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LAST CHAPTER
" How long were you able to keep it a secret? That you were. going out, I mean." He asked, stumbling slightly on the last few words.
" I'm sure Moony figured it out much earlier, but he caught snogging in March, I think. After that we had to tell everyone." Harry's face stayed the same, as if he were not sure how to react.
" Don't worry, I'll tell you that too." Sirius said.
CHAPTER 4: UNDERSTANDING
" Okay." Said Harry uncertainly.
" Well, James and I had been seeing each other for about four months, in secret, of course. His invisibility cloak helped, along with our newly manufactured Marauders Map, which I know you've found out about. And the fact that we found out about the Room of Requirement." Sirius said with a chuckle. "But one time, we forgot to lock the curtains of James' bed. And Moony walked in and heard us. He decided to humiliate whatever girl, or so he thought, was hooking up with James. But instead.." He laughed and began again.
FLASHBACK
" Sirius- I love you!" James' said, kissing him passionately on the lips.
" I love you too." Sirius replied, returning the kiss. Even though they didn't notice it, someone had walked into the dorm room. Lupin walked in and heard some mumbling and panting coming from James' closed curtains. Aha! He thought. James has a girl in his bed, and he forgot to cast a silencing charm! This is priceless. Lupin quietly walked over to the bed and pushed the curtains aside to find an embracing Sirius and James.
"Bloody Hell!" James screamed.
" My eyes! They burn!" Lupin exclaimed, turning away. " Are you two decent?" Sirius laughed.
"Yes Moony, we're clothed." James replied. Lupin glanced warily at the two young men who were now straightening their clothing, blushing.
" How long, exactly, has this been going on?" Lupin asked, sounding just a little too much like Professor McGonagall. The two aforementioned men cleared their throats, looking at each other.
"Since Halloween." Sirius replied sheepishly.
"What! And you didn't find it important to tell your friends? Just maybe, did you consider how SCARRED they would be to find their two best friends making out?" Lupin exclaimed. James blanched.
" You're not upset that we didn't tell you we were gay?" He asked cautiously.
" No- I've no problem with that. I'm gay too. I'd just like to know if I've got to knock on people's curtains before opening them." Lupin replied.
" What? You're gay? Wha-When?" Sirius stammered. Lupin laughed.
" Don't worry, I won't butt in on your relationship. You guys aren't my type anyway. I like guys who actually follow the rules." He said, with emphasis on the last sentence. " But what are you guys going to do? Just keep it secret? Or are you going to come out?" Sirius and James went into a period of consideration.
" I dunno. I'm not sure if I want everyone following me around calling me ponce, or fairy, or something like that. I mean, no one else I know, well besides you two, are gay." James said, with a serious tone to his voice that the two other boys seldom heard.
" Actually, there are a surprising amount of guys who are gay in this year. John Veazy, Dan Applequist, Jason Phillips, and a bunch of other guys." Lupin said matter of factly.
" Veazy? Are you serious? He's a beater." Sirius said incredulously.
" So are you." James said. Sirius responded by sticking his tongue out. James leaned in and kissed Sirius, while Lupin laughed. They were friends again.
END FLASHBACK
Harry laughed as well. Hearing the truth was actually more amusing and less scarring than he'd thought. He glanced across the table at his godfather. No, he corrected himself. His father. Father. They talked for hours, neither of them aware of the time. Sirius talked them both through the couple's seventh year at Hogwarts, their coming out, their graduation, and their life afterwards. They talked about their first house, Black Cottage, and their marriage. Finally, Harry worked up the courage to ask Sirius a question that had been burning on his mind since the night before.
" Sirius, why did my dad and my m. I mean, Lily pretend to be married?" He asked, stuttering over his mistake.
" Well Harry, in the 1980's, not everyone was so accepting of homosexual relationships. Now, wizards are pretty accepting of it, but muggles still seem to have a problem with it. Lily agreed to pretend to be married to James because if the wizarding world found out that the world famous Auror was not only gay, but also married? He would have not been asked back. Dumbledore made up a story about James' being off at some advanced Auror training, while he was really with me. It became rather complicated." He said, chuckling.
The two men sat talking for a few more hours. When they finally stopped for the night, Harry gave Sirius a huge bear hug and went to his room, leaving Sirius alone with his memories. Sirius sighed, and let his mind drift back to the start of Harry Simeon Potter.
FLASHBACK
The two men lay back next to each other. The bed was messy. James quickly fell asleep, he always did. Sirius, however, lay awake wondering. Something felt different; he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
END FLASHBACK
Sirius sat back on the couch, balling up the corner of his robes to wipe the tears off his face. James, he thought, I miss you! He sat crying and another memory came back to him.
