Three days after confronting his old friends Harry told Ginny that he wanted to take her for a drive up to London, he used the excuse of baby shopping, but somehow she knew there had to be a hidden motive.
He pulled up at the park and saw Ron and Hermione waiting for him, Ginny saw them too. "Harry, I don't want to be here, not with them."
"First Ron and Mione them mum and dad, one step at a time."
Harry got out of the car, before either Hermione or Ron had seen the redhead occupying the passenger seat. They both moved forward to greet him when they saw him pull a wheelchair from the boot, then help the passenger from their seat. He pulled her chair so that her back was to them in order to lift her up the gutter, when he turned her around Ron dropped to his knees mouth agape and Hermione began making choked noises, her hand covering her mouth.
At first no one spoke they just stared, it was Hermione who broke the silence. "Gin, you're pregnant." She said staring at Ginny's, by now large, stomach.
"Yeah, five months."
"That's great, children are the greatest joy you'll ever have, congratulations."
"You don't think I deserve that joy do you, Mione?"
"That's not what I said, but you've got to understand Gin what you did, it tore the family apart."
"And obviously it hasn't affected my life at all, as you can well see my life is just perfect. I made a mistake, aren't we all entitled to make mistakes?"
"Ginny you killed your own brother, and that's nothing more than a mistake to you?"
"Were you there? Did you have him beg you to kill him? Did you listen to his desperate pleas? I didn't think so, you may think you know everything Mione but there is more to life than what you read in books! You only see the black and white look for the shades of grey, for your own sake."
"Gin, you don't understand-"
"Oh I understand alright; to you we all must be perfect, no one can make a mistake like I did! Speaking of mistakes, Harry, it was a mistake to bring me here, let's just go home."
"Sure thing Gin, if that's what you want." Harry began to wheel her chair around slowly moving back to the car.
Halfway to the car Ginny gasped and doubled over in her chair in pain. Harry stopped suddenly and knelt down before her.
"Gin what's up? Are you alright?"
"Yeah I'll be ok the pain's passing now."
"Hey Gin guess what?"
"What?"
"Where was the pain?"
Ginny touched the spot where the shooting pain had hit her before realising what Harry meant. "My baby, oh my God I felt my baby!" she cried happily as she hugged Harry.
"You'll be walking in no time." He whispered so only she would hear as he hugged her back. "One step at a time."
"Harry, Ginny, please don't leave, come have something to eat."
Harry looked at Ginny, she nodded and he turned her chair around and headed back to the table where Hermione had set out lunch.
All through lunch as Hermione desperately tried to keep the conversation going, Ron said nothing, Harry tried to talk to him but he was lost in his own world. Finally they could go on no longer, Ginny was close to tears and yet still her brother refused to talk to her, turning to Harry she whispered, "Let's Go Harry I've had enough."
Sighing Harry said his goodbyes to Mione he took Ginny to the car. He had just lifted her out of her chair when he heard a yell from behind him.
"Potter!" Harry turned. "What exactly are your intentions with my sister?"
Ginny crumpled into tears of joy sobbing into Harry's chest, Ron came over and took her from Harry hugging her tight. Finally Ron spoke again. "Ah Gin? Look I hate to be a mood killer and all but you get kinda heavy after a while." Everyone laughed at Ron as Harry stepped forward and took Ginny back.
"Ginny looked at the spot where she had sobbed into her brothers shirt, which was now wet with tears. "Well I bet Mione's glad to have me back I'm already making more washing for her!" Ginny joked.
Lydia ran over screaming "Oh I'll help!" as she yelled she accidentally levitated the contents of the nearby pond which landed squarely on Ron's head. Ron was left standing completely soaked with a bright green frog perched on his head. No one spoke as Ron stood perfectly still, then Ginny snorted with laughter.
"Suits you mate, really suits you."
"It clashes so charmingly with your freckles dear."
At Hermione's remark everyone, but Ron, burst out laughing.
"Your daughter, she's your daughter!" Ron finally spluttered.
"Excuse me Weasley? My family are dentists, do you really thing she got her sense of humour from us?"
"Very true, that's definitely the Weasley in her." Ron nods in agreement before turning slowly with a feral grin to his daughter. "Well little girl…"
Lydia squealed and ran away, Ron right behind her.
At Hermione's insistence Harry and Ginny agreed to stay a little longer. The three of them sat around the table and chatted quietly catching up on old times whilst Ron ran wildly after Lydia who was still squealing in delight. Shortly after they sat down the baby that Hermione had been holding three days ago, woke in his pram. Hermione picked him up; he was no more than a few months old.
"Oh Mione he's so sweet, what's his name?"
"Jonathan Pericaval Weasley. He's just four months old."
"Awww, he's so gorgeous."
Ginny turned to Harry on her other side and just looked at him.
"Just one little step at a time, one tiny baby step at a time." He said quietly so Hermione did not hear him.
yeah, updating at last, sorry! I've just been really busy and havent got round to uploading all my chapters. how bout this as a reward for waiting so long you can have two chapters today? I'm sorry.
There'll be more soon i promise.