Could It Be?

\" Won\'t Ron and Hermione be thrilled?\" Harry asked, not expecting an anwser.
\" We can\'t tell them. Not yet anyway.\" I said.
\" And why not?\" He asked.
\" Old muggle superstition. If you tell about a pregnancy in the first three months, it doomed for tragedy.\" I said.
\" You\'re a witch, and I\'m a wizard.\" He said. \" We need not worry about silly muggle superstitions.\"
\" I don\'t want to take any chances.\" I said.
\" We don\'t have the same odds as muggles do.\" He said, with a sigh.
\" Sometimes I think you\'ve been in the magical world too long.\" I told him.
\" What\'s that supposed to mean?\" He asked.
\" It means that have you forgotten you were raised by muggles?\" I asked.
\" I try to.\" He said.
\" Well I don\'t. My parents may be difficult, but they weren\'t always that way.\" I said. \" Only when that damn letter from Hogwarts came.\" I mumbled slightly to myself.
\" What was that?\" He asked.
\" Nothing.\" I said. \" Harry do what you want. You\'re not going to listen to me, I\'m just a muggle raised witch.\" I said. Then I went up to the girls dorm. Hermione came in soon.
\" Harry is pacing outside the door, he\'ll probably wear a grove into the floor, if you don\'t go out there.\" She smiled.
\" I hope he does and falls through it.\" I said.
\" Uh oh.\" She said. \" Did you two get into an argument?\"
\" You could say that.\" I said.
\" Anything I can help with?\" She asked.
\" No. But thanks. We just have a different view on muggles and their way of thinking.\" I told her. We could now both hear Harry walking back and forth and I let out a slight giggle.
\" Go talk to him.\" She said. I walked out of the dorm. Harry went to take my hand.
\" Don\'t.\" I said.
\" Harry what\'cha doing up there?\" Ron asked, coming in through the common room.
\" Hermione is concerned that you\'ll make a grove into the floor if you don\'t stop pacing back and forth.\" I said.
\" Harry?\" Ron asked.
\" Go down to your friend.\" I said. The next morning Harry and I sat apart at breakfast, and I left before him. I had a lot on my mind. I went to see the headmaster.
\" Miss Wallace.\" Professor Dumbledore said.
\"Good Morning Professor.\" I said.
\" Good Morning.\" He said. \" You\'d like to request a leave of absent from you classes?\"
\" Um...yes sir. How did you--\" He cut me off.
\" It was only a matter of time.\" He said. \" You want to tell your parents the news face to face.\"
\" You know?\" I asked.
\" Yes. In a case like you and Mr. Potter\'s, the staff must be informed due to the constant danger that will be accompanying you.\" He said. \" And as for your muggle superstitions theory, although it could be true, the teacher\'s and staff\'s lips are sealed.\"
\" Thank You Professor.\" I said.
\" You may have the leave you need.\" He said, with a nodd.
\" Thank You.\" I said, again. I went back to my dorm to pack. Harry knocked on the door. I openned it.
\" You weren\'t in class, are you ok?\" He asked.
\" I\'m fine.\" I said. He saw my packing.
\" Where are you going?\" He asked.
\" Back to the muggle world.\" I said. \" I want to go see my parents.\" I paused. \" Professor Dumbledore gave me the permission to leave.\"
\" Lacy.\" He said.
\" You won\'t talk me out of this.\" I said. \" Plus maybe I\'m safer in the muggle world, since I was just informed that this baby will be wanted by Voldemort.\"
\" He can get to you just as easy if not easier in--\" I cut him off.
\" I\'m going.\" I said. I finished up my packing, and headed out of the room. Hagrid came through the common room portrait hole.
\" All ready Lacy?\" Hagrid asked. I nodded.
\" I\'ll see you soon.\" I told Harry. I left with Hagrid, who took me to the muggle world, and right to my parent\'s doorstep. I knocked lightly. They openned and Hagrid left. \" Mum. Dad.\" I said.
\" You\'re home.\" My mum said, happily, leading me into the living room.
