A/N- Here is another new chapter for you. Hope you enjoy it. Once again Jo owns Harry Potter, not me. Tonks will have the baby this chapter. Charlie should be taken care of in the next chapter then we will deal with Rosa soon.
Tonks slept the rest of the night. She didn't wake up until morning. Remus smiled at her as he came into the room with a tray of food. "Dora, you are awake. That's great," Remus said.
She smiled at him. "Yes, I am. I woke up several times throughout the night, but went back to sleep," Tonks said sitting up.
Remus brought the food over to her. He sat in on the bed then sat next to her. She started to eat some of the food. "We will need to talk, later," Remus told her.
She gave the nod to him. Tonks wondered what was going on. She hadn't heard anything from last night. It was easy to understand Molly yelling, but that's all she got from it. "What about?" Tonks asked.
He smiled back at her then kissed her hand. Remus wasn't sure he wanted to tell her yet. It wasn't going to be good when he had to say to her the news. So you bet Remus was putting it off as long as he could. "Don't worry, Tonks. I will tell you later. Please rest now and eat. Sirius and I are working on some stuff," said Remus.
Tonks finished her food then looked at Remus. "Ok, but please tell me," Tonks said laying her head back.
She closed her eyes. Soon she was asleep again. Remus took the tray back down the stairs. Sirius gave him a look after glancing at the dish. "She didn't eat much," Sirius said.
Remus gave the nod. "Dora is hungry, but seeing as she is tired she may not eat much. Also, she had a rough time yesterday after the hard night the day before that," Remus stated.
Sirius put an arm around Remus as they walked into the other room. Molly was sitting at the table. "I see that she didn't eat a lot. It's going to look good," Molly told them.
She did have a smile on her face. Molly knew her son, and she was one step closing to her raising the child herself. Sirius walked over to her after letting go of Remus. He got up in her face. "Molly would like you to know that you aren't going to be raising the child. Not as long as I am around," Sirius barked at her.
He was angry. Sirius knew that if he didn't let it out soon, he would take it out on someone. There was no way that Molly and Charlie were going to get their way. Remus walked over putting his hand on Sirius' shoulder. "Calm down, Sirius. Charlie will be here soon, and we can worry about things then," Remus stated. "You don't want to risk your temper until you need to."
Sirius gave the nod as he took the tray from Remus. He stormed down the stairs. His hand banged the wall as he went along. Remus shook his head. Molly gave him a look as she stood up. "Remus," she started as she came over to him. "You don't think Tonks is fit to raise this child? Remus, she isn't fit to raise the child. How will she take care of it during a full moon and what if it's a werewolf?"
Remus put his head in his hands. He wanted to hit Molly, but he knew he wouldn't. "If the child is a werewolf then Tonks would be the best person to raise it. As for full moons, Sirius will help out," Remus said. "He loves Tonks, and she is family so he will do whatever he can to help her."
Molly gave him a dirty look as the doorbell rang a few moments later. "You are wrong Remus. She isn't fit to be a mother," Molly stated as she walked from the room.
Remus followed her as Sirius came back up. They all made it to the door, but Molly got there first. She opened the door then pulled Charlie into a hug. "It's great to see you mum," said Charlie returning the hug.
He smiled at her. "So what brings you by?" Molly asked her son.
She glad to see him, but she felt that he didn't have a reason to be there. Charlie stepped farther into the house. "Well, I may have good news," Charlie said.
Molly put a smile on her face as she gave him another hug. "I am so proud of you, son," Molly said. "So what is it?"
Charlie looked at Remus and Sirius. "Well, since she got attacked by a werewolf and almost lost the child, I can gain custody of it. So once it's born, I can fight for my rights then you can raise it, mum. Also since she is dating a werewolf who could lose control and bite it," Charlie told his mum.
"So you finally got them to see sense," said Molly.
He gave the nod. Sirius went into a rage and pinned Charlie. "Charlie you don't get it. It isn't about you or your mum raising the kid. It isn't about you or your mum, it's about a kid that needs its mum, and you are ruining that. You have proven to be an unfit parent," Sirius said as Remus pulled him off of Charlie.
Remus gave him a look. "Cool it, Sirius. They are wrong, but we need to keep it together for Tonks. We still need to tell her," said Remus.
"Tell me what?" asked Tonks from the top of the stairs.
They all looked up to the steps. Charlie smirked. He was going to tell her now. "I went to the Ministry. They told me I could get the child once it's born since you are dating a werewolf and got attacked by one. I didn't tell them you were one beforehand. Rosa and Fenrir helped me out," Charlie said to her.
