One Harrington, Two Harrington, Three?

[Kailey Harrington]

Kailey Harrington sat in the waiting room of the pediatric center of Saint Mungos on that chilly July afternoon. One slender hand encased in the larger, tanned hand of her husband as the other rested against her flat stomach. Her fingers drumming against it, almost as if to feel it as it was for the last time, before it started to swell and change to accommodate the child that was almost certainly inside of it. Lately Kailey had been subject to extreme fatigue, nausea that seemed to never end, parts of her body that weren't affected by quidditch were sore, and most alarming of all was a certain aunt not dropping by that month. After a lot of thought Kailey had approached Demitris, with news that their family might be expanding within the next few months. But of course she was not yet positive. But already Kaileys feelings were quite mixed, one part of her was absolutely delighted at the prospect of being a mother, her and Demitris raising their child together. But the other part of her; the overwhelming majority was scared. She was only nineteen and Demitris only 21. She was barely established in her pro quidditch career. Though the coach had been kind enough to let her off the hook for the past few practices until she knew for sure if she was pregnant or not. But she tried not to dwell on what would happen if she were. As she knew she would be happy in the end despite it all, no child of hers at this point could upset her. She just really wished she hadn't procrastinated on getting her birth control prescription refilled. This was just too much too soon.

 

[Rhyspa Marinescu]

Rhyspa Marinescu flipped shut her last patients medical chart as she bid the young child adieu and exited the room. She absolutely loved working with children. Bringing joy to their faces made her extremely happy. The young woman placed a petite hand on her swelling abdomen, thinking about the life that was growing inside her. She waddled back to the front desk to receive her next patient. Rhyspa picked up the medical chart and went to the waiting room. She looked at the tab for her patients name and was surprised to see her friend Kailey's name. Rhyspa looked up from the chart and her eyes scanned the room for her friend. They landed on Kailey and her husband, Demitris. Rhyspa smiled and called out, "Harrington, Kailey."

 

[Demitris Zhefarovich]

One would not be lying if they called out Demitris Nrivo Harrington on being scared right now. It was true because Demitris was terrified as of the moment. His hand was in Kailey's and though they were married, he did not think that he was ready for a child just yet. Their house was big enough for one of course, so big that they could lose the child as well in the house. But he did not want Kailey to lose her quidditch career because of a child, but he also did not want to seem that he did not want a baby too. He wanted kids, just not anytime soon. He was a struggling author right now, and he just thought that a child would not be in their best interests. Demitris wondered how this happened because they were just so careful about an unplanned pregnancies. Demitris ran his free hand through his dark hair, his green eyes not shielding his worry. He just did not want things to come through a bumpy road for them just yet.

He was as in love as one could get. He glanced up when he heard Kailey's name being called by a woman, and his eyes followed right to her swollen stomach. Since Kailey was a metamorphmagus, could she make herself have a flat stomach or...he did not know. There were things he often questioned about when it came to her ability, but Demitris kept them to himself. He slowly stood up and he urged with a coaxing smile, "Let's go find out if we are going to be parents." Demitris continued to hold her hand, because it was actually helping him keep a stable mind on what was to come. Would he end up a parent like all of his other friends that have long since graduated from Durmstrang or Hogwarts? It was a little too pressing... And one of his best friends was now gone. Demitris was still mourning over that, but it had only been a few months anyway and the way Jaken went...leaving behind Estrella and four children...

 

[Kailey Harrington]

Kaileys heart was pounding in her chest like the hooves of a racehorse against the ground at the Kentucky Derby as she heard her name being called by an incredibly familiar voice. She looked up from the floor only to be floored by who her healer was, and would be for the next nine months if the test did turn up positive. Rhyspa Marinescu, her best friend from school! Suddenly her grip on Demitris' hand tightened. Sure Rhyspa would have probably been one of the first People Kailey had told anyways but she had hoped to have it at least CONFIRMED before anybody knew. Though even more than that she wanted this to be nothing more than a scare. They were in love and were good at taking care of themselves and their marriage but they were still nowhere near ready to care for a child. Dependent on them always, Demitris could barely care for her cats half of the time when she was gone to games. Though in all fairness they did like to hide from him to taunt him.

