On a Mission

[RosiePosie]

Sophia quickly walked down the paths of Hogwarts. She needed to find Jossur. She had something very important to tell him and she wanted to tell him as soon as possible. She wasn't sure how he would take it, but there was no way that she could not tell him. Jossur had all right to know what was happening and the sooner Sophia told him the better. She was just hoping that the news hadn't already reached him from gossip that wa going around the school about her.

Even though she had planned on finishing her last year in one of the Russian wizarding schools. Her plans quickly changed. Not only did she miss everyone at Hogwarts, she had to get some things straightened out. That and she also found herself missing Jossur greatly. It wasn't that she wanted to be in a relationship with him, but she missed his friendship.

As the other students walked by they looked at her and then turned to each other to gossip. She made sure to smile and wave at each one of them. Their gossip didn't get to her. After all she was used to all of it by now.

Even though most people would be embarassed about this type of predicament, Sophia wasn't. In fact she had made sure that the dress she was wearing was form fitting enough to show off her growing belly. She had to admit that she was enjoying getting all the attention. Even though it was starting to seem like a lot of bad attention.

Once the other students passed, Sophia hurried her pace and continued her hunt for Jossur. She was really hoping that she would find him quickly. She was starting to get cold and had forgotten to bring a coat.

[klair716]

It was an absolutely gorgeous day and Jossur had a free period, so he decided to spend a bit of time outside. With his guitar swinging across his back and small leather jacket flapping in the light breeze, Jossur made his way down the path, eyeing up the beautiful and waving to acquaintances. Recognizing the long-haired blonde head of his best friend walking towards him on the path, Jossur called out.

"Sophia!" He ran up to the girl, throwing his arms around her in a hug and placing a small kiss on her cheek before stepping back, keeping hold of her hands in his. "How have you been girl? It's been amazingly boring here without you around."

The truth of that statement was so true it was almost scary. Jossur may have been an almost overly friendly person, but Sophia was the only close friend he had that wasn't a member of his band. Her absence had left him with much alone time and a serious lack of conversation not centered on something sexual or completely mundane. To say he was overjoyed to see her was an understatement.

Looking her up and down, Jossur noticed the slight bulge in Sophia's tight dress. He wasn't quite sure what to say that might not sound rude. Thinking for a moment, he settled with something simple.

"Something you want to tell me, Soph?" he asked, pointedly looking at her stomach.

[RosiePosie]

Sophia couldn't help but smile when she first saw Jossur, she had missed him so much. Even though she never wanted to be in a serious relationship with him, she still did enjoy his hugs and the occasional kiss. After all he was one of the cutest guys she had ever met.

"I'm doing great. I was going to finish my 7th year at Russia, but I missed everyone at school so much that I decided to come back here to Hogwarts." She smiled even more.

For a while she had forgotten what she had to tell Jossur, but once he looked her up and down, she had remembered what she had to say. She went a little pale and she distorted her face, trying to figure out how to tell him.

"Umm....I have to tell you something. It's one of the main reasons I am back at Hogwarts." she paused, "Turns out our little night of fun left us with a lovely little present." she placed her hand on her stomach, "I'm pregnant."

After saying that, she just stood there and waited for what Jossur was going to say. She knew he would freak out, but she didn't know how badly he would. Hopefully it wouldn't draw attention to them. That was the last thing she need, the school being even more involved.

[klair716]

Jossur's face fell and fell fast. Out of all the things Sophia could have possibly said, 'I'm pregnant' was not what he thought he'd hear. How could this have happened?! It was one drunken fumble after a show that summer and even in his inebriated state, he had remembered to use protection. "That's the problem with muggle protection though," he thought, "it's not fool-proof like magic."

Jossur honestly couldn't think of anything to say. All he could do was stare at Sophia, whispering her words back at her. "You're pregnant. You're... no, we're pregnant. We're fucking... FUCK!"

Jossur dropped to the ground in anguish, holding his head in both hands, a look of blank shock on his.

"This wasn't... I'm not... SHIT SOPHIA! FUCK!" Jossur was almost in tears now. He was 17, for Merlin's sake! And certainly not ready to be a father. He was still too much of kid himself to be capable of parenthood. Hell, he loved Sophia, but only as a friend with obvious occasional benefits, and knowing her parents they'd probably force the two to get married. He was not ready for this!

[RosiePosie]

Sophia just stood there for a bit, she had no idea what to say. It had been months since she had seen Jossur and more than a year since she had seen him break down like this. She didn't know what to do at the moment, but she remembered from the last time, she was the only one that could calm him down.

Ever since Sophia knew Jossur, she had come to learn that once in a great while he would get rather down in the dumps. When they had first met Jossur had had quite a few of these moments, but the more they hung out, the less of them he had. For a while, Sophia actually thought that Jossur was finally done with these sort of antics. Sadly, she was mistaken. Now she had to try and calm him down. Already people were starting to look and all she needed was for a teacher to come over to see what was going on. She had no idea how she was going to explain what was going on.

Carefully, Sophia walked over to Jossur. She gave him her hand and helped him up. She led him over to the bench near by and had him sit down. She too followed and sat next to him.

