I won't add much of an author's note since I already bored you with one the other day :P I would like to say that I LOVE LOVE LOVE the feedback I've gotten here lately. Between so far today and yesterday, I've gotten TWENTY EIGHT Notifications (I get them from Author/Story Alerts, Favorite Stories/Author and Reviews so yeah I'm pretty psyched!) Also, so I don't have to put this on every review, I would like to thank those who have been reviewing loyally. You know who you are :)

Jenn222: Haha I probably had more fun writing the library scene than I should've :P I loved the little moment between Summer and Carmen as well, I do that quite often and it's almost never as funny as I made it out to be, I have an odd sense of humor :D

4BlOnDiE4: I'm sad that's it's over too. I literally teared up when at the end of the last chapter AND the epilogue. I just hope you guys feel that I did this story justice with the ending. I love the bond between Sirius and Summer. I will admit to something though, there is a fic called "Dear Harry" that I'm quite fond of, and there's a character, Lucy, that Sirius is really close with and I kind of based Sirius and Summer off of them, though their bond isn't quite as extreme as Sirius and Lucy. I love the idea of Sirius being like a big brother type to a girl. I think it fits hiim very well, imho. No problem on the L/J at the end :)

Super Cara: I too love Sirius. Very much (probably more than I should love any fictional character :P) I'm glad you liked the chapter. Also, yeah I kinda figured I would do that to a lot of people :P I'm really excited for RWIB, I'm in love with the first chapter and I think it might be some of my best writing. You all should be able to read it in the next couple weeks or so. :)

Penny L. Pingleton: Yay! A new reviewer! :D Aww I'm glad you like this story. Lily and James are my favorite HP couple, hands down. I love the Marauders and Lily. I think I like them more than I like Harry's era. Ever since I started reading the series I've been obsessed with Lily and James, and then the Marauders after the third book :) 210 gold stars? Go me! :P Thanks again for the review. Also, thank you for favoriting this story :)

imsuchanut: Yes, Lily and James do work wonderfully together. I'm sorry I haven't included much of them in this chapter but we will get back to their relationship in this chapter. Also, like I said in my a/n my next story will contain much more of them. I don't have any other side plots planned so it will be all L/J all the time, as of now. Who knows what my brain will spew out. No, Angelina is not Summer's daughter. (Gah I hate having so much ahead written but I can't reveal it to you guys because it would ruin the story .) I do reveal the sex of the baby and their name in this chapter though. :) Haha James' description of sex was pretty awesome if I do say so myself.

LilyHeartsJames: I love writing a good awkward scene between Lily and James. She's just so chaste it makes it almost too easy :P Yeah, I've decided that 1) Summer's already had a rough enough life and 2) She's already got the whole school condemning her for this baby, she needed some sort of support group.

MaraudersLily7: I'm very sad that it's ending as well. I cried when I finished the two last chapters. :(

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Chapter 22

Summer tugged desperately at her too-tight shirt. It was nearing the end of November and she had found out a month ago that she was pregnant and her belly was already beginning to grow. It was only a few inches but it had made her shirt noticeably uncomfortable. She pulled her shirt up a little rougher than she had intended. "Isabelle, love, why must you do this to Mummy?"

"Isabelle?" Carmen asked, emerging from the bathroom clad only in a towel. "Who, in Merlin's name, are you talking to?"

Summer whipped around quickly, feeling the heat rising in her cheeks. She hadn't realized she had an audience and had somehow managed to keep the gender of her baby a secret from the others for the past few weeks. She hadn't wanted them to think she was nutters for "feeling" that it was a girl. She sighed a little. I guess the cat's out of the bag, she thought to herself. She pointed to her bare belly. "The baby, it's a girl."

"Oh, a girl!" Carmen exclaimed, embracing the pregnant girl in a hug. "How exciting! When did you find out?" Confusion suddenly filled her chocolate brown eyes as she added, "Wait, I didn't think you could tell this early."

"Well, technically, I can't. But I just know," Summer admitted shyly. She searched Carmen's eyes, and let out a sigh of relief when she realized the girl wasn't thinking her crazy. She smiled broadly. "Her name's Isabelle. Like Is A Belle. Belle is French for beauty." Her eyes dropped slightly. "I know its lame, but…" she trailed off not offering any more of an explanation.

"It's not lame," Carmen assured her. "I think it's perfect. If she's anything like her mother, she will be beautiful. Inside and out." Her hand dropped to Summer's bump. "So what is our dear Isabelle doing to her poor mother?"

