It turned out, that Ginny stayed with Luna for a month or so, and eventually – when realising Harry wouldn't give up Teddy – she came out of hiding.
Before they knew it, Harry and Ginny were signing divorce papers silently, in a quiet room, the only sound they could here was the scratching of quills and the clock ticking; James was in the pram while Teddy was sitting in a leather chair not far off, hugging his toy bear.
Harry finished the signing and looked at Ginny,
"Are you sure this is right for us?" Harry said, raising his eyebrows.
"Yes," Ginny said, avoiding eye contact, "When you engaged to me, we were just kids,"
Harry didn't say anything, but inside those words stabbed him in the guts.
"Oh and I'm pregnant again," Ginny said quietly.
"What?! Why didn't you tell me this before?"
"I wouldn't think you would care," Ginny said in a chilling voice.
And she walked off with James in the buggy, without saying goodbye.
Harry couldn't believe it. Ginny pregnant? Then he suddenly realised that Ginny's tummy had been getting a little big recently, but he never would've have thought it was because of that!
"Come on Teddy! Let's go!" Harry said, sweeping Teddy up and walking towards the door.
That dinner, Harry got a special treat, Teddy's favourite: fish fingers and chips. They ate it in silence.
"Could you put some ketchup on my plate please daddy?" Teddy said, after a while.
"Sure," Harry smiled and he walked over to Teddy's place, squirted some ketchup on his chips and sat back down again.
"Oh, daddy!" Teddy moaned, "I don't want it on the chips! I wanted it on the side!"
Then Harry burst, he didn't mean to but he was under so much stress, it just burst out of him. The four little words that Harry wasn't ready to say, that would probably change Teddy's life forever:
"I'm not your dad, Teddy!" Harry shouted.
There was a very long silence, and Harry put his hand over his mouth in shock and horror but Teddy looked at Harry sadly and said,
"I know."
Harry's eyes widened.
"But how? I don't understand!"
"Don't think that I don't remember my own mummy and daddy Harry!" Teddy grinned.
"What?" Harry gaped.
"I've seen pictures, of Remus and Tonks," he said, "and every time I see their faces, I get that weird feeling, you know, when you see something or someone you know you've seen before. When I'm with you, it feels as if I'm not really part of you! Nor you or Ginny can change the colour of your hair! But Tonks can...and Remus, I have his face shape, his smile, you know that Harry, I think your knew for some time that I knew too,"
A tear rolled down Harry's cheek. That was the most Teddy had ever said since Ginny left.
"Come here!" Harry said, holding out his arms and Teddy ran into them, they both cried in spite of everything. After a while, they broke apart.
"Time for bed daddy bear," Teddy said, sniffing.
"Yes," Harry said, "Time for bed baby bear!"
They walked up to the bedroom and snuggled together, falling asleep in each other's arms.
A month later, Ginny was in labour. It was like the same scenario, but this time, Harry wasn't holding Ginny's hand, it was Molly, Ginny's mum. Harry was asked to wait outside with James, Teddy, the whole Weasley family - apart from Charlie and Bill- Luna and Hermione. It was a very awkward silence.
"I like the plants here," Luna said dreamily, and she leant forwards towards Harry, whispering, "But beware; dad said that all hospital plants are infested with nargles and garden gnomes!"
"What's a nargle?" Teddy whispered in Harry's ear.
"No idea!" Harry said.
For the past hour, Teddy and Luna suddenly became very close. Teddy showed Luna all his play trucks and Luna would make them levitate with her wand, causing Teddy to laugh with delight. They started to run around, Luna started to tickle Teddy under the arms and legs and he'd fall onto the ground in hysterics. It was very nice to watch.
Meanwhile, Arthur and Percy were analyzing the newspaper they had picked up on the table, George was leaning over his chair, laughing with Luna and Teddy, Ron and Hermione were hand in hand, talking softly to eachother, when suddenly Ron sat up and walked to the toilets and Hermione edge her way closer to Harry and she smiled. She looked very pale, her eyes were bloodshot, and her hair looked slightly scruffy, she was clutching her tummy.
"Hi Hermione," Harry smiled, "Haven't seen you in a while,"
"Yeah, I guess so," Hermione said, forcing a bigger smile.
