Chapter 8- Aftermath

"Hey Gin…"

Ginny smiled at him from her bed in St. Mungo's. They had healed her arm in a heartbeat, but were running some tests to make sure that the stress hadn't harmed the baby.

"Hey… how's everything going?"

Harry kissed her forehead, sitting at the edge of the bed.

"Great. Everything's going great. They rounded up everyone who was at David's, and Bethany has just taken the antidote to the love potion she was forced to take."

Ginny smiled.

"That's good."

Harry grinned, his hand finding hers.

"You know what this means, right Gin?"

She looked at him, puzzled.

"There's no more trouble. We're finally safe."

She smiled at him, squeezing his hand.

"I know."

Harry leaned over and kissed her softly on the forehead, grinning.

"I can't believe you never told me! Did you ever think about how much you were cutting me off from?"

The yelling of a young woman could be heard from one of the rooms as a blonde jumped off of her bed at the sight of her parents.

"Bethany… calm down sweetheart…"

But Bethany ignored her father.

"No! How could you have done this to me?"

Her mother sighed.

"We wanted to protect you. You and your sister."

Bethany snorted.

"Well it worked so well didn't it? I was still kidnapped by some man I've never heard of, whom I would have known about if you hadn't cut me off!"

Her father sighed.

"We wanted to do what was best. The war was raging out of control when we cut ourselves of from everyone, and then after it ended we were too afraid to go back… then it started up again and…"

Bethany sat back down on the bed, beginning to play with her hair.

"Still. I didn't get to go to Hogwarts… or do anything!"

Her parents nodded, sitting next to her.

"We're going to try to work something out, but that's all we can do Bethany… we're sorry."

She nodded to her mother, resting her head on her father's shoulder.

"Good."

The sound of a child's cries echoed through the house. A redheaded woman sighed and her husband groaned.

"Again?"

Ginny smiled, throwing on her robe as she climbed out of bed for the third time that night.

"My mother warned you that we may not get the chance to sleep through the night."

Harry nodded, standing up as well and following Ginny out of the room.

"I know she did, but still…"

She laughed as she moved into their son's room. It had been several months since Ginny had been kidnapped by David once more, and about two weeks since they had brought him home from the hospital.

"Travis…"

She was speaking softly to her son as she picked him so she could feed him.

Harry grinned as he watched Ginny and their son, moving next to her and kissing her cheek.

"Have I mentioned that motherhood suits you?"

She laughed softly.

"About three times a day."

He laughed as well.

"Because it's true. You're gorgeous."

She smiled.

"You always think I'm gorgeous."

He grinned.

"Because you always are."

She smiled, cradling her son in her arms after he was finished.

"You'll always think I am."

He nodded.

"Yes I will."

She moved towards him, holding Travis out to him.

"You hold him for a minute. I can see that you want to."

Harry grinned as he took his son from her. He still found it a bit hard to believe that this was his son. His red-haired, green-eyed son. Travis closed his hand around his father's and Harry grinned once more.

"He really is a beautiful baby."

Ginny smiled.

"I know."

She could still remember the joy that had lit up Harry's face upon seeing that Travis had his eyes. Fatherhood suited him well. She realized that Travis had fallen asleep again and she reached out to take him from Harry.

"Alright…"

She smiled as she set her son in his crib, standing over him for a minute before she looked back to Harry.

"Let's go."

She took his hand and led him from the room, still smiling as she crawled into their own bed.

"I love you."

Harry grinned as he slid into bed next to her, wrapping his arms around her.

"I love you too Gin."

She rested her head on his and they both fell asleep, content with the fact that nothing could get in their way, and they could finally have the life they wanted, free of danger.

/Author's Note/

And that's the end! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thanks for all of the encouraging reviews and don't forget to review this time!

- Kyla