A/N: So more of you seemed to like the idea of the pregnancy than I'd thought so I might make it feature a little bit more than I had originally planned if that's ok with you guys? :D thanks to Blue Raging Fire111 (again 3) and lumigo akvo9504 for your reveiws xx
Chapter 14
Fred's face blanched. A million different thought sped through his mind.
In the end, all he could mutter was, "How far in?"
"Just over two months."
He fell silent, his brain was numb. He'd been ready to forgive Kat, ready to start afresh and move on.
"Freddie? Please say something, anything."
"Why didn't you tell me?" He kept a completely straight face, holding any emotion back from his voice and leaving Kat completely clueless as to what he truly felt.
"I- I didn't want to believe it myself! It's been nearly thirteen years since we had Molly, it seemed unreal!"
"You didn't want to believe it?" Fred asked.
"No! That's not what I meant! I just-"
"Sure," Fred snapped, "Give a minute?"
Kat gulped and nodded as Fred turned around and began to scribble a letter to Molly. Inside, Fred still felt completely deprived of emotion. He didn't know what to think, what to feel.
When he'd finished writing, Fred spun back around and pointed his pen at Kat, "This isn't a joke, right?"
"If only it were that simple," Kat sighed, "I'm telling the truth, Fred. I can show you proof from the doctors."
Fred sat forward and put his head in his hands, "Right."
"I know what you're going to say."
"Do you?"
"You still have to make things up with your family, you don't have time for-"
"There's still seven months, right? That's plenty time."
"So?"
"So what?"
"What do you think?"
"Think about…"
"The baby! I know things weren't working well for us before but-"
"I don't know. I'm going to talk to mum."
Fred got up, grabbed the letter from the desk and headed out the door.
Mrs Weasley opened to her son standing helplessly on the doorstep, tear tracks staining his face and eyes slightly red.
Hurriedly, she wrapped Fred in a hug and ushered him into the kitchen before shouting for George who was over visiting with Roxanne to cheer his daughter up. By the time Fred's twin appeared in the room, Mrs Weasley had made three large mugs of tea and placed them on the table.
George and Mrs Weasley looked expectantly at Fred.
"Kat's pregnant," he mumbled, leaning forward to bang his head on the table.
George's mouth fell open in shock.
A look of confusion, however, crossed Mrs Weasley's face, "Kat?"
Fred looked at his mother, "Yeah. You know, my wife Katherine? Mother of my daughter?"
"Oh of course!"
"Who else would I mean?" Fred was appalled and concerned. George however, simply stared at his brother in awe.
"Well done, mate. That's good going!"
Fred slapped his brother, "No it's not! Everything's too much of a mess right now to raise another kid!"
George's face suddenly turned sympathetic, "Forge, what if that's the point?"
Fred looked up at his brother in confusion.
"Well we already know Kat's jealous that you're spending so much time with us instead of her. Getting pregnant and having a baby means you'll have to be at home with her!"
"Kat wouldn't-"
"I'm just saying it's a possibility."
Mrs Weasley sipped her tea thoughtfully, "Fred, dear? Are you sure it's definitely yours?"
George and Fred looked at their mother in shock. "Mum!"
"I'm just checking! You both know what things are like right now, I don't want this to get stupidly out of hand."
"What do I do, mum? She didn't tell me about this for nearly two months! She was rude and impatient and she lied to me! I don't know if I'm ready to forgive her, let alone raise another child with her!"
"Fred, mate, leave it for a while. See if she's lying or tricking you because it's not worth getting worked up about it if she is."
"What about Molly? Do I tell her?"
"Leave Kat to," George said simply, "If she writes to Mol, she's probably being honest."
"Right." Fred got to his feet and headed to the door, "Thanks for the tea, mum. See you tomorrow, Georgie."