Avoiding Voldemort or Not

Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to JK Rowling. Sniff, sniff.

Notes: Ahem. Long time, no chapter. IT'S SCHOOLS FAULT! Honestly, it is. I've been super busy. I have an English assignment and I haven't even started yet, I'm waiting for some information from my friend. If I don't get it I'm screwed. But she says she will but doesn't. Looks like the old TORCH and PITCHFORK needs to come back!

Anyway, terribly sorry.

And thank you to the faithful reviewers/readers/favouriters/alerters. Very much appreciated.

Chapter Fifteen

…

On a bright and early morning, Heather Potter awoke to find Sirius Black snuggled up next to her in her own bed. She wasn't sure of how he had gotten there, but instantly knew that he had come in during the night.

Just like he used to when Danny was here…

Heather smiled sadly at him and got up and put on a dressing gown and went down the stairs.

She walked into the kitchen and froze.

Danny was sitting at the table, watching her.

"Danny?"

He smiled.

She fumbled for the light and turned it on and turned back around excitedly, but he had gone.

"Danny? Danny where are you?"

But there was no one in the kitchen, except for herself.

She sighed sadly and walked over to the fridge.

She opened it and found the old chocolate cheesecake Danny had bought the day he had died.

It seemed that no one had brought themselves to throw it out, even if it was pretty old.

She sighed and turned to the bin.

With a heart wrenching tug she turned her hand upside down and the container of cheesecake fell slowly from her hand and went down, down, down into the bin with all the other rubbish and food scraps.

She closed her eyes and sighed, a lone tear falling down the left side of her face.

"Why did it have to be you?"

…

Lily Evans sat across from her father chewing slowly on her breakfast in silence.

Her mother had gone to see Petunia (who was in hospital having had early contractions) and would be back soon.

Lily and her father hadn't said a proper word since they bade each other 'good morning'.

And that was how it had been ever since he had found out his 'little girl' was pregnant, with the boy next door.

Lily remembered that day very well. She had come home from work a few days after finding out she was pregnant and had told her father she needed to speak with him, privately.

- Flashback

"What's wrong Lily?" Mr. Evans asked worriedly.

"Now dad don't go getting all… angry okay? You have to promise me"

Mr. Evans' eyes frowned suspiciously.

"It depends on what the situation is"

Lily sighed.

"I um… I'm er… I… Moody let me go out and work with him yesterday. There was a Death Eater attack and they killed some Mug... I mean people and um-"

"Lily is this really what you want to tell me?" her father cut in.

She sighed. It was now or never!

"I'm pregnant" she blurted out and closed her eyes tightly.

She didn't hear anything for a few minutes and opened her eyes cautiously and her father stood there gaping at her.

"You're WHAT?"

Lily looked alarmed at his expression.

"Now dad it was an accident it wasn't meant to happen and-"

"Where is he?"

Lily let out a frightened squeak as her father strode over to the door.

She had never seen him this angry, even when he found out Petunia was pregnant. He was livid then too. But not this bad!

Lily hurried after him.

"No dad stop! Dad! It's not his fault!"

"I'll have none of that" her father snapped as he hammered on the front door of the Potter's residence.

"Dad please just let it go!"

"Not until I have a word with that boy!"

"He isn't a boy dad! He's of age"

The front door opened and Heather stood there looking confused.

"Mark! To what do I owe this pleasure?" she asked smiling.

"Where is he?" Mark Evans asked as he stormed past.

"Who?" Heather asked looking puzzled.

"Your son!"

Heather paused.

"What's he done?"

"He's got my daughter pregnant!"

Heather turned to Lily who was blushing furiously.

"I tried to stop him but I couldn't" she explained and Heather nodded.

"I'll just go get James"

Heather turned and bolted up the stairs and Lily sighed.

"Dad why do you have to do this? It's both our fault but I don't see you being angry at me"

"That's because he was the one who-"

"Hey Lily, Mark"

They both looked up to see James standing there in boxers and a t-shirt.

"Hey" Lily replied weakly and glared at her father.

"What's going on?"

