I had hoped to add more to this chapter, but it seemed people really wanted more, so I decided to post this for now. Sorry it's taken me so long to update. I got off for summer a few weeks ago, but it's been just as hectic as school life. The next update should come a lot quicker.
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CHAPTER 14
POV:Rose
My eyes shot open and I could feel beads of sweat running down my temple. I rolled around so I could face Scorpius. Running the back of my hand down his face, I stared into his piercing grey eyes as he squinted and opened them.
"Rose?" his voice came out groggily. "Is everything okay? Are you okay? Is there something wrong with the baby?" he started to get up, but I pushed him back down into the pillows.
"It's okay, It's okay, everything's fine, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you."
He placed a kiss on my forehead. Then stifling a yawn, he pulled himself out of bed.
"It's totally fine, I have to get up for work anyway."
I rolled back on to my back. Scorpius had to go to work at 7 and the healers had basically put me on house arrest. Since I had fallen and suffered from a mild concussion, the healers were worried about the already fragile state of the baby. Lately, all I had been doing was reading magazines, taking baths and eating. I was bored shitless. After finding out about the pregnancy, I had sort of given up on the job searching for now. I was now 7 and a half weeks pregnant. I hated that Scorpius had to leave so much, I was so lonely here alone. Pretty much everyone in the family had work and those who didn't were taking care of their kids.
Scorpius walked over from the bathroom and kissed me on the forehead.
"Don't hesitate to contact me if you need anything. I can be here in a second if you need me."
"Mhmm, have a good day at work okay? Don't worry about me, I'll be fine." I pulled his lips to mine again. "I love you."
"Love you too." He walked to the door, but before leaving he turned, " Really. You can floo me, send me a patronus, anything."
I laughed "I know, I know, just go, you're going to be late."
He cracked a smile and shut the door behind him, leaving me alone. This was going to be a long day.
I pushed myself up and wandered to the bathroom and into the shower. As the water ran down my face, I thought about Scorpius. Ever since we had found out I was pregnant again, he always thought something was going wrong. He tried to act like everything was okay and I was going to be fine, but we were past the point where we didn't know something was bothering the other person. I could tell he was worried and it hurt for him to leave me at home alone. He recommended getting my mum to stay with me, but she would harass me about getting out of the house, making it impossible to keep the pregnancy a secret from her. The same was true for Lily, Al, Hugo, they wouldn't be very understanding, if all I ever did was sit around.
I had just turned the faucet off when I heard the doorbell ring.
"Rose?" Speak of the devil, it was mum. With my towel still wrapped around me, water still dripping off the ends of my hair, I scurried out of the bathroom. Maybe if I just ignored her, she would think I was out. Typically, as I tiptoed to my room, I bumped the table, causing a dozen or so books to fall to the floor.
"Shit." I muttered.
"Rose? Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, just give me a second." I pulled the door open, to reveal my mum standing there with a giant bag of books in her hands.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Rose, bad timing, I didn't know you were showering."
"It's no problem mum. Come in, just sit on the couch of something. Let me just put some clothes on, I'll be right out."
As I walked to the bedroom, my eyes traveled to the brochure sitting on the coffee table in front of the couch. It was one that healer Brown had given me the day I had been in St.M's.
I darted past my mum who was watching me with a startled expression and snatched it up. I could see my mum craning her neck, to see what was written on it, but I crumbled up the big "So, you just found out you're pregnant." so it wasn't legible anymore.
My mum cast me a quizzical glance.
"Uhh, trash mum." God, I can't believe that's the best thing I could come up with. I grimaced, turning on my heel.
When the bedroom door was firmly shut behind me, I sank onto the floor. I was already on edge, and mum had only been here for what? Two minutes? But staying holed up in a room wasn't gonna help her blooming suspicion. I pulled on yoga pants and a T-shirt.
"So mum, what brings you here?" I asked joining her on the couch.
"Well, I knew you were having trouble finding a job you were really interested in and I thought I would help you out by bringing you some books I found in the library."
"Ohh mum! That's such a great thought. I just, well, we kind of decided I wasn't ready to go back to work yet."
"What?! Why not? Are you okay, are you sick? Is there something you're not telling me?"
Yes. "No."
"Then what?"
I'm pregnant again. "Nothing mum, everything's fine."
She narrowed her eyes at me. "Well, okay then. I just wanted to drop these off, I should be leaving but before I do, I wanted to invite you to go to lunch with Ginny, Lily, your Nana and I. The group of us used to hang out all the time, now we seem too rarely see each other. We were thinking of meeting at the Burrow and then walking to one of the fields to have a picnic. That one we all used to go when you and Lily were little."
"I'm sorry mum, but Scorpius and I already have plans. We were umm...going to go out somewhere."
My mum's face fell.
"But, I'll talk to him, maybe we'll do it another time. How bout I owl you when I found out?"
"That would be great Rose, I know the rest of us were all really excited to do this together." Mum kissed my cheek and closed the door behind her.
I was officially worried. Exercise for most pregnant women not only didn't hurt them, it benefitted them. Healer Brown however had said she didn't think it was a good idea for me to do anything that involved long distances and steep slopes. The walk which my mum was talking about, contained both. I felt horrible tho, I could tell my mum had really been looking forward to the lunch. The five of us, mum, aunt Ginny, Lily, Nana, and I hadn't all seen each other at the same time since Lily's wedding.
I decided to floo to talk to Scorp, seeing I had nothing better to do.
