Better off Alone

[Delilah Bradford]

Delilah had managed to get herself to St Mungo's in one piece, without splicing herself, was was a remarkable feat, in and out of itself, considering the physcial and mental duress she was under. Though when she got there, she couldn't begin to explain to the healers what was going on. Not that she needed to, her water broke then and there, and they flocked to her, bringing a wheelchair so they could quickly get her to the delivery room. Well, here goes nothing. Now or never...don't look before you leap and hope to hell you don't become the next Pansy Malfoy

[Addy Ventrella]

Addy had been in the Erasmus Childbirth Ward for one of her never-ending checkups, when she noticed her aunt being led into a room, seemingly without family. Turning on the spot, she followed the woman and the Healers in. "Aunt Lilah?"

[Delilah Bradford]

The healers helped Delilah into the bed. It wasn't quite time yet, this wasn't going to be over quickly, she had been assured. It could be up to thirteen hours. Thirteen hours of this!? Ridiculous. She felt both excited and nervous, she blew her hair from her face as she heard Addy

"Yeah, that's me. I made it, i really made it"

[Addy Ventrella]

"Where is everyone?" Addy inquired. "Where is Gabriella?"

Addy was sure at least bffgabby would be here. Wasn't she always? Well, Addy would at least be here for her aunt. She took Delilah's hand and offered a reassuring smile.

[Delilah Bradford]

"Gabby is....well, she just doesn't care about anybody. It's complicated. And Aiden is probably dea...." She stopped herself, dreading the thought of it. Before he'd been sent away on assignment he'd never gotten to know she was pregnant, never knew she had cheated on him, wasn't there for her to make peace with and ask for forgiveness. So she soldiered on, tough on the outside, and broken on the inside "I don't know if I can do this. Narcissa, she's a great mom, hell your mother, she's a great mom. But me, I suck at this whole kids thing"

[Addy Ventrella]

"You don't know that," Addy assured her. "Everyone thought my mother would suck at the whole kids thing. And Narcissa is still a kid herself. Something in you changes when you have a baby, I know it. You'll be the same, Aunt Lilah."

[Delilah Bradford]

"Like it changed Gabby?" She couldn't help but have that line of thought as she changed the way she was laying, hoping to ease the pain "Your probably right though.

[Bella Thorne]

[[Addy]]

"I'm actually always right, so...." Addy joked. " Don't worry. Everything will be fine. Do you want me to get anyone?"

[Delilah Bradford]

She looked past Addy to the wall, and sighed "I can't ask anybody to come, that's why I came here under my own steam. Just do me a favor and make sure that Bella and Narcissa know I got here safe. And somebody really should owl Tiberius. I know it may sound weird, but I'd feel better knowing my brother actually cared about anybody else but himself"

[Bella Thorne]

Addy sighed. "Tiberius wasn't even there for the birth of his own child. He cares about no one but himself."

[Narcissa Malfoy]

Cissy turned the corner of the fifth floor, laying eyes on her sister in law.

"Lilah." She sighed, approaching her and throwing a quick hug on Addy. "You ready?" Though Cissy and Lilah had been through a lot, Cissy would stand by her side. Unlike Gabby, who had booked it.

[Addy Ventrella]

"She's gonna be here a while, Aunt Cissy," Addy informed her. "Since when do Malfoys make things simple?" It was a joke. She looked down at her other Aunt, and smiled. She had never seen her so vulnerable looking. Usually she put on such a fierce match of mental toughness. It was very interesting..

[Delilah Bradford]

She managed to give Cissy a faint smile and nodded somewhat "Yeah, a while. I just want to get this over with. And then figure out where I go from here. I've screwed my life up so bad..."

[Tiberius Malfoy]

He'd instructed St Mungo's to notify him whenever his sister checked in for this vital step, and so he showed up, though he didn't just stay outside and sleep. He came right into the room. What made this any different? Well for one, maybe because it wasn't the idea of his own child that he had to think about. Though he was quite sure that it made him look like a bastard, being there for his sister, but not his wife. Then again, it seemed like anything he did these days made him seem that way, so he didn't bother dwelling on it

"Hello ladies, how is my lil sis holding up?"

[Delilah Bradford]

"Y-you came? She wasn't sure whether she was suprised or annoyed with him. It would of have been better if he had bothered to show up for Narcissa, then maybe she wouldn't of even been entertaining the notion of fleeing the country