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Harry stepped out of the fireplace and found their small flat filled with smoke. He ran into the kitchen to see what had happened. Ginny sat on the floor crying as the meal she had been working sat ruined on the counter.
"What happened?" Harry asked. Ginny had never made this big of a mess making dinner. Occasionally she would burn the dinner a bit, but never like this. He quickly made the smoke disappear and got on the floor next to Ginny.
"I…I wanted… to make… a… a perfect dinner…but I ruined it," Ginny was able to get out in between her sobs. He pulled her into an embrace. It surprised Harry to see Ginny like this. She usually was not one to break down like this, especially for something so silly as a ruined dinner.
"It's ok Gin, We can just order something." He tried to console her. She seemed to be calming down a bit with Harry there next to her.
"But I wanted to make this big dinner and then during dessert I would share with you the big news, but now it's all ruined." She started to cry again. Harry was a bit concerned. She rarely cried like this. Was there something wrong with her?
"Look at me Gin, please." She slowly lifted up her head and stared into his eyes. "We don't need to have a big dinner. And you can still share your big news with me over dessert."
"I just wanted everything to be perfect for when I told you we were going to have a baby." She said quietly. It took Harry a moment to comprehend what she had said.
"Are you… are you pregnant Ginny?" He stared at her beautiful brown eyes. They started to tear up again as she nodded. Harry started to laugh and pulled her into a tight hug. He pulled her up and swung her around. "I'm going to be a dad!" He kept saying. Ginny's sobs turned into laughter as she saw how happy Harry was.
Lily, James and Nicola stepped into the dark and quiet kitchen. It looked as if no one was home. They were a bit surprised to find it in this state.
"Lil, dad knew we were coming right?" James turned to his sister.
"I talked to him yesterday. I confirmed the time and everything."
"I will go find him. How about you two start making some dinner." James went into the house to look for his father. Nicola, who was looking in the cabinets turned to her sister-in-law.
"How about we order in. There is not much we can make with what is here."
James heard the telly on in the study. He went in and was glad that he had found dad, and not Lily. Harry laid on the couch with an empty bottle of firewhisky in his hand. Several other bottles of various different alcoholic beverages littered the floor. He went over to the couch and gently shook his father.
"Dad, wake up." Harry opened his eyes and saw his son looking at him.
"Son? What are you here for?" Harry was not completely awake yet.
"We are here for dinner." He helped his dad get up.
"That's right, you three were coming over for dinner. I must have lost track of the time." Harry was still trying to wake up.
"Dad maybe you should take a shower before we have dinner," James suggested. Harry nodded and went upstairs to shower. When he left, James looked around the study. A sigh escaped his lips. His father had never been considered tidy, but this was ridiculous. He ran his hands through his messy dark brown hair, and started to pick up the room. James chuckled a bit. For years his father had been the one who complained about how messy James' room was. Now it was the other way around.
By the time Harry returned, all cleaned up and more alert, James had managed to pick up all the bottles and tidy things up a bit. The two of them joined the girls in the kitchen just as the food arrived. Harry managed to put on a smile and enjoy the time with his children.
"Well, I have to go. I have early rounds tomorrow." Lily stood up and gave her dad a hug. "I will see you on Tuesday for our lunch date right dad?"
"Yes princess, I will see you on Tuesday." He smiled and watched her leave.
"We should probably head out too, but before we leave, we wanted to share some news with you." James paused and looked over at Nicola. "We just found out yesterday that Nicola is pregnant. You're going to be a grandpa." Harry's face broke into a smile. He grabbed the two and pulled them into a hug.
"Congratulations you two." Harry smiled at the young couple.
"We wanted you to be the first to hear the news," Nicola said. "We are going to my parents' house tomorrow and telling them." Harry gave them both a hug again before the happy couple left. James hoped that the news would help his father through this hard time. They had not planned on having children so soon, but sometimes things happened when you did not plan them to happen.
Harry was overjoyed by the news that he was going to have his first grandchild. Of course Teddy's children were almost like grandchildren, but this was different.
Then a thought hit him like a boulder. Ginny would never get to meet her grandchildren, at least not on this side of the veil. He once again found himself on the ground sobbing.
"Ginny, why did you have to leave us. We need you. Your family needs you! I NEED YOU!" He shouted. "Dam it, Ginny, you promised you would not leave me."
Harry filled with anger stood up and started throwing things across the room. In a blind fury he wrecked his kitchen in a manner of minutes. He then grabbed another bottle of firewhisky and stumbled into the study. He had nowhere to go until Monday, so he figured he could drink until he forgot about the world.