Chapter 10- A Baby!

Hermione- Your Pregnancy: Week 40

It's time! Oh...wait...maybe...huh. If the pain starts at the top of your uterus and spreads through your lower back and pelvis, getting longer, stronger, and more frequent, it's time to call the doc. If the pain starts in your front and eases if you shift positions, it might be false labor.

Baby's now the size of a watermelon!
As long as she's in your belly, baby's hair and nails will continue to grow, and her lungs will keep developing. She's anywhere from 5 to 11 pounds and is getting ready for a slightly gooey introduction any day now. (Upon arrival, baby will probably be covered in blood, vernix caseosa, lanugo, and amniotic fluid.)

[ tip ] Pass the time by researching restaurants with cheap and healthy takeout, and collect the menus by your phone. You'll thank yourself for this one in a month or two.

"I'm home!" Harry called into the house as he floo'd in.

"Harry!"

"Daddy!" Harry heard two screams and before long, both his wife and son were tackling him in a hug. Ginny's arms thrown around his neck, and James grabbed his legs. Harry was almost tackled by the force of both of their strengths.

"Whoa!" Harry exclaimed, a big smile on his face. "Miss me?"

"Yes!" They both exclaimed. Harry was surprised that when he went to pick James up, Ginny still clung to him. Usually, she'd let James greet his daddy first, and then she'd greet him. Something must have been up, Harry decided.

"Gin," Harry kissed her lovingly, hoping to let her know he was here and wasn't leaving. She could pull back for a moment. She just kissed him back, though. The kiss was long and hard, and when she pulled back, left Harry dazed.

"I'm so glad you're back," Ginny murmured against his lips, and that was when James snapped.

"My daddy!" James exclaimed, and he tried to push Ginny away. She wasn't expecting this, so she stumbled back a bit.

"James!" Ginny exclaimed, though all of her frustration was washed away when she saw James' said little face. Harry seemed to melt too, for he picked him up and let him cling to his neck.

"I love you, Jamie." Harry told his son as he rubbed his back.

"I missed you, Daddy," James whined. "I was sad today."

"You were sad today, Jamie?" Harry asked and James nodded against his dad's shoulder. "Why were you sad, Jamie?"

"I missed you and Teddy and Mummy was boring."

"Mummy was boring?" Harry asked, and James nodded again.

"Oh well how about we play something, now?" Harry asked his son, and James got excited.

"Yeah!" James lifted his head off of his dad's shoulder and bounced up and down. Harry gave Ginny a sympathetic look and she just smiled, urging him to go play with James, and that they would talk later.

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Harry and James played up in James' bedroom, until Ladee apparated in and told them that Ginny had finished dinner.

Dinner that night was spent simply. The dinner was pork pie with pumpkin juice. After dinner, James started to yawn and both parents saw his eyes start to flutter.

"Someone's sleepy," Harry cooed as he picked up his droopy son and Ginny placed a hand on James' back and rubbed gentle circles.

"I think it's time for bed, my baby." Ginny murmured as she kissed James' head. James laid his head on Harry's chest, and his eyes were closed.

"I think he's had a full day." Harry smiled and then the young parents took their son up to bed.

Harry held James as Ginny undressed him and then redressed him in his pajamas. They then laid him down in bed, tucked him in, and left the room.

As soon as Harry had gently shut the bedroom door, Ginny was in his arms, kissing him hard. He eagerly kissed her back, and before long had her pushed up against the wall. They kissed before the need for oxygen came, and they pulled apart. Though Harry rested his forehead against Ginny's forehead.

"Tell me," Harry murmured, knowing Ginny had something to tell him.

"Love, I think I might be pregnant," Ginny murmured and she smiled at the way Harry's face lit up. It was moments like this when she knew she loved him, when he smiled and his eye's lit up, when he looked so incredibly happy, and she knew it was because of her.

"Really?" Harry mumbled as he peppered her face in kisses.

"Harry," Ginny moaned. "I think so,"

"Have you tested?" Harry asked as he stopped kissing her, and just rested his forehead against Ginny's.

"Not yet," Ginny answered and Harry nodded.

"How do you figure, then?" Harry asked, staring deeply into Ginny's eyes.

"Missed my monthly today," Ginny answered.

"Well let's go get a test." Harry said, and then we'll know for sure.

"We can't leave James alone," Ginny reminded him and Harry groaned.