"You'd better start running boy!" Mark said angrily and James frowned and then caught the look on Lily's face.

"I'm not going to run okay I'll just- RUN!"

James who had walked down to the bottom of the stairs was suddenly charged at by Lily's father and turned and ran outside. Mr. Evans chased James all around the backyard whilst Lily, Heather and a grumpy looking Sirius stood there helplessly.

"What's going… oh! He found out about um… the er… Jily kid"

Lily arched an eyebrow at him and Sirius shrugged.

"You know, James and Lily?"

Lily's eyebrows were both in danger as they both rose higher.

"You know Lily you'd better be careful, you might lose your eyebrows in your tangle of um… carrot hair"

"I do not have carrot hair you twat!" She snapped and turned back to see her father tailing James closely.

"Dad! Stop it! Leave him alone!"

Needless to say Mr. Evans did calm down, eventually. When James had climbed a tree and Mr. Evans had no way of getting up since he couldn't climb.

-End of Flashback

Lily sighed as she looked over at her father who was glancing at her.

It had only been four months.

He caught her watching him and cleared his throat and got up and began washing the dishes.

Lily rose to help him.

"Dad can we at least get through this?"

He didn't answer her.

"Mum's not taking the news this bad" she added but he remained silent.

She sighed.

"Okay so it was stupid to not use protection! But dad it was a mistake, a simple mistake and-"

"I think you should have an abortion"

Lily stared at him, her eyes wide.

"What?"

He nodded.

"An abortion"

Lily shook her head.

"No! No way!"

"I am your father and you'll do as I say"

"No way in hell! I'm not killing my baby! That's cruel! Inhumane even!"

"I'm only trying to protect you"

"From what?"

Lily glared at her father.

"From the same thing that happened to your mother and I. She was pregnant with Petunia before we were married. Her family barely spoke to her until seven years ago"

Lily shook her head.

"I can't believe you! So you're saying that if I have this baby then you won't ever talk to me again?"

Mr. Evans closed his eyes.

"Yes, I am"

The door slammed shut and he sighed as Lily stormed over next door.

…

"CAN YOU BELIEVE HIM?" Lily asked angrily as she strode past James who was lying on his bed and staring at the ceiling.

"James!"

He sat up and sighed.

"Were you even listening?" she asked and he smiled at her.

"Of course. But then I did some thinking and… if you don't want this baby then I'm not stopping you"

Lily gaped at him.

"So are you saying you don't want to have a baby with me?"

"No, I'm not. I'd love to have a baby with you Lils. But if you don't want to-"

"Of course I do! Why-"

"I'm just saying that if you didn't then I guess that'd be okay but I can't and I won't force you to have the baby of you don't want to. It's your body"

She stared at him.

"I'm not getting rid of this baby"

James nodded.

"Well then don't"

She sighed and sat next to him.

"What about my dad though?"

"He shouldn't blackmail you into doing something that you want to do"

Lily looked at James and sighed.

"I love you" he said softly.

"I know and-"

"I'm not going anywhere"

She smiled at him.

"I love you too James. I just… wish my dad wouldn't do this to me"

James smiled and then lay back on his bed, bringing Lily with him and he wrapped an arm around her.

"It'll be okay, I promise"

…

"Morning" Remus said walking into the kitchen.

He got no reply as Emm turned away from him and continued eating her breakfast in silence.

"Emm are we ever going to talk?"

The only reply he got was the sound of Emm biting into her toast.

He sighed.

"Emm I'm sorry. It's just-"

"I don't know what's worse Remus. You not wanting a baby with me or thinking that you don't want kids at all"

"Emm there's nothing wrong with you its-"

"Oh please! Don't you dare give me that 'It's me not you' crap Remus!"

Remus' scandalized look spread all down his face as he stared at her.

"It is though!"

Emm scoffed and stood up.

"Remus I'm sick of this! When I married you I pictured of having a life with you dammit!"

"I know and so did I but when you started talking about having children-"

"You freaked out! What, aren't you ready or something?" Emm asked angrily.

Remus shook his head.

"You don't understand!"

