Chapter 16-Teddy's Wedding
A/N: I would like to apologize for the long wait for this chapter. I'm not promising a new chapter anytime soon but I'll try.
Song for this Chapter: White Wedding by Billy Idol
April
It was strange being here in France at the Delacour's large manor. I guess the only reason I'm here is because my Mum and Scorpius were invited as well. At least my friends are here too; otherwise I would be going quite mental due to the fact that certain members of the Weasley family still stare at me with hostility. Dad didn't bother to come seeing as it's about three days till Teddy and Victoire say "I do" He'll come though, on the day of the wedding. Being friends with Al is still in its awkward stage. Al told Scorpius that he wants to look out for me which explains well to Scorpius why we're hanging out. Even though that is totally not the reason.
"So, how does it feel? Being pregnant I mean?" Al asked, while we walked around the gigantic grounds together. It's kind of a stupid question but, I answer it anyway.
"I don't know, it feels like something growing inside of me and kicking me on the inside you know. But, I don't care because I love it. Whatever it's going to be. Mum knows but she promised not to tell me. Do you regret it?" I asked, bringing on the question neither I nor he wanted to hear.
"No, I can't say that I do" he said, smiling at me. I smiled back as he took my hand. He really was one of my friends now. I didn't know how to feel about it. I suppose I felt slightly hurt but, slightly relieved because now, It wouldn't hurt so much to see him anymore. The only sucky part was that my Misfits still didn't know well, except Jaden. Who has taken to making out with Samson in the oddest places. He's here too, Samson I mean as Jaden has invited him.
I decided to tell Norah, Cam, and Kiley tonight, when we have our first meeting since September. It seems so long ago that all I was worrying about was the state of my hair or the size of my basoomers or the fact that I was single and unpopular. Now I had to worry about my Dad and brother finding out it's Al's baby, and how excruciating it's going to be to have this baby. "Have you thought of a name yet?" he asked, pulling me out of my thoughts.
"Yeah, I've come up with a few. If it's a boy I'd like Gredin or Charles and if it's a girl I'd like Verena or Tamsin" I said, looking up at him.
"I like those names, is it going to be Malfoy or Potter?" he asked, making me frown slightly.
"Actually, I haven't thought of that yet. We still have a few months though" I said, as we sat in the soft grass.
"Maybe it'll be a Potter" he said, smiling slyly.
"Or maybe it'll be a Malfoy" I said, smirking at him.
"You look a lot like Scorp when you smirk" he said, making my frown. What the hell did he have to go and say that for?
"Gee, thanks Al. That's just what I need to hear" I say, sarcastically.
"Sorry, it's true though Alli. Anyway, how's little Gredin or Charles?" he asked, putting a hand on my stomach.
"It could be little Verena or Tamsin and we're both fine thank you" I said, as the baby kicked my bladder. "Ooh, I gotta pee" I said, running off. I was just about to enter the loo when I ran into Scorpius.
"Where are you off to in such a hurry?" he asked, stopping me. Oh great. Eversince last month's get together, he's been hounding me on the identity of my baby's father.
"Well, the baby's kicking the bollocks out of my bladder so I really need to pee" I said, groaning as the desire to piss myself became worse.
"Oh well sorry" he said, letting me pass. I knew that I wasn't going to get off that easily. He'd be waiting for me as soon as I left the loo. So, I emptied out my bladder and tried to imagine what kind of questioning Scorpius was going to use today. Oh god, he's never going to give up and when he does find out, Al is screwed. I won't be because mum's not going to let dad kick me out but, Albus will probably end up…not in a good place.
"You didn't have to wait for me Scorp" I said, as I walked out of the pristine bathroom. It's like everything in this large mansion is freaking white. It's starting to make me crazy.
"I just wanted to ask if you were actually going to disclose the identity of the degenerate that impregnated you" he said, sounding just like dad as he said this.
"Let me think…how about…No" I said, walking outside to join Norah, Jaden, Cam, Samson and the ever moody Kiley. They were having a picnic out by the large lake. Jaden and Samson were feeding eachother while cuddling. Cam was smiling as he watched Norah eat and Kiley was facing the lake, looking quite lonely. "Hey guys, I wish to welcome Sam and J into the Misfits and I would like to start off the first meeting since September 1st. With a very important announcement" I said, sitting beside Kiley.
"Sure, go ahead Alli" Norah said, as all eyes were on me. Well crap.
"Well, I've only told Jaden this and Scorpius and my parents and Albus and everyone who was at that stupid get together last month but…now I'm going to tell you" I said to them. They all looked at me in curiosity.
"Go on Lovey, tell them" Jaden whispered, taking my hand in his.
