Not-So-Secret Admirer -A Jily Story

Part 23- James

LILY WAS SITTING ON OUR BED STARING AT HER HANDS SADLY. I approached her and found that she had been crying. Lily returned my simulation crystal after saying good-bye to her parents. That was a few months ago. Was she still sad about that? She seemed alright the past couple of weeks. Happy even, all things considered.

"Are you okay?" I asked, tentatively.

"I'm going to love someone more than I love you in a couple of months," she said, smiling.

"What?" I exclaimed, getting slightly angry.

"I'm going to love someone more than I love you," she repeated "But it's okay, because so will you."

"Lily, I can't imagine loving anyone else more than I love you," I said.

"Not even your own son," she said, biting her lower lip to stop herself from smiling.

"What?" I asked, confused, the anger ebbing out.

"Dorcas says that she has this weird talent where she can guess the gender of a baby," Lily said "She claims she predicted it correctly for three of her aunts. She says that we're having a son."

"Wait, does that mean?" I asked, happy tears brimming my eyes.

"We're having a son!" she squealed in glee, jumping out of bed and hugging me tightly.

"We're having a son!" I repeated, hugging her and lifting her off the ground.

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"Got another box for you," I said handing a rectangular box to Padfoot. Lily's arm tightened slightly around mine. Marlene looked curiously at her boyfriends box. Padfoot opened the box and pulled out a card.

"What is a godfather?" he read out loud. He opened the card and continued "You. You is a godfather." Padfoot looked up at us and said "What is the meaning of this?"

"Well, we're pregnant," Lily said "And we want you to be the godfather and Marlene to be the godmother."

"Really?" Marlene squealed.

"There's no one we trust more," I said.

"I'm positive that you will take good care of our son if anything happens to us," Lily commented.

"Wait, that's what godparents do?" Padfoot asked.

"Yeah, mate," I replied "That's what godparents are for."

"I knew that," Padfoot lied "I was testing to see of you knew that."

"Is it too late to ask Remus?" I joked.

"No! It's too late!" Padfoot hollered.

"So have you decided on names?" Marlene asked.

"We were thinking Harry," James said with a flourish "Works for a boy or girl."

"Harry Potter," Padfoot said "It has a nice ring to it."

"Let's just pray that he becomes like Lily," Marlene said "We do not need another James Potter. One is enough." Marlene had just finished her sentence when Wormtail knocked on the door.

"Dumbledore is calling everyone for an emergency meeting," he said. We looked at each other and followed Wormtail out to the Room of Requirements. There were quiet murmurs as we walked towards Dorcas and Remus. Franks and Alice Longbottom were standing next to them.

"I heard you are expecting," Alice said, as the four of us joined the group "Congratulations!"

"Thank you and congratulations to you two," Lily said. Coincidently, Alice was pregnant at the same time Lily was.

"What is this meeting about?" Marlene asked. The other just shrugged. The door opened and Dumbledore walked in with a very thin woman with large glasses which magnified her eyes to several times their natural size, and she was draped in gauzy, spangled shawl and Snivellus. I was wonder where that little snot was. I just assumed he joined the Death Eater since all of his toerag friends were.

"Everyone this is Sybill Trelawney, the new divination teacher once Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry starts again," Dumbledore said. Trelawney did a small bow-like gesture and nervously tightened the shawl.

"She has made a prophecy," Dumbledore continued "One which I have to act upon."

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives..." Trelawney replied. I pulled Lily closer. According to her, either our unborn child or the Longbottom's unborn child was going to vanquish You-Know-Who.

"And now because of Snape the Dark Lord now is aware of the prophecy," Dumbledore said "But it is also because of him that we know who the Dark Lord is going after." Dumbledore looked right at Lily and me. Everyone turned to look at us.

"I suggest the both of you run and hide and protect your child till the time comes when he or she is strong enough to defeat the Dark Lord," Dumbledore said. Lily shuddered. I nodded and Dumbledore left the room. Soon after, everyone left till it was only Lily, Marlene, Dorcas, Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and me in the room.

"What are you going to do?" Dorcas asked.

"I have a place where we can go," I said "It's safe and secluded. It's in-"

"No," Moony said, covering my mouth "Choose a secret keeper and only tell that person you location."

"Why?" Lily asked "We trust all of you. We know you won't let us down."

"It's still too risky," Moony said "Who's it going to be?"

"I can't be me or Marlene," Dorcas said "Marlene can't keep a secret and 

"It can't be me either," Moony said "I'm a werewolf and I know for a fact that You-Know-Who is recruiting werewolves and Greyback might have told him that I'm a werewolf."

"Yeah, but you won't tell," I countered.

"If he uses veritaserum or he infiltrates my memories I'd be powerless to stop him," Moony explained.

"Not me," Padfoot said "I know I'm the godfather and everything but I'm a Black. He might be looking for family loyalty. I don't have any but he might assume I'm like the other Blacks and my cousins definitely know that I'm not supporting him."

"So, no Marlene, no Dorcas, no Moony, no Padfoot," I said thinking "So that just leaves you Wormtail." Wormtail looked at me shocked.

"Me?" he said and I nodded "I'd be honored."

A/N: So I have been a whole mess this week and I was dealing with something  so the update was kind of slow. The chapter after this one is going to be the second last one. I feel like it just came to it's natural end and there is no point in continuing it because well... you know.