"Making me fat," she chastised lovingly as she glanced down at the hand on her belly. "My uniform is tight, it's starting to hurt and I'm afraid the buttons are going to pop off. I know I could do an Enlargement Charm on it but I'm quite horrible at that kind of stuff and I'm afraid I will turn it into a cat or something. I can't very well go to class wearing a cat." She and the other girl burst into a fit of giggles at the mental image.

"For the love of Merlin, could you two keep it down," growled Robyn from her bed. "Some of us don't like to be up at the crack of dawn to get ready for class."

Carmen and Summer shared a glance, rolling their eyes and deciding not to dignify the girl's grouchiness with any more of a response.

"Um, Carmen," Summer asked timidly. "Could you do me a favor?"

"Of course," Carmen answered, making her way to her bureau.

"Could you not tell anyone that it's a girl?" Summer requested, ducking her head slightly. "I don't want them to think I'm crazy. I'll tell everyone when I find out the gender for sure."

Carmen nodded, her dark brown curls bouncing. "Not a problem," Carmen told her. "Though I don't think anyone is going to question your mother's intuition. You've done more for this baby already than some parents do for their kids in their entire life."

Summer shrugged, blushing slightly at the compliment, and she knew Carmen had meant it to be such. "I know, but still…"

Carmen bobbed her head in understanding. The two finished getting ready as the other girl's began to wake up. Summer was still tugging on her shirt when she felt a hand wrap over her belly.

"C'mon, love, kick for Aunt Faith."

Summer giggled, "It's not even developed its legs fully yet." She hated calling her daughter "it." She couldn't wait for eight weeks when she could officially start referring to Isabelle as "she."

She saw Faith's reflection shrug in the mirror. Faith turned and made her way to the bathroom. "Wait!" Summer yelled suddenly. She cursed this nausea. "Can I use the bathroom real quick?"

Faith turned to her and nodded in understanding. "I won't take long," Summer promised as she rushed to the bathroom, barely making it to the toilet in time.

She emerged a few minutes later and had to suppress her giggle as Faith stood in one spot, bouncing slightly. "Sorry," she told the girl.

"Not a problem," Faith assured her, quickly making her way to the room from which Summer had just emerged.

Summer turned to Lily, who was perched on the edge of her bed, stretching. "Hey, Lily," Summer began. "Can you help me with something?" Lily turned her attention to the light-haired girl. Summer glanced down at her stomach and the material that was stretched tightly against it. Lily nodded in understanding, grabbing her wand off the side table. She walked over, swishing her wand slightly and muttering a spell. Summer literally let out a sigh of relief as she felt the shirt loosen on her. "Oh that's so much better," she moaned. "Thanks, Lily."

"My pleasure." Lily smiled at the girl. "I can teach you the charm if you'd like."

Summer nodded in thanks. "If you wouldn't mind, I'd appreciate it."

Lily shook her head as if to say "no problem" before turning around to start getting ready. Summer turned to Carmen, who was throwing on her cloak. "Want to walk down to breakfast together?" she asked the dark-haired girl.

Carmen nodded at her. "Yeah, just let me finish getting my books together."

OooOooO

Lily and James were in the boys' dorm, laying on James' bed. It was the first time all week they hadn't been surrounded by their friends when together. James was kissing Lily's neck. She hummed in appreciation before pushing him off her slightly.

"I've got to go study, James," she told him, regret filling her emerald green eyes.

James sighed, running his hands through his hair as he pushed himself off her. She saw annoyance replacing desire in his hazel eyes. "We never get to spend any time together," he whined. "I can count on one hand the number of times we've spent more than fifteen minutes alone together since we started going out."

"I know," Lily agreed, letting out a sigh of her own. "It's just with exams coming up I need to study. And the professors have been piling on the homework before the holidays."

"Can't you just take a single night's break from homework?" James asked, exasperated. "I don't think that's asking too much, just one night for me and you."

Lily shook her head. "I can't, James. You know how seriously I take my studies. I'm not going to let anything, not even our relationship get in the way of that. I'm sorry. And besides, it's not totally my fault. Your Quidditch practice and late nights with the guys have been hindering our alone time as well." Her tone wasn't accusing, she was just merely stating facts. It had been nearly impossible for them to find time to spend together.

"Saturday night," James said suddenly. "No Quidditch practice, no homework, no friends, just me and you. What do you say?" he asked though it was more of a demand than a request.

