A Secret Inside
A/N: Ok, I sent this to my beta awhile ago to check it over and she never got back to me with it. Then I sent it to the last person to e-mail me and offer to be a beta and sent it to her. She never got back to me either. So me, being Miss. Impatient, decided to just go ahead and post it up. Sorry you two if you're reading this. We'll try again! Also, thank you everyone who offered to be my beta reader! There were so many of you! I really wasn't expecting that many people!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters in the series. They all belong to J.K. Rowling.
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It was now about five months into the pregnancy and it was starting to show on Lily. At first it was easy to hide. Since Leanne was larger than Lily, she leant her friend one of her robes to wear. Even though Sirius pointed out it would get harder to hide it, she took it with great gratitude.
No one had said anything about her gaining weight, so when Corrina did, she was a little shocked. "Come on, Lily. We'll go on a diet together. You, too, Leanne!" Lily looked at the skinny girl horrified.
"Your not fat!" Leanne exclaimed. "Look at me and look at you! Now compare the two!" Leanne was a bit upset that this thin girl thought that she was fat.
"Yeah, look at me and Leanne. Now you. You're not fat." Lily told her.
Leanne looked at Lily. "It's ok if I call myself big, but not for you to call me that." She said defensively.
"You're not that big." Lily said.
"Don't dig yourself in deeper." Leanne warned.
"Just us Gryffindor girls." Corrina squealed happily. "No more fatty foods for us. Nice salads only." She said. 'My baby's got to eat!' Lily thought to herself.
Shaking her head said, "No." Corrina was about to start begging, but Leanne stopped her. "Lily's got a good reason not to." She informed.
"Well, what about you?" She asked. "I don't want to do it by myself. It's no fun."
"Ask Gina to do it with you." Lily snapped. Corrina thought about this a minute and decided to do it, considering that the others made it clear they weren't up to it. "I don't know how she does it." Lily sighed as Corrina skipped out of the room to go find James' girlfriend.
Lily stood up from the bed that she was sitting on in the dorms. "I'm thinking about going to the lake."
"Why?" Leanne asked her. "It's cold outside. You don't need to get sick."
The red haired girl started laughing at her overprotective friend. "You're not my mother. Don't worry. I'll be fine." Then she walked to the door, only to be stopped by something hitting her in the back. "What now?"
"Don't forget your jacket, Dodo brain." Leanne said, rolling her eyes. Lily bent down to pick up her jacket. 'Soon I wont be able to do even that!' She thought, thinking about books and movies she had seen with pregnant women in them. She would have time to think about that down at the lake.
There was never anyone down at the lake, and if there was, you usually couldn't see them or they were sleeping. Lily loved to go there to think. It was just a nice quiet spot for her to go to. She had made it through the common room without anyone stopping her, but just as she reached the portrait hole, she heard someone call her.
"Lils! Where are you going off too?" James asked from the couch.
"The lake." She replied, tightening her jacket around her. James got up from his place and walked briskly over to her. "And where are you going, might I ask." She asked him when he grabbed his coat and walked over to her.
He flashed a grin at her. One of his hands went into his blue jean pocket, which Lily had gotten him for Christmas from the muggle world, and his other went over her shoulder. "Why, Lily flower, we're going to the lake, of course." He replied.
"Since when were you invited?" She asked looking back behind her. Sirius was sitting on the couch talking to Leanne, who must have just came from the common room.
"Since I decided to come along." He told her. "What? Did you not want me to come?" He put on a fake pout, just like the one that Sirius did in the hospital wing when she told Leanne her secret.
"It doesn't matter."
The lake was almost deserted. Key word there being almost. With the exception of them, there was one other person who decided to stroll down the snowy path to the lake. That one person, though, was the one person that Lily didn't want to see.
"James!" Gina called, waving to him.
Lily felt like her blood was boiling. There was just something about Gina that she didn't like. 'Could it be that I still love James?' She wondered, then quickly pushed the thought away. "So that's why you wanted to come down here." Lily spat out, like a Slytherin would.
James looked over at her, a bit confused. "I had no idea that Gina was going to be down here, Lils. But is that a problem?" He asked.
Looking shocked, she answered the question. "No!" She exclaimed, looking at Gina who was just standing by the tree waiting for James to go over there. "Why should I have a problem with it? She's your girlfriend." She shot back. He smiled and shrugged. "It's not like I'm jealous!" She yelled.
The smile on James' face turned to a grin. "I didn't say you were Lils, Lily flower." He said slowly.
"Good. Cause I'm not!" She said quickly.
"No, your not." He agreed, still grinning.
"Stop that!" She yelled.
"Stop what?"
"Grinning like I am!"
"You're not grinning." He pointed out.
