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Charlie's Secret Lover
"Hey Baby," Ciara said as Charlie walked in the front door and slumped down on the couch beside her.
"Hey," he said half heartedly.
"What's up? Is your friend ok?" Ciara asked looking concerned.
"Friend? Oh yeah, he's fine. I guess I'm just not having a great day."
"Well I have some news that may cheer you up."
"Yeah? Well I have some news for you too and I'm not sure how you will take it but you first."
Ciara smiled despite Charlie's last comment.
"Well I'm not going to beat around the bush…Charlie I'm late."
Charlie looked confused at first but then he suddenly realised.
"Late?" he asked dumbfounded.
"Yeah about three weeks. That doesn't mean anything for definite but I might be…"
"Pregnant," Charlie finished.
"Yeah pregnant," Ciara stared blankly out the window.
"But…but…how? When?"
"Well I didn't think I would have to remind you how but well there is a few times that it could have been."
"So how do we find out for sure?"
"Well I could take a pregnancy test and if that comes out positive then I'll have to go to the doctor."
"Ok so do you have a pregnancy test?"
Ciara laughed.
"No I didn't think I would need one anytime soon but you can buy them at the supermarket. I'll pick one up tomorrow."
"Tomorrow? But I can't wait that long to find out. I can go get one for you right now."
"You won't even know where to look Charlie."
"So I'll ask a salesperson. I just don't want to get all excited unless we're 100 sure."
"You're excited, really?"
"Well yeah. I have always wanted to be a Dad."
This made Ciara smile even more and she kissed Charlie on the cheek.
"You don't know how happy I am to hear that. So what do you have to tell me?"
"What?"
"You said you had something to tell me too."
"Oh umm yeah, it wasn't important."
"It sounded important. Go on tell me."
"Oh it's just my brother wants to come visit during the week but if you don't want him to with everything that's going on…"
"No, I would love to meet your brother. I have heard so much about your family and I haven't got to meet any of them. So which brother?"
Charlie groaned a little.
"Bill."
Ciara laughed.
"Great but will he really come all this way just for a quick visit? Maybe you should ask him to stay a few days."
"NO!" Charlie said a little too fast.
"Why? What's wrong with him?"
"Nothing it's just well he has two kids so he won't be able to stay away from them for longer than a day. He would go insane with worry!"
This made Ciara smile.
"Do you think we will be like that some day?"
Charlie grinned.
"I hope so."
"Okay go get the test. I want to know now."
"Okay," Charlie smiled and headed out the front door again.
The supermarket was only a 5 minute walk so it wasn't long before he was stepping in through the door wondering what a pregnancy test looked like. He had never even heard of one before. In the wizarding World there was a simple spell to find out whether or not you were pregnant.
"Do you need any help sir?" a shop assistant asked.
Charlie must have looked as confused as he felt.
"Umm do you have any pregnancy tests?" He asked blushing slightly.
"Yes we do. Right this was sir."
Charlie followed her to the medicines counter. He never would have thought of looking for them over here.
"We have the 3 minute test or the 5 minute test," she said gesturing to the boxes hanging on the shelves in front of them.
"Which one is better?"
"Well they both do the same job but the 3 minute test is a little bit more expensive."
"But it's quicker right?"
"Yes of course."
"Ok well I'll take a 3 minute one please."
The woman took the box and scanned it. Charlie handed her the correct amount of muggle money and took his purchase.
"Thank you," he said nodding at the sales woman.
"Good luck," she replied as Charlie left the store.
The whole way home Charlie was wondering what he wanted the outcome of this test to be. As great as it would be to finally be a Dad he also had to worry about that fact that Ciara still didn't know the truth about him and if Bill meant what he said he would have to tell her or else she would find out from the terror twins. And what in the world was he going to tell his mother.
When he got home Ciara was waiting anxiously for him. She took the test off him immediately and went into the bathroom.
"How exactly does this work?" Charlie called through the door.
"It's pretty simple. I just pee on the stick then wait 3 minutes and if a cross appears I'm pregnant and if it's a line I'm not," Ciara called back.
A spell is a lot more simpler Charlie thought.
Charlie heard the door lock click and Ciara opened the door for him. He went inside and stared at the little stick sitting on the toilet seat.
After what felt like the longest 3 minutes of his life a tiny cross appeared at the top of the stick.
Charlie and Ciara both stared at it in silence and then Charlie pulled Ciara into his arms and held her tight to himself.