Chapter 12
A few weeks passed and life had been very hectic for Jackie, Jessica and the twins. March had arrived and with it the start of some pleasant spring weather in London despite it being a Saturday and the twins busiest day of work they were not going to be in the shop today but instead would be leaving in the morning to take a trip to Hogsmeade to finalise their plans of taking over Zonko's with a Hogsmeade branch of Weasleys Wizard Wheezes due to their huge success with the Diagon Alley store and mail order business. Jackie and Jessica were going to be helping Verity with the store despite it being their day off.
Jackie awoke at around 3 am her stomach churning and her face dripping with sweat she quickly jumped up and sprinted into the flats on suite making it to the toilet just in time to throw up. At his fiancée's sudden movement George started to stir he felt the space around him and sensed her absence he thought nothing of it at first thinking that she had just needed the bathroom that was until he could hear the sound of Jackie being sick. Quickly getting up George jumped out of bed and raced to the bathroom. His heart broke as he saw her knelt on the floor over the toilet he hated to see her ill and he'd never seen her in this state before. George didn't speak a word but knelt down beside her taking her hair in his hand and holding it back out of her face. After five minutes Jackie leant back and rested against her fiancé her stomach having finally settled.
"You ok Jackie?" George asked her concerned Jackie nodded but George reached round to touch her forehead gently. "You don't have a temperature come on let's get you back to bed" George told her as he lifted her up gently in his arms and went to carry her away. Jackie stopped him and looked at him sadly gesturing to the sink George put her down and let her rinse off her face and use a cleaning charm on her mouth before leading her back to bed. Wrapping his arms around her and tracing circles on his fiancée's skin helping her to drift back off to sleep. George however couldn't sleep properly for the rest of the night worried about his fiancée.
Later that day Fred and George made their way through Hogsmeade and towards Zonko's George yawned tiredly and Fred looked at his twin and laughed his brother's eyes looking tired and drawn.
"Jackie keep you up all night again I'm just glad that you two have started to remember the silencing charm" Fred smirked at his brother.
"No actually it wasn't that she was up sick most of the night settled a bit though before we left couldn't sleep after it" George told his brother his voice still full of concern.
"She ok you haven't knocked her up have you" Fred joked. George turned around rolling his eyes at his twins.
"Of course I haven't Fred I'm not stupid we are to young yet and we aren't married yet I'd be a dead man if I did that before we are" George told his twin as he looked at him in amusement as the pair headed towards Zonko's.
At the shop Jackie returned to the counter after making another emergency trip to the bathroom.
"Jackie are you sure you're ok?" Jessica asked her as she looked over at her best friend.
"I feel fine" Jackie told her as she smiled at her weakly.
"You have been throwing up on and off all morning" Jess told her she looked at the customers in the store and Verity trying to cope with the amount of customers. She spotted Lee Jordan arriving in the store and quickly beckoned him over.
"Hey girls" Lee greeted them.
"Will you help Verity with the store I'm taking Jackie to St Mungo's to make sure she's ok" Jessica told her.
"Why what's wrong?" Lee asked looking at his best friend.
"I'm fine" Jackie groaned.
"You're not come on we will go and change and then we can floo straight there" Jess said as she thanked Lee and headed upstairs on the way up Jackie started to realise something and gasped her face paled in shock. "Come on then?" Jess said as she looked at Jackie stood at the door into the flat.
"I I…" Jackie stuttered.
"What?" Jessica asked.
"We don't need to go to St Mungo's" Jackie gulped.
"Why you're sick!" Jessica exclaimed.
"I'm late for my period Jess, me and George didn't use any protective charm the first time what if I'm..." Jackie said pausing before she said the final word.
"Oh" Jess gasped her mouth opening slightly she looked at her best friend and hugged her rubbing her back softly as Jackie started to cry.
"Come on I will do a test for you now" Jess told her as she led her into hers and Fred's bedroom and instructed her to lay down on the bed. Jackie watched as Jess stood beside her looking over her healers book as she took her wand out. Jess flicked her wand and Jackie's shirt lifted revealing her stomach Jackie looked on as she watched Jess use her wand to tap her stomach softly before waving it over her stomach. She then sat down on the edge of the bed beside her and took Jackie's hand squeezing it reassuringly as they waited for the test to reveal it-self neither girl saying a word.
It was only a few moments before tiny sparks of blue light appeared from Jess's wand falling over her best friend's stomach as she lay on the bed. Tears flew into Jackie's eyes as she started to weep thousands of emotions running through her head.
"Shhh it's going to be ok" Jess told her soothingly as she rubbed her back.
"I'm having a baby Jess I'm only eighteen I've only just started work we have only just got engaged my dad is going to kill me we aren't even supposed to be sharing a room and I'm pregnant and and what about George what's he going to say he's a joker likes having a laugh he won't want to be a father right now" Jackie sobbed not even pausing to take a breath as she started to weep.
"It will be fine of course he will support you and no one is going to kill you everyone loves you and they will love the little boy that you're going to have" Jess stroked her back comfortingly as she cried.
"I'm pregnant" Jackie whispered touching her stomach as she started to calm slightly she couldn't believe it she had another life growing inside her now she just needed to tell George.
Fred and George were sat in the Hogshead having decided that with Hogsmeade trips currently cancelled for the students it wasn't a wise move to buy out Zonko's when they overheard Rosmerta at the bar.
"Yes I was speaking to Professor Slughorn he was very distressed that young Weasley boy had been poisoned but he said that Harry Potter saved the boy's life" she was saying. Fred and George looked at each other in horror slammed their Goblets down leaving them still half full before they rushed out of the pub and straight over to Honeydukes to take the One Eyed Witch Passageway back to the school.
Back at the flat Jackie was lay on the settee as Jess cooked in the kitchen tears rolling down her face as she waited for George to arrive home still in shock at the news she had just discovered.
Thanks for all my readers hoping to get another chapter up before my holiday. :) All characters except Jackie and Jessica belong to J K Rowling.
