Trials and Tribulations
Summary: Harry Potter knew he was going to get shocked when he visited his parents graves. He knew that'd he'd see family he never met; like grandparents, uncles, and aunts. But one thing he didn't know was that he was going to meet his sister.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I am not making any profit off of this fanfic.

Chapter Twelve: Hormones

Lily tapped her foot patiently, checking the clock in the Gryffindor Common Room. 'We still have twenty five minutes to walk there. No hurry. Just wanted to get there early so I could meet the instructor…no worry.' Lily adverted her eyes, as a few students stared at her. 'Maybe I should just go up there.' Lily thought. She walked up the boys' dormitory staircase and went to the 7th years dorm. She knocked on the door, but no one answered, so she opened it. 'Maybe he's at breakfast already, and I'm the one who's late.'

She stepped into the room, and was surprised to hear snoring. Remus and Frank's hangings were open and no one was in the lavatory. She stepped towards James's bed, and accidentally knocked over an empty bucket.

She glared at him, and was about to shake him awake, when she noticed that he was sweating slightly, but he was wrapped tightly in his blankets. She sat down on the edge of the bed, and lightly pressed the back of her hand against his forehead.

He was burning up.

"James?" Lily said softly. She shook him, and watched as his eyelids fluttered open. 'How in the world did he get so sick so fast?'

"You shouldn't touch me," James said, gently pushing her away. "I'll get you sick, and then we'll both be infected."

"I don't want to go alone," Lily said. She sighed and looked at James again. He was rapidly blinking his eyes, trying to stay awake. Lily lightly pushed the hair away from his eyes. "Were you up all night?" she asked.

James nodded his head. He looked sadly at Lily. "I'm sorry I can't go. Are you still going to go?"

Lily nodded her head. "I guess I will." She was quiet for a few moments, absentmindedly smoothing out James's hair. Then she noticed that he was sleeping, quiet snores escaping him. She smiled and looked around the room. Only Sirius was left…

Lily stood up and walked to Sirius's bed. She sat down on the edge, and shook him awake. "Sirius!"

Sirius opened his eyes and stared tiredly at Lily. "Morning Love. I don't think we should do anything…Prongs is just one bed away…He'd be bound to hea—"

"Shut up, and get ready. You're coming with me." Lily smiled as Sirius tried to register where they were going. Then he remembered the whole birthing class thing, and he looked scared.

"Lily…I don't think it's appropriate for me to go. I mean, Prongs is a jerk sometimes, but you need to work things out before coming to me."

"We worked things out last night, but he's sick. Just come on…For me and the baby," Lily gave Sirius the saddest look she could muster. Sirius sighed and sat up.

"Give me a moment." he said, getting out of bed. Lily watched as he scrambled around trying to find a towel for a shower.

Ten minutes later, Lily and Sirius were heading to Hogsmeade, Sirius a bit nervous, and Lily a bit hungry. The class started in ten minutes, so Lily knew she wasn't going to have enough time to eat anything until after the class.

Sirius twirled his wand between his fingers. "Do you want to get something to eat after this? I'm starving."

Lily nodded her head. "I'm famished. I want a real breakfast too…with eggs and hot cakes and bacon and home fries…" Lily licked her lips, and then her stomached growled, causing her to erupt into giggles.

Sirius smiled. 'James was right. She does look adorable when she gets excited.'

They reached the building, and Lily opened the door, holding it open for Sirius. She saw a welcome desk and Lily walked towards it. A man in blue robes was standing behind it, talking to a woman. Lily cleared her throat to get his attention.

The man smiled at Lily. "Good morning, are you here for our morning session, or to make an appointment?"

"The morning session," Lily replied.

"And is this…"

Sirius held out his hand. "Sirius Black. I'm a friend of hers and her boyfriend."

"Ahh…" the man said, eyeing them carefully. Lily wasn't sure if she liked that look. 'As if I have a secret…oh wait! I remember, the one where I cheated on James and I am now carrying Sirius's baby, and I want Sirius to be the father, not James. I forgot about that one.' Lily thought sarcastically. "You can just come in through that door. We have a few more minutes before we start."

