Rose POV
Up until October twenty-first, everything in life appeared to be falling nicely into place. I was Head Girl, I had great friends, a great boyfriend and great grades. What happened on October twenty-first that was so awful?
I was late.
Never before in my life had I been late. I was scared. Scorpius and I had, you know, 'done it', a couple of times since our return to school so the possibility of me actually being pregnant was quite high. I didn't know who to tell. I was afraid of anger, rejection, disappointment from almost everyone.
So, to find out if I was pregnant or not, I anonomously ordered a pregnancy potion from an ad in the back of Witch Weekly and arranged for it to arrive disguised as a parcel from Flourish and Blotts. It arrived today, October twenty-fourth. The potion is suppsosed to turn from a sickly green colour to a shining gold if you are pregnant.
Here I was, sitting on the floor of the bathroom that I shared with Joseph, staring in disbelief at the vial filled with gold liquid that sat in front of me. This was the worst possible outcome. I started to cry, which I think is completely understandable, given the situation which I had found myself in. I was Head Girl, the supposed role model for the younger pupils and here I was, pregnant at seventeen – and barely even that.
The door opened and I turned to see who it was. Conor was standing in the doorway, peering in at me. He clearly hadn't expected to find me here, crying. Another thing, I never cry. Ever.
"Hey Rose" he said quietly, coming over to me. "Are you okay? No, stupid question. What's wrong, what happened?"
I decided that the best thing to do was be truthful. I had known Conor since we were partnered for DADA in second year, I could trust him. He was one of the least judgemental and most supportive people I knew.
"Oh Conor" I said, sniffling the snot that was threatening to stream out of my nose. "I'm only bloody pregnant".
In fairness to him, he hid his shock quite well. There was a split second of disbelief in his eyes before he wrapped him arms around me.
"It'll be okay Rose" he whispered. "You know that Scorpius loves you, he is not going to leave you over something like this".
I agreed with him about that. I knew Scorpius wouldn't leave me, but it wasn't Scorpius' reaction that I was worried about. I had to tell my parents. And there was a little voice in the back of my head constantly reminding me that Ron and Hermione Weasley, war heroes, would not be too pleased to hear about this.
Maybe I should tell them that I'm dating Scorpius first, would that soften the blow? I mean, surely it's better if your daughter gets knocked up by her boyfriend rather than some random bloke, right?
Who am I kidding, once Dad finds out that I'm dating Scorpius and carrying a future Malfoy, he is going to explode. I doubt he'll take it very well at all.
I felt two arms pulling me up and realised that Joseph had joined us in the bathroom. The two boys helped me out of the bathroom and up into my bedroom. In a daze, I was pushed into my bed and tucked under the duvet. I closed my eyes and buried deep into the covers. I heard Conor and Joseph walking out and closing the door behind them.
I must have dozed off in my cocoon of quilt because when I woke up there was raised voices coming from the common room. I recognised them as Scorpius and Joseph.
"Why won't you let me up to see her?" I heard Scorpius yell, the frustration obvious in his voice.
"I told you already Scorpius, she's asleep. She wasn't feeling well and we made her go to bed. I doubt you going up with do anything but disturb her" Joseph replied.
"I don't think you understand!" Scorpius hissed. "I need to see her. You telling me that she is sick just intensifies my desire to go up there". His tone grew softer as he continued. "I love her Joseph. I need to know, to see with my own eyes, that she's okay".
I could hear Joseph grunting and I got up to walk over and let Scorpius come up myself. I was just about to open the door when I heard Joseph speaking again, this time in barely a whisper.
"You think I don't understand? I'm in the exact same situation as you. Conor and I have been going out since fourth year. Fourth year, that's three years Scorpius. You, Rose and his sister Julie are the only people that know. You know how Conor is a muggleborn, yeah? Well last summer, Conor was in a car crash when he was on holidays. Julie let me know by letter, but the owl flew away before I could send a reply. I didn't even know where they were. For three weeks, I sat at home, not knowing if my boyfriend was going to make it home or not.
"He did, if that isn't obvious by his presence here, but those three weeks were the worst three of my life. I couldn't even tell my family why I was so on edge, because that would involve telling them that I'm gay. So don't think, don't think for even one second, that I don't understand why you want to go and see Rose. I just think that, for her sake, we should let her sleep".
I couldn't hear any movement, so I assumed that Scorpius was still sitting on the couch. I hadn't known that Joseph and Conor had been through that. I decided to go out into the common room and interrupt.
"Hey" I said and both of them looked up at me. Scorpius practically ran over and scooped me into his arms. He let me go and stood back, looking me up and down.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
"Not really, I need to tell you something. Can we go up to my room?"
I would just like to say a big thanks to everyone who had read and reviewed so far. I hope you like this chapter, the next one will hopefully be up soon!