Okay I know it's been a month since I've updated and I'm sry. I never meant to let it get this ahead of me and I'm sorry. But to tell the truth I was a little upset with the responses to the last chapter. I know Ginny's gone but I promise she'll be back eventually. I swear it. And this story is nearing completion but there will be a sequel. Now on with the long awaited chapter.
Ginny woke up to darkness. She moaned softly as she rubbed the back of her head. She rolled onto her side, putting her warm cheek on the cold stone floor. She felt like crap.
"Well, I guess sleeping beauty is awake."
She sat up quickly, a little too quickly for her already upset stomach. She clutched her stomach and instinctively pulled her knees to her chest.
"It's too bad you're sick," the voice hissed again, "We're just going to have to tell Potter. Make him more eager to get you back."
"Leave him out of this," Ginny whispered hoarsely, her throat feeling like it was coated in sandpaper. "I'd kill myself before letting him come into a trap."
"So loyal. Too bad you don't know what's good for you, eh?"
Ginny squinted into the darkness. She couldn't see who was talking, so she took a chance. "Why not show me your face?" she called out, "Or are you too afraid?"
She heard someone whisper quietly, and before she could react, someone else hissed, "Crucio."
And it all went dark.
Harry sat bolt up right in his bed. He kept having these dreams of all the horrible things that were happening to Ginny. He didn't know what to do. Then there was a knock at the door. Ron and Hermione walked in. Then Ron Spoke. "Harry we need to tell you something…" Hermione added. "Harry…" Now Harry was getting annoyed at their vagueness.
"Hermione Granger tell me this instant."
"You see Harry the thing is…" she said evasively.
"She's not a Granger anymore" Ron blurted out.
Harry, obviously not catching on, "what the bloody hell is she then?"
They both looked at Harry.
"I'm a Weasley." She said beaming at Ron.
"Wha?"
"We um… kinda… eloped…last night…"
"Really?" Harry asked Ron feeling light headed.
"Yeah…" replied Hermione
"Congratulations guys…" Harry said putting on his best happy face.
"You mean it Harry?" Ron asked skeptically.
"Yeah I'm really happy for you both."
"Well we still need to tell our parents and Mione's should be here any moment…" Ron said.
"Yeah you guys go. Have fun!"
The nodded and left.
Harry laid back down on his bed and looked at the ceiling. A tear escaped his eye. He remembered their conversation about the future…
::Flash back::
"What do you see when you picture our lives after Voldemort?" Harry asked Ginny as he gently stroked her hair.
"I see me and you living in a huge house with more than one bathroom for our whole family."
"So you see us with children?"
"Well I suppose... unless you don't want kids that is."
"No I want kids with you more than anything. I love the idea of coming home from work, preferably playing quidditch, and seeing you and all my red-haired children and maybe a dog or two..."
"Yes I agree. I always wanted a dog but with Fred and George and their experiments Mum and Dad were always afraid that it would be a sort of test-subject. Of course, I just filled that position being the youngest. And what makes you so sure that our children will have red hair? And why do I have to watch the children? Why can't I have a job?"
"I didn't mean it that way. If you want to have a job I would more than willingly stay home with our hypothetical children. And I am willing to bet that they will have red hair because you have beautiful red hair and so did my mother."
"Okay I forgive you. And I wouldn't want to have a job necessarily; I would be more than happy to be the mother of your children and to stay home and raise them. Of course, I would eventually want to be something. I mean we won't have little children for ever. How many kids do you want anyways?"
"I always thought at least three but I would love to top your Mum and Dad. I can picture it now... My whole red-head quidditch team."
"Haha very funny Mr. Potter."
"Well you would be Mrs. Potter so I wouldn't talk..."
"Mrs. Potter... I like it!"
::End Flashback::
"What if I never get to have her as my Mrs. Potter? What if we never have children?" he wondered aloud.
"Don't worry Harry." Someone said from the door. He looked up. It was August.
"Harry…"
"Yeah…"
"A famous English writer once said 'To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.' You can't give up Harry."
"I know… It's just hard sometimes… without her…"
"You really love her don't you?"
"Oh more than you could know."
"She'll be okay Harry. She's a strong woman. I know."
"But… damnit if I had just taken that spell…" he said starting to cry again, "If I had taken it she'd still be here. I didn't know it was going to hit her."
"shhh…" she said hugging Harry. "Harry don't worry…"
"How can I not worry? She was so brave. I remember her reaction when I told her I was afraid of dying…"
::Flashback::
"Harry... What if I die? What if I never get to wake up in the same bed as you? What if I loose you? Harry we can 'what if' until the world ends but we just have to live for the present. We have to be thankful that we are sitting on this sofa at this very moment. Just loving each other. And Harry... no matter what I'll never stop loving you. Never."
