Expecting Ginny

The first half of the day at the Ministry of Magic went by faster than Arthur wished it had. As soon as he had arrived someone had bought in a box of necklaces. The necklaces were supposed to keep you from being effected by dark magical but they really made it so you were effected twice as bad by dark magic. He couldn't believe some of the stuff people where selling. Some of it was really dangerous.

It was until lunch time that Arthur was able to steal a glance at the clock. He let out a long mental sigh when he saw the time. He had to go talk to Remus. If he put it off he wouldn't do it and he knew it. If Tonks had decided to go home for lunch he would be screwed. There was no way he was going to tell Tonks about his current thoughts about Ginny.

Arthur didn't think she would be returning home for lunch due to the fact the Ministry was buzzing with activity. He left a note on his desk stating that he had stepped out for lunch and would be back in an hour. With a loud pop he disapparated.


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There was a loud pop as Arthur appeared out of no where on the back porch of a tiny house. It was Tonk's house. Remus had moved in right after Dumbledore's death. Everyone had been surprised by how fast he had moved in but most people didn't know Remus and Tonks had been fooling around for sometime. Arthur only knew because he had walked in on them one time at Grimmauld place. He shook the memory from his head quickly.

Arthur raised a fist to knock on the back door. No one came to the door. He knocked again and still no one came. He raised an eyebrow and listened for any noise. Perhaps no one was at home. He could hear sounds of someone talking and then loud laughter. It sounded like that thing called a television. Perhaps Remus had the television up too loud and he couldn't hear him knocking.

He tried the door and found that it was unlocked. Arthur pushed it open and found himself in a kitchen. Arthur had visited the house before so he knew where the living room was and he knew that is the room where muggles normally have their televisions.

The last time he had visited Tonks she hadn't had a television but that was long before Remus had moved. Remus could have easily brought one with him. Arthur walked towards the living room and noticed the noise was getting a bit louder. He stuck his head in the living room.

Remus was sitting in a chair with his eyes fixed on a small box in the corner of the room. He was using one hand to hold his head up and his other hand was holding a lit cigarette. His eyes were only half open.

“Hello Remus,” Arthur said stepping into the living room.

The werewolf let out a shocked yelp as his whole body jumped. The cigarette he was holding nearly fell out of his hands. Arthur couldn't help but laugh as he walked over to the couch.

“Very Funny,” the smoker said taking a pull off his cigarette.

Remus didn't say anything as he reached forward to put the finished cigarette in the ashtray that sat on the coffee table. Next to the ashtray sat a pack of cigarettes with 'Phoenix lights' written on them in red letters.

“I didn't know you smoked,” Arthur said looking from the cigarettes to Remus.

“Just picked it up,” Remus said tearing his eyes away from the TV. “Tonks isn't too happy about it but she's letting me do it. What brings you here Arthur?”

Arthur sighed. He should have known Remus would know something was up. After all, it wasn't like him to just drop by alone. Remus seemed to know something was really wrong by the sigh because he picked up the remote off the coffee table and turned the TV off. Arthur looked in surprise when the TV went off.

“Ignore the bloody TV,” Remus said causing Arthur to look at him. “Something important is on your mind.”

“It's Ginny,” Arthur said simply.

“Is she alright?” he asked as his eyes widened slightly.

“She's pregnant Remus,” the Weasley said getting up from the couch. He started to pace around the room. “Pregnant.”

“What?” he asked open mouthed. “When did this happen?”

“A month again,” Arthur said turning his back on Remus. He couldn't bare to look at him while he told him the story. “She was raped by Snape. The bastard took advantage of her and got her pregnant.”

When Remus didn't say anything Arthur looked back at him for a split second. He was just staring forward in disbelief. The married man looked away again. He decided that Remus just needed a minute to take it in.

“How is Ginny taking everything?” Remus asked after a few long minutes.

“She can't remember the rape,” Arthur explained. “It seems she is remembering it in her dreams but she can't remember her dreams. Ginny wants to keep the baby.”

Arthur walked over to the far wall and slumped against it. He was looking down at his hands and waiting for Remus to say something.

“No wonder you're so upset,” Remus shook his head. “I'd be the same way if I had a daughter and that had happened to her.”

The werewolf got out of his chair and walked over to Arthur who was slowly sliding down the wall. Arthur didn't stop sliding until his ass had hit the floor. Remus frowned kneeling down in front of him.

“There is more isn't there?” Remus asked raising an eyebrow.

Arthur looked up at Remus with surprise. How had he known there was more?

“I can feel it,” Remus said answering the unasked question. “What is it?”

“Ginny is growing up,” Arthur said looking away with the werewolf. “When I look at her I don't see my little girl every more. I see a grown woman when I look at her. Yesterday and this morning I...I had these thoughts.”

“Are they sexual thoughts?” the other man asked.

Arthur's face and earns turned red at the question. He didn't think he could bear to say 'yes' out loud so he just nodded. To his total surprise Remus laughed. Arthur looked up at him in surprise.

“You have nothing to be ashamed of,” Remus said patting him on the shoulder. “Here let me help you up.”

The other man was still looking confused and surprise as he took Remus' hand and let him help him to his feet.

“What do you mean?” he asked. “Ginny is my daughter.”

“Ginny is turning into an attractive young woman,” Remus explained sitting back down in his chair. “When you are living in the same house as an attractive woman it doesn't matter if it's your mother. You are still going to have some thoughts.”

Arthur took a moment to think about what Remus was saying. He thought back to when he had been a kid and had went through puberty. Hadn't he been turned on by those times he had walked in on his naked mother? He stopped being aroused by it when he got older but when he was younger the word 'incest' hadn't stopped him from being turned on by his Mum. Perhaps it was the same thing that was going on with Ginny.

“You're right Remus,” he said smiling. “I'm sure these thoughts will go away. I haven't gotten the urge to act on them or anything.”

“That's right,” the werewolf said reaching for his pack of cigarettes. “Everything will work out.”

“Thank you,” he said getting up from the chair. “Thank you for your time and for listening. I've got to get back to work.”

“No problem,” Remus said sticking the cigarette in his mouth. “Tonks and I are thinking about dropping by for dinner.”

“Molly would be delighted if you did,” Arthur said smiling.

The two of them said they their goodbyes then with a loud pop Arthur disapparated.

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Note : I know no one calls cigarettes cigarettes in Britain. But I'm American and speaking British English is annoying so sorry about that one. And I know this chapter seems pointless but it really isn't. I really felt Arthur needed someone to talk to about this or he was going to go nuts.