Everyone stopped talking and looked at me, but Grandma was looking at Mum and Dad. James saw there was no shook look on Rose's face and then spoke. "You must be joking right." James gave a short laugh.
"No, my child will be here in June sometime." I told him.
Grandma finally turned her eyes on me. "Who is the mother because it better not be some girl who threw herself on you, trying to trap you because you are a Weasley?" Grandma started going off about girls that were out to get me.
"Grandma, stop." I yelled over her. I didn't like how she was making Amanda out to be some whore or something. Grandma stopped and looked at me. "Amanda isn't like that." I could feel the anger rising.
"Amanda who?" Grandma didn't like my attitude.
"Amanda Longbottom." Grandma narrowed her eyes on me.
"As in Neville and Hannah's daughter," Uncle Harry asked. I nodded. "Are you going to be there for Amanda and the baby?" I nodded again. "Then that all that has to be said."
Grandma looked at Mum and Dad. "You knew about this," They nodded. "And you didn't tell me."
Mum gave me a look. "Hugo didn't want us to tell anyone until he made the announcement himself." Dad told his mother. Grandma shot me a look.
"Now that we got that out of the way," James said. "Hugo here is going to have the next Weasley here." James patted me on the back.
"Hey what about my children," Teddy yelled.
"Yours are Lupins." James told him. Teddy nodded. Everyone started asking question about Amanda and the baby.
After dinner I had to get away from them. I grabbed my coat and went outside to get some fresh air. But my cousins had other ideas. James, Louis, Fred, Al and Teddy found me by Granddad's shed. James threw his arm me and pulled me into the shed. They turned a bucket upside down and pushed me down to sit on it. Everyone besides James stood against the counter opposite of me. James started pacing in front of me.
"This is what we know, you are dating Amanda Longbottom. You got her pregnant. Grandma not too happy with you right now, my sister and your sister know about it so does Uncle Ron and Aunt Hermione. What we want know is where you were last night? We asked Uncle Ron what he had you do last night and he can't remember what he had you do." James put his hands on my shoulders and looked me right in the eyes. "Where were you and don't lie."
"I spoke with my dad; I went downstairs to get a drink and stayed up because I couldn't sleep. I felt asleep on the couch. I got up and went for a walk." I lied to James. James narrowed his eyes on me.
He didn't believe me for a second and he told me so. "I don't believe you." He started to pace again. "Now if I asked Tim or Tom they are going to tell me that you were at the Longbottoms' house last night."
"Tom and Tim don't live there anymore." I said. I tried to get up but James pushed me down.
"They spent the night there last night." James said. It sounded like they already knew where I was. James looked down at me.
"So," I lifted one brow. "I wasn't there."
"Then why did Tim see you enter and leave Amanda's room last night." James said as a matter of fact.
"Maybe Tim is seeing things." I smiled a little knowingly.
James pulled out a piece of paper. "This is a letter from Tim." James cleared his throat. "Tell your cousin to stay away from my sister. I saw him enter and leave my sister's room last night. So he better leave her alone or he going to pay. Tim" James put the letter in his pocket. "Hugo, we all know that you were with Amanda last night. We want to know why you had to lie to us." James got serious on me.
"No one knew that Amanda was pregnant and she can't sleep without me there. It started when we where coming home because she hasn't slept in a couple of weeks. That night I got a note telling me she couldn't sleep, so every night since then I have been sleeping over." I felt the water in my eyes. "If Amanda needs me, I'm going to be there for her." Before the tears started, I ran out of the shed. No one stopped me this time. I ran for the trees that were near the shed. I leaned against one of the trees, wiping the tears away with my coat sleeve.
Everyone was making this out to be some joke. No one knew how I felt about Amanda besides Lily and Rose. I love Amanda with my whole heart. I fall in love with Amanda every day and with her carrying my child it made it seem more real. As days pass, it's closer to me being a father. They don't know how scared I am.
I sat on the white cold ground, closing my eyes. I didn't hear someone walk up until I heard their voice. "I know how you feel." Teddy sat next to me. "I felt the same way when Victore was pregnant with John. You're scared about being a father, and then you're worried about her. She tells you not to worry but you do anyway. You don't know what to do, you feel helpless." Teddy looked at me. "Every father feels that way." He started drawing in the snow. "Trust me it doesn't stop with your second."
I finally looked at Teddy. I couldn't believe he felt this now when he was having his second child. "Really," It came out of nowhere.
"Yeah, ask any of the fathers in there, they tell you it never goes away. You will be worried about them until you die." Teddy looked away. We were quiet for a few moments. "Can I ask you something?" Teddy asked. I nodded. "Are you going to marry Amanda?"
I pull my legs close to my chest. "I don't know maybe. I love her, but we don't need to get married because we are having a baby. But maybe in the future when we know we want to spend the rest of our lives together." I looked at the tree in front of me.
"When you ask her to marry you let me know because I want to know so I can say congratulation." Teddy put his arm around and gave me a half manly hug. "If you want to leave and see Amanda I won't say a thing." I nodded. "See those trees over there," he pointed to a cluster of trees. I nodded. "At the edge you can apparated to get where you need to go."
I got up, wiping the snow off my jeans. "Thanks." I smiled. I made my way over to the tree. Teddy smiled and waved me off. I got to the edge and thought about my destination. I felt the pull and was standing on Amanda's street. It was nice to get away from my family. It was snowing here; I pull my coat closer to me and put my hands in my pocket as I made my way up the street to Amanda's house.
