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Baby names

"Hey! Cassiopeia, Percy! How you been? We couldn't find you all day, we were kind of hoping to spend some time together." Kira jogged up to the couple as they walked back through the halls of the castle.

The sky had began to dim and a mid autumn chill bit at the air urging them back indoors. They had stopped by the kitchens again to return their basket and dishes as well as bid a good evening to the elves who were preparing dinner for them, requesting their food be sent to the room of requirements.

"We were just by the lake enjoying some sun while it was out. We can spend our next break together, ok?. What about you though? We haven't seen much of you, JJ or Alex today." Cassiopeia linked her free arm through Kira's.

Together they kept walking till they reached the Gryffindor common rooms. "Oh me, Jake and Alex have been hanging out in Ravenclaw tower with Barty, Even, Pandora, Luna, Astro and Regulus. Ellie dropped by for a bit but she was busy with something else." Kira replied pushing a braid from her face. Cassiopeia nodded along, she was glad her siblings were spending time together while they still remembered everything.

"It was nice to sit with them, you know? We wished you and Ellie where there like old times. No stress or anything." Kira sighed, leaning her head down onto Cassiopeia's. They walked in silence for a bit till they reached the common room.

"We're going to head up to the room of requirements. Say hey to JJ and Ally for me, yeah?" Cassiopeia placed a quick kiss on Kira's cheek and patted her head before walking away.

The room of requirements appeared to them as it had done for the last few days, a quaint bedroom for them to relax in. "Do you ever worry that all this is for nothing? That despite doing everything we can here things won't change. We're lucky the Fates gave us this opportunity now but we don't know how lenient they will actually be with changing things." Cassiopeia pondered aloud.

Percy sighed, he had considered it too, along with a thousand other... unfortunate possibilities but he prayed it wouldn't turn out like that. They had sacrificed so much to get this chance the first time, all of them had, he refused to let that be for nothing.

"Things will be different, they have to be. You'll grow up with your dad, Sirius, Remus, Astro, Corvus, Luna even Betty and her parents and when you come to Camp I'll be there with Kiki, Jake, Alex and Eleanor. We'll be together again, even if things are different. The gods will be better parents, the wizarding world won't be such a mess and when you claim your throne it won't be in a time of war, you'll have time to be the queen you are. We can relax and have a family that won't have to grow up in the remains of a war." His hands wrapped around her waist and settled over her stomach, his chin was resting on her head and he felt the slight movement of their child.

"They won't have to grow up like we did this time. We won't have to grow up like we did this time." He promised. Cassiopeia wanted desperately to believe him but her heart clenched with every possible outcome that circulated her head.

"Ok." She muttered, tipping her head back and giving him a kiss. She gently pushed his arms off her so that she could go change, picking out one of his T shirts to wear to relax until they went to bed. Once they had both change clothes, they settled by the fire, Cassiopeia had her legs pulled up on the sofa beside her while she leaned into her lover's side.

"I've been thinking of baby names," she began, a smile seeping onto her face, "I was thinking Cordelia Sally Jackson, if it were a girl and Lorenzo Jason Jackson if they were a boy." Percy thought for a second. Glancing down at his wife he got lost in the beauty of her face, her elegant features softened by the fire light made her look so young, so untouched by war. "Do you not like them?" She asked when she received no response.