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Chapter 8 The Deal
The
next morning Lily woke up with a vague, groggy thought in her in head. I'm
pregnant.
The very idea, once bounced around in her head, was nonsensical and so Lily
decided that it must be a dream. Yes, that was it. A dream.
But then, why was she lying in the infirmary bed? At that moment, Madame
Glencoe wafted cheerfully into the room.
"Feeling any better, my dear?" The nurse asked
quietly.
Lily smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I guess so. I mean, I don't really remember
why I am in here, but I don't feel ill."
Madame Glencoe's sunny face suddenly frowned. "You don't remember? Well,
my dear child, because that's hardly what you are, you are going to have a
baby, now do you remember?"
Lily's face paled. "I thought that was a dream."
"I'm sorry, dear, no. I have a quick question for you, from Dumbledore. Do
you happen to know who the father of this child is?"
Calculating in her head, Lily decided that the father couldn't be Peter. The
only other option was..
"James Potter."
Raising her eyebrows, Madame Glencoe, nodded. "Very
well. Now, if you would please get dressed. You are expected at
breakfast."
Slowly, Lily got dressed. As she pulled on her pants, she looked at her
stomach; a little life was inside of her. She was no longer Lillian Evans; she
was Lillian Evans and child. There were now two people to take care for.
As Lily emerged from behind the dressing screen, Madame Glencoe shuffled up to
her, carrying a small, green vial.
"This, Miss Evans, will prevent anymore morning sickness, such as
yesterday. Just take one tablespoon every day at sunup. Do you
understand?"
Lily nodded solemnly before grasping the bottle and leaving the hospital ward.
Once she reached the Great Hall, Alisa, Kari, and Lizzie all looked towards
her, wanting to know about her condition.
"How are you feeling?" Lizzie cried, as Lily walked slowly to the
table where her friends sat.
Lily's eyes clouded with uncertainty. "Can you guys keep a secret? A big one?" Exchanging glances, her friends nodded
soberly. "I spent that one night with James, and now…now I'm
pregnant." Her voice cracked as she burst into tears.
Kari looked at Alisa, whose mouth was hanging open, Alisa looked at Lizzie, who
looked as if someone had hit her over the head, Lizzie, in turn, looked at
Kari, who was doing nothing but staring at her friends.
Finally, Lily broke the silence, wiping a couple of tears from her eyes.
"Have any of you seen James? I think that he should hear this from me,
sooner rather than later."
Everyone jumped back to life. "I think he was taking his new girlfriend,
Jennifer, to the common room." Alisa hastily replied,
her eyes cast at the stone floor.
Fighting the small voice in her head telling her to leave well enough alone,
Lily nodded and made her way to the Gryfindor common
room, now empty because of breakfast except for a couple in the corner of the
room, kissing with an air that clearly said, "DO NOT DISTURB!"
Seeing this, Lily almost turned away, but she knew that she would have to say
it sometime and took a deep breath.
"Um, James...excuse me? Can I talk to you for
just a second?" She asked quietly.
At the sound of her voice, James turned to look at Lily.
Looking amused, he answered sarcastically, "Sure, Lily, what can I do for
you?" Then, he turned smiling to his flavor of the week.
Lily's face burned. "Well, could I speak to you...alone?" She was
wringing her hands now.
Jennifer, known around the school as being a total bitch, smiled evilly.
"Anything you want to say to him, you can say in front of me. I know you
probably want him badly still, but he's mine now, so, uh, go run along and play
with your little friends."
Suddenly, the stress of everything took over Lily, and she snapped. "Back
off bitch," she said coldly, "James, you won't want to hear this but,
I'm pregnant, and it's your baby. Dumbledore will probably want to talk to you
soon." Then turning towards Jennifer, she added, "And even though I
won't back off now, there is no way in hell that I would ever want to be with,
let alone touch James again. He's all yours, slut." She turned on her heel
and marched from the room.