"Shh..." she said in a comforting voice and she put her hand on his. "It's going to be okay."

In a way, she was trying to convince herself. Ever since she found out that she was pregnant things had fallen down hill. The boyfriend she had found back in Russia, didn't want to talk to her. Usually Sophia wouldn't mind, but she had liked this guy very much. Almost more than Jossur and right now it seemed like she didn't have anyone.

[klair716]

Jossur let him self be led to the bench while trying really hard not to cry. This was the side of himself he really hated; the freak out, break down, and cry his eyes out side was annoying, embarassing, and usually painful in some way. He curretn;y felt like curling up into the fetal position and sobbing in Sophia's lap.

"Okay?! Soph, how is it going to be okay? It's a baby, for fucks sake. You know I'm nowhere near ready for something like that! My parents are going to be dissapointed and yours are probably going to force a shot gun wedding on us. I love, hun, and I could easily live with you, but I don't want to be tied down in a marriage. You know me, I like my boys too much. And... and I'll have to cut down on band stuff." Groaning, Jossur rolled his head on to Sophia's shoulders and shook, half with tears and half with humourless laughter.

"Merlin, I sound like a such a selfish prick. You know I'll be there and I'll help however I can, and I'll probably fall completely in love with the kid, but there's going to be so much shit to get through before we have the little bugger. I just, guhhhh, I don't feel at all ready for this right now."

Jossur closed his eyes and sighed. He really hated this, but he knew he had to be there for Sophia. Putting his arms around her, Jossur pulled the girl into his lap and hugged her tightly. Quietly he asked the one question he wasn't sure if he wanted to know the answer to now that he'd said everything else. "Wait, are you sure it's mine?"

[RosiePosie]

Sophia gently rubbed Jossur's back in circular motions hoping it would make him feel better. She had a feeling that he could go even more down hill and she really didn't want to have to experience him like that. If she had to, she would, but she hated seeing Jossur like that.

As Jossur talked, Sophia nodded. She knew he just needed someone to listen at the moment and when the time was finally right she would say something. When it was her turn to talk, she sat for a minute trying to find the right words.

"Well actually I don't think my parents would force us to marry."

When Sophia told her parents what happened, she was surprised that they didn't bring up the marriage subject. In fact they were far from telling her to marry Jossur. They had never really liked Jossur and they were too obsessed with her boyfriend at the time. If they would have brought up the marriage subject, it would have been to him, not Jossur.

Sophia let out a small laugh when Jossur mentioned the guys and the concerts. She knew how much he liked them and it just so happened to be where they had had a rather fun night. Never again would she rent a room with a boy after a concert, it was a rather dumb idea.

The smile on Sophia's face quickly vanished when Jossur asked her if the baby was his. Of course it was his. Sophia had only done it with three other guys. One was before Jossur and the other one was after him. Still the dates only matched up to Jossur, not the other two.

"No it's Snape's." She said with a glare, "Of course it's yours. If you haven't have noticed, I'm not the type of girl to go sleeping around."

[klair716]

Jossur made a face at Sophia's sarcasm. "Ewww," he laughed, "Snape? That's just... I'm not even gonna go there. And I know you dont sleep around, but I also know I'm not the only one you have slept with, Soph. You're still with Xavier, aren't you? You two were pretty serious this summer."

Jossurs had only met the man a few times, but he could tell that he cared about Sophia very deeply and that she felt the same towards him. If any man could make Soph look at him the way she did, he certainly had Jossur's respect. His eyes became wide as he continued thinking about the man, however.

"OH MY GOD! You're parents aren't going to kill me, Xavier is! We slept together before you two were an item, I know, but still! Gah!"

Jossur proceeded to hide his face in the joint of Sophia's shoulder, still groaning.


(AW Can't you just see all the pouty faces he's making! SO cute! lol)

[RosiePosie]

Sophia stuck out her tongue, she had just pictured what she had said about Snape and it wasn't pretty. She had a hard enough time picturing anyone sleeping with Snape, let alone herself.
"Ewww...is right." she giggled. "There is no way I would not want to see that man naked." she paused, "Come to think of it there is no teacher in this whole school that I would want to see naked."

When Jossur mentioned Xavier, Sophia couldn't help but frown. It was true, the two of them had gotten very serious over the summer. They had even loved each other. Her parents loved Xavier and one day she had even heard the two of them talking about a possible marriage. In all reality Sophia wouldn't be ready for it, but she knew that by her age, her mother had already been married to her father.

Sophia took a deep breath, she had no idea how to break the next part to Jossur, but she had to. "Ah yeah, about Xavier. We're sorta on a break."

She hoped that he wouldn't ask for the details because she didn't want to have to replay the whole break up scene in her mind. She had already enough and each time it had hurt her even more.

[klair716]

Jossur made another face at the naked teachers comment, but became serious again at Sophia's frown. He could see from her that she wasn't comfortable with the topic, so it was best to leave it alone for now. There was plenty of other things to discuss of course.

