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James opened his eyes. He just had the best dream about him winning the Quidditch World Cup. He turned over to see Lily, still asleep with her back facing him. He slid over to her and kissed her on the shoulder. She woke up with a start, turning to see James. He didn't have his glasses on, so he couldn't see her face change to a panicked expression.

"James!" She shrieked, making a sudden movement. He reached for his glasses and when he put them on, he saw her frantically reading the clock.

"What is it love?" James yawned.

"We were supposed to meet Marlene a half hour ago!" She said, grabbing her shirt from the floor.

"Right…why?" James asked.

"I don't know. Marlene said she wanted to surprise us."

"And that didn't set off warning signals in your head?" James asked, raising his eyebrows. He picked up his shirt and threw it in the hamper.

"Come on, it could be fun!" Lily said, rushing over to the dresser.

"Oh alright." James said as he heaved himself off the bed. They both got dressed, James wearing jeans and a plaid shirt, and Lily wearing jeans with a blue sweater. They apparated to the spot Marlene told them and looked around. They were in a clump of bushes outside a flat in London, it wasn't loud, but it wasn't exactly quiet either. A few minutes later, Marlene appeared, looking excited.

"Lily!" Marlene shrieked as she ran over to give her a hug, "How are you?"

"I'm good! So why did you call us over?" She asked, looking around.

"Well, remember when I couldn't make it to your wedding? I felt bad so I got you a belated wedding gift!"

"Oh, you really didn't have to…" But she was cut off.

"Now, now Lily, it would be rude to turn it down, especially since she already went through all that trouble to get it for us. You're a really kind person Marlene." He said, earning a elbow to the ribs from Lily. "Ow." He groaned, rubbing his side.

"Okay, close your eyes!" Marlene commanded. They did as they were told. Lily was starting to get tired of this, when a warm, fluffy item was shoved into her arms.

"Oh my god! You got us a cat!" Lily exclaimed, giving it to James so that she could hug Marlene, "Thank you so much!"

"You're welcome! Her name's Minnie. I knew you always wanted one so I got you one. Do you like it James?"

"Huh? Oh yeah, it's awesome. Thank you Marlene." James said, a little occupied trying not to drop it. Lily fought to hide a smile.

"Here, I'll take this." Lily said as she saved the cat from the fall it was bound to have. "Thank you Marlene."

"Oh anytime! I'll walk you back to the apparition spot." Marlene took Lily and James's hands and walked back to the clump.

"Alright! Take care of it." Marlene turned to James, "And I don't want to hear that you've somehow blown it up."

James held his hands up in defense, "Hey! I haven't blown up anything in two days!" James joked, smirking.

Lily rolled her eyes. "Don't worry, it won't be blown up. Bye!"

"Bye!" Marlene waved as Lily and James turned on the spot.

They arrived outside their cottage in Godric's Hollow. Once inside the house, Minnie jumped out of Lily's arms and settled on the armchair.

"She looks like a puffy pillow." James noticed as he scooped her up in his arms and reclaimed his usual spot in the armchair next to the sofa.

Lily sat down on the arm of it and looked at the now sleeping cat in James's arms. "Yeah, I think she looks kind of cute." As soon as she finished saying this, she started crying.

"What? No! Lily, what's wrong?" Minnie jumped out of his arms and scurried towards the fireplace, leaving a very frightened James behind. He had never been very good with crying girls.

"It's just, seeing you hold her like that, it kind of made me think, 'what if that was our own real kid?'"

James gaped at her. He didn't know what to say, partly because history indicated that when she cried, whatever he said always ended up making her cry harder. A kid? A living, breathing thing that would depend on them to live? "Lily, love, where did that come from?" And of course, as was bound to happen, Lily started crying even harder, which James didn't think was possible.

"I knew you would hate that idea…just forget about it…I didn't mean it…I have to go!" Lily said between wails as she ran into the bedroom. Minnie, who apparently seemed to prefer Lily, gave James a seemingly scathing look and followed her up the stairs.

James stayed there, perplexed. His hand ran through his hair absentmindedly. He had no idea what to do. He was not very used to these emotional outbursts. Especially because he was an only child. He waited a few hours for Lily to calm down, so that if he followed her she wouldn't sic birds on him or something. He summoned up every ounce of his Gryffindor courage and walked up the stairs. He walked into their room, and couldn't help but smile. Lily was lying in the bed, eating the caramels she always kept in the room. Minnie was in her lap, purring and moving against her hand. Lily stopped sulking and looked up to see James standing there. His hand went up to his hair as he transferred his weight from foot to foot awkwardly, seemingly in an internal struggle. He finally made up his mind, walked over to her, and laid next to her on the bed. She pretended not to notice him, but it was obvious he was there.

"Lily? Lils? Flower? Love? Lily Dearest? Lily Pad? Lily my Love? Lily Potter? Mrs. Potter? My Little Flower Potter? Love of my—"

"Shut up James!" She groaned as she turned over away from him, still clutching Minnie to her chest tightly.

"Aw, Lilykins! But I was just declaring my love to you!" James protested, grabbing Lily by the waist and dragging her closer to him.

"No, you were trying to annoy me and get me to talk to you." She corrected as she let Minnie go out of her arms.

James swept her hair over on one side, bent down, and whispered in her ear, "But it worked, didn't it?"

Lily rolled her eyes and sighed, "Yes, but I'm still mad at you." And with that she escaped his grasp and got up to walk away. James jumped up and followed her out of the room. He captured her by the wrist and turned her around, only to find that her eyes were watering, yet again. She wiped her eyes with her free hand.

She looked at him for a few moments before blurting out, "Why don't you want to have a kid?"

James took her face in his hands, "Hey, no, stop crying. I do. Just not now. I mean, sure having a kid would be fun. But I think we both need to mature a little bit." Lily gave him a look and he corrected himself, "Okay, I need to mature a little bit. But you can't say I don't want one. There's no one and nothing stopping us."

Lily smiled and hugged him.

"I love you James Harold Potter." Lily said, head on his chest.

James smiled and placed a kiss in her hair. "I love you too, Lily Marie Evans."

And that was Chapter 3! Some of you who are very clever may have realized why Lily is breaking down at every single thing. But, for those of you who haven't, you'll just have to wait and see. Review everybody! Reviewing has never hurt anybody!

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