Jennifer looked at James in disgust. "You got her pregnant? I can't
believe that! This is over; I never want to see you again. And you can bet I'll
be warning all the other girls. Ugh!"
James stared at her retreating back. He, for the first time in his life had
been dumped. And Lily, a one night stand, someone that he had wanted to keep
away from him, was going to have his child. He knew that he wanted to be a
father some day, but now? He was only 17, for God's sake! Lily was only 16; her
birthday hadn't even come yet. How good of parents could they possibly be? They
didn't even like each other.
He should have been more careful, this could have been prevented.
"Damn it!" James cursed loudly, slamming his fist on the ground.
"It wasn't part of the plan!"
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Lily
was constantly hungry now, with a baby growing inside her. True to her wishes
Dumbledore, along with Alisa, Kari, and Lizzie had kept the pregnancy a secret.
One day, not a week later, Lily was on
her way to potions when an owl wheeled in from a window, and dropped a note on
her head.
Miss Evans, please come up to my office
as soon as possible. Thank you very
much, Dumbledore.
Figuring that right then was as good a time as any, Lily turned around and
headed for the gargoyle that guarded the Dumbledores
headquarters.
Giving it the password, ("Sugar Quill!") she opened the office door and
walked into the extravagant room.
"Ah, Miss Evans, please, sit down next to Mr.
Potter." Dumbledore motioned to an empty chair next to the raven-haired
boy.
Lily glared at the floor as she sat. She didn't want to have anything to do
with James, who looked apprehensive.
Clearing his throat, Dumbledore began. "I know that this pregnancy must be
very hard. Neither of you, I'm sure, asked for it. However, you must remain
strong, because harder times lie ahead. You are no longer seeing each other,
but, unfortunately, wizarding laws say that for one
year after the birth of the child, its underage parents must remain together.
They unfortunately have to be married during that time, and furthermore, they
must reside in the same house."
Lily's mouth fell open as she and James exchanged looks of pure venom.
"I cannot live with him!" She cried despairingly. "Please, can't
you say anything to the ministry?"
James looked angry and sad at the same time. "Hey! I'm not that bad!
Besides, I don't want to live with you anymore than you want to be with
me!"
Dumbledore held up a hand. "Quiet! Calm down, both of you! No, Miss Evans,
there is nothing I can do to help. For the time being, try to come to an
agreement, and get along!" His voice was almost pleading.
"Fine! Fine! Just…Urgh!"
Yelled Lilly, throwing her hands into the air as she stormed
from the room.
James placed his head into his hands. "How am I supposed to live with
that?"
^^^^
The
next day, Saturday, Lily was walking down to the library when a hand grabbed her
and pulled her into a classroom. She, understandably panicked, as flash-backs
of her rape came flooding back.
"Please! Don't hurt me, I'm not worth it!" She cried out, her eyes
squeezed shut.
There was an audibly sigh. "Relax, Evans. It's just me. I want to talk to
you."
Lily opened her eyes only to see James standing in front of her. Her faced
hardened. "Oh. What do you want?"
James rolled his eyes. "Come off it! I really think that we should, at
least try to get along. We don't even have to be friends. I mean, can't we just
me...civil?"
Lily turned away, her arms crossed against her chest.
He tried again. "Please? We should try; we are going to have to be married
for a year. We might as well be nice to each other."
Tumbling it in her brain, Lily turned around. Taking a deep breath, she
answered. "Fine. I suppose you're right. We'll be..politely civil." Then,
she held out her hand to seal the deal. James took it and they shook.
No need to explain the plan
No need to even bother
I'll pack my bags, I
swear I'll run-wish my friends were 21
You don't belong, you left the kids to carry on
You planned their fall
Too bad you're wrong, don't need a mom dad slave drive song
I time bomb
Ok!
That was possibly the worst chapter? I'm trying not to rush things, but it's
hard because She has to be pregnant for awhile longer…
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Oh, well! I hope ya'll enjoyed it anyway.
The last paragraph was Anthem, by Blink-182.
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