Lily let out a sigh. She mentally ran through all the homework and exams she had coming up. However, she knew he had found a loophole, so to speak. She rarely studied on Saturday nights. It was usually James' plans that got in the way of them spending time on the weekends.

"Okay," she answered finally, grinning from ear to ear. "Saturday night. It's a date."

"Good," James said, obviously pleased. He pulled her to him in another kiss. She allowed his lips to graze hers roughly before pulling away.

"Homework," Lily stated simply.

James let out a sigh. "Okay, okay." He pecked her quickly on the lips once more before releasing the redhead. As she climbed off the bed and started to walk away from him, he slapped her butt. An innocent smile crept upon his face as she yelped and turned around to glare at him slightly. She shook her head, as grin of her own forming at his expression.

"I love you," she said, reaching the door.

"Yeah, yeah," he disregarded her with a wave of his hand.

A look of hurt flashed across her face before she recomposed herself. James immediately regretted his smart arse reply. "I love you too, Lily," he told her, making sure to let her know he meant it. She grinned at him before exiting the room. James let out a slight groan as he flopped back onto his bed.

OooOooO

"Carmen," Summer hissed, hot tears rolling down her cheeks. "Oh, c'mon, Carmen, now is not the time to sleep like the dead," Summer choked out, pushing on the girls back. "Carmen, please wake up."

The sleeping girl finally groaned a little, turning on her side to face Summer though she didn't open her eyes. "Wassamatter?" She pushed back a stray hair that had landed in her face during the movement.

"I had a bad dream," Summer stated hesitantly. "I just wanted you to know that I'm going to Sirius' dorm to stay with him tonight."

Carmen opened her eyes slightly, looking at the girl, fighting to keep from rolling her eyes in annoyance. "Why did you wake me up then?"

Summer bit her bottom lip. "I didn't want everyone to wake up and worry about me. But I couldn't tell Lily or Faith because they would've tried to stop me."

Carmen gave a slight nod of the head. "Okay, I'll tell them in the morning." She turned her head and was immediately asleep.

Summer grinned despite herself, that girl could fall asleep at the drop of a hat. She walked over to her dresser and pulled out a pair of flannel trousers, slipping into them. She briefly wondered if she should put on her slippers but decided against it. She was just going to the boys' dorm. She hesitated slightly at the door. Should she really go up there? She knew she wouldn't get in much trouble with Lily and James as long as none of the professors found out. And when Summer told Sirius she was having nightmares the other day, he told her to come up and stay with him whenever she had one.

Summer rolled her eyes slightly at herself. Why did she have to be such a nervous wreck? She knew she had good friends now but she had always been skittish, ever since she was young girl, and rightfully so. Unfortunately two months wasn't enough to overshadow seventeen years of self-doubt. Just go, she told herself forcefully before pushing open the door.

She walked into the boys' dorm and made a beeline for Sirius' bed. She pulled the curtains back and felt a breath hitch in her throat. Sirius was laying on his side, leaving plenty of room for Summer. It was as if he had somehow known she would need him tonight. Not wanting to wake the peaceful boy, Summer pushed the covers back gently. She climbed into the bed with as little noise as possible before pulling the curtain back. She positioned herself so that Sirius' body was barely touching hers.

Summer closed her eyes and was about to drift off to sleep when she felt an arm snake around her waist. "Bad dream?" Sirius whispered in her ear.

Summer nodded. "Thanks for letting me come up here," she said, trying to push the image of the dream from her mind.

"Don't thank me," Sirius said, kissing her on the back of the head before the two of them fell back asleep.

Summer woke up the next morning, slightly confused when she felt an arm wrapped around her. She jumped slightly before remembering her nightmare and coming up to the boys' dorm. She relaxed her body, letting the feel of Sirius' chest rising and falling on her back comfort her. She let a smile form on her face as she realized the rest of her dreams had been pleasant. She beamed as she remembered rocking a beautiful baby girl in a wicker rocking chair. The nursery was painted a light pink and the July afternoon sun was bathing the little girl's face. She had the baby bundled up in a white blanket with yellow ducks on it. She smiled down at the girl as her eyes opened slightly. Summer was pleased to see that the little girl had her mother's stunning blue eyes.

