A/N: Thanks for the reviews I'm almost at 100! woohoo! (do you think you can help me get 100 reviews? I've never had that many before and that would be so exciting!)
Okay, there is only going to be one chapter after this one, but it isn't written yet and my schedule is a bit full at the moment so the next update might be in a while. I've been getting up at 4:30 AM for swim practice almost everyday and I have a LOAD of HW to do so I don't have much time. I want to write a sequel about Harry and Ginny's baby but I don't know if I'll have the time or the energy.
That's it, thanks for all the great reviews!
Kristin
Chapter 6: The birth
Ugh I am so fat! It's been eight months; eight LONG months and I cannot wait for this baby to just pop out of me! Arrg I've got to pee again! I have no idea how I'm going to be able to study for my NEWTS with this baby inside of me. It keeps kicking my bladder and making me have to pee! I've been walking from my desk to the bathroom for the past hour. Maybe I should take my books into the bathroom to study. I'll sit on the toilet. Wow! It's a revolutionary idea for pregnant girls everywhere. Oh and not only do I have to pee, but I'm having these awful pains. Way worse than PMS cramps, and let me tell you I get them bad! I guess these last eight months haven't been so bad, I mean I didn't get my period at all! (Well duh but still, it's something to be happy about right?) Anyway I better get back to studying; I may actually try the toilet seat method…
"Ginny, sweetie how are you?" Harry asked just as I tried to begin studying for what felt like the hundredth time. Harry comes to visit me every so often. Well all right, he comes to visit me every time he has a break. It's so cool to be married! Now Harry and I can sleep in the same bed, and no one can say anything about it! (But they do talk about my pregnancy… oh well you win some and you lose some.)
"Let's see, I've lost all bladder control, I can't even start to study because every time I sit down this damn baby kicks my bladder, I'm so fat, and to top it all off I've had these searing pains all day and they hurt." I said with a pout. I can be so childish, but hey I'm pregnant, it's allowed!
"Well I'm sorry about your bladder problem." Harry said. I could tell that he was trying to hold back laughter so I scowled at him.
"And Ginny, you are not fat, just pregnant. As for the searing pains, I think they could be something serious, maybe you should visit Madame Pomphry to find out."
"I don't want to go to see Madame Pomphry! The last time I went there, she told me I was pregnant!" I whined. (Well I have gone to her for checkups and stuff, but I'm trying to make a point here!)
Harry was laughing so hard now I really wanted to smack him, so I did. Not too hard, don't worry, but enough to make him shut up and rub the spot on his arm that I slapped.
"Come on Ginny, let's go see the nurse." Harry said, taking my hand. I was going to protest, but then his eyes locked onto mine and I forgot why I didn't want to go to see the nurse. As we were walking to the hospital wing I got another pain, but it was so much worse than all the others combined. I was doubled over in pain, I could hardly move!
"Ginny, Ginny are you okay?" Harry asked, panic-stricken.
"Owwww, help it hurts! Harry it hurts!" I wailed. I could feel hot tears start to run down my face. Harry lifted me up without much trouble, considering I'm carrying around thirty extra pounds or something.
I was still crying, but the pains had stopped somewhat, and I felt safe in Harry's arms.
"Madame Pomphry! Harry shouted when we got to the infirmary.
"Mr. Potter! Please keep it do- what's wrong with Ginny?" she asked.
"She told me that she was having searing pains, and we were on our way here to have you look at her, and she collapsed!" Harry said very quickly.
"Put her here on this bed Harry, I do believe you're having contractions Miss Weasly."
"But the baby's not due until next month! And it's Mrs. Potter." I added before I started screaming in pain again.
"Yes, it's definitely contractions, this baby's coming out today!" Madame Pomphry said.
"But I don't want the baby to come today! I want it to come on Harry's birthday!" I moaned as another contraction hit.
"Ginny, the baby's coming today, weather you like it or not." Harry said softly.
"But now I have to buy you a birthday present!" I whined. The expressions on Harry's and Madame Pomphry's faces were identical. They were giving me looks that clearly said, 'you are about to bring another human being into the world and all you care about is having to buy Harry a present.' All right! I admit it, I'm a bit crazy, but please my hormones are all off, it's allowed.
"Owww!" God my body wasn't meant to handle pain. Some people say that red heads feel no pain, let's put that myth to rest right now shall we? Good.
"Mr. Potter, please stand next to Ginny and hold onto her back. That's it, now Ginny, For how long have you felt the contractions?" Madame Pomphry asked.
"I don't know, the pains started sometime last night, they only just started to get bad." I said. It's the truth.
"All right, I'm going to check to see how far along you are." Madame Pomphry ran quite a few tests before telling me that I had at least another hour to go.
