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I need to disclose a couple things before this story goes on, IT IS NOT CURSED CHILD CANON COMPLIANT. I just thought I should throw out a disclaimer before someone reviews and says I'm breaking the 'canon'. With that being said, please enjoy the next chapter.
He took the news better than I expected, and by that I mean he didn't pass out. Instead, he sat down shakily with his back against the wall and ran a hand through his hair. I did a quick cleansing charm on my mouth and leaned back against the wall beside him. I didn't even know his middle name, and we were going to raise a kid together.
"It's Hyperion," he said.
I looked up at him with knitted brows. "What?"
"You said you didn't even know what my middle name was, it's Hyperion," he replied, rubbing his eyes. "What's yours?"
"Helena," I replied, not looking away from the towel on the floor by the toilet.
We sat in silence after that, both of us not moving or looking away from our fixed spot on the wall. The quiet was killing me and giving me more than enough time to think about the situation. A ball of guilt was forming in my stomach and getting bigger the more time passed –my dad was never going to accept this, much less Scorpius' family.
"I am so sorry. This is awful," I finally said, tears burning my eyes for the first time since I'd taken the tests. "Both of our lives are ruined. I am so, so, so sorry."
That made him finally move to crouch in front of me, his hands holding mine in my lap. "Rose, this isn't just your fault. Both of us forget to do the incantation, we both decided to have sex. I'm in this as much as are, it's our baby."
"But what about healer's academy?" I asked, my tears spilling over.
All he'd ever wanted to do was become a healer, everyone at Hogwarts knew that. He'd worked his ass off to get good enough marks and be accepted into the program, and now he spent most of his time at the academy. Albus always complained about being alone in the flat whenever he'd come over to mine and Roxie's place for dinner.
I tore my hands out of his and covered my face as embarrassment flooded me. I shouldn't have had sex with him, and I definitely shouldn't have had unprotected sex with him. Even if he said it was as much his fault as it was mine, I still felt the majority of the burden fell on my shoulders. He could just walk away and his life wouldn't be any different, I had the baby growing inside of me. I couldn't just walk away from that.
"It'll still be there, I may still go, but right now we've got something else to worry about," he replied, his hands resting in his lap as he sat down on the tile across from me this time. "Who all knows?"
"Just you and Roxie," I replied, chewing my bottom lip. "I have no idea how to tell my parents, they'll flip out. Much less how to tell your father."
The calm look from his face evaporated as he realized he'd have to tell his parents. "Shit, I didn't even think about that. My dad's going to kill me, not to mention what my grandfather is going to do."
"Oh yeah, tainting the bloodline and all that," I said, suddenly realizing even more things were wrong with the situation. "Merlin, this is terrible."
"That's honestly the last thing on my mind," he told me. "Bloodlines are irrelevant, I just want you to know this involves me, too. You're not in this alone, I'm here. We'll deal with our families, whether they take the news well or not."
I nodded and wiped my face, wishing I was anywhere but here. "So, you're not mad or freaked or trying to find the fastest escape route to Paris?"
That made him laugh and the tension in the room lessened a little. "No, I'm not mad or running from this. Freaked, however, isn't a strong enough word to describe what I feel. Your dad is an Auror and so is your uncle, who is Harry freakin' Potter might I add. And your mum is the Minister of Magic! Your parents are 2/3 of the Golden Trio for Merlin's sake! I'm basically a bloody dead man walking."
His admittance made me laugh I tilted my head back in exasperation. "Oh my god, this is our life now. We are going to be parents and I don't know anything about you."
"What do you want to know?" he asked. "I'm an open book, Weasley."
The two of us spent the rest of the afternoon talking in the living room. I could thankfully stomach water, so I wasn't going to get dehydrated at least. I learned more about Scorpius in those hours than I'd known in seven years.
I'd learned he was bollocks at Quidditch and anything that was vaguely athletic, but he really had a knack for academics. I felt like a huge ass, I should've befriended him years ago. Well, something told me we were about to have a crash course in friendship now.
I'd been pregnant for two months when I finally decided to tell my parents. Scorpius and I had also been hanging out a lot more. We'd even been on a couple dates, if you could call them that, and had dinner together at least once a week to talk about our future. The dates were mostly just us getting to know each other and he paid for everything, thus making it a 'date' in his eyes.
Roxie was convinced the two of us were going to fall in love, but I didn't think it was going to work out that way. It didn't feel romantic between us, it just felt like hanging out with an old friend. If anything this pregnancy was going to push us apart. No one fell in love during stressful situations, it just wasn't how the world worked.
