Ginny cried even harder on hearing the news about Remus with another girl. James felt extremely guilty for making her even more hysterical, but she deserved to know the truth. Sirius couldn't stop staring at James with disbelief. Remus had never seemed the type to go and snog some other girl, when he was going out with another girl, let alone when he was engaged! Ginny was also expecting his kid! What was he thinking?

Sirius didn't know whether to feel happy or angry at the prospect of Ginny being single again, Remus had totally betrayed her! But why? Was the question that entered everyone's mind, why would he do that to Ginny?

"Maybe there's a reasonable explanation behind all this" Lily stated, when Ginny had disappeared upstairs to the girls' dormitories. James and Sirius both raised eyebrows at her.

"What?"

"I said-"

"I know what you said Lils, but what I'm asking is what could it be? I've known Remus since we were eleven; he's never done anything like this before!" Sirius nodded in agreement. Lily looked thoughtful.

"Well, I honestly don't know why he would do something so hurtful"

James' face contorted in anger.

"There is no way that I'm staying friends with him! Ginny hasn't done anything wrong! There's no reason for what he did!"

"Well, maybe there is . . ." Lily trailed off on seeing James' disbelieving look.

"Are you on Lupin's side or Ginny's?" Lily's eyes blazed angrily at this question as she slapped James hard across the face.

"I'm on Ginny's side of course, but I just think we might have missed something, that's all" she snapped. Suddenly, they all shut up on seeing Ginny entering the Gryffindor common room from the girls' dormitories. She put on a smile.

"Hey guys" she said softly. They all nodded to her sympathetically. Ginny walked over to Sirius and linked her arm with his.

"C'mon, let's go get something to eat! I'm starved!" she exclaimed. Sirius nodded, pulling at the collar of his shirt to calm himself down, she looked absolutely stunning, even if she was starting to show with her pregnancy!

"O-Okay then" he told her, putting on a charming smile.

"Allow me to escort you" Ginny giggled as they left, leaving James and Lily to watch after them suspiciously.

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Remus punched the side of the wall in the classroom angrily. He'd lost Ginny and his best friends! It wasn't his fault though. They hadn't even given him a chance to explain properly. That girl . . . Parvati or whatever she was called, just . . . practically leapt on him and started making out with him! He'd been in such a shocked daze that he'd just sat there, until James and Lily had walked in. That Parvati girl-she knew that he was engaged to Ginny! Then again, so did all the other girls in the entire school, they'd been shooting Ginny jealous looks and Remus, dreamy looks. It was unnerving to say the least.

The argument he'd had with Ginny after Potions . . . he hated to admit it to himself, but he was jealous of the fact that Ginny had been spending most of her time with Snape, that's why he'd exploded and yelled at her. He hadn't meant any of it, but . . . he was betting that Ginny had taken it to heart and it hurt him deeply to know that he'd caused her pain. He put his head in his hands. What was he to do now? James and Lily had probably already told Sirius and Ginny, Snape . . .

Oh god, what have I done? Remus thought miserably to himself, wincing slightly on touching the place where James had punched him. He'd screwed up his entire life in less than five minutes!

I love Ginny, I really do . . . I shouldn't have let my jealousy get the better of me, now, she probably hates me. I love her, I love her, I love her, goddamnit!

"Lupin?" Remus jumped on hearing the voice and whirled around, his wand poised. Narcissa jumped slightly on seeing him react so quickly.

"Calm down Lupin, it's just me" she told him reassuringly. Remus slowly put his wand away, eyeing Narcissa apprehensively.

"What's going on with you and Gin? I saw her earlier and she was crying her eyes out" Narcissa exclaimed, looking concerned. Remus ran a hand through his already disheveled hair and sighed.

"Lupin . . ." Narcissa's eyes narrowed dangerously "Why do you have lipstick around your mouth?" Remus shifted uncomfortably under the Slytherin's gaze. He had to tell someone what had really happened!

He very quickly launched into an explanation about what had happened that day, observing that Narcissa's eyes were becoming wider and wider. She gasped and clapped a hand to her mouth.

"That Parvati girl should've been a Slytherin in my opinion" she told him. Remus stared at her.

"You believe me?" he questioned in a strange voice. Narcissa nodded.

"I agree that Ginny has been spending a lot of time with Snape lately, but they are best friends, mind you, we just need to find a way to get you two together in the same room so you two can talk"

"She won't talk to me! She hates me now"

Narcissa rolled her eyes and smacked him around the head.

"I'll get Snape and Lucius to help me and-"

"Wait, you mean the Slytherins are actually going to help me with this?"

"Of course, we'd much rather see Ginny with you than Black"

Remus' eyes clouded over with confusion.

"What?"

"Well, we saw Ginny and Black earlier; they looked like they were getting too friendly, if you know what I mean" Remus' face contorted with anger.

"WHAT?!" He roared, unable to keep the anger out of his voice. Narcissa suddenly became apprehensive.

