So did ya like the twist? Hopefully you still like the story! Read and review :)
OH! And about the sex scene…I know to some it may have seemed weird that is was while Ron was on his "death bed." It wasn't supposed to come across as George being heartless or anything along those lines. It just showed that George was having flashbacks of Fred's death and he needed that love and affection. I know I should have written more of his thought process but it was along the line that he keeps realizing how short life really is so he decided to show Luna just how much he really loves her so that if something were to happen to them the next day, she would truly know. Sorry if that was confusing or not that well explained. Hope you'll still read the rest!
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Luna's eyes opened again when she felt the freezing water on her face. The nurse was still hovering over top of her and there was no one else in the room. She had a cup of water and was lightly sprinkling the cold liquid to help her wake up. Luna got her heart rate back to normal and sat up in her bed.
"How long was I out for?"
"Oh only a couple of minutes dear. Your reaction was quite normal."
Luna clutched her forehead as she let the thought sink in. She was pregnant, pregnant with George's child. So her wandless spell didn't work, 'Good going Luna.' The witch's mind filled with a million questions and she tried to organize them. First, she had to tell everyone, obviously. How was she going to announce the news? Her and George were going to have a baby and they weren't even married! Dear Merlin! She had to tell George first…or, maybe she would tell Ginny. Her friend could help her figure out a way to tell her boyfriend. Yes, she would tell Ginny first.
The next series of thoughts that buzzed into her mind scared her the most. Was she fit to be a mother or would she fail miserably? Could she balance her boyfriend, a baby, Binx, and the Quibbler all at once? What if the child was born unhealthy or with a deformity?
Luna let out a moan as she thought about her future. Her entire world had just flipped upside down and she had no idea what to do. She figured the first thing she would do was call for Ginny.
"Um, can you please call Ginny Weasley? I need to talk to her first."
The nurse nodded and hurried out, telling Hermione and George on the way that they still had to stay out of the room.
The witch fell back down on her bed and started to softly cry. How could this have happened to her? On her first time too! Sure, the Weasley boys were known for producing superior swimmers, but she had no idea that they were this good.
The door to her room flung open and a mess of orange hair soon became visible. Ginny looked over and saw her friend crying. Her eyes filled with worry.
"Luna, I came over as soon as I could! The nurse said it was urgent! Is it your injuries? Are they bad? Why aren't Hermione and George in here as well?"
Her friend paced back and fourth in the room, obviously scared at her friend's possible state of health. Luna sat back up and urged her friend to sit down on the foot of the bed. She was about to tell her huge news.
"Gin please sit down. I-I need to tell you something really important. You're the first one I'm telling."
Ginny turned to see pure fear in the blonde's eyes. She slowly sat down on the bed and took her petite hand in her own.
"What, what is it Luna?"
"Gin, I…" Luna swallowed hard, her heart beating against her rib cage, "the nurse told me some news that she, err, discovered when she was checking my injuries."
The red head shook her head, urging her friend to spit it out. Luna took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, trying to calm herself.
"I'm pregnant."
Luna could feel the hot tears forming in her eyes again as she saw her friend's eyes widen and her jaw drop. Luna started shaking, she was an embarrassment and she knew it. She was stupid for not being more careful, for assuming her wandless magic was good enough. She made eye contact with her friend; she just wanted her to say something.
"Holy shit."
Ginny let go of her friend's hand and started pacing the room again. She was nervously rubbing her palms on her thighs. She stopped and turned to Luna.
"I'm the first one you've told?"
Luna shook her head, tears starting to come down her cheeks. Ginny walked over to the chair by the side of the bed. She gently wiped the tears off of Luna's cheeks with her thumb.
"Hey, hey, hey. Don't cry Luna. It's going to be okay. I'll tell you one thing, my mum is going to be thrilled when she learns that she'll be a grandmother."
Luna let out a small chuckle to help relieve herself from the anxiety. Maybe this wasn't going to be as bad as she thought.