Lily nodded her head. Sirius followed her as they walked into the room. There was carpet on the floor, and mats were on the floor as well. A few handfuls of pregnant women were there with their partners, and another handful of women were alone.

"I've never seen so many pregnant people before," Sirius commented, following Lily to a mat. Most of the women were sitting on the floor. Sirius sat down first, and then watched as Lily sat down beside him. Her legs were straight out on front of her, and Lily made imaginary shapes on her pants.

"I'm really hungry," Lily said.

"I am too," Sirius said. "Do you want to skiv off and go to breakfast?"

"Can't," Lily said. "I already paid for this first session." She smiled as Sirius shook his head.

"Down payments on classes like this? You're nutters Lily."

"I'm not nutters! I'm a woman who is in her second trimester of pregnancy, a few weeks into it to be precise, and I need to take these classes! I wasn't happy to hear that I had to have down payments either, so be quiet." Lily smiled at Sirius as she finished her tirade.

Moments later the man in blue robes came into the room shutting the door behind him. That's when Sirius noticed that the man looked a bit weird. He immediately began to dislike him, and scooted somewhat closer to Lily. She didn't notice, because he was talking, and she was listening.

"Good morning ladies and gentlemen. I would like to start by doing some normal breathing exercises." He paused, looking at all the people. "Great, all of you are on mats. Now what I want you to do is take a deep breath and exhale slowly."

Lily did as she was told, and Sirius watched. Soon they were doing a bit more of the breathing, and he was beginning to get bored when they switched activities. The man in the blue robes (Sirius didn't catch his name) was walking around the room, correcting any problems and helping some of the women who were alone.

Soon the breathing exercises were over, and Sirius was relieved. They were kind of boring.

"Now regular exercises are good too. Make sure you get in a little walking every day." The man said, pausing in front of Lily and Sirius.

"Next we're going to have a visitor come in to tell you about the things you'll be learning. I'd like everyone to stand up and stretch. It'll be a few moments." He smiled down at Lily.

Lily ignored him and looked around. The woman next to her was having trouble standing up, and she was all alone.

"Do you need help?" Lily asked, ignoring the looks that the man was giving her. Lily thought he was a Healer because his blue robes. They were like Madame Jacobs.

"If you wouldn't mind…" The woman said rather helplessly. Lily nudged Sirius to help her. Sirius did as he was told and went to the woman. He helped her stand up, and made sure she was steady on her feet. Then he handed her her sweater and purse. "Thank you."

"No problem," Sirius said, smiling.

The woman gave Sirius a weird look, and then she gasped. Sirius, thinking he did something wrong, turned around. He was surprised at what he saw.

Lily was standing up, her face flushed. Her wand was pointing at the Healer, and he wasn't smiling anymore. He had a bruise on his face, or at least it was forming. Lily hissed something at him, and then she left.

"Oh dear. You might want to catch your friend," The woman who Sirius helped up said. "And I'll take care of this fellow. He shouldn't have done what he did,"

Sirius nodded his head quickly, and then sprinted from the room. He saw Lily leaving, her cloak wrapped around her tightly. It didn't take long for him to catch up.

"Lily, what happened?" Sirius asked when she stopped. Her face was still red, but now it was from the cold, instead of from her fury.

"That man makes me uncomfortable. That's all." Lily said quickly. Sirius nodded his head, knowing that maybe he didn't need to know why he made her uncomfortable. They were still standing where they had stopped, and Sirius was about to suggested that they go get breakfast when Lily said, "I'm not that hungry anymore. I think I'm going to head back to Hogwarts." Lily looked sheepishly at Sirius. Her face was flushed. Sirius felt the sudden urge to go back and see exactly what that healer did.

They walked in an uncomfortable silence all the way back to Hogwarts. Sirius held the door open for Lily, and watched as she walked in first.

They were standing in front of the Great Hall, when Peter appeared. It seemed like he was heading to the Library, because he had his bag with him.

"Prongs is in the Infirmary, just to let you know."

Lily nodded her head, and then she separated from Sirius. She walked slowly to the Infirmary, her mind reeling with that day's happenings.

