Hey! This chapter has been a joy to write, I'm pretty sure you will enjoy it. The feedback and reviews form last chapter have been great, you guys ask a lot of question (hence the answer section at the bottom of this. Anyway every time I have turned on my phone there has been alerts from Fanfiction, thanks guys! It's reminded me to write more chapters as well as making me extremely happy!

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P.S I try to answer all your questions via PM, but some of them are anonymous, that's why just before you get to the chapter I will answer some of your feedback!

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Fred : Yes, Draco was a death eater and I have just read the books again (finished them last week), but he didn't have the guts to kill Dumbledore. That makes me think he wasn't totally evil, just influenced by his father. So the reformed Draco is my creation yes, but considering he had a son Harry's age I'm guessing he wasn't in Azkaban. So J.K Rowling herself did not think of Malfoy as a bad person. Thanks for the review!

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Chapter 36: Waiting.

Harry sat looking over reports in his office. It was midday and the morning had been uneventful. March had been a slow month and it was now early April. This could only mean one thing, his second child was late. The pregnancy had gone well up until recently. Ginny didn't have morning sickness like she had with James and there had been no complications. But now, Harry could see it in her eyes that she was tired. The bump was still growing and she couldn't wait much longer.

"Ah Harry, thought I'd pop along to see you." Arthur Weasley opened the door to his office.

"Oh, take a seat." Harry smiled up at him.

"I'm not interrupting things am I?" He asked.

"No, it's been a slow morning."

"Yes, our department too." Arthur replied: "is Ginny still fed up?"

"Unfortunately yes, I've tried to cheer her up but she just can't wait any longer." Harry sighed.

"Charlie was like that, had Molly six weeks late. She was at the end of her tether. That lad has been lanky and big since he was born. But Fred and George, well they were tiny." He told him.

"Well I guess for you six births is enough to watch in a lifetime!" Harry chuckled.

"They would be fine if you could only silence your wife during it." Harry and Arthur shared a laugh.

"Mr Potter, St Mungos have just told us your wife has gone into to labour. The Minister expects you to leave work immediately." Harry's secretary popped her head round the door.

"Speaking of the devil." Arthur grinned: "Do you want me to come with you?"

"No, it's fine. If it's anything like the pregnancy, it'll be a while. I'll be in touch when the birth is closer." Harry grabbed his coat.

"Good Luck." Arthur shouted as he watched his son in law leave the office. It didn't seem like moments ago he was doing the same thing watching his wife give birth.

"Ginny, are you ok?" Harry asked her rushing into the delivery room.

"It's just contractions at the moment." She sighed: "Let's just get this over with."

"Don't worry Gin, it will be over with soon." He kissed her forehead and Ginny jumped with pain: "Shhh, it's ok I'm here."

"Teddy and James are with Mum."

"Good, they can come in when it's born." Harry assured her.

"I don't want any family to come yet." Ginny told him.

"When you're further on, I'll tell them then. Arthur already know you're in labour, he was in my office when I got the message." He stroked her hair lovingly.

"It's not him I'm worried about, it's Mum. She'll just fuss over me like there's no tomorrow. Dad's always been pretty calm and relaxed." Ginny explained.

"Shall I fuss over you instead?" He asked her.

"Hm, I guess I could do with a foot massage." Ginny joked, but Harry took her seriously. He worked his hands from her heels to her delicate toes.

"Harry stop, you're going too far. We can't do this now." Ginny groaned.

"Sorry, I haven't massaged feet before. Even like this you look beautiful, almost irresistible." Harry smiled and gazed into her deep brown eyes.

"Ah, so you're naturally talented at something else apart from defeating dark wizards."

"Hey! I can fly a broom." He added.

"Too right you can." She giggled.

Harry talked to Ginny for another three hours while she was having further contractions. The baby was nowhere near but he was keeping her entertained.

"You know, I don't know what I would have done if I had done this on my own." Ginny admitted.

"You're never going to have to do this on your own." He smiled.

"You know, when I realised I was pregnant, I was so scared. I didn't know what you would do. I thought maybe after all you've been through, you would run." Ginny sighed.

"I couldn't have ran, I wouldn't have lived with myself. Why does everyone say 'after all you've been through? Even today, I get sympathy."

"Harry, love people understand what happened. Mum and Dad told me after James and Lily died there was such a fuss with press and public. You made the headlines for seven weeks." Ginny explained.

"But someone had to suffer, I don't mind it being me." He stroked the lightning bolt scar on his head.

"Just because you were destined to defeat him didn't mean that people you loved had to die though. That was just bad luck." She said.

"It wasn't luck, they all defended me, they all sacrificed their own lives for me." Harry told her: "How am I supposed to tell Teddy that the reason he doesn't have parents is because of me?"

"It wasn't fault, none of it was."

"I hid when Snape killed Dumbledore, and I did nothing to stop him. I followed the fake vision to the department of mysteries and let Sirius defend me. I entered Hogwarts that night knowing all the students and teachers were all in danger." Harry felt anger burning up inside of him.

