Disclaimer: However much that I would love to own the characters mentioned in this story, I do not.
Authors Notes: I was told by my mother to do something creative and constructive during this summer holiday, I'm not sure this was what she had in mind but nevertheless hope you like it mommy and I hope you like it to :D please review.
A great big thank you to my Beta reader Alyce without whom this story would be littered with grammatical errors.
As James ran down the stairs connecting the dormitory and the common room he felt something grab his cloak from the back, he stopped for a moment and glimpsed behind him to see Sirius holding the tail of his cloak.
'Get off me Sirius' said James snatching his cloak away from Sirius
'No' said Sirius frankly
'Sirius don't make me_'
'What are you gonna do James, hit me, your best mate, you might be having a kid pal is this the way to act like a father'
'It might not be my kid' said James quietly
'So what? You're going to step away from it like Snape, Lily needs you mate, more now then ever'
James stared at the wall trying to decide what to do his fury at Snape was at the moment clouding over his better judgement.
'You heard the way he talked to her Sirius, he hurt her and now I'm gonna hurt him by grinding up every bone in worthless body'
'Do you love Lily?'
'What?'
'Do you love Lily?' said Sirius outwardly
James just stared at Sirius with a plain expression
'What kind of a question is that?' said James bluntly
'Well a pretty normal one seeing as she might be having your kid' said Sirius
James stared angrily at him for a moment.
'Of course I love her! I've loved her since we first met on the Hogwarts Express!'
'Well than consider this, how much would it hurt her, if you hurt the supposed father of her unborn child?'
'Shut up Sirius' said James walking away from Sirius' 'one minute you say it's my kid, the next you say it's Snape's'
'Well mate I don't know do I?' said Sirius as James walked away from him
Sirius sighed and followed him as the door to the common room opened revealing Lily standing silhouetted. As she walked in she saw James and quickly picked up her pace. Her face was tear stained and her eyes were red and puffy.
'Lily...' said James softly
Lily halted at the soft tone in his voice and turned to look at him, James in turn panicked as he realised that he shouldn't know why she was upset.
'Lily are you okay...' he said stupidly as he stared at her
'Yes James, now if you don't mind, I have to_'
'Lily, I know' said James quickly
Lily who had just turned to leave was once again forced to look back at James; her heart rate sped as she saw the expression on his face.
'You know what?'
'I know that you're...you're...pregnant' said James, softly as he said it, he lowered his voice so the first years in the corner could not overhear the conversation.
Lily stared at him, emotions spinning through her head one at a time, and before she knew it she had ran to James who hugged her tightly closer to himself.
'Listen to me Lily your going to be fine, I'm going to be here for you whenever you need me, I promise that to you' James whispered quietly into her ear as she sobbed silently into his shoulder.
'James don't get mad but there's a chance_' started Lily
'I know Lily that there's a chance it might be Snape's, but at the moment Lily I wouldn't care if it was Dumbledore's, all I know is that I'm going to stand behind you no matter what' and as he said it he realised that it was true, that it didn't matter to him whether or not the baby was his.
James held Lily closer to him, trying to calm her, trying to make her stop crying.
'Lily we need to talk to Snape' said James
Sirius who was still standing by looked up as the sentence was spoken, and was surprised to hear that it was James who had said it; it struck him then how much James really wanted to try and fix things.
Lily nodded into James's shoulder.
'He's angry at me James' said Lily lifting her head
'It doesn't matter we'll sort things out' said James 'Sirius we'll be back soon'
Sirius smiled at his friend as James led Lily out of the Gryffindor common room.
'Good luck mate' said Sirius quietly as he watched the door close behind them.