We only had a week until Halloween, and Hogwarts was holding their annual Halloween ball. I was rather excited, for one I get to dress up and Remus and I could finally have out first real date. We'd been together for a month and a half now, and I couldn't be happier. I have thing I could ever want, friends, boyfriend, even Lucius, and on top of all that Sirius and I had still been able to keep what had happened secret. I also had managed excellent skills in avoiding Rudolphus at all costs. But all good things must come to an end and that came to an end when I bumped into him on my way to class.
"Avery, how lovely to see you, ready for another go?" he asked wriggling his eyebrows.
"Get the hell away from me" I said trying to push past him.
"I don't think I want to."
"I think you should" Sirius answered. Sirius pulled Rudolphus' shoulder so he was now facing him, and then there was a crunch and blood everywhere. Sirius then proceeded to hit him in the stomach a few good times. Lestrange fell to the floor so Sirius grabbed my hand and we began walking away when Lestrange tackled Sirius punching him as many times as he could.
"Mr. Black, Mr. Lestrange cut this nonsense out this instance!" Slughorn yelled pulling Rudolphus off Sirius. "All three of you in my office now."
"But sir, Avery didn't do anything" Sirius argued after gaining his composure.
"She did witness everything and it probably the cause of the scuffle" Slughorn said nudging us into the room.
"Now tell me why you were fighting?"
"It's not my place to say sir" Sirius answered glancing at me.
"It's because Avery here was cheating on Remus and Sirius found out." Lestrange said with a tinge of pride.
"That's fucking bullshit!" Sirius yelled standing from his seat. "She cares about Remus, she would never hurt him and she definitely wouldn't willingly touch you."
"That's what you think mate."
"Enough! Can you just punish us already; we're going to be late for Transfiguration professor?" I asked stopping the argument before something that I didn't want shared was yelled.
"Very well, a month's detention, no Hogsmeade and no Halloween Ball." Slughorn said, "Now go on I have work to do."
We left Slughorn's office and Sirius and I continued onto Transfiguration. Which we just happened to be pretty late for.
"Sorry we're late Minnie, but I got into a row with a Slytherin and Avery got caught in the middle, so we had to receive punishment." Sirius announced as we took our seats.
I sat with Remus like I did every class.
"Where were you?" he whispered.
"Like Sirius said, he and Rudolphus got into it and I got caught up in the middle."
"But why did you have to be late as well?"
"Because I was a witness and Slughorn thought I caused the fight." I answered and began taking notes.
"Did you?" he questioned.
"Kind of, not really though. Lestrange was being rude to me and Sirius stood up for me."
Remus gave me a questionable glance. I couldn't believe it, he didn't trust me. Now I was getting kind off pissed.
"There is something you aren't telling me Avery, and I don't like it, not at all."
"I'm not hiding anything Remy, oh shit." I said "sorry." Just then my stomach jerked, I felt like I was going to puke.
"Avery are you okay?" Remus asked.
"I think I'm going to be…." I couldn't continue because I ended up hurling my stomach's contents onto the floor. "Sick" I groaned.
"Remus get her to the infirmary now" McGonagall ordered after cleaning my mess.
Remus carried me to the hospital wing and laid me on the nearest cot before fetching Madam Pomfrey.
"Oh goodness, what's happened now dear?" she asked grabbing a bucket for me to vomit in.
"She got sick and started puking everywhere." Remus answered with worry filled eyes.
"Alright then, you're going to need to get back to class, and I'll take care of her. You may come after lunch to visit." She said shooing him out the door. "Now dear have you had any other symptoms?"
"Not really, I've been kind of dizzy and I'm having an awful lot of cramps." I said vomiting once more into the bucket.
"When was your last ovulation?" she asked.
"My what?"
"Your period"
"Oh, shit I don't remember." I groaned.
"Alright dear, we're going to have to run a few tests but nothing too extreme. Just lie back so we can figure out what's going on."
She pulled out her wand and instructed me to life my shirt. She pointed he wand towards my lower abdomen and my tummy turned bright blue.
"What does that mean?" I asked shakily.
"You aren't the first a certainly not the last." She said smiling.
"You mean?" I couldn't quite grasp onto the words. "I'm pregnant?" I managed with a gulp.
I heard a small gasp coming from behind my curtain but I brushed it off. I was much too worried about what I had just learned. I'm going to have a baby, a baby. I smiled, wait I shouldn't be happy I'm pregnant and my boyfriend isn't the father. Shit how the hell am I supposed to tell him. My thoughts kept racing in and out.
"You're having a boy" Madam Pomfrey interrupted my train of thought.
I can't believe I'm having a baby; I was debating on telling Lestrange. No, he doesn't deserve to know. That horrible bastard. But I'm having a boy, I always wanted a boy. Wait I can't keep him, shit I'm so confused. Just then the door opened and guess who it was, Remus no if only, but Lucius.