All Summer dreamt about anymore was Isabelle. That's what was making the nightmares so bad; they were about terrible things happening to her child and it scared the crap out of Summer. Summer was pulled from her thoughts as Sirius mumbled something in his sleep and snuggled in closer to her. For the first time, she glanced at the clock. Noticing that it was only five, she closed her eyes deciding she could use another hour or so of sleep.

When she awoke again, she was no longer wrapped in Sirius' arm. She stayed where she was, not yet opening her eyes. The conversations of the boys filled her ears. She finally blinked open her eyes. Sirius heard her rustling around as she stretched and turned to her, smiling. "Good morning," he told her, his eyes shining at her. "I was just about to wake you up."

"'Morning," Summer mumbled, swinging her feet over the edge of the bed, letting out a loud yawn. Her hand unconsciously went to her belly. Good morning, my beautiful baby girl, Summer said to herself.

"Did you sleep okay?" Sirius asked, slipping into a pair of trousers, his back turned to her.

Summer nodded then blushed at her stupidity. He couldn't hear her head rattling. "Yeah, I did," she said aloud. "Thanks so much, Sirius."

He waved his hand slightly in the air. "Don't mention it."

Summer was finally on her feet and crossing the room. She walked over to Sirius giving him a hug and bidding the other boys goodbye before heading for the door, feeling more rested than she had in almost a month.

OooOooO

It had taken its sweet little time, making the week drag by, but it was finally here. It was Saturday night and James had finally managed to shoo the rest of the boys out of the dorm after much protest. He glanced at the clock. It was five minutes away from seven p.m. Lily would be here any minute. James took a final look around the room. Candles lined the various dressers and side tables. He had also opened the curtains to all the windows. The half-moon shone brightly and the stars winked at him. He nervously paced the room for a moment before walking back to the mirror and making sure his hair looked okay. Merlin, this was going to be the longest five minutes of his life.

He was by his bed, rearranging the plate of strawberries, which he admitted was a little cliché but Lily loved all that mushy stuff, when he heard a knock on the door. He glanced at the clock. Three 'til. Perfect he thought to himself. "Come in," he said out loud.

However, it wasn't Lily that filled his vision. He was slightly taken aback as he stared at the dark haired girl. She swayed into the room, moving her hips from side to side, a sweet grin placed upon her lips.

"R-Robyn?" James asked, "What are you doing here? I'm kind of expecting company," he said, motioning to the candles and plate of strawberries.

The smile vanished from Robyn's face and her bottom lip quivered. "Oh," she said, feigning surprise. "I was just…just needing someone to talk to and we made such a connection that day in Potions, I thought maybe you could help me."

James sighed, ruffling his hands through his hair. He glanced at the clock again. Lily would literally be there any minute. He cursed under his breath. Why was it so damn hard for him and Lily to get a single night together?

Robyn picked up on his annoyance and spoke again. "I can just leave." She was headed for the door when James stopped her.

"Wait," he said, letting out a heavy sigh. "Make it quick."

Robyn crossed the room quickly, embracing him in a tight hug. James stumbled a bit and tensely patted her on the back. James heard the door open and before he knew what was happening, Robyn's lips were on his. He heard the gasp. He broke away from Robyn's grip quickly. He turned to run after Lily, calling her name, but she was already halfway down the steps. He cursed the charm on the girl's dorms steps as he tried to catch up to her and slid down the stairs that had turned into a slide.

"James," he turned quickly to see Robyn standing a few feet from him, biting her lip. "I'm so—"

"Don't," he growled. His heart was breaking and it was all Robyn's fault. "What the hell is wrong with you? Can't you go five fucking minutes without ruining everyone's life?" he roared.

He ignored the looks of the stunned students in the room.

"I'm sorry, James," Robyn apologized. "I don't know what came over me. I've liked you for a long time."

"Bullshit!" James yelled. "That's bullshit and you know it. You have zero interest in me. You just can't help but fuck up everyone else's life. You just very well may have made me lose the best thing that has ever happened to me." A moment of clarity made James thankful he didn't have his wand on him. He couldn't promise that he could prevent himself from hexing the girl in front of him.

OooOooO

Lily's heart was racing with excitement as she climbed the steps. She was grinning like an idiot at the thought of the events that would soon take place. She was finally going to get some alone time with James. No interruptions and no homework. Just her and James. She stood outside the door, wondering if she should knock before entering. Deciding against it as he was expecting her, she placed her hand on the knob, turning it slightly before pushing open the door.