"Are you alright?" Harry said, looking sternly at her.
"I-I need to speak to you," Hermione whispered, "Just you, not Ron, I don't know how he'd take it,"
"Let me guess," Harry said scratching his chin, "You're pregnant?"
Hermione's eyes widened.
"How did you know?" she hissed.
"It's a little obvious!" Harry laughed.
"Really?" Hermione said, suddenly looking very self conscious, "How?"
"Well for starters," Harry grinned, "You look terrible! You're eyes are bloodshot, you look so pale, like you've just thrown up everywhere, you looked like you've been dragged backwards through a bush and your clutching your stomach because you don't want to show how big it's getting!"
"Wow Harry! I-" Hermione started, but she saw Ron coming around the corner and she hissed, "Don't tell anyone!" and she sat back in her chair in a blink of an eye.
Abruptly ten minutes later, a midwife poked her head from outside the maternity ward doors and said,
"Mrs Weasley has requested for the family to join her, with Teddy, Hermione and Luna." She added.
Everyone went silent and followed the midwife through the double doors towards Ginny's room.
When Harry entered the room, it was like having a flash back. Ginny looked as beautiful as she did after she gave birth to James.
The midwife handed over the baby to Harry, who very surprised, took him in his arms.
"Doesn't Ginny want to hold him?" Harry croaked, trying not to cry.
"Oh she's held him already," Molly said, who was kneeling next to Ginny's bed, "It's been almost 40 minutes since she gave birth; she just wanted some mother-son time by herself."
"Oh," Harry said, and he looked into his second baby's eyes, "what are we going to call him?"
"Albus," Ginny said weakly, "Named after Dumbledore."
"And his middle name is Severus, can we agree to that?" Harry said quietly.
Ginny lay still for a while, but nodded shortly.
"Let me hold him!" George whispered, Harry passed Albus to George who started cradling him.
"Hello little Albus!" George said, smiling at him, "Uncle George here, I'm going to turn you into a real trouble maker!"
"George!" hissed Molly.
"What?" George grinned, "I was kidding!"
"Can I please have a hold?" Arthur whispered, and soon enough, Albus had been passed around to everyone, Hermione didn't seem to want to let him go, and then that's when Harry realised, where was Teddy?
"Where's Teddy?" Harry said in a panicky voice.
"He's over here," George said grinning widely, "but shush!"
George pointed to the corner of the room, and Teddy was sitting on Luna's lap, she was reading to him. It looked like the Quibbler.
Harry's heart went warm, this was the happiest he had ever seen Teddy for a long, long time.
"I want to speak to George," Ginny said, "and Harry," she added.
Everyone looked surprised at Ginny, but they exited the room anyway, until everyone was out, apart from George and Harry.
"George," Ginny said, acting all fidgety, "I was wondering if you could take James for a little bit, just until I've settled in with Albus,"
"What?!" Harry and George said at the same time.
"Why didn't you ask me?" Harry said furiously, "He's my kid as well!"
Ginny hesitated.
"I know but, I just think that maybe, you'd find it really stressful, and George had become quite close to James, haven't you George?" Ginny said, suddenly staring at George who went red.
"Erm, yeah," George said, looking at Harry, afraid.
Harry couldn't take it anymore; he stormed out of the room and shut the door with a slam.
"Come on Teddy! Let's go!" Harry muttered, furious.
"But I-" Teddy said, who was still sitting on Luna's lap.
"Now Teddy!" Harry shouted.
"Go on," Luna said gently, "I'll see you soon, I promise!" she lifted Teddy off her lap, and he ran over to Harry and held his hand.
When they were walking home, Harry spotted something. It was a shop. He bent forwards towards the shining window, and looked at the photos. It was on offer. Harry smiled.
"This is it," Harry smiled to himself, "A fresh start, we'd turn over a new leaf and start all over again, just me and Teddy!"
"Daddy?" Teddy said, looking worried, "What are you doing?"
"This is it Teddy!" Harry said in an excited voice (he was starting to sound a little crazy), "We could do this together Teddy! Just me and you! How about it?"
Harry didn't wait for an answer, he walked into the shop and that's when he realised, he had finally lost his marbles, because the picture he was looking at was a little house on offer, on the white beaches of the Caribbean.