"Then let me Remus! Let me understand! I'm your wife!"

"I KNOW THAT!" Remus shouted, finally losing his temper and shocking them both.

She stared at him, unable to believe that he had just shouted at her.

"I'm sorry. Emm I'm sorry!" he yelled after her as she slammed the Apartment door shut and left him standing there feeling ashamed.

He sighed and turned left and Disapparated.

…

"Hey sexy" said a voice and Sirius looked up.

He was sitting on his bed, staring at the photo of him and Danny at Lily's eighteenth birthday.

Carly strode in with a smile on her face and he smiled back.

"Hey"

She sat down beside him and leaned back on his bed, looking around the room.

"Nice photos"
He smiled. "Thanks"

Her eyes landed on a photo of him and Becky sitting on the couch in the Potter's lounge room and he had his arms around her and her head was resting on his chest. They were both smiling at the camera.

She turned to him excitedly.

"Guess what?"

"I'm hot and you're not? I know that already"

She laughed and slapped his arm.

"Funny! Actually, I was thinking that maybe we could go to the movies"

He smiled.

"Sounds like a plan"

"But I told Emm and Lily that they could bring their boyfriends and Becky too"

Sirius nodded.

"Okay"

"And I told Becky to bring someone"

Sirius raised an eyebrow.

"Really?"

"Yes, I did. Now come here stud"

He grinned as she pulled his by the front of his t-shirt and his lips crashed on top of hers.

He suddenly pulled away.

"Hey um… do you want to go somewhere? Like that new hot food place, I heard it's pretty cool"

Carly frowned.

"I don't know. I'm actually interested in staying here, if you know what I mean" She winked seductively at him and he laughed nervously.

"Um… well if you really want to then I guess we can-"

Sirius was cut off as she leaned in and kissed him hungrily.

…

Becky strode through the park happily as she watched children of about seven or eight running around playing 'tag'. She remembered back to when she was a kid and she played tag with James whenever he came over and all the other kids in the neighborhood.

She smiled fondly and continued on her way until she suddenly ran into someone she wasn't familiar with.

"Oh I'm sorry" she apologized quickly and the tall boy, or man, grinned in return.

"It's fine. I wasn't really concentrating; I was sort of lost in another world"

Becky nodded. "That makes two of us"

They smiled shyly.

"I'm Robbie" he introduced himself as and held out a hand.

"Becky" she said and shook it.

"It was nice to meet you Becky"

"Yeah, you too"

"I hope I bump into you soon" he said and left with a grin.

Becky turned around and watched him walk away until she called out to him.

"Hey! I'm going to the movies tonight if you're interested. Eight o'clock"

Robbie nodded. "I'll meet you there"

She grinned and turned and walked away, a bounce in her footsteps.

Robbie watched her walk away until he turned and he too began to walk off.

…

Upon seeing Remus, Emm turned and walked the opposite way, hoping the million of people would swallow her and she would be lost in the crowd.

But to her unlucky luck he caught up to her.

"How did you find me?"

"Are you kidding me? I wouldn't stop until I found you. And plus I knew you would want to surround yourself with a lot of people to make you harder to find"

Emm sighed and turned to him.

"I really don't want to talk to you right now so can this wait?"

Remus shook his head in reply. "No it can't"

Emm sighed.

"Well go on, knock yourself out"

Remus did something that was a very un-Remus thing to do: he ruffled his hair. He really had hung around James too much; who had somehow got out of the habit which Remus thought was impossible.

"The reason I don't want kids is because-"

"Oh sorry" said a person walking by as they bumped into Remus and caused him to lose his balance and fall forwards onto Emm.

He pulled himself up and then helped her up and hurried into an alleyway where they wouldn't be disturbed.

"I don't want kids because of what I am"

Emm frowned at first but suddenly realization spread over her face.

"Oh… but what does you being a werewolf have to do with having kids?"

Remus sighed with frustration.

"I don't want the kid to become one. I became one from being utterly foolish and going somewhere I shouldn't have. If I give my… condition to the child then I'd feel bad! It would be an innocent kid! It didn't do anything wrong whereas I-"

"Didn't do anything wrong either. You didn't know it would happen, Remus" Emm told him fiercely.

