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He stopped in his tracks. His wife is pregnant. Him, Remus John Lupin, was having a baby. A half werewolf baby. This poor, innocent, little creature was going to transform into a monster once a month. Or, at least that's what Remus kept thinking. He couldn't get the picture of a werepup running around in his cage with him. He would have to make a smaller 'doggy door'.

He looked back at his front door. He wasn't sure if he was quite ready to go back yet, so he turned around and continued his stride. He stuffed his hands deep in his pockets. He couldn't help but think of everyone's reactions.

Dumbledore would look at him with his usual eye twinkle. Ginny and Hermione would do that annoying squeally thing. Harry and Ron would be surprised and then they'd blush and walk away. Molly and Andromeda would start hugging them and planning the baby shower. Sirius would probably smirk and say something being a 'hound dog'. At least that's what he did with Lily and James.

Lily and James.. How would they react? James, he would probably be the most supportive of the Marauders. He would have no doubt that Remus would be a great father. And Lily would understand the best. She would give him the knowing look she always had and silently promise to talk to him when they were alone. Remus missed them so much. He reached the park in his neighborhood. He sat on a swing and started to reminisce.

"So, why do think they asked us to come over?" asked Peter. Him, Remus and Sirius were all standing at the front door of Lily and James' house.

"We're never gonna find out if we don't knock." snapped Sirius. He looked at Remus and rolled his eyes. Sirius always had a short fuse for Peter.

Remus reached around Peter's head and knocked on the door. An excited Lily answered the door in the middle of the second knock.

"Hi! I'm so glad you're all here!" she said as she pulled them all inside. She hugged them one by one tightly. "James is in the living room waiting on us."

They all walked through the hallway. Well...Lily was skipping. Which caused Sirius to get behind her and start skipping too.

"Hey guys!" James said excitedly from the recliner by the fireplace.

"Hey Prongs. What's going on?" asked Remus as he took a seat.

"Me and Lily have some news." Lily went and sat on the arm of James' chair and held his hand.

"I'll get the firewhiskey," said Sirius.

"I can't have any Sirius," replied Lily. She had a coy smile on her face.

"Why the he-?"

"NUH-UH?! You're pregnant?!" shouted Remus.

Lily and James nodded their heads happily.

Sirius started doing this weird whooping thing. Remus just starred at them with a look that plainly said 'wow'. Peter fainted.

Remus sighed and started swinging. He could barely remember anything before he was bitten, but something that stuck out clearly in his mind was his father swinging him. His father would walk him to the muggle park a few blocks from their home and push him. When he got bitten, his father became really distant with Remus. He was there, but Remus never really felt a connection with him after that.

Until Hogwarts, Remus was a pretty lonely boy. No kid should grow up like that.

That's when Remus realized that he couldn't leave. He had to be there for his baby. He had to see him be born, say 'Dada', grow up....everything. Remus especially had be there for the full moons. He couldn't let that little baby go through that alone.

Putting aside the whole werewolf thing, Remus was finding himself thrilled to becoming a father. His whole life was coming together, finally.

"Ahh!" SMASH!

The chair Arthur Weasley had been sitting in toppled over, with a startled Arthur still in it.

"Oops. Sorry Arthur," apologized Remus. He had just Apparated into the kitchen of Grimauld Place.

"It's alright," said Arthur, getting up and fixing his chair. "Why are you here so late?"

"Oh, I just wanted to talk to someone. I figured I'd get the best advice from you."

Arthur blushed. "What was it you wanted to talk about?"

"Tonks came home with some news. She's pregnant."

"That's amazing! You must have been so excited!"

"Actually...I yelled at her and walked out..." said Remus, ashamed of himself.

"WHAT?! Remus, you have to go back! You can't let her raise this child on her own-"

"I kn-"

"Babies are blessings! Just because you're a werewo-"

"Arthur I real-"

"NO! You have to take care of this! You love Tonks and you will love this ba-"

"Arthur! I have tak-"

"Remus, stop being a coward!" yelled Arthur, crossing the line.

"ARTHUR! Listen to me!!" Remus finally shouted. When he saw Arthur go to keep talking, he leaned over the table and grabbed Arthur's face in between his hands, making his face get all squishy.

"I've thought this over. It was wrong for me to walk out. I want to have this baby, and I plan to go right back to Tonks when I'm done here. OK?" explained Remus calmly.

All Arthur could do was nod his head.

"Alright then." Remus released his head and the two stayed up all night, just talking about fatherhood.

Before Remus realized it, the sun was coming up.

"Ugh, cauldron bum! Tonks is gonna be so mad at me, I didn't even notice the time," exclaimed Remus.

"I'm sure she'll understand once you tell her you want the baby."

"Me too. Thanks Arthur."

"No problem, Remus. Oh, and Congratulations."

Remus gave him a big smile as he Apparated home.

Tonks stared at the door, shaking. She kept counting in her head, waiting for him to walk back in and apologize. 32, 33, 34, 35... He isn't coming back... BAM! Tonks had swung her fist back and slammed it into the door.

"Ow! Dammit!" she yelled, cradling her hand. She slid down the door slowly and started crying.

That conversation had gone worse than she thought it would. He was completely irrational. She was trying to explain everything to him and he just walks out. Tonks figured he might have at least stayed and talked to her...

That's what she really needed. She needed to talk to someone, to have someone tell her it'd be OK. She wanted to tell Hermione and Ginny, but she knew they would get excited and be all jumpy and happy, and that's not what Tonks wanted. She loved them to death, but she needed someone that would understand what she was going through.

