In the aftermath of her break-up with Aaliyah, Rose leaned on her friends for support and everyone was there to look out for her.

From Bee cuddling her on the couch and providing much-needed well sugared tea the night Rose landed in her fire place, face streaked with tears, to the numerous outings Jen and Annie planned for them all to take her mind off of things.

Al took some time to take Rose out on his broom and fly them through a beautiful area near his house called Mendip Hills. The views were stunning and gave them a place of total quiet to chat, under the cover of a good Disillusionment Charm.

Rose was still as clumsy as ever on a broom, but seated behind Al she felt safe, delighting in the stunning gorges, valleys and lakes covered in beautiful luscious green and the light peeking through the clouds and bathing the world in grey-gold.

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Sam was there, of course, patiently letting Rose grieve and supporting her through her emotions - but he couldn't escape a sense of responsibility over the break-up.

One night at Rose's house a few weeks after the Aaliyah had ended things, Sam couldn't hold is questions in any longer.

"Rose, you don't think Aaliyah broke up with you because of me do you? Because I really thought this was all working, I don't know what happened."

They were lying in bed together, talking, Sam playing with the curls of Rose's fringe, and as soon as he finished speaking Rose grasped his hand gently and held it warmly in hers.

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"Don't be ridiculous Sam, don't ever think me and Aaliyah not working out was about you. She never really got into the groove of all my family events and making time for everything - I've been doing it since birth and I still find time to stay at home all cuddled up in Puddletown, but some people don't want to juggle a hundred different social commitments. They're just into a few things and they want everything to be easy…"

"But it wasn't a problem before I came into the picture, I took more of your time-"

Sam felt the guilt that had been building in his chest for weeks burst forth, in a way it was a relief to finally get things out there.

Rose lifted her other hand to his face as they faced each other on the bed and gently rubbed her thumb across his cheek.

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Her love for him blooming all over again at his concern, "It wasn't a problem before you came into the picture because we hadn't been dating long enough for it to become clear. It can take months, sometimes even years to see that things aren't working out. It started off being about her promotion party, then it was about our schedules, but at the end of the day Aaliyah just didn't feel that we were going in the same direction. She was focused on her promotions and couldn't prioritise me and making time for me anymore… And then fucking hurts, but please don't blame yourself Sam, it honestly had nothing to do with you."

Sam sighed and turned his face into Rose's palm, lifting up a hand and gently kissing it.

"I just can't help but think that if I'd never come home, you would still be together…"

"We might have been, but then I wouldn't have gotten to finally let myself fall in love with you. And wouldn't that have been a huge tragedy Jack? Didn't we both deserve that chance?"

"Yes Cherry, we did."

He leaned over and kissed her gently, pulling her hand to his heart where she could feel it beating strongly and steadily.

The next day at St Mungo's, Rose passed Aaliyah in the hall - they both smiled and nodded at each other, each hiding their heart-break so respectfully and professionally it was almost comical.

At first it had been hard seeing each other at work, but they would get there. Get back to the great working relationship they'd always had.

The screams of a labouring mother pulled Rose's attention as she entered the first hospital room on her list.

"Hi Celia, how are we doing this morning? I see you've just checked in after waking up with contractions and waiting till they were 5 minutes apart! A perfect patient."

Celia just screamed in response - her partner eventually responded.

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"We knew the recommended time to come in, but they're getting really bad now, my arm's about to fall off!" She said cheerfully, but not without a grimace as to the pain.

Celia screamed again from her bed and Rose hopped into action.

"Right Celia, let's have a look at you shall we? I'm just going to see how dilated you are and whether baby's in a good position to come on out and meet you. Feet up to your bottom now, that's it."

Rose did her examination and saw baby was very much on their way, it wouldn't be long before Celia could start pushing.

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"Now Celia, you're doing so well, but I think a bit of gravity is going to help you with this one. Do you think, seeing as we're waiting for our next contraction, you could hop off the bed and then your partner…

"Parveen," she nodded excitedly.

"Parveen," Rose continued, "Is going to stand right on the bed in front of you and give you a lot of good support on your arms. I'm going to sit behind you and in a few more minutes we're going to start pushing, and I'll catch baby on the way out. Sound like a plan?"

Celia nodded shakily as Parveen held out her arms and helped her move into position.

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After another 10 minutes of contractions, Celia was all but screaming the roof off of St Mungo's, but Parveen was stoically weathering the crushing grip on her hands.

"All right, I want you to pant now Celia, good even breaths and quick ready, pant with her Parveen."

They breathed together as another wave of contractions took over and the baby's head was born.

"Baby's head has been born Celia, you're doing so well. One more push now and it will all be over. When you're ready."

Celia screamed again, crying with frustration, determination and pain, but she knew what was waiting for her at the end of all this hurt - a miracle.

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As the baby slid out, Rose caught the tiny body in a perfectly clean lime green towel, as the baby took their first breath and began to cry.

"Oh well done Celia, they're here. They're right here for you." Rose used her wand to cut the cord handed Celia the beautifully, if hastily wrapped, screaming baby over as the two mothers cried in wonder.

"Now we still need to deliver the afterbirth Celia so why don't you hand baby over to Parveen."

Parveen gasped as Celia handed the baby over, but Celia chuckled, "I'm sorry Parveen, they're covered in quite a bit of my blood aren't they, poor bloody thing."

Parveen laughed too, and once the afterbirth was delivered, Rose cleared everything away and checked over Celia once more.

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While she was finishing up Rose queried, "Do you have a name yet?"

"We're thinking Avery," Parveen said with a grin.

Celia just nodded tearily, apparently lost for words.

As Rose left the new family to their privacy, she couldn't help being renewed with a wonder at the beauty of her job.

The image of them both huddled around the new life breathing air for the first time, left Rose with a new breath of life herself and she was finally ready to move on.