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Summary -The sequel to One Night Can Change Everything. Peyton and Maddy are now out of Hogwarts and fully fledged witches but how will they deal with living in the big bad world on their own and without mummy and daddy near them to run back to when they get scared. But more importantly how will Peyton deal with her identical twin sister getting everything that she has wanted since she was a young child?
Chapter Seventeen – Two Months Later
Two months passed quickly and Peyton had not feeling well for a while. She had assured everyone that it was probably a bug but no one actually believed her because she had been unwell ever since Kyran was born. They all thought that a bug didn't last that long. Maddy and Ginny had their thoughts, which they had expressed to Peyton but she had told them that their thoughts were not true. Even Dan had had the same thoughts as Ginny and Maddy but Peyton had told him that it couldn't happen. She had had something that kept her mind off her illness for a few hours though because Hermione had asked her to speak to Caitlin and Chantelle because their behaviour had been getting worse over the last few months. She sat down with them in their bedroom and spoke about their concerns.
"What's wrong with you both? Why don't you behave for your mum and dad?" Peyton asked them.
"Because we don't feel like it," Chantelle answered.
Peyton shook her head and looked at them both. They were very pretty girls. Both had blonde hair and blue eyes. They would probably have no problems making friends at Hogwarts, as their personalities were infectious.
"That's not true is it? What's the real reason?"
Chantelle looked at Caitlin who shrugged her shoulders. As she was the older one she usually let Chantelle speak for her.
"Caitlin tell me. You usually tell me everything. What's wrong?" Peyton asked again.
Caitlin sighed and started to speak.
"Mum and dad don't love us as much as the others. They're proud of the others. Ellie has Paige and Millie, Fletch has Adam and Tori and Tasha has work. They're not proud of us. Maybe they don't love us like they do the others."
"Of course they love you. When they took you in they had a lot of love that they could give you. They still have all that love. Just because you didn't come out of your mum's belly it doesn't mean that they don't love you. They're proud of the others because of what they've done in their lives and the examples that they're setting you. Does dad love Ellie?"
Caitlin nodded slowly.
"Let me tell you something. Has mum and dad ever told you about Ellie?"
"That she had Millie while she was at school? Mum told us that," Chantelle answered.
"No not that. Who's Ellie's dad?" Peyton asked.
"Dad is," Caitlin told her.
Peyton shook her head and muttered something under her breath.
"Please don't kill me Hermione."
Chantelle looked at her and looked confused. Peyton shook her head and smiled at them.
"Your dad isn't Ellie's dad," Peyton told them.
"Who is Ellie's dad then?"
"My dad is."
Chantelle looked confused while Caitlin thought for a few seconds.
"Uncle Harry is Ellie's dad?" she asked.
Peyton nodded then said, "But your dad loves Ellie doesn't he even though he's not her real dad?"
Caitlin nodded.
"So that means that even though they're not your real mum and dad they still love you. They love you as much as they love all of us and they are proud of you. They are very proud of you and how you handled coming here to live with them and getting to know all of us because we're not the easiest family to fit into. We all love you and we always will love you!"
Chantelle and Caitlin smiled at Peyton then hugged her. Peyton hugged them back then looked at Caitlin.
"Come on trouble we've got to get you back to Hogwarts. Professor McGonagall only let you come home for a few hours."
Caitlin nodded and walked downstairs with Peyton then said goodbye as Ron took her back to school. Once they had disappeared, Hermione looked at Peyton and sat down. She gestured to a chair, which Peyton took and looked at her.
"What did they say?" she asked.
"They said that they feel as though you don't love them and you're not proud of them. I told them that they did love you and I asked them if they knew who Ellie's dad was. They didn't know so I told them that dad was her dad," Peyton explained.
Hermione nodded and smiled at Peyton. Peyton got dizzy at this moment and waited for it to pass. She hoped that Hermione hadn't noticed it but unfortunately she had.
"What's wrong Peyt?" Hermione asked.
"I just got dizzy. It's nothing really. I've been like it for a few days now."
"Go to the doctor. Please Peyton, it's upsetting your mother. Just get a diagnosis for her."
Peyton nodded and stood up. She said goodbye to Hermione and apparated back to her house. Once she was there she noticed that Dan wasn't in and knew that this was her chance to go to the doctors without him noticing. A few minutes later Peyton was sat in the doctors' waiting room waiting for her name to be called. Once her name was called she went into the room where the doctor took some blood from her and got a urine sample. The doctor also felt her abdomen and told her that her tests didn't need to be sent off because he knew what was wrong with her. A few minutes later Peyton exited the doctors in a daze and walked home. When she got into the front door she burst into tears because she thought that Dan wasn't home but he was and her heard her crying.
"Peyton what's wrong?" he asked.
"I. Went. To. The. Doctors," she told him in between sobs.
"And…"
"I'm pregnant. I'm sorry Dan!"
Peyton started to cry even harder and Dan picked her up and laid her on the sofa. He didn't know what he could do. Hopefully she would be a lot happier when she stopped crying. He wanted to have a baby with Peyton but did she really want the baby? After watching her cry for a few minutes, Dan phoned Maddy and asked her to come over. She did quickly and looked at her sister.
"What's wrong with her?" she asked Dan.
"She went to the doctors today."
"What did they tell her?"
"She's pregnant. Why is she crying? Isn't a baby supposed to be a happy event?"
"Because when she was with Ben he told her that she was useless because she had been told that it would be very rare for her to get pregnant. They were trying to have a baby. I don't know what's going through her head at the moment; she still has emotional scars from Ben. Talk to her when she's woken up."
Dan nodded and watched as Maddy left because Kyran had to have a check up with the health visitor. He carried on doing what he was doing before Peyton came home and put a plate of alphabet spaghetti on toast in front of her along with her mail. Peyton woke up and smiled when she saw the food in front of her. She opened the letters and read through them while Dan ate his food. A small squeal stopped him from eating and he looked at her.
"I got a C! I passed university. I'm not doing it again though!" Peyton told him.
Dan smiled and hugged her then watched as she picked up the plate. Peyton picked up her knife and fork and went to cut a small piece of toast then realised the letters had been arranged into words. She read them slowly and looked at Dan.
"Seriously?" she asked.
"Seriously," Dan replied.
"You're asking me to marry you? Even though I'm pregnant?"
"Of course! I'm not Ben Peyt. I would love to have children with you. Please say you'll marry me."
Peyton smiled and nodded her head.
"What was that?"
"Yes Dan. Yes I'll marry you."
They went to kiss each other but were interrupted by a knock on the front door. Dan stood up and walked to the front door. He opened it and saw Matt stood on the doorstep.
"Hi."
"So Maddy tells me that Peyton's pregnant?" Matt asked.
Dan nodded his head.
"Dan how do you know if it's your child? It could be Ben's you know."
"It's mine. I know it is. Do you mind? Peyton and I were talking about the baby."
Matt nodded and walked away from the doorstep. Dan shut the door and walked back into the front room. Peyton looked at him and smiled.
"Who was at the door?" she asked.
"I told Maddy about the pregnancy earlier because I didn't know what to do when you were crying and she must have told Matt. He was telling me that the baby might not be mine. What is he going on about?"
"Nothing. I hate Ben and if this was his child and it had gone unnoticed for six months then I would put it up for adoption. The doctor told me that I'm four months pregnant so it's yours but we could do a paternity charm if you want? Put our minds at rest."
Dan nodded and watched as Peyton picked up her wand and muttered a charm. After a few moments a name was etched across Peyton's abdomen. Dan read it and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his name there. Dan kissed Peyton's stomach then Peyton and they began to talk about everything that was related to babies.
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