"Can't you do some sort of magic to slow it down?" I asked, "I really don't want to have the baby today. Owwww" I wailed.
"Ginny, we've been through this, the baby's coming now, and you can try to cross your legs and not push, but the baby will win in the end!" Harry said sternly.
"Owwwww" I shrieked as another contraction hit me. I grabbed Harry's hand until I heard him whimper in pain.
"Ginny, please let go of my hand, you're crushing it!" Harry said in a panicky tone.
"I want my mommy!" I screamed.
"Miss Weasly, please do not shout! I have other patients."
"Yeah? Well do any of them have a body trying to find it's way out from within them? I thought not." I said coolly. I'm such a bitch, but it's fun. "Now Harry, I want you to floo to the Burrow and get my mom because apparently you can't handle the pain in your hand when I squeeze it, now shoo, but be back before I have this baby." I commanded.
"Yes" Harry squeaked. He ran to Dumbeldore's office to floo my house. Within minutes my mom and dad were in the hospital wing, along with Dumbeldore, McGonagal, Bill, Charlie, Tonks, Remus, Fred, George, Ron, and Hermionie. I guess there was an order meeting and they all decided to come see me…
"Hello, As happy as I am to see you all right now, please leave." I said as nicely as I could. No one moved
"Maybe I didn't make myself clear, If you aren't Harry, my mother or my father get your sorry asses out of here before I hex you all the way to Timbuktu!" I shrieked.
That got them running, even Dumbeldore!
"Ginny is that anyway to talk to your professors?" My dad asked.
"Shut it dad, or you'll be next." I said through gritted teeth as another contraction overcame me and I screamed. Tears were rolling down my cheeks and I just wanted this to be over.
Madame Pomphry came over and told me I was ready to start pushing, I decided that if it was going to hurt this much to keep the baby inside then I might as well just give in and push. Two hours later, I had a beautiful baby girl sitting in my arms.
"We'll leave you two alone a moment." My dad said as he pulled my mother out of the room so Harry and I could be alone with our baby.
"She's so beautiful!" I whispered.
"And so tiny." Harry added softly.
"What should we name her?" I asked Harry. We'd talked about some names we liked, but we hadn't decided on one.
"You know, I've always thought the name Katherine was extremely beautiful." Harry said softly.
"Katherine Potter, It sounds good together, we could call her Kate for short." I said with a smile.
"What about a middle name?" Harry asked
"How about Lily for your mother? It sounds pretty together doesn't it?"
"Alright, it sounds lovely. Harry said." He bent to kiss me on the forehead and then leaned in to press a kiss to Kate's forehead.
"I wish she'd open her eyes so we could see what they looked like." I said with a sigh. Kate was pretty much bald but she did have a few stray hairs poking out of her head and they looked reddish, typical Weasly blood.
"I'm going to tell everyone that they can come in. Your mom is itching to hold Kate." Harry said tiredly.
"You hold her first Harry, she is half yours." I said with a smile.
He took Kate from my arms and held her awkwardly.
"She's so tiny! You take her back I feel like I'm going to break her!"
"You won't, but I'll take her back, you get everyone to come in here, I think I owe them all an apology…" I said with a laugh.
"Yeah, I think you scared them all away, even Dumbeldore knew not to mess with you!" Harry said with a chuckle before walking towards the door and stepping outside to tell everyone they could come back in.
As Molly pushed her way to the front of the line so she could be the first to hold her granddaughter, Arthur pulled Harry aside.
"Before you contacted us about Ginny, we were discussing you know who, apparently he's been hiding out in Hogsmede. We believe he's going to attack Hogwarts, I just thought you should be kept up to date". Arthur said.
"Thanks Arthur, I really appreciate it. Do you have any idea where he's hiding?" Harry asked.
"We think he might be hiding in one of the caves Sirius used." Arthur replied.
"Right, well I guess that's it then, we should go back in there." Harry said with a smile.
"Of course, we wouldn't want Molly to hog the baby, now would we?" Arthur said with a chuckle.
When the two men walked in, they saw Molly holding Kate, her face was content. Mrs. Weasly had waited so long for her children to make her a grandmother, and now, she finally was.
"What's her name?" Hermionie asked, her hands resting on her large belly.
"Katherine Lily Potter, Kate or Katie or Kat for short". Harry answered.
"She's so tiny!" Hermionie remarked when it was her turn to hold Kate.
After an hour everyone left besides Harry and Ginny.
"Can you believe we created this?" Harry asked in awe as he stared at his baby lying in his wife's arms.
"No, but we did and Dumbeldore's right, we will make great parents." Ginny said happily.
"You look tired, why don't I take Kate and you can sleep?" Harry asked Ginny softly.
