A/N: Ok, so I goofed on Penelope's age, but being how she's such a minor character, it was easy to assume that she was in the same grade as Percy and Oliver if you only read CoS once. Besides, even Rowling once messed-up and accidentally put Marcus Flint in the PoA when he should have graduated the year before and then she fixed it by saying that Flint had to repeat a year. Therefore, I am going to make it be that Penelope is graduating a year early which could have very well happened, as she was not in GoF. Please do not flame me for my mistake, I'm only human and I know many other people who made the same mistake as I.

My brother and I always chose to spend Christmas at Hogwarts, as that's what most our mates did as well as the fact that we did not want Mum and Dad having to pay for airfare to Westport from London where the Hogwarts Express would drop us off. Well, we went home for Christmas our first year, as we were still rather afraid of the castle (it's scary to be a Muggle born and to have all those house ghosts floating around campus at first!)

Either way, Marcus Flint would always walk around campus saying, "Oooh! The Mudblood twins are so poor that their parents even can't even afford to bring them home for the holidays!" In my Sophomore year, Percy actually punched him when he said that! It was rather shocking as Percy had a way of always obeying rules, and fighting was strictly forbidden. Unfortunately, McGonagall came into to see the biggest oaf in school stuck in Percy's headlock....rather amusing to those who considered the size difference! After she got over her momentary shock of what was happening, she pulled the two boys apart and gave them both a full week of detention cleaning out owl shit in the owlry. That was quite the let-down for Percy who had a completely flawless record up till then.

"Why did you do that?" I asked him.

"Because he was being an ass to you." Was all that he said rather plainly.

After that little incident, Percy and I ended up dating for nearly two years.

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However, Christmas 1993 was not as exciting. By December 23rd, I was quite crestfallen over the fact that Oliver had chosen to spend the holiday in Scotland. I probably shouldn't have been as I was, but for some reason I spent the whole night sulking in the Ravenclaw common room. Unfortunately, the only other Ravenclaw around was this little bitch named Cho Chang who had never really done anything wrong, except managed to annoy the living Hell out of me.

"Penny, you look rather mad about something." She stated, plopping down next to me on the couch.

"No! I'm fine!" I snapped. I was not in any mood to be bothered by Little Miss Perky Popularity Pants.

"You don't look all that happy! How about we do nails?!" If only she had been killed at the Triwizard tournament instead of Ceddie...

"Just leave me alone right now." I muttered before stalking off to my dorm. I had not been feeling well for a few weeks; I had even thrown up that morning...no fun at all.

However, by Christmas morning I managed to drag myself out of bed to get my presents. I mean, when I woke-up, that is...I woke-up around seven, threw-up, and then slept until noon. The other years my brother (who was a Gryffindor), came to wake me up, but this year he and Percy chose to go off gallivanting around Hogsmeade. But I still got some really nice presents; including this really sweet silver shirt from my Mum that I had wanted for, like, aeons. So, I put my new shirt, but it didn't look as good as it had when I had tried it on in the store a few months before; it was a bit tight around my belly, so tight that I couldn't pull it down properly over my jeans; thus, I just ended-up tucking it in and putting a cardigan over it...wasn't how I preferred to dress, but it worked. I went down to the Great Hall to join Ves while I pondered new fad diets.

"You don't look so hot, Pen." She said, as she spread some butter onto her toast.

"I know, and I feel like shit too." I muttered, sitting down next to her, "I feel ill and fat."

"You look normal to me. It's most likely from your period. I feel majorly bloated too. Maybe we should go get some chocolate mousse in a few, or something."

That was right! Ves and I always had the same schedule...that really freaked Percy and Lae out.

"Are you early?" I asked.

She looked at me as if I had just told her that Snape was going to dance around naked while Lupin played the bongos. "No...I was three days late because I was stressed out due to finals. Penny, there's no chance that you could be...."

"No!" I immediately responded.

"So you and Oliver haven't shagged, then?"

"Well...um...we have...but...um.." I was at a total loss for words.

"Yeah...I thought so." She said, standing up, "Penny, you aren't feeling well and you skipped a period. We're going to town to get you a pregnancy test!" She tried to keep her voice upbeat, but it wasn't work it, I could tell what she really meant was 'Your screwed, Penny.'

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The walk to Hogsmeade Potions and Pills was a silent one. I personally thought that Ves was talking crazy...call it denial if you must.. However, we purchased the bloody test and went back to school where we went into the Prefects' bathroom.

Witch pregnancy tests are a lot less messy then Muggle ones. Instead of peeing into a cup, you just put this little stick thingie under your tongue as if it were a thermometer.

"If it turns red," Ves read, 'Then you're not pregnant. But if it turns blue, then you are."

I shrugged and put the test under my tongue after telling Ves to tell me the outcome. The whole time I felt as if I were going to start crying....this was way worse then waiting for a college acceptance letter.

"Oh my God, Penny!" Cried Ves, and then she hugged me, "It's going to be alright, we'll all help you through this!"

I knew that was not a good sign. And I was right......the test was blue.