"Now, calm down Lupin, we're going to help you get Ginny back, just don't do anything rash" Remus punched the wall again, this time with so much force that he actually made a dent in it.

"I am not going to allow Black of all people to be with my girl!" Remus snapped angrily "He's wanted her ever since he first laid eyes on her with me"

"Are you sure?" Narcissa questioned "Are you sure that he wants Ginny or that he loves her?" she queried. Remus stared at her.

"What sort of a question is that?"

"A very easy one. If he wants her, then it's simply lust, he'll only want to be with her to have a few snogs here and there, but if its love, then, we'll definitely have a problem, especially if Ginny keeps spending time with him. She'll encourage him to think that he'll actually have a chance of being with her" Remus' eyes widened in alarm.

"We can't let that happen!"

"Then let's get to work"

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Ginny laughed at Sirius' joke.

"You're mad!" she stated. Sirius grinned.

"Oh, I do try" Ginny whacked him playfully on the arm.

"Wanna go for a walk outside?" he questioned hopefully. Ginny smiled and nodded.

"Sure"

As they wandered outside, they sat down by the lake, watching the sunset beyond the horizon.

"It's beautiful" Ginny murmured, smiling softly.

Not as beautiful as you, Sirius thought to himself. Ginny stared at him.

"What did you just say?"

Sirius' head snapped up, did he just say that out loud? He laughed nervously under Ginny's questioning gaze.

"I-I just said t-that I-uh-"

Oh god, I'm stuttering and I can feel myself blushing! I've never blushed or stuttered in front of a girl before! Sirius thought frantically to himself.

Ginny giggled slightly on seeing Sirius becoming extremely flustered. He grinned nervously, making Ginny laugh again which eased his nervousness slightly. Ginny leaned on him and closed her eyes, looking peaceful. Sirius wrapped an arm around her waist and breathed in her scent.

Ginny pulled away and locked eyes with Sirius. Sirius smiled, feeling the butterflies in his stomach intensify. Without thinking, he leaned in and captured her lips with his. Ginny froze in shock, then very slowly, she responded, making Sirius intensify the kiss. As they both pulled away, Ginny felt rather strange. She didn't know whether to feel happy or alarmed that she'd just kissed her fiancé's best friend. Sirius quickly tried to break the awkward silence that was threatening to overcome them.

"So, Gin, hey, are you alright?" he questioned worriedly on seeing Ginny looking horrified. She was looking down at her trousers. Sirius followed her gaze and felt his breath catch in his throat. She was bleeding!

"Oh god . . . no!" She whimpered, tears welling up in her eyes.

"C'mon, I'll get you to the Hospital Wing!" Sirius panicked, quickly magicking a stretcher. Ginny hopped onto it and quick as a flash, Sirius pushed it to the Hospital Wing.

"Madam Pomfrey!" Sirius screamed, bursting into the Hospital Wing "We need you're help urgently!"

Madam Pomfrey tutted in annoyance.

"Mr. Black, I-"

"It's Ginny! She's bleeding!" he bellowed, pushing Ginny in front of Madam Pomfrey. Immediately, Madam Pomfrey changed her attitude.

"Now dear, don't panic, hop onto the bed here, that's it. Mr. Black, go and get Mr. Lupin" she snapped sternly. Sirius nodded and disappeared. Whether Lupin was his friend or not, Ginny was about to have a miscarriage, he should be there to help her out.

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"Lupin, come quick!" Sirius screamed, dashing into the Gryffindor common room. Remus' eyes narrowed, he scowled on seeing Sirius.

James and Lily noticed Sirius' panicked behaviour and demanded to know what's wrong.

"I-It's Ginny! She's in the Hospital Wing!"

Remus felt alarmed as he stood up and grabbed Sirius by the collar.

"What's happened?" he demanded, shaking him violently "Tell me what's happened"

"She's having a miscarriage! She needs you!" As soon as this was said, Remus let of Sirius and hurried to Ginny's aid.

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Remus clasped Ginny's hand with his. He was extremely pale as he watched Ginny in obvious pain.

"Please, don't hate me" Remus whispered. Ginny shook her head.

"I don't hate you"

"It was Parvati, I swear, she literally jumped on me and started kissing me and before, when I said all that hateful stuff, I-I was jealous, I'm so sorry! I honestly don't deserve you, I-"

"It's alright, Remus" she whispered. Suddenly, Ginny threw back her head and shrieked.

"Dear God" Remus whispered, unshed tears shining in his eyes. Ginny shrieked repeatedly, each cry a knife in Remus' heart, until, finally and thankfully, it was over.

As Ginny passed out from exhaustion, Remus burst into tears on hearing Madam Pomfrey tell him that the foetus was male. They'd lost their first ever child . . . it felt too much for Remus to bare as he let out a long anguished cry, piercing through James, Sirius' and Lily's hearts.