Living And Loving In Times Of War
Chapter 3: Unexpected Surprise
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Lily slowly opened her eyes, blinked, blinked again, and the room started coming in focus.
'It sure is very white here...' Lily thought, before her thoughts were interupted.
"Lily! How are you feeling?"
Lily turned her head and sat up, smiling as she saw the worried and pale face of her husband.
"I feel fine. What happened? I remember getting that girl out of that house..."
"From what they told me," James said, obviously feeling better knowing his wife wasn't in pain. "you saved that girl from the house, gave it to the mother, and passed out. The Healer told me you were just worn out and had a fair amount of smoke in your lungs."
"So this is St. Mungo's, right?" Lily asked. She had never been to the wizarding hospital before.
"Yes." James said. "Tim Rowtide brought you here immediately and then warned me. He's having something to drink right now, but he'll probably be back in a minute."
"So I haven't been out for too long then?"
"Just an hour or three. But you sure know how to scare me to hell and back again."
Though he was probably rather serious, Lily couldn't help but snort at the comment.
James flashed her a fake-hurt look, which only made Lily laugh harder.
"I'm sorry," She hickuped, "But you can be priceless you know."
"And proud of it." James said, grinning.
"I sure married the King Of Pranks!" Lily continued.
"The King Of Pranks? You wouldn't be talking about me now would you?" A very familiar voice came from the door.
"Hi, Sirius. And no, I was referring to my husband." Lily said. "But if he's the king, you sure are the prince."
"See Padfoot, I always told you, I was the best, but what are you doing here?" James said, slapping his mate on the back.
"Of course she would say that! She's your wife! She's biased!" Sirius said. "And I heard at the Ministry you were here, Lily, so I wanted to make sure you're alright."
"Well, I'm fine, I just took too much on my plate without eating."
Both James and Sirius raised their eyebrows.
"I mean, I did too much without actually eating something today."
At that moment, the Healer entered.
"I see you're awake again, mrs Potter? I figured you would wake up soon."
"So she's perfectly fine?" James asked.
"Yes, though when we examined you, we noticed something - "
"Is it something serious? She's not going to die is she?" James interupted.
"Of course not, Prongs!" Sirius said. "He said she was fine, remember?"
The Healer cleared his throath rather loudly.
"They're sorry, Healer. What were you saying?" Lily said, giving the two men a look.
"Well, mrs Potter, mr Potter, you're going to be parents."
Lily was too shocked to say anything and she noticed James was too.
Sirius, however, grinned. "How far is the baby?"
"About a month. It's due somewhere in July. You could experience morning-sickness, but that normal. If you have any other questions, we've got some excelent midwitches. And as I said, you're in full health and free to go." With that, the Healer left them alone.
Lily was still a bit shocked, but a smile slowly spread across James' features.
"Me... A father..." James said. "Do you want it?" He added, not too sure Lily wanted to have a baby.
A smile came upon Lily's face then too. "Of course! I just didn't expect it. That explains this morning too."
Suddenly, Lily was being hugged by James.
As they let go again, Lily said: "But now I'd like to get out of here. I'll just have to change and could we go get something to eat then, I'm starved!"
Sirius pulled James with him. "Come-on, loverboy, let the wife change in peace."
James gave Lily a kiss. "We'll see you in the hall."
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That evening, Lily and James were relaxing together on the couch in front of the fire. They had sent messages to all of their friends about the upcoming baby.
"You sure you'll go to work tomorrow?" James asked.
"Of course I will, the baby won't be here untill another eight months and I won't be sitting around all the time. It's not necessary either!"
"I know. This parent thing is just a bit new to me. I've never seen a baby born before."
"Same here. But I'm sure everything will be fine." Lily said, leaning into her husbands chest. And, by the way, I never thanked you."
"For what, love?"
"Teaching me to become an Animagus, that saved my life today I guess."
"It did?!"
"Yes. As a fox I was able to jump over a large hole in the floor. So thanks."
James kissed the top of Lily's head. "It's usefull for the strangest things. But I was thinking, what should we name the baby?"
"I don't know. We don't even know the gender yet and I don't think I want to know the gender before birth either. You?"
James shook his head. "No. But we could think of two names. One for a boy and one for a girl."
They brainstormed about all different sorts of names, but the search of a nice name resulted in a kind of contest making up the strangest name possible.
"You know." Lily said after a couple of hours. "We still haven't got a name."
"I know." James said. "But we still have plenty of time. We could even get a book with names in it. We should probably get some sleep now."
"I know, but I don't wanna get up." Lily sighed.
"No problem." With that, James picked Lily up off the couch and lifted her upstairs.
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Did you like it? Not much happens, and it's kind of happy and fluffy. Please tell me what you think.