, second year? Oh, I'm too tired to remember." James smiled affectionately at her. Pushing a strand of hair out of her eyes and tucking it behind her ear, James was struck by an impulse. Sliding his arms under her, he picked her up damsel style, much to her sudden protest.

"Potter! What on earth are you doing, put me down."

"I'm taking you to bed."

"WHAT?"

"No, no! Your bed, not mine! It's Saturday and you can sleep in if you like, so I'm taking you upstairs."

"What about the stairs?" Lily asked sleepily, just as they came to the foot of them. James carefully tested with one foot, and when nothing happened, he went up the next one. As silence ensued, he grinned.

"Neat! I can go up the girls dormitory stairs! This is like a dream come true!"

"Oh shut up, Potter, Head boy has always been able to go on any of these in all the houses. But you are to use this privilege with respect and honor. Now, take me to bed."

"As you wish." He answered with a smile and continued up the stairs. After depositing her in her room, amidst her sleeping roommates, he went back down the stairs and just reached the bottom when a suspicious group of boys met his eyes. When I say that, I mean they had suspicious expressions on and consisted of mainly Marauders.

"Prongs, why were you in the girls dormitory?" Sirius asked, put out that he hadn't gone with him.

"I was putting Lily to bed, why?" Every boy in the room turned red with either anger, jealousy, or incredulity.

"I wasn't in bed with her, you perverts!" A few relaxed. "We fell asleep down here in the common room after our rounds last night so I carried her to her bed while she was still asleep so she wouldn't get angry at not being in her bed." He lied. Feeling guilty now, he excused himself with the statement that he needed to go get ready for the day and wondered how all of those boys had known he had gone up the girls' staircase and into their dormitory.

Sneaky, sneaky…

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Monday morning…

"So, Lils, you know that new class we're taking?" She nodded in the affirmative and he tentatively went on, "Well, um…are we…allowed to choose our partners?"

"Potter, didn't you listen to me on Friday? They're pairing us up and there's almost a one hundred percent chance that we wont be with someone from our class." James answered "Oh…right, how forgetful of me…" and sulked for the rest of breakfast. Thankfully, not many people noted how he had sat next to Lily and she hadn't thrown something or other of the breakfast-y material at his head, and for that he rejoiced. Her plan was working! She no longer glared at him, unless he really deserved it, and after two days, she had started speaking to him in a normal voice and they now walked and talked to each other whenever they passed by in the hall. He gleefully recalled the next step: friendship!

After they were dismissed from their last class, Lily pulled James aside. Smiling curiously at her, he wondered what she was on about. He soon found out.

"Dumbledore's going to make an announcement at dinner tonight, and after that will be our first class. I suggest you try to get most of your homework done before then, because I'm particularly sure that we won't have time afterwards."

"Alright." They stood there awkwardly for a few more seconds until Lily cleared her throat.

"Well…alright then. I'll, ah, see you at dinner. Bye." She quickly left the classroom. James stood still, watching her hair bounce with a goofy grin on his face. And that's how Sirius, Peter, and Remus found them when they realized he had not followed when the bell had rung. Sighing, Peter picked up James' book bag and Remus and Sirius heaved him to his feet. They drug him out of the classroom with knowing smiles adorning their faces.

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"Prongs, we'd thought we'd lost you back there. You barely moved or anything. What had Lilikins said to you this time?" James pushed food around his plate for a second before smiling reminiscently. Giving his friend the particulars, he was surprised to hear him hoot about the "See you at dinner…" part.

"What's so funny about that?" He demanded.

"I don't mean it in a bad way; it almost sounds like the thing you would say to your boyfriend." He stressed the last word silkily. James grinned happily.

"Really?" He almost squealed. Just then Remus came in, Peter a few minutes later, and after that Lily and her friends 'graced the boys with their presence and gave them the privilege of sitting next to three gorgeous girls'.

"Privilege, eh? Alright then; the feelings mutual." Lily was about to retort angrily until she noticed the sparkle in his eye and couldn't help a small smile. James leaned close to her and she was surprised at th

e first thought that entered her head: he smelled very nice!

"That's more like it, Lils." She let out a breath and laughed quietly as the Headmaster began to hush everyone in the hall. Neither of them noticed that half the female population was glaring in their direction. Dumbledore began with the usual pleasantries and as he did Lily and James continued to whisper back and forth.

"So, did you finish all your homework, like I told you to?" Lily asked. James nodded.

"Yes. Well, most of it. I still have to finish the conclusion for the DADA essay we were given yesterday, but with Quidditch the last few days I've had to spend more time on the field and less in the common room." Lily nodded sagely to him.

"That's understandable…I mean, you are the captain." James didn't say anything. Lily turned questioningly to him and saw that he was staring at her. She blushed, suddenly feeling self conscience for some weird reason. It's just James Potter!

"Ils sont tres beau."

"What are?" Lily asked quietly, almost fearing his answer. He smiled and looked at the hands in his lap.

