Sirius's heart was racing as he approached the staircase to the Headmaster's office. He smiled at his nervousness. Not once in his entire time in Hogwarts had he been scared to go to the Headmaster's office. He usually would of been proud to go, or would have been to angry to feel afraid. He felt Sidney's hand tremble under his and he gave her a reassuring look.
"It'll be okay babe. I promise."
She nodded to him and stepped up on the moving staircase with him eyeing the huge bird next to them.
"It doesn't bite."
"Shut up Sirius."
They walked into the Headmaster's office where he was petting his pet Phoenix. Who's name Sirius couldn't rember.
"Good Evening Headmaster." Sidney greeting accepting the chair Sirius had pulled out for her.
" Good Evening,Ms. Edwards. Mr. Black."
"Good Evening Headmaster." Sirius said pulling his own chair out.
"What have you come for, may I ask?" He said putting the Phoenix on his perch and taking his own seat.
Sidney froze up with fear and guilt and looked over to Sirius with tears in her eyes. He couldn't stand to see her cry so he did it for her knowing she wouldn't be able to live if she didn't tell the Headmaster.
"Ummm Professor there's no easy or right way to tell you this, but" He took a deep breath. "Sidney and I are going to become parents in late June."
"I see."
"You see? What's that mean you see!...sir."
Dumbledore smiled at Sirius's confusion. "I just meant I understand what you're talking about." He stated simply.
"You're no...t mad?"
"See Mr. Black I find it's much easier to not how should I say...overreact. Otherwise my emotions would of gotten the better of me and you would have been expelled your first year for that jinxing frog prank."
Sirius smiled at the memory, but snapped back to reality quickly. "So you don't care if me and Sidney carry around a baby towards the end of 7th year?"
"Well yes I do infact 'care' Mr. Black. Of course I'll have to get your schedules turned around so you'll be taking equal care of the child. That is if you plan to keep the child." He said raising his eyebrow in question.
"Well of course we plan on keeping it. It's ours."
"Yes, of course. I do trust you'll be informing our dear Ma'dam Pomfrey correct?"
"Yes Headmaster."
"You're excused."
They left and he wrapped his arms around Sidney and she cried on him close to ten minutes.
"It's fine Sid. It's gonna be okay."
"You don't know that." She said looking up at him.
"Yes I do. Sidney I've been through things that would make a grown man cry sweetie. Trust me I recognize a good thing when I see it."
She started crying more. After close to six months of arguing he knew when to comfort her and when to just let her cry, and then was one of those times when it'd be better to let her cry on him.
"What's wrong Sidney?"
"I'm sorry you had such a bad childhood. I don't want that for our baby."
"We're going to be the best parents in the world. I promise."
"I lost my mom when I was young Sirius. I don't want to leave our baby," She told him hysterically.
"You won't baby doll. It's okay you won't."
"Look at me.." She said wiping away the tears. "Acting like a mad woman."
"Sid,baby you've always been a mad woman since I first met you, but it makes you gorgeous" He said kissing her. She pulled away.
"Don't start something you can't finish." She said seductively.
"Oh I think I've proved I can finish something" He said equally in the same tone.
She smiled. "Come on let's go tell the nurse." She said grabbing his hand and leading towards the Hospital Wing.
After about 20 minutes of arguing,ranting, and a sonogram. Ma'dam Pomfrey finally let them go with the largest bottle of supplements Sirius had ever seen.
"Well that was...intresting."
"Really? I'd call her crazy, but since she's the school nurse I'm gonna call her scary."
"We'll go with that."
They got back to the Common Room and everyone was already in bed. So they said their goodnights and went in their own directions.
Sidney quietly opened the door,but gave up when she saw the lamp on and Lily reading a book. Lily looked over to see her best friend. From all the crying that Sidney had done her eyeliner had run down her face and there was still traces of it, the rest of her make-up was smeared too.
"Thought you'd be asleep by now."
"Well it's about 5 minutes before curfew, so I just called it a bit early." She put the book down and sat up. "So how'd it go?"
"Well the Headmaster took it well, or atleast I think he did. Ma'dam Pomfrey went on and on and finally held me down for a sonogram and gave me these."
She held up the bottle for Lily to see. Lily's jaw fell as she saw the mass of the bottle.
"She'd give 'em to you or to an elephant?"
"She gave 'em to me,and they're supposed to be all taken in four months!"
"She's lost it!"
" I know."
"So besides your elephant pills. Are you okay?"
She laid back down and patted the room beside her Lily had the bigger bed it was a queen while Sidney had a full. The room belonged only to the two of them because it had a bad view looking out towards the forbidden forest and a bunch of ghosts came through it during the day so very few girls were even brave enough to stay there. Sidney laid down next to Lily. She needed to talk to her.
"Yeah. I mean Sirius took it a lot better than I thought he would. The Headmaster was supportive and Ma'dam Pomfrey was the only one I got really any hell from."
"Yeah."
"Hey Lily?"
"What was the frog jinx incident from 1st year?"
Lily busted out laughing at the memory.
"Sirius jinxed all of the Slytherins with frogs everytime they used a racial term, and you know the Slytherins."
Sidney smiled at the vision. Severus always called her a mud-blood almost everytime he saw her. She'd of loved to see him get a mouthful of frogs for it. "I wonder what the boys are talking about."
Remus,James and Sirius where whispering as to not wake up Peter. It was clear they didn't want him to know, and they all had to keep his secret.
"So Padfoot. What'd the ol' man say?"
"He said he'd take care of it."
"Anybody but you Sirius would've been expelled for that." Remus told him.
"What? It's kinda too late now. There's not a hell of a lot they can do about it."
"Yeah man. How come you never told us you and Sidney were physical?" James said throwing away an empty box of every flavor jellybeans,
"Because you never mentioned you and Lily were physical." He said turning over.
"That's because we're physical on special occasion."
"Alright James enough. Too many images of you and Lily, and not to mention Lily's a friend too." Remus said rubbing his eyes trying to clear them of the images James had planted.
"He only says that because he's never been physical." James said climbing back to the top bunk.
"Hmm. I'd if figured he'd play that perfect prefect card and get it easily." Sirius said playing James's game.
"The both of you stop. Now."
"Oh come on Remus, we're only fooling around."
"Just get some sleep."
"Fine goodnight,"
"Goodnight."
A/N: I'm not completely sure if Ma'dam Pomfrey was around when they were, but she looked old enough to have just started so I went with her. And rember another chapter for your thoughts.