After taking a few seconds to let the newest information process in her mind she stood, her mind gone temporarily numb as the reality of the situation hit her again. More likely than not she was pregnant. Her knees shook a bit before she steadied herself. Her hand in Demitris' felt like her only link to the world as she took in a deep breath. "Yeah... Let's." she responded, her blue eyes probing his emerald orbs, her voice slightly shaky as the couple took steps to make their way forward. "Hello Rhyspa... Long time no see." she told her friend/midwife with a bit of a nervous chuckle. Kailey had been planning to meet up with her son enough anyways. She just wished it wasn't under such pressing circumstances.

 

[Rhyspa Marinescu]

Rhyspa smiled at the couple as they walked towards her. Kailey looked incredibly nervous and Demitris, as well. "Hello Kailey, Demitris," Rhyspa greeted the couple. "What can I do for you two today?"

 

[Demitris Zhefarovich]

Demitris often wondered if she could hear his heart pounding like a bludger hitting a bat. He did not know if he was ready to be a parent. He was a godparent but that was different. That did not involve having his own children around all the time, and depending upon him every hour of every day for the next eighteen years. Demitris was not ready, and he figured that Kailey knew that. But if she was pregnant, he would make himself adjust. Demitris smiled at the healer, "Hey, Rhypsa. Um, Kailey, you explain why we are here?" Demitris was a little more than nervous than he looked. Then again, his heart rate was through the roof. Would it be possible to give him a calming potion? Demitris wanted to ask that, out of good humor, but figured that now would not be the time for that at all. Demitris liked to joke around from time to time, but not when circumstances like these arose. Joking matters could have a negative effect.

 

[Kailey Harrington]

Kaileys heart was beating so fast within the bowels of her chest that one would not describe it as pounding. It seemed to beat with the speed of the beat of a humming birds wings and ferocity of an elephant stampede. Sure Demitris was a godparent but unless Estrella were to pass on as well those kids did not depend on the pair for anything but spoiling. She wasn't ready for a seventeen year commitment just yet. She would be Thirty Seven before the child was ready to take on the world! But of course if she were indeed pregnant she would just have to get used to the idea. If not she would NEVER forget a pill again. The three of them took steps out of the waiting room and into another room to get away from the other patients before continuing. "Well... You see Rhyspa. I'm thinking I may be pregnant." she told her, the words were a bit shaky as they came out. It was quite obvious neither of them wanted a child at this point of their lives.

 

[Rhyspa Marinescu]

Rhyspa brought the couple into a another room, away from the other patients. She thought of multiple reasons why the couple would have to come to St. Mungo's rushed through her mind. The most obvious one would be pregnancy in their case. They were newlyweds, but Kailey was beginning what would seem to be a budding career in Quidditch, and Demitris, Rhyspa didn't know what he did, but neither of them seemed ready enough for children. When Kailey told her the reason for them coming to St. Mungo's, she was not surprised. "Why do you think you are pregnant? What are your symptoms?" the Healer asked.

 

[Kailey Harrington]

One could hear the clicking of the flat but hard bottoms of Kaileys shoes as they made their way to an examination room. Kailey did a quick once over of the room to observe it, never really having had to be at St. Mungos before. She found it was pretty much exactly like a regular doctors office aside from where some of the normal instruments would be bottles of various labeled potions replaced them. Looking at the chairs for a moment Kailey decided to simply stand in front of her friend/healer for the day. Hopefully not for another few months though. "Well..." she started, pausing. This was a bit odd to explain to her best friend in such a clinical setting, rather than just freaking out about it in one of the pairs own homes. "You see, There's been severe breast soreness as well as even worse fatigue than normal. Both of these could have been chalked up to grueling practices that we've been having lately; But I've been having what seems like morning sickness for the past couple weeks. But the biggest thing was when I realized a certain something hadn't arrived this month." she told Rhypsa, the shadows of worry tugging at her eyes harder than ever as she actually listed it all out loud. It was quite a bit to go against it being a false alarm...

 

[Rhyspa Marinescu]

Rhyspa listened as Kailey described her symptoms and they did sound like that of a pregnancy. "Well, those are some of the general symptoms of a pregnancy, especially missing your menstrual cycle," she said. "I'm going to get you a pregnancy detection potion and we'll know the results immediately." Rhyspa left the small room and retrieved the potion from the store room. "Kailey, you'll have to drink this in one gulp and as soon as its gone, let me know how it tastes. If it is bitter and gritty, you are not pregnant, but if it is sweet and sugary, then you are," Rhyspa said with a smile. She was eager to know the results of her friends and patients pregnancy.