"Your eyes." Those beautiful eyes widened at the compliment, a feeling stirring in her stomach that she had never felt in his presence before. She turned her gaze uncomfortably to the headmaster and only after she did, did James worked up the courage to look back at her…or the back of her head more like. She has a very pretty head….he thought, smiling at it before realizing he must look like an idiot, smiling at the back of a girls head, no matter how pretty, and turned his attention to the headmaster as well.

"Another note we must discuss is primarily for seventh years. In fact, it's only for seventh years. As I have already informed our Head students, the seventh years will be required to take a mandatory class before receiving the privilege to graduate. The topic this class falls under is Family and Home Development." Angry outcry's sounded from below him; Indignant refusals mostly, and girlish sighing from the rest. Dumbledore quieted the hall before continuing. "Your first class will be tonight, just to get everything started, and the rest will be on Saturday night after dinner until the end of the year. Now that everything is in order you may proceed to eat. Enjoy!" He sat down with a flourish as chatter broke out among his students. He smiled at two in particular, a crazy idea forming in his mind.

"Well, now everybody knows and I don't think it's going down very smoothly." Lily commented to James. April, her blonde-haired, blue eyed spontaneous friend, grabbed Lily's wrist from across the table.

"Is it true Lily? I mean, I heard rumors, but…oh my! How splendid! Now that Dumbledore confirms it that means it must be true!" April often spoke meaningless nonsense to those around her.

"This is going to be so boring!" Madeleine groaned from April's left. Madeleine, also a red head, with locks more blonde then auburn (as were Lily's), had warm brown eyes that lit up, on more then one occasion, whenever she debated. She was very passionate but motherly, confusing Lily as to why she wasn't happy that she'd actually get to practice those 'motherly' skills on a more receiving victim.

"Why do you say that, Maddy? One would think you'd love to hoard your authority on someone who only responds with gurgles."

"Are you kidding me, Lily? Why do you think I hang around with Sirius so much?"

"Hey!" yelled the offended, but it was muffled from food, coming out as more of a "Mah!".

"I rest my case." Maddy said, biting into an apple slice sprinkled with cinnamon. Sirius swallowed and playfully shoved her.

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"Is everyone here? Good, alright, hello everybody! My name is Professor Seldon, and I will be your teacher for Family Home and Development. Since this is a new class I will start with the rules. There is one, and I believe it is pretty easy to follow. You respect me, and I shall respect you." James scrutinized his new teacher with cynical eyes. She was of average height, with long wavy brown hair and hazel eyes, and a ready smile. She seemed nice enough, and from her copious smiling he saw that she had straight white sparkling teeth. She looks like a no-nonsense kind of person….James thought to himself, as she finished up with her introductions. Suddenly, before he knew what was happening, Professor Seldon turned to him and said, "Mr. Potter, please come to the front of the classroom."

James gulped, got up, and made his way hesitantly to the front. When he noticed everyone regarding him curiously, he flashed them all a smile and their faces relaxed and smiled back. Professor Seldon made a satisfied little noise in the back of her throat and James came to stand beside her, towering by at least a foot.

"Ah yes, just like your father, I see." She murmured, just loud enough for him to hear. He blushed a bright red (he had never liked to embarrass himself in front of grown ups, for some odd reason) and cleared his throat. To everybody else however she smiled and said clearly, "You all know your head boy, James Potter, don't you?" the class showed their confirmation by throwing out catcalls, whistles and laughs. Seldon smiled knowingly then asked Lily to join her and James at the front of the classroom. James smiled encouragingly to her before turning back to face their classmates. "And of course, you all know Lily Evans, top of her class, probably the most intelligent student in this whole school—" Lily's face flushed from the unexpected praise, not knowing what this new teacher was doing, "and hasn't had the best relationship with our head boy." Everyone in the room had stopped talking, all sound has ceased, and Lily and James exchanged wary glances. Professor Seldon smiled mischievously.

"What say we pair the two up?"

Silence reigned.

"I beg your pardon, professor? Paired for what?" Sirius asked from the back. The teacher looked at him as if he had just said something ridiculous.

"Why, for parents! You all must know that for the rest of the year you will be paired up with someone from your house and will have to take care of a baby?"

Many people slumped out of their seats in a dead faint.

"Oh dear…not exactly the response I was looking for. Beauxbatons was much more willing, I assure you, in fact they learned to enjoy it immensely. Now, here's what's going to happen…" She proceeded to give all the instructions, hand out the diaper bags, and then, when all that was finished, her grinning countenance returned to the front of the classroom, where James and Lily still stood uncertainly.

"Now, everyone, for the fun part! This part is special, because I'm now going to distribute the babies. Each one will be designed specifically to look like the child would if you and your 'spouse' actually parented a child in real life. I've always been so fascinated by this part so we'll do the head students first." She went to a box in the corner of the room and pulled out a plastic baby. She placed a spell on it and all of a sudden, in a swirl of colors, dark hair formed atop its head and bright green eyes blinked curiously up at the two, who stood over the bundle now wrapped in blue blankets with awe. Professor Seldon motioned for Lily to take the little baby boy and she did so gingerly, folding him in her small arms. James stood behind her and looked at it over her shoulder. They continued to stare at it as professor Seldon paired everyone else up and gave each 'couple' a baby, performed the spell, and laughed at each awestruck expression. Little cries began to fill the room, and exclamations of joy, horror, and "It's got my eyes!" issued from the mouths of all the fascinated students.

