So I realized that I revealed too much in my response to someone's review. I can't help it I am writing 10 chapters ahead of what you are reading and sometimes I forget so… I decided since someone knew too much I would catch all of you up… Review and I might could bring the chapters waiting to be posted to a smaller amount. ;)
Hours later she woke up in the hospital wing. As she sat up and looked around she found she was alone, like she had been for almost a month.
"Miss Deloncre," Madame Pomfrey said as she came out of her office. "You're awake I see, maybe now we can find out what's going on with you dear." Madame Pomfrey came and stood next to the bed Nicolette was in. "Lay back down please, thank you. Now tell me what's going on."
"I don't know," Nicolette said. "I felt woozy this morning at breakfast and then again in Potions and then I threw up, oh dear." She was remembering what exactly happened. "I threw up on Professor Snape, he's going to expel me isn't he?"
"No dear," Madame Pomfrey said. "You couldn't help it if you were sick. Do you remember what happened next?"
"Well," Nicolette paused trying to remember what had happened. "No. What did happen?"
"You fainted," Madame Pomfrey said. "Oliver Wood brought you here, your friends were all here during lunch and I'm sure they'll be back soon." Madame Pomfrey continued waving her wand over Nicolette assessing her health.
Nicolette thought about her 'friends' for a minute.
"So," Nicolette said. "What's wrong with me?"
"Well," Madame Pomfrey said with a hint of disapproval. "Miss Deloncre, can you tell me if you are sexually active?"
"Oh," Nicolette said looking down at her hands. "Only once."
"And if I may ask," Madame Pomfrey said. "When was that?"
"September 1st."
"Oh dear," Madame Pomfrey responded. "I believe that you are pregnant. I am assuming you know who the father is?"
'What?' Nicolette thought she had to be hearing things. There is no way she could be pregnant, surely life is not cruel enough to allow her to become pregnant with the man she love's child when he doesn't love her. She couldn't stop the tears that started.
"Oh god," she cried as she rolled over in the bed away from Madame Pomfrey.
"Madame Pomfrey," she heard Anne's voice from the door. "Nicolette?" She could hear the concern in Anne's voice.
"Madame Pomfrey, is she alright?"
"She will be, but she's going to need your support child."
Anne came around the bed to Nicolette's face.
"Nic," Anne said as she put an arm around Nicolette's shoulder. "What's wrong?"
"Annnnnnne," Nicolette cried and Anne climbed on the bed with her and held her as she cried. Anne rubbed her back scared of what was making Nicolette act this way.
Madame Pomfrey slipped away to her office. She knew that she would not be able to check her patient out for a while.
Oliver and Stewart opened the door to the hospital wing to see how things were going and Anne shooed them away.
As Nicolette's tears slowed and the bawling became quiet Anne began to talk again.
"Nic love, what's going on? Can you tell me?"
"Why are you here?"
Anne took a deep breath; everyday for almost a month she had hoped she would wake up to find it was all a bad dream.
"Because Nic, you're my best friend and you need me. I don't know why you thought that not making me choose between you and Stewart was best for me but it's not. I love Stewart but you are my sister and I can't live without you. Please talk to me, tell me what's going on."
Nicolette sat up next to Anne and grabbed the box of tissues that was on the table next to the bed. She dried some tears and blew her nose before she said anything.
"I'm pregnant."
"Oh."
"I know."
"What are you going to do?"
"I don't know, Madame Pomfrey told me just before you walked in."
"Are you going to tell him?"
"I kind of think that unless I go home, he is going to figure it out in a couple of months when I'm as big as a house."
"So you're going to keep it?"
"Yeah."
"Anne," Rebecca said from the doorway. "We just wanted to let you know we're going down for dinner."
"Becs," Nicolette said trying not to cry. "I'm sorry."
Rebecca turned her head and said something outside the door before coming in and letting the door shut behind her.
"Does that mean we're done fighting?"
Nicolette nodded her head as she started crying again. Rebecca came to the bed and climbed on with them leaning across them for a group hug.
"What's wrong," Rebecca asked as she pulled away still lying over Anne and Nicolette's legs.
"I'm pregnant," Nicolette whispered.
"Oh Merlin."
"Yeah," Nicolette said wiping more tears. "Becs I'm sorry about the James comment the other day."
Rebecca and Anne shared a smile.
"I'm not," Rebecca said. "James heard and well… he asked me out. You gave him the push he needed. Thanks."
Nicolette smiled.
"I told you he liked you." This made all three giggle.
"What is going on in here," Madame Pomfrey asked walking toward the girls. "If you are done crying we have some things we need to go over."
"Okay."
"If you two could leave us."
"Please," Nicolette said as she grabbed Anne and Rebecca's hands before they could get up. "I can't do this without them."
Madame Pomfrey contemplated this before giving her nod of approval.
"Alright then," she said. "I'm assuming you have told them." Nicolette nodded. "Okay then, first you should know that I must inform the headmaster and your head of house. I am sure they will want to speak with both you and the father. You need to be very careful of what potion fumes you're around, I will get a list of what Professor Snape has planned and let you know if you need to miss anything. You need to come see me every other week so we can make sure everything is going as it should. Do you have any questions?"
"Yeah," Nicolette said. "Um, when is it due?"
"Well," Madame Pomfrey said thinking. "If you said you conceived on the first, which you're sure of?" Nicolette nodded. "Then I would say sometime around the end of May."
"You mean around N.E.?"
"Well," Madame Pomfrey said. "Yes Miss Davies that is a probability, now if you have no more questions you may go to dinner. Oh, and you may experience more moments of vertigo or nausea, take it easy when you feel them. Stay seated and be very careful."
"Thank you," Nicolette said as the three girls climbed down off the bed and walked out of the hospital wing.
"So," Anne said as she put Nicolette's bag on her shoulder and grabbed her arm. "Do we get to eat dinner with you?"
"Yeah," Rebecca said as she grabbed on to Nicolette's other arm. "Tell me I get to eat with my best friends."
Nicolette smiled, she had missed these girls.
"I guess," she said sarcastically. "If you make me."
"We'll make you," Anne said, as the three friends made their way through the castle they caught Nicolette up on the last few weeks.
