Simply Irresistible Keeperoliver Chapter 34

A/N: This is a personal message to the Gov. He knows who I am talking about. Sorry my friend, but the rest of the story will be with out a sexual interlude. I have to do this to finish this story, as there is still much that needs to be done. If this disappoints any other readers, once again, sorry.

There are two more chapters left to this one, including this chapter. There are three more left to Donnie Potter, and maybe six more to the Last Christmas. It will not be the end of the journey, just Harry as a child. The next portion will take him through the Hogwarts years.

I hope everyone made it through the Holidays safely and enjoyably. Got to see relatives and friends and shared some good time. Now that they are over, and things are settling down maybe we can get down to business. At least for me that is. I have had to many down days in writing, and I hate to let my friends down. Thank goodness you all are forgiving.

Hope you enjoy what comes next. As always, Ollie the Keeper of the Quill.

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Harry and Ginny were waking up, after a very enjoyable evening that was filled with love and desire, and not much sleep.

They got up and showered together, and once again enjoyed a romp in the water. Ginny was taking every opportunity she could, while she was still able to, prior to becoming a human blimp. Unlike Luna, James was not making his presence known just yet. Ginny felt everything was fine, it was just that James was not as active as Stella had been. He had received just as much attention though.

The two got dressed for the day, and then went and had breakfast in a restaurant just down the street from their shack. After they ate, they headed for the jewelry store for the ring Harry had made for Ginny. Ginny was thrilled he did it for her, but, complained about the price after they got back to the shack. He simply told her that she was worth every penny of it. That placated her enough to get her to quit complaining.

When they got there, the person behind the counter noticed who walked in, and started to apologize to them right away, "Please forgive me kind sir, and lady. I badly misquoted you on the price of the ring. It was brought to my attention by the owner when I told him of the sale. He felt I was taking advantage of you, and threatened to fire me if I did not tell you how sorry I was, and the give the correct price of twenty thousand pound sterling. He thought I hit the 0 one extra time on purpose which was not the case. Now, please excuse me while I get the ring for your beautiful wife to try on."

Harry started to look through the showcase at what else he had there. He found an interesting piece, but was brought out of his browsing by the return of the salesman. "Here we are. Try this on if you please miss. If it is to large, we have different ways to get it to fit. Yes, just as I thought, too big. We have like I said, different ways to get it to fit, We can take a bit of the band off, or we can use a spacer, which will allow you to keep the ring as is, and maybe wear it longer without getting it re-sized."

"Please, use the spacer on it, I don't want to lose any of the ring. How long will that take?"

"Five minutes. Not long. Please sir, continue to look around, and if something interests you, let me know."

Harry went back to the showcase, this time taking Ginny with him. "Do you see that Ginny? It looks like an insect was caught in that stone. It is huge."

"What is it?"

"I don't know, but I bet you Luna will love it. I'll ask the salesman when he gets back what it is."

Harry continued to look at the creature in the stone. It looked like a beetle, but much bigger than any he had ever seen. It was a reddish gold color and had a huge set of incisors sticking out from it's head. He wanted to get a closer look at it.

Like he said, The salesman was back, and tried the ring on Ginny's finger and this time it fit perfectly. Then he went to Harry who looked like he needed help. "Did you find something interesting sir?"

"Yes sir, could I see that stone with the bug in it? The big one with the beetle in it."

Of course sir, We just got this in this morning, and you were lucky to be our first customer. It is very hard for us to keep Amber in our showcase. This one is a bit unusual, even for Amber. I have never seen an insect this big captured in the sap."

"Sap? You mean to tell me that tree sap captured this beetle?"

"Yes sir. Probably about ten thousand years ago I would say, because I have never seen this type of an insect before."

"How much do want for it?"

"Please let me check with the owner, before I get fired for quoting the wrong price once again." He took the stone to the back, and returned immediately. "He said the stone is yours, but you would have to pay for the setting and the chain should you decide top make a necklace out of it."

"Oh yes indeed I do. How much would it cost? That needs to be shown in public."

"That depends on the type of chain you buy. Your wife appears to be dainty, so maybe a thin chain."

"Oh no, that would never do. She loves big and gaudy."

The salesman looked over to Ginny who was admiring the ring on her finger. It was large, but, not gaudy, and there was nothing else she was wearing that was large.

Harry saw him looking, "It's not for her, it's for my other wife."

