HAPPY 2006 EVERYONE
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN The thin blue line
Quietly Alice opened the front door of the Potter mansion and crept up the stairs. It was still quite early in the morning but she could just see Sirius' smirk if he could see her now. Her hair was a mess and she was carrying her shoes in her hands. Licking her lips she could feel a roughness forming, which is an unfortunate reality when you kiss someone with whiskers.
Light streamed through the nearby windows giving the corridor a haunted feel as she shadows slunk away from the light. Hearing a door open she quickly hid around a corner.
"It's all right Alice, it's only me" Lily called sleepily down the hall.
Cautiously Alice stepped around the corner. Seeing her, Lily's face split into a wide smile which she couldn't quite hide behind her hands, but before she could speak Alice said:
"Don't you dare say a word"
Lily simply smiled and said: "Wouldn't dream of it".
Linking arms with Alice she led her back to her room and the two lay top to tail on Alice's bed.
"Soooooooo" began Lily conversationally "have a good night?"
Alice laughed, knowing her friend knew exactly what she had been up to.
"I could ask you the same question" Alice said cheekily, quite sure that her and Lily had been doing the same thing last night.
"Mmm" she sighed dreamily "you could say I did!" She rolled over to Alice and asked her seriously "are you alright? Did it hurt?"
Alice smiled slightly remembering the night before.
"Yeah, a little, but it was worth it" she said defiantly.
Lily laughed out loud and said:
"I promise it gets better, just remember to lock the door". With that comment the two young women rolled around on the floor laughing uncontrollably. They didn't even notice when James walked in.
"What are you two so happy about" he said blearily. James obviously wasn't a morning person.
"I think she might have had a good time last night" said Sirius from the door with a wink. Alice flushed red and Lily glared at him. James simply raised an eyebrow but said nothing.
"Are you coming back to bed?" James asked softly in Lilies ear. Smiling seductively she winked at him and they left, leaving Alice and Sirius alone together. Alice expected him to make some rude comment as she knew he wouldn't be a virgin. Instead he seemed quite pre-occupied with his own thoughts.
Alice then noticed how quiet it was and wondered aloud why she couldn't hear Lily and James. Sirius smiled and said:
"Silencing charms, for privacy. Plus I'm quite sure neither of us want to hear those noises".
Meanwhile in the other room James and Lily were talking about Alice.
"So she slept with Frank last night huh. I remember the first time you and I slept together" James said looking at Lily.
"Wanna do it again?" he said flirtatiously.
"James Potter" she said with a look of pretend shock "I am far too much of a good girl to ever sleep with you" and she began to walk towards the door but before she could reach it James had grabbed her and they were pressed against the wall.
Ripping at each others clothes they began to shag against the wall, Lily moaning with delight.
"God this is so good it should be illegal" James moaned his body aching with pleasure.
Lily giggled and said: "It probably is"
The rest of summer holidays passed quickly and Alice spent the last few days of the holidays with Frank. He had now graduated so she wouldn't be able to see him at school. She had to return to her house to pack her trunk and prepare for the last year at Hogwarts. Alice and Frank had now officially been together for six weeks.
She smiled and said to herself "six weeks". A thought crossed her mind and she thought 'wait it can't have been six weeks'. She began to panic and resolved to see the school nurse as soon as she got to school.
She fiddled the entire way to Hogwarts on the train and couldn't keep still. Finally Sirius had had enough and pulled her out of compartment.
"Alice, you're driving me crazy. What's wrong?" he asked with concern in his eyes.
"It's nothing, really, at least I hope it's nothing" she said as she resumed her pacing. Sirius' strong hands stopped her pacing and asked her
"You have to tell me, what's wrong?"
"I think I might be pregnant" she blurted out looking at her shoes and feeling her face go red. Sirius let out a low whistle and said:
"Wow, um that's a um shock" he said nervously.
"I don't know for sure" she started "I'm going to ask Madame Pomfrey today".
Sirius looked relieved and said:
"Oh okay! Well I'll come with you if you like. You'll probably need some support and whatever the outcome, I'll be here for you. I promise".
Alice gave him a radiant smile and hugged him glad she wouldn't have to ask anyone else. Just then James popped his head out of the compartment in time to see Alice and Sirius hugging and raised an eyebrow at them.
"It's getting dark. You should get your robes on" he said with another look at the pair.
Sirius laughed and turned back to Alice
"He probably thinks you and I are shagging"
Sirius' words brought her back to the frightening reality that she might be pregnant. Alice continued to fidget until she got to the castle. She shot Sirius a meaningful look after the feast and he got up and followed her out of the Great Hall.
Knocking on the door to Madame Pomfrey's office they heard a voice call
"Be right with you".
Moments later she appeared drying her hands on a towel.
She looked at Alice's pale face and Sirius worried expression and asked:
"Well dears, what can I do for you?"
Alice looked quickly at Sirius who gave her a fleeting thumbs up and she cleared her throat.
"um, well, you see, I was wondering, well actually it's more like, no, um, I need some help" she finished extremely nervous.
"Well you'll have to start by telling me what the problem is" Madame Pomfrey said kindly.
Alice took a deep breath and decided this was not the time for embarrassment, she needed to know otherwise she was going to go crazy.
