The Marauders are all gathered at Summer's apartment to talk about the wedding.
Jamie, Summer, and Alyssa are waiting for Rebecca. There was a knock on the door. Summer got up to get. When she opened the door, Rebecca was standing there with a crying Claire.
"Hey" Rebecca said, sounding tired.
"Hey" Summer said.
"What's wrong with Claire?" Summer asked.
Rebecca sighed, "She's teething and she hasn't slept very well in the past two days."
Summer gave her a sympathetic look, "I'm sorry"
"It's okay" Rebecca said, "It's not the first time."
The two sat down at Summer's square table.
"Sorry I took so long, I took the car to see if Claire would fall asleep. It usually calms her down, but not today." Rebecca explained.
Claire finally stopped crying, after Rebecca gave her some more teething medicine. She was lying against Rebecca's chest, sucking her thumb.
Alyssa's stomach was huge by now, she's eight months along. Alyssa was clearly excited about something.
"Hey Alyssa, do you have names for the babies? You said you and Jason want it to be a surprise, right?" Summer asked.
Alyssa nodded, "Yeah. Well, we haven't totally decided on boy's names yet, but it's between Aiden and Andrew or Jared and Jacob. The girls are going to be Bethany and Danielle"
"Ohhh, I like it." Jamie said.
Alyssa laughed, "Yeah"
"I think I like Aiden and Andrew" Summer said.
"Yeah, I think that's what we're aiming for" Alyssa said.
Rebecca smiled, "I like both"
"So, to the wedding plans?" Jamie asked.
Summer laughed, "Yeah"
"Hey, shouldn't Matt be helping us?" Alyssa asked.
"Um, he said he didn't really care, so I've been making him decide between two." Summer said.
"Oh, okay, I was just wondering" said Alyssa.
The Marauders planned for Summer's wedding and the Alyssa's baby shower for several hours. Rebecca and Jamie had to go home so they arranged to meet again later that week for more planning.
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Rebecca woke up to Claire's crying. She groaned and made to get up, but Nick caught her shirt and pulled her back down.
"Nick" She complained.
"Shh, I'll get her. You go back to sleep." He said, kissing her forehead, and then getting out of bed.
"Thanks Rebecca mumbled, slipping back in to a peaceful sleep.
When Rebecca woke up in the morning, the clock read 10 am. She took a quick shower and then headed downstairs.
Downstairs, Nick was on the floor playing with Claire. Claire squealed when she saw Rebecca. She crawled over and then pulled herself up by holding onto Rebecca's jeans.
"Mumma!" She said happily, bouncing up and down.
Rebecca laughed and picked her up. She lifted her high into the air then brought her down and snuggled her in her arms. Claire giggled.
Nick came over and chuckled, "Say night, night, to mummy, its nap time"
"All ready?" Rebecca asked.
"Yes all ready. She'd been up since 6 o'clock this morning." Nick said.
"Oh, okay. Night, night, Claire."
Claire gave her a hug and kiss and then Rebecca handed her to Nick. He headed towards the stairs.
Rebecca pointed her wand at the stove and started herself some eggs. She poured herself some coffee and pulled a plate down from the cabinet. Nick had left some bacon in the pan, so she put that on her plate while she waited.
She heard Nick coming back down the stairs.
"Good morning" He said, coming over and wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Good morning" She said, kissing him.
Rebecca sighed and wrapped her arms around his neck.
" Thank you" She said, "For letting me sleep."
"You're welcome." Nick said.
"Besides, you need your sleep. The full moons in two days."
Rebecca groaned, "Don't remind mind, I can feel it all ready."
"I'm sorry" Nick said, kissing her hair.
"That's life." Rebecca said, sighing.
Rebecca let go of Nick so she could eat her eggs that just finished cooking. She took her plate and her coffee and sat down at the table.
"I'm going to take a shower" Nick said.
"'Kay" Rebecca replied, picking up the Daily Prophet from where Nick left it on the table.