Lily opened her eyes wearily. She had no idea what had woken her up. She blinked a few times and realized it must have been James. She turned to where he lay beside her and gazed at him. His unruly black hair was even more tousled than normal and his face was sweaty. His eyes were twitching beneath his eyelids and his face was contorted. He was murmuring something under his breath that she couldn't distinguish.

"James?" she whispered while stroking his cheek. He must have been having a nightmare. She grimaced. She had been having them as well. Ever since Dumbledore told them that the most powerful dark wizard in the world was after their son, their family. She thought about how well James had handled it. Lily had broken down, and James had been strong. He had comforted her and not shown any form of fear other than the initial shock. She bit her lips and continued to stroke his cheek. Suddenly eh started shaking and his mouth opened wide. Suddenly his eyes snapped open and he shot up screaming "NO!". Lily gasped and gently laid a hand on his back, rubbing circles. He looked around wildly until his eyes rested on her.

"Lily?" he choked out. Lily nodded, confused. What could have happened in his dream? She got up into a kneeling position and put her face very close to his.

"Hey, what's wrong?" she said sweeping strands of messy black hair from his eyes. His hazel eyes were wild will fear and he seemed unable to speak.

"James, you can tell me" she whispered to her husband. He reached up to cup her cheek and she smiled at him.

"It was him" James whispered, and instantly Lily knew who he meant. Voldemort.

"He came and he went after you and Harry. And I couldn't do anything. I ran to you but I couldn't go fast enough. You were holding Harry and running and he was chasing you and you were screaming. I ran Lily. I ran so hard and I threw everything I had at him but nothing worked. Right when I got close enough to help, I saw this green light and, and, you screamed my name and you just fell' his voice broke and Lily suddenly realized that he was crying, she had never seen him cry before 'and then he turned on Harry and I went mental. I jumped in front of him and kept up a good fight for a while but then he hit me with something and I just froze. I had to stand there and watch while he went after Harry. And Harry just smiled up at him, like he was just Sirius or something, and then when he pulled his wand on him he started crying. He cried and cried " Dada! Dada!" and I was just frozen, I couldn't do anything. And then another flash of light and Harry was gone too…." he said his voice shaking. Tears streamed down his face and he was shaking.

"Oh James" Lily whispered, pulling him to her. She rested her chin on top of his head and wrapped one arm around his shoulder, the other holding his head close to her. She felt his arms twine around her waist and he started shaking even harder, she heard the sobs that escaped from him. It broke her heart. She had never seen him cry before. They stayed like that for a while. Finally he pulled away, his eyes puffy and red. He laid down and she followed suit. He pulled her to his chest and she kissed him gently.

"We'll be fine" she whispered to him. She realized she wasn't the only one that was scared, and she couldn't let James be the brave one all the time, there were times when she had to be brave for her family. And this was one of those times.