"Oh yeah," He said and Ginny giggled. "Well do you want me to go get one?" Harry murmured and Ginny chuckled.

"You badly want to know, don't you?" Ginny murmured and then she kissed her husband sweetly.

"Don't you?"

"Of course." Ginny told him. "But I think I'd better go pick it up if you want the right one."

"Last time you bought seven." Harry said with a small smirk in his eyes. Ginny lightly shoved him, before she kissed him.

"I wanted to be sure."

"Well are you gonna buy that many this time?"

"Why?"

"To make sure." Harry clarified.

"Probably." Ginny giggled.

"Should I really let you go all by yourself, into Muggle London, at night?" Harry's face held a hint of worry, and Ginny couldn't get mad of his protectiveness because he really just wanted her safe.

"I guess you could get them." Ginny told Harry and she saw a bit of relief flood his features.

"So I just buy 10 different ones?" Harry asked and Ginny couldn't help but giggle.

"Yeah." Ginny kissed him gently and they shared a loving, sweet kiss before he pulled away.

"I'll be back soon. Don't go to sleep."

"I won't." And with that, Harry was off.

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"Don't watch." Ginny groaned.

"Oh sorry." Harry turned his back to his wife and she pulled down her knickers.

Harry had come back a few minutes previously, with a plastic grocery bag full of Muggle pregnancy tests. Harry had followed Ginny into their bathroom, but Ginny hated him watching her go to the bathroom, so she had him turn around.

"Are you done yet?" Harry asked when he didn't hear anything.

"We just have to wait for it to finish processing. In the meantime, I can do another one." Ginny explained.

"Oh okay." Harry nodded his head. "Go ahead, I'll keep facing this way."

Ten minutes later, Ginny had finished the last of the tests. Harry had only seen five different ones, so that's what he had bought. And, after the five, Harry and Ginny had come to a conclusion.

"I'm so happy!" Harry picked Ginny up into his arms, and spun around with her in his arms. "Thank you so much, my love." Harry murmured and he peppered her face in kisses. "I'm gonna be a daddy again."

"And I'm gonna be a mummy again." Ginny kissed Harry soundly on the lips, and he eagerly kissed her back.

Neither Harry nor Ginny could really explain the happiness they felt in that moment. They'd been trying for this for a while, and had wanted this for longer. It was one of the best things that had ever happened to them.

Since they were both very overwhelmed with feeling, and were having a hard time describing the pure bliss, they let passion, and love take over, and soon they were both laying on the bed, intertwined together.

"I love you so much, Ginevra." Harry whispered in her ear and he kissed just behind it.

"I love you too, Harry James." Ginny groaned out.

The next hour was spent in love, as the couple celebrated the news. They were having another baby!

After the first passionate, fast and celebratory lovemaking, and then the gentle, slow love making, Harry and Ginny lay snuggled up in their large bed, both drifting off into blissful sleep.

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The next day, Harry and Ginny awoke to James jumping up and down on their bed.

"Get up!" James was chanting with every jump. Harry groaned.

"James," Harry sat up and grabbed for James, but James jumped out of his father's reach with a shriek. Harry tried again, but to no avail.

"James!" Harry exclaimed but not out of anger, more of a flustered, chuckled exclamation.

"I want ice cweam!" James exclaimed as he jumped up and down. "For bweakfast!"

"You can't have ice cream for breakfast!" Harry told James. "Maybe Granddad will take you and Teddy and Vic and Fred and Dom and everyone else after dinner."

"Yea!" James exclaimed and he jumped a few more times, before he bounced unto his bum, and Ginny sat up and grabbed him into her arms, and hugged him closely.

"I love you, Jamie." Ginny kissed her son and James giggled.

"I wove you, Mummy." James said after her, and Ginny couldn't help but feel the same bliss as last night engulf her yet again.

The day was spent playing around the house as a family, as both Harry and Ginny were in the best of moods. James loved when his parents played with him, so he ate up the attention they gave him. No one got dressed that day, until it was time to go up to the Burrow for Sunday night dinner.

"Are we going to tell anyone tonight?" Harry asked as he and Ginny were dressing.

"I don't think we should." Ginny told him.

"Why not?"