"I'm just about five months pregnant" I said, looking down at my hands.
"What?! Who did it? Who got you pregnant?" Kiley asked, in an angry voice.
"I'm not telling anyone that. Only the father knows" I said, and thank god Jaden decided to go along with that lie. He really is my Fairy Gay Mother.
"Wow, I can't believe you're pregnant Alli. Congratulations" Norah said, hugging me. She would feel that way, being a pregnant fifteen yearold too. Cam just smiled and patted my shoulder. Samson gave my hand an affectionate squeeze and Kiley turned his attention back to the lake. I really did not know what was wrong with him these days. Maybe it was his girlfriend. She would make any guy moody. Or maybe, he was just changing. Maybe, it wasn't just a phase.
"Well, now our baby will have someone to play with" Cam said, snuggling up to Norah. They really are the perfect couple. It made me sad that Al and I weren't like that anymore. Not that we ever got to that level.
"Yeah so did you already find out the gender of your baby?" I asked, as I continued to look at Kiley.
"Well Cam found out but he promised not to tell me" Norah said, smiling to herself.
"Do you know the gender of your baby Allisha?" Samson asked, as Jaden stroked his dyed-red hair.
"Mum knows, but I made her swear not to tell me or anyone else" I said, making Kiley look at me. There was a look in his eyes that I couldn't place. It was a familiar look but, I was drawing a blank. So, I let it go. It was kind of depressing to be the only single one in the group. Except that Kiley's bitch-face isn't here. Thank god. I would have sucker punched him in the mouth if he'd brought her.
"Alli fancy taking a walk?" Kiley asked, in a non moody tone.
"Sure, think you can help me up?" I said, as he stood up. I reached out and he took my hand.
"Jeez you're heavy" he said, smiling his old Kiley smile.
"Arse, you try being five months pregnant and then see how much you weigh" I said, bitterly. The others laughed while we walked down the same path I walked down with Albus. "What's been going on with you Kiley?" I asked as we passed the guest house.
"What do you mean Alli?" he asked, playing dumb.
"You know what I mean Kile. Eversince September you've been way off. And I think that we're not really friends anymore and I don't understand it" I said, as we stopped by a few trees.
"I don't know what we are Alli. You've been keeping secrets all year and you won't even tell anyone who the father is. You've never kept a secret from me and I feel like I don't know you as well as I thought. You tell me what's going on" he said, looking straight into my eyes.
"I can't tell anyone, it would ruin both of us. I really don't want dad to end up murdering him. I would like to have my baby's father in its life you know. As for the secrecy? I'm not the only one keeping secrets. You're going through a rough path in your life but just know that I will be there for you. You are one of my bestfriends. Right?" I said, looking him square in the eyes. Has he gotten taller?
"Yeah, yeah I am" he said, pulling me into a slightly awkward hug. We may be on speaking terms again but, it still didn't feel alright between us. Right okay, enough of the random babbling. I'm going to skip ahead to the night before the wedding day.
------The Night Before The Wedding Day------
We're all having dinner in the Delacour's massive dining room. I'm sitting in between my mum and Scorpius who still hasn't let up on the finding out who's my baby's father issue. So needless to say, I was mildly uncomfortable. Al and I kept exchanging short, quick, and nervous glances at eachother. We'd had the misfortune of sitting across from eachother. I smiled a little and he smiled back. Good thing Scorpius was busy exchanging longing glances with Rose, otherwise he would have put two and two together and we'd be screwed.
So, after the happy and extremely noisy dinner, everyone was off doing their own thing again and I was just skulking around the west wing of the large white place. I did not expect to run into Teddy by himself. "Hey Teddy" I said, startling him.
"Finally decided to say hi, eh little girl?" he said, smiling at me.
"Oh shut up you prat, you're the one who looked at me like I was some sort of stranger as soon as we arrived" I said, slapping his arm playfully.
"Well excuse me for being completely shocked with the fact that my little cousin who is only fifteen is five months pregnant" he said, chuckling. "You wanna tell me why you're skulking around all by yourself?" he asked, looking at me.
"Just thinking, you want to tell me why you are skulking around by yourself?" I replied, smirking slightly.
"Just thinking" he replied, grinning slyly. "I know that you're probably tired of hearing this Alli but, who is the father of your baby. You know that I would never tell anyone anything you tell me in confidence" he said, leaning closer to me.
"Okay but you have to swear not to tell. Only mum, Jaden, the father, and Theo know who it is" I whispered, as he bent closer to me.
"I swear" he said, and I leaned into his ear.
"It's Albus" I whispered, blushing.
