Chapter 22: A special birthday present

It was just the three of them for now. Rose was at Hogwarts. Harry, Ginny and Lily were going to arrive for dinner and Belle and Adam were going to join them soon.
"It was quite hard to convince your mother that you only wanted a quiet dinner with just us today." Hermione told Ron as she laid the table.
"I'm turning 37, for crying out loud. I don't need a big, fancy party. With Rosie at Hogwarts and Belle ready to pop, it's not really necessary and not the best time to have a big thing." Ron said.
"She still insists on doing a big brunch on Sunday to celebrate you." Hermione said. Ron sighed as they heard noise coming from the fireplace. Harry, Ginny and Lily had arrived.
"Happy birthday, git!" Ginny said, hugging Ron. Harry and Lily hugged him next.
"Is dinner ready? I'm starving!" Lily said. Everyone laughed. Of all the Potter kids, Lily was the one who inherited the insaciable Weasley appetite.
"Belle's not here yet. We'll wait for her." Hermione said.
"We can start with a few drinks, then." Ginny said. As she was about to grab some wine from the kitchen, a patronus arrived with the shape of a horse.
"Happy birthday, Mr. Weasley! Sorry we can't make it, but we're in St. Mungo's. Belle's water broke half hour ago so we had to rush here. We hope you're having a great celebration. I'll keep you updated." it said in Adam's voice. Everyone looked at each other as the patronus disappeared.
"The baby's coming!" they all said.
"Ginny, floo call McGonagall. Ask her if Rose can leave the school for the day. Tell her it's a family emergency." Hermione said as she