The day after Harry and Ginny returned from their honeymoon, they were opening their wedding gifts, which had been delivered to the manor while they were away.
"Check out this one." Ginny said, handing Harry their gift from Professor McGonagall.
"The note just simply says, Professor Dumbledore was quite pleased to learn of your marriage and wishes you both well. He insisted that I give you this and I agreed." Ginny said as Harry tore off the paper to reveal the sword of Godric Gryffindor.
"It looks like McGonagall is making sure Dumbledore's will is carried out properly, since left me the sword. I think I'll hang it on the wall of my study." Harry said.
"Good idea, now, I think that the only gift left for us to open is the one from my parents." Ginny said as she picked up the last present.
"Do you want to open it?" Harry asked and Ginny simply answered by tearing off the wrapping paper.
"That looks familiar." Harry said with a small smile.
"Yep, it appears that mum wants us to be able to keep an eye on our family the same way she keeps an eye on hers." Ginny agreed, since her parents had given them a clock almost identical to the one at the Burrow, with things like home, work, traveling and mortal peril written on it as opposed to numbers, though this one looked more like a normal clock, since it only had 2 hands, the larger of the 2 reading Harry Potter and the next one under it reading Ginny Potter, both of which were pointed at home.
"I get the feeling this will come in handy when we actually start a family." Harry said and Ginny nodded in agreement.
"Let's just hope that none of the hands ever point to prison." Ginny said.
Before Harry could respond, a tawny owl came flying in through the open window.
"Who's writing us?" Harry asked as Ginny detached the letter from the owl's leg.
"It's from Andromeda and she wants to know if we can go over there for dinner tonight, since apparently, Teddy is missing his godparents." Ginny said with a smile, since even before she and Harry had gotten married, Ginny had already been named Teddy's godmother by Remus and Tonks, which just made it that much easier for them to get married.
"I think we can manage that and besides, we haven't actually been able to play with the little guy in a while and who knows, now that he can actually walk, he might be more fun to play with." Harry said.
"I was thinking something along those lines. I'll write her back and let her know we'll be there by around 6, since Teddy can't stay up too late." Ginny said.
"I know." Harry said.
That night, while Harry was playing with Teddy, Ginny was talking to Andromeda about family.
"I'm not sure what I would do without Teddy, since he's all I have left of my Dora and he's named after Ted." Andromeda said.
"Yeah, even though he tries not to show it, I know that Harry still blames himself for the deaths of both your husband and your daughter." Ginny said, looking at her husband, watching him play with their godson.
"I don't blame him for that loss for even a moment and he shouldn't either. I know for a fact that while my daughter would've at least liked to have seen Teddy off to Hogwarts, she went out fighting, exactly the way she wanted to. Just like her cousin did." Andromeda said, speaking of Sirius.
"Harry said you and Sirius were close." Ginny said.
"Yes, we were the oddballs of the Black family and we both paid a price for it. However, I would not change a thing, and I am positive that Sirius would agree." Andromeda said, turning her attention back to her godson.
"Harry's a natural with him. He's going to be a great father someday." Andromeda said, looking towards Ginny, who blushed.
"I don't think we're ready to be parents yet, but I do agree with you that when the time comes, he'll be an excellent father, though I get the feeling that I'll be doing most of the discipline." Ginny said with a smile.
"Really, what makes you say that?" Andromeda asked.
"Harry told me what his childhood was like and that he swore that his own kids would never have to suffer that way. I on the other hand had a perfectly happy childhood, 2 loving parents, though we didn't exactly have much money, so I get the feeling that Harry will be the fun parent and I'll have to be the strict one." Ginny said with a smile.
Andromeda laughed and said "Well then, even so, with a mother like yours, discipline shouldn't be a problem."
"True." Ginny agreed.
"Still, you cannot deny how cute they look together. Are you telling me that you don't want to see that with your own kid some day." Andromeda said.
"Some day yes, but right now, no. After all, we just got married. I don't think we're ready for kids yet." Ginny said and Andromeda nodded in understanding.
This will probably be the last chapter of Life Goes on, since it seems like not many people are interested in it and I'm out of ideas. I'm already thinking up a new story, though I'm not sure when it will be up. Also, for those Dawn of the Dead fans, I'm out of ideas for that story, so feel free to rewrite it as you see fit, since I'll be taking it down soon.
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