FLASHBACK
" Siri, are you sure you're alright? Because if you're sick, I can Floo Dumbledore and tell him that I'm not coming." James asked, hovering worriedly over his husband. He was supposed to leave for a five-day business trip, with Dumbledore. They were going to investigate some cursed mummy in Egypt. Sirius lay on the bed, pale and sweaty.
" James, I'm fine. I'm positive. Don't worry. If it doesn't get better by tomorrow, I'll get Moony to take me to a healer at St. Mungo's. And I promise I'll Floo you if anything is wrong." Sirius said, reassuringly to his significant other. James looked at him doubtfully. " James! Go! Don't worry. I'll be fine." James finally leaned in and kissed Sirius on the forehead.
"Feel better Paddy. I'll Floo you tonight. I love you." He said.
" I love you too James. Now go!" He insisted, swatting James away. James took the hint and left, calling " I love you!" as he walked out the door. As soon as Sirius heard the door close downstairs, he rushed to the bathroom. He quickly disposed of the tea and toast that James had made him eat moments before. Sirius couldn't seem to keep anything down. He grabbed a bucket from downstairs before retiring on the couch. Several hours later, he fell asleep on the couch, which is how Lupin found him the next morning.
" Sirius? Are you alright?" The werewolf asked, shaking him awake. Sirius nodded as he leaned over the bucket again. " What's wrong? James made me promise to come check on you this morning." Sirius, who had finally stopped heaving, sat up.
" I'm fine. Don't worry." He said, in a falsely cheery voice.
" No you're not!" Lupin said. " Get up. I'm taking you to St. Mungo's. You've been throwing up for days and you've lost weight. Come on." Lupin dragged Sirius off the couch and to the fireplace. " St. Mungo's!" Lupin exclaimed, throwing Floo powder into the fireplace. They emerged at the other end and Lupin lead Sirius over to a desk. " Excuse me? He needs to see a healer." He said to the witch behind the desk. The witch looked up at Lupin, looked at Sirius, and got up from the desk.
" Follow me please." She led them into a cubicle and pointed at the table. Sirius climbed up onto it. " The healer will be with you shortly." The witch left the room. The two men sat for several minutes in silence. Finally, a middle-aged man with brown curly hair walked into the room.
" Hello!" He said, in a deep voice. " I'm Healer Mard. And you are?" He asked, directed at Sirius. Sirius, however, was leaning over the trash bin, puking.
" He's Sirius Black." Lupin said. Sirius stopped heaving and attempted a smile.
" Hello. As he said, I'm Sirius Black." He wiped his mouth on a paper towel, before tossing it in the trash bin. " And what, exactly, seems to be the problem?" Hr. Mard asked, with a kind of smile.
" Well, I've been puking and I'm tired all the time." Sirius explained, sitting back on the table.
" Okay." Hr. Mard said. He looked at Lupin. " I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to leave while I conduct an exam on Mr. Black. There is a waiting room right down the hall." Lupin smiled at Sirius and the healer.
" Alright. I'll wait there. See you later." Sirius smiled back at Lupin.
" Mr. Black?" Sirius nodded. " I'm going to ask you a few questions. How old are you?"
" I'm nineteen. I'll be twenty in a month, December 12." Sirius answered. The healer nodded.
" Do you have any existing medical problems?" The doctor asked. Sirius shook his head. " Hmm. Okay. Are you in a relationship? Perhaps your girlfriend-" The doctor started, but he was cut off by Sirius.
" Boyfriend." The doctor gave him a confused look.
" Excuse me?" He asked, a bewildered look on his face.
" Boyfriend. I'm gay." Sirius said, sniggering at the look on the doctor's face.
" Oh, if that's the case, I'll do an exam." The healer said obviously startled. He glanced warily at Sirius before taking out his wand. He waved his wand over Sirius' body, up and down the entire length. Several swipes later, his wand spat out a roll of parchment. The healer unrolled it, and he quickly scanned the length of the parchment. His eyes grew wide as he neared the end of the page.
" What? What's wrong?" Sirius asked nervously after seeing the look on the doctor's face. The healer looked up at him with an astonished look on his face.
" Mr. Black, you are." he swallowed. " You are p.pregnant." He managed to spit out, his face going red.
" What?" Sirius exclaimed, his eyes lighting up with joy. "I'm pregnant? Are you serious? How. how did it happen?" He asked, nervously. " I was pretty sure men couldn't get pregnant."