"For a few reasons. One is that Ron and Hermione's baby is going to be born any day and I don't want to take the spotlight away from them. Remember how hard it was for them to get pregnant with this baby, and we got pregnant barely a month after trying for the first time." Ginny explained. "I just think that we should let them have their moment. We'll tell everyone in a few days."

"That makes sense." Harry agreed. "You're so smart, love." Ginny giggled.

"Why thank you, Harry." Ginny kissed her husband, before she left their huge closet, and made her way over to the bathroom to brush her hair and such.

"At first I didn't think you were going to be pregnant," Harry commented as he followed Ginny into the bathroom.

"Why?" Ginny furrowed her eyebrows.

"Well I mean you haven't been sick at all," Harry said. "Remember with James you were getting sick every five minutes, and you couldn't eat very many foods."

"Don't jinx it, Harry." Ginny chuckled. "And we don't know how far along I am. There's still so much that could happen. I can only be, at the most, a month along, so you never know."

"I guess so, that's just what I remember from the beginning of James' pregnancy." Harry explained. Ginny beamed.

"I love that you remember that."

"Of course I remember it." Harry told her, and then he kissed her head. "I'm going to go get James' shows on. I'll meet you in the coming and going room."

"Okay," Ginny nodded, and Harry left the bathroom, and then their bedroom.

Before long, Harry, Ginny and James were flooing to the Burrow.

"Grandmummy!" James called into the house when they arrived, and they all heard voices coming from upstairs and in the kitchen, and Angelina was sitting there in the living room, with Fred in her lap, and she looked like she was chiding him for something.

"Freddie!" James then exclaimed when he saw his cousin.

"Jamie!" Fred called back, and he tried to wriggle out of Angelina's grasp, but she just kept her grip.

"You're not getting up yet," Angelina told him. "You can't throw blocks at Molly, or any of your other cousins, or your sister."

"But Molly was bugging me!" Fred tried to defend himself, and Angelina glared at him. He really was too smart for a three year old, Angelina had often thought.

"We'll leave you to it," Ginny told Angelina with a smile as she directed Harry out of the living room and into the kitchen.

"Look who it is!" George exclaimed when he saw his sister and her family walk through the door.

"Uncle George!" James tried to get out of his father's grasp, and Harry just easily let him down, and James ran over to his uncle.

"Hey little buddy!" George picked James up and he hugged him.

"Is Freddie in trouble?" James asked, and George nodded.

"Yup, you can't throw blocks at your little cousins. It's not very nice." George said, and James just nodded his head serenely.

"George, let me have my grandbaby." Molly seemed to have finished up with whatever it was she was doing at the stove, and she was now standing by her earless son.

"Grandmum!" James opened his arms to his grandmother, and he easily went into her arms.

"I've missed you, Jamie." Molly told him and she kissed his nose. "I'm so glad you're here. Are you hungry?"

"I want ice cweam," James said and Molly chuckled.

"I do too, should Grandmum and Granddad take you guys to get ice cream after dinner?" Molly asked and James nodded his head enthusiastically. "Well do you wanna go upstairs and find your cousins to play with?" Molly asked, and James looked thoughtful for a minute before he nodded his head, and Molly let him down, before he went running off and then upstairs, and Ginny called after him,

"Be nice!" Before she took a seat at the table that all the other adults were seated. It looked like everyone was already there.

"Good day?" Audrey asked Ginny and she smiled and nodded.

"It has been a nice day. I always love when Harry doesn't have to go into the Ministry," Ginny explained. "He had to go in yesterday, which wasn't fun."

"Oh I don't like it when Percy has to go in on Saturday's either." Audrey agreed.

"I hate when Ron goes in too, especially when I feel like I'm going to explode." Hermione commented, her voice was slightly breathless, and she sounded a bit winded.

"I'm sorry, Hermione." Ginny said sympathetically. "Any day now, huh?"

"Today's her due date." Hermione explained and Ginny smiled.

"Zat is so exciting!" Fleur exclaimed. "'ave you decided on a name yet?"

"Not yet," Hermione said. "We've just thought over a lot of possibilities."

"Times running out," George commented and Hermione sighed.

"I wish it was out now."

"I bet." Audrey said. "I know how that is. I just did it for the second time."

"You're done, huh, Audrey?" Ginny asked.

"Yes, two little girls are just perfect." Percy answered.

"Two is more than enough," Angelina agreed as she entered the kitchen from the living room door.

"How'd it go?" George asked his wife as she took a seat next to him.

