Hey, sorry I'm taking so long but I've started another story on FictionPress...cause' my friend was like WRITE THIS NOW! and I was like okaaaay! Yeah...so if you wanna check it out I have the same pen name (A lesson before dying) and the story is called 'To dance'. Anyways here's this chapter...I'm glad you all are happy with the baby staying alive. I don't know what will happen to them or if this will be AU or not...we'll see. The song is Ben Jelen's 'Come on.'
Chapter 37- The going into labor?
And finally the silence
Looking out, looking back across the sky
Trying to find a meaning
Knowing that I just left it all behind
Still I smell a lingering softness
Where did she go
How did she go
I wanna wanna know
I wanna know that she'll be coming here to me
Come on
Without you I'll never feel the love inside of me
Come on, you know that we belong
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Thinking back before her
I never knew the meaning of alone
Still the flag is feeling foreign
I live the day to escape into a phone
Speaking of a world not real then
Where did she go
How did she go
I wanna wanna know
I wanna know that she'll be coming here to me
Cause shes sharp for kisses
And my heart misses
She's coming
She's coming here to me
I'm needing
Desiring to kiss her now
I'm living for her
Breathing for her
Singing for her fairytale
Come on..
"Lily, did you even bother asking a medi-witch or healer which room they were in?" Anais asked me and I scowled.
"Of course. No one would answer me." I answered, grumpily.
"WE'RE HAVING A GIRL!" I heard a familiar voice bellow from the room in front of us. Anais and I both sighed in relief and hurried to the door.
I heard a sweet voice laugh from inside and knew we had found our girl.
"Abbey! Oh thank god! We thought you were hurt!" Anais sighed as we stampeded into the room, immediately checking her over for internal bleeding or anything of the sort.
"Are you okay? What happened?" I asked and she blushed, sheepishly.
"I fell in the shower...for a second we thought we'd lost her." Abbey said with a sad shake of her head. I gasped as Anais clung to her arm, her mouth hanging open.
"But she's alright?" Anais asked and Abbey nodded with a thankful smile.
"Wait it's a girl?" I exclaimed and Abbey laughed as Sirius nodded his head, a triumphant smile upon his handsome face.
"Amy Grace Black." Abbey said and Sirius took her hand in his own, gazing at her lovingly.
"Alright, as long as we know you're okay. We'll be waiting for you to come home." Anais said as she smiled at them and walked out with me trailing behind her. I turned to see Sirius kiss Abbey gently on the forehead and I smiled at the loving couple. It's nice to see a couple who's comfortable with each other in public. As logn as they're not too public, like James sometimes wants to be...hence the library...
"Did you find them?" Remus asked as we walked up to them. Anais nodded and he casually slipped his arm across her shoulder as James slipped his hand into mine. What a sight we were. Six friends, all in love...three guys, three girls. How much drama would there be if one of us broke up on bad terms...Ouch.
"Let's go home." James said quietly, gazing at all the people in the waiting room. I watched his face and could see traces of sorrow in his dark eyes. I squeezed his hand as we apparated. I knew he missed his parents, still. He had skipped the funeral, despite my telling him he should go, besides along time ago when he had spilled all his feelings to me he hadn't really dealt with all his emotions. They erupted in him sometimes. I would see him staring at pictures of me with my parents and I had seen a picture of him and his dad in his closet, but the next day it was torn up. We needed to talk, soon.
But for the next couple of months all our priorities were school and Abbey. She was in her eighth month and let me tell you, she wasn't enjoying it. When she walked around the house, which wasn't often, she waddled. She couldn't stick her feet into almost all of her shoes because her feet were swolen.
We put a mat in the shower so she wouldn't have a replay of that incident, even though, now she just took down to take showers or baths. But then we'd have to help her get back up. Abbey still claims she doesn't need any help, but we know it's an empty statement.
One time she was so fed up with Sirius running for her every need I witnessed her slide off the couch while Sirius was sleeping and actually crawl into the kitchen to get some food. Of course, Sirius woke up while she was eating on the floor, her being too tired to crawl back, and yelled at her for not waking him up. But then she yelled back and he ended up caring her back to her room, with her acting grumpy for the next week.
Abbey was due anyday and we had a packed bag for her next to the front door, just in case something happened where we needed to rush her to the hospital. We didn't want to apparate her to the hospital in case of something going wrong, so we'd have to use muggle transportation.
So here we were, just Abbey and I, watching a comedy show on television.
"I'm hungry." Abbey noted as a commercial came on and I looked at her with a small smirk.
"When are you not hungry?" I asked and she stuck her tongue out.