" It is extremely rare. There have only been ten cases in the last fifty years. You need two very powerful wizards to produce a male born child. It only happens when one, or most likely both wizards are thinking of how much they want a child, or a family, or something along those lines. I am going to refer you to an obstetrics healer. Her name is Hr. Jacx. She has overseen the last five male pregnancies that this hospital has seen. She is extremely talented. I'll give you her card. Would you like to tell your boyfriend," he said, his face turning red at the word. " About this? I can have him called in." Sirius laughed.
" Oh no, he's not my boyfriend. My boyfriend is away on business. But you can call Lupin in if you'd like." Sirius said. The doctor shook his head.
" No, I'll just give you Hr. Jacx's card. You should contact her immediately to make an appointment. Until then, you should try to avoid doing magic on yourself. It could damage the child. It was nice meeting you." He said, handing Sirius a card that said: Healer M. Jacx, 394 Heaten Ave. London, England. He shook Sirius' hand and left the cubicle. Sirius got up and walked out to the waiting room to find Lupin pacing frantically.
" Oh! Thank god Sirius. I thought for sure that you'd have something terribly wrong with you. You were taking so long." He exclaimed. " Let's get you home, you can tell me what the healer said there. He led them over to the fireplace and said, " Black Cottage." The fire turned green and they stepped through. Sirius grabbed the bucket on the couch and Lupin turned as Sirius heaved. " So, what's wrong? Did the healer figure out why you've been throwing up?" Sirius nodded. " Is it bad?" Sirius shook his head, still leaned over the bucket. " Well?" Lupin said, unable to contain his curiosity. Sirius finally stopped throwing up and looked up at Lupin.
" I'm pregnant." He said, wiping his mouth on the back of his hand.
" What? You're what?" Lupin said weakly before falling to the floor in a dead faint.
END FLASHBACK
Sirius smiled and closed his eyes. He would finish telling Harry in the morning. He fell asleep on the couch in the drawing room and that's how Lupin found him a few minutes later. Lupin laughed. Sirius could fall asleep anywhere. He tried to wake him, but his boyfriend was in a deep sleep. He shook his head and curled up next to him, pulling a blanket over both of them.
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Thanks to all my reviewers!
Phyrespryte
LAST CHAPTER
" How long were you able to keep it a secret? That you were. going out, I mean." He asked, stumbling slightly on the last few words.
" I'm sure Moony figured it out much earlier, but he caught snogging in March, I think. After that we had to tell everyone." Harry's face stayed the same, as if he were not sure how to react.
" Don't worry, I'll tell you that too." Sirius said.
CHAPTER 4: UNDERSTANDING
" Okay." Said Harry uncertainly.
" Well, James and I had been seeing each other for about four months, in secret, of course. His invisibility cloak helped, along with our newly manufactured Marauders Map, which I know you've found out about. And the fact that we found out about the Room of Requirement." Sirius said with a chuckle. "But one time, we forgot to lock the curtains of James' bed. And Moony walked in and heard us. He decided to humiliate whatever girl, or so he thought, was hooking up with James. But instead.." He laughed and began again.
FLASHBACK
" Sirius- I love you!" James' said, kissing him passionately on the lips.
" I love you too." Sirius replied, returning the kiss. Even though they didn't notice it, someone had walked into the dorm room. Lupin walked in and heard some mumbling and panting coming from James' closed curtains. Aha! He thought. James has a girl in his bed, and he forgot to cast a silencing charm! This is priceless. Lupin quietly walked over to the bed and pushed the curtains aside to find an embracing Sirius and James.
"Bloody Hell!" James screamed.
" My eyes! They burn!" Lupin exclaimed, turning away. " Are you two decent?" Sirius laughed.
"Yes Moony, we're clothed." James replied. Lupin glanced warily at the two young men who were now straightening their clothing, blushing.
" How long, exactly, has this been going on?" Lupin asked, sounding just a little too much like Professor McGonagall. The two aforementioned men cleared their throats, looking at each other.
"Since Halloween." Sirius replied sheepishly.
"What! And you didn't find it important to tell your friends? Just maybe, did you consider how SCARRED they would be to find their two best friends making out?" Lupin exclaimed. James blanched.
" You're not upset that we didn't tell you we were gay?" He asked cautiously.
" No- I've no problem with that. I'm gay too. I'd just like to know if I've got to knock on people's curtains before opening them." Lupin replied.
" What? You're gay? Wha-When?" Sirius stammered. Lupin laughed.
