A/N: Haha! The second chapter! And it's long! WOOT! I've never been so into a story... it's kind of funny! And thank you to Elwen of Lorien, Gopher, and fightingfool for reviewing!
Now that Kadie knew, I figured I was in the clear. Oh how wrong I was. I had managed to tell my best friend. Now she was horribly over-protective and wouldn't let anyone within a 2-mile radius of me. And by anyone, I mean Harry. Mind you, I wasn't as upset with that as I thought I'd be. I wanted to see him, but I wasn't exactly sure if I wanted to kiss him or strangle the life from his sex-...body. I almost got a little out of hand there. Great. Now it says sex body. Eh, well, watcha gonna do? Anywho, Kadie was also hounding me on telling my aunt Stella. I don't think she quite got that if my aunt found out, I wouldn't be able to stay at Hogwarts, and then, well, my life as a witch would pretty much be over. I hate keeping secrets from her, but this is one that I think is better kept under lock and key than out in the open. Besides. I'm sure she'll figure it out when I come home with a baby! Anyway, it was getting closer and closer to summer. Which meant that it was getting closer and closer to the time where all I had to wear were skimpy tank tops and jeans. So, basically, I was gonna be in debt pretty soon. Kadie agreed to help me shop for some new clothes, and help adjust some of the old stuff. So we took advantage of the next (and last! Tear...) Hogsmeade weekend. We went through the only clothing shop there was in Hogsmeade (yet for the life of me I can't remember the name!), and we realized that it was summer. I couldn't possibly wear only robes! We figured we'd have to make do with what we had, and tell aunt Stella that I needed money for clothes since I was getting fat. She'd probably be okay with that. Since it was now June, and the last month of school, Kadie and I had decided to completely relax. Well, I didn't really have a choice. Kadie would have done my exams for me if she could, but she wasn't allowed. Instead, I took them, and did surprisingly well! In all honesty, I was amazed I didn't flunk. Divination was my best, although I was ready to vomit all over Professor Trelawny, who told me at the end of my exam that I would have difficulties with the childbirth. Peachy. Playing on my fears. Just what I need. I was ready to scream at her that she needed to tone down the bloody perfume in that room... If it weren't for the open window, I think I might have died. Kadie laughed when I told her this, and unfortunately, little miss-suck-ups Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil overheard.
"The perfumes open our minds!" Lavender argued, pointing to the middle of her forehead.
"Really. You'd think all that stench would open Trelawny's mind to some decent predictions. Not just a death here, and a horrible mutilation there." I smiled. I never would have said something like that before... I mean, I have to share a dorm with those two! The way that they looked at me, I swear they were wondering whether to hurt me or go and tell Trelawny to flunk me. In the end, they just glared and walked out onto the grounds where they met up with some of their friends. Kadie laughed.
"You are a genius!" She said to me. I think she wanted to kiss me. I smiled. Well, apparently I had guts now. Or no brains. Either way, it seemed to be working for me. We walked onto the grounds and layed down in the middle of the field. I thought a little sun might be nice, but within minutes, I was regretting it.
"I'm gonna have a shower. A long, cold shower." I stated. Kadie nodded and I stood up. I left her to her sunbathing as I headed towards the Gryffindor common room. I had no intention of showering, I just wanted off the grounds. Harry and Cho were underneath the oak tree, being, well, boyfriend and girlfriend. And then of course there was Malfoy. He was strutting around the field, acting like he owned the school. Mind you, with his money, he might have. Anyway, he seemed to be stalking me. As I got up to the seventh floor, I turned around. Malfoy had followed me from the grounds, and and it was beginning to piss me off. I noticed that he didn't have his regular cronies around. It was just him. I couldn't help but find this weird, so naturally, I kept my guard up.
"What the fuck do you want, Malfoy?" I practically screamed. He simply grinned.
"I've just been noticing that you have seemed particularly cruel lately." He said. Oh god... does he know?
"So? What's your point?" I snarled.
"I simply wanted to know, are you on drugs?" He laughed. That was when one of the portraits signaled for me to look behind me. I did, and was greeted by the ugly faces of Crabbe and Goyle. Well, actually, it was more like their wands. They were both ready to attack me. Shit! I thought. I had left my wand in my dorm.
"Don't even think about it. You'll be expelled within seconds." I threatened.
"What, for a simple duel?" Malfoy tilted his head to one side in a pitiful attempt at being innocent.