Tonks was walking up the ramp to the muggle hospital she had gone to earlier. She had her head bowed and wasn't watching where she was going. Suddenly, she slammed right into a wall. Or she thought it was a wall.

"Oh, I'm sorry!"

"Brice, watch where you're going!"

Tonks looked up to see both starring at her. The big Dr. Hurst, she assumed his name was Brice, was trying not to giggle. Tiny Dr. Hurst pushed past her husband with a small smile on her face and addressed Tonks,

"Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, it's was my fault anyway."

"Oh Tonks! How are you?"

"Oh, you remembered me. Well, I was just walking around...was in the neighborhood."

"And you thought you would just take a walk in the hospital?" asked Brice, catching Tonks off guard.

"Uh... er...I was kinda, maybe, hoping to talk to Dr. Hurst..."

"Which one? You can call me Charlotte by the way, and this is Brice."

"OK, I was hoping to talk to you. I told my husband about the baby..." Tonks said sadly. She looked down at her hands. One of them was pink from where she had to magically fix it after punching the door.

"I'm guessing he didn't take it well. Look, we're going to meet our friend, the one I was telling you about earlier. Would you like to join us?"

"No, I couldn't intrude. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come here..." Tonks turned around and started walking down the ramp when a little hand stopped her. Charlotte stood in front of her, stopping her.

"Please, I insist. I want to hear what happened, but we're already running late. Here, you can ride with us!" Charlotte had a big smile on her face, and Tonks couldn't tell her no.

Tonks, Charlotte and Brice were trying to maneuver through the crowd at the bar they had gone to. Suddenly, a brunette woman popped up in front of them.

"Finally! You guys take forever!" she said loudly. She grabbed Charlotte's hand and dragged her through the crowd, with Brice and Tonks trailing right behind. When they got to a booth, Brice went up to the brunette.

"Hey baby," he said with a sexy voice. Tonks gave him a shocked and confused look. She was even more confused to see Charlotte laughing while she scooted into the booth.

"Don't even worry about that. Brice and Mica have been like that since high school. They think it bothers me. Which it doesn't!" Charlotte said loudly. The brunette, Mica, stop kissing Brice over and over on the cheek when she heard this. All three laughed, Mica and Brice sitting down.

"Ha ha...funny..." said Tonks uneasy.

"Mica, this is Tonks. She was a patient earlier today, and she found out she was pregnant." introduced Brice.

Mica had shoulder length brown hair, and chocolate brown eyes. She was taller then Charlotte, but not by very much. She was very pretty.

"Hi Tonks."

"Hi." Tonks greeted back to Mica. She was never shy, but for some reason right now she was. They all just seemed so close as friends.

"So, what happened with your husband?" asked Charlotte, leaning her head on her elbow, giving Tonks her full attention.

"Well, earlier today I asked him about us having kids and he wasn't thrilled with the idea. And when I came home this evening and told him, he freaked out and left. He wouldn't even stop and talk to me. He wouldn't even listen!"

"What a douche!" exclaimed Brice from across the table.

"Punch him," instructed Mica.

Tonks had to laugh at this.

"I think you should just give him time to come around. Men are always a little slow, if you get what I mean." Charlotte said, winking at Tonks. "Would you like a drink? A beer or something?"

"Charlotte, she can't. She's pregnant," reminded Brice. The way he said it made Tonks think that Charlotte was ditsy sometimes.

"Stupid..." Mica muttered under her breath, making them all laugh.

"I'll have a water, thanks," answered Tonks.

After Charlotte was gone to get everyone's drinks, Tonks asked

"Where are you guys from?" She noticed their accents when they first met.

"Florida. Pensacola to be exact," Brice said.

"We've lived there all our lives and wanted some place completely new. We all lived together for a few years, and when we moved here, Charlotte and Brice got their own place. I live right down the street though." said Mica, with a big smile on her face.

"UGH. I always get carded!!" Charlotte was back with the drinks and wasn't happy about it. Tonks didn't understand what "carded" was...

"I'm sorry sweetie." laughed Brice.

After a few hours of laughing and story telling (some changes were made by Tonks' though...they were muggles for Merlin's sake!) Tonks had almost forgot about what happened with Remus. But she decided she needed to get back to her home and face it all.

"Are you sure you don't need a ride home?" asked Charlotte.

"I'm sure. I don't live far." Tonks said standing up.

"Here...these are our personal numbers. Call us if you have any questions or if you just want to hang out sometime." Charlotte handed her a piece of napkin with a bunch of numbers on them.

She'd have to get Hermione to tell her what they were later.

Tonks walked into an alley an Apparrated home. Remus still wasn't home, so Tonks decided to go to bed and hope he'd be there in the morning.

1 A/N: I'M SOOOOO SORRY!!! This update has taken forever and I feel so bad. I've just been busy with school, and family and trying to find a job. I decided to sit down and write my chapter to give you guys something for the holidays! So...HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! I elaborated on some characters that we're thinking of making regulars...do you like them? do you hate them? want them to stay? TELL US!! :D Please review...I'm afraid I'm a little rusty.

2 A/N: Like she said, we're definitely sorry for the long update but senior year...we really have no time to do anything else besides school, and working 35 hours a week is killing me especially when it's mostly on weekends. We're getting in the swing of things again and we're working together just like it was summer so hopefully I can have my chapter up within the next few days. Thanks for sticking by us for so long everyone. It does mean a lot :D