The salesman became slack jawed at Harry's admission in front of Ginny. Then he saw Ginny look up and smile at them both. She must be an idiot he was thinking, letting this man admit in front of her that he is married to another woman.

Harry once again saw the look on his face, and laughed. "It's alright sir, Ginny knows about Luna, and Luna knows about Ginny. They are quite happy with the arrangement. I love them both very much, and I have one child with Luna, and soon, Ginny will give me one as well. What eight more months Ginny?"

"7 and ½ Harry."

"Right. Anyway, I want Luna to have this Amber, did you call it?" The salesman just nodded, "OK then what kind of a large chain have you got?"

"In gold or silver?"

"Oh gold of course. I don't want to look cheap to her."

"Well, we have a chain that is exclusive to Thailand. It is called a Baht Necklace. It is very thick gold links, and comes in two sizes, a one Baht or a two Baht necklace. It also come in two lengths, 18 inches or twenty four inches."

"I think the two Baht 24 inch necklace would work, don't you think Ginny?"

"I think it would be great Harry. Luna will love it."

"Then twenty four inch two Baht it is."

"Of course sir. It is rather expensive though." He saw the look on Harry's face as if he wanted to reach across the counter and hit him. "I just thought I should tell you that sir. A two Baht 24 inch necklace goes for four thousand pounds."

"That's fine, and how much for the setting?"

"One hundred pounds sterling."

"So that would be six thousand one hundred pounds sterling total?"

"Let's just make it six thousand pounds even, sir."

"Excellent," and Harry reached in and pulled out his debit card and handed it to the salesman. When it took the charge right away, the salesman almost passed out. How could a teenage boy, just married and his wife with child afford what he just paid for these three items.

It took half an hour to set the Amber for Harry, and he and Ginny left, leaving the 100 pounds as a tip for the salesman. This was in cash. The salesman was bowing to Harry and Ginny, as they left the store.

Harry was still looking at the stone he bought for Luna, and Ginny was still admiring the ring. She watched as the stones displayed a show of colors as the sun's rays hit it. It sparkled like diamonds in the light. The larger stone was the most brilliant of the stones. This Demon Garnet had an evil name, but was breathtaking in it's glow.

In the days that followed, Harry and Ginny had seen all kinds of peculiar things. There was a monkey that sat on a perch over the town square that was named Iron Mike. It looked quite old, and was very calm and peaceful. There was also a huge python in a cage they called Bruggha. They fed it twice a week with live chickens. Ginny asked Harry to avoid those days. She did not want to be reminded of her first year at Hogwarts.

Then it was done. Harry and Ginny had to take leave of this beautiful beach resort, and return home. They said goodbye to the people they made friends with, including the jeweler. They timed it so that when they returned it would be still early in the day in England. They arrived to see Sirius and James sitting on the floor with Stella, and Luna, Lily and Marlena sitting at the table drinking coffee. James got up and hugged the two, as they came through the floo. Sirius was holding Stella, and just waved to them as they went to the kitchen. Harry went right to Luna and pulled her in to a hug, and Ginny did the same for Lily, then Marlene. Harry was still hugging Luna, Ginny laughed out, "Hey, save some for me there Luna."

Luna smiled over Harry's shoulder at Ginny, and said, "There is plenty to go around there girl. Not to worry." Then she kissed Harry, and went to Ginny. They hugged for a bit, when Lily saw the ring on Ginny's finger. She grabbed her hand and brought it to her face to see it up close. "Merlin Ginny, where did you get this stunning ring. What kind of a stone is that big one? I know the smaller ones are Alexandrite."

"It's called a Demon Garnet."

"No, it's not Ginny. It's called a Demantoid Garnet."

"Oh right. Anyway, I saw it, and fell in love with it. Harry had it made just for me."

Luna's lower lip began to quiver. She felt left out. Harry pulled her into another hug. "You honestly didn't think I would forget you my love. I found something very special for you." He pulled the necklace out, and handed it to Luna, and she pretended to fall forward at the weight of the necklace.

Then she got a look at the stone, and gasped. "Harry, where did you find this?"

"In a jewelry store in Thailand, why?"

"Did they tell you what it was?"

"Yes, they called it Amber."

"Not the stone, the beetle."

"No, they never saw one of them before."