::End Flashback::
"See?" Started August, "She knew you had to be strong. She knew that to be prosperous you have to live in the present because if you worry about the future then you won't remember to change it."
Harry nodded solemnly.
"Now Madame Pomfrey sent me up here to get you so we better go see what she wants."
They got up and left…
"Where have you been Cass?" Sirius asked her as they strolled around the lake.
"America…"
"why?"
"I thought it was safer. I saw all my friends dying, my parents, and then I saw you go to jail. I didn't want to believe it but I couldn't stay when I didn't know or not. So I left. I never planned on coming back."
"Why did you?"
"Dumbledore asked me to. He told me how much you needed me."
"He was right…" and he kissed her. For the first time is 16 and a half years, he kissed her.
"Mr. and Mrs. Weasley… Mum, Dad… we have something to tell you…" Hermione said as she and Ron stood before her parents and in-laws in the great hall a little after breakfast.
"What is it Hermione, dear?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"Well Mum… last night…" Ron started.
"You didn't sleep with her did you?" Mr. Granger asked giving Ron a 'I'm her father' look.
"Well I did." Ron said blushing and taking Hermione's hand.
"WHAT!" All the parents yelled at once.
"I thought we taught you to wait until marriage Ronald?" Mrs. Weasley asked in an accusatory tone.
"You did." Ron replied.
"What it the meaning of this?" Mr. Granger asked.
The Mrs. Weasley and Mrs. Granger looked at each other and made the connection only women could. They were married. The both rushed out of their seats leaving their bewildered looking husbands and running over to the newest Weasleys.
After many huge Mr. Granger finally made him self heard.
"Can someone please tell us what's going on here?"
The women just giggled and left Ron to explain.
"Well what we were trying to tell you was that we're married." Ron said blushing.
"Ah I see…" said the husbands as the women went off to giggle about proposal and wedding. Ron then received a rather long lecture about giving older men heart attacks.
"Pregnant?" Harry croaked.
Madame Pomfrey nodded.
"Oh gods…" Harry said sinking onto a bed in the sterile hospital wing. August looked shocked. She scurried out of the room mentioning something about finding the others.
"How do you know?" Harry asked the nurse.
"Would you like to see for yourself Harry?"
He nodded.
She disappeared and returned a moment later with a blue sphere. She set it on the counter.
"This, Harry, is what the tests turned up..."
"Why is it blue?"
"Because you're going to have a son Harry." She said softly.
"But I thought you couldn't tell until a certain time?"
"But with magical babies it's different. The witch shows symptoms earlier and we can tell the gender sooner as well."
Harry nodded letting it all sink in.
He was going to be a father. A father and Ginny didn't even know she was going o be a mother.
"Harry…" Madame Pomfrey asked carefully, "Watch this…"
She pressed a button on the top of the orb and it produced a foggy substance in the air.
"See the blue thing the size of a galleon?" she asked.
He nodded.
"Watch it…"
It pulsed. That was his child. It was so small but it's heart was beating. It was alive.
There was a clatter at the door as Mrs. Weasley rushed in. She saw Harry sitting on the bed with tears streaming down his face. She yelped and rushed over to him.
Harry could see the other Weasleys in the doorway.
"What's wrong Harry dear?"
"Baby…" he croaked.
"What?"
"Mrs. Weasley Ginny's having a baby." He said with tears falling, "My baby."
She gasped. And a tear slid down her cheek. She pulled Harry into a motherly hug and he broke down. He cried for Ginny, for his family, for his son. He heard the rest of the Weasleys come into the room not having heard what he told Mrs. Weasley.
"What is it Harry?" Ron asked softly.
August nodded as if to tell him he needed to tell them now.
"Ginny's pregnant."
"Harry Potter you knocked up my sister?" Ron asked receiving murderous looks from all the women present.
Harry looked Ron in the eye and said, "Yes Ron I did."
"Well congratulations then mate! You're going to be a father!"
Harry looked at Ron surprised.
"You're not mad?"
"Harry," Mr. Weasley said as he spoke for the first time, "I know that you love my daughter more than life. I know you would die for her. I trust you with her more than anyone else. Just please bring her back." He finished with tears in his eyes.
"I will." Said Harry, "I will"
Okay WOW! That took forever but I'm fairly happy with it. It wasn't very long but it'll have to do. I will have at least one more chapter out over Christmas break. Promise.
Now if you could all review I'd love you forever. And please remember that she'll be back. I promise!! And you can find out information on the progress of the next chapter on my and missy's website: www(dot)freewebs(dot)com(slash)mrs(underscore)harry(underscore)potter(underscore)fanfiction check it out! or the homepage link in my profile takes you there. And you have to click on the link to 'our stories' to find them.
Much love to the reviewers,
-lain
