4 weeks – September 19, 2024
"Fraaaaank!" Roxanne screamed as she threw up, her breakfast draining down the plug hole.
"Roxanne, what is it?" Frank rushed into the room to see his wife throwing up.
"Frank!" She whimpered as she threw up yet again. She flushed it and sat on the tiles, her face laced with worry. Frank sat next to her, cross legged, and stroked her hair.
"Look, Roxanne – Don't you remember your Aunt Fleur or Aunt Ginny or Aunt Hermione or Aunt Audrey ever being like this?" Frank asked. Roxanne glared at him.
"I was too young to remember Louis or Lucy or James, Frank," She moaned as she threw up again.
"What about Rose or Albus or Lily or Hugo?" Frank tried.
"I remember Aunt Ginny and Aunt Hermione's pregnancies with Lily and Hugo," She mumbled. Frank nodded.
"Pregnancies, Roxanne," He pushed. Roxanne's eyes lit up like stars.
"I'm – I'm pregnant?" She asked, dazed.
"Yes," Frank nodded, as if talking to a three year old.
"I'm pregnant," Roxanne murmured, "Our trying – It worked!" Excitement was riddled throughout her voice.
"I know we – you – are," Frank smiled, "But, we can't be quite sure yet. We have to go to the hospital first,"
"Maybe we should wait until -" Roxanne was cut off by vomit leaving her mouth again, "This is over,"
"You're probably right," Frank said sheepishly.
"How will we tell them?" Roxanne mused, squeezing Frank's hand tightly.
"Who? Our families?" Frank asked. Roxanne nodded slowly.
"Yeah, them," Roxanne stared at the floor.
"Well, they already know we were trying, so it should just be a pleasant surprise," Frank said cheerfully.
"Should," Roxanne emphasised.
"What do you mean, Roxanne?" Frank asked. Roxanne burst into tears.
"Should, Frank! I didn't tell Fred!" Roxanne was now bawling her eyes out, "He'd kill us! I'm almost twenty one, and you're just twenty!"
"Roxanne, look," He said softly, "It's your Aunt's birthday today. You can tell them this afternoon when we go over there for dinner,"
"Or I could tell them on my birthday," Roxanne sniffed.
"Yes, you could. Do you want to do that?" Frank asked, trying his hardest to be soothing.
"I suppose," Roxanne had barely gotten the words out before an orange – green liquid covered their bathroom floor. Frank felt awkward as he was now covered in his wife's tears and spew.
"Oh, Frank, I am so sorry!" Roxanne cooed, wiping her tears away on her sleeve. Frank smiled.
"It's alright, Roxanne. You go take a shower and clean yourself up while I clean up the mess," Frank replied, trying to sound upbeat.
"Thank you, Frank, so much," She cupped his cheek in her hand and kissed him before taking off her clothes and running a cold shower for herself. Frank marched off to get the mop and some other things he'd need to clean up the vomit.
"Frank, I don't feel so good," Frank turned to his wife. Roxanne was sweating.
"Roxanne, if you need to throw up, you know where the bathrooms are," Frank reminded her. Roxanne sighed.
"I know, I know," Roxanne muttered. Frank couldn't help but smirk.
"Why? Because your sister in law – my sister in law – made you go with her to have the test done even though you were both virgins?"
"Yes," Roxanne groaned, "Owww,"
"What?" Frank asked quickly. Roxanne sighed.
"I've just got a headache, that's all," Roxanne explained. Frank nodded and the walked up to the reception desk.
"Good morning," Ellie, a girl Roxanne and Frank went to school with, sneered. Roxanne scowled so Frank intervened.
"Where is the pregnancy ward?" Frank asked quickly. Ellie eyed him suspiciously.
"Sixth floor," Ellie replied cautiously. Frank nodded.
"Thank you," He replied stiffly. He held Roxanne's hand as they entered the elevator.
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"Here is the test," Healer Johnson, Roxanne's cousin, replied, smiling.
"Thanks, Joanna," Roxanne smiled, taking the test and walking out of the room.
"Nervous?" Joanna asked Frank with a sly grin. He nodded.
"Definitely," He laughed nervously.
"Take care of her, won't you?" Joanna asked, "She is my cousin,"
"Promise," Frank nodded happily.
"Did you hear that?" Joanna asked, tilting her head so she could hear Roxanne's squeal of delight better.
"Yep," Frank laughed, following her lead. Roxanne came in, jumping and practically bouncing all over the room.
"Frank, Frank! I'm pregnant, I'm pregnant!" Roxanne squealed. Frank grinned.
"So I hear," He said romantically. Roxanne smiled.
"Can you believe it?" She asked rhetorically. Joanna smiled.
"Congratulations," She grinned, "When will all of your rather large family find out?"
"Soon enough," Roxanne promised. The happy, laughing couple grinned at each other, said thank you and made their way out of St Mungos to enjoy the new feeling of being parents together.