"It's no wonder. They haven't been around in over ten thousand years. It's called a Golden Scarab. It is kin to the royal Midnight Scarab of ancient Egypt. Unlike the Midnight Scarab, the Golden Scarab was only found in the day light hours. The desert sand hid it from it's pray. I didn't know there was a desert in Thailand?"

"There isn't. It's all forest and mountains. It's beautiful there. Of course there are the beaches. Maybe that was where they found the stone."

"Harry, if the stone was formed by tree sap, how would it get on the beaches.?"

"There are trees there along the beaches Luna?"

"Palm trees and Coconut trees, but no sap bearing trees Harry. No this came from a forest area like in Thailand. How the Scarab got there I don't know. All I know is, I love it. Dad and I have always wanted to find a specimen of a golden Scarab. We have one of the Midnight Scarab." Luna pulled Harry in for another hug, then she hugged Ginny as well, thanking them for thinking of her during their honeymoon.

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The 7+ months passed in a hurry, and soon it was time for Ginny to deliver James Arthur Potter. Harry was sitting playing with the 9 month old Stella, who was walking already. She was stable on her feet, and quite fast for her age. Sirius and Stella would play keep away, and she won quite a few times. For real. Sirius could not believe she was so fast. But, right now, her and daddy were playing Find Your Nose. This always made Stella laugh as her daddy would find it in the strangest places. Ginny and Luna were sitting across from them, when Ginny sat up straight, and winced in pain. She rubbed her tummy, and it started to go away, but then it was back, and this time there was fluid running down her leg. Her water broke. "Harry, love, It's time."

Harry jumped up, taking Stella with him, and handed her to Luna. He took Ginny's hand, and helped her up. He ran to the bedroom and grabbed Ginny's suitcase, and came back down to take Ginny's hand once again. And used the car to get her to St. Mungo's. Luna called Molly and Lily to let them know. Then she flooed there with Stella. She was waiting at the door when Harry and Ginny arrived. She had a wheel chair there in case Ginny wanted to use it, which she thanked Luna for as collapsed in it. Harry rolled her in, and an intern came and took her to delivery, while Harry answered the questions asked by the desk attendant. After he was finished, he pointed in the right direction, and joined Ginny in her room. Luna had to wait until someone got there to watch Stella. Once again it was Sirius who was first to get there, and He grabbed Stella and swung her around, and danced with her in his arms. Stella was laughing at her uncle, and his wild dance. Luna smiled as she left and joined Harry and Ginny. Soon Molly and Lily joined them, and that was all that was let in. Harry tried his best to get Ginny through the labor, but right now, she wanted her mother. Molly changed places with Harry, and took Ginny's hand. She tried to keep the smile on her face, as Ginny's was crushing her hand in her death grip.

After twenty minutes, someone had pity on her. Luna took Molly's place and rather than grab her hand, she rubbed Ginny's tummy. This seemed to settle her down quite a bit, until it was finally time to deliver James. Once more Harry took his place by her side, as he got her to take deep breaths and had her to push helping James out of her womb. Finally his head appeared, and the rest became easier, and the Medwitch took James and had Harry cut the cord so that she could clean the baby. Both Harry and Ginny wanted a natural birth, so no magic was used during the delivery.

Once James was cleaned and dressed, James was handed to Ginny who looked down on her precious little angel. James had the Potter dark unruly hair and Ginny's golden brown eyes. "Harry,he's beautiful He looks just like you with my eyes."

"No Ginny, He looks just like you, with my hair. He has your button nose, and rosy cheeks. He has your smile. Your dimples, and pouty bottom lip. Look, he is about to make his first noise." James did, and the entire ward could feel the scream that came from James. He let every one know he was hungry.

"Merlin he is loud. Was I that loud mum?" Harry asked Lily.

"What did you say son, My ears are still ringing?"

Harry laughed at his mum, as she was rubbing her head to get the pain out from the scream. Harry asked again when she came to her senses. "You were no where near that loud Harry. You were actually more like Stella."

"Ginny wasn't like that either. That sounded more like...Ron."

Harry yelled, "NO! Not Ron. Ginny we may have to sell your ring just to feed him."

Ginny, Molly, Luna, and Lily all laughed as Harry worried over his financial situation. That was the last scream like that came from James though. After that, his crying was minimal and not near as loud.

Harry took James out to the waiting room for the rest to see, and right away, Stella took to James like flies to honey. James was just as comfortable with Stella as she reached out her hand and stroked his cheek. James looked like he wanted to jump out of Harry's arms and into Sirius' arms to get to Stella.