"Ava are you okay?" he asked walking over to me.
"Yeah, just a little sick."
"Well make sure you keep up your school work, I don't want you getting in trouble." He said.
I sighed thanking whoever out there was on my side, I had thought it was Remus.
"Congratulations Remus, I can't believe you two are having a baby." I heard Chassidy yell. Wait why was she here?
"Are you serious, I'm going to be a father?" he asked smiling. "Wait what the fuck is going on? We didn't sleep together."
"Um I can explain." I whimpered trying to hide under my pillow.
"This should be fun" Lucius sighed sarcastically.
"You know what I don't want to hear any bullshit excuses we're done. Good luck" he said storming out.
I began crying I couldn't help it. I had fucked everything up and I couldn't fix it. Lucius sat next to me holding me trying to get me to calm down.
"Ava, what happened?" he asked.
"I'm not ready to talk about it, I'm sorry."
"I'm so sorry Avery, I didn't know you had cheated on him." Chassidy said half heartedly.
"Shut it, Burns." Lucius snarled. "Ava I won't tell my father yet, but you need to he'll eventually find out."
"I know, thanks Luci."
"Get some rest" he said before kissing my forehead and leaving.
Madam Pomfrey wouldn't let me leave until dinner due to emotional shock. I wasn't hungry when I left so I went to the common room which was thankfully empty. I headed up stairs and took a quick shower. I changed into some sweats and Sirius' hoodie before sitting on the edge of the tub and crying.
"I've got to tell him the truth." I said aloud. "I'll talk to him and explain everything.
I couldn't tell him now; no I need time to plan what I was going to say. I'll write him a note to meet me in the common room at nine. Yeah that should be enough time.
I quickly wrote the note and sealed it shut. I started down the steps when I noticed Sirius on the couch; he looked like he was waiting for someone. I was hoping it wasn't Chassidy, because I wasn't too happy with her. But then again she hadn't known.
"Hi" I whispered to Sirius.
"Hey, are you doing alright."
"I guess, it can't get much worse unless I go up there and find Lilly and Remus shagging." I said with a forced smile.
"That wouldn't happen, Remus loves you. Besides James would kill him." Sirius laughed.
I walked up to the boy's dorm; I took a deep breath before entering. I turned the knob slowly and I saw almost the worst thing that could happen. I ran down the stairs, tears pouring from my eyes.
"Avers what's wrong?" Sirius asked holding me in his arms.
Before I could answer Remus walked down the stairs buttoning his shirt back up. Not far behind him followed a disheveled looking Chassidy.
"Oh Sirius," she giggled "I was just cheering him up."
"I'm sure, hey when I'm through with him you can cheer each other up, seeing as you're both single now." Sirius said leading me out of the common room.
After he made sure I was safely outside the portrait hole, he went back in. I couldn't hear what was going on but when he returned his lip was busted. Soon after Chassidy led a bloody Remus out and to the hospital wing. I couldn't hold in my laugh watching her try and carry him.
"Be careful Malfoy, don't get pregnant again." Chassidy yelled.
I was done with her, why does she fuck up everything when I'm happy. I was in such a rage I hadn't realized how much space I could cover until my fist connected with her nose. I felt good to feel her nose crunch beneath my knuckles. Sirius grabbed me by the shoulders pulling me away from her.
"Calm down avers she's not worth it." Sirius whispered in my ear.
"You little whore" she screamed through the blood. "First you cheat on Remus and end up pregnant, now you're off to sleep with my boyfriend too."
"For your information I was raped." I said glaring at her. "Sorry I forgot to tell Lestrange to wear a condom; I was just a tad bit busy trying to keep him from ripping off my clothes." I said before punching her once more then walking off with Sirius.
"Avery wait" Remus called.
"No, just go finish what you started. I'm sorry I interrupted."
Sirius led me to the room of requirement where I sat on the bed crying. I didn't even notice Sirius leave until he returned with a tray of food.
"I didn't see you at lunch or dinner, so I assume you must be hungry. That little one must be hungry as well, so you better feed it." He said with a hearty smile.
I ate as fast as I could, he was right I was starving. Why does he keep smiling at me I wondered?
"Sirius I don't know what to do about him?" I said tearing up again.
"Don't worry about him, he just lost an amazing woman and he'll realize it very soon."
"Not Remus!" I laughed, "Him" I said pointing to my stomach.
"Oh! Well for starters you should name him Sirius Jr." Sirius said laughing as I playfully hit him. "I was joking, but seriously you'll get through this somehow. And I'll help you no matter what you decide to do." He said smiling.
"Really? I mean you don't have to, you didn't" I started tearing up yet again.
"No that's what best mates are for" he interrupted.
"Best mates?" I asked.
"Yeah best mates, you know like peanut butter and jelly, Milo and Otis, Siamese twins. We're inseparable." He said with his bark like laugh and a warm hug.
A/N: Updated! Tell me what you think.