Lily laid on the ground wondering where she could possibly go for the night. She had heard stories when she was a girl at Hogwarts about how pregnant girls with no place to go are forced to live in a whorehouse. She couldn't let that happen to her though.

It started to get cold, and she figured that she would have to find a place soon or risk getting sick. She couldn't do that either because if she got sick she didn't know if she had access to a doctor, and if she was sick she'd have a miscarriage. James would be heartbroken then.

It didn't matter if James was heartbroken though, did it? He certainly didn't care if she was heartbroken, he hadn't even sent for her. She had received no word from him since he was taken away. Lily was starting to believe all the rumors that she was hearing about how they were having an affair.

Would James do that to her?

James sat in his cell, he couldn't believe that people thought he had murdered Millicent Bagnold, it just wasn't possible! He also couldn't believe all the things that Remus and Sirius had been telling him. The things that people come up with! Why would he ever have an affair with the Minister of Magic?

Yes, she was beautiful, but he still had Lily.

Lily.

He wondered where she was now. He wondered if she would ever forgive him for letting this happen to her. She was sure to be on the streets by now. Remus and Sirius would never find her then!

He had to talk to her before he went crazy. He had to talk to her before the chance was taken away. Suddenly the bars that contained him in this pit slammed open.

It was Snape.

"What do you want?" James asked bitterly.

"I wouldn't be talking to me like that if I were you," he replied folding his arms over his chest.

"Oh really, what makes you think that I should be civil to you?" James asked. He was getting quite annoyed already, and Snape had been there for only a minute.

"I know that you're innocent," he said simply.

"Well I knew that, thank you very much," James muttered sarcastically.

"I could help you get out of here. I know who did it. I was there," Snape said with a smile.

"If you were there, why would you be helping me?" James asked, "Surely that means that you work for Voldemort, and Voldemort wants me. It doesn't add up."

"Yes, but I also work for Dumbledore. I am a spy for Dumbledore, and the Order. The Order just happens to want you back," Snape said with a cold glare towards James.

"How can you help me though?" James asked.

"We're working that out now, just don't do anything stupid. And don't give them any reason to think that you're guilty," Snape answered, and then left. The bars shut with a bang.

"Snape!" James called out. He turned around to face James once more.

"Would you find Lily and bring her here?" he asked. He didn't want Snape's help, but he was the only man that had visited him in a while. Sirius and Remus were off...somewhere. Snape nodded and disappeared behind one of the doors leading out of the prison.

Lily was laying on a nice comfortable bed, waiting for Christine to return. She was a kind middle-aged woman who decided to take Lily in. Actually she hadn't. She ran a home for people in Lily's situation.

Lily hadn't come here right away though. She had gone to the whorehouse first. She was very desperate. The woman there could somehow tell that she was pregnant and immediately brought her here. Christine had welcomed her in and given her a nice room.

There was a knock at the door and Christine came in. She had dark brown hair that fell down her back in tight ringlets. She had pale skin without any wrinkles, and her eyes were a dark brown to match her hair. With her, she brought a tray of tea and seated herself in a chair next to Lily's bed.

"You look like you've had it rough, dear," she said as she handed Lily a cup of tea. Lily took a sip and nodded.

"Would you tell me what happened?" she asked as she brushed a curl away from her face.

"My husband was sent to Azkaban. When I found out I fainted and ended up in a muggle hospital. They were going to keep me there because my baby-" Lily started.

"A baby? Congratulations!" Christine said with a smile, "It's been so long since there was a baby in the house!"

Lily smiled and let her free hand drift to her still flat belly, "Yes, and since they were muggles they thought that it was amazing how developed the baby was and they immediately sent in a team of experts. They were going to keep me there for a long time I suppose. Then one of the auror's came and brought me home where I learned that the Ministry could take it away from me. They wouldn't even let me grab some of my things! I wandered around and ended up here," Lily finished.

"Oh my, you have had it rough! If you don't mind my asking, what was your husband sent to Azkaban for?" she asked.

"Murder," Lily replied sadly. She knew what was coming next. It had happened quite a few times since James had been shipped off.

"You're James Potter's wife aren't you?" Christine asked.

Lily nodded and a tear slipped down her face. Lily didn't know what happened after that. She just remembered crying herself to sleep. She didn't even realize it when Christine left and turned off the light.

Author's Note: I know that this is really quite short, but right now my computer is acting really weird and I can't use Word. So I found a way around it. I just export a chapter and delete it, and then in the edit/preview part I just type up a whole new chapter. The chapters will get longer. Just bear with me. That was an experiment. I hope you can understand why there was a wait!