Colin and I walked up to the Hospital wing in silence.
"Are you ready?" he asked when we arrived outide it.
"As I'll ever be," I replied honestly.
"Okay then," he responded. "Let's go in.
I opened the door and stepped in. Madam Pomfrey was there, tending to a blonde girl with a huge gash on her face.
"That's Haley Worcester," Colin whispered to me. "I heard her boyfriend, Justin Hennelly, beat her. I guess the rumors true."
"Who's there?" Madam Pomfrey said withou looking up. "I hear voices!
"It's Lily Potter and Colin Creevey, ma'am," I said.
"Is it an emergency?" she asked.
"No," I replied.
"Then go into my office and get my assistant, Nurse Robinson. She'll help you."
"Yes, ma'am," I agreed politely.
"Come in," a voice called out.
I entered the room and Colin followed me.
"Names, please?" Nurse Robinson demanded.
"Lily Potter," I said.
"And you?" she asked Colin.
"Colin Creevey," he stated.
"Alright," she said. "What are you here for?"
"I think I'm pregnant," I told her simply.
"Alright dear," she said softly. "I'll test you."
"Thank you," I replied.
"What are you here for?" she asked, turning to Colin. "Are you the father?"
"No," Colin replied. "Just the best friend."
"Ah," she said suspiciously. "You can sit over there, then." She pointed to a chair.
I don't think she believed that Colin isn't the father.
"Just lay down on that bed there," she insturcted me. "I'm going to perform a simple spell that will let us know if you are pregnant."
"Alright," I replied, laying on the hospital bed in the corner of the room.
She came up to me, pulled her wand out of her pocket, pointed it at me and said, "Prematrues."
The wand glowed blue.
"It's posotive," she said softly.
"Alright," I replied. "Thank you."
"You're welcome, honey," Nurse Robinson responed. "Good luck."
"Thanks," I said politely.
God, I was screwed.
Colin and I walked back from the hospital room in silence.
"Are you gonna be okay, Lily?" he asked as we approached the Common Room.
"Eventually," I responed dryly.
"Well, I want you to know, Lily, that I'll always be your friend. Forver," he told me.
I hugged him, and only then did I start to cry.
"Oh, Colin," I sobbed. "I love you. You're the best friend a girl could ever have."
"Lily," Colin said. "I love you too, and I always will."
"Good," I said. "You're my light in this tunnel."
"Lumos," Colin whispered.
Eventually I pulled myself togther, and Colin and I entered the Common Room.
"I'm going to my dorm," I told him. "I'll see you later."
"Ok," he said. "See you later."
I went upstairs and sat on my bed, drawing the curtains around it. I laid down and went to sleep. I needed rest while I could get it.
I slept until the next morning, and I did not feel well. I ran to the bathroom and emptied my stomach into the toilet.
In my hurry, I hadn't closed the door, so when I was finished puking I noticed Lottie standing in the doorway.
"So..." she started. "I guess you..."
"Yes," I confirmed. "I am."
"Oh," she said.
"Don't tell anyone, Lottie," I asked of her. "Please."
"Don't worry," she agreed. "I won't."
"Thanks," I said.
I decided as I took a shower that I would tell Hugo that day. He deserved to know as soon as soon as me. He was, after all, my baby's father.
During Potions, which we had first, I told Hugo we had to talk in private later.
"Can't we now?" he asked.
"No," I said. "This is important. It's big. It's not appropriate, plus someone could overhear."
"Alright," he agreed, droppinga sliced toad's leg into our concoction.
After classes were done, Hugo and I went for a walk to the lake.
"Why can't we talk now?" he asked as we extied the building.
"Because," I said. "Well...just because. "You'll understand when you hear it."
"Fine," he agreed.
But he still continued to badger me until we got there.
"Can you tell me now?" he asked as we sat down on a bench a few feet from the water.
"Yes," I said.
We pasued for a moment, in silence.
I closed my eyesd. "I'm pregnant," I announced quietly.
"Oh, God," he whispered. "God, Lily."
"I know," I sid. "Our family..."
"My dad..." Hugo said.
"I know," I repeated. "We'll have to tell them aty Christmas."
"It's a little bit funny," he said surprisingly. "I usually can't wait for the holidays, but now I just want them to be as far away as possible."
"Yeah," I said. "Ironic."