"It's not a simple duel when I haven't got a wand. And besides. There are certain circumstances that will get you thrown out of here faster than you can call your sad excuse for a father." I snapped.
"Don't you dare speak to me that way, you filthy mudblood." Malfoy spat. "Crabbe! Goyle! Take care of her."
"Oh, hello professor Snape!" I waved to the air behind Malfoy. I hoped that the two morons behind me wouldn't tell him there was no one there. Luckily, the expression of his face told me that Malfoy thought I was telling the truth. He turned around near instantly and as he did, I ran past the two brainless idiots. I could hear him screaming at me as I approached the Fat Lady's portrait.
"Hello dear." She smiled.
"'Ello." I smiled back. I was quite content with the fact that Malfoy was probably kicking himself for what I had just done. "Abraxan." The Fat Lady's portrait pulled away from the wall, revealing an arch. I walked through, and headed up to my dorm. I sat cross-legged on my four-poster, with the curtains pulled. Finally! Some shade! And, I was away from everyone, for once in what seemed like forever. I let myself fall back and fall asleep. I was so tired lately, that sleeping seemed to be the only thing I ever wanted to do. Besides, it's not like I had much more to do. All I had left to do was pack.
"Tierney... Tierney! Wake up!" My head almost collided with Kadie's as I woke with a start.
"What are you doing? I was having a nice dream." I laughed. Kadie sighed.
"Hun, you had a long enough dream. You were beginning to worry me." I gave her a puzzling look. "You slept all afternoon! And all night!" She laughed. I felt my cheeks go bright red. Why? I don't know. It's not like I was embarrassed. So what? I was tired? I laughed as well.
"Are you serious?" Kadie nodded. "So it's the -"
"Last day of school? Yup." She said. Well, it wasn't all bad. We got to lounge all day and go home tomorrow! Within seconds, I was up, looking for my stuff so I could start packing. "Tia! I figured you needed a day off, so I packed for you!" Kadie grinned.
"Aww. Thanks hun!" Out of instinct, I hugged her. She showed me where my stuff was - packed neatly away by the door. However, I noticed something was missing. "Hey!" I turned to her. "Where's my broom?" Kadie looked around the room suspiciously.
"Oh. Um, that. I was hoping you wouldn't notice it was gone." She giggled as she walked to her stuff and grabbed my broom from behind hers. Kadie had always been jealous of me - ever since I showed up for Quidditch practice with a Lightning Bolt. It's basically the second version of a Firebolt, and it's dead expensive! The only way I got my hands on one was sucking up to the boss at my summer job last year to give me a raise. And even then, I still had to ask for help from my aunt. Well, since I trashed my last broom while trying to do tricks on it last year, I needed a new one. The school brooms just didn't cut it. Kadie handed me my broom and I stashed it safely behind my cloak. If it went missing again, I'd know who had taken it.
Kadie and I sat in the courtyard, watching the time tick away on the clock. We were counting down the end of sixth year. It had become a bit of a tradition for us since we got bored in fourth year and did it simply to pass time. It was almost scary to think that this time next year, we'd be counting down the days until we were done school. With two hours to go until the big feast, we decided we'd go and spend some time with some of our friends. Trouble was, we couldn't find any. Well, technically we could find Harry. Again, he was under that bloody tree with little-miss-perfect. Of course, she was gone next year, so I wasn't too upset. While we were looking for someone to hang out with, we discovered that someone had been looking for us. Well, me.
"Miss Addison!" Professor Flitwick came running from inside the castle. I turned around with out even standing, and I was eye-to-eye with him.
"Yes, professor?" I smiled.
"Madam Pomfrey would like to see you. It's about your, um, condition." He said, noticing Kadie.
"It's okay, she knows." I said. He nodded, and I stood up.
"Want me to come?" Kadie asked. I nodded and she stood up as well. We stared down at our tiny professor, who led us into the castle.
"Now I have some last minute things to do. Promise me you'll go straight to the Hospital Wing." He squeaked.
"We promise." Kadie and I saluted in unison. We burst out laughing, and oddly enough, were joined briefly by Flitwick. He wished us a good summer, said goodbye, and sent us on our way. Madam Pomfrey was waiting outside the doorway, looking a little stressed.
"Ah! Miss Addison. I would like to have a few words with you regarding the summer. Would you like Miss Warren in with you?" She asked. I looked at Kadie and nodded. Madam Pomfrey led us into the hospital wing.
