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December 24 had finally arrived. After two weeks of constant vomiting throughout the day and worrying about telling Scorpius had passed and there was no way out of this now.

I had a confirmation appointment with my friend Tracey, also a healer, who specialises in maternal health. A perk of being a healer was knowing a great deal already about pregnancy, and having connections with people who knew even more. A con of being a healer was the exact same thing. I had worried over every possible complication of this pregnancy that I knew of, going through my old textbooks to see symptoms and solutions. Tracey told me to cut it out so I'd given up, slightly.

Tracey confirmed I was 7 weeks pregnant, with a due date of July 10th. It had become quite real to me after that. Knowing now that there was an official date looming over me gave me deadline to have my shit together.

I wore a dark purple dress with black stockings and boots, thrown underneath a black coat and purple scarf. I sat nervously in front of my mirror, attempting to scrub myself up enough to make Scorpius at least think I was fine. My shaking hands suggested such attempts were going to be foiled.

I took a glance around my bathroom and suddenly saw a horror scene. A bath half full of water, hairstyling tools dangling near the water, medications on the bathroom counter, razors lying on the side of the tub, sharp-edged furniture everywhere. This was no place for a child. This wasn't even safe for some of the adults I knew.

"I can't do this," I sunk to the bathroom floor, hyperventilating briefly. During my stupor, I heard an owl pecking at my bedroom window. Pulling myself up off the floor, I went to collect the note in it's beak.

Dear Rose,

I hope you are still joining us here today, Scorpius is due home around 7pm, if you could perhaps come around at 6pm to be here when he arrives? It might help settle your nerves.

Thanks,
Astoria.

"Ugh," I whined after noticing the time was already 5:45pm. This was unavoidable. I had to tell him. Today.

I did a quick and careful clean up of my bathroom, as though it would soothe my nerves. Draining the bath tub, hiding appliances, packing away my medications - yeah, now I was definitely prepared for a child, if I planed to live in my bathroom, that is. The rest of my apartment was a different story.

Surrendering to the fact that my home was not adequate, I stepped outside my apartment and apparated to the Malfoy Manor.

I felt awfully queasy as I apparated onto the doorstep of the manor. The combination of apparating and being pregnant was not a good mix. I regained composure and knocked on the door. It opened almost immediately, unlike last time, as Astoria herself answered.

"Rose! So glad you made it, darling," she beamed as she let me in.

I followed her once again to the living room, where Draco was sitting in one of the armchairs. "Hello Rose, you're back again I see."

"Yeah, hello Draco," I smiled painfully, feeling rather intimidated. Maybe that's just because I felt like I was keeping secret from him, which I was, technically. I found myself on the loveseat again, Astoria joining me with hot chocolate to soothe my mind. I sipped it quickly, enjoying the chocolatey taste, satisfying my recent cravings.

"Come to see Scorpius return, I assume?" Draco asked.

The mention of his name made my stomach churn. "Uh-huh, just wanted to speak with him in person."

"What about, exactly?"

"Oh you know, we just had such a nice catch up when he was in town, I wanted to see him again."

"Well, I guess that's thoughtful of you," he pondered, "I thought it was more urgent judging by your visit the other week?"

"Oh, well, it's just, Scorpius is such a lovely guy, a-and well, I just wanted to-"

"Oh stop interrogating her Draco, if she wants to see Scorpius in person, just let her!" Astoria growled, defending my awful cover up.

I didn't want to reveal too much to Draco, he was a healer, after all, he knew a lot about pregnancies, anything to give me away. As though his name were a trigger, I could feel a bout of sickness coming on. I held with down with all my might as I searched with my eyes for a nearby toilet. The only alternative that was close was the bin in the kitchen.

"Excuse me one moment," I blurted out abruptly, attempting to flee down the corridor to find toilet.

I wasn't going to make it.

I quickly made a sharp turn into the kitchen where I miraculously made it to the bin, spewing up violently and unfortunately, loudly too.

"Rose, are you okay?" Draco asked.

"Oh Rose have you got yourself a bug?" Astoria stepped in to save me.

"I must've," I followed, hoping Draco was fooled. He came over to me and placed his hand on my head.

"You don't have a fever, maybe just food poisoning?"

"Yeah, that must be it!" I nodded, ever for him to give up. Being a healer myself, I should know that was a long-shot.

"Well just come lie down on the couch, Rose, I'll run some spells and figure it out for you."

Bad idea. No, not going to happen. This man will figure it out in five seconds. I jumped up from the bin, "No, no! That's fine, I'm feeling better, just a one-off thing! No need for tests of any kind at all!"

Draco was visibly taken aback by my refusal, and my nervous demeanour regrettably made his mind tick harder. "You're not hiding anything are you, Rose?"

He'd caught me. These damn Malfoy's are too observant. "No," I lied.

"Are you sure you're not experiencing, perhaps, morning sickness in particular?"

"Draco," Astoria hissed at him, "Don't be so rude!"

"What's going on in here?" I hear a familiar voice call out.

"Scorpius!" Draco and Astoria yell in unison, and I find myself lurching my vomit into the bin once more.


Draco knows! And Scorpius is finally here! Next chapter begins the real juicy stuff, and as always more reviews = faster updates! Please review if it's worthy of praise or criticism!
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