"When you're pregnant you'll understand." Abbey said with a small pout. I laughed and she looked at me with a curious glint in her eye.
"What, my dear, is so funny?" Abbey asked and I snorted.
Before I could answer Abbey let out a yelp of pain.
"Ow! What's the matter with you?!" Abbey cried, looking down at her stomach, angrily. I let out another giggle as she yelled at her stomach. I'm sure Amy could hear her pretty darn well. Sarcasm included in that last statement.
"Oh! It did it again! That really hurts, Amy. Lily, make it stop!" Abbey whined as she moaned again in pain. My first reaction was to give her some pain medication, but then I realized what was happening. Or I thought I did, at least.
"ABBEY! You're going into labor!" I exclaimed, hopping up from the couch and bounding towards her.
"Now that's just silly, Lily. I'm not due for another week and a half. Plus, my water hasn't broken. She's probably just kicking extra hard or something...Oh dear..." Abbey looked down at the floor where a puddle of water now laid.
"Oh god! I am going into labor!" Abbey screeched as I grabbed the bag and began usering Abbey out the door towards the elevators.
"But my shoes!" Abbey complained and I rolled my eyes.
"Like you can fit in them?"
"Good point."
When I got her into the elevator and pressed the down button we stood in silence.
"Well...this is exciting." Abbey said suddenly and I laughed. Soon we were both laughing and when the door opened we hurried out to the street, where taxis were zooming by, not slowing down at anything.
"TAXI!" I screamed and eventually a taxi stopped for us. Abbey got in first, then I pushed the bag in, then I got in and we were on our way to St. Mungos. Well, the taxi driver didn't know that...he thought we were going to a shopping district. How dumb can you be. Hi, my friend is in labor can you take us shopping?
"Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww....Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww..." Abbey complained all through the ride and I stuck my fingers in my ear to block out the annoying noise.
When we finally pulled up to our stop, I threw some money to the driver and jumped out of the car. Abbey slowly got out after me, she was now breathing heavily and turning a dark shade of red.
I slung the bag over my shoulder as we ran-well I ran, she hobbled, down the street to St. Mungos.
"Amy, stay in there! Just twenty more minutes for mommy, okay?" Abbey pleaded as we got to the entrance. I pushed her in and hopped in after her.
We were immediately greeted by the sight of lots of people and healers bustling about.
"WE NEED A HEALER! THERE'S A WOMAN IN LABOR!" I yelled and immediately everyone turned towards Abbey, who smiled and gave a little wave before crouching over in pain as she hit a contraction.
"Shit, this hurts." She groaned and I smiled weakly.
"Come on ma'am. Just sit down and relax. You're going to be fine." A medi-witch said, pulling up a wheelchair. Abbey eyed the wheelchair warily and then sat down, grasping my hand as I tried to sit down in the waiting room.
"Oh no you don't. You will not leave me at the most painful moment in my life when the bloody man who did this to me isn't even here." Abbey said stubbornly. The medi-witch who was pushing the wheelchair looked at Abbey sadly.
"Get you pregnant then leave, dear? Terrible men, these days." She noted and I snorted.
"No, he's just...not here." Abbey said, between gasps.
"Oh alright then. Well, why don't you go get him then?" The witch said, looking at me and I nodded. Pulling from Abbey's death grip, I apparated to Sirius, James and Remus' flat.
"OI! Sirius!" I yelled and Sirius popped his head out from the bathroom.
"Something wrong?" He asked, noticing my ruffled hair and wrinkled clothing.
I twirled a lock of hair around my finger, pretending to be ditsy.
"Well, um, Abbey started like going into labor....like five minutes ago." I said and he immediately ran at me, demanding details. Where is she? Is she okay? Blah blah blah...
"Just go to St. Mungos, Sirius." I said with a laugh as he dissapparated. Well now that that was taken care of...
I walked down to James' room and pushed open the door. I saw him with his head on his desk and his eyes closed.
"James..." I nudged his shoulder. When he didn't move I frowned and pushed myself onto his lap. He still didn't move...
I began to kiss up and down his neck and I began tracing his jaw with my tongue. He shivered, subconsciously, at my touch but still didn't open my eyes. I sighed and eventually moved to his lips, pressing mine onto his forcefully. This woke him up. His arms immediately went around my waist, pulling me closer.
I smiled to myself as we pulled away.
"I'd like to wake up to that each morning." James said with a smile.
"Mm. Me too, but right now we need to go. Abbey's going into labor." I said with a giggle and dissapparating to St. Mungos.
-A Lesson before dying