She let out a gasp as she comprehended the scene before her. Robyn and James in a tight embrace, kissing. A million words danced on the edge of her tongue but she couldn't force any of them out, she was in too much shock. Her heart began pounding wildly in her chest as she turned from the room, running as fast as she could, fueled by rage and hurt. She vaguely heard James calling her name. She could hear his footsteps as she chased after her. She ignored him and kept running, managing to reach the enchanted girl's steps before he could catch up with her.

Lily threw open the door to her own dorm. She ignored the bewildered looks from Summer and Faith as she bent over, her hands on her thighs. She was inhaling and exhaling slowly, partly to catch her breath and partly to keep from spewing the contents of her dinner onto the floor. Her eyes burned and she realized the tears were finally falling.

"Lily?" Faith asked urgently as she and Summer jumped off her bed, abandoning their game of cards.

"What happened?" Summer asked, searching Lily quickly for injuries. "What's wrong?"

"James he was…and Robyn," Lily tried to explain between heavy sobs. "They were…Oh Merlin," she yelled, running to the bathroom as the image filled her mind again and she knew she would no longer be able to hold down her previous meal.

Faith and Summer waited outside the bathroom, both staring at each other and not knowing what to say or think. Summer was biting her bottom lip again. It was kind of obvious what Lily was trying to tell them but neither of them could fathom that James would do something like that. They thought he was head over heels in love with Lily. It just wasn't possible. After a few minutes, Lily emerged from the room. Her cheeks were tear-soaked and she was hyperventilating.

"Woah," Summer soothed, grabbing her by the shoulders. "Calm down. Breathe, Lily. Here, come sit down," she said, leading her to the closest bed.

She almost had the distraught redhead settled into a sitting position before she jumped up as if burned. "No!" Lily shouted. "That's… her… bed," Lily gasped, fighting for air.

"Shit," Summer mumbled, mentally scolding herself. "I'm sorry, Lily." She led Lily to a different bed. "Sit down and breathe," she instructed. "In…out…in…out…in…out. Good. Good. Atta girl."

Faith stood back, watching in awe as Summer aided their friend. Summer was anything but a leader. She rarely took the initiative in anything, but here she was, taking care of Lily. And with such ease. She was only a couple months pregnant but already her maternal instincts were kicking in full force. While Faith was lost in her thoughts, Summer had managed to calm down the redhead. Faith made her way over to the two, snapping out of her own little trance. She sat on the opposite side of Lily. Summer had pulled the girl to her chest, rubbing small circles on her back and whispering words of comfort to her as Lily cried on her shoulder.

Lily was so incredibly grateful for Summer at this moment. Her heart was breaking and it was a physical pain. Her whole chest felt like an elephant was sitting upon it. She was relieved to be breathing normally again though. Her rage was subsiding a bit and she was no longer thinking of ways to hurt Potter next time she saw him. Now she was hurt. She fought to keep her mind from flashing back to all the good times they had shared, or worse, the image of James kissing Robyn.

Why had he done this to her? How could he have done this to her? Was this his plan all along? To get her to fall for him and then crush her? She couldn't believe she had been so stupid to forgive him and then fall for him. Why did he have to wound her like this? Why couldn't he just leave her alone? Had he been so desperate to crush her spirit that he had gone through all that trouble? Apparently so.

Summer let the girl weep on her shoulder until she cried herself to sleep. She allowed Faith to help her lie the girl down and cover her up.

"What's wrong with Lily?" Carmen asked, noticing the girl was occupying her bed. Dried up tears had stained her cheeks and her face was still red. Even in her sleep she looked like she was torn up.

Summer shook her head. "We don't know the whole story. All we know is that when she went to have her romantic night with James she found James and Robyn together."

"What?" Carmen screeched, fighting to keep her low in order to prevent waking up the girl. "That scum," she hissed. "I'm going to give him a piece of my mind," she informed them. Before Faith or Summer could stop the dark-haired girl, she was storming out of the dorm.

"What the hell did you do to Lily, Potter?" she bellowed, throwing open the door. Three pairs of eyes flickered to her.

James was sitting on his bed, his head in his hands, Sirius and Remus on either side of him. Kevin, who had just walked in on the scene not too long ago, stood uncertainly by the edge of the bed. James didn't lift his head at the girl's yelling.

"Look at me!" she demanded. James' sad eyes slowly did as they were instructed. His red-brimmed eyes didn't sway Carmen. It only fueled her anger. She crossed the room quickly until she was standing in front of the boy. "What the hell did you do?" she repeated, her voice low and harsh.