Tonks leaned against the wall. She felt weak, and she could feel a pain ripe through her. After a moment Dora started to fall to the ground. Tonks made sure that she didn't fall to the ground. "Please get Poppy," Remus said going up to Tonks. "Plus get them out of the house."
Sirius ran to get a hold of Poppy after shoving Molly and Charlie out of the house. "Poppy, can you get here quick? Tonks fell to the ground. She could be losing the baby or going into early labor," Sirius said.
Poppy gave the nod. "I will be there quick, Sirius. Lay her down on the bed. Get some hot water and blankets. Keep her calm and rested," Poppy said. "There isn't much to do if she is losing it, but if she is in early labor we may be able to stop it, but who knows."
Sirius got to work on what he needed as Remus took her back to her room. He put her on the bed. "It hurts Remus," Tonks said crying out in pain.
Remus then went to look down at the end of the bed. He saw the pool of water that had come out. It was easy to see what that meant. She had gone into labor, and there wasn't much they could do now. She was going to have the baby. "Tonks, your water broke. The baby is going to come," Remus said.
He felt it was best to tell her because he didn't want to hide anything from her. Tonks felt like crying some more, but she had to be strong. "Is everything going to be alright?" Tonks asked.
Remus wasn't sure, but he was going to do everything in is power to make sure that the baby was ok. "I am not sure, Tonks. Please stay calm and do not stress out," Remus stated.
He knew it wouldn't be right if she did. Sirius came into the room. "I got a hold of Poppy she should be here any moment," said Sirius.
Remus gave Sirius a look. Sirius didn't like the look on Remus' face. He didn't want to have to deliver a baby, but it looked like he was going to. "No time for that. It's coming now. Her water broke. I need you to stand next to Dora. Help her through this as I help deliver it," Remus said.
Sirius gave him a look as did Tonks. "Are you sure you can do this?" Sirius asked.
Tonks gave the nod. She was with Sirius on this. Maybe it was best to wait for Poppy. "If we don't do it now then it could die," said Remus.
You could tell that Tonks had a scared look about her, but she would do anything to make sure that her child was alright. Sirius looked at Remus. "Ok, let's do this," said Sirius giving a smile.
"When I tell you to Tonks, you need to push," Remus said.
Tonks smiled at him. "Ok," she said through tears.
Sirius was cursing under his breath. It was all on Charlie. He caused this. "Push," Remus said.
Tonks pushed as hard as she could. Remus smiled at her. Sirius said, "Keep up the good work, Tonks."
She pushed a few more times before taking a rest. Remus looked at Sirius. Sirius looked back. "Tonks, I need you to push again," Remus said.
After a few moments, a child cried out as Poppy came into the room. "I see she has had the child," Poppy said.
Remus gave the nod as he handed the child over. She cleaned it up and checked it out. "Is it alright?" Tonks asked sitting up.
She worried about her child because it was born about three months early. Poppy brought the child over to her. "It's a girl," said Poppy handing the child to Tonks. "She is fine, a bit on the small side. I see nothing wrong with her. Everything thing seems to be there. I will keep an eye on her for several weeks through"
Sirius gave the nod. "She sure looks like you Tonks," Sirius said.
Remus gave the nod as he cleaned up the mess. He then walked over to the bed. "You did great Tonks," Remus said.
"What's her name?" asked Poppy smiling at her.
She was glad that Tonks and the baby were alright. Tonks held her little girl close. "Riley Hope Tonks," Tonks said looking at her daughter some more.
Poppy grinned. "Great job on delivering the baby Remus. Since I am done here, I will head out. I will be by to check on them soon. Don't worry about Charlie. I will talk to the Ministry. He has a case, but so do we now," Poppy stated.
Sirius had a confused look on his face as did Tonks. Remus smiled. "You are saying, Poppy that since she went into labor early and Charlie is the cause of it or may be the cause of it. He has no rights," Remus said.
Poppy gave the nod. "He has shown he would do anything to keep her from raising the child. So while he does have rights, he hasn't shown that he would be a good father. It has made her more stressful, and after what happened two nights ago it has gotten worse. Don't worry about a thing. It may have to go to court, but it might be for the best," Poppy said.
Remus smiled at Poppy. It had given him an idea. Going to court was a good idea. They could fight for Tonks to keep the baby. "Poppy, do you think you could talk to Miss. Bones and see if she could set a court date. Charlie will be in for a surprise, and we will have the upper hand," Remus said.