A/N I Own Nothing
Ao3 – Once_Upon_A_Potter
July 1st, 2000
"Harry, call the Aurors." Ginny said, glaring all the while at the reporter in their living room. "We have a beetle infestation."
Harry didn't need to be told twice, immediately going for the phone, immensely glad that the ministry had invested in emergency lines similar to that of the muggle world.
July 2nd, 2000
"I can't believe that just happened." Harry muttered, sitting on the couch, chin propped in his hand. "But on the other hand. I'm not surprised at all."
It had taken a matter of minutes after Harry called for the Aurors to file into their apartment and take Rita into custody.
"She said this wasn't the first time." Ginny whispered, still in slight shock. She was glad they were already planning on moving in the next few months. She suddenly did not want to be in this apartment longer than necessary.
July 4th, 2000
"Twenty weeks." Harry stated, looking at the calendar they had hung on their fridge. "Half way already. We need to start thinking of names for this one." He continued, placing a hand on his stomach.
"I thought it was a given?" Ginny asked, rummaging in the pantry.
"Hm?"
"James for a boy and Lily for a girl?" Ginny said, pulling back from the pantry to look at Harry. They knew they could find out the gender if they chose to, but they decided to wait until birth for this one.
"Have I ever told you how much I love you?" Harry asked jokingly, coming up behind her and wrapping his arms around her, resting his chin on her shoulder.
Ginny laughed. "Only every day!"
July 7th, 2000
"Here's how she got in." Bill said, pointing out a tiny inconsistency with their ward scheme. He had insisted on taking a look at it, the entire family was still shaken up over the break in. "Good news is, in theory, it should be an easy fix."
"And bad news?" Ginny questioned.
"I can't fix it for you." Bill answered.
"Do you know someone who could?" Harry asked, Bill was already shaking his head before Harry got the complete question out. Ginny let out a rather impressive string of curses.
"Do you know someone that could set up new wards once we move?" Harry asked instead.
"That I can do." Bill said immediately. "Did you have a place you were looking at?"
"Don't tell mum, I don't want her to get her hopes up." Ginny started.
"Okay." Bill agreed.
"We were told about a house just a thirty minute drive from the Burrow." Ginny continued. "We want to look at it in person before doing anything else, though."
"That's understandable." Bill said with a reassuring smile. "When were you going to look?"
"Tuesday?" Harry asked, looking to Ginny, who nodded.
"Well, good luck!" Bill told them, standing to leave. "Hopefully it works out for you."
July 11th, 2000
"Well, this looks promising!" Ginny said, pulling up to the curb at the house. It had brown paneling, a large picture window in the living room. A small manicured front lawn, with a stepping stone path leading up to a white door. It wasn't a magical neighborhood, but they could definitely work around that.
"What time was she meeting us here?" Harry asked, looking up at the house.
"Now." Ginny answered, unbuckling and opening her door, as another car pulled up in front of them.
A tall, blonde woman seemingly in her late twenties, early thirties, stepped out of the SUV in front of them and made her way toward them.
"Ginevra, right?" She asked, pushing her sunglasses up to rest on top of her head.
"That's right!" Ginny exclaimed, choosing not to voice her distaste for her name. "And, this is my husband, Harry."
"Shelby." The woman responded with her name, "Well, this is the house!" she continued, gesturing for Harry and Ginny to follow her. "It's a five bedroom. Two bathroom. Has a beautiful kitchen!" she unlocked the door, ushering the couple in.
They stepped into the house and were immediately in a large, carpeted living room, across from the picture window was a brick fireplace with tiled flooring around it.
"If you come through here," Shelby said, leading them into the hallway, "You have your first bedroom, and a bathroom." She said opening each door as she mentioned them. The bedroom wasn't too small or large, with a built in closet and a window facing the side yard. The bathroom was directly across the hallway from the bedroom, small but big enough to fit the toilet, a sink, and a full bathtub.
"Come back this way," Shelby continued, leading them back through the living room, through another doorway, straight across from the front door. "You have your kitchen."
The kitchen was a light blue and white. Light blue walls, and whit cabinets and counter tops. The stove and Fridge were both a pristine white. The floors were a light gray tiling. There was room for a dining table under a large window.
"Through to the left here," Shelby said, stepping down a step into another room, "Is the laundry room and office.
"And the back door?" Ginny stated, glancing at the door.
"And the back door." Shelby confirmed, stepping back into the kitchen, "And to your right, are the stairs to the second story." She told them from the doorway between the kitchen and living room, before leading them up the stairs. "There's no railing, so be careful coming up."
The first bedroom they came to, was the master bedroom, a large carpeted room with tan walls, tall windows, a built in closet, and an attached bathroom. The next room was a small room, with white carpeting, and dark forest green walls, a single window, and a door leading into a closet.
"Nursery." Harry muttered to Ginny, who agreed.
"Oh! Are you two expecting?" Shelby asked, having over heard them.
"Yeah." Ginny told confirmed. "Due in November of this year!"
"Well congratulations!" Shelby exclaimed, "You know, there's a really nice primary school just down the street!" She joked.
"We'll keep that in mind."
The last two bedroom were near identical, one a dark blue, the other a light gray. Both had the same white carpeting, a tall window in the middle of the outside walls, and a small walk in closet connected the two rooms.
