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Chapter 9:

Halloween masquerade party is a go. Fred and I already had everything set up. The invites were all sent out. Everyone had a mask. All we had to do was wait. Truthfully speaking I wasn't really looking forward to the party. But hey I knew there would be plenty to drink. My plan was to get pissed and forget all about Alison Leighton. Since it's hard for me to go five minutes without thinking about her silky brown curls, those blue eyes that sparkle with unknown mysteries, those very full lips that often taste like watermelons or strawberries depending on which chapstick she decided to wear that day. Damn it, I'm doing it again. When I'm pissed my brain will be too foggy to even think about Alison and the way her smile makes my heart beat faster or the way she moans my name when we're having sex, or the way it feels when she clinches around me when she…fuck! Not thinking about her is hard.

"Potter!"

I looked up at Professor Nix who was looking at me like he expected something. The rest of the class was looking at me as well.

"What?"

There were a few snickers from behind me.

"Come to the front of the class and demonstrate the proper way to perform a revulsion jinx."

He wants me to come up to the front of the class when I'm harder than a beater's bat? I don't think so. These robes leave very little to the imagination.

"That's okay professor, I'll pass" I said casually causing more people to snicker.

"It wasn't a suggestion" Nix said.

"Pick on someone else. Connor is such a know-it-all I bet he knows how to do the spell."

It was a surprise to no one when Gryffindor lost points and I was assigned a couple of detentions by the end of class.

"What's with you today? You can do a revulsion jinx. I've seen you do it" Fred asked as we headed up to the Gryffindor tower.

"I can't stop thinking about Ali." Fred sighed I had a feeling he was tired of hearing me talk about her. "She keeps avoiding me and I don't know why. The more I think about her the hard my dick gets. It's like I'm walking around with a Firebolt in my pants. It's like I'm going through puberty all over again."

Fred was shaking his head. "You need to get over this girl. Pick up a tart at this Halloween party and forget all about Alison. She might not be using a love potion but she has some sort of hold over you."

"I plan on getting pissed at the party, but that isn't until later. It's barely noon. Fuck it, I'm going to head to the Quidditch pitch, fly around for a bit. You should come"

"Do you know how messy my hair gets when it's wet?" It was raining heavily outside.

"You are such a girl" I said.

"This coming from the guy who spent the past weak mooning over a girl who has clearly been avoiding him."

"She has not been avoiding me, we've both been busy."

"Keep telling yourself that."

I flew around the Quidditch pitch for four hours. My team was going to be pissed. As I flew around I could visualize how the game with Slytherin would go and I made several key changes to strategy. Oh, well they'll get used to it. After a long hot shower I headed back up to the school.

"James!"

Lacey Greene and two other seven year Ravenclaws were walking towards me. I slowed down so they could catch up.

"We were worried about you when you didn't show up to Transfiguration" Lacey said with a flirty pout.

"Forgive me, I didn't mean to make three pretty girls worry. I was on the Quidditch pitch and lost sense of time."

The two girls whose names I didn't know blushed.

"You're such a dedicated player, James" Lacey said placing her hand on my arm. "Are you going to go pro?"

"Of course" I replied.

"You are the best chaser in school. Everyone says how you're even better than Dominic Daskalov" one of the other girls said.

Ah, ego-strokers, they're exactly what I need after the week I've been having. Daskalov is said to be the best in the world right now.

"Thank you. I hope to see the three of you at the Halloween party tonight."

"Of course we'll be there. You and Fred throw the best parties" Lacey said trying to claim the spotlight for herself.

"But how will you be able to tell who is who if we're all wearing masks?" the other girl said in a quiet voice. The other two girls looked at her like she was stupid.

"I'll know" I said and then I caressed her cheek, "I could never forget such beautiful green eyes."

The girl started fanning herself. I wanted to laugh so bad. I resisted and smiled instead. That seemed to make her blush harder.

"Hm, hm"

I froze.

"I hope you don't mind breaking away from your friends, James, but I need to talk to you" Alison said in a cold voice.

The one time when I flirt with other girls Ali would be there.

"We do mind actually" Lacey said.

"It's okay. I'll see you three at the party" I said with a wink.

Ali huffed. I wanted so bad to roll my eyes but instead I followed her as she began to walk off.

"I thought you wanted to talk" I said.

"I do, just not in front of your harem."

I scoffed. "Where are we going?"

"Somewhere where we can talk"

"We can talk here"

"In private. I don't want to be overheard."

Someone was still in their bad mood. I followed her down a set of stairs and I realized we were on the sixth floor. We were going to our private room.

"You've been avoiding me" I said.

"I'm surprised you even remember who I am. With so many girls throwing themselves at you I wonder how you keep all of their names straight."

I laughed. "This again? You're jealous" I thought we had gotten past that stage.

"I am NOT jealous!"

"Could've fooled me" I muttered as we reached the cowboy portrait.

Ali opened the door angrily.

I stepped in the room after her.

Everything was in the exact same spot we left it. The comforters still wrinkled and rumpled, the candles still lying on their sides from when they were knocked over.

"You got me where you wanted me. What do you want?" I was doing my best not to sound angry. But being in here reminded me of being with her and I was trying my hardest not to think about sex with Ali. All the tension that went away from playing Quidditch was slowly flowing back.