"Honey, why didn't you tell me this before? I could have helped you through it. You have nothing to be sorry or guilty for. Yes, Voldemort had a heavy conscience but you don't." Harry looked up at his wife.

"You used his name." He pointed out.

"Well now he's dead there is nothing to fear." Her eyes darted to the scar on Harry's head: "Is there any reporters outside?"

"I don't think so, I used my cloak to get in here." Harry replied.

"Good." She closed her eyes.

"Mrs Potter, I just need to check how far on you are." A healer came in: "Oh, you must be Harry Potter."

"Er yeah." He said.

"Pleased to meet you." He shook his hand.

"Thanks, if you could keep this low. You know that we're in here." Harry said worried about the press.

"Sure thing, as long as you give me an autograph. My niece idolises you." Harry looked shocked.

"My husband isn't used to fame. He likes to live a quiet life." Ginny assured him.

"You've got no chance of that." He chuckled but Harry didn't seem amused.

"Anyway, you're probably gonna be another hour before you can go into the delivery room. I'll go check outside, then I'll go and get something for him to sign." He walked away leaving the two.

"Ugh, why me?" Harry asked.

"You shouldn't go round defeating dark wizards. Harry dear, the press are eventually going to know about this." She grabbed his hand.

"I know, but can it wait?" Harry asked her.

"Yeah, I guess it could." She replied.

The healer came back in: "I couldn't find a single photo of you, and there's no reporters. But I've owled the Daily Prophet and they're gonna send a photo of you immediately here."

"What did you think "keep it low" meant?" Harry shouted at him.

"Sorry, I guess they know now. Never mind."

"Go, just leave and go and get Healer Chang to attend to my wife."

Ginny eventually managed to calm her seething husband down. They were rushed into the delivery room half an hour. Harry alerted the Weasleys and they all filled the waiting room. When Harry stepped out to find Teddy and James at his feet.

"Hi Dad!" James exclaimed.

"Molly, why bring them here?"

"You thought I'd miss this?" Molly told him: "Harry James Potter, if you're trying to prevent me from fussing, then you have failed miserably. Now get your bony bum back into that room and hold my daughter's hand."

"What happened? I thought you were getting some air." Ginny asked him.

"Your mother happened." He chuckled.

"Oh God, she isn't here?"

"Yeah, so is Teddy and James." He sighed.

"Mrs Potter, you're ready to push." Cho Chang said: "Time to greet your new child." Ginny grabbed Harry's hand an pulled him toward the bed. She screamed and tears ran her cheek.

At 3pm, the second Potter child was born. "It's another boy." Cho cradled The bundle and passed it on to Harry.

"Well that's our luck. We only had a girl name prepared." The two had decided on Lily for a girl but had no idea for boys names.

"Al." Harry said suddenly.

"Harry! We're not calling this kid Allan Potter." Ginny sat up.

"Not Allan, Albus."

"We'll it's different. Yes I think I like it. Albus Potter." Ginny looks towards what was in Harry's arms.

"What about his middle name?" Harry asked: "You can decide that."

"I thought about Arthur, but Albus Arthur sounds awful. You choose." Ginny sighed.

"I know this is strange, without him we don't know where we would be: Albus Severus." He stared down at his baby. He had a mass of black hair like James had and he waved his little fists in the air.

"Albus Severus Potter, you sure about this? I mean I know you want to honour him and prove to everyone he wasn't a true death eater but isn't this going too far?"

"Not at all."

"Fine, Albus Severus, yeah I like it. It's unique." Ginny took the baby from Harry's arms.

Harry left the room to announce the birth to the family: "It's a boy."

"Have you got a name?" Hermione asked.

"Albus Severus." He grinned at the creation. Some of the family looked shocked to say the least.

"Congratulations Harry." Arthur patted him on the shoulder.

"Have I got a little brother now then?" Teddy asked him.

"Yeah, he's called Al." Teddy smiled

"Is he going to share my room?"

"No, he will have the other room." Harry ruffled his hair: "You can meet him soon, once Mum is ready." He spent a good twenty minutes waiting for Ginny to be cleared up and the baby to be checked over. He returned to Ginny in a clean nightie and Albus wrapped in blue blankets. "Are you ready for the family?"

"Yeah, but just for a bit, I'm tired." Ginny sighed.

"Ginny, oh my girl well done!" Molly rushed to her bedside.

"Thanks Mum, I'm just tired I guess."

"Leave it to me, when we leave I'll tuck you up nice and proper." Molly fussed over her checking her temperature. The rest gathered round the cot.

"Harry, I thought you'd outdone yourself with James when he was born, but Blimey, you've created a clone!" Ron joked.

"You're just jealous because he's inherited my good looks." Harry snapped back smirking.

"All he needs is a scar!" George chuckled.

Thanks for reading! I thought I would include some alone time with the two parents. I read that Albus would look exactly like his father as a child, so I thought I would joke about that at the end! Anyway, I'm back to school soon (a week on Thursday), so writing will slow down. But I will try and crack on with the story until then. The next chapter is in the process of writing, and should be ready in the next few days!

Please review! Any questions welcome

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