"Hm, we'll have to talk about that sometime, but not right now. Right now we need to keep discussing this," he said, laying a hand on Sophia's stomach. "You're really pregant? Morning sickness, swollen ankles, cravings, and all? Really? Because the ideas starting to settle in, but I'm me, so, you know, I'm still freaking out on the inside quite a bit. I'm probably going to break so many guitar strings in the upcoming months!"

Jossur laughed nervously and gave a lopsided smile. Babies were adroable and fun, and he'd always kind of wanted a little brother or sister, but babies were also a lot of work. The only things Jossur had ever put a lot of work into were his music and a few flings.

[RosiePosie]

Sophia rolled her eyes, Jossur was being Jossur and like usual it tended to annoy Sophia. She just didn't like how he could be so self centered, especially at a time like this. After all they were talking about their kid.

"Mhmm, I've got everything but the swollen ankles so far. Thankfully there are plenty of little potions that make everything a bit easier. I really do hate being sick and gaining weight." she said with a raise of an eyebrow.

"Like I said, we will get through this. Who knows maybe you'll be the best father in the world." she paused, "I can already picture the 'World's Greatest Daddy' shirts as we speak."

Sophia pretended to smile. She had to admit she did love the idea of having a baby. Even though she was young, she just wished Jossur would have taken it more seriously. If the child had been Xavier's he would have been extremely excited and very supportive. That it wasn't his, he wasn't happy at all. Sophia was sad to admit it, but she was sure the news of the baby being Jossur's had broken Xavier's heart.

[klair716]

Jossur scoffed at Sophia; she could be a bit materialistic at times. "You could do with some meat on your bones, Soph. You're skinny as all hell! Good to hear you have potions though to help with the, um, symptoms. I'd hate for you to be in pain or discomfort."

He gave Spohia a small squeeze and then laughed.

"Wow, that would be sexy," he commented sarcastically. "How about we stick to mugs? We may not even need them at all, because with my luck, I'll probably just corrupt the kid. You'll set him, or her, straight though. I have no doubt you will be a wonderful mother. And no matter what, no matter how I feel about things at the time, you'll know I'll be there, right? If you need anything, just ask. I'll even give you foot rubs."

Jossur smiled softly at the beautiful friend in his lap; they were pregnant. On one side it was still a terrifying thought, but on the other it was sweet. He wasn't in love with Sohpia, but he loved her very much, and the idea that they were bringing something so adorable and innocent into the world together was kind of cool.

"So, do you know if it's a boy or girl, because I suddenly can't wait to look at names."




(Ah, the jumpy moods. [and he's not even the one who's pregnant! lol])

[RosiePosie]

Sophia rolled her eyes at Jossur's comment about her weight. She was very self concious about her weight , no matter how many people told her how thin she was. Ever since she had been teased in her younger years about her weight, she always worried about it.

She shook off the bad memories and then continued, "Even though I'm not to keen on coffee, we can stick to mugs. You may be right though, we might not even need them. If you don't corrupt it first, I might end up doing it by accident.

Sophia couldn't help but smile, Jossur was now being civil about things. It almost seemed like he was somewhat excited about it. That just there made things better for Sophia and a lot easier. Now she knew that at least her friend would support her. Xavier left her in the dust and she was so afraid that Jossur would have done the same. Come to think of it, she thought it would have been the other way around. She was wrong and she was somewhat happy about the outcome, well as happy as she could be. After all she was going to have to go through her 7th year pregnant and she knew that in itself was going to be hell.

She sat there was a big smile on her face, "Well I guess I can tell you. It's a girl."

[klair716]

No matter how he wished to be percieved, Jossur was like pretty much any guy, and the idea of baby girl completely melted his heart. His face mimmicked his feelings and he cooed at the thought for a second. A girl! A tiny, no doubt adorable little girl.

"That's wonderful. You would think I'd want a boy, but we all know I get on better with girls," Jossur chuckled. "I don't know why, but Emaline popped into my head. What do you think? Or maybe Constance? Or even Brigitte, a good combination of French and Russian, I think. Not that we need to pick right now, of course, I'm just throwing ideas out there."

Jossur bowed his head in embarassment over how excited he had gotten for a moment there. He felt like such a prick for freaking out earlier and being so enthusiastic now. He'd still have to think over all the 'negatives' later, but Jossur really was excited; he'd always liked babies.

[RosiePosie]

Sophia just stared at Jossur dumbfounded. It still amazed her at how fast Jossur's emotions changed. Somedays he was even worse than a girl. To think of it, he was usally worse than Sophia. She shook her head and then smiled, that was what she liked about Jossur. Even though it did annoy her sometimes. But for the most part, it didn't upset Sophia that much.

"You're right. I just can't see you teaching a little boy how to play sports. That is just the total opposite of you. Thank goodness it's going to be a girl." She giggled. "Then you can give her all the make up tips you want."

She sat there and listened to Jossur list off names. They were all nice, but they just didn't seem to fit. At the moment, no name seemed to fit right. She tried so hard to think of one, but she could never find the right one. Thankfully they still had plenty of time to think of one. There had to be some name out there that the both of them loved.

"Those are all good, but why don't we think of some more. We just need to find the perfect name that both of us love." She said with a grin.