Title: Cravings

Prompt: Ice Cream

Words: 300

Rating: G

A very pregnant Ginny poked Harry in the side urgently, "Harry," she hissed, "Are you awake?"

Groggily he replied, "I am now!" Slipping his glasses on he glanced at the clock and upon seeing the early hour asked worriedly, "Are you in labor?"

"No," Ginny said reassuringly, "I'm too uncomfortable to sleep and hoped you'd get me some ice cream."

Around an enormous yawn Harry asked, "Are you sure you need ice cream right now?"

At her determined nod he rose and went down to the kitchen. While slightly annoyed at being woken to fetch ice cream in the middle of the night he reminded himself that she was uncomfortable and stairs had recently become difficult; as the baby's father the least he could do was submit to her demands, no matter the hour. He scooped the ice cream by hand, having learned the hard way that one should not use magic for mundane tasks while mostly asleep.

He trudged back upstairs only to find Ginny fast asleep, apparently having finally found a comfortable position by sprawling over nearly three quarters of the bed. Admiring the mountain of her belly in the middle of her bed, he placed the ice cream on her night stand and cast a freezing charm over it. Should she wake again it would be ready for her.

Not wanting to wake her he grabbed his pillow and curled up awkwardly on the love seat under the window. Now he couldn't sleep. He watched her in the semi-darkness and imagined what it would be like when in a few short weeks they met their baby. Suddenly overwhelmed by the enormity of the gift that was Ginny carrying this child for nine months he vowed that he'd gladly fetch as much ice cream as she'd ever want.

A/N: I'm using up another of the prompts that I missed out before I started writing these. This one used quite a bit more than 100 words, but every once in a while it is fun to expand. This reminds me of being pregnant, but was somewhat inspired by my currently VERY pregnant sister!