"I, uh, think that I might be pregnant" Alice said looking anywhere but the matron "but I'm not sure and I need to know for sure".
"Very well" said the Matron "we will have to run some tests. If you (she indicated to Sirius) would like to stay here, Miss Carter and I will return shortly".
Calmly the Matron led Alice into a examination room. Using instruments she had never seen before the Matron checked various parts of her body and waved her wand several times speaking spells Alice had never heard.
"Well dear, it appears as though you are pregnant" the Matron told her quietly.
"OH GOD" Alice yelled "Shit shit shit shit shit. I can't be pregnant, I'm not ready to have a baby! I want a career, a normal life! Oh my god what have I done?"
The Matron conjured up some cups of herbal tea and some cakes and said:
"There are options, you do not have to have the baby. There is an expert team at St. Mungos which deals with unwanted pregnancies. However if you do wish to have the baby, you will need to have regular check-ups with me. I assume the young man waiting outside is the father. I suggest you tell him the news".
Startled as Alice was, she laughed and told the Matron "he's not the father, he's a good friend here for moral support. Hypothetically if I choose not to have the baby, what is the procedure?"
"It is a short operation that medi-wizards can perform easily. You will have to be away for school for a few days as there can be some nasty side effects" the Matron told her.
"Now drink your tea, it will make you feel better and then you may go and see Mr. Black" said the Matron and left the room indicating that Sirius should come in. Sirius looked worried and Alice felt tears spring to her eyes.
"I'm sorry Alice" Sirius said enveloping her in a brotherly hug.
Tears ran down Alice's face and between sobs the told Sirius what her options were.
"You'll have to tell Frank" he said quietly.
Alice immediately felt angry. This was Franks child as well and she would be the one who had to go through the pain either way. How could they be parents so young? She didn't want to see Frank. At this moment she never wanted to see him again. How dare he do this to her?
Frantic and tired from crying Sirius led her to the Room of Requirement so she wouldn't have to answer any questions. He quietly tucked her into bed and sank into a couch next to the fire place and let out a loud sigh when he heard Alice's quiet snore's.
'Poor Alice' he thought although he knew she wouldn't want his sympathy. He couldn't even imagine how it would feel to make a decision like this. Out of all the girls he had slept with he had never thought they could go through any of this. Suddenly he felt guilty as he had not considered this option before.
His thoughts strayed to Frank. The poor man was in for the shock of his life. From what Alice had told him, it looked like he had just begun his Auror training.
Sirius wondered whether he should tell Lily and James, maybe they could help? He would of course let Alice decide and until then keep her secret.
Madsdagirl: I had a fantastic Christmas thank you and I hope you also had a fabulous Christmas! You are quite right about Remus, I am currently working on an entire chapter about Remus its harder than I thought. When you think about Lily and James most people have distinct ideas about who they are, or who you want them to be I guess. But with Remus its not so distinct, it's been hard for me to find a real base for him. I have some new revelations about Remus coming up…I'm not sure how everyone will react to them, but we will see. They're in later chapters. Thank you for all your reviews, they are always so well thought out and I'm glad you ask questions because it makes me think about what else to include, many thanks!
Zuska1985: wow, what an amazing review! Its quite alright that you didn't review until now because of all your kind comments, thank you! My dialogue has increased a bit and until chapter 20 I think, it's more present than descriptions. To tell you the truth, I got a little caught up in trying to write too much dialogue which is not where my strength is (that is of course supposing I have one!), so please don't kill me if the next couple of chapters are not quite up to scratch! I am trying and the one's I'm writing at the moment are much more like my initial writing, however I would love to know whether you like my dialogue, because I feel as though it's a bit weak? I find intimate scenes hard to write, it does seem as though your invading on another's private moment unless its written in the first person and I'm never sure how much to include! Thank you for reviewing : )
ShIvErInG sMiLe: The best part is almost every girl is unique and has a depth that could rival most guys! Thanks for the support and I hope you had a good Christmas.
Rayolis: hahaha your previous comments on creation now have new meaning! Hehehe you shall have to wait and see though! I will enjoy my holidays, who wouldn't! Merry Christmas to you too and a happy 2006 I hope it brings everything you hope for! (here it comes) thank you once again, you are fantastic!
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Slightly unhinged: your quite right, not one of my best chapters, even worse I think I wrote a few simular to this, reading back on them they are not fantastic but necessary for plot reasons. Interesting suggestion, I'm working on it for later chapters. The thing I struggle with is backgrounds, how to introduce them effectively because I don't want to use flashbacks unless I have to, but I understand the need for roots and depth. As I mentioned before I think I got too caught up trying to please people instead of writing how I feel it. The nest couple of chapters were already written but the one's following I shall endeavour to put your suggestions into action. Many thanks for your comments and suggestions and most importantly for your review!
FireQueen618: Yes, I too feel bad about Sirius. The worst part is how to write his character around girls. Whether to follow the path of every other story where he is a 'sex god' or what, I'm not sure. What do you think? I wanted to create a girl, but I was thinking about his actions in the current books, he never has a girlfriend and doesn't seem to want one, perhaps this comes from something in his past? I'm not sure, still working on it! Thank you again and again for your reviews, I appreciate it so much!
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