" Don't worry, I won't butt in on your relationship. You guys aren't my type anyway. I like guys who actually follow the rules." He said, with emphasis on the last sentence. " But what are you guys going to do? Just keep it secret? Or are you going to come out?" Sirius and James went into a period of consideration.
" I dunno. I'm not sure if I want everyone following me around calling me ponce, or fairy, or something like that. I mean, no one else I know, well besides you two, are gay." James said, with a serious tone to his voice that the two other boys seldom heard.
" Actually, there are a surprising amount of guys who are gay in this year. John Veazy, Dan Applequist, Jason Phillips, and a bunch of other guys." Lupin said matter of factly.
" Veazy? Are you serious? He's a beater." Sirius said incredulously.
" So are you." James said. Sirius responded by sticking his tongue out. James leaned in and kissed Sirius, while Lupin laughed. They were friends again.
END FLASHBACK
Harry laughed as well. Hearing the truth was actually more amusing and less scarring than he'd thought. He glanced across the table at his godfather. No, he corrected himself. His father. Father. They talked for hours, neither of them aware of the time. Sirius talked them both through the couple's seventh year at Hogwarts, their coming out, their graduation, and their life afterwards. They talked about their first house, Black Cottage, and their marriage. Finally, Harry worked up the courage to ask Sirius a question that had been burning on his mind since the night before.
" Sirius, why did my dad and my m. I mean, Lily pretend to be married?" He asked, stuttering over his mistake.
" Well Harry, in the 1980's, not everyone was so accepting of homosexual relationships. Now, wizards are pretty accepting of it, but muggles still seem to have a problem with it. Lily agreed to pretend to be married to James because if the wizarding world found out that the world famous Auror was not only gay, but also married? He would have not been asked back. Dumbledore made up a story about James' being off at some advanced Auror training, while he was really with me. It became rather complicated." He said, chuckling.
The two men sat talking for a few more hours. When they finally stopped for the night, Harry gave Sirius a huge bear hug and went to his room, leaving Sirius alone with his memories. Sirius sighed, and let his mind drift back to the start of Harry Simeon Potter.
FLASHBACK
The two men lay back next to each other. The bed was messy. James quickly fell asleep, he always did. Sirius, however, lay awake wondering. Something felt different; he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
END FLASHBACK
Sirius sat back on the couch, balling up the corner of his robes to wipe the tears off his face. James, he thought, I miss you! He sat crying and another memory came back to him.
FLASHBACK
" Siri, are you sure you're alright? Because if you're sick, I can Floo Dumbledore and tell him that I'm not coming." James asked, hovering worriedly over his husband. He was supposed to leave for a five-day business trip, with Dumbledore. They were going to investigate some cursed mummy in Egypt. Sirius lay on the bed, pale and sweaty.
" James, I'm fine. I'm positive. Don't worry. If it doesn't get better by tomorrow, I'll get Moony to take me to a healer at St. Mungo's. And I promise I'll Floo you if anything is wrong." Sirius said, reassuringly to his significant other. James looked at him doubtfully. " James! Go! Don't worry. I'll be fine." James finally leaned in and kissed Sirius on the forehead.
"Feel better Paddy. I'll Floo you tonight. I love you." He said.
" I love you too James. Now go!" He insisted, swatting James away. James took the hint and left, calling " I love you!" as he walked out the door. As soon as Sirius heard the door close downstairs, he rushed to the bathroom. He quickly disposed of the tea and toast that James had made him eat moments before. Sirius couldn't seem to keep anything down. He grabbed a bucket from downstairs before retiring on the couch. Several hours later, he fell asleep on the couch, which is how Lupin found him the next morning.
" Sirius? Are you alright?" The werewolf asked, shaking him awake. Sirius nodded as he leaned over the bucket again. " What's wrong? James made me promise to come check on you this morning." Sirius, who had finally stopped heaving, sat up.
" I'm fine. Don't worry." He said, in a falsely cheery voice.
" No you're not!" Lupin said. " Get up. I'm taking you to St. Mungo's. You've been throwing up for days and you've lost weight. Come on." Lupin dragged Sirius off the couch and to the fireplace. " St. Mungo's!" Lupin exclaimed, throwing Floo powder into the fireplace. They emerged at the other end and Lupin lead Sirius over to a desk. " Excuse me? He needs to see a healer." He said to the witch behind the desk. The witch looked up at Lupin, looked at Sirius, and got up from the desk.
" Follow me please." She led them into a cubicle and pointed at the table. Sirius climbed up onto it. " The healer will be with you shortly." The witch left the room. The two men sat for several minutes in silence. Finally, a middle-aged man with brown curly hair walked into the room.