"In a hurry to get back to your harem?" she sneered.

"Maybe I am" I replied with just as much venom. "Maybe I'm tired of your mood swings. I'm tired of trying to get your attention when it's obvious you want nothing to do with me. So what do you want?"

She opened her mouth, then closed it.

"Spill it out already, I have other places to be."

Her eyes went hard, "I'm pregnant, James."

My heart stopped. Pregnant? A million scenarios flew through my mind at lightning speed. I couldn't think straight, couldn't breathe.

"Say something!"

"Congratulations?"

Ali balled up a fist and I swear she was thinking about punching me. I automatically took a step back. What else was I supposed to say?

"The baby is yours idiot."

"Oh." I knew that. I mean if she says she's pregnant than that means there is a baby. It's obvious the baby would be mine. We've been having sex….a lot of sex….in this room. I had to shake my head to stop from visualizing it.

"Are you sure?" I asked.

She gasped outraged and then her fist hit the side of my face. "Yes I'm sure. I don't sleep around unlike some people."

I didn't taste any blood but my jaw ached. "I didn't mean are you sure it's mine. I meant are you sure you're pregnant."

I began to massage my jaw.

"I haven't gone to Madam Patil and gotten a test or anything. I've missed my period. I'm super late."

"So you might not be pregnant."

"I've been nauseous lately and throwing up. It was Rose who pointed it out that I might be pregnant. And that's I realized I hadn't had my period yet."

"Rose knows?! She's going to tell Lily. Lily can't keep a secret to save her life. The whole of Hogwarts will know about it at the end of the day. I'll be surprised if it doesn't make the morning prophet."

"I didn't tell Rose. I told her it was probably just a bug or something. I'm not stupid enough to tell anyone. Besides she warned me to stay away from you."

Rose did what? I see I'm going to have to have a talk with her later.

"How did this happen?" I asked myself.

"We had sex" Ali replied.

"I'm not stupid, I know how babies are made. Shouldn't you be on the potion?"

"What potion?"

"Your mom never taught you how to make the birth control potion?" I asked puzzled. It's something that all mothers teach their daughters when they're like fifteen or sixteen.

"I'm muggleborn" she reminded me.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that.

"I'm sure there was a spell or something you could of used but didn't. Let's not play the blame game" Alison said. She was right, there was a contraception charm, I just never thought to use it because….well in the heat of the moment it never came to mind.

"So what are we going to do?" I asked.

"I'm not giving up this baby if that's what you mean" she said.

"I didn't even think of that" I said. "But you're sixteen and I'm seventeen we aren't exactly at an age where we can be raising a baby, nor or we in a relationship where we can raise the kid together."

Since when are we not in a relationship? I guess we have different definitions of the word, again.

"I have to get to class" Ali said checking her watch.

How could she even be thinking about class at a time like this?

"There are more important things than class. I think we should go down to Madam Patil and get a test taken."

"I'm not going to the school nurse, you know how embarrassing that is?"

I sighed, "How else are we supposed to find out if you're really pregnant or not. Since you don't know how to do a contraceptive potion I take it you don't know how to make a pregnancy test."

"I don't. It's not something they teach in class. I could go to the library and see if they have a book, but I highly doubt it."

"Fine. Let's go get one from the apothecary in Hogsmeade. He should have some stocked."

"Do we have to do this now?"

"The sooner we know the better. We could go to St. Mungos and have a healer look at you."

"Oh, you're willing to risk it? Sure it won't end up in the Prophet? Potter and girl show up at St. Mungo's asking for a pregnancy exam. I'm sure everyone would love to read about it" she said sarcastically.

"I would be in disguise."

"Whatever let's go to the apothecary."

"Where in the blood hell have you been all day?" Fred asked. "You're super pale. Were you out there flying in this weather all this time?"

I plopped on my bed. "I haven't been flying" I said.

"You look like you could use a drink"

"Or a whole barrel"

"It's a good thing we're throwing a party later."

"I'm not going to the party" I replied.

"What? Why the hell not? It better not have anything to do with that siren you've been pining after."

"Ali isn't a siren."

"She's something. She's got you by your balls, and you're not even fighting back."

"She's pregnant."

There was a scuffle and I didn't have to look over to know that Fred fell off his bed.

"She's what?"

"That's where I've been. We went and bought tests"

"It could've been wrong. It's been known to happen. The potion could've been made wrong."

"All five of them?" I asked.

Fred was silent for a moment. "What are you going to do?" he finally said.

"I have no bloody idea" I replied as I laid out on my bed.

Staring at the ceiling all I could think about was Ali's expression when the test turned positive. She cried. I didn't like seeing her cry but she wouldn't let me touch her. She said she needed time to think, alone. And then she ran off.

"Here's what you're going to do. You're going to go to this party tonight. Get pissed. Forget about all your problems. Even if it is just for one night. Trust me, it'll help you sleep better too."

"If I get so pissed I start talking about the pregnancy…"

"I knock you out or hit you with a silencing charm. Just make sure no girl slips you a love potion and you'll be good to go."

"I need to buy a flask" I muttered.

"I'll get you one for Christmas."

That's why Fred is my best friend.