Chapter 19
Apparition
"James! James! Can you bring me some water? James, are you down there?" Lily called down the stairs, clutching her stomach. There was no answer. "James? Are you here? Would you please bring me some water?" She walked down the first two steps as again no one yelled back.
In all actuality, James was sitting on the living room coach, clenching his fists. He was trying to be helpful for Lily, but, ugh, he had been waiting on her hand and foot every minute of every day. There wasn't much more he could take. So now, James was employing the tactic of ignoring her cries. The couch was hidden from view of the stairs and Lily wouldn't see him sitting there until she was all the way down and it was too late. When she got all the way down and saw him, he would just make up some lame-ass excuse.
"James! Ugh, I'll just get it myself." Lily sighed as she began walking down the rest of the steps.
He let out a deep breath as the inevitable groan of the stairway was heard. How much longer was it until the baby came and she could get stuff for herself WITHOUT making James feel bad?
Suddenly, as these thoughts ran through his head, a humongous crash could be heard from the stairs. James jumped up and ran to the staircase.
His heart began beating frantically at what he saw. Lily was lying on her side on the landing. Her breathing was rapid and her skin had turned extremely pale.
James tried to sit her up but she let out a terrible groan. "I...thought...you...weren't...here," she struggled, "where...were...you?"
He grabbed her hand, "I'm sorry...I guess I was just...are you ok? Is the baby ok?"
Lily's eyes grew wide, "The baby..." was all she managed to say.
The world had grown black and fuzzy and Lily tried to make out her surroundings, but doing so only made her dizzy. Slowly, a face formed. It started out misty and grew clearer and clearer. The features were so familiar.
"Mum? Is that you?" Lily whispered, her hands grasping to hold on to her mother. Sadly, they went right through as they would through a ghost. "Mum...what's going on?"
"I love you, Lily. You must be strong for what will happen." Mrs. Evans smiled. "You are my little girl and I will always watch over you. I love you." Her face began to once again fade away.
"Don't leave me mum! Don't leave me! Mum! Please, please, please come back!" Lily screamed causing her whole body to erupt with pain.
A masculine voice was calling out from somewhere far away, "Lily! Lily!"
She waved her arms through the fog, "Is that you daddy?" She was shaking harder than she had ever before.
Strong arms picked her up and held her still. "Daddy? What is happening? I'm so confused."
Several minutes went by and all Lily felt was the mist swirling around her and the two arms clutching her body. Then, without warning, all sensation left her. She felt no pain, heard no sounds.
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James sat in the waiting room of a muggle hospital. He couldn't remember ever feeling this apprehensive. After Lily passed out, he spent several minutes trying to wake her up but she just continued to scream out for her mother and father. He gave up and took her to the hospital where they had completely knocked her out and were now performing an emergency C-section. (Spelling? I'm not quite sure...)
"Prongs, there you are. How is Lily doing?" Sirius interrupted James's reverie as he and Alisa ran down the hallway.
James shrugged, "I don't know, they haven't really told me anything yet. They are giving her a c-section."
Sirius looked confused, "A c...section. What's that?"
Alisa rolled her eyes, "It's just a way of taking out the baby. She'll be fine, James, don't worry."
He nodded as though he wasn't quite convinced. He knew deep down that everything would work out, but he felt guilty. Maybe if he had just gotten the water for her instead of being a selfish prick...
They all sat in silence for a few minutes before the door containing Lily opened and a somber doctor walked out toward them. James, Alisa, and Sirius stood, their ears eagerly listening for news.
"I have good news and bad news," the doctor started. "Shall we start with the bad news? I must unfortunately announce that the baby did not survive. With the damage from the fall and the shock of an early delivery...well, there was little we could do. I'm very sorry. The good news is that Miss Evans is going to be just fine with a few bandages and plenty of bed rest. Now, if you would kindly give us a couple of minutes to clean up, you may see her." He nodded to them and went back into the hospital room.
They all stood there, Alisa grabbed Sirius's hand and looked sympathetically at James.
James wasn't quite sure how he felt about it. While he was happy that he didn't have to be a father just yet, he had to admit that he had been a little excited about the experience. Just a little.
In about 10 minutes, all of the nurses and doctors exited the room and the last one ushered the threesome inside.
The room was clinically white with small splashes of blue and teal. A small beeping sound could be heard from the machine hooked to Lily. Other than that, the only noise came from Lily's sobs.
It was hard to explain exactly how she felt. She was upset and confused about seeing her mum and devastated and relieved about losing her baby.
Hearing her cry like that, James was reminded of when he had found Lily after the rape. It reminded him that that sound was the reason they were here in the first place. If he had never heard her cry, he would never have wanted to protect her, if he had never wanted to protect her, he would never have befriended her, if he had never befriended her, he would never have slept with her, and if he had never slept with her, she would have never been pregnant. But most of all, that cry made him care for her more than he had ever. It wasn't love, but it was a feeling.
"Lily," James croaked, not knowing which emotion to deal with first. "Lily, don't cry. We didn't want a baby...it's over now."
She appeared not to hear him and instead sobbed out, "Mum, daddy...I want my mum, I want my mum."
"There gone, Lily, there gone. You know that." James persuaded, wrapping his arms around her. She held on so tightly that he could practically hear all of his bones crack. "It's going to be ok. Shhh, calm down. I've got you, I'm here."
Alisa and Sirius watched all of this in awe. Lily hardly ever showed a weak side and James hardly ever showed a sensitive side.
By the time they left, Lily had slipped into a dreamless, comfortable sleep. James took one look back, finally she was peaceful. He knew they would be ok, somehow, he knew they would get through it.
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Ok, ok, so the ending was a little hokey, but at least it was somewhat happy?! Well, I would just like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who reviewed with your wonderful ideas. Yay, I took your advise and just killed off the baby, and I think it was a much better choice than anything else.
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