The Truth

Ron just stared at Lavender in disbelief. He was waiting for her to say, "Just kidding! Welcome back to school fool!" or something like that. Half of him didn't digest what Lavender had just said and the other half was just thinking what he was going to do.

"Ron?" Lavender knew that he was going to react this way, but she wanted him to acknowledge what she just said, "Did you…"

"What do you mean? You can't be…how do you know that I'm the father?"

"Because Ron, remember before school ended we…"

"I know! But, there has to be someone else. Didn't you see anyone over the summer?" Ron was trying to find any way possible that this wasn't coming true.

"No, Ron. You're the only one that I've done it with."

Ron sank down into the couch and didn't know what he was going to do. What was he going to tell Hermione? His parents? Harry? Soon the whole school was going to find out.

"Wait, Lavender I used a…you know…umm...a…condom," Ron hated saying that word.

"I know Ron, but I've heard that they don't always work." Lavender had now sat down next to Ron on the couch.

"Wait…are you sure that you're pregnant?" Ron was still trying to find a way out.

"Yes! I was 3 weeks late so I decided to take a test. It came out positive..."

"There are tests for this kind of stuff?" Ron was baffled.

"My muggle neighbor told me about them. It's some sort of stick that, well that's not important now. Anyway, I've gained a few pounds and you can definitely tell that I'm getting some sort of gut. Here, feel my stomach."

This was really awkward for Ron, but he but his hand on her stomach because he didn't know what else to do. There was definitely a little mound there. Ron gulped and began to sweat and feel all achy inside.

"Ron, it's going to be okay. Are you okay?"

"No, not really. I mean it's the first night back to school and I'm bombarded with this information! What are we going to do?"

"Well, I'm definitely having this baby!" Lavender replied with a little tone.

Ron got up from the couch, "I don't know…this wasn't suppose to happen," he was quiet for a minute, "I'm just going to bed, I can't talk about this anymore…I'm sorry."

Ron abandoned Lavender on the couch and he headed for his bedroom. He felt like he was walked forever to get to his bedroom. This can't be happening! Ron thought to himself. This has to be a dream. Bloody, bloody, bloody hell!

Ron finally reached his dormitory. Everyone seemed to have fallen asleep. Ron started to get in his pajamas and was just about to close the curtains to his bed when someone said, "What took you so long?" It was Harry in the darkness.

"I'm going to be a father," the words just came out of Ron's mouth.

"Yeah, sure. You're going to be a father and Malfoy and I just became best friends."

"No really."

"What! Who did you knock up?"

"Lavender Brown."

"Holy Bloody hell! Ron when did this all happen! Are you serious? It's not like a back to school joke is it?"

"Does it sound like I'm joking?" Ron really wasn't in the mood for joking.

"Oh man, what are you going to do about it?"

"I haven't figured that out yet," Ron rolled over and tried to go to sleep. He couldn't though. All Ron kept thinking of was knowing that he was going to have a kid that he didn't plan for.

"Ron, get up!"

Ron opened his eyes and found Hermione sitting on the edge of his bed. He sat up and just looked around. Then, he began to think that maybe last night was all a dream. Hermione was still talking to him!

"Harry said you were up late last night. You have to get out of bed before you're late for class. Here, I brought you some breakfast."

"Thanks," Ron took the eggs and bacon from the plate and began to shove them down his face, "Did Harry know why I was out late?"

"Yeah, he said you were just catching up with Lavender. You're not getting back together with her are you?" Hermione has a stern look on her face that made Ron gulp.

Ron realized that last night was far from a dream and that it wasn't going to go away. He had to tell Hermione.

"Hermione…I don't know how to say this…I'm going to be a father," Ron said, there was silence between the two of them for a few minutes.

"With who?"

"Lavender Brown. But, we're not getting back together."

"How did this happen?" Hermione sounded worried.

"Before we broke up last year. I didn't mean for it to happen."

"Oh my god. How are you feeling?"

"Wait, you're not mad. We're okay," Ron was kind of shocked by Hermione's reaction.

"Why would I be mad? It's not like you cheated on me. I may be a little just because you did something stupid!" Hermione gave Ron a friendly slap on his shoulder.

"Thank god, because that's what I was worried about. I guess I'm just really worried about…I don't know, a bunch of things. I can't be a father!"

"Of course you can't, you're too young. But, you need to try and be. Is Lavender going to keep the baby for sure?"

"Yeah, she made that pretty clear."

"You need to go and talk to her then and sort things out with you two."

"Yeah, I guess. I'll talk to her tonight. Thanks Hermione." He kissed her on the check and got ready for his classes.

Throughout the whole day, Ron was so nervous about talking to Lavender. What was he going to say to her? The day seemed to drag on for ages. Finally, after dinner Ron went up to the common room in hopes of finding Lavender. Sure enough, she was sitting at her usual table working on homework. Ron walked over and took a seat next to her.

"I'm surprised you even want to be in the same room with me," Lavender said without looking up from her books.

"I want to tell you something…Are you going to even pay attention or are you just going to pretend like you're ignoring me?"

With that, Lavender looked up.

"I just want to let you know that I'm here for you. Whatever you decided to do about this baby of our, I'll back you up, okay? If you decide to have the baby, I'll be there to help you take care of it. I'm not going to run off like those jerks you hear about who abandoned their girlfriend when they find out she's pregnant." Ron couldn't believe that all came out of his mouth. He wasn't even nervous or sweating!

"Oh Ronny! That's the sweetest thing you've ever said to me!"

"Yeah, but I never pictured it would be in that context."

The only problem now, was telling The Weasley's. Ron could just imagine the Howler that he was going to get when he told them.

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