" Hello!" He said, in a deep voice. " I'm Healer Mard. And you are?" He asked, directed at Sirius. Sirius, however, was leaning over the trash bin, puking.
" He's Sirius Black." Lupin said. Sirius stopped heaving and attempted a smile.
" Hello. As he said, I'm Sirius Black." He wiped his mouth on a paper towel, before tossing it in the trash bin. " And what, exactly, seems to be the problem?" Hr. Mard asked, with a kind of smile.
" Well, I've been puking and I'm tired all the time." Sirius explained, sitting back on the table.
" Okay." Hr. Mard said. He looked at Lupin. " I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to leave while I conduct an exam on Mr. Black. There is a waiting room right down the hall." Lupin smiled at Sirius and the healer.
" Alright. I'll wait there. See you later." Sirius smiled back at Lupin.
" Mr. Black?" Sirius nodded. " I'm going to ask you a few questions. How old are you?"
" I'm nineteen. I'll be twenty in a month, December 12." Sirius answered. The healer nodded.
" Do you have any existing medical problems?" The doctor asked. Sirius shook his head. " Hmm. Okay. Are you in a relationship? Perhaps your girlfriend-" The doctor started, but he was cut off by Sirius.
" Boyfriend." The doctor gave him a confused look.
" Excuse me?" He asked, a bewildered look on his face.
" Boyfriend. I'm gay." Sirius said, sniggering at the look on the doctor's face.
" Oh, if that's the case, I'll do an exam." The healer said obviously startled. He glanced warily at Sirius before taking out his wand. He waved his wand over Sirius' body, up and down the entire length. Several swipes later, his wand spat out a roll of parchment. The healer unrolled it, and he quickly scanned the length of the parchment. His eyes grew wide as he neared the end of the page.
" What? What's wrong?" Sirius asked nervously after seeing the look on the doctor's face. The healer looked up at him with an astonished look on his face.
" Mr. Black, you are." he swallowed. " You are p.pregnant." He managed to spit out, his face going red.
" What?" Sirius exclaimed, his eyes lighting up with joy. "I'm pregnant? Are you serious? How. how did it happen?" He asked, nervously. " I was pretty sure men couldn't get pregnant."
" It is extremely rare. There have only been ten cases in the last fifty years. You need two very powerful wizards to produce a male born child. It only happens when one, or most likely both wizards are thinking of how much they want a child, or a family, or something along those lines. I am going to refer you to an obstetrics healer. Her name is Hr. Jacx. She has overseen the last five male pregnancies that this hospital has seen. She is extremely talented. I'll give you her card. Would you like to tell your boyfriend," he said, his face turning red at the word. " About this? I can have him called in." Sirius laughed.
" Oh no, he's not my boyfriend. My boyfriend is away on business. But you can call Lupin in if you'd like." Sirius said. The doctor shook his head.
" No, I'll just give you Hr. Jacx's card. You should contact her immediately to make an appointment. Until then, you should try to avoid doing magic on yourself. It could damage the child. It was nice meeting you." He said, handing Sirius a card that said: Healer M. Jacx, 394 Heaten Ave. London, England. He shook Sirius' hand and left the cubicle. Sirius got up and walked out to the waiting room to find Lupin pacing frantically.
" Oh! Thank god Sirius. I thought for sure that you'd have something terribly wrong with you. You were taking so long." He exclaimed. " Let's get you home, you can tell me what the healer said there. He led them over to the fireplace and said, " Black Cottage." The fire turned green and they stepped through. Sirius grabbed the bucket on the couch and Lupin turned as Sirius heaved. " So, what's wrong? Did the healer figure out why you've been throwing up?" Sirius nodded. " Is it bad?" Sirius shook his head, still leaned over the bucket. " Well?" Lupin said, unable to contain his curiosity. Sirius finally stopped throwing up and looked up at Lupin.
" I'm pregnant." He said, wiping his mouth on the back of his hand.
" What? You're what?" Lupin said weakly before falling to the floor in a dead faint.
END FLASHBACK
Sirius smiled and closed his eyes. He would finish telling Harry in the morning. He fell asleep on the couch in the drawing room and that's how Lupin found him a few minutes later. Lupin laughed. Sirius could fall asleep anywhere. He tried to wake him, but his boyfriend was in a deep sleep. He shook his head and curled up next to him, pulling a blanket over both of them.
So? What do you think? I hope you like it, and if you do.. Please click that little button on the bottom left of the computer screen.
Come on. You know you want to!
Okay, thanks to all my reviewers.
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