Lily was 4 months and 3 weeks pregnant and was getting super excited for the baby. Her graduation day was May 18th so she would be very pregnant and would be very big. She told her parents last month about the baby and instead of flipping out, they were completely ecstatic. They were just as excited as she was when the baby kicked for the first time. She had an appointment with Madam Pomfrey tomorrow morning and was very scared and nervous to know the baby's gender.
"You will do just fine, Lily. Relax. Have you and James thought about names? Hey! That rhymed! I'm a poet and I didn't even know it!" rhymed Mary.
"Please stop. Just stop. I cannot take your giddiness." Said Alice very bluntly. She was upset because Frank hadn't written her in weeks and she was afraid that he was cheating on her.
"Well, we haven't really thought about it. But we found the most adorable little cottage in Godric's Hallow. It has 2 bedrooms and is 2 floors. I can't wait to move in after graduation!" replied Lily.
"That's so adorable. Me and Alice are moving into a flat in Diagon Alley. We could have you over all the time!" replied Mary.
"That sounds so fun! You could go out to clubs and invite boys you barely know back home and I'll be at my house, feeding a crying baby, exhausted, with mom jeans on." Said Lily.
"Oh no! You will be so fit and pretty! You and James would be the cutest couple! He could come home from work and kiss you on the cheek and you could feed him food and rock the baby together! Oh it's just so romantic!" exclaimed Mary.
"Ya. Romantically horrible." Lily said under her breath.
The next morning, she woke up early to get dressed for her appointment. She met James in the Common Room and they headed off to the Hospital wing.
"Good morning Mr. Potter, Miss Evans." Greeted Madam Pomfrey.
"Hello." Lily replied. James waved and sat down in the chair next to Lily's bed.
"Ok now honey, lift up your shirt please." She asked.
She started putting clear gel all over her belly. She then hovered her wand over it and then turned on the screen by the bed.
"Everything seems to look healthy. Would you like to know the sex?" she asked.
"Yes." They said at the same time.
"Well, congratulations. Your baby girl is very healthy." She said with a smile.
"A girl? Oh how wonderful! James! A girl!" exclaimed Lily.
"I'm so happy. I cannot wait to meet her."
At the breakfast table that morning, Lily had told the news to her friends and they were all so happy.
"James, what names to you like?" Lily asked.
"I really do like the name Chastity-"
"No."
"What about Mega-"
"No."
"Well what do you like?" James asked.
"I like Sabrina, Jocleyn, Brianna, Rachel, Hannah, Noelle, Marie, Kate, Evelyn-"
"What about Ella?" Asked James.
"Ella? Well, that is a very pretty name. In French it means all. Like all things are beautiful." Replied Lily.
"I think that name is perfect for our baby."
"Me, too."
The next few weeks were all about NEWTS. They had studied their butts off and now it was test taking time. Lily was 110% prepared while everyone else were a solid 75% prepared.
All of their finals were over by Friday so they spent the night in the Heads Common room talking about the future and what they would do after Hogwarts.
"I'm becoming a Healer. I will work at St. Mungos in the magical creatures department to heal the brave people who tried to tame wild creatures." Said Mary.
"Me and James are working for the Order. We would be targeted if we worked at the Ministry as Aurors." Said Sirius.
Alice then burst into tears think about how Frank was captured by Death Eaters or killed on a mission.
"I want to be a Ministry official in the legal department. Being able to stick up for rights to all creatures would be great. But I'm going to be a mother. So I will be a stay at home mum, and love every second of it." Said Lily.
"I have no idea what to be. Being a professor would be cool. But I'm not going to get many jobs. I'm worried." Said Remus.
"Well I'm working at my mum's shop until I can figure out my mess of a life." Replied Peter.
They talked and talked for hours. They all fell asleep on the couches and floor. Lily woke up with a start. She felt a wet feeling down there. She looked down to see blood all over her skirt. She jumped up as quickly as a pregnant woman could and woke up James. He carried her to the hospital wing. He laid her on a bed and ran to get Madam Pomfrey. Lily couldn't breathe. The baby could be sick. Or be abnormal. She was so afraid James would never come back, but a few minutes later Madam Pomfrey came bustling in with her nightgown on. She did dozens of tests on Lily so she could be sure what was happening. Lily laid there holding James' hand while she did another scan of her belly. It took her 10 minutes of looking around the uterus to find what she was looking for. She went back and forth from her office doing test after test. Lily took multiple potions, but in the end, it was 4:00 a.m. and Madam Pomfrey came back from her office and woke up Lily and James. She told them about how the baby was very healthy a few weeks ago, but caught a virus that the blood cells couldn't fight off. The baby protected Lily by letting the virus into its system. Lily wouldn't have been able to fight it off by herself, but the baby was still growing and it couldn't produce enough of its own cells to kill it. So Lily's body killed the baby to protect her from the virus. She had a miscarriage and Madam Pomfrey swooped her wand over her body to remove the fetus. She then left silently while James and Lily sobbed uncontrollably and were completely heartbroken that the baby was gone forever.
