Chapter Two
Tonks sat up in a hurry and stuck her head in the toilet to throw up for the 7th time that night. She wiped her mouth with a Kleenex and glanced at the clock. It was 9am. She had been up all night throwing up, for a reason she did not know. She assumed that her drink was spiked, or maybe she was having an allergic reaction to the food she ate. But she had no visible rash. Suddenly, something caught Tonks' eye. Sitting on the bathroom counter was a pregnancy test. It was still in the box, untouched, and unopened. Tonks had bought it a while ago just because. Tonks' stomach dropped as her eyes hooked onto the bright pink box. Could it be? Could Tonks be, well…pregnant? It was only a few days ago that Tonks and Lupin had done it for the first time…but they had used condoms. She stretched out her hand and took it off the countertop, peeling open the box. Her heart was pounding as she took the test and waited for the results. A while later, she checked it. Positive. Tonks' heart skipped a beat and she breathed heavily. She was pregnant! Pregnant with Remus Lupin's baby! Tonks hastily grabbed her phone off the receiver and shakily dialed Lupin's phone number.
"Hello?" he responded on the other line. Tonks squirmed around.
"Remus. It's Tonks." She stuttered.
"Tonks! You sound upset…is something wrong?" Lupin asked nervously. Tonks covered her face with her hands.
"Um, could you…can you come over?" she questioned.
"Oh yes, definitely! I'll be right there. Goodbye…I love you," Lupin responded reassuringly.
"I love you too. Bye." Tonks said. She hung up the phone and changed into some clothes. Just then her doorbell rang. Tonks' heart pounded as she made her way to the front door. Her feet felt like the weighed one hundred pounds each and her breathing grew heavy. She swung open her door and saw Lupin, smiling at her. How could she tell him? What would happen? From this point on…their lives would change forever. How could she break the news to him?
"Tonks," smiled Lupin. Tonks' breathe stopped and with that, she fainted.
"Tonks!" Lupin yelled, catching her in his arms. Her head fell backwards as he lowered her gently onto the floor.
When Tonks woke up, she was lying in a hospital bed. Her eyelids slowly opened and she saw Lupin's figure hovering over her.
"Thank goodness! She's awake," Lupin told a doctor. He kissed Tonks softly on the forehead as the doctor strolled over to them. Lupin pushed Tonks' pink hair out of her eyes and felt her cheeks.
"What happened?" she said wearily while sitting up.
"You had a bit of a panic attack and fainted," the doctor explained. "Nothing serious, it's just that your adrenaline sped up. You'll be able to go home in a couple hours. In the meantime though, we'd like to perform some x-rays and find the cause of your panic attack." Everything suddenly came back to Tonks as she remembered that she was pregnant.
"Oh Remus," she sighed.
"Shhh, shh. It'll be alright, my love," he smiled. Tonks started to cry.
"Remus," she gasped. "I'm pregnant." The doctor spun around abruptly and gave a quick smile. Lupin smiled broadly.
"Tonks! This is wonderful!" Lupin laughed cheerfully. Tonks heaved.
"Don't you understand? I'm pregnant! I'm going to have a baby! Your baby, Lupin," Tonks stated. Lupin grinned.
"Tonks…how could you think this was bad? We're going to have a baby!" Lupin exclaimed. He squeezed her hands and bent down to kiss her.
"But we're not even married!" Tonks responded. Lupin looked at her.
"We can change that," he grinned. Tonks smiled broadly and flew at him, arms wide open.
"Oh, Remus!" she cried happily, "We're getting married! And we're going to have a baby!" Lupin and Tonks hugged.
"This is wonderful news, and I can already tell that this was the reason for the panic attack. If you don't mind, Tonks, I'd still like to perform a few pregnancy tests on you," the doctor explained. Tonks nodded.
"We can do it with Remus in the room, if you'd like, or he can leave," the doctor said. Tonks shook her head.
"No, he has to stay," she said as she kissed him.
"Alright then. I'm going to start off asking you a few questions," the doctor said. Lupin held Tonks' hand.
"When was your last period?" the doctor asked. Tonks thought for a moment.
"Now that I think about it…it hasn't happened for two months now," she said worriedly. Lupin kissed her hand.
"It's alright, baby," Lupin said. The doctor nodded and wrote it down on his paper.
"Ok, good, good. Have your breasts felt more tender than usual?" the doctor asked Tonks.
"Yes," she answered. "They've been hurting for a while now, about two weeks." The doctor nodded and wrote it down on his paper. He continued to ask her more questions, then did some exams on her and did some tests.
"Your pregnant," the doctor confirmed. "Remus is the father." Lupin and Tonks hugged and kissed excitedly.
"I'm going to be a mother," she sighed happily. Lupin grinned at his fiancé'.
"I'm going to need you to come in once a week for the next nine months, I'll be handling your pregnancy. Call me if you need anything or if anything is concerning you. You and Remus can take a number of classes on how to deal with pregnancy and having a new baby. And one more thing: Don't worry. It will be fine. Congratulations," the doctor smiled. Tonks and Remus gazed dreamily at each other.
"This is going to be wonderful," Tonks stated.