"You're father and brother, are going to have the biggest shit fits in the entire known universe. But, if it's any consolation I'm glad it's him and not some irresponsible little git" he said, hugging me. And I'm telling you I really needed it. Oh fuck, here come the waterworks…again.
"But we're not together anymore Teddy. We broke up on Valentine's Day" I sobbed, as he rubbed my back softly.
"I'm sorry that happened. You want to tell me why?" he said, holding me closer.
"I really don't even know myself Teddy. I mean, I know we're friends now but it hurts when I look at him sometimes" I said, sniffing rather loudly.
"Is he going to be there for you and the baby?" Teddy asked, in a serious tone.
"Yes, he is and we've agreed to be friends, for the baby's sake and because we still care about eachother" I said, wiping my eyes. I'm normally not a fucking weepy person but this baby's really messing with my hormones. "My mum's pregnant too. I don't know what dad's going to do with two babies in the house at approximately the same time. What am I going to do?" I asked, as I laid my head against his chest.
"How could a fifteen yearold get into so much shit in less than a year?" he said, as he rubbed my back softly.
"Don't ask me" I said, sighing.
"Well, try not to get into anymore trouble. And remember, be happy tomorrow love. I want you in the pictures tomorrow, you and your mum and brother" he said, as I looked up into his eyes.
"Okay, I'll do it for you" I said, as he rubbed my head and began to walk away.
"I'm counting on you little girl" he said, as he went in the opposite direction. Oh God…now I'll be forever reminded of this time and be remembered for being fifteen and pregnant at my cousin's wedding.
"This is crap Norah!! Teddy wants me to be in the stupid wedding photos tomorrow and I'm going to look like a big fat balloon!" I complain as I barged into the room we're sharing. She just looked up from her book and raised an eyebrow.
"If you're a balloon then I'm a boulder Alli. So stop complaining" Norah said, continuing to read her book. Some help she is. "Let's just go to sleep, we have to be up tomorrow to be dressed and blah, blah, blah" Norah said, putting her book down. Her hair was a straight coal black tonight.
"Right…I can't believe this crap" I muttered, as I dressed in my pajamas. I laid down and think about tomorrow. I can't sleep and I can here Norah's soft breathing. At least one of us is getting sleep. Oh God, tomorrow is going to be the worst. I'm going to my cousin's wedding and I'm pregnant, it's going to be more obvious in my dress robes and everyone will be saying "There goes Allisha Malfoy, pregnant at fifteen. I wonder how the family is taking such shame". ARGHHHHH!
Hours later and still no sleep, I hear a knock at the door. "Norah, your parents are here! Alli love, it's time to get up. Norah gets up with some difficulty looking refreshed and then helps me off of the bed.
"Holy Merlin's arse! Alli you look like serious shite!" Norah said, her hair turning blond and curly.
"Well you would too if you hadn't slept all night" I growled as I opened the door to let mum in.
"Oh honey! You look absolutely horrid! What is wrong? Are you ill?" mum asked, feeling my forehead.
"No mum, I'm not ill. I just didn't sleep last night" I grumbled as she fidgeted with my never right hair. Oh my God, I'm never going to get a moment of peace now.
"Well honey, you're going to have to put up with a lot today. You're father will be arriving shortly and we've got to get you into your dress robes, and style your hair and makeup" mum said, making me sigh. Norah had already left the room to see her parents and get ready.
The entire place was chaos. Teddy had to be out of the house before Victoire so he had to hurry with his breakfast. I saw him and he frowned as soon as he looked at my face. I must have looked like a monster. "What's wrong Allisha? Are you sick?" he asked, making me irritated. Why does everyone keep asking me that?
"I'm not sick! I just haven't slept!" I cried, throwing my hands up overdramatically.
"Well that can't be good for the baby" Teddy said, taking me into his arms in a tight hug.
"I know" I mumbled into his chest.
"Teddy, Harry's waiting for you outside" Mrs. Weasley said, walking in with Rose. Rose was already in her light blue bridesmaid robes and Mrs. Weasley was in periwinkle dress robes.
"See you later little girl, and remember to smile when we take the pictures" he said, kissing my head and following Rose and Mrs. Weasley out of the door.
"Come on love, it's time to get ready" Mum said, taking me away to beautify me. She's already wearing her expensive violet silk dress robes. She looks absolutely gorgeous. And pregnant. "I knew you'd need new dress robes so, I bought you knew ones. Go put it on and then come here so I can deal with your hair and face" mum said, shoving the dress robes in my hands.
