Author's Note: Hey! So this is the next chapter and we are getting ever close to the big day! This month Rose is having a freak out, but is that really a surprise with that cocktail of hormones and pressure no wonder she explodes! I hope you enjoy it.

Month 6 (you're scared): It's getting closer now, and you're going to admit, you're a little bit afraid. The nursery isn't done, you're feeling as if your house will be too small, and just the other day you had a little break down. What are you going to do once the baby I born? Write a fic using the prompts afraid, unready and tears.

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Nursery Blues

It was after about the hundredth shriek of frustration and the fifth scrunched up ball of paper that hit him in the back of the head when he finally turned around. It was quickly nearing the due date and Rose's temper had quickly gotten shorter and shorter. He had tried to help in the beginning but soon learned that letting her work it out was more often than not the best course of action.

"Sweetie?" he called uncertainly looking around for his fireball. It was best to be cautious in these situations but he knew she couldn't be that far away if she'd gotten him in the head five times.

"What?" she snapped from the dining room table, her voice thick with tears and frustration. Scorpius turned fully and examined his wife. She was so pregnant at this point that she couldn't sit fully at the table without the baby being in the way. Her hair was scraped back into a ponytail but so much had escaped it listed heavily to one size and her eyes were rimmed red.

With a sigh, Scorpius marked his book, placed it on the coffee table and got up walking over to stand behind her. "Are you okay?" he asked gently pulling out the hair bobble and gently rubbing down her hair and neck knowing that is where all the tension would have built.

"No!" she moaned in despair. She twisted to look at him and pointed at the bump. "Do you see this? Do you see this Scorpius? This is a baby! A living human person and it is about to pop out any day now!"

"Yes, I am aware. I have lived with you for the last 8 months. It is my baby too," he replied trying to lighten the mood by tugging her mouth into a little smile.

"THEN WHY AREN'T YOU FREAKING OUT!"

"Because, sweetheart, I think you are freaking out enough for the both of us."

"Because I am being a normal, rational human being! We are about to have a baby and we are completely unready! The nursery isn't finished! What if I go into labour now? Where are we going to put the baby! We don't have diapers, or bottles, or dummies, or baby food, or clothes, or toys! WE HAVE NOTHING WE NEED!"

"Okay Rose, deep breaths. I assume that's what the paper is for?" Scorpius soothed, pulling out the chair next to her, sitting down and taking her hands rubbing them soothingly.

"I'm trying to make a list of all the things we need," she admitted losing some of the fight in her. "I just, I'm not ready for all this responsibility."

"You and I both know that you're going to be an excellent parent, you're going to be the best. It's going to be hard, but you're a Weasley, and if there is one thing you have taught me in the last 10 years it's that Weasleys are stubborn and they never give up. But also all this stressing is not going to be good for the baby, is it?"

"No," she mumbled tucking her chin down. Scorpius reached over and tilted her face up so she was looking at him.

"Okay, this is what we're going to do. You and I are going to sit here and make a list of all the things we need to buy for the baby and the nursery. Then we're going to go to all the relevant shops, muggle and magical and then tomorrow I will paint it, put up the cot and you can decorate, okay? But you are not alone in this; I am always going to be here for you."

"But I'm afraid," she whispered, the look in her eyes making his heart break. "What if the baby hates me?"

"Oh Rose," he drew her into a hug. "I'm afraid too, but we'll do this, together. One step at a time, okay?"

She nodded against his chest. "Okay."


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