I knock on the door when I get there. I can hear laughter in the house waiting for someone to open the door. Neville opens the door with a smile on his face. When he sees me, it disappears into a straight line. He lets me in, as he closing the door Amanda walks in the hall. Her face lights up when she see me there. She quickly makes her way over to me and throws herself on me. I catch her, letting my cold hands warm up on her.
She lets me go. Her dad quietly leaves the hall. "Hugo, what are you doing here?"
"I can't come and see my girlfriend." I catch her lips before she can say something. She puts her hand on my chest to push me away but ended just staying there as I deepen the kiss. I pull her against the wall. Amanda broke the kiss.
"Hugo, stop." Her lips were fuller after I was done kissing her. "My family could walk in any minute." She said as she was catching her breath. I place my head on her forehead as I nodded. She smiles, makes her way out from under me. She grabs my hand and pulls me to the back of the house to where her family was.
We enter the kitchen to find everyone looking at us. Her great-grandmother was here with her grandfather. Amanda pulled us in. "Hugo, you meant my grandmother, Augusta." We said hello but she was giving me a look. "This is my granddad, Alan." He didn't give me a look, just smiled and greeted me like an old friend. I went around the room greeting everyone. Hannah smiled at me. Tom and Tim wanted to beat me. Simon and Nick started asking me about quidditch. After I greeted everyone I took a seat next to Amanda, that when her grandmother started at me.
"What are you doing ruining my great-granddaughter's life? Getting her pregnant. She could have done something with her life. Hum." She crossed her arms, waiting for me to say something.
I looked her right in the eye. "I'm not ruining her life, I'm filling it with a new life and love because I love your granddaughter and I'm not going anywhere that doesn't have her or our child in the picture."
After I said that Augusta smiled. "Good answer boy. Your parents raised you right."
"Thank you. I'll let my parents know." I smiled right back. After that everything settled down, there was laughing and jokes. Tom and Tim kept throwing me looks when Amanda or their parents weren't looking.
Later I was making my way out of the loo when Tom and Tim were there waiting for me. They each took an arm and led me to an empty room and threw me on the couch. They took a seat on the table in front of the couch, they looked at the door. I think that they were not supposed to sit on it.
"Is there something you need?" I ask the both of them. They looked ready to jump on me and beat me senseless. Something stopped them from doing that. My guess is Amanda would hate them or their mother didn't like blood on carpet.
"There something we want to ask you." Tom said through his teeth. I waved my hand for them to continue. They shot me a look. "Are you sleeping with our sister?"
"No." I said a little too quickly.
They traded smiles. "He said that a little too quickly."
"What I mean is I am sleeping with her but you know that already don't you. I think you want to know if Amanda and I are having sex together." They were getting redder by each word a said. They made a face when I said sex. I smiled. "I'm not going to sleep with your sister until she is ready." They let out the breath they were holding. They got up.
"It better be never." Tom told. They left the room. I sat there for a couple minutes before getting up. I was making my way to the door when Amanda walked in. She started to feel if anything was wrong with me.
"Amanda, what are you doing?" I take her hands off of me. "Not that I don't mind if they are on me but still."
"Making sure my brothers didn't do anything to you because they came in with smiles on their faces and you didn't come back after them." I wrapped my arms around her.
"They didn't do anything to me. They wanted to know if we were having sex or not." Amanda blushed but it was gone before I got a good look.
"They don't need to know that we are having sex or not." Amanda was angry at her brothers. "I'm going to kill them, a slow and painful death."
"Amanda, they were watching out for you because you are their only sister. I told them that it won't happen until you are ready." Amanda wrapped her arms around me.
"Thank you." She kisses me. "Maybe it will happen soon." She said against my lips. I pull her close as I can get her.
"Soon,"
"Very soon," She said before taking my lips in a kiss. We stood there kissing for a few minutes before I saw a silver otter came in the room.
"Hugo Ronald Weasley, get home now!" My mother voice came through the otter.
"I guess I have to go." I let go of Amanda and we went to the kitchen to say goodbye to her family. Amanda walked me to the door and told me goodbye with a kiss. I walked down the path and turn to see her face one more time before tonight. I turned away.
I ended up at the cluster of trees where Teddy showed me earlier. I walked back to the Burrow. Everyone was in the sitting room when I walked in, they all turned to look at me. I smiled at them and took a seat next to Aunt Ginny. Everyone started to talk again. Aunt Ginny was talking to my mum, who was giving me a look for being gone so long. I gave her a smile telling her that I was sorry that I was gone. I knew what everyone was talking about, about me being a dad because there was a permanent frown on her face. I couldn't take it anymore.
"Can I say something?" Everyone looked at me. "I know you are talking about me and my child. I also know that you are not happy with me. You are mad at Mum and Dad because they didn't tell you." I took a breath. "I love Amanda and I'm not going anywhere. I don't know if I'm going to marry her, but this child is going to be loved by the both of us. All I'm asking is that you accepted my child and its mother. But there going to be another Weasley here, weather you like it or not." I looked at each of them waiting for them to say something.
"That great, Hugo but I was talking about something for work." Aunt Angelica said.
"Oh." I could feel the heat in my face. "Sorry." Everyone laughed; Grandma got up and gave me a hug.
"I'm sorry about the way I was acting but I can see that you love her and your child-to-be." She whispered in my ear.
