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Chapter 10

Lily had woken up from her nap quite suddenly. As she glanced around the room trying to figure out why, a contraction hit. The baby was coming, and with the force of that contraction, he was coming now!

"James! James! It's time!" Lily called, excitedly.

Remus came running through the bedroom door. "He had to leave for a little while Lily. Oh, he's gonna be furious. I was told to stay here in case you needed something. Come on. Let's get you to St. Mungo's."

Lily nodded and allowed herself to be pushed toward the door. She was curious as to why James wasn't there but before she could ponder the situation even further, another contraction hit her. On the way out the door, she grabbed her bag which held the potion that she hoped she'd never have to use. She had finished it the month prior.

Upon arriving at St. Mungo's, Lily was pushed into a delivery room. The medi-witch was quite fussy, which made Lily glare a lot in between contractions.

Remus, however, waited in the hallway, pacing up and down the corridor, flinching every time he heard Lily yell. He wondered why in the name of Merlin's pants there were not silencing charms placed on the ward for deliveries.

After three hard hours of labor, she had finally given birth to a baby boy.

Lily took one look at him and saw that he was a very beautiful child, and it made her heart glow. She also saw that he did indeed belong to Severus and not James. There was no way James would miss that. There wasn't even any use in hoping that he would.

She asked the medi-witch to hold off in bringing anyone in for the moment. The nurse nodded and resumed cleaning up the room.

Lily admired her son. She took two pictures of him and then hid them in her bag. She then pulled out the potion. Letting a tear fall down her cheek, she gave little Harry (the name had already been decided) three drops of the potion and watched as it took effect. All of the facial features except the eyes and nose transformed into James'. The reason that those two didn't change was because they were replica's of Lily's. She could feel her heart breaking that she had to do this, but it was done to protect James as well as to protect Severus.

She wearily pushed the potion back into her bag just in time to look up and see her husband running to her bedside. "I'm gonna murder Dumbledore. He's the one that sent me away. He told me that it would only take a couple of hours. It turned out that those were the hours you needed me the most." James' eyes were very apologetic.

Lily grinned and also felt some relief. If James had been there, she wasn't exactly sure how she would have given the potion without being caught. "It's alright darling. I'm sure Remus can tell you all the nice things I called you while I was pushing." She grinned as she looked over at Remus, who was now standing in between Sirius and Peter.

"Trust me, James, it's better you weren't here. You'd probably be hexed into next week." Remus said while laughing.

"Got that right," the medi-witch said with a grin. "It's not unusual for women in labor to let loose with uncontrolled magic that hexes the father." She then leaned over to check on the baby and the mother. If she noticed a difference in the baby's appearance, she never said. "This is actually a nice change of pace."

At everyone's questioning look, she explained what she meant.

"Normally, about this time, I'm rushing the father up to the fourth floor to get de-hexed - which, at times, can be quite a job since most don't want to leave their newborns," she said with a grin.

Everyone laughed.

Lily then looked up at her husband. "James. Darling. The next time, you get to be the one to give birth and I'll go stand in the hallway."

Everyone snickered as they gathered around to look at the child named Harry James Potter.

"A little marauder in the making, I just know it!" Sirius exclaimed. That made Lily groan out loud which in turn, once again, had everyone laughing.

A/N: 7/29/11 - Edited words and such ...