"I wanted to let you know that if you ever need anything, an owl to St. Mungo's is all you need. You can even send one here. I will get it, and attend to your problem as well as I can." She said. I had never heard her being so nice before. It was kind of odd.
"Okay..." I tried not to laugh. Madam Pomfrey seemed so into this whole baby thing. It was almost as if it were hers instead of mine. She turned to Kadie.
"Miss Warren, I'm leaving you in charge of making sure that Miss Addison takes care of herself." Kadie nodded, with a serious look on her face. At least, her best attempt at one while trying not to laugh.
"Alright. I will make sure Miss Addison here doesn't strain herself." She giggled. Madam Pomfrey talked to us a bit more about ways to make sure nothing went wrong while I was away from the school, and then she sent us off.
"What time is it?" I asked. Kadie pushed up her sleeve and glanced at her watch.
"Half an hour 'til the feast." She stated.
"Alrighty mighty." We both laughed. In fact, as we walked down the corridors talking about seeing how the boys would mature (or rather, immature) over the summer, and what everyone would think when I returned to school looking like I swallowed a beach ball, people stared at us and some even pointed and laughed. We didn't care, though. It was fun to not care for once.
During the feast, I sat between Kadie and my friend Hannah. Dumbledore made his speech, and I could have sworn he was looking at me through half of it. The three of us made it seem like we were in a race and waiting for someone to say 'Go'. As soon as Dumbledore had sat down, the food appeared in front of us and the three of us tore into it. We acted like we hadn't eaten in days. We sat there laughing at everyone's reactions to 'the three Gryffindor girls who lost their minds', while we raced to see who could eat the most. I almost did a spit take when I saw Seamus Finnigan staring at us in awe a few seats away on the other side of the table, get smacked upside the head by his girlfriend Lavender. It was quite a sight.
By the time the cauldron cakes and pumpkin pastries had been cleared off the plates, Hannah, Kadie and I were ready to explode. Dumbledore let us leave the Great Hall, and we stumbled up to the common room for our last night of the year. The Hogwarts Express would leave in the morning, and we had to look our best for our families! After all, it had been quite a while since they had last seen us. And we had to get up early... as much as we loved the school, we didn't want to be trapped here all summer.
Hannah woke me up the next morning, bright and early.
"Wakey wakey!" She laughed as she poked me in the face. I batted her hand away, and slowly opened my eyes to the blinding light.
"I'm up! I'm up!" I mockingly screeched in horror at the light. She laughed and threw my clothes in my face.
"No time to shower, sweet pea. We all woke up late." She laughed.
"What! You want me to go home smelling like this?"
"Oh, you don't smell bad! Suck it up, and let's go!" She closed the curtains. "Change, woman! Change!" She made ticking noises as I ripped my pajamas off and threw my clothes on. I stuffed my pjs in my trunk and we ran down to the Entrance Hall. Once every student in the school was there, we headed out. The carriages arrived at the train, and we all boarded, while saying goodbye to Hagrid, and the school. Until next year for most, forever for some. Hannah was one of the few who wouldn't be returning. Or so, that's what we thought.
"Oi! I forgot to tell you guys something!" She said as we entered the only empty compartment.
"What was that?" I asked. With a massive smile on her face, Hannah gave us the good news.
"Dumbledore offered me a job! I'm gonna be Madam Pomfrey's little assistant!" She told as we watched Hogwarts fade into the background.
"Oh my god! That is so wicked!" Kadie joined Hannah in jumping around the compartment.
"Cool beans!" I chimed in. I hadn't even thought that this meant that Hannah would know everything. Literally everything. She would be there every time I checked in with Madam Pomfrey! Of course, at the time, I hadn't thought of this. I was just happy for her.
The three of us spent the rest of the trip plotting ways we could torture Malfoy next year. Before long, the train had arrived at Platform 9 ¾. We walked off the train, got our luggage, and subtly passed through the barrier. I immediately spotted my aunt Stella, said goodbye to the girls, and ran over to her. She helped me with my things, and as we walked to her car, she made a comment on my sudden weight gain.
"You've certainly put on a few since I last saw you." She laughed.
"I know." I blushed. "Eh, more of me to love."
So now, this is where I am today. My summer has gone by completely uneventfully. Well, the baby's kicked a few times, but that's pretty much it. Now I'm freaking out about 7th year, and having a baby.
A/N: So? So? Huh? Huh? Whatcha think? It's not over yet, fear not fanfiction-ians! There is plenty more to come!