Half an hour later, I was wearing light violet dress robes and my hair was styled up into a loose bun and the makeup seemed to do the trick. You couldn't see the bags under my eyes and the blush gave my pale complexion a little color. I still felt like a big fat balloon. I went to find my friends and saw that they were all wearing different colored dress robes. Kiley in black as usual, Norah in midnight blue, Cam in Bright blue, Sam in red, Jaden in scarlet. They all looked good though.
"Don't you look stunning Alli" Jaden said, hugging me.
"Yeah right" I said, as we all hugged. Even Kiley smiled when he hugged me.
"Well, time to take our seats. I looked around, seeing white everywhere. White Roses, white tables, white chairs, the white silk tents over looking where Teddy and Victoire would shortly become man and wife. It was all very beautiful and had me wondering if I would ever have what they have.
"You look lovely princess" Dad said, surprising me. He hadn't called me princess since he found out I was pregnant. I used to hate it but, I missed it.
"Oh Daddy!" I cried, hugging him around the middle. Surprised at my reaction, he gave me his first real warm smile in a long time and hugged me.
"Well we must take our seats now love" he said, taking my hand and mum's in his. We all sat together and Scorpius took the seat next to me. We looked up to where Teddy, James, Albus, and Fred were standing. Suddenly the music started playing and Dominique, Rose, and Molly were walking before Victoire who was a vision in white. She looked absolutely gorgeous. She was wearing a beautiful white wedding gown in silver stitching and her long pale blonde hair that was tied had a silvery sheen to it. She was just so beautiful it almost hurt my eyes to look at her.
I looked at Teddy and he looked like a man in love. The truest of all true loves. It made me wish a guy would look at me like that. I looked at Al who in turn looked at me. I blushed and looked back at the couple getting married. After they said I do, everyone clapped and some cried. I wanted to cry but, for once in a long time. I didn't. Everyone went to congratulate the couple and then began the onslaught of family photos. Dad grudgingly endured the family photos but, after a while I could see that his Malfoy-ness was wearing down and he gave Teddy a proper hug this time.
And then the dancing started. I was just sitting by myself, watching everyone dance when Kiley came to sit by me. "Hey, having fun?" he asked, looking at me.
"No not really. Are you having fun?" I asked, looking at all of the others. So happy and dancing.
"No not really" he said, smiling again. I like it better when he smiles. It reminds me of old Kiley before all of this crap happened. He opened his mouth to say something but then Al showed up.
"Hey Alli, may I have this dance?" he asked, holding his hand out to me.
"Sure" I said, taking it and pulling myself up. I looked back at Kiley and smiled apologetically and he scowled. Great he's back to new moody Kiley.
We danced silently as a nice slow song came on. I looked up into his green eyes and wondered for the billionth time who our baby would look like when it was born. Of course it's going to have black hair because we both do but, I wonder about the features and the eyes. The height. The gender. "Alli, are you alright? You don't look so good" he asked, making me annoyed. Great so it only covers the horridness from a distance.
"Gee thanks Al" I said, letting him go and walking off towards the house. I don't know why I was so mad that he said that. I wasn't really mad at him but, three times I had heard that today, I was just so pissed off.
"Wait Alli. What did I say?" he asked, as we neared the large white house. We were out of earshot and sight now. So I guess I felt safe.
"It's not your fault Al. I was just mad that you're the third person who told me how horrid I look today" I said as the salty tears fell from my eyes once more. I'm really getting sick of all the crying.
"If it's any consolation, you look absolutely gorgeous Alli" he said, hugging me close to his body.
"What in bloody Merlin's arse is going on?" Scorpius asked, in an angry voice.
"You're sister was crying Scorp, I wanted to comfort her. No you know what, I'm sick of lying. Scorpius, I'm the father of Alli's baby" Al said, making me slap my forehead.
WHAT?! Y-You You ruined my sister! I can't believe you went behind my back and ruined her! I can't look at you. Get away from my sister" he said, in a very angry voice. I looked from Al to Scorpius, both looked like it hurt. I walked to my brother and he wrapped his arm protectively around my shoulders.
"I didn't mean to get her pregnant! It was an accident Scorpius. Please don't hate me. You're my bestfriend" Albus said, looking pained.
"No. My bestfriend would never have had sex with my little sister and not say anything for months. You're not my bestfriend Scorpius and I don't want you to even look at my sister" Scorpius said, taking my hand and pulling me away. I didn't know what to say. I was in utter shock. I looked at Al and he was crying to himself. I wanted to hold him and tell him it would be okay. But, at the moment my brother was on a mission. I was not going to cross him.
A/N: The reason Teddy was surprised that Alli was pregnant is because noone really noticed at school because all of her clothes are baggy and the school robes hide the baby bump. I would also love to hear your guesses on the gender of Allison's baby.