When she reached the Infirmary, the door was open, and she saw James lying in a bed, the blankets pulled up to his chin. His glasses were on the small table beside him, along with a few magazines. Lily thought he was asleep as she looked at him from the doorway, but then she noticed that he was blinking, but wasn't looking directly at her. He was staring off into space.

"James?" Lily asked tentatively. She watched as he looked at her.

"Hey! I thought you weren't going to be back until later," James said.

Lily walked to him, and crawled into his bed. She laid her head on his chest. James was surprised. He wasn't expecting this type of reaction from her. He slowly ran his hand through her hair. "What happened?"

"The Healer…or whatever he was," Lily sniffled quietly, "kept giving me weird looks, and then when Sirius went to help this other woman, he hit on me, putting his hand on my knee. He acted as if Sirius didn't exist or something. I cursed him to the floor and ran away."

James frowned. Usually this type of flirting didn't cause Lily to have a total breakdown but—'Ahh…the hormones.' "You don't have to go back if you don't want to," James said soothingly. "I'm sure Madame Jacobs can help you with anything you need."

"I know…but still…" Lily said, sighing. "Are you feeling better? You sound a lot better."

"Yeah. Madame Pomfrey fixed me up real quick, but she's insisting that I stay here."

"I don't blame her. You were absolutely awful this morning," Lily said. "That's why I asked Sirius."

James shook his head, but didn't say anything. But moments later, he realized that Lily had fallen asleep. He smiled and shifted, before falling asleep too.

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Lily was sitting on the floor, her back to James's bed. A large pile of towels and socks was in front of her, and she was slowly folding them.

Frank walked into the room, carrying a book with him. He paused in the doorway, and watched as Lily folded the towels and socks. Lily didn't notice his presence and she whistled quietly to herself. She was doing a slight dance as she folded and whistled.

"What are you doing?"

Lily jumped, her eyes opening wide. "I didn't even know you were in here," she said, her hand on her chest. She took a deep breath, and then smiled. "I'm folding your socks and towels."

Frank smiled and sat down on his bed. "Why?"

"I've noticed that all of you are scrambling for socks before classes, and when you do shower," Lily giggled, seeing Franks face, "you never have towels. I've taken the liberty of finding them, which was pretty difficult I might add, and washing them."

Frank laughed. "Well thank you Lily. I'm sure we'll appreciate this kind thing you have done for us."

Lily laughed. "No problem." She continued folding until everything was folded. She looked around the room, and saw that Frank was lying in his bed, reading his book. 'Probably about Herbology.' Lily thought. She looked around again, and saw that James's trunk was close by. She gripped it, and tried pulling herself up, when she stopped. "Oh dear," she gasped, as a spasm went through her back.

"You okay?" Frank asked.

Lily shook her head, and struggled the rest of the way to her feet. "Yeah, fine."

Frank closed his book. "Are you sure?"

Lily nodded her head. "Perfectly fine." She bent down and closed her eyes, as another spasm went through her back. It was a sharp pain, rocking her to the core. She hurriedly gathered an armful of towels and stood back up. She walked towards the bathroom, and put them away in the cupboard.

She turned around, and Frank was standing behind her, holding the rest of the towels. "I got it. Just go sit down."

"I can do it," Lily retorted, her eyes narrowing.

"I know you can," Frank said. He squeezed passed her and put the towels away.

Lily sighed and sat down on James's bed. She stared at the socks. Everyone in the room had put their names on their socks so no one would take other peoples socks. Lily was glad, because now it was easier to sort through them. Using her wand, she pointed at one pile of socks. It was the one for Remus. She flicked her wrist, and they floated in the air and to Remus's bed. She did the same with the rest of the socks, and picked up James's socks herself and put them on the bed.

Frank left the bathroom and sat down on his bed. "I having nothing against you Lily but—"

"I know," Lily said, lying on James's bed. She stared at the hangings. "I shouldn't be straining myself."

It was quiet. Frank stared helplessly at Lily, unsure if he was in trouble or not. A few more minutes passed in silence, and then Frank noticed that Lily was sleeping.

Thinking that this was a good idea, he left, going to find James. 'He needs to know…I hope.'

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