"Well Fred doesn't like to listen, that's for sure."

"What'd you empty threat him with?" George asked with a smirk.

"I do not empty threat him!" Angelina defended herself. "When I threaten him, I always go through with it."

"Sure you do," George winked at Bill who was sitting across the table from him, and Bill just chuckled.

"I'm sure you never empty threaten either of them, George," Bill said, sarcasm strong in his tone.

"I'm a perfect father," George said and everyone laughed.

"I'm sure you are, George," Molly patted his cheek as she placed a bowl of mashed potatoes on the table. "Dinners ready."

After everyone ate dinner, which always took quite some time with such a large crowd, and lots of little ones, Molly and Arthur told the parents that they'd be taking the kids to get ice cream. They'd take Victoire, Dominique, Fred, James, Roxanne, Louis and Molly. All the parents agreed, and said they'd just hang around the Burrow until they got back.

"Dom, don't run off!" Molly called to her little granddaughter once they'd left the Burrow property. They were taking the kids into the little town of Ottery St. Catchpole, the nearest town to their house.

"Okay," Dom said solemnly, and at first she carried herself in a somber, sad way, before she, as any little kid, forgot why she was mad, and was soon skipping and bouncing around with each step. She was stepping from each stone on the path, onto another, with James and Fred right next to her, doing the same.

"What flavor are you going to get?" Arthur asked, addressing everyone in the group, as he followed all of his little grandchildren, though he held little Molly in his arms. As he watched all of his little ones, all jumping around, bouncing, skipping or doing some other manner of energy, he felt a swell of pride and love inside.

"Chocolate!"

"Double chocowate!"

"Stwaberry!"

Arthur chuckled at all of their exclamations of joy. He remembered what it was to be young, and be so happy that you were getting ice cream, and the tiny things meant the most. He loved to watch the pure joy and innocence flash on the faces of his grandbabies as they jumped from the stones, and Victoire started to direct a game of it.

Soon enough, the small group made it to the ice cream parlor of the small town, and they were all ordering. Once they had ordered, paid, and received their cones, they took a seat in a large, circular booth. The little ones sat by either Molly or Arthur to make sure that they didn't make a complete mess of themselves.

"Thank you, Grandmum and Granddad." Victoire said between licks as she remembered that her mother had told her to always thank everyone. Victoire thought that her mother was always telling her this, and she had even told her to before she had let her go that evening.

"Of course, Victoire," Molly smiled at her, and Arthur kissed her head from where she sat next to him.

The rest of the night was spent finishing ice cream cones, trying to clean them with scourgify whilst in the presence of Muggles, walking back to the Burrow with the sun setting above them, and then the long goodbyes. They said goodbye multiple times, before the all began flooing home.

That night, all the kids fell to sleep easily, after having such an eventfully exhausting day. But a good day, and a happy day to everyone. They all had something to be excited about, whether it was Hermione and Ron's baby, or for Harry and Ginny it was their big secret. But, the Weasley's, as always, had only happy, good things to look forward to.

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A/N- .!

I'm sorry for the delay, but rest assured I have a very good reason. 1. I was on vacation for 10 days. 2. I got back and since I had missed a full week of high school, I had MOUNTAINS of homework/schoolwork to catch up, and every free chance I had, writing was the last thing on my list. 3. I had to start on Christmas stories for my bestest friend and my two little sisters, which is a BIG project. 4. My grandpa had surgery to remove something (I forgot what it was) because it was cancerous so I've been with my family a lot during this hard time. But, anyway, I have this up now, so thank you to all of my loyal fans who have been here with me through it all! I promise things should be getting back to normal soon.

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To make sure you all keep reading, I'll have to say this: Next chapter FOR SURE is going to be Rose's birth. I'm so sorry, I thought this one would be it, but it's just a good length how it is, and it's been so long since I've updated, and I didn't want to make you guys wait for me to write Rose's birth, so this is what you get! Thank you! ;)

Love- I thought of you when George said 'Yup'! hahahaha! ;) I literally said out loud yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup! Hehehehehe! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! I'm sorry that this was probably a big letdown, but I love you very much! Thank you for being a reader, a reviewer and my best friend. I love you!

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Oh and to end this, I want to let you all know that I will NEVER discontinue this story! Rest assured, this story WILL be completed, even if sometimes there are tiny delays! Thank you for sticking with me!