Beautiful Mistake Chapter One:
Life As It Is
Quietly, Chloe moved her way down to the kitchen, and to the fridge. She opened it and grabbed a bottle of milk. She moved slowly around the kitchen, not wanting to make any noise and cause her mother to wake up.
She pulled out her wand, and warmed the bottle up, and slid it back into her trouser pocket. She grabbed the bottle, and quickly made her way back upstairs to the nursery where her sleeping son was.
Moving across the hardwood floors, she smiled at the cheery surroundings. The medium sized room was painted a warm shade of yellow and beige moldings. A changing table stood on one wall, and on the other wall there was a toy chest and a small wardrobe. There was a small in-cove where a bay window was, the white drapes pulled across it keeping out the soft morning light. A small crib stood in front of the window, and Chloe smiled at her small child who was awake, and standing up.
"Mama," the boy said.
She smiled, and picked up the small child. He let out his small laugh, as she spun him around, and sat down in the chair by his crib. She held him tightly, giving him his bottle, and letting him drink on his own. He was almost a year old, and she couldn't believe it. The last year and half seemed so short when she looked back on it. She remembered still being pregnant with the little guy.
Those had been hard days.
She had only been fifteen years old when she found out she was pregnant. She was scared, and unsure of everything. Most of her friends hadn't even had boyfriends before, and she was pregnant, let alone with someone she didn't even talk to anymore.
Ryan's father and Chloe had broken up two weeks before she found out, and neither of them could look at each other. Chloe still loved him, and he loved her too. But he couldn't prove it too her, why she never understood no matter how hard she tried. All she knew, was that she was not going to stick around with a boy who only used her.
She finished her school year, only telling her mother of her pregnancy. Her father had died when she was small, so she was relieved that her mother understood what it was to be a single parent. But even with the support from her family, she felt the stress of it all weigh heavily on her. She had had to hide the pregnancy from everyone, and hide the appointments she had with her Healer.
Her friends never asked where she went. They were never good friends anyway, so they didn't care all that much. Her only true friend cared. But she couldn't look at him. Remus Lupin was good friends with Ryan's father, and he couldn't ever know. But he was smarter than that. He guessed every day until she left the reason why she was leaving. She never answered, she couldn't answer.
When she had to leave, she told everyone that she had been accepted to go to Beuxbatons, and that her mother was making her go. She didn't want to tell them that, but it was what was best for her. The only person she told about the pregnancy besides her mother was Professor Dumbledore. He was a great man, and helped her finish her fifth and sixth year.
"Mama," Ryan said, pointing to the empty bottle on the floor. Chloe smiled, and stood up, carrying him over to his bed.
"You go back to sleep now," she told him, laying him back into bed.
He just looked at her, and she knew he was not going to go back to sleep.
She grinned. She knew she wouldn't enjoy this when he got older, but for now she found his 'protests' cute. "Fine, how 'bout you come with me and watch me make breakfast for grandma?"
He didn't say anything, only smiled. She picked him up and crouched down grabbing the bottle Ryan had thrown and headed down to the kitchen again. It was still early, but her mother would be getting up for work soon.
Pulling the highchair out of the corner, she sat Ryan in it. She put the empty bottle in the sink, and opened the fridge for another bottle of formula. She turned around, and pulled her wand out. Mumbling the spell she needed, she felt the contents warm instantly. Ryan reached out for it as she neared. Chloe let him take it, and for a momment she watched as he drank.
Turning back to the fridge, she pulled out the carton of eggs. She turned the burner on, and placed the small frying pan on it. She waited patiently for the burner to warm, and poured herself some orange juice, and pulled out the toaster. Once warm, she cracked two eggs, and let them cook.
"Something smells good," said a soft voice behind Chloe.
Chloe turned and smiled at her little sister, Danielle. She was only thirteen years old, but she had an air about her of someone much older. Chloe wondered if it had anything to due with the fact of what she was put through while at Hogwarts. She had to lie to everyone, about Chloe and Ryan. She had to face Ryan's father on a day to day basis, and tell him nothing about his son or give any clues that there was something 'wrong' with Chloe.
"Shouldn't you be in bed?" Chloe asked her sister.
Danielle shrugged. "Well I figured I might as well get used to waking up early again, since I'm going back to Hogwarts in a week." She told her, moving to the small table in the corner.
Chloe ignored the flip her stomach did, thinking about going back to Hogwarts. She had been home schooled the last year, but when her mother and Albus Dumbledore told her she could return to Hogwarts, now that Ryan was almost a year, she found herself packing her trunk again.
It would be her last year at Hogwarts, and she wasn't scared about going to the grown-up world after this like the other's were, no she was afraid about leaving her son alone for a year. She was scared of facing him again. It had been hard enough hiding it from him when she was pregnant, but now that the child had grown a little, into something that looked so much like him. She didn't know if she could hide it anymore.
Chloe scooped the eggs out of the pan, and placed it on a plate, and grabbed some pre-cooked bacon and warmed it up with her wand. She gave it to her sister, and cracked open another two eggs on the pan.
"Are you nervous?" Danielle asked.
Chloe shrugged. She knew what she was talking about. "I'm more nervous about leaving Ryan here with mum. I'm afraid mum won't be able to handle a child and a job alone." Chloe admitted.
Danielle looked thoughtful for a moment, before shrugging in response. "Mum's done it before, and with two children."
Chloe nodded. "I see your point."
"She said something about having Aunty move in with us." Danielle added.
"Yeah, I think she was anyhow. Her new job doesn't pay enough for her flat." Chloe explained. "Besides she's here almost every weekend."
"Yeah, I'm sure mum is really happy about that." Danielle sniggered in her juice.
"What won't I be happy about?"
Chloe turned and smiled. "Nothing, here's some breakfast." Chloe said handing a plate of food to her mother.
She smiled tiredly, and took the plate and sat across from Danielle. Chloe turned off the burner, and turned back to the kitchen. Her mother talked casually to Danielle, while Chloe prepared the food for Ryan.
She grabbed the last seat and pulled over to Ryan's high chair. He smiled at his mother, and pushed his empty bottle towards her. She grabbed, and just pushed it under her chair. Spooning the food, she gave it to him. He was older now, and could handle more solid food, but for some reason he loved baby food.
He ate happily, and soon Chloe heard the chairs behind her scrape across the kitchen floor. "I'm going now," her mother said.
Chloe turned to look at her mother and sister. "Have fun at work." She said.
She ignored her comment and continued. "Remember to pick up your sister from Diagon Alley around three." She reminded. "You can leave Ryan with Ms. Dubose next door, I've already asked."
"I know, I know. You don't need to remind me." Chloe said, getting up. "Now go on," she shooed her sister and mother out of the room. She heard them leave, and Chloe groaned to herself.
Chloe didn't want to go, in fact she was afraid if she saw someone she knew. But her mother thought it was about time Chloe showed her face in the Magical world again. She could no longer avoid the people she would be spending the year with, and her mother was making sure she had no chose to go.
She looked at Ryan, and frowned. "Your grandmother is truly going insane if she thinks I'm leaving you with Ms. Dubose."
Ryan laughed in response, and spat up the last of his food landing all over the floor. And he started to laugh again.
"Not funny," Chloe groaned grabbing a cloth.
A/N: I love sarcasm. Anyways, I hope your enjoying the story. This idea came to me randomly a little over a year ago, and when I went back to look at my book of plot ideas, I figured it was time I should write it. I get a lot of plot ideas, but it's slim for me to actually write it. So I hope you liked it, and please review!