The Breakup

"Everything seems to be going great, Lily," Healer Thomas said as she scanned Lily's belly with her wand so she could get a better view of the baby. "Do either of you have any questions?"

"Actually," Lily said as she squeezed James's hand, "We wanted to find out the sex of the baby."

"Alright," the Healer replied. She moved her wand slightly to get a better view of the baby. "It's a boy," she smiled.

James and Lily's faces lit up as they looked at the image of the baby...from this angle, it was definitely a boy. James was nearly laughing as he kissed Lily's temple.

"You can get the picture from the front desk...and I'll see you at the next appointment,"

"Thank you, Healer Thomas," Lily said.

"No problem," she said as she left the room.

As they left the room shortly after, Lily linked her arm with James's. "Wow," she said, still with a wide smile on her face, "We're gonna have a little boy!"

"I know," he beamed back. He couldn't even begin to convey how elated her was. They were going to have a son.

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Later that night, Sirius was on his way over to James and Lily's. He and James were going on a stake-out for both the Order and the Ministry.

"How is my favorite prego?" Sirius asked Lily as he gave her a hug.

"I'm okay," she laughed as James came down the stairs. "We had another Healer's appointment today,"

"And what are you having?"

Lily looked at James before he smiled, "We're gonna have a boy,"

"I knew it!" Sirius exclaimed as James laughed and Lily rolled her eyes.

"So do you guys honestly think you're going to find something on Josefine?" Lily asked seriously.

"We're gonna try," said Sirius.

"Just be careful, okay?"

"Aren't we always?" James replied as he kissed her.

"Do you really want me to answer that?"

"No," James and Sirius smirked before they Disapparated.

000

In a remote wooded area, a large black dog and a magnificent stag watched a small cottage. They had been there for three hours when the dog transformed back into a human.

"What do you say we call it a night?" Sirius asked as Prongs transformed into James.

"How about we give it another fifteen minutes?"

Sirius nodded as they both transfigured into their animal forms.

Suddenly, the air was filled with the sounds of people Apparating. Padfoot and Prongs were peaked with interest. There were about ten...no, fifteen, people that had just shown up...all wearing black masks and hooded cloaks. They saw Josefine open the door and willingly let them into her house. But once they were inside, Padfoot and Prongs couldn't see anything.

000

"This is unbelievable," Lily said breathlessly once James and Sirius had filled her in on what they had seen that night.

"No kidding," James murmured.

"I can't believe you two were right about her. What if Peter has told her stuff about the Order?" Lily said, sounding slightly hysterical by now. "How are you going to tell Peter?"

"I don't know," said James in a wary voice. "Maybe we should confront Josefine first,"

"Yeah, then she'll sick her Death Eater friends on you," said Lily as she rubbed her eyes.

"What if we tell Remus first," said Sirius. "That way he can be there when we tell Peter – I mean, he's a lot more reasonable than us,"

"Yeah, that sounds good...if Peter want us to be there when he confronts her, then we will,"

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The next day, Saturday, James and Sirius went over to Remus and Elizabeth's apartment to tell them what they had seen the night before.Theywere just as shocked as Lily had been. After talking it over with Remus, the three guys agreed to invite Peter over and tell him everything and possibly later confront Josefine while Lily and Elizabeth went shopping – James did not want his pregnant wife anywhere near a known Death Eater.

"Come on in Peter," said Remus as he opened the door. He led Peter into the living room where James and Sirius were nervously waiting.

"Hey guys," said Peter, "What's up?"

James glanced at Remus and Sirius before saying, "You better sit down,"

Looking absolutely terrified, Peter sat down, Remus following suit.

"Wormtail, we're not sure how to tell you this, but..." James looked at Sirius for help.

"Josefine's a Death Eater," Sirius said bluntly.

Peter gave a nervous laugh. "V-very funny guys. What's really going on?"

James and Sirius explained what they had seen the previous night. When they had finished telling their story, Peter sat, white-faced, staring at the floor.

"You okay Peter?" asked Remus. He shook his head.

"If you want us to go with you to confront her," said James kindly, "we will,"

"Have you reported her yet?" asked Peter in a dead voice.

Sirius gave James a worried look. "Not yet...we thought you should know first."

Peter looked at his friends, his eyes full of tears. "No," he said quietly, "I should do it on my own." Slowly, he stood up; James, Sirius, and Remus did as well.

"Do you think that's really a good idea?" asked Remus.

"What does it matter?" Peter replied sadly before he Disapparated.

Late that night, James, Sirius, and Remus received identical notes from Peter that each said, "We broke up,"

A/N: Okay, so what did you think? I'm not sure if I like this chapter or not...but the next one will be called The Prophecy. Our Prom is Saturday and with post prom, it'll take a few days to recover, so it should be posted in a few weeks.