Inside the delivery room, Lilly Potter lay on the hospital bed, panting. Drips of sweat trickled down her forehead as she tried to suppress another moan. The fiery red hair was messily tied into a bun and strips of hair soaked in sweat framed her face.
Outside the hospital ward in St Mungos, James Potter was pacing about frantically, his hand constantly reaching up to his head to mess up his hair. He bit cautiously on his lip and made several 'tchs'and noises, but other than that he did not really say much.
He had no idea what to expect, what to do, how to make Lilly feel any better. Sure, his mum once made him sit down and talked to him about marriage and all, but really, he was just a fourteen-year-old boy at that time. No fourteen-year-old teenage boys would really take that kind of talk to heart.
"Hey mate, how's Lilly?" A deep, voice came from behind James. He whipped his head around and of course, who else was there but Sirius. James relaxed a bit at the sight of his best friend, but his brows soon crossed away when a cry from Lilly could be heard from the delivery room,
"I… I honestly don't know what to do Padfoot. I don't have any clue as to what I should do, how could I help Lilly. She's in so much pain and it pains me to know I'm the one causing her to suffer. Merlin, I don't even know how to be a father, let alone all this!" James cried bitterly, burying his face in his hands.
He felt a pat on his back and Sirius giving him a reassuring smile.
"Nah Prongs, Lilly could handle herself for six years before you swept her up off her feet. She's a strong woman, both of us know that. Give her more credit than this."
Of course James knew, of course he knew how headstrong his own wife was, how she could stand up and do anything for the people she loves. And of course she loved their unborn son, and was willing to endure all this pain for him.
Sighing, James went on to ruffle his hair, before starting to pace anxiously across the hallway.
Suddenly without warning two healers rushed past him into the delivery room, that is when his heart leapt into his chest, he thought he heard a passing mention of a Code Blue, but deep in his gut he knew something was wrong, and as he tried to see what was going on with his wife, he was blocked by a third healer, saying that he could not go in.
A/N: Please review and let me know if I should continue this story.
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