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❝ you're my favourite person ❞
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𝓔𝓿𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮'𝓼 𝓟𝓞𝓥
FRIDAY, MARCH 17th 1978

I trudge through the corridors after yet another morning of violently puking up my insides into the toilet pan and laying on the cold tiled flooring like an overheated dog.

"You look like utter dog shite" Marlene McKinnon's voice speaks up as she falls in line with me while I walk and I give her a sarcastic smile.

"How do you feel?" Lily asks from my other side and I turn my head in surprise.

"Where did you two come from? Have you been following me?" I question them.

"I asked a question first" Lily retorts.

"I'm fine, Lily" I huff.

"Don't bullshit us" Marlene scoffs.

"What do you know that I don't?" I demand, stopping dead and narrowing my eyes at the perky blonde.

"There's rumours circling Hogwarts" Marlene drawls off vaguely.

"Rumours?" I frown in worry.

"Alecto has been telling people that you're pregnant. She says that you're sick almost every morning and you haven't had your period in months" Lily explains to me.

I can practically feel the blood drain from my face at her words and clearly my expression shows my thoughts because the Gryffindor girls gasp with wide eyes.

"You're pregnant?" Marlene blurts out.

"No!" I answer firmly "I can't be"

"How not?" Lily asks.

"I just can't, okay? My parent would kill me" I stress.

"When did you last have your period?" Marlene questions me.

"I don't know..." I think about it "November, probably"

"That was four months ago!" Marlene shrieks.

"You should see a doctor, Angel" Lily advises me with a concerned frown.

"That's not happening" I state sternly.

The girls share a look of understanding and before I can protest, I am being dragged through the empty corridor by them.

I'm ushered through the Gryffindor common room, causing the marauders to spot us and jump up to block our way up the stairs.

"What are you girls up to?" Sirius questions us suspiciously.

"Aren't girls allowed to have a little private girl talk?" Marlene counters.

"Blink three times if you're being held captive" Remus says to me and I manage to crack a smile.

"We're hanging out. I'm okay" I assure him.

"Why can't we hang out too?" James pouts.

"Because we're having a girl hangout" Lily argues.

"No boys allowed" Marlene adds on.

Sirius opens his mouth to object but Lily and Marlene grab my hands and elbow their way past the boys. I hear the four Gryffindor boys' yells of protest but we're already up the stairs and slipping into the girls' dorm room.

"Private girl talk?" I immediately question the girls.

Lily dives under her bed while Marlene plops down on her own and I stand in confusion.

"Needed a cover. Don't want the boys to find out first if you're preggers, do ya?" Marlene answers.

"I'm not pregnant, McKinnon" I snap at her in irritation.

"Say you where, who would the baby daddy be?" She asks me curiously, crossing her legs on her bed.

"I haven't slept with anyone else but Remus the past four months. So, Remus" I tell her and she whistles lowly.

"Your folks aren't gonna like that" She hums.

"Got it!" Lily declares, scrambling off the floor with a rectangular cardboard box in her hand.

"What's that?" I ask in confusion.

"A muggle pregnancy test" Marlene quips.

"How do I use it?" I then ask.

Marlene and Lily escort me into the bathroom to give me step by step directions on how to use the test before they leave the room to give me some privacy.

I take the test exactly how they told me to before placing it on the counter and sitting down on the lid of the toilet seat. I wait merely five minutes before I bolt up from the seat and exit the bathroom, causing the Gryffindor girls to leap off Lily's bed curiously.

"What does it say?" Marlene spits out quickly.

"I don't know. I can't look" I sigh shakily.

"Do you...Do you want me to look for you?" Lily offers.

"Please" I plead weakly.

She nods softly and heads into the bathroom, squeezing my shoulder comfortingly as she passes me. I walk over to Lily's bed and plop down onto the warm comforter, staring at my feet in worry.

The next minute or two feel like hours until Lily slowly pads out of the bathroom with a pitiful expression on her face.

"No" I choke out.

"Angel" Lily breathes out.

"Tell me it's negative, Lily" I beg desperately.

"It's positive" She announces.

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I enter the Slytherin common room with a heavy feeling in my heart and the feeling lifts slightly when I find Mallory sitting on one of the sofas smiling at me excitedly.

"Angel!" She squeals, yanking me to sit down next to her "I have big news"

"I'm all ears" I assure my friend.

"I'm pregnant" Mallory bubbles happily and my eyes widen in surprise "Isn't that exciting?"

"I-I, uh, very exciting" I stutter out.

"You're not excited" Mallory suddenly frowns "You look upset. What happened?"

My heart aches in my chest at the way Mallory is always the quickest to shrug off her own happiness if I'm not happy myself.

I feel selfish and like a terrible friend for not being able to pull on a more convincing smile and just be happy for her like she would be for me.

"I'm pregnant too" I mumble weakly.

"I thought Reg is, you know..." Mallory drawls off in disbelief.

"It's not his" I admit.

"Remus?" Mallory gasps and I nod softly "Evangeline, you fool"

"What am I supposed to do, Mal?" I cry quietly.

"I know that I'm not your favourite person in the world, Angel. And I know that Reg will always be your best friend" Mallory speaks to me with glossy eyes "But you're my favourite person. You're my best friend and I'll help you through this"

I breathe out a shaky breath, wrapping her arms around the sensitive Slytherin girl and she hugs me tightly to her chest.

"I love you" I murmur.

"I love you too" Mallory whispers.

"What did we miss?" Regulus' voice causes us to jump apart in fright.

"Yeah, who died?" Evan chuckles.

"Mal has news" I blurt out and the raven haired girl shoots me a concerned look that I shrug off.

"I'm pregnant" She declares.

Evan immediately sweeps Mallory off her feet in joy and tells her he loves her repeatedly, kissing her face affectionately.

Pandora then wraps Mallory in a warm hug and tells her how happy she is for her with a huge bright smile on her face.

Regulus on the other hand looks at me with furrowed brows and gently places a hand on my shoulder.

"What's wrong, princess?" He questions in worry.

"Mallory isn't the only one with news" I state, causing the others to look at me too.

"You're preggers as well?" Evan gasps and I nod.

"I am so dead" I groan.

Regulus pulls me into a tight hug and I whimper, hiding my face in the crook of his neck.

"I'll help you raise the baby. You're not doing this alone" He whispers.

"I'll be disowned" I argue.

"Not if they think it's mine" He counters and I pull back, looking up at him in awe.

"You'd do that for me?" I mumble, tearfully.

"I'd do anything for you" He smiles warmly, pressing a kiss to my forehead.

"You're never alone, Angel" Pandora smiles, placing a soothing hand on my shoulder and my heart warms at the gesture.

"Not if we have anything to do about it" Evan agrees with a toothy grin, wrapping an arm around his fiancé.

"We've got your back" Mallory assures me.