Prologue
Marlene Rose McKinnon was sat on the bathroom counter of her bathroom, her head hanging miserably as she waited five minutes for the potion to be ready. A potion that tested for pregnancy to be exact. She couldn't believe she even had to use the potion at 16. Of course she remembered how she got into this situation. It was the last time she'd seen her boyfriend after all and she recalled with certainty they'd had drunken unprotected sex that night. She checked her timer. Two minutes left.
She leaned back against the mirror behind the sink, looking around her spacious bathroom. She could see the outfit she'd worn to the party strewn carelessly about the floor and sighed wistfully. How did such a wonderful night end up with this?
It was truly a great night. Sirius had had only eyes for her all night and at about 10 p.m. she'd taken him upstairs to his bedroom. Everything was so wonderful. He'd worshipped her, well as best he could drunk off his ass anyways, and he didn't even let her return the favour. In the morning they didn't make a big deal of the fact that they'd not used any protection.
Then that morning she'd realised her period was late. She'd rushed to her calendar to check and had almost had a panic attack when she realised she was right. She frantically searched her potions book for the right potion and had set to work. After it was done, she pricked her finger and let three drops fall into it. She shook it and started her wait, wondering how this could be happening.
A ding interrupted her inner monologue and she jumped a foot in the air. The timer had gone off.
She breathed deeply a few times as she picked up the vile without looking. She remembered that if the potion was clear, she was not pregnant. However if it was cloudy, she was pregnant. She built up all her Gryffindor courage and looked at the vile resting innocently in her palm. She immediately let out a sob when she saw it. The liquid inside was so cloudy it was almost opaque. There was no doubt she was pregnant.
How was she gonna tell her family she was pregnant at 16? She sat up straight as another thought occurred to her. How was she going to tell Sirius she was pregnant? That's not just something she could put in a letter. She'd have to see him. Soon.
She wasn't looking forward to the coming conversation.
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