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Pippa Lupin (C) Ashley :)

The other Lupins that are (C) to no one really. I don't claim to own them and they are not mentioned in any of the HP books. You may do as you wish with them.

All other characters are (C) Jo Rowling.

June came quickly and Aurora knew that she was pregnant for a second time. She had been hiding it very well but she had a feeling that Minerva, Pomona, Madam Pomfrey, and Madam Hooch had all noticed. No matter; she was off towards home now. She wore a cheery smile as she walked from Hogwarts and into Hogsmeade. The students had gone home already for the summer and most of the teachers were heading away for some vacation time. Aurora had her luggage floating up behind her, Annalisa tucked against her carefully. The baby girl was nearly a year old and Aurora knew that Sirius would be completely overjoyed to see the both of them.

He was working at the moment so Pippa had come to take them home. James and Lily had gone into Hiding about two months before so they weren't permitted to leave their home. Pippa called out to Aurora and the both of them squealed and hobbled to each other. They embraced carefully and Aurora gave Pippa a very curious and concerned look.

"What's this?" Aurora asked as she reached out and touched a hand to Pippa's growing belly. Pippa flushed darkly and shooed her hand away.

"I'm pregnant…" Pippa whispered and Aurora gave her an 'I've already discerned that' look.

"Obviously…Whose the father?"

"You promise you won't tell anyone?" Pippa looked frightened as she looked around them; no one was around.

"I promise…Though, how people won't find out for themselves…" Aurora's voice trailed off.

"Severus."

"Sev…." Aurora looked shocked, her jaw dropping and her eyes bulging. "Are you serious!? How? When?"

"Well…It was about seven months ago…I was patrolling Dia Mond alone one night and I saw him there. We got into a brief altercation that led to…other things…"

"Oh Pippa…Does he know?"

"No…I can't tell him, Aurora. He'd deny it."

"Of course he would! Not only would you be the mother; the child would be part Muggle-born and that's unacceptable to Voldemort's terms!"

"He's in love with Lily still…" Pippa whispered, tears in her eyes and Aurora suddenly felt the weight of the whole situation. She frowned sadly and hugged Pippa carefully again, making Annalisa giggle and sneeze as Pippa's blouse tickled her nose.

"Oh Pippie…This is terrible. I'm so sorry…If you need any help whatsoever, I'm here for you," Aurora said as she stroked the younger woman's dirty blonde hair that was now streaked with bright blue. Pippa nodded, sniffling as she wiped at her eyes.

"Well, we need to get going. Sirius will be home soon and he'll rip my head off of my shoulders if you're not there before he is." Pippa gently grasped Aurora's wrist and grabbed some of Aurora's things before they Disapparated and then Apparated onto the front porch of the house. Aurora sighed heavily.

"Feels good to be home," she said as she stepped into the house and, with Holly's and Nicola's help, got her things upstairs; the two girls had insisted on traveling home via the train because they wanted to see their friends off. The group of girls all sat down and Annalisa played with her toys on the carpeted floor right next to the kitchen door, which was opened wide so Aurora could keep an eye on her.

"You're getting big, Sissy," Italia stated when she finally came downstairs to sit with them all at the kitchen table.

"Yeah…You haven't told Sirius yet, have you?" she asked around and everyone shook their heads in the negative. Aurora smiled and was about to thank them when the front door opened and a whoop of excitement echoed throughout the house. Sirius jogged over to his baby and lifted her up into the air, making the eleven month old squeal in delight and giggle happily. He kissed her nose and placed her on the floor again before he went to the standing Aurora and hugged her.

He pulled back slightly, looking curious and Aurora pulled her jacket from her shoulders. He blinked and gave another whoop of happiness as he gently touched her belly. "Again?" his eyes roamed to hers as she nodded and smiled at him. He grinned crookedly and stooped down, kissing her belly. "You'll be here soon…I hope you're a boy," he whispered and then straightened up, kissing Aurora lovingly and passionately. Italia made an uncomfortable sound and Pippa, Holly, and Nicola laughed at her.

"How have you kept this pregnancy a secret from Sirius?" Aurora asked Pippa one day when Sirius was away. Pippa shrugged half-heartedly.

"When I'm here, he's not. It wasn't hard. I just had to make Italia promise not to tell; she'll make a fantastic Secret Keeper for someone." Aurora and Pippa smiled as they turned slightly to watch the six year old play with Annalisa. "So…Have you two picked out names yet?"

"Mmhmm…Conri Carmine Black, if it's a boy, or Maria Enya Black if it's a girl," Aurora answered with a smile and Pippa looked thoughtful.

"I like both…But Conri Carmine?"

Aurora laughed. "Sirius' idea; well the middle name anyway. He said I could pick the first name."

"Hmmm…Maria Enya is cute." Pippa said and then became quiet.

"What about you? Have you picked out names yet?"

"Rupert Remus Lupin if it's a boy or Lauren Rebecca Lupin if it's a girl."

Aurora nodded and was suddenly very thoughtful; she had not even thought to name her children after her parents. It struck her as odd, considering, but at the same time, she was not ashamed. She was sure that her grandchildren would bare those names and she smiled softly at the thought of grandchildren.

"Aurora?" Pippa asked an hour later when she entered the living room where Aurora sat, watching the telly. Aurora didn't look up, too engrossed with the news about a Muggle family being found dead in their home; no injuries, no wounds of any kind, just a mask of terror permanently plastered on their faces. "Can you do me a huge favor?" Pippa asked a bit timidly, fidgeting with the hem of her shirt.

