Dark Beauty /Sirius Black/ [2]

Dark Beauty - 14.

Chapter 14

"You're getting a bump," Sirius said quietly as they walked behind the girls running up to their home, his arm around her waist and his hand on her stomach whilst Adria nodded her head. She was wearing a dress that was suitable for the cold winter, her head looking down to see that she was evidently forming a bump but it was rather small, it wasn't big in the slightest but Sirius couldn't deny that the sight of her was rather lovely. If someone had told him that the girl he teased back in third year would be the same girl carrying his child he'd surely punch them for lying.

"I know, I noticed this morning when I was getting dressed actually. It's been around thirteen weeks and the nurse said a first-time mum can start showing around twelve to sixteen weeks," Adria shrugged, leaning her head on his shoulder, "merlin soon enough I'll be so big I won't even be able to see my stomach!"

"Well you might be able to balance bowls on your stomach which is convenient for cereal," Sirius joked, watching her laugh loudly, and soon nodded her head.

"Who needs tables when you can just get pregnant," she giggled, reaching into the back seat of the car to get the bag she took for Jude, "can you believe that in just a year, Jude will be starting school?"

"I was thinking about that, and are you sure he can?" asked Sirius, wrapping his arms around her and taking the bag she was holding whilst she locked the car door, "I mean, he'll be four in July and I wonder if they'll let him go to school when he's just turned four, you told me that the only reason Alfie went to school when he was four was because he made the cut for it, but you and Benji where a few months out, Addy I think Jude will have to wait until he's five."

Adria thought for a few moments, reaching for his hand that was terribly cold in the winter air, "oh merlin, you're right! Because I think your birthday needs to be just before march in order to make the cut for school at four!"

"Thank merlin," Sirius scoffed, "he's just a baby, he's far too young for school."

"I know, I really don't want him having to start and five is so young too," she whispered, "but we both know that wherever Jackson goes, Jude won't be far behind, I just hope he'll be starting at five too."

"He really loves his friend, doesn't he?" Sirius smiled fondly, they had met Jackson's mother once when picking up Jude from school when Jude didn't exactly feel like greeting Adria and Sirius and rather preferred to wish his best friend a goodbye by hugging him as tightly as he could.

Jackson's mother was rather surprised to see how young Adria and Sirius where but she was the loveliest woman Adria had met. She didn't once judge their age or the fact that Adria was pregnant when Jude loudly stated that Adria was "growing a baby!" and when she found out that Jude was in fact Adria's brother, she was rather sympathetic towards the loss of her parents and showered the two teenagers in a large amount of praise for taking on the role of the young boy's guardians.

"So much, I think Jackson is coming over after Christmas, I arranged it when his teacher was flirt- talking to you," Adria spoke, seeing Sirius suddenly turn to her with raised eyebrows.

"Miss Hopkins are you jealous?" Sirius teased, stopping in their tracks on their way to their home whilst Adria merely scoffed.

"I have no idea what you're talking about, Mr Black." She merely waved him off but he was rather amused by her words.

He pulled on the dress she wore so that she would step forward and his hand rested on her lower back as his forehead rested gently on hers, "if that teacher was flirting with me I had absoloutely no idea because I was far too busy thinking about you."

She rested her hands on his chest, her smile twitching until it widened and soon did she whisper, "you know, I do always tease you about being so cheesy but I don't know what I'd do without it."