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Eliza wasn't sure why she kept having these life-altering experiences. Most people gradually grew into their adult selves; things that went by from day to day, year to year, helped shape them along and become the people they were meant to be. For her, it felt like any sort of fate that was handed to her was just one big slap in the face. She'd had no idea her parents were getting divorced until they did, her mother became abusive and then killed herself one random summer afternoon, her brother got a girl pregnant and was married----and then she died, and---

---and then everything with the Order, ever since she found out about the Order, it felt like her whole life was frozen in this one spot, just terrified and waiting for what was going to strike next. What were they going to do now, if they had a baby in the middle of all of this? People were doing it, people were happy, but was it really worth all the fear? She was tired of being scared, what kind of stress would she be under if she had a baby to protect during this seemingly endless war?

Eliza blinked at the thought, her mouth turning into a flat line as she was struck with what had to be an epiphany. This was her baby, their baby. They'd somehow gotten pregnant in the middle of all of this mess, how could they not take on the responsibility? It was another person to protect, another person to be happy for when they made it out alive, and holy crap. She wanted to keep the baby.

Oh, oh holy crap.

Her lips twitched into a smile, a pathetic one, but it was a smile. This was their baby, their baby. Eliza for the first time felt her heart flutter at the thought, and as she stared back at Dedalus she could feel all of her love for him pounding in her chest. She'd created life with Dedalus when the rest of the world was dying and fighting for theirs.

Eliza's grip on Dedalus' hand tightened, holy crap, holy crap, "I think---I think I love this baby as much as I love you," she let out a choking sort of laugh, trying to fight back her tears. Her smile became wider, "And that's a---a whole lot, Mister. Head Boy."