"Sure…" Aurora replied, though Pippa wasn't completely sure Aurora had heard her.

"Well…I was wondering if you and Sirius would pass off my child as your own…" Aurora blinked, her trance broken as she turned to Pippa with a delicately raised eye brow.

"You want us to what?"

"Oh Aurora, please? Severus can't ever know that I had a baby; he'll know it's his! Voldemort would go after my baby---"

"Voldemort would go after that baby regardless."

"I know, but he'd be safer with you."

"He? It's a boy?"

"Yeah…Yeah, I've known for a while…"

"You never let on…"

"I'm sorry."

"Passing your son off as our own will be difficult, Pippie…What if he looks like you or Remus or Rupert?"

"Say that, by some extension, you're related to the Lupin's or that he looks like your grandfather. Didn't your grandfather have dirty blonde hair?"

"Well, yes, but…"

"Aurora, please! I'm begging you! Please, please pass this boy off as your son!"

"Pippa…" Aurora sighed heavily and then continued. "What if he doesn't look like you or Remus or Rupert? What if he looks like Severus?"

"Well…say that he took after Sirius' side of the family…"

"Sirius does not look like Severus."

"They have…some similarities. Black hair, pale skin…"

"Yeah, that's about it, Pip. Severus has a hooked nose, dark eyes, thinner lips, a scrawnier body…"

"How do you know so much about his anatomy?" Pippa asked, her eye brows rising.

"Pippa, when you're friends with the man for seven years, you tend to notice…Look, I'll talk to Sirius about it; we'll see if we can pull it off somehow. How far are you along?"

"Same as you."

"Pippa, that means you got pregnant before Christmas…"

"Yeah, so?"

"That means you were patrolling Dia Mond by yourself before Christmas…You could have been killed!"

"Severus wouldn't hurt or kill me, Aurora…He cares for me a bit."

"What if it wasn't Severus? What if it was Travers or Bellatrix, huh? Then what? You'd be dead, that's what!"

"But I'm not! I'm alive and well and pregnant!" Pippa snapped and then gasped as she looked up at the front door. Aurora turned on the sofa, craning her neck around to see Sirius staring wide-eyed at Pippa.

"Sirius!" Aurora called and he looked at her, pointing at Pippa.

"She's pregnant too?"

"Well…a bit…"Aurora conceded and Pippa squeaked as she sat beside Aurora.

"A bit? She's huge!" he exclaimed as he finally noticed her large belly.

"Hey!" Pippa snapped and Sirius flinched, ducking a pillow.

"Stop it! No throwing my pillows around! And Sirius, that was rude. You don't go saying that about women…" Aurora scolded them both and they both looked sheepish. "Well, let's get this over with. Sirius, sit down please."

Sirius did as she said, slowly making his way around the sofa to sit on their left in his recliner. "What's going on?"

"We are going to need to try to pass Pippa's son off as our own for a while…"

"Why? Wait…who's the father, anyway?"

"Uheh…um…Pippa, do you want to do the honors?" Aurora asked the blonde girl who paled and gulped.

"S-Sure…Uh…er…the baby...is Severus'…"

"WHAT!?"

"Sirius! Shut up! I just put Annalisa down and if she wakes up, I swear, you'll get a lap full of hot tea!" Aurora hissed out. He shot her a glare before looking back at Pippa.

"Severus Snape's kid? As my own? Are you off your rocker?!" he snapped and Pippa looked hurt, both her hands gently rubbing her belly.

"Sirius…watch your tone and what you say. This is an extremely delicate situation," Aurora warned and Sirius seemed to take heed. "Severus is in love with…someone else…I'm not permitted to say, so don't ask."

"Wait…so he used you?" Sirius asked Pippa, who flushed and looked flustered.

"N-No! He wouldn't! Sirius, please…"

"He used you and you're still defending him?"

"It's what you do when you're in love…" Pippa and Aurora whispered together. Aurora placed a gentle hand on Pippa's belly, her eyes on Sirius.

"Sirius, we have to help her. This pregnancy needs to be a complete secret, even from Remus. Once her son is born, we'll say we had twins."

"How? What if her kid is born before or after ours?"

"We'll just have to…to…to have our baby here…both of the babies here."

"And who's going to take care of the kid?"

"I will!" Pippa sounded outraged as she glared at Sirius and Aurora gave him a reprimanding look. He rubbed his head and sighed heavily.

"Alright, alright…We'll pass your kid off as our own son. We'll say we had twins and that Aurora went into labor when we were asleep so I didn't hear her calling for me because I'm a heavy sleeper; we'll say that when I finally woke up, it was too late to get her to St. Mungo's or any other hospital…You'll have to move in too. We'll say we needed some extra help around the house because Aurora won't be able to do it and I'll be away a lot for work and the Order. Yeah…yeah…" His voice trailed off.

Aurora and Pippa sighed gratefully and both smiled at him. He didn't smile in return but stood up and left the room, heading through the kitchen to the back porch. Aurora patted Pippa's hand reassuringly but for some reason she couldn't reassure herself that this would work; Sirius might have conceded but it didn't mean he liked the idea. A cold stone seemed to settle in the pit of Aurora's stomach. This felt all wrong…all wrong.

Thanks to MilitaryMarauder, EmSyd, hpfan4ever, fearblank, and Toad321 for the adds and reviews! I'm so glad all of you are enjoying my story! Hopefully you like the sequel just as much. I hope everyone likes this chapter too. Please review! Thanks. -Siriusgrl88