He sighed. "I just don't want to take any chances"

Emm closed her eyes.

"I understand" she whispered and she pulled him into a tight hug.

…

"Jane! I feel like I haven't seen you in ages" Heather exclaimed as she walked over to her best friend who was collecting mail out of the mailbox.

"Oh hello! I'm sorry, but I've been quite busy. My mother's sick so I've had to go up to see her for a few weeks"

Heather nodded.

"I'm sorry, I hope she gets better"

Jane smiled at her.

"Thank you. Do you want to come in for a cup of coffee, or tea?"

Heather nodded in reply and followed Jane inside.

Upon entering Mr. Evans looked up expectantly but when he saw the two women his face fell.

"It's lovely to see you too Mark" Heather said jokingly.

He gave her an apologetic face.

"Sorry, I was just hoping it may have been Lily"

"Another fight?" Mrs. Evans asked frowning deeply.

He nodded.

"I'm sure it'll be okay though" Heather told him reassuringly.

He sighed.

"I think I'm going to take a nap" he muttered and trudged up the stairs.

"He isn't taking the pregnancy too well is he?"

Jane shook her head in reply and grabbed two cups and began to make some coffee.

"He isn't taking it as good as I hoped he would"

"It's been four months; surely he would at least be used to it?"

Jane shrugged in return.

"He's always been a little too over protective of Lily. He didn't even want her to be with James"

"James is taking it better then I expected him too. I thought he would be scared"

Jane watched Heather closely.

"What about you? How are you coping?"

Heather closed her eyes.

"I don't know what to think. A part of me is really mad at him for being so… irresponsible whereas the other half of me is actually excited"

Jane nodded.

"I was thinking the other day, about Danny. How would he have taken this?"

Heather looked down at her cup.

"Oh Heather, I'm sorry! You don't have to answer if you don't-"

"At first he would have been really serious about it, but he would have been excited to be a Grandpa"

Jane smiled sadly and put a hand on top of Heather's as a few tears slipped down her face and onto the table.

"Oh, I'm sorry! I just… I just miss him so much!" Jane pulled Heather into a hug and felt bad for bringing it up as she rubbed her hand in small circles on her friend's back.

…

"James?"

"Mmm?"

Lily watched him open his eyes and look at her.

"Do you regret this pregnancy?"

He sighed.

"No, not really. Sometimes I keep thinking about how stupid I was, but other times I'm excited" (A/N: Aren't he and Heather so much alike?)

Lily nodded.

"Yeah… me too"

He kissed her forehead and sighed again.

"You know you can stay here the night if you don't want to go home"

Lily smiled.

"I appreciate that James, I do, but I think I have to go home sometime"

James groaned and pulled her closer to him.

"And Lily?"

"Yeah?"

"I don't really think you're fat"

Lily grinned.

"You better not"

"You're huge"

"That is not funny!" she yelled and slapped his arm.

"I'm joking! I think you're gorgeous"

She smiled and snuggled closer to him.

"That's what I thought Potter"

James could only shake his head.

…

"Becky! It's nice to see you made it" Carly said in a fake voice.

"It is if we're watching a decent movie" Becky replied in the same tone.

Sirius smiled at her and then turned to greet Lily.

"And I see you haven't brought anyone"

"I invited a guy I met in the park but I guess he isn't showing"

"Actually he's right behind you"

Becky turned and saw Robbie standing there, grinning.

"Hey! I'm glad you could make it"

"If the movie is crap then I'll have to leave"

"And I'll follow you" Becky added and he smirked at her.

"We're watching The Notebook" Carly told them as she eyed the man beside her.

"How old are you?" she asked curiously.

"21"

Carly glanced at Becky who shrugged.

"Oh. Well, I'm Carly. A friend of Becky's"

Becky put on a fake smile at this which didn't go unmissed by Robbie.

Carly then turned to talk to Lily who was standing beside Emm.

"Do we like her?" Robbie whispered into Becky's ear.

