Song for the second part of the chapter: Matilda - Harry Styles

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May 21st, 1996

"What about Percy?" Regulus suggested.

I slouched back into my chair. "Not my favorite," I said.

"I'm running out of ideas here," Regulus sighed, holding my hand underneath the table.

"Okay, give me some ideas for a girl," I said.

Sirius, who was sitting on the other side of Regulus, leaned over. "You should name it Sirius," He suggested. "It would keep up the tradition, and it would honor your favorite person in the entire world."

"Merlin," Regulus muttered, dropping his head into his hand.

I'm about twelve weeks into my pregnancy. Next week marks the start of the second trimester. It's been a rough several weeks, with all of the emotions and the fact that we are in the middle of a war. Regulus has been extremely supportive, as well as the rest of our family and close friends.

"I need ideas for a girl, because I have none," I said.

"What about Maia?" Regulus said.

I shrugged, "That's an idea." I quickly scribbled the name down on the list in front of me. So far there were very few name suggestions that both of us liked enough to add to the list.

"Celestia," Sirius proposed.

"Jeez, that sounds so pretentious," Regulus replied.

Sirius laughed, "As pretentious as Regulus?"

An Order meeting is supposed to start in about twenty minutes, and the occasional person files in and takes a seat at the long table in the kitchen of Grimmauld Place.

Emmeline is sitting to my left, silent as she reads the baby names on our list.

"Keeping up with the tradition then?" She asked, looking at all of the constellation and star inspired names.

"Yes," I answered, "Unless we can't come up with any names."

"What about Nova?" She said.

Regulus shrugged, "It has potential."

I added it to the list and leaned back in my chair. I'm so exhausted that I don't want to be here right now, but I already missed the last Order meeting because of morning sickness. Thankfully, most of my nausea has stopped since I'm in the last week of my first trimester.

The kitchen door opened and Jack walked in. "Hey," He greeted everyone with a small smile.

"Hi, Jack," I said, setting my quill down.

"How are you?" He asked.

I shrugged, "Good, tired though."

"How's the baby?"

"The size of a lime," I answered.

Jack smiled and took a seat beside Emmeline.

"We're talking about baby names," Emmeline explained after greeting him.

"Got any suggestions?" Regulus asked.

Jack thought for a second then shook his head. "I've got nothing," He said.

I folded up the list and handed it to Regulus, who put it in his pocket. "Good thing we've got 28 weeks to think of a name then," I said, going to get up out of my chair.

"What do you need? I can grab it," Regulus said, practically jumping out of his chair.

"Bloody hell," I said, "I'm fine. I can grab a glass of water."

Regulus nodded, "I know that, I'm just offering to get it for you."

"I've got it, thank you though, darling."

I walked around the table and grabbed a glass from the cabinet. Remus, who had been standing against the counter watching the whole interaction, stifled a laugh.

"He is completely at your beck and call, you know that?" He teased.

I filled the glass with ice and water, then took a sip.

"I know, he's always like this when I'm pregnant," I said. "I can't even be annoyed with him because of how sweet it is."

"And how are you doing?" Remus asked.

"I feel exhausted all the time. I'm also pissed that I got benched from missions and patrols, I'm so bored," I replied.

Remus laughed, "I know, but it's for the best. No one wants anything to happen to you or the baby."

"Still stupid though," I chimed.

The table was almost completely full, and when the kitchen door opened one last time, Dumbledore and Snape walked in, taking their seats at the table.

I sat between Regulus and Emmeline while Remus sat beside Sirius, and we waited for the meeting to begin.

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The meeting dragged on, so I was thankful when Dumbledore finally ended the meeting. Everyone left Grimmauld Place, leaving only Regulus, Sirius, Remus, and I.

I had another glass of water in front of me on the coffee table while I sat on the couch since I can't have tea anymore.

Remus was tired, so he went up to bed. Regulus was in the kitchen making me toast, so I sat in the living room with my hand resting on my bump. I was already showing a bit since this is my third pregnancy.

It's weird because I know what to expect now. Everything is going by so much faster than my first pregnancy, with Atlas.

Everything was so much harder the first time around.

I was 22, and the only family I had was Regulus. I had Emmeline, and Remus was around too, but all I wanted when I went into labor was my mom. I cried a lot after Atlas was born. I really wished my parents and Marlene could be there, I still do.

Sirius sat down beside me on the couch and grinned. "I'm glad that I'm here this time around," He said.

"Me too," I replied, "You're an amazing uncle."

"You know I didn't even know that Reggie had gone off and started a family of his own until I got out," He added. "He loves you guys so much"

"And he really loves you," I said. "You're our family too."

Sirius smiled. "He finally got all of the love that he deserves," He said.

I nodded, waiting for him to continue.

"I felt sorry for the longest time, for leaving him with our parents-, if you can even call them that."

I gave Sirius a reassuring look. "You don't have to be sorry for leaving. No one blames you, Regulus never blamed you."

"Yeah," Sirius shrugged.

"Everything worked out in the end, didn't it?" I asked.

Sirius nodded, "I guess it did."

Regulus stepped into the living room and brought me over a plate of toast and set it down in front of me. "Here you go, love," He said, kissing me on the forehead. "What're you guys talking about?"

"Oh just the fact that I won't be in Azkaban when my niece or nephew is born," Sirius joked.

Regulus laughed, "Well, third times a charm, right?"

Sirius crossed his fingers. "I sure hope so," He said.

Regulus sat on my other side, placing his hand on my small bump. "Hi baby," He said.

"God, you are sickening," Sirius muttered.

"What? I'm talking to my son or daughter," Regulus replied.

Sirius rolled his eyes. "Yeah, but you were using a total dad voice."

"Probably because I am a dad?" Regulus said.

"Who would've thought that you'd ever be this painfully happy," Sirius said. "I'm proud of you though, you've got a pretty job life."

Regulus looked at me and smiled. "Yeah, I really do."

"See? Sickening I tell you," Sirius joked.

All three of us started laughing, and Regulus reached across me to smack Sirius upside the head, which resulted in Sirius hitting him back.