Harry and Ginny shared a look.
They both knew at this point.
This was their house.
xXx
"Hey mum," Ginny said into her cell phone, "Are you and Dad free? Be ready to go in about thirty minutes, I have something I want to show you. Uh huh. Yup, love you too!" She hung up the phone, flipping it shut and setting it in the cup holder.
xXx
"Are you sure you're okay back there, Harry?" Molly worried, as she fastened her seatbelt, and Ginny put the car in reverse.
"I'm fine, Molly." Harry reassured, settling his seatbelt below his stomach. "I wouldn't have moved back here if I wasn't okay with it."
xXx
Thirty minutes later, they were pulling into the drive way of the house.
"What are we doing?" Molly asked at the same time Arthur asked,
"Who lives here?"
"We will." Ginny responded, gesturing between herself and Harry.
"What." Molly deadpanned.
"Harry and I are moving here." Ginny repeated. "You wanna see it?"
"Of course I do!" Molly exclaimed, taking her seatbelt off and throwing the car door open.
July 15th, 2000
"Do we really need this?" Harry asked, holding up a neon yellow candy dish.
"Honestly, I don't even know where that came from." Ginny said from where she was packing dishes.
"So, that would be a no." Harry muttered, shoving it into the donate box they had going.
July 19th, 2000
"…Rita Skeeter, you are deemed guilty on the accounts of breaking and entering, and having an illegal animagus form. You're sentenced to five years in Azkaban."
xXx
"Five years?!" Hermione asked shrilly when she heard. "That it?! Five years?"
"Yeah." Harry sighed tiredly, rubbing his hand down his face. "That's it."
"Are you serious-"
July 25th, 2000
"When are you due?"
"Excuse me?" Harry asked, looking up from the form he was filling out to convert the money for his and Ginny's house, at the elderly woman who had spoken.
"Oh! Are you not-? I am so sor-"
"No! It's fine." Harry cut her off abruptly. "I just didn't realize it was that obvious." He continued in a muttered. "November, I'm due in November."
"I had a November baby myself!" The woman exclaimed.
"Oh, really?" Harry asked, feigning interest.
"Oh, yes." The woman continued, "Let me tell you, being pregnant during the summer months? Not fun!"
July 29th, 2000
"You know that interview I have with Lee on my birthday?" Harry asked, dropping a stack on folded clothes into a cardboard box.
"Yeah." Ginny confirmed, "What about it?"
Harry sighed. "I think it's time we go public with the pregnancy."
"Oh?"
"I'm realizing I can't hide it anymore." Harry told her. "I can't even go out in public without someone noticing. We might as well tell them."
"Hey. No arguments from me." Ginny assured. "If you want to tell 'em, tell 'em."
July 31st, 2000
"Today, we actually have a special guest," Lee said into his microphone, after having been on the air for some minutes. "The birthday boy himself, Harry Potter!"
"Well, that was dramatic." Harry laughed.
"Why, thank you." Lee joked. "Harry here, has kindly agreed to do a short Q and A session with us. I have a bowl of questions you guys have sent in in the last week. There are hundreds here, and unfortunately, we can't go through them all! So, what we'll do, is I'll pull them randomly from the bowl. Sound good?"
"Sounds good." Harry confirmed, giving a single nod.
"Alright!" Lee exclaimed pulling a slip of paper from the bowl and unfolding it. "Starting it off simple with question number one! Who was your first crush, and who was your first kiss?"
"Oh boy." Harry muttered. "Cho Chang."
"Not Ginny?"
"Not Ginny." Harry confirmed, "I went through a stage where I tried to convince myself that Ginny was just my best mates little sister." He continued with a sigh.
"That certainly didn't work, did it?" Lee snorted.
Harry grinned, "And I'm glad it didn't!"
"Next question is!" Lee unfolded the next paper. "Who was more evil? Voldemort or Umbridge?"
"Is that even a question?" Harry snorted, "Umbridge."
"Or as us upper years liked to call her," Lee laughed, "Umbitch."
"But in all seriousness," Harry continued, "probably Voldemort. Maybe."
"Maybe?"
"Maybe."
"What is your best memory?" Lee read off the next question.
"Well, that's actually rather hard…" Harry answered, "I naturally can't pick just one."
"Best memories?"
"The first would be my and Ginny's wedding day." Harry told him.
"Obviously, you sap!" Lee teased.
"The other would be, the day I learned that I'm pregnant." Harry continued, folding his hands on the table in front of them.
"Naturally," Lee hummed, pulling another paper out of the bowl, before pausing, "Wait-"
"Hmm?"
"Did you just say…?" Lee trailed off.
"Did I just say what?"
"That you're…"
"Pregnant?" Harry finished, "Yes. Yes, I did."
"Really?"
"And due in November." Harry continued.
"Really?" Lee asked, incredulously, doing the mental math, "You don't look five? Months pregnant!"
"Yeah, well… Madam Malkins concealment clothes do wonders for helping hide a pregnancy." Harry countered, he was, unfortunately, reaching a point where they didn't work as well anymore, though.
Lee chuckled, having not expected the turn their conversation had taken, "Holy sh-"