"Well I don't but feel free to make your own judgement"

Robbie grinned and Sirius, James and Remus stepped towards him.

"Who're you?" James asked rudely and Becky rolled her eyes.

"This is Robbie. I met him in the park earlier when I went for a walk"

Sirius glanced at her before looking back at him with instant dislike on his face.

"Sirius" he said gruffly shaking Robbie's hand. "Her ex boyfriend"

Becky sighed. "Sirius and I went out but he was a jerk at times so I dumped him. But we're friends now. He's going out with Carly" Becky said quickly and smirked at the look on Sirius' face.

Robbie glanced from Becky to Sirius to Carly and back again.

He turned to Becky who smiled at him, and he smiled back.

"And this is James, he's-"

"Another ex turned friend?"

"Ew, she's my cousin" James said smiling at him.

"Didn't stop you from getting into bed with me" Becky said smirking. James glared at her.

"I walked into the wrong room okay? I took a wrong turn. Anyway it's not like we did anything"

"Except scream our guts out" Becky muttered and James nodded.

"Exactly"

"Cousin Pervert" both muttered at the same time.

Robbie shook his head and grinned.

"Oh and this is Remus. He's married to Emm, my friend over there" Becky said pointing as Remus shook Robbie's hand and gave him a warm smile.

"It's nice to meet you…"

"Hey Becky!" Lily said hurrying over and hugging her friend.

"And this is Lily, my friend who is going out with James. He knocked her up by the way"

Both Lily and James glared at Becky.

"Just answering questions before they get asked"

"It's not like you can tell Becky" Lily said looking down at her stomach.

She looked back up at Robbie.

"Can you?"

Robbie glanced at James who shook his head slightly so Lily couldn't see him.

"Who me? No of course not! If Becky hadn't mentioned it I would never have guessed"

"Really?" Lily asked and he nodded.

"Hey what's your name anyway?"

"Robbie. Becky invited me"

"Really?' Lily asked turning to Becky.

Becky nodded and Lily grinned.

"Wow. Now you have a boyfriend"

Becky laughed nervously.

"I wouldn't go so far as to um… say that. I kind of only just met him. Today. A few hours ago"

"Oh. Um… sorry" Lily muttered blushing a bit. James shook his head at her but smiled nonetheless.

Emm came over and she too was introduced to Robbie.

"Where's Peter? I thought he was coming" James said looking around.

"I invited him but I guess he didn't show" Carly said grabbing hold of Sirius' hand.

"Really? Wow, I never would have noticed the fact that he isn't here" Becky said sarcastically and Carly glared at her which didn't go unnoticed by anyone else.

"Well we'd better get in line for the food" Remus said hastily breaking the silence.

Emm smiled and linked arms with him and they walked over to the food line.

James and Sirius followed with Carly and Lily stayed back with Becky.

"Robbie how about you go get some food and I'll meet you in a second?" Becky suggested.

He shrugged and walked over to the line behind the others.

"Becky why did you come if you aren't going to give Carly a chance?" Lily asked.

"I came for my friends. She's just not one of them"

"Funny how when she grabs Sirius' hands you get all-"

"Look Lily I honestly don't care what she does with Sirius. She can screw him for all I care"

Becky started walking off and Lily sighed.

"We all know that you do care, but you just won't admit it"

Becky pretended she didn't hear her and walked over to stand beside Robbie.

Lily waited a few seconds before she joined James who smiled at her and asked what she wanted.

…

"Well, thanks for walking me home" Becky said as Robbie stopped outside her house.

He nodded and smiled.

"It's fine. Honestly I don't mind. My house is a couple of blocks away anyway"

Becky nodded.

"I still appreciate it"

He grinned and turned away before turning back.

"Do you wanna go out sometime?"

Becky's face split into a grin.

"Are you serious?"

"It depends which 'serious' you mean"

Becky rolled her eyes and Robbie chuckled.

They set a date and Robbie started down the footpath but turned and walked back to Becky who had stood there waiting.

He leaned down and kissed her softly before pulling away.

