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Author's Note: I am still working on getting back to my rhythm; it's a lot harder than I anticipated. Thank you for being patient.

The Truth

Angelina got up once more and walked over to the kitchen. She opened the fridge and glanced at the food before closing the door and walking back to the living room to sit down. She wondered how much longer it would take before they got here. All at once there was a knock on her door. She got up and was about to open it when she realized that she had changed her mind; she didn't want to tell Alicia and Katie. Maybe if she pretended like she wasn't even there…

"Ange?"

"Can we come in?"

Taking a deep breathe she opened the door, "Hey."

"Hi." Alicia said as she walked past her followed by Katie, "You okay?"

"Yeah, you look like you need to sit down."

She shrugged and sat down on the couch, "I'm fine."

Katie sat down next to her and wrapped her arm around her shoulders, "Ange, you can talk to us."

"It's…it's hard okay?"

"Alright it's hard, but if you don't tell us then we can't help." Alicia sat on her other side, "Does this have to do with Fred?"

Angelina didn't say anything and just looked at the ground. She could feel Katie and Alicia move a little and knew that they were looking at each other behind her back. "Guys…alright yes. Okay."

"It's a start."

She looked at Alicia and Katie on either side of her and then back at the floor, "I wasn't just married to Fred…I…we…I was pregnant." Her voice got quieter as she spoke that sentence and she hoped that her friends hadn't heard and would decide to leave.

"You're pregnant?" Katie asked.

"No, wait," Alicia spoke up slowly, "you said was pregnant?"

"Yes."

"Oh my gosh." Alicia said while Katie gasped, "What happened?"

"Remember when I stayed in the rain and I got sick and was in the hospital?"

"That was why you were so down about everything afterwards."

"Yes."

Alicia and Katie both grew quiet. She knew they were trying to process it, it still didn't make her wonder any less about what they were thinking. Angelina thought of the baby and once more felt a sharp pang of emptiness inside her. Her thoughts flew to Fred and their unborn baby and then to George, wishing he were here with her.

Shaking her head Angelina decided to stand up but was instead held down by her friends, "Hang on Ange, you're not saying that and then leaving." Alicia said firmly.

"No you're not." Katie said, "Angelina we had no idea about any of this. I wish we did and then we could have been there more for you."

"Don't worry, I'm not upset or anything. I just…well no, not about you guys not being there, but the baby…Fred."

"Do any of the Weasleys, beside George know?"

She felt herself nod and then quietly replied, "Ginny. I accidentally blurted it out."

"Oh."

"Yeah, she said she wouldn't tell anyone, and instead told me to talk to someone…"

"We're glad you said something."

"Definitely. That's not something you should hold inside of you, that's very…hard…and it's got to be horrible for you keeping that in." Alicia said.

"I'm fine guys, don't worry. I just…I…I'm said alright. It does make me sad, but I can't do anything to change it. I'll be alright."

"Well if you do need to talk we are here and we will listen alright?"

Angelina nodded, "Alright. Thanks."

Lee looked at his best friend again. She was staring out the window, like she had been doing for the past ten minutes. Angelina had asked him over the night before, but he was going to Georges' so instead he told her he would come over that night. So here he was. Normally he would have already asked the person to talk, especially when it had already been ten minutes, but this was different.

First off, Angelina and he had been friends for a long time. They had been close since before Hogwarts and had remained that way through Hogwarts and the war and even now. Sure they didn't spend every waking moment together, but they were still close. So he knew that she wouldn't have made the request she had made without there being a real reason for it.

The second reason was because she had been through a lot lately. Everyone had because of the war; it had affected everyone one in at least one way, no matter the side you were on. And Angelina, just like others, had lost someone. Who not only she had cared about, but he knew that she had loved him, and Fred returned that, no matter what fight they happened to be in at the moment.

Finally Angelina looked over at him, "Sorry."

"Don't be. What's going on Ange?"

"Fred…he…Fred…well…he wasn't just my boyfriend when he died."

"Ange…what are you trying to say?"

"Fred and I…were married."

With that Lee was speechless; he had no idea what to say. "What?"

"It was an elopement, me and Fred, and…of course George was there."

Nodding he looked out the window before looking back at his friend, "that's why it got to you so much. How long?"

"Not long before he…died." She whispered out the last word and then held her breathe for a moment before looking at him, "Aren't you…I don't know…shocked or something?"

"Shocked yes. Not sure what to say, definitely. But it makes sense."

"There's more."

"What else could there be?" Lee asked but then thought for a minute, "You're pregnant."

"Was. Not anymore."

It was at that point that he remembered when she has been in the hospital after getting sick from being in the rain, now it made much more sense. "That was after you staying out in the rain and getting sick. And…you lost it."

"Stupid me. I…" she shook her head, "I just can't believe that I would do something so stupid like that."

"It's okay."

"No, it's really not. But thanks."

Lee smiled at Angelina who returned it briefly and then the two fell into a silence.

George sat down at the table. He remembered when he and….when they…when he and Fred had last sat here. One of their best inventions came from it. He shook his head; it still hurt realizing that he didn't have his other half here. It just wasn't fair.

Wasn't fair at all.

Of course it still hurt and he was trying to move forward which is why he was here at the table again. Hoping that something would happen. Something would come to him.

No such luck. Nothing was coming to him. He had nothing at all. Not even on the past ones that he and Fred had worked on before it happened. He and Fred were great together, they were able to complete the other person's ideas when they weren't even sure what it was…and now he was still just half here.

George figured that he would never get over it, but he would keep on going.

Interrupting the quiet surrounding him was a knock on his door. Wondering who it could be at this time he went over and opened the door, to find himself surprised and have the emptiness that was also surrounding him quiet, "Angelina!"