January came in with a bang as the Weasleys and Potters celebrated at the Burrow. The holiday season passed, though, and Harry had to go back to work, and suddenly Ginny found herself alone. She found it odd that Harry wasn't at home as much anymore. But it always felt like that after he went back to work after holidays, she reasoned.

The evening of her fifth appointment, Ginny was feeling extremely tired.

"Harry, do you mind if I go have a kip? I'm terribly tired," she said as he manually washed the dishes from their dinner. He turned around, dishcloth in hand and peered at her closely.

"Are you alright?" He asked finally. "You look awfully pale."

Ginny rested her hand on her stomach, a habit she'd acquired shortly after the bump had appeared. "I'm fine, just tired."

"Are you sure?" Harry persisted, dropping the cloth onto the table and stepping closer to her.

"I said I'm fine," she ground out turning to go up the stairs.

"Do you need help getting upstairs?" he asked.

That did it. Ginny spun on her heel, a bad idea in hindsight as she staggered to the side and had to use the doorframe to steady herself. She was fairly big, and was still getting used to it.

Harry grabbed her arm as she swayed on the spot, but as soon as she was steady she slapped his arm away. "I'm pregnant, not paralysed, Potter. I can get up the stairs myself."

Harry raised his hands in surrender and took a step back. "I know. I'm just worried for you."

"Go worry over someone else," Ginny spat angrily as she climbed the stairs.

Harry was about to reply but thought better of it. Her hormones had been taking over lately, and it was slowly annoying Harry. He knew they were going to have a huge row soon unless he continued to keep his mouth shut.

An hour later there was a knock on the Potter's door, and Harry opened it to reveal Audrey.

"Hi, Harry. How are you?"

Harry shrugged. "Trying to keep from getting hexed every day, otherwise I'm perfectly fine."

Audrey laughed and followed Harry to the sitting room. "Where's Ginny?"

"She was taking a nap. I'll just go get her..." Harry trailed off and made his way up the stairs to their bedroom. He pushed open the door and stopped at her side of the bed. She was on her side, the blankets pulled up to her nose, the rest of her face covered with her hair. The blankets lay over her bulge so that it was easily recognizable. Harry gently moved her hair from her face and let his thumb gently skim over her cheek. He watched as her eyelids fluttered and then her eyes opened and she smiled lazily up at Harry.

"You have to get up," he said quietly. "Audrey's here."

Ginny blinked a few times and yawned. It seemed her anger at him from earlier had gone as she had slept. Slowly, she sat and stayed still for a moment, letting a sudden surge of dizziness pass.

"Okay?" Harry asked.

"Yeah," she shook her head slowly. "Just a little dizzy."

"Are you sure you want to go down there? She could come up here..."

"No, I'm alright." She gave him her hand and allowed him to pull her up. Slowly they made their way down the stairs to the sitting room where Audrey was waiting.

"Sorry," Harry apologized for their delay as Ginny settled into the sofa. Audrey smiled gently and waved his apology off.

"It's alright. Now, shall we get started?" Ginny nodded and Audrey extracted an old looking muggle scale. "If I can just get you to step on that, Ginny..." Ginny stood up slowly and stepped onto the scale. Audrey recorded her weight and put the scale back into her bag. She then went on to check her blood pressure and measure her progress. The last thing that was to be done was to listen to the fetus' heart beat to make sure there was nothing wrong. It hadn't been done before since it wasn't procedure, even though Audrey thought that it should be checked as soon as possible. It would be the first time anyone heard the heartbeat, and they were all excited.

Audrey instructed Ginny to lie on her back on the sofa, with Harry sitting on the floor by her head. Ginny reached to the ground and grabbed Harry's hand, suddenly extremely nervous. Harry gently squeezed her hand.

"Okay," said Audrey. "You're both going to need to stay quiet in order to let me hear it. You'll hear it in a few seconds..."

Harry and Ginny both held their breath as Audrey waved her wand over Ginny's abdomen. Suddenly, the quiet thud ... thud ... thud of a human heart could be heard. All of a sudden, Ginny felt overwhelmed. Her free hand flew to her mouth to stiffle the sob that was trying to escape. Tears were leaking from her eyes and falling sideways off of her face into her hair. Soon, her whole body was wracking with silent sobs. Audrey quickly cancelled the spell, rushing forward to assist Harry in helping Ginny sit up.

Audrey watched cautiously as Harry tried desperately to calm her down. He was rubbing her back and whispering something into her ear. Still, she wouldn't calm down. Her breathing started to become erratic, she was shaking and perspiration began to develop on her neck causing Audrey to step forward. She kneeled in front of Ginny and held her face between her two hands, glancing quickly at Harry who was looking quite panicky.

"Ginny," said Audrey, turning back to face her. "Ginny, you have to calm down. This isn't good for the baby. Take deep breaths..." Slowly, Ginny began to calm down, taking in deep breaths as Audrey instructed. After a few minutes, she was breathing normally. Turning her head into Harry's shoulder, she wrapped her arms around him tightly as Audrey addressed him.

"If she ever has another panic attack, sit her up and get her to take deep breaths through her nose, like I just did. Talk to her, tell her everything's okay, that nothing's wrong. It'll help her to calm down. Never think it will just pass. If you don't stop it right away, it will get worse." Harry nodded numbly as his hand rubbed circles on Ginny's back. He was pale white.

Everyone was quiet as Audrey packed up her papers and clipboard and quill. Harry could feel his shirt becoming wet from Ginny's tears as he methodically rubbed her back.

"I'll be going then," Audrey said quietly, standing up. Harry nodded and gave a small wave.

"Bye. Thanks for..." he gestured vaguely at Ginny.

Audrey smiled softly. "No problem. See you Sunday."

Once she was gone, Harry turned his attention to Ginny. He wrapped his own arms around her, abandoning the rubbing of her back. He hugged her to his chest firmly and buried his face in the crook of her neck, breathing in the scent of her hair. That was definitely not something he wanted to relive again, whether she was pregnant or not.

Author's Note - Here's the next one. :) I'm very pleased with how quickly I got it out! And the good news is that the next chapter is already half written! I was going to wait to post this incase of another long wait, but I thought I'd post it to celebrate HBP coming out! Now who thought that was amazing? I did! One of my favourite scenes was the attack on the Burrow, and *SPOILER* when Ginny comforts Harry after Dumbledore dies. *END OF SPOILER* It was really funny, though! I can't wait to go back and see it! It's my favfourite film of the series so far! :)

-PadfootProngs7