\" Just for a visit.\" I said. \" Our Christmas visit didn\'t go quite as planned.\"
\" About that...\" She started. \" Your father and I were wrong to try and take you out of your school.\"
\" Mum...\" I started.
\" Sweetheart. We\'re happy if you\'re happy.\" My father said.
\" I am happy.\" I said, a little quietly.
\" That look would say differently.\" Mum said.
\" I\'m ok.\" I said.
\" Did you bring your boyfriend along with you?\" Dad asked.
\" No Harry stayed at school.\" I said. \" We needed some time apart.\"
\" You two aren\'t arguing over us are you?\" Mum asked.
\" No.\" I said. \" One of the reasons I came was to tell you some news.\"
\" Good news?\" Mum asked.
\" Yes.\" I said. \" Harry asked me to marry him, I accepted.\"
\" Darling that\'s wonderful.\" My mum said.
\" You can\'t get married at your age.\" Dad said.
\" Professor Dumbledore said it would be an honor for him to marry us.\" I said.
\" I still think it\'s wonderful.\" Mum said.
\" There\'s more.\" I said.
\" Oh?\" She asked.
\" Yeah, um Harry and I are...well...we wanted to invite you to the wedding.\" I said, I couldn\'t tell them. Mum smiled. That night I went for a walk alone, in our neighborhood.
\" Alacia?\" A neighbor of mine\'s son asked. \" Where have you been hiding?\"
\" I\'ve been away at school.\" I said. His name was Mark and he was sorta my boyfriend when I was 12, before I went to Hogwartz.
\" Boarding school?\" He asked.
\" You could say that.\" I said. He walked over, went to kiss my cheek. \" Please don\'t do that.\"
\" Why it\'s not like you have a boyfriend.\" He said.
\" Actually I do. He\'s my fiance actually.\" I said. \" Not all boarding schools are for just girls.\"
\" You\'re 16.\" He said.
\" And?\" I asked.
\" You can\'t get married.\" He said.
\" Sure I can.\" I said.
Almost 2 1/2 weeks passed and I went for a walk everyday, it seemed as if Mark waited for me to walk by. I missed Harry more and more each day, but I didn\'t want to face him yet.
\" Alacia.\" Mark said.
\" It\'s Lacy. I keep telling you that.\" I said.
\" Alacia is more grown up.\" He said.
\" Maybe I don\'t want to sound more grown up.\" I said. \" And maybe I don\'t want to be around you.\"
\" You don\'t mean that. You\'re in love with me.\" He said. \" You have been since we were 12.\" He added.
\" No. I\'m in love with Harry.\" I said.
Another 3 weeks passed, and by then I was ready to go back to school. I still hadn\'t told my parents, but I would wait on that. I sent an carrier owl with a note for Hagrid, who came two days later to get me. I said goodbye to my parents. Mark walked up.
\" Mark we\'ve discussed this.\" I said.
\" The young lad bothering ya Lacy?\" Hagrid said, standing up.
\" Oh my God he\'s huge.\" Mark said.
\" Mark. Hagrid. Hagrid. Mark.\" I said. \" And no, he\'s not bothering me. But I am ready to get back to school.\" I said goodbye to my parents again and got back to school that evening. I made sure I dropped off all of my assignments to my teachers that I had completed. I was ahead of the class, just like Hermione, most teachers told me. I went to the Gryffindor common room, and found Ron and Hermione snuggled up on the couch together.
\" Lacy!\" Hermione exclaimed. She hugged me tightly, so did Ron.
\" We\'ve missed you.\" Ron said.
\" Thanks. I\'ve missed everyone too.\" I said. \" So I see you two are no longer hiding your feelings for one another.\"
\" Yeah.\" Hermione blushed.
\" Have you seen Harry yet? He\'s been a wretched wreck since you left.\" Ron said.
\" No.\" I said.
\" He should be leaving Divinations class any minute.\" Hermione said. Hermione and I had dropped Divinations because the teacher was a flake. Ron must have not attended class today, or left early or something.