Chapter Six.

The next few months had been relatively quiet. There had of course been a field day in the Hogwarts Rumour Mill when people found out Harry and Katie were dating.

But by the time November rolled around most of it had died down a bit, people had stopped staring in the corridor and whispering whenever they were in the same room together. The one extremely negative thing about it was that people started joining the dots about the rumours as to why Harry had been in the girls' dorms, Katie's reactions to those rumours and the resulting relationship.

However on the morning of the twenty-seventh of November, when Katie woke up she found herself running for a toilet bowl to throw up in. After a couple of minutes Leanne came in and held her hair for her. "Katie?" Leanne paused. "Em… I know this is maybe a bit out of line but… when was your last period?" she asked. Katie searched her own brain for the information and her hands flew to her mouth as she realised the very real possibilities. She hadn't thought of it before, because she was somewhat confident in her ability to cast a contraceptive charm while pissed off her face. "You should probably go and see Madame Pomfrey." He friend had said when she finally rose from the bathroom floor. "Or at least get some tests on the next Hogsmead visit…just to be sure."

"I don't think it needs anymore proving I've been puking like mad for nearly a week." Said Katie as she stumbled back to her bed. "Either I have a really bad vomiting bug, wizarding flu, severe food poisoning or I'm pregnant those are pretty much the four most likely things at this point." She shot back at her friend.

"Well whatever you decide to do, you should have Harry there with you. You know…for moral support." Said Leanne sheepishly as she pulled on her Gryffindor tie.

"Ugh! Why do you always have to be right?" Katie half screamed as Leanne smirked. "Alright can you tell McGonagall that I'm sick and I'll be going to the Hospital wing as soon as Madame Pomfrey get back from breakfast?"

Leanne nodded and rushed out the door to go down and get breakfast. Katie contemplated calling Angie or Alicia, but decided against it, she'd only call them today if she was actually preggers.

At half nine Katie gave up and pulled on her uniform and started to make her way down to the Hospital wing. She knew several spells that could probably tell her if she was pregnant, but she was too scared to do them. At least if Madam Pomfrey was doing it she wouldn't have to feel that enormous sense of dread…Who was she kidding she still would.

When she got down to the Hospital Wing, Katie looked around for the old matron. "Ah Ms Bell I was told you would be coming to see me. Now what appears to be the problem?" asked the nurse as she came out of her cluttered office.

"Well…You see the thing is Madame Pomfrey I think…well I think I might be…expecting." Replied Katie as she watched the matron's eyes grow wide and guide her over to a nearby bed and draw the curtain.

"Now Ms Bell…" began Madam Pomfrey. "roughly how long do you estimate it has been since conception?" Katie looked at the old nurse, think shouldn't she check for the baby before asking me when I got pregnant?

"Em… I'd say about nearly three months." Answered Katie. That wasn't giving up too much. Three months could just as easily be before school restarted right?

"Alright, I'm just going to do some spells to check and see if you are actually with child." She started muttering several spells under her breath. Katie just closed her eyes.

"Alright them Ms Bell" said Madam Pomfrey in her sad voice. "I'm afraid you are pregnant. I'm afraid I will have to contact your head of house and the headmaster to share this information. He will more than likely have to inform your parents…" Katie groaned. The worst part would not be tell Harry or Angie or anyone else, but telling her parents… that was going to be something probably akin to a slow and painful death. "If you don't mind me asking Ms Bell, have you told the father that you might be pregnant?" Katie shook her head. She had enough to deal with today. "Well I would suggest you tell Mr Potter soon as you are currently occupying his bed." She smiled and pulled back the enchanted curtain and placing some potions on the table. "These should help with the morning sickness."

When the elderly matron left Katie quickly downed the potions and looked around; she was indeed occupying the bed that was Harry's semi-permanent residence in the Hogwarts Hospital wing.

-HP\KB-

Katie was excused from classes for the rest of the day so she just wandered around the castle until lunchtime, where she found herself sitting down opposite Leanne at the Gryffindor table, waiting for Harry to show up.

As she sat down Leanne just looked at her with a worried glance Katie simply nodded and Leanne turned even paler. They ate their lunch in silence until Harry showed up. He sat down next to Katie and kissed her on the cheek. "Are you alright? Leanne said you were sick at breakfast." He asked, his voice filled with concern.

