Fool Me Once (Book One) - Fred Weasley

The Doctor

the second month of summer came fairly fast. the august winds made the huge house where i was living seem all the colder. sadly fred couldnt stay with me as much as we wanted becuase molly wanted all here children as close to her as possible. i understand that, i really do. i just wish that fred could spend more time with me. 

fred asked me if i wanted to stay in the burrow with all of them, but i decided against it. i told him that it would probably be better if i just stayed at my own place this year. i wanted to get used to the place that would be my home when i finished hogwarts. 

ive started to read alot more books recently in order to pass the time. and its making me very tired. im also not a great cook and i think ive given myself food poisoning on many occasions. ive been spending alot of my time here sick and tired. both literally and figuratively. 

although i did decide that if i dont get any better that ill go visit the muggle doctor down the road next week. 

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the week passed by fairly fast. and im still not feeling any better. i wrote a letter to fred two days ago and told him that i have a doctors appointment this morning because i still dont feel well. he wrote me back and said that he will come with me because he doesnt want me to be outside the cottage on my own. 

he arrived at 9am so we had some time to catch up before my doctors appointment at 11. he told me all about how he is not living in the burrow this summer, hes staying at number twelve grimauld place and that its the headquarters for the order of the pheonix. i didnt know what that was but he explained to me that its a secret society that dumbledore set up back during the first wizarding war and that it is picking back up again now that voldemort is back at large. 

when it was time for my appointment we headed down the road and into the small doctors office. there was only one person there ahead of me and we checked in with the receptionist before taking a seat in the waiting room and waiting for my name to be called. at about 11.15 the doctor came out and called me into her office. fred came with me, not wanting me to be left alone. 

when we got into the doctors office she told us to sit down. i sat on the bed and fred sat on the chair that was beside me. 

'and what can i do for you today miss nott?' she asked, taking out her notebook to make notes about my condition.

'well ive been living on my own recently. i just moved out of my house. and im not really the best cook, i think ive given myself food poisoning on a few occassions if im honest.' i paused to let her write all this down. 'and im also quite tired lately, and ive been getting very bad headaches aswell.' 

'thats all?' she asked. when i nodded she continued. 'now i just have a few questions for you okay. and i need you to answer honestly. this young man can wait outside if you want' she said gesturing towards fred who looked up at me. 

'not its okay, he can stay'

'perfect if your sure, now first are you sexually active and if you are how long have you been and how many partners?' 

'yes i am currently, and just one partner, fred' i said pointing to him. 'and its been just over a year' i added. 

'perfect and now when was your last period?' she asked.

'erm. i think it was the beginning of may. i cant really remember its been a stressful few months' fred took my hand in his. being the only other person in the room that knew what i was talking about. 

'thats no problem dear no problem at all. now are you on any sort of birth control or do you use protection when you have sex?'

'im not on birth control no. i had a bad reaction to it last year. and yes we use condoms' i added. fred turned a bit red at this. 'we were however trying for a baby a few months ago, but then decided against it. Ive done several pregnancy tests and they have all come up negative. So Im pretty sure Im not pregnant.' she nodded at me before speaking again.

'perfect perfect. now i suspect that i know what is wrong with you. so if you just go into the bathroom and pee into this container for me we should have an answer in a moment or so.' 

i left the doctor and fred in the room and headed to the bathroom. when i was done i went back into the room and handed the container to the doctor. she took it and went into another room beside us. telling us she will be back in a moment. 

'freddie, she thinks im pregnant doesn't she?' i asked him. he just looked at me and smiled and nodded. 'she does love. but if you are its okay, and if your not its okay. alright?' i just smiled at him. i was now silently freaking out on the inside. the doctor came back into the room after about two minutes. 

'now my dear. you are indeed pregnant. and i can tell from your faces that this wasnt planned' me and fred just looked at each other and then at her and shook our heads. 'now, there are many options if you dont want to keep the-' 

i cut her off. 'i do, i do want to keep the baby' she looked at me and smiled. 'thats perfect dear. now we can make a follow up appointment for you in a few weeks if you would like.' i looked at her and smiled back 'that would be perfect thank you. and you dont, erm you dont know how far along i am do you?' i asked. 

'your about eleven weeks dear. and i will make an appointment for you on the 31st of august for a check up. we can make sure that both you and the baby are healthy and have a scan to have a look at the baby and see when it will be due. does that sound okay?' 

'that sounds perfect thank you' i shook her hand. and so did fred. he still hasnt said anything since he found out that i was pregnant. 

'ill see you then' i said before taking freds hand and walking out of the doctors office and to my cottage. he was quiet the whole walk up. it was like he was thinking very hard about what we had heard back in the doctors office. 

when we got into the cottage fred went in to sit down in the sitting room and i went into the kitchen to make tea. i came back into the sitting room to find fred sitting down looking at the floor. 

'freddie?' i said while handing him the tea. 'yes love' he answered in barely a whisper. 'are you okay?' i looked at him. searching for an answer in his face. he looked at me and smiled the biggest smile i think i have ever seen. 'of course im alright love. were going to have a baby. we are going to be parents. ive never been happier. its just i wish it was a bit different you know? i wish we had been finished school and that you know who wasnt coming into power. im just scared is all. especially after what happened to us last year. and im scared that were bringing a person into the world when we are so young ourselves. im delighted princess i really am, im just scared' he looked at me, with his big sad eyes and i started to cry. im not sure why i started to cry but i did. 

fred jumped off his seat and over to me. he picked me up from where i was sitting and i wrapped my arms around his neck. he lifted my legs and wrapped them around his waste before sitting in the seat where i had been a moment before. when he sat down he took one of his hands and ran it through my hair. 'hey love, its okay. its all going to be just fine alright. youve got me, and riv and georgie and even my mum okay. were going to be just fine' 

'i know freddie, i know. im just scared too. godric, im so scared. your right we havent even finished school. i dont have a job. your planning on opening the joke shop. but we still have to finish school. how am i going to finish school freddie' i was still crying and my words were muffled and i burried my face into the crook of his neck. 

'its going to be okay. alright? why dont we go talk to George yeah? He will know what to do. that sound okay with you?' i pulled away and looked into his eyes. i knew that no matter how scared i was i would always be safe with fred. i nodded and he stood up and aparated us to head quarters.