Lily let out a frustrated sigh. "Honestly!" She yelled. "I hate you!" Then she turned around to go back to the castle.
James kept grinning. "I love you, too!" He called to her as she stormed off.
When she was back in the common room, Sirius and Leanne immediately walked over to her. "Sirius told me he convinced James to go with you. So that you could tell him..." Leanne trailed off while Lily gave the boy a death glare. "Did you tell him?"
"No. I had no intentions too either." She frowned, still glaring at Sirius.
"Well, don't you think it's about time you tell him?" Sirius asked, slowly backing up behind Leanne.
Lily sighed. "Yes." She admitted. "But how will I go about it?" She wondered. Leanne shook her head, indicating that she didn't know.
"Ah, I'm sure you'll find a way, Lils. You are the smartest one in Gryffindor, after all." Sirius said.
Lily cocked an eyebrow. "Just Gryffindor, eh?" She teased.
"Which reminds me! I've got to meet Ryda at the library now!" Sirius exclaimed, running to the portrait hole.
"Sirius," Leanne started. "Do you even know where the library is?"
He looked at her with a mocking face, but stopped halfway and started blushing. "I'll find it." The two girls started laughing hysterically.
"You better show him." Lily smiled, occasionally giggling every now and then. "He'll get lost if you don't."
"Really." Her friend said, rolling her eyes. "We'll talk when I get back." Lily nodded.
When the two had left, she was the only one left in the common room. She took of her jacket, draping it on the arm rest of her favorite red chair and sat down in it. She couldn't help but remember the night when James came down and she asked him what he would have done. He wouldn't tell, not then anyway. What about now?
"How should I tell him?" She asked out loud, considering the fact there was no one else there. "Should I go into detail? So he can remember how it happened?" Blushing, she quickly ruled that one out. "Should I just say, look, I've got something important to say, so listen up." She shook her head. "To demanding." She concluded. With a bit of a struggle, Lily got up from the chair.
"James," She practiced. "I'm pregnant. The baby is yours. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, but I didn't know how you would react." That was it. That was what she would tell him.
"You're what?" A familiar voice behind her asked. She spun around quickly to face the person she was practicing for. It was James, with a look of disbelief plastered on his face. There was no mistake. He had heard.
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A/N: Ok, that's all for now, but have I now answered the question 'when is she going to tell him'. I have no idea past this point what happens during pregnancy, so sorry if there are mistakes like that in here. Please review!
A/N: Ok, I sent this to my beta awhile ago to check it over and she never got back to me with it. Then I sent it to the last person to e-mail me and offer to be a beta and sent it to her. She never got back to me either. So me, being Miss. Impatient, decided to just go ahead and post it up. Sorry you two if you're reading this. We'll try again! Also, thank you everyone who offered to be my beta reader! There were so many of you! I really wasn't expecting that many people!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters in the series. They all belong to J.K. Rowling.
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It was now about five months into the pregnancy and it was starting to show on Lily. At first it was easy to hide. Since Leanne was larger than Lily, she leant her friend one of her robes to wear. Even though Sirius pointed out it would get harder to hide it, she took it with great gratitude.
No one had said anything about her gaining weight, so when Corrina did, she was a little shocked. "Come on, Lily. We'll go on a diet together. You, too, Leanne!" Lily looked at the skinny girl horrified.
"Your not fat!" Leanne exclaimed. "Look at me and look at you! Now compare the two!" Leanne was a bit upset that this thin girl thought that she was fat.
"Yeah, look at me and Leanne. Now you. You're not fat." Lily told her.
Leanne looked at Lily. "It's ok if I call myself big, but not for you to call me that." She said defensively.
"You're not that big." Lily said.
"Don't dig yourself in deeper." Leanne warned.
"Just us Gryffindor girls." Corrina squealed happily. "No more fatty foods for us. Nice salads only." She said. 'My baby's got to eat!' Lily thought to herself.
Shaking her head said, "No." Corrina was about to start begging, but Leanne stopped her. "Lily's got a good reason not to." She informed.
"Well, what about you?" She asked. "I don't want to do it by myself. It's no fun."
"Ask Gina to do it with you." Lily snapped. Corrina thought about this a minute and decided to do it, considering that the others made it clear they weren't up to it. "I don't know how she does it." Lily sighed as Corrina skipped out of the room to go find James' girlfriend.
Lily stood up from the bed that she was sitting on in the dorms. "I'm thinking about going to the lake."
"Why?" Leanne asked her. "It's cold outside. You don't need to get sick."
The red haired girl started laughing at her overprotective friend. "You're not my mother. Don't worry. I'll be fine." Then she walked to the door, only to be stopped by something hitting her in the back. "What now?"