"Listen Luna, you're one of my best friends. I'm going to support whatever decision you decide to do with this."
Luna smiled at Ginny. She was so lucky to have her in her life.
"Thanks. I-I just don't know how to tell George. I'm so worried that…"
She trailed off, not wanting to even think of the possibility that had just weaseled its way into her mind. What if George…left her? What if he didn't want a kid? Tears started coming out of her eyes again and she started shaking as she become more hysterical. She couldn't lose him! She just couldn't!
Ginny wrapped the witch in her arms and stroked her hair.
"Shh, shh Luna it's okay. I know exactly what you're thinking, George will NOT leave you. He loves you Luna and would want to be the father of your child."
Luna's heart slowed down a little at her friend's reassuring words. The next ones, however, made her heart speed up again.
"You need to tell him though, today."
Luna gently pulled away from Ginny, nodding her head. She cleaned the tears off her face and sat straight up.
"Can you bring him in? I'll tell him myself, but I would like us to be alone."
"Of course Luna."
Ginny stood up and walked out the door. George soon took her spot at the side of Luna's bed. He looked terrible. His eyes were bloodshot and his face was splotchy. He had most likely been crying.
"Babe, please tell me what the nurse told you. Ginny came out of here with a very nervous look in her eyes. Talk to me."
Luna closed her eyes, trying to fight back the tears. She took his hand and squeezed it tightly.
"First, please don't be mad at me. Please, just…don't yell."
She opened one eye to see his brows knit in confusion. She closed her eye again.
"And remember that I love you more than anything in the world."
Again she opened her eyes, and again she saw the same look of confusion painted on her boyfriend's face. She took a huge inhale and held her breath. 'Do it now! Like ripping off a Band-Aid. A Band-Aid that would change your life forever.'
"Babe, I-I'm…pregnant."
Luna could hear her boyfriend suck in a breath and hold it there. She could feel him warm up and his hand was soon slick from sweat.
"R-really?"
Luna silently nodded. 'Great. He hates me now.' More tears started coming down. In her mind, Luna was thinking the worst possible scenarios, and convincing herself that they would soon become her reality. She was going to lose her boyfriend, be pregnant by herself, and be a single mother. No, no, no!
The wizard holding her hand lightly let go and stood up and walked to the window. He uttered the same words that his little sister had minutes ago.
"Holy shit."
Luna felt like running. She wanted to jump out of this damn hospital bed and run home. She wanted to stop embarrassing herself and even worse, embarrassing her boyfriend. Her soft crying turned into full on sobs and her body started to shake. She couldn't control it anymore; she just let the emotions flow through her.
George ran back to his girlfriend and wrapped his long arms around her frail body. She really had lost a lot of weight in the last couple months since she was constantly throwing up.
"Babe please…stop crying. This-"
He gently put his hand on her abdomen.
"This is one of life's miracles. Look, we created this together and we are going to deal with this together. We're going to raise this child right and you are going to be an amazing mother."
Luna's head shot up and she looked into the green eyes that were welling up with tears.
"You…you want to keep the baby?"
George smiled at her and kissed her on her forehead.
"Absolutely."
Luna released all the tension from her body and broke down in her boyfriend's arms. She cried and cried and let her worries drain out with her tears. George slowly rocked her back and fourth until she calmed herself. She looked back up at her boyfriend and cupped his face in her hands.
"I love you."
She brought his face down to meet hers and she kissed him softly, softly, but passionately.
George's eyes filled up with tears and he let one fall down his face.
"Wait till my mum hears about this."
The witch let out a small chuckle, "I think we should get everyone together, tonight. At the Burrow, lets tell them all at the same time."
George nodded his head in agreement.
"Lets get you out of this hospital first, yeah?"
Luna pulled back the sheets and stepped onto the cold floor. She suddenly felt light headed and gripped George's shoulder for support. He put an arm around her waist and guided her to her stack of clothes sitting on the counter. He respectfully turned his back to her as she was changing out of her hospital gown. He started talking to himself, although, she knew that he wanted her to hear his thoughts.
