Chapter 41

"You're tired. You should rest,"Molly said to Micheal. "You're going to wear yourself out, or make yourself sick."

"But, I can't just do nothing. People are fighting and dying and I'm not there to help. I like helping the wounded, but I feel like I should be out there, fighting with everyone else."Micheal said.

"You can't. I'd do nothing but worry about you until you came back home. At least when you're working with the wounded I'd feel much better. I'd know you were safe. And think of the baby. Do you really want to leave her without a father?"

"I know. I don't want that either. I just feel like I should be doing more."

"You're doing so much," Molly said. "Just get some rest. I'm going to make you get rest if I have to You're doing enough."

"I suppose that's true. I just- so many of my friends are out there dying and I'm here-"

"You're helping the wounded. You're saving lives. Why isn't that enough?" Molly asked.

"Right. I should be happy just helping people. I am glad I'm saving lives. Okay. I try not to think about going on the front lines. I have to keep in mind that I have a baby coming."

"Want to feel him kick?" Molly asked, taking Micheal's hand and put it on her stomach.

"Wow. She's a strong kicker. She'll be nice and strong when she's born."Micheal said with a smile. "Have you been hanging out with Chloe? Since you're both pregnant."

"A little bit. She's on bed rest. The pregnancy is hard on her. Probably because she's so young."

"You're young too, but seem to be doing it a lot better," Micheal pointed out

"She's under more stress. James is still worried about Albus and that pain he's in is stressing Chloe out, so there's a lot more problems with her and her baby than mine. I know James feels horrible to upsetting Chloe so much that she has be on bed rest. James hasn't even been working with the medical unit. He's spending normally with Chloe, trying to keep her calm and relax."

"That's good. I has to be hard on James. I know he wants to fight like I do, but he has his brother's problems and his wife's problems. It just has to be hard," Micheal said.

"Yeah. I want to do more, but they don't want me to put strain on the baby," Molly said. "I'm sure he'll be beautiful."

"Wait she? We're having a baby bot?" Micheal asked.

"Oh, was going to find a way to tell you," Molly said. "And Chloe is having a baby girl"

"I'm having a little girl," Micheal repeated with a smile. "I was hoping it would be a boy"

Molly laughed. "Well it's good that we're having a boy hen."

"I would have been happy with a boy too. I just wanted a boy," Micheal said.

"You'll be a great father."

"I hope so. I'm getting excited about the birth," Micheal said.

Molly laughed. "I'm the one who's supposed to be more excited."

Micheal grinned. "Well, we can both be just as happy about it as the other one. Have you thought of any names?"

"No. I've been thinking of something, but then I think that they're not good enough. I'm thinking of naming him Ron, after my uncle that died."

"I think that would be okay," Micheal said. "Ron. I like it, and I like that you want to pay homage to your uncle."

"James and Chloe are planning on naming their baby after James' mom," Chloe said.

"That's nice of them," Micheal said. "It's so sad she died. I wish I could stay that everything is okay now, but it's not. More and more injured are coming in, and a lot aren't even making it out alive."

"I know, but all we can do is keep fighting." Molly said. "We can't let them win. If we let them win then it's over for all of us. I want to bring our son into a world of peace, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. There's we need to never give up."

"I won't give up. I'll keep fighting. Or, at least keep working with medical. Maybe after this is all done I'll be a doctor," Micheal said.

Molly laughed. "You'd make a good doctor."

Micheal smiled. "I hope so. I got good grades so I could probably do anything I wanted to, but I like helping people. I think it might be my calling."

"I think you're be great at it. You're kind and caring and smart," Molly said.

"Well, I think I need to get back to work and you need to lay down for a while."

"Ah okay."

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"James, stop passing,"Chloe said. "Walking back and forth won't do any good."

"There's nothing I can do. I can't go out and fight in the war. I can't help medical because I can't think straight I can't help my brother when he needs me, and all of that is making you stressed have you on bed rest." James sat down next to his wife. "I'm going to protect you. No matter what it takes I'm going to protect you and our unborn daughter. I won't let you get hurt." He hugged Chloe. "I'm so glad you're in my life. "

Chloe smiled. "I'm glad you're in my life too."