"Don't forget your jacket, Dodo brain." Leanne said, rolling her eyes. Lily bent down to pick up her jacket. 'Soon I wont be able to do even that!' She thought, thinking about books and movies she had seen with pregnant women in them. She would have time to think about that down at the lake.
There was never anyone down at the lake, and if there was, you usually couldn't see them or they were sleeping. Lily loved to go there to think. It was just a nice quiet spot for her to go to. She had made it through the common room without anyone stopping her, but just as she reached the portrait hole, she heard someone call her.
"Lils! Where are you going off too?" James asked from the couch.
"The lake." She replied, tightening her jacket around her. James got up from his place and walked briskly over to her. "And where are you going, might I ask." She asked him when he grabbed his coat and walked over to her.
He flashed a grin at her. One of his hands went into his blue jean pocket, which Lily had gotten him for Christmas from the muggle world, and his other went over her shoulder. "Why, Lily flower, we're going to the lake, of course." He replied.
"Since when were you invited?" She asked looking back behind her. Sirius was sitting on the couch talking to Leanne, who must have just came from the common room.
"Since I decided to come along." He told her. "What? Did you not want me to come?" He put on a fake pout, just like the one that Sirius did in the hospital wing when she told Leanne her secret.
"It doesn't matter."
The lake was almost deserted. Key word there being almost. With the exception of them, there was one other person who decided to stroll down the snowy path to the lake. That one person, though, was the one person that Lily didn't want to see.
"James!" Gina called, waving to him.
Lily felt like her blood was boiling. There was just something about Gina that she didn't like. 'Could it be that I still love James?' She wondered, then quickly pushed the thought away. "So that's why you wanted to come down here." Lily spat out, like a Slytherin would.
James looked over at her, a bit confused. "I had no idea that Gina was going to be down here, Lils. But is that a problem?" He asked.
Looking shocked, she answered the question. "No!" She exclaimed, looking at Gina who was just standing by the tree waiting for James to go over there. "Why should I have a problem with it? She's your girlfriend." She shot back. He smiled and shrugged. "It's not like I'm jealous!" She yelled.
The smile on James' face turned to a grin. "I didn't say you were Lils, Lily flower." He said slowly.
"Good. Cause I'm not!" She said quickly.
"No, your not." He agreed, still grinning.
"Stop that!" She yelled.
"Stop what?"
"Grinning like I am!"
"You're not grinning." He pointed out.
Lily let out a frustrated sigh. "Honestly!" She yelled. "I hate you!" Then she turned around to go back to the castle.
James kept grinning. "I love you, too!" He called to her as she stormed off.
When she was back in the common room, Sirius and Leanne immediately walked over to her. "Sirius told me he convinced James to go with you. So that you could tell him..." Leanne trailed off while Lily gave the boy a death glare. "Did you tell him?"
"No. I had no intentions too either." She frowned, still glaring at Sirius.
"Well, don't you think it's about time you tell him?" Sirius asked, slowly backing up behind Leanne.
Lily sighed. "Yes." She admitted. "But how will I go about it?" She wondered. Leanne shook her head, indicating that she didn't know.
"Ah, I'm sure you'll find a way, Lils. You are the smartest one in Gryffindor, after all." Sirius said.
Lily cocked an eyebrow. "Just Gryffindor, eh?" She teased.
"Which reminds me! I've got to meet Ryda at the library now!" Sirius exclaimed, running to the portrait hole.
"Sirius," Leanne started. "Do you even know where the library is?"
He looked at her with a mocking face, but stopped halfway and started blushing. "I'll find it." The two girls started laughing hysterically.
"You better show him." Lily smiled, occasionally giggling every now and then. "He'll get lost if you don't."
"Really." Her friend said, rolling her eyes. "We'll talk when I get back." Lily nodded.
When the two had left, she was the only one left in the common room. She took of her jacket, draping it on the arm rest of her favorite red chair and sat down in it. She couldn't help but remember the night when James came down and she asked him what he would have done. He wouldn't tell, not then anyway. What about now?
"How should I tell him?" She asked out loud, considering the fact there was no one else there. "Should I go into detail? So he can remember how it happened?" Blushing, she quickly ruled that one out. "Should I just say, look, I've got something important to say, so listen up." She shook her head. "To demanding." She concluded. With a bit of a struggle, Lily got up from the chair.
"James," She practiced. "I'm pregnant. The baby is yours. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, but I didn't know how you would react." That was it. That was what she would tell him.
"You're what?" A familiar voice behind her asked. She spun around quickly to face the person she was practicing for. It was James, with a look of disbelief plastered on his face. There was no mistake. He had heard.
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A/N: Ok, that's all for now, but have I now answered the question 'when is she going to tell him'. I have no idea past this point what happens during pregnancy, so sorry if there are mistakes like that in here. Please review!