"I'll see you next week"

Becky grinned ecstatically and turned and hurried inside.

She ran into her bedroom and jumped on her bed countless times feeling giddy. (A/N: Uh oh!)

…

"Lily I'm sorry. I didn't mean it, I promise. I'm just so worried about you" Mark Evans muttered as he pulled his daughter into a big bear hug.

She smiled into his chest as she hugged him back just as tight.

"Just don't let it happen again, please" she whispered and he nodded.

"I promise"

…

"You do realize that I pulled those sheets off the spare bed for a reason right?"

Remus looked up and saw Emm leaning against the doorframe.

"Oh… you did?"

"Yes, I did. I've decided to let you come back and stay in our room again" Remus chuckled.

"But that's all the way down the hall"

Emm grinned and ran and jumped into the bed and snuggled in next to him.

…

Sirius sat on the edge of the window sill and looked out of the window at the moon.

It wasn't full yet, only half.

A letter lay on the floor of his bedroom and it was a bit crumpled.

Its neat girlish writing read:

Dear Sirius,

I've just realized something. I LOVE YOU!

I just thought you should know!

Carly xoxoxo

Sirius closed his eyes tightly and sighed.

What had he gotten himself into?

He definitely wasn't looking for anything serious with Carly.

But it had turned that way.

And now she loved him.

Sirius couldn't help but picture a girl with long black hair instead of blonde curls.

She shook his head.

Its over. She dumped you and it's over now. You just have to move on.

But Sirius couldn't move on.

He didn't want to.

But he had to.

…

Lord Voldemort smirked at the small man kneeling in front of him. His blue eyes held fear and his blonde hair that as plastered onto his head seemed be growing dirty.

"You have served well, Pettigrew"

Peter looked up into the red slits that were on the man's face.

"It's Wormtail" he whispered, feeling ashamed even as the words left his lips.

"Wormtail? That is quite an unusual name"

"M-my friends gave it to me in school when we… became Animagus"

Voldemort frowned slightly.

"And what form do you transfer into?"

Peter looked at the ground with shame.

"A rat"

She waited for the man to laugh and mock him, but no laughter came.

He peaked at Voldemort who sat stroking his chin.

"Interesting. Quite a cowardly form but nonetheless very useful"

"Useful m-my Lord?"

"Yes, useful. You can eavesdrop on other's conversations without being caught"

Peter wore a stunned look.

"But surely even you knew that?"

Peter shook his head embarrassingly.

"Oh, I almost forgot that you are an imbecile"

"I am not an imbecile! I give up! I'm quitting! I'm not doing this to my friends any longer!' Peter stood up but Voldemort drew his wand.

But it wasn't the wand that scared him. It was the cruelness in the man's voice.

"Would your friends still be your friends if they knew that you betrayed them?"

Peter froze. his hand on the door knob.

"And besides, you've learnt far too much. If you quit now I shall have to kill you"
Peter turned to face the Dark Lord.

"K-kill me?"
He nodded.

Peter walked slowly back towards Voldemort who smirked.

He bowed before him.

"I should have known you would choose your own life over your own friend's. You are a coward, a wimp"

Peter closed his eyes tightly.

"What is it you wish me to do My L-lord?"

"I want you to bring me James Potter… and Lily Evans"

Peter's head shot upwards, fear evident on his mousy features.

Voldemort smirked at the scared and angry man in front of him.

"You'd rather save your own skin then your friend's. You are a disgrace, Pettigrew"

"I'm afraid of death" Peter muttered.

"Yes, that may be. But don't forget the reason you came to me in the first place Wormtail, was loneliness… and disloyalty"

Peter looked ashamed as Voldemort brought his wand slashing down onto him and screaming the words; "CRUCIO!"

… … …

A/N: Wow. Long chapter. And again sorry about the wait (coughGAY-SCHOOLcough) and thanks a bunch to those who reviewed.

I also heard that the seventh HP movie will be split into two because the movie dude figure the fans and JK deserve justice.

That's what I heard anyway.

Anyway I hope you review!

Thanks for reading everyone!

♥ LilyHeartsJames xxx