"Yeah, I could use some sleep." Ginny agreed. Within a few minutes she was sound asleep, snoring softly. Harry watched her chest rise and fall and thought, 'my wife is so beautiful".
Harry gently held the sleeping form of his daughter in his arms as he sat in a chair next to Ginny's bed.
"Well hello there!" Harry said, "I must admit, this is rather awkward, see I've never had a baby before, you're my first. It's a little terrifying knowing that I have to take care of you, that you are going to rely on your mother and me for every little thing, and look at you! You're so tiny, I'm afraid that I'll break you. I just wanted to tell you that I'm your daddy, and even though we've just met, I already love you more than anything in the world. I just thought you should know that I do love you, see, I might not be around when you're older because of a prophecy made right after I was born. It says that I'm the only one who can destroy Lord Voldemort, If I don't kill him, he'll kill me. Don't tell anyone this, but I'm scared stiff. You know I grew up without parents Kate, they both died at the hands of Voldemort. I don't want you to ever have to go through something like that. If I could have one wish come true, it would be to spend a day with my parents, but I know that can never happen."
At that moment Kate awoke and big green eyes stared straight into Harry's green orbs. Harry was staring into his own eyes, his mother's eyes, the mother who died to save him. That moment, Harry Potter decided that he'd rid the world of Voldemort.
"Katherine Lily Potter, I refuse to let you grow up in a world with the threat of Voldemort. I will defeat him, I will fight him to the death if it insures peace, not only for the rest of the world, but for you Katie, you have given me the strength I lacked before. I won't let you grow up in a world of evil, I'm going to defeat Voldemort!"
Harry said. Then he pressed his lips upon the top of Kate's head and whispered, "thank you" into her ear.
"Harry that was so beautiful." I whispered from the bed.
"Oh, I uh didn't know you were awake…" Harry said uncomfortably.
"I'm sorry, but it really was beautiful you know." I told him. It really was too.
"She has my eyes." Harry said, changing the subject.
"Does she? I'm so glad I love your eyes." I told him happily.
"Listen Ginny, your father told me that the Order thinks Voldemort is going to attack Hogwarts, they think he's hiding in Hogsmede. I'm not going to let my little girl grow up in a world with Voldemort so I'm going to find him and kill him and if I'm killed at the same time, so be it Kate can't grow up in a world with him in it, I won't allow it." Harry said softly.
"I understand, but you'd better come back to me." Harry handed me Kate, I could feel the tears about to stream out of me but I held them back. I had to be strong for Harry and the baby.
"I'll always be with you." Harry said. He kissed me gently on the lips and slipped and pressed his lips to Kate's head, whispering 'I love you' as he exited the door.
I couldn't hold the tears back any longer a sob began from within me and I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face. I'm really quite pitiful, I'm seventeen, nearly eighteen and a mother, I should be stronger than this, but I'm not, I'm not ready for any of this.
"Miss Weas- Potter, are you alright?" Madame Pomphry asked me with concern.
"HarryVolemortfightsadgonnadiemommydumbeldorehelp!" Was all I could get out.
"There there dear, everything will be okay, I'm going to get your mother, everything will be fine." She soothed.
I didn't answer I wasn't able to.
Within minutes my mother and was at my side, trying to calm me.
"Ginny! You're crushing the baby! Give Katie to me." I my mother commanded as she tutted at me. She seemed to overlook the fact that I was sobbing like a lunatic, and for the record I wasn't squashing my baby, I was hugging her. Oh well.
"Now sweetie, tell me what's wrong!" My mother said with concern.
"Harry, he's gone!" I choked out.
"Gone? Why that little bas- I mean that evil monster, well he just didn't seem like the type that would leave…" My mother finished rather pathetically. And then she wrapped her arms around me and hugged me. Sometimes you just need your mom.
"He didn't leave me," I said hoarsely, "He went to destroy Vol- Voldemort." I stuttered.
"Oh! He didn't say anything to the Order! No one knows he doesn't have any back up!" My mother wailed in a panic.
"Mum, what if he dies?" I whispered.
"Shh don't talk like that he won't die. You need some rest. I'll get you a dreamless sleep potion and I'll stay with you tonight, I'll help with Katie." My mother said. As much as she annoys me, I love her. I don't know what I'd do without her.
Within minutes of drinking the potion, I was sound asleep, all thoughts of Harry forgotten once my eyes closed and my head hit the pillow.
A/N: PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!
Oh! Some people wanted more detail on the honeymoon, I'm sorry but I'm not great at writing sex scenes since I've never had sex. I did write an M rated story but it's Draco-Ginny but that does have some crappy sex scenes in it... lol check it out if you want.
Kristin