"I hear the war is starting to die down. We're winning. Hopefully the war will end soon."

"That's wonderful," Chloe said.

"There's still people fighting and dying. I couldn't take working in medical anymore. I couldn't take seeing the injured, seeing some of my friends die because of this war. It's just too hard for me to deal with. I just want to be with you."

"Well I won't complain. I feel better when I know you're safe. I don't have to worry about you," Chloe said.

James came over and sat down next to Chloe. He put his hand on her belly. "She's kicking. What does it feel like to feel her kick and move around?"

"I like it. It's like we're bonding already. I'm already close to her and she's not even born yet. I want to be the perfect mother for our child. We're going to give her the world,"Chloe said.

James smiled. "Yeah we will. This war will be over soon and everything will be okay."

"She can play with Molly's kid," Chloe smiled. "We've already started having kids for the new set of Weasleys. I'm sure that they'll have a lot of cousins if I know anything about your family."

James laughed. "Yeah. I'm sure they'll have a lot of cousins around. I love having a big family and I hope our little girl has a big family together too."

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Scorpius came into Lily's room and shut the door. Once the door was shut, he started to cry. "My-my parents were killed in one of the battles. Can I stay in here? I don't want anyone to see me upset like this. I need to be strong. I have to be strong."

"You can hide in here, but who are you being brave for?" Lily asked.

"Everyone. I want everyone to think I'm okay. I don't- I don't want people to think I'm weak."

"But everyone would understand that you'd be upset after your parents died. No one's going to think less of you." Lily got up and hugged him. "It's okay to be weak sometimes. You just lost your family. I lost my mom so I know what you're feeling with losing a parent. I'm sorry this happened to you, but I'm here for you. Everyone here wants to help you." Lily pulled Scorpius onto the bed. "We can just stay here until you feel better. If you want to be strong, then don't let the pain consume you."

"I want to get revenge for my parents, but it was your father and his men that killed him, so there's nothing I can do," Scorpius said.

"I'm sorry. I know it's hard, but you still have me," Lily said. "You'll always have me. You won't ever be alone."

"Thank you. I don't know if I could handle if something happened to you."

"Nothing is going to happen to me, promise," Lily said. She just held onto her boyfriend as he cried.

This lasted a while, before Scorpius pulled away from Lily. "Thank you. I feel a lot better. I want to do something to help fight the war. I could go out in the field, but I know you don't want that."

"No. I don't want to lose you like you don't want to lose me," Lily said. "Why don't you work medical? I've helped down there sometimes. The really bad ones are sent to St. Mungos, but they're getting crowed too so we only send the worse there. I think they would love more help."

"Yeah. I can do that."

"It hard to see some of the injuries. So, don't go in there thinking it won't be hard," Lily said.

"I have to do something. How can you stand just siting here, knowing everything that's going on?"

"Because I'm too young. No one would let me do something other than help a little with medical," Lily explained. "I spend a lot of time with Chloe and Molly. More so Chloe because she's on bed rest."

"Yeah. She can't be taking all of this well," Scorpius said.

'Well that's why she's on bed rest. All the stress is bad for the baby."Lily said. "They won't tell her anything about the war or anything that might stress her out more."

"Yeah. This whole this is messed up. We have Alek. Shouldn't they have stopped the fighting?"

"I don't know. We're winning though."Scorpius said. "Your dad thinks we'll win the war by the end of the month."

"That would be wonderful,' Lily said. "As soon a this war is over the better."

"We still haven't found their leader though, who's called the shots. We won't be able to win if we don't find the guy in charge," Scorpius said.

"How do you know all of this?" Lily asked.

"I over heard them talking," Scorpius said. "I hid by the door and listened to what was going on."

"They'll probably be mad if they find out you were listening," Lily said.

"I don't care. They shouldn't keep what's going on from us in the first place," Scorpius said.

"I guess. I don't want to know all of the details about what's going on. I'm fine with only knowing that we're winning. I'm content with that."

"Alright, then I won't tell you what I find out. I don't want to worry you," Scorpius said.

"Okay thanks."