This collection has been entered in The Ultimate Pairing Drabble Competition.

Pairing: James/Lily

Word Count: 416

Prompt: phone call

The phone was taunting Lily.

When James had told her that the spells witches used to test for a pregnancy were not a hundred percent accurate, she had immediately gotten herself an appointment with a Muggle obstetrician. Sure, both the Muggle pregnancy test and the pregnancy spell had said that she was pregnant, but she needed to be sure.

And here she was, lying in bed with James at her side, staring at the phone and willing it to ring. She needed to know if she was actually pregnant, and she needed to know now!

"Lils, stop stressing yourself out," James said, sounding tired and groggy. "It's midnight, and I'm pretty sure the doctor's asleep too. She'll call you tomorrow with the results. You're not doing yourself any good worrying like this, you need to sleep."

In all honesty, Lily was tired and needed to sleep. But still…what if Dr. Michaels was working late and decided to call her and she was asleep?

"I can't James," she said. "I can't miss the call."

James sighed, rolling to face Lily.

"Staring at the phone isn't going to speed thing up, you know," he said, pulling her into his arms. "Besides, the faster you fall asleep, the faster time will fly. Before you know, it'll be tomorrow and the ringing of the phone will be the reason you're getting up."

"James –"

"Shh," he whispered. "I'm not taking no for an answer. You need to sleep. If not for your health, then the baby's."

"James, I don't even if I'm –"

"I know you're pregnant, Lils. If you want to wait for proof before you believe, that's fine, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to force you to take better care of yourself in the meantime."

Lily smiled in James' embrace. She still wasn't sure if she was indeed carrying a child, but for James' sake, she'd try and get her mind off of the phone.

Besides, he was right.

Not that she would ever admit that to him, of course. His ego was big enough; it didn't need to be fed anymore.

But if she was pregnant, she needed to start taking better care of herself. She might as well start right now.

So she curled into James' arms and closed her eyes, attempting to sleep. Maybe if she didn't look at the phone, it would stop taunting her.

Anyways, she had magiced the phone to ring extra loudly. If Dr. Michaels did call, she would…surely…wake…u –

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The If You Dare Challenge, Prompt 297. I'm Ready