A/N: I do not own Harry Potter! All credits go to J.K. Rowling!
I'm sorry if there are any grammatical errors, English isn't my first language, if you spot a mistake, please let me know, thank you!
I hope you like it!
After the war, the Weasleys, Potters and Malfoys made peace. This was mostly because of Teddy Lupin, Harry's godson, who spent the first six years of his life with his grandmother, Andromeda Tonks.
Once a month he would visit the Malfoys and twice a month he'd visit the Potters.
But Andromeda was getting old and in a few years Teddy was going to Hogwarts, so now, six years after The Battle, Teddy lives with Harry and Ginny during the week and with Andromeda during the weekend. This was, according to both Mrs Weasley and Andromeda, "The perfect practice for their own baby," (who was expected to be born in a month).
Teddy was 4 years old when he first called Ginny 'Mom'. Harry had tried to explain to Teddy that he and Ginny weren't his real parents but failed, multiple times. Because he just couldn't tell the boy, who he cherished so much, who he loved as if he was his own son. That his parents died, died making the world he would live in a better one, a nicer one, one, not filled with war, but love.
Sometimes, when Teddy couldn't sleep, Ginny would hold him in her arms and tell him stories about his parents until he fell asleep.
Even though Ginny didn't know Tonks for that long, she remembered every moment they spent in Grimmauld Place together, every moment when the war was forgotten and they could laugh. She remembered the times that the world didn't seem so bad, that it was possible to have fun in a time of war. This always calmed him down. And sometimes Harry would stand behind the door of the room in which Ginny told these stories, he'd close his eyes and listen to the soft voice of his wife and the slow breathing of his godson.
Often Ginny would find Harry asleep in the hallway or in Teddy's room. He cares about him so much. And sometimes he'd think of Remus, and of how proud he'd be of his son. And of him, trying to live a life after the war, not dwelling on the past but moving on.
Teddy didn't remember his parents well, for he only knew them for three months, but he would always know, in his heart, that they loved him. And that even now they're dead, they're watching over him, that they still love him, that they didn't leave because they had a choice, they left because the world that used to exist before him was a cruel one, and because of their deaths, the world, he now lives in, isn't cruel anymore. It is a save world, where Harry and Ginny Potter take care of him and love him as their own son.
Every month Harry, Ginny and Teddy would go to the grave of Mr and Mrs Lupin.
And Harry couldn't help but shed one or two tears, even though he tried to be strong for Teddy. Ginny's take her husbands hand and hold him, as long as he needed to be. They'd put down new flowers and remove the old ones.
After Sirius died, Remus was like a father to Harry, like the father he never had, caring for Harry more than anything or anyone, because he promised James and Lily. He promised them to love him, and to take care of him if they couldn't. And they couldn't. Just like Remus and Nymphadora couldn't take care of Teddy.
A month later, when Teddy was spending time at the Malfoys, Ginny went into labour. Harry was just going to shower when he heard his wife giving a yell.
'Harry! Oh my, Harry! Ouch..., Harry! For Merlin's sake!'
Together they hurried to St Mungo's. Harry sent a patronus to the family, and just minutes after Harry and Ginny arrived at the hospital, the entire Weasley family came bursting in, Mr and Mrs Weasley, Bill, Fleur, Charlie, Percy and his wife Audrey, George and his wife Angelina and of course Ron and Hermione.
Harry and Ginny were ushered into a hospital room. Ginny yelled a few times quite loud, which almost caused Mr Weasley to storm into the room to help his little girl, but he was held back by his wife, who reminded him of how annoying it had been when Molly's father had come in during Bill's birth.
And after six long hours Harry ran to the family, who were sitting in the waiting room, sighed happily and said proudly: 'I have a son!' After which the family exploded with happiness.
And just minutes later everybody was standing around Ginny's hospital bed. They just stand there, watching this little boy opening his bright brown eyes, as his mother holds him tight.
'Have you thought of a name yet?' Mrs Weasley asks after a moment of silence.
'Yes!' says Ginny as she looks up to her husband and smiles, 'James' she says as she looks into the bright green eyes of her husband.
'James Sirius...Potter' Ginny smiles as her newborn son wraps his little pink fingers around her thumb. Harry smiles proudly at his wife and whispers: 'He's got your eyes!'
Ginny smiles back at her husband.
'It's a beautiful name! And what a beautiful boy, Oh Ginny!' Mrs Weasley says as she wipes the tears from her face.
Each member of the Weasley family gets a chance to hold James, and after James has been introduced to each of his uncles, aunts and his grandparents, he and Ginny go to sleep. After the Weasleys leave, Harry lays down next to Ginny, who is holding James.
'Thank you!' he whispers in her ear.
'For..' says Ginny smirking.
'For giving me the best gift one could give!' says Harry as he softly kisses his son.
'I love you missus Potter!'
And just before Ginny fell asleep she whispered back:'I love you too, Harry!'
A/N: So that was the story of James' birth, I got kinda stuck at this point but I think I fixed it quite well.
I was thinking of maybe continuing this chapter after the 'I love you' (which I know is very cliche, but I think it suited the story quite well, because, I mean, they just had their first child, of course they's be all sweet to each other!), but since the next chapter is important on its own I thought I'd just end this chapter here. See you next chapter!