Are You Sure?

"You're what?" Harry asked, astonished.

"I'm pregnant, I'm going to have a baby," Skyler told him for the third time. Harry started stuttering again.

"B-but how?" Skyler chuckled.

"If you haven't figured it out yet, don't ask my dad," she said, smiling.

"Hey, I resent that," Sirius pouted, pretending to be hurt. Skyler and Harry just laughed.

"So who's the father?" Harry asked.

Before Skyler could answer, Fred came in the dining room and rushed over to her.

"Hey, what happened? Are you OK? I mean -" Skyler put a hand over his mouth to stop his rambling.

"It's not yours," she told him bluntly. Fred looked confused. Skyler removed her hand. "I'm six weeks along, and six weeks ago I was in Brooklyn. It's not yours," she reiterated.

"Thank God!" Mrs. Weasley shreiked as she walked by.

Sirius could see Fred looked kind of disappointed. He did feel bad for the kid, but he also was thankful it wasn't Fred's. He knew first hand being a teen parent was hard, and he liked Fred well enough to not want him to go through that. Sirius also knew Skyler was thankful it wasn't Fred's, even if she didn't say it. She liked him, but she didn't want to be in a committed relationship with him. Sirius knew she didn't want to hurt Fred. If it had been his baby she would have had to have told him she didn't want to be in a relationship like that with him, and make him believe it.

"What are you gonna do?" Fred asked Skyler, as Sirius went into the kitchen to get another drink.

"I'm gonna have a baby," she said simply.

"I guess this means you're really not going to Hogwarts?" Harry asked sorrowfully. Skyler looked at him.

"Harry, I was never gonna go to Hogwarts. If I was going, being pregnant wouldn't change that. Lots of pregnant teens still finish school."

"She's right," Lupin told them, sitting down by Harry.

"How are you? Heard you've got a bun in the oven," Bill said, coming over to Skyler when he got into the dining room.

"Yes, I do, and other than the fact that the most disgusting combinations of food taste great, I'm fantastic," Skyler responded sarcastically. Bill laughed and sat down.

"How's the morning sickness?" Lupin asked her. Skyler rolled her eyes at having to answer all these questions.

Guess this is what I get for getting knocked up, she thought.

"Not always in the morning. They lied when they called it 'morning' sickness," she retorted. Lupin chuckled.

"So are you gonna get fat or something?" Ron asked ignorantly. The others glared at him, while Skyler chuckled.

"Yes, and if you say anything about it, my foot will prevent you from sitting down for at least a month," she threatened. Ron gulped, while the others laughed.

"You really are my cousin," Tonks stated. Skyler just smiled.

Sirius came back into the room with a big envelope. He walked over to Skyler, both knowing what it was. She reached for it, but he pulled it back.

"Are you sure you wanna do this?" he questioned sincerely. She glared at him.

"Yes," she said firmly. "Now give me my mail," she told him sternly. After giving her a look, he handed it to her.

"What is it?" Hermione asked. Skyler had pulled the papers out.

"It says I now have sole custody of this baby," Skyler informed her. Everyone except Sirius had confused looks on their faces.

"What about the father?" Hermione continued.

"He signed over all parental rights to me," Skyler told her flatly. She saw the looks on their faces. "We already talked about it. I called him after I found out, and we agreed this would be the best for both of us."

"Are you crazy?" Hermione asked incredulously. Skyler rolled her eyes.

"Why do you keep asking me that? Sheesh..." With that, Skyler walked out and upstairs.

Lupin saw Sirius' face and could tell how he felt about the situation.

"I hope she knows what she's doing," Lupin muttered to his friend.

"She always does," Sirius sighed, walking out after Skyler.