Speaking of Roxie, we were shopping in a muggle store for baby clothes. She was obsessed with buying things and we didn't even known if the baby was a boy or a girl yet. I was more obsessed with figuring out the best way to tell my parents so they didn't kill me, but to each their own I suppose.
I was showing a tiny bit but nothing very noticeable. Scorp and I had already gone to the healer for my prenatal care. He had also agreed to be with me when I told my parents, even if that was an obvious give away in my opinion. Him being with me made me feel a little bit braver. Well, that and I was athletic -I could definitely out run him if need be.
"Your boobs look like they're growing, which is cool," Roxie remarked as we looked through sleepers. "Some kind of silver lining in this shitty situation."
I've always been pretty small, barely a B cup since puberty. I guess they were also a pretty big giveaway to other people. I'd had to go up to a C and it was expected to get a bit snug in the coming weeks according my healer. I also had a spike in my emotions and cried over a commercial on TV because an old woman had to eat dinner alone because her kids were busy. This pregnancy was a journey for all of us involved, which had now stretched to include Albus because Scorpius couldn't handle not having someone to talk to about it.
"Look at how tiny these clothes are, Rosie!" Roxie squealed, holding up a green sleeper with little dinosaurs on it. "I'm totally buying this for the little bean in your belly."
We'd taken to calling the baby 'bean' when Albus, always the smarty pants, told us the "fetus was approximately the size of a kidney bean during week eight of the pregnancy" over dinner the other night. After we'd had a good laugh at his clinical explanation, the seriousness of the situation seemed to alleviate and things became lighthearted for a while.
"You're going to spoil the kid before they're even out of utero!" I exclaimed affectionately. "You're so bad!"
We'd gone shopping with intentions of getting my mind off dinner with my parents tonight. It worked until we got back to our flat and found Scorpius sitting in the living room with Albus. He looked freaked out and was running his hand through his hair incessantly.
Without thinking, I grabbed his arm as we walked by the couch to stop his movements. I heard Albus laughing but didn't acknowledge him, I had to pee like nobody's business. Another thing I didn't realize about being pregnant, my bladder converted to holding literally zero pee at any time. I felt like I spent most of this pregnancy in the bathroom, thankfully the morning sickness had finally let up a bit. There was light somewhere at the end of this tunnel.
"You pee more than anyone I've ever met," Roxie said when I came back into the room where she was showing Scorpius what she'd bought.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm developing growing a human being in my body who thinks my bladder is a freaking jumpy castle," I replied sarcastically, shoving Albus over so I could sit on the couch. "My entire body aches, I don't sleep, and I pee my brains out. And don't even get me started on how much my boobs hurt. Merlin, or the heartburn!"
"Look what you've done, Roxie," Albus groaned, making Scorpius punch him. "Jeez, mate, I was just joking."
Eventually, Roxie and Albus went into a separate room and left the two of us to talk about tonight. "I know you're nervous, but it's not going to be a secret for much longer. I feel like I get bigger every time I wake up."
"Oi, that's my kid you're talking about!" he exclaimed, his eyes twinkling pleasantly as he looked over at me. "And the mother of my kid. Be nice."
I rolled my eyes, but he was so sweet it was hard to ignore. I'd noticed that recently, he might be the sweetest person I've ever met in my life. He never had a bad word to say about anyone, but he was very manipulative if he had to be. I understood why he was in Slytherin, but he never used his powers for evil.
"I think it's going to be okay, I could've gotten pregnant by someone far worse than you. You're kind of a catch… for a Slytherin," I teased, placing my hands over my belly out of reflex.
"Oh, so we're going to play into the school rivalry thing, are we?" he asked, turning to face me and tickling my sides. "I don't play fair. I am a Slytherin after all."
I shrieked with laughter when he started to tickle me, careful not to hurt me. "You're going to make me pee on myself! Scorpius, I'm serious! I'm going to pee on both of us and my couch! SCORPIUS!"
He stopped tickling me and ended up being closer to me than either of us had initially realized. I could see all the different shades of gray in his eyes mixed with blues. He also had light freckles scattered along the bridge of his nose I'd never noticed before.
"Hi," I breathed, my breath causing his hair to shuffle where it hung in his face a little.
"Oi, are the two of you trying for twins?" Roxie asked, making him bolt away from me.
"Actually, that's not possible. If Rose is already pregnant with a single fetus, it isn't possible for her to conceive again until she carries bean to term," Albus replied before taking a bite of his sandwich.
Normally, I would have made a sarcastic response to Albus but not now. I was still too confused by what just happened between Scorpius and me. We never felt romantic, always just like buds having a kid together.
What was happening?
I hope this chapter was as good as the first! Don't forget to tell me what you thought.