"I hope it's a boy. I'll teach him to be the best Quidditch player that Hogwarts has even seen."
Luna laughed at the thought. Of course, she secretly hoped it was a girl.
Once she was changed, she took George's hand in her own and walked out of the room. Hermione and Ginny were still waiting and Hermione was obviously upset that no one was telling her what was going on. She frowned at her friend.
"Are you going to let me in on what's happening or am I going to be guessing all night?"
Luna shot her friend a reassuring glance.
"You'll know in due time."
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The Burrow was warm and cozy that night, as always, and a wonderful fire was roaring. George and Luna were standing at the top of the stairs surveying the scene. Luna was noticeably shaking and her face was turning a deep red color.
"Babe just breath. It'll be okay."
Luna looked into her boyfriend's eyes. She was expecting to see a hint of nervousness in them but instead she saw pure happiness. She smiled to herself.
"Okay, lets do this."
The two walked down the stairs hand in hand. George cleared his throat.
"Hey everybody! If, uh, you could hush down for a minute, Luna and I need to say something."
He gave his girlfriend a reassuring look, hinting that she should take the lead. She gave a weak smile and locked eyes with her father, who was conversing with Mr. Weasley.
"Yes. Well, err, while I was at the hospital today, and the nurse did her check up on me, she, uh, figured something out."
The room was filled with a deafening silence. Luna swallowed hard and looked at Ginny, figuring that since she already knew, she would be the easiest to look at.
"And George and I are happy and proud to announce that, we're going to have a baby. I'm pregnant."
Luna expected a wide variety of responses, but instead they were more or less the same. What made her the happiest, however, was that she saw a huge grin occupy her father's face.
The Burrow erupted with cheers and excited responses. Her dad came over and wrapped her in a warm embrace.
"My Luna, going to be a mother."
He pulled away and she saw a tear stain his pale cheek.
"I'm so proud."
Luna felt herself tear up as her dad held her. He was proud of her and that was all she could ask for.
Mrs. Weasley was crying as well, exclaiming about how she was going to be a grandmother. Bill and Charlie came over and gave George a job well done pat on the back. Harry ran over and picked Luna off the ground, spinning her in a circle.
"If anyone is going to be an amazing mother, it's going to be you Luna."
Now the tears started to fall down her face.
"Thank you Harry."
He set her down and spun her slightly so she could see Hermione standing there.
"Hermione? Please tell me you still want to talk to me?"
Hermione rolled her eyes at her friend's ridiculous statement.
"Of course I'll talk to you silly! I, I just always wanted to be the first one of all of us to have a child."
The blonde witch and laughed and hugged her friend, thrilled that it was something that trivial that was upsetting her.
As Mrs. Weasley showered Luna with kisses, she could faintly hear Ron talking to his brother.
"Blimey. Way to go George. Didn't know you had it in ya."
Luna saw her boyfriend's face turn a deep pink color. She inwardly laughed at the sight. She didn't know she had it in herself either.
Mrs. Weasley went into the kitchen and took out champagne glasses as more congratulations were said. She reached under the sink and found a fresh bottle of wine. Pouring it into the glasses, she turned to face everybody.
"This calls for a celebration!"
She quickly poured the wine and passed it around, Luna gently refused. This baby was going to be born healthy god Damnit! She did, however, hold up a cup of pumpkin juice.
The future grandmother held up her glass.
"A toast! To Luna, George, and to the baby that is on the way. May it be born healthy and with lots of love."
Everyone let out a cheer before taking a sip. Luna looked at everyone, reflecting on this time in her life. Everything was perfect. She had an amazing boyfriend whom she loved deeply, a wonderful group of friends who supported her and cared about her, and, now, a little witch or wizard inside of her that was her own masterpiece. The witch couldn't help but smile.
She was so happy.
Perfectly happy.
Did ya get the warm fuzzies? I just think Luna is going to make a wonderful mother, don't you? Please review :)