 

[Kailey Harrington]

Kailey listened to her friend as she explained some thing she already knew; about those being the basic symptoms of a pregnancy and such. But couldn't help but wonder exactly how she would be tested. She knew the whole procedure in the muggle world from her father insisting Juanita go to muggle doctors and Kailey tagging along, but she hadn't the foggiest idea how it was done for those who lived in the world of magic. But this was all soon explained by Rhyspa as well and Kailey took the bottle that was handed to her by her best friend and eyed it for a moment, taking in the look of it; for curiositys sake that her ravenclaw mind was mostly made of. But this period of observation lasted only a moment as Kailey was far too nervous to know the answer, for once she hoped a potion tasted horrible. She took off the topper at the top of it, "Well... Here goes everything." she said, her voice weighted with nervousness. She gave Demitris a small kiss and drank the potion down and it was gone before you could say baby. The sensation was disturbing and disgusting, after the potion was down she started to sputter and cough with a mixture of disgust and relief. "Oh god that was like swallowing liquid blacktop!" she exclaimed, her usually nearly non existant accent from the place of her birth was shining through in her immense relief. "I'm not pregnant."

 

[Demitris Zhefarovich]

Out of Character:

Been meaning to reply for the past...many days. Better late than never!

Demitris listened to the symptoms and knew for a fact that he would hate, and he meant hate, to be a woman. Deal with all of that. He also could have made a rather crude comment about her breasts being sore, but Demitris was a gentleman. He would never say that out loud, not out in public at least. He followed wherever, and wondered how this would work. There were many ways to tell if one was pregnant. He kissed Kailey in return and watched her drain a potion. Weirdly enough, her coughing and sputtering was music to his ears. Kailey was not pregnat! Demitris sighed in relief, "Oh thank Merlin. I am just not ready to be a father yet." Demitris' gaze landed on Kailey once more, raising an eyebrow at what she just said. Blacktop?

 

[Kailey Harrington]

Out of Character:

Tis fine I lol at your avatar because Demitris probably doesn't even know what a Poptart is.

Rummaging around in her bag Kailey quickly got out a piece of spearmint gum and began chewing like she hadn't in months. "Oh man that tasted horrid." she said, laughing a bit as it felt like the weight of a thousand pounds had been lifted off of her shoulders. The taste of what could only be described as something used to pave a road [not that Kailey would know from personal experience.] was slowly leeched from her mouth and replaced with the welcom taste of spearmint. No super sweet gum for her for a few hours though. "Trust me honey, I'm nowhere near ready to be a mom for a few years." she agreed before turning to Rhyspa. "Thank you so much for all of this. I'm glad it was you, made the whole thing a bit less stressful." she said with a smile. "So how much do we owe?" she asked, just because Rhyspa was her friend didn't mean Kailey got tested for free.

 

[Rhyspa Marinescu]

Rhyspa smiled at the relieved couple, but she hoped that once they were ready for children that they would be blessed with them. "Kailey, it was no trouble at all. This is part of my job after all!" the older woman joked. "To be honest, I'm actually kind of glad it was me. That way even though this was a scare, it wouldn't muck around with your career if an unprofessional healer went about and told your business. When Kailey asked about payment, Rhyspa shook her head. "That was a free consultation. And don't be like our dear friend Katalina, and argue with me over it. You won't win!" she laughed. As she thought about it, Rhyspa said, "The only thing I ask is when you do have a child, is to love it with all your heart and more."

 

[Demitris Zhefarovich]

Out of Character:

You are right, he probably does not.

Demitris was so relieved because he was not going to be a dad. He was just not ready to be a dad yet. He would not be able to handle not having his sleep whenever he went to bed early and woke up at the crack of dawn. He was working on becoming a famous author but he is not really having it easy either. Demitris waited for the price, but his mouth made a good small 'o' as he heard that it was a free consultation. That was just...amazing! Not that he would have a problem with paying a high price, because of his house and all, but he blamed his mother for her wealth. Demitris chose to not use money like he were made on it. One would call him tight. Demitris turned his attention to Kailey and he smiled, "Well, when we do decide to have a child, we will fulfill our promise to Rhyspa." He did not want a child yet, but he could see himself in the future, when they were both ready, with a child and loving him or her with all of their hearts.