"Wow…Lils, look at him! He's got my hair and your gorgeous eyes. He'll be a heartbreaker like his dad someday." James joked but his implications caused Lily to blush again.

"He's so tiny…" She said after a few seconds of silence. He began to wave his little fist in the air and Lily caught it. She stuck out her pointer finger and he grabbed it, pulling it towards his mouth. Lily giggled and cooed at him. James watched the two adoringly, wishing this small, sweet moment could last.

"Now class, remember that this little child will behave just like a normal, human child would. You will have to be up in the middle of the night to feed it sometimes, but don't worry because the bottles I've given you will magically refill themselves after they're empty. There's burp cloths, pacifiers, and jars of baby food, just like the bottles, that refill themselves. Remember to record when the baby eats, when it naps and for how long, and the stock of diapers in your bags will re-multiply after being used. Now, I believe we're all done. Take care of the little darlings and remember to just have fun. Class dismissed."

All the girls in the room placed their babies delicately in their carriers and picked them up as the boys slung the diaper bags over their shoulders. By the time she was out in the hallway, Lily and James made their way over to Remus and Sirius who, spectacularly, had been partnered with April and Madeleine.

"Oh Maddy, let me see yours! Oh, she's precious! Just look at her James," they cooed at the little girl with wisp's of curly dark hair and hazel-brown eyes. She smiled and giggled at them which caused the teenagers to 'aww…' over her.

"Lily, look," April said softly, motioning for the red head to come see hers and Remus' baby. Another girl, April's baby, had fallen asleep, and had a full head of light, golden blonde hair.

"Oh April…She's even smaller then ours! And we got a boy, just look at those eyes!"

"They look just like yours, Lily!"

"Poor things got your messy hair, mate!" Sirius playfully shoved James and he self-consciously ran a hand through his 'messy' hair.

"I don't mind. It's cute on him." Lily murmured. The six began to make their way back to Gryffindor Tower. When they were all the common room, each boy allowed their 'wife' to sit on the couch and pull out their baby. They each kneeled down and began to play around with their child, making faces, making the babies laugh, but Remus and April just studied theirs and made small comments to each other. When Madeleine was about to put hers and Sirius' baby back into the carrier, Remus, who was holding his baby, woke up and everyone was able to see the dark, ocean-blue eyes blink innocently up at everyone.

"Oh look! They're gorgeous." April whispered. Remus looked up at her for second, smiled to himself then looked back at his baby.

"We need to name them, guys." Madeleine, always the responsible one said after a few minutes. Lily looked up and James and their eyes met. She smiled.

"How about James Jr.?" she asked. He laughed and shook his head.

"Nah, that would just make me look conceited."

"I concede to your obvious point. How about…David?"

"He doesn't much look like a David…"

"What's your Dad's name?"

"uh…well, I don't really want to say—"

"Oh, James, is it bad—?"

"It's…Octavius."

Silence.

A small giggle escaped her lips, causing James' head to snap up and regard her, aghast.

"Well, it's not as if I named him!"

"Oh, James, I'm just so glad you weren't named after him. I don't think I'd be able to look you in the eye if your name was Octavious."

"Yes, it is quite out-of-the-ordinary isn't it. Also too...octangular. What about your dad?" Lily winced.

"Arnold. I think it's funny too." They both laughed. "Well," Lily said, after they had calmed a bit, "this is getting us nowhere. Let's just pick something off the top of our head." James mumbled something under his breath.

"What?"

"My favorite uncle's name is Harrison. Doesn't he look like a Harrison?"

"Kind of…yes, I can see it! That's perfect! But I despise long names, and I just have to shorten it. How about we call him Harry?" James smiled at her and unexpectedly wove his fingers through hers.

"Perfect."

"Lily!" Madeleine said, getting her attention. "Sirius and I have finally agreed on Olivia. Do you think it fits her?" Lily instantly agreed herself.

"And yours, April?"

"We named our little girl Sophie." She said, smiling shyly at Remus.

"Oh, how cute! She looks like a Sophie…nice and quiet. I daresay, you wont have to get up half the time we will." Madeleine groaned. "Speaking of which, how are we supposed to get you boys out of your dormitory down here to help in the night?"

"Weren't you listening, Maddy? Professor Seldon gave us these little buttons where when you push it, your 'spouse' will hear a ringing and that's supposed to tell them to meet up with you to help with the baby." April answered, hoisting Sophie higher in her arms.

"Perfect. I shall push it anyway, just to annoy you Madeleine." Sirius said, slinging an arm around her shoulders. She groaned again.

"Just my luck…"

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There you go everyone! Chapter two is finished! HORAY! WOOT WOOT!

Danielle

P.S. I've already got the third chapter done...along with the rest of the fic. It's only...seven chapters I think, but I hope you all enjoy it! You CANNOT know how excited and exhausted I am…

Review please! I love your comments, but don't tell me I used the word 'everyone' too much. I already know that, but I just don't feel like changing it all because it's the plot, not the words, that count.