"I—," he gasped, unable to find the words. "I fucked up," he admitted.

"Damn right you did!" she replied. "She loves you and she just cried herself to sleep because of you. Was it worth it, Potter? Was your little rendezvous with the bitch worth hurting Lily?"

"I didn't…I should've stopped her. Robyn—"

Carmen's humorless laugh halted James. "Please, for the love of Merlin, don't try to tell me that Robyn kissed you," she commanded. "That's the oldest story in the book, Potter. Surely you could come up with something better than that."

"It's the truth!" James screamed.

He cringed a bit as Carmen pulled out her wand, pointing it directly at James.

"Carmen, babe, put down the wand," Kevin said, stepping in between the seething girl and James, who had dropped his head back in to his hands. "Why don't…why don't you just listen to what he has to say?"

"I don't give a fuck what he has to say!" she yelled, her chest heaving in anger, though she had lowered her wand slightly. "All I care about is my friend who is upstairs in my bed right now, having cried herself to sleep." She heard James let out a sob and peered around Kevin. "Good! I hope it hurts you to know that Lily cried herself to sleep. I hope you're feeling at least half the heartbreak that girl is going through right now. And I hope you know that you caused it."

"What if…" Kevin hesitated slightly. He had never seen Carmen this angry. He had always been able to sooth her and the second it became evident he wasn't going to calm her down, he began to worry. "What if he's telling the truth?"

"Ha!" Carmen exclaimed. "What possible reason could he have for Robyn being in his room?"

"She came up here saying she needed help with something," Remus answered quietly.

"What a load of bull," Carmen retorted. "You're going to have to do better than that, Lupin. Robyn Smith doesn't ask for help. That's a fact." Finally she peered around at James again. "You stay away from Lily," she told him. "Don't apologize. Don't try to explain your side. Don't go near her. I don't want you causing her anymore despair than you already have. You won't like the consequences if you upset her any more. You've been warned." With her final words she turned and huffed out of the room.

OooOooO

For the next month, James followed Carmen's instructions. He didn't so much as look in her direction for too long. It wasn't out of fear of what Carmen would do to him. He felt he deserved anything she did to him. He didn't want to cause Lily anymore pain. It was the worst month of his life, watching Lily look like she was dying from the inside out, while he couldn't do anything to help. After about three weeks she was finally looking like she might be getting back to normal though she couldn't look at James without sadness and betrayal shining in her emerald green eyes.

James himself wasn't doing much better. He had lost the most important thing in his life. He had hurt the one person he never wanted to cause pain. His friends tried to be supportive but got tired of his moping after two weeks. They stopped trying to comfort and instead just let him be miserable.

It was difficult for the two as their groups of friends still remained as such. They were all too intertwined for them to completely separate from each other. Kevin and Carmen were dating. Sirius was insisting he be there every step of the pregnancy for Summer. It made everything a big ball of awkward. None of the girls were talking to James as none of them had much connection to him besides the red head. Remus and Lily had been friends for too long for her to stop talking to him. She was somewhat civil to Sirius but wasn't really as close as she had been with him. Carmen and Sirius only spoke of Summer's pregnancy. They had been the two who had been there most for her.

She had kind of drifted away from the others in a search to figure out who she is but Carmen and Sirius had refused to leave her alone, for which she was glad.

The Christmas holidays were just around the corner and everyone was buzzing about what their plans for break, but not this group. Everyone was much too heartbroken to get too excited about anything. Everyone was gathered around the breakfast table on a chilly Monday morning. The following Friday they would all be leaving for the holidays.

"Oh," Summer exclaimed, dropping her fork. Her hand jumped to her belly.

"What?" Sirius and Carmen asked in unison, turning their attention the pregnant girl with alarm. "What's wrong?" Sirius persisted.

"N-nothing," Summer said, tears pooling in her stunning blue eyes. "The baby, it k-kick—Oh! There it goes again!"

Carmen and Sirius immediately put their hands on her stomach, not waiting for permission. She grabbed both their hands and guided them to the spot. The two looked at each other, happiness glowing in their eyes, as they felt a tiny bump against their fingers. Summer smiled at the two of them. You would think they were the one's having the baby and not her. Words couldn't express how grateful she was of their support though. Summer placed her hand on her belly as the other two removed theirs, wanting to give Summer this special moment with her child.

"Mummy's here, love," she said to her stomach. "Mummy's right here."