"Yeah I'm fine, just a bit of a cold…" she answered, earning her an angry glare form Leanne. "Actually Harry…" she said as he looked up from his plate. "There's something I need to…" she started to say, before she was cut off by an angry sounding Professor McGonagall.

"Ms Bell!" screeched the elderly Scottish lady as she thundered down the Great hall, the sound of her brógs echoing off the old stone floor as she went. "The Headmaster wishes to see you in his office IMMEDIATELY! The password is Fizzing Whizby…well what are you waiting for get to it!" she ordered. Katie reluctantly dragged herself up off her seat and walked out of the Great hall towards Dumbledore's office.

As Katie approached the large gargoyle that guarded the door to the office, she felt a huge pang of regret. She should have told Harry before coming here, but it was too late now. "Fizzing Whizby." She intoned as the Gargoyle leapt to the side to reveal the door.

When Katie entered Dumbledore's office she was amazed; unlike Harry she had never been inside the fabled office before and had he breath taken away by the magnificence of the room, not to mention the Phoenix sitting next to the aged wizard sitting behind the desk. "Ah Ms Bell, I hope I did not interrupt your lunch too much." Said Dumbledore. "Please have a seat." He gestured to one of the comfortable armchairs in front of his desk. "Now Ms Bell, Earlier this morning Madam Pomfrey came to me to tell me that you were presenting in the Hospital wing with morning sickness and that your parents would have to be contacted." Katie grimaced. "I do not fully agree with that statement. As you are a student here, should you become pregnant I have a responsibility to inform your parents; however you are also an adult in the eyes of the ministry so, I feel that I would be impeding your rights if I contacted them behind your back." He sighed and looked down at the papers on his desk. "However in this instance I must go with the school rules." Katie's heart sank. He was going to tell her parents, no worse he was going to make her tell her parents. "Your parents will be called and asked to come in for a meeting immediately following dinner tonight. Both you and Mr Potter will be excused from prefect duty tonight to attend. I recommend that he is informed of the situation beforehand as it could be quite a shock for him otherwise." He wore as sad smile as he looked down in pity on Katie, who at that moment felt the most alone she had ever felt.

-HP\KB-

When Katie got back to her dorm she collapsed onto her bed. She was exhausted and she still had to tell Harry and go to the meeting with her parents. She got out a scrap of paper and started writing.

Alicia,

We need to talk. Can you get to mirror chat later, say half ten? Just you, I'll talk to Angie on my own this is hard enough to do face to face, doing it over the mirror is going to be draining…

Lots of Love.

Katie.

Katie lay down her quill and gave the note to Wonka, who immediately flew out the window. Now she had to go and find Harry before having to tell him she was pregnant before he was called to Dumbledore's office which would probably contain an angry Mr and Mrs Bell.

'What have I gotten myself into' She thought to herself as she set off in search of her boyfriend…

-HP\KB-

Harry was sitting comfortably at about 1,000 feet above the Quidditch pitch, just thinking. They had their first match of the season that Saturday, with a Hogsmead trip afterwards. He still had to figure out what to get Katie for Christmas. He'd have to talk to Leanne and Hermione for ideas.

After another maybe, ten minutes Harry heard someone shouting his name from the ground. He looked down and recognised the spec in the stands as Katie and turned his broom around and dived.

Down in the stands Katie saw Harry take a straight dive down, before he levelled off and landed right next to her. "Alright Katie... What are you doing out here? you'll only make yourself sicker out here." He said taking off his cloak and wrapping it around her.

"Harry…" Katie faltered. She knew that she had to tell him, but she just didn't want to. This… thing was going to change their lives. Now was good, if only she could go back to not knowing she was pregnant. Then everything would be okay and maybe she could have a few more days of happiness before everything came crashing down on top of her. "Harry I need to tell you something." She said shakily. Harry looked up and starred straight into her eyes. "Later we're both going to be called to Dumbledore's office. My parents are going to be there and well…Em…Harry…I'm…I'm pregnant."

A/N: Sorry, this one was a bit late I completely forgot to upload this on Sunday.

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-Slygrifflepuffclaw.