A few days later, the house was back to normal.

Almost.

Lily was still ready to kill Aden at any point, and now the pregnancy hormones made it worse. Sirius was forcing Aden to stay out of Lily's way, making sure there was less fighting.

One day, Sirius pulled Lily aside.

"Lily," He began. "I-I need you to cover for me tonight."

"Cover for you? Why?" She asked. She was sitting on the rug in the playroom, going through paint samples while Harry played in the corner.

"Because I…I'm going to pick out a ring."

"A what?" Lily almost shouted, dropping the paint samples. "Are you going-are you going to…?"

"Yes." Sirius fidgeted with his collar a little, looking uncomfortable. "Now be quiet! Aden might hear you!"

Lily broke into a smile, jumped up, and hugged Sirius. She was happy for him. He loved Aden; anyone who was around could see it. And Lily was positive Aden loved him back.

"Okay, fine. I'll cover for you, but I have to go get some paint for the rooms."

"Have fun with that!" He called after her as she walked out the door. "Hey Harry." He looked over at the little boy. Harry looked up from the trains.

"Hi Padfo'!" he called.

"How would you like to be my best man?"

Harry looked up at him with wide eyes, having no clue what he meant.

"Oh, never mind. I'll just ask your mommy." Sirius rolled his eyes. "Come here Harry."

Harry took a hesitant step forward, and then another. He giggled and clapped his hands happily. The whole family had been trying to get him to walk on his own, because he had just been taking a few steps lately.

"Come on Harry, you can do it."

Harry took another step, and another, until he was finally at Sirius. "Yay!" he cried, sitting in Sirius's lap.

"What's yay?" Aden asked, walking into the room. She was in the process of painting the bathroom Ravenclaw blue today. Her hair was in a large, fluffy bun, and she had a streak of blue across her forehead and one in her hair.

"Harry can walk."

"I've noticed."

Harry looked over at Aden, wrinkling his nose. "Aden messy."

Aden rolled her eyes, walking into the kitchen, muttering.

"Where's Lily?" She asked, walking into the room again. This time, with a sandwich.

"Where'd you get the sandwich?" Sirius asked, ignoring the question.

"Made it with magic."

"Make me one?"

"No!" Aden walked towards the bathroom. "You've got a perfectly good wand, make it yourself."

Sirius rolled his eyes and walked towards the kitchen, Harry on his shoulders again.

Later that day, Lily was nervous.

What if I screw up? She kept thinking, sitting in the kitchen and wringing her hands.

She knew this was stupid though. How could she screw up just not telling Aden something?

She looked at the clock. It read 7:15. Sirius had promised to be home at 7:30, at the latest.

Lily needed something to distract her.

Then Harry crawled in.

"Harry," Lily said. "Do you even try walking?"

"No!" Harry said, going under the chair. Lily groaned and got off to pull him out.

"Come on, I think it's time for bed."

They walked up into Harry's room, which was half done. In one corner was his crib, which was lined with blue sheets. His bear was inside, waiting for his master to come home. In the corner opposite was a bookcase and a small couch, prefect for reading time. The only other thing was a changing table, and the rest of the room was bare.

"We need to paint this room, don't we?"

"Yea!" Harry said, not understanding, just agreeing.

Lily grabbed a little yellow pair of pajamas, and pulled them on Harry. He looked tired, yet he was still full of energy.

Wish I could be like that. Lily thought.

She put him in bed, and he bounced up and down for a while.

"No sleep! No sleep!"

"Yes, sleep." Lily said, summoning his bottle from the fridge. She handed it to him, and he immediately sat down, sucking.

After minutes of him lying there, and Lily singing lullabies, he finally fell asleep. Lily put out the lights with a flick of her wand, walking out of the room.

She looked back in at sleeping Harry, so peaceful and quiet.

He's so adorable when he's sleeping…She thought tiredly. But then…

Shit. Where's the new baby going to sleep!

Lily started panicking. She didn't want her kids to share a room! She paced down the hallway, thinking, and then-

Of course!

She opened the door next to her room, the one that led into the "Storage room". It was cold inside, and all the boxes were gone.

"This is perfect." She actually said aloud. She could see where to put everything…once they bought it. They were all looking for jobs, but now the situation was harder. Aden didn't want to work. Lily and Sirius did. Sirius thought that Lily should take it easy. Lily didn't care.

Lily frowned, remembering Sirius saying she should take it easy. She wasn't dying. She was pregnant.

Downstairs, she heard the front door open. Sirius!

Lily ran down, taking two o steps at a time.

"Did you get it?" She said, out of breath.

"Whoa, calm down!" He laughed. "Yes, I got it."

"Where are you going to propose?"

"Erm…well, I was just thinking in the backyard." He pointed.

Lily loved the backyard. It was magical. Once you got off the porch, there was a canopy of trees, blocking a small stream. Lily had put tons of lights all over them from her wand, so the trees glimmered in the moonlight. The stream went from one edge of the backyard and down into the small pool they had, filling both sides of the yard. You could swim right down into the pool. Surrounding the small stream were large patches of grass. Lily was planning on buying a playhouse for Harry, and Sirius was planning on getting a barbeque. They wanted to fill up the backyard, making it a playground of sorts, because the kids could rarely leave the house. They had cast the fideleous charm again, this time making Dumbledore the secret keeper.

"The backyard is perfect."

"Hey guys!" Aden said, walking into the room. She looked like she had just taken a shower, her long hair straight and wet, falling to her hips. She quickly made it dry with a flick of her wand, and it slowly went back to its natural waves.

"Hey Aden." Sirius said, his face turning red. "Come here." He grabbed her hand and they walked into the backyard.

Lily pretended she wasn't watching, even though she was. They talked for a few minutes, and Lily could see Sirius fingering the ring case behind his back. The lights from the trees illuminated them, and Lily could see the exact facial expressions. Sirius looked worried, but Aden had no clue what he was about to do.

Sirius got down on one knee. Lily squealed, clapping her hand over her mouth. Aden's eyes widened, and she started smiling. Sirius held out the ring box. Aden covered her eyes. Lily saw her mouth form the word 'yes'. Sirius grinned, putting the ring on her hand. Aden started crying. Sirius hugged her. They stood there like that for a while.

Lily, not wanting to intrude much longer, raced upstairs. She wondered what their future would be like. Where would the wedding be? They couldn't have an official ceremony, it'd be too risky. Would they have kids? Where would they sleep?

So many questions.

But as Lily lay down to sleep, all the questions washed away into darkness.

And then she was dreaming.

Dreaming of a life, where James was still alive. They were rejoicing.

Sirius was marrying Aden. James stood at the altar, his best man. Lily and Harry sat in the crowd, right in the front.

On Harry's eleventh birthday, he received his Hogwarts letter. James threw a party. Sirius came, and so did Aden. They all went to Diagon Alley to pick up his stuff. On September 1st, they sent him off, waving and smiling. Lily cried into James when he was gone, but knew he was coming back.

She watched her son grow up, all with James. They did everything together.

Her eyes fluttered open. It was early morning, the sun was just rising.

Lily was saddened by this dream. It wasn't reality.

Reality was a cruel thing.

AN: Okay, kind of stupid, pointless chapter. The next one will be too. But then it'll get kind of cool. Stay tuned! Anyways, I'll try and upload another chapter today. Stupid muggle school getting in my way. Xoxo.