Stumbling out of the fireplace, I was welcomed with the big tall walls of Gringotts Bank. Walking up to the front desk, I couldn't help but stare at everything. I had been here before, but it never ceased to amaze me. That is, everything except the goblins. No matter how hard I tried, I always found them creepy. I have no idea how Scorpius could have worked with them over the years.
"Excuse me, may I please speak to Scorpius Malfoy?"
The goblin at the desk stared at me pointedly, before turning to another goblin. "Tell Scorpius Malfoy, there's someone here to see him." I waited patiently until I saw Scorpius round the corner. When he saw me, he broke into a jog.
"Babe, what are you doing here? Is everything okay?"
I reached up to kiss him. "Everything's fine Scorp, you really have to stop worrying so much, you'll make these permanent." I said running my finger across his creased forehead.
He chuckled. "Well, it's not everyday you visit me at work, now is it?"
"Okay, I'll give you that." I reached up to kiss him again. After explaining the situation to him, he understood that I wanted to make everyone happy, but he was really worried about me.
"I just really don't want this one thing to be the reason anything bad happens. Cause I know that if it does, we'll both always regret it. And that would not be a happy home to live in. But, I also want to make sure you're okay, and that involves you not losing your mind sitting alone at home."
After some debating and arguing, we finally reached an agreement. I would send mum a letter saying I could come, but would have to meet them there, because of the concussion from the quidditch fall I had gotten a couple of weeks ago. It was a complete bogus excuse, but hopefully she didn't read to much into it.
Since I wasn't taking the hike up, I had decided to make lunches for everyone. In fact, I had just finished setting up a little eating area, when I saw the telltale Weasley hair appear down the path. When Lily saw me, she raced ahead of the others. Practically jumping on me.
"Rose! It feels like I haven't seen you in forever! Is your head okay? Aunt Hermione said you couldn't make the hike up because of that concussion. I really hadn't thought it was that bad."
"Yeah, it's not to bad, but yeah the healer said not to do much."
"Well it's great to see you again. After your accident Scorpius sent us each a owl saying you were okay, but none of us have seen either of you since. I hope your coming to the Sunday Dinner this week, we've missed you the past two. Right Nana?" Lily asked as the other women joined us.
"Nana! It's so great to see you. I imagine you're doing well?" I hugged her.
"Grandpa and I are doing just fine." She smiled, adding "We would be doing better, if you cared to join us on a Sunday once and a while, like Lily said."
I laughed. "Of course Nana, Scorpius and I'll try to make it this weekend. It feels like forever since I last saw the entire family."
Nana pipped back up "Speaking of how people are doing, how are you feeling? You sure look fine, you're practically glowing."
Suddenly I heard my mother let out an almost inaudible little gasp. When I met her eyes, I could feel hers searching mine, looking for an answer to the question her mind had just conjured up. I dropped my gaze immediately.
The rest of lunch passed in no time. I avoided any "dangerous" conversation topics, and tried to talk to my mum the least of anyone. We talked about numerous things. From daily life chores, to special extravaganzas, to our husbands. Lily told us all about her honeymoon, well not all about it. There were some details, you didn't share with your mum, aunt, and nana. Finally, it was time to say our goodbyes. Fortunately, my mum didn't have a chance to talk to me one on one before we left, but I sincerely doubted she would forget about it...one could hope though, right?
P.O.V:Scorpius
I'll be honest. Lately, I had been the protective, clingiest, most annoying, obsessive husband ever. I was scared, I couldn't help it.
When I apparated home after work, I was greeted at the door with a very flustered Rose. Before I had even opened the door, she yanked it open and stated.
"She knows."
"What?" I pulled off my coat, giving her a quizzical look.
"My mum, she knows." She let it sink in for a minute.
"You told her? I thought we agreed not to tell anyone until the 14th week." Rose gave me a look as if to say 'are you a complete idiot' before answering me.
"No, you idiot. I didn't tell her. Why would I tell her?"
"Then...how does she know? Did you tell someone else, who told her?"
"No," She shrugged "she just knows." My blank expression made her roll her eyes at me and continue. "Scorpius, they call her the smartest witch of her age for a reason. She's exceptionally observant and good at figuring these things out."
"Okay...so you're telling me she just looked at you and decided she knew you were pregnant…"
Rose hid her face in her hands. "No. Ok, so she came and visited me, and I must have seemed really tense so she knew immediately something was up. Not to mention, there was a pregnancy brochure lying on the table, and she's smarter than to think that a small concussion would lead me to be unable to go on a hike. I think she really found out when Nana told me I was practically glowing, you know the whole 'pregnancy glow' thing, and she just pieced it all together."
"Ohhhh got it. Well, has she said anything to you? I mean, are you completely sure she's knows."
"Noooo...but I mean, I have a pretty good idea, I know the look she gave me Scorpius." I could tell that the thought of her mum knowing was terrifying her. There was a sort of hecticness in her eyes.
"Let's not jump to conclusions. We don't have to worry about it. If she knows, she'll come to us, and if she doesn't then everything is all fine." I pulled Rose into my arms. "Whatever happens, It'll be fine. It's your mum, what could she possibly do."
"Tell the entire family." Rose mumbled against my chest.
I pulled her face away, so I could look into her eyes. "But, we both know that is something you're mum would never do."
When she nodded, I pulled her lips to mine, "It's going to be fine."
But, I couldn't have been more wrong.
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