While Harry was sharing James with everyone, Ginny had a chance to eat and drink something to sooth her upset tummy. Then she took a bath, to soak away her weariness. When she was back in the room, Lily was holding James, while Luna and Molly left to let two other visitors in. Then when Ginny took James, Harry and Lily left, so that two more could enter. Harry sat with Luna, Hermione and Richard to pass the time. When Hermione and Richard left for their visit, Fred and George took their place , and were joined by Verity and Amanda. The six talked and joked while the rest visited with Ginny. They told Harry that they were planning a dual marriage, that would take place in a month, and if he knew of any more interesting places they could take their honey moon in. By the time Harry was finished, they had a list of twenty places. "Harry, how do you know of all these places?" asked Fred.

"Travel guides Fred. There are travel bureaus all over, that have these pamphlets they hand out to tell you all about the different places. I still have all mine if you want to see them. I just want them back when you are through. Or you can just go get your own. They're free."

"Ah, just in my price range." Fred beamed.

"Fred, you and George are so loaded right now, you could visit all these places."

"Shhh. Don't want Ron to hear you say that. He may ask for a loan."

"Like you wouldn't give it to him if he asked. You may want to sound like a cheap bastard, Fred, but we both know if anyone asked for some help, you would be there for them."

"Yes, well, that may be, but we don't have to advertise now do we?"

"So right you are brother. I don't want bank written across my forehead. Or worse yet Sucker. Hey ladies, I think it's our turn to see the darling mother and her delightful child. Shall we." And both Fred and George held out their arms, and Amanda went to George, and Verity went to Fred. Harry laughed at was what was to take place. They even got the girls in on their fun and games.

No one even noticed the difference, as Fred went on with Verity and George with Amanda. It got better when Fred left Verity, and kissed Amanda. George did the same and kissed Verity. Everyone looked on in shock as the two couples continued their kissing. Then Harry walked in and broke down laughing at the sight. He knew they got back with their mates, and all the rest thought that Fred was kissing Verity, and George was kissing Amanda.

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On Stella's first birthday, Potter Manor was full of well wishers. Fred and George with their new wives had brought back a toy monkey from Hong Kong for her birthday. When you flipped a switch, it would sit and bang a set of symbols. The noise was too much for Stella, so she waved her hand, and the symbols were gone. Now all the monkey did was clap it's hands, which was fine with Stella.

Sirius got her a puppy that Stella loved. Sirius named it Anubis, and Stella named it woof. He would only answer to Woof. He growled when Sirius called him Anubis.

The list of gifts went on and on as the pile got bigger. James was there crawling beside her to see all the goodies Stella had received. He would not touch any, unless Stella told him it was alright. Some how, Stella knew which ones might hurt him so she put those in a separate pile and let James play with the rest.

Then it was time for cake and ice cream. Ron was miffed when he was told he couldn't get any, until the kids got theirs. He had to sit and watch as the plates were passed to him, and he had to pass them down. He tried to steal bites of the plates, but someone was always there to slap his hand away from the plate. Finally he got his plate and was shocked when he saw a sliver of cake, and two bites of ice cream, "What's this?"

Luna looked up and was shocked, "Sorry Ron." She took the plate back, and took one bite of the ice cream back. "I almost gave you too much. I have to make sure every one gets some."

Ron was muttering something when he heard everyone break out in laughter. He looked up to see a plate being passed to him piled high with cake and ice cream. He gave the other plate back, and dug in to the new plate that he was served., "His is mre ike it." as the cake flew out of his mouth.

Albus and Minerva sat back and watched the family in front of them enjoy themselves. They saw the way life was meant to be. Family and friends sharing the good times. They thought back to when the the times were the black and miserable. They hoped those times would never be seen again.

The evening continued on with the adults watching and laughing as the children played together, with James offering Stella different toys while taking another to play with. Stella would take the toy and place it behind her then reach out and grab another that was sitting in front of the two.

The evening ended when the two children fell asleep laying next to each other, while holding hands. Luna had to take a picture before Harry picked them up to carry them to their bedroom. When he returned, he saw that the others were getting ready to depart. Once the goodbyes were made, and the hugs and kisses were shared, they all left, leaving Harry, Ginny and Luna a chance to rest before they made their way to bed. Harry showed his loves how much they meant to him before they made their way upstairs. Sleep was probably the last thing on their mind.