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Chapter 13 Showers and Stairs

Harry walked up the stairs to Ginny's old room and knocked on the door.

"Ginny, it's me." Harry called. There was silence for a few minutes then he heard the shuffle of feet across the floor towards the door.

Mrs. Weasley opened the door and let him in.

"I'll leave you two alone." Then she left, closing the door behind her.

Harry stood looking at his wife as a memory came flooding back to him from a little over a year ago.

"I guess this whole evil twin thing is going to put a serious damper on Ginny and I's relationship." Harry said grimly to Ron.

"Nah, Harry all you have to do is go up to him and be all like die! And then you and Ginny can be like babies!" Ron laughed. (A/N: I am so sorry if you are confused and disturbed by that. It is just something I had to put in that was said between my friend Kristen and I. It has no meaning and is completely random, so if it is better for you to just forget that whole flashback and move on with the story, by all means do so.)

Harry shook his head to bring himself back to the present, his wife was sitting on the bed staring at him.

"Ginny, listen I understand. I want a baby too. In fact, if this works out and we have a baby, I will be overjoyed. But you have to understand that I can't help but be worried. What if I lose you?" Harry walked over to her.

"Harry, I understand. There's nothing we can do about it anyway, we're going to have a baby!" Ginny smiled.

"Yes, and tomorrow I think we should floo to your boss' house to give him your two weeks. What do you think?" Harry asked.

"I think that's fine. Then afterwards we can go to Saint Mungo's and see the healer.

"Alright. What do you say we go downstairs and rejoin the feast." Harry took his wife's hand and they headed downstairs.

So Ginny quit her job, which was a good thing because the healer told her that after her fourth month she was to go on moderate bed rest. This meant she could walk around the house and go places but only for a few hours at a time. Then at her seventh month she was to go on complete bed rest and she could only be out of bed for five minutes a day.

Hermione really wanted to give Ginny a baby shower before she went on bed rest so at the end of January, Ginny went to the Burrow for what she thought was a meeting to go to lunch.

When she got to the Burrow she thought it was strangely quiet. As she walked into the living room something shot in front of her, nearly causing her to trip. She cursed to herself as she flicked her wand and the lights flew on. She saw Crookshanks fly out the door.

"Stupid cat." Ginny mumbled.

"Surprise!" Ginny whirled around and saw Hermione, Molly, Tonks, Fleur, McGonagall, Lily, Katie Bell, Angelina, Alicia and Luna Lovegood.

"What is this?" Ginny asked.

"A Baby shower of course!" Hermione squealed. Ginny thought that the older Hermione got the more she squealed and shrieked.

"Oh!" Then Ginny saw someone standing next to Lily. It took her a minute but then she realized who it was. "Aunt Petunia, thank you for coming to my baby shower." Ginny walked over and gave her a very small hug.

"Congratulations Ginny."

"Thank you. Now sit down all of you." Ginny sat down in a big arm chair. She was given many gifts. Lots of clothes, each one getting tons of ohhhs and ahhhs. She got a stroller, a highchair and a large gift card to the grocery store for diapers. Her mother made a beautiful blanket that was emerald green. Of all the gifts Ginny's favorite was the car seat that attached to your broomstick.

"I don't know who will like this more Harry or I." Ginny laughed.

"Don't you dare let Harry do any dives or go at his breakneck speeds with that baby on the back." Lily looked very stern.

"Oh I won't. But I don't think he will anyway. He practically treats me as if I'm going to break, imagine how's he going to be with the baby." Ginny had a hint of annoyance in her voice.

Soon the conversation turned to relationships and everyone found out that Luna and Neville were dating. Luna had them all in laughs at the way she had finally gotten Neville to finally ask her out.

"So I finally went up to him and said in a very seductive tone 'How's it going, Neville?' And boy did that make his ears turn red. So then the rest of the conversation I dropped every possible hint I could. Finally he asked me at the speed of a hundred miles per hour, and only my expert ears could have picked it up." Luna explained.

Then faster than Ginny would have liked she was put on moderate bed rest. Hermione brought Ginny books, puzzles and other things to occupy her time at home. Somehow there was always someone visiting her each day. She went out to lunch with Harry everyday and she looked forward to it. As the weeks went by Ginny was slowly dreading the day she would have to go on full bed rest. One day Harry couldn't go out to lunch so Hermione took her out to dinner after work. When they were done Ginny apparated to her front door at the same time Harry did.

"Hey babe what are you doing?" Harry asked as he tapped the door with his wand.

"I went out to dinner with 'Moine and now I'm going to take a shower and start this new muggle book she gave me called Gone with the Wind. It's about the Civil War in America!" Ginny seemed excited about her new book.

"Ginny can I take a shower first I'm all sweaty." Harry almost whined.

"No. I'm the one carrying this lug around and I'm tired." Ginny stomped her foot for effect.

"Fine!" Harry laughed.

"I really wish we had two showers though. When there are three of us in the house its going to get harder." Ginny said as she walked up the steps with Harry.

"What if I see about getting one put in the downstairs bathroom somehow?" Harry asked.

"That would be wonderful!" Ginny gave her husband a peck on the cheek and went to take a shower.

A week or two later Ginny was sitting in her bed staring at the ceiling. She had finished Gone with the Wind hours ago and she was extremely bored. Harry couldn't go to lunch again today and she was slightly moody about this too. Finally she decided she had to go to the bathroom for the umpteenth time so she walked out of the bedroom and down the hall to the bathroom. While she was in the bathroom Harry apparated home and walked through the front door. He heard the toilet flush upstairs so he headed toward the stairs. As he reached the top Ginny had walked to the top of the stairs.

"Hey Ginny, how are you?" Harry asked warmly.

"Hey Harry, I'm pregnant. What about you?" Ginny snapped moodily and turned towards the bedroom.

"Ginny." Harry sighed and attempted to wrap his arms around her waist. She thrust her elbow at him as she whirled around. He jumped back.

"Don't you dare touch me! You're the one who did this to me!" She screamed at him.

"What! You're the one who didn't take your potion, not me." Harry said defensively.

"Arrghh." Ginny cried as she lunged towards Harry to hit him in the shoulder. Harry being quick from Voldemort and Quidditch sidestepped her. Her arm which was swing madly missed him and the force from the swing made her lose her balance and fall forward. As she was falling she made a mad grab for the banister but with no luck. When she hit the ground she hit the third step down and she tumbled down the rest of the stairs. The last thought she had before she blacked out was, "This is just like what happened to Scarlett O'Hara. She was pregnant too when she fell down the stairs. Oh my baby!"