The Other Marauder

Chapter Ten

It was September 12th. Selene stood from bed and rushed to the bathroom. She leaned over the toilet and retched. She sat back and thought. She didn't feel sick. She only feel nauseous, until she puked, now she felt fine.

She had missed two periods!

She leaned back against the sink. She was pregnant. She knew it. Remus wasn't going to handle this well.

With that she flushed the toilet and started the shower. She would tell him later.

She went downstairs to find Remus sitting on the couch, just finishing a book. She sat down and watched him. He closed the book and looked up at her with a smile.

"How are you this fine morning?" He asked. Apparently it had been a good book.

"Pregnant." She said, looking at him.

"What?" He asked, his eyebrows furrowing together.

"I am pregnant this fine morning. How are you?" She asked, smiling. She didn't know how else to do it. She hoped he would be happy, but knowing Remus, he would want to protect the unborn child from himself.

"Are you serious?" He asked, very quietly. His face had gone quite white.

"I believe I am." She replied.

He sat there. Very quietly. He didn't move and his stillness made her nervous.

"Are you still going to see Arnaud today?" He asked suddenly.

"Well, I hadn't really decided. I didn't cancel yet." She replied.

"He is expecting you soon. And you should go, you've missed him. You even said so last night." Remus said, smiling. He went and pulled Selene from her chair and kissed her. She gave him a small smile. He was being weird.

Selene got ready and left to visit Arnaud. He was as happy as usual when she arrived. She sat for three cups of his special tea - which was half blood - and then excused herself. She went back home, only to find it empty.

She ran up to their bedroom, and in the middle of the bed, was a letter. She slowly crossed the room, and lifted the piece of parchment. She had to read it five times to get the meaning. Remus had left her. He didn't want to hurt her or the baby. Didn't he realize that leaving did hurt her?

She just sat on the bed. She couldn't feel anything. She laid back and placed the letter on his bedside table. Then she curled up in the middle of the bed and cried herself to sleep.

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Remus slammed the door of the room he was staying in. A coward? How could Harry think that? Remus had made a mistake by marrying Selene, and now she was pregnant, possibly with a werewolf. He would never forgive himself for passing his condition to an innocent child. And it would be better off without a father of which it would be ashamed.

A few weeks passed, and what Harry said still haunted Remus. Was he a coward? Selene didn't want anything to do with him unless she could have everything to do with him. And she knew that he was a werewolf. But the child, could he ruin its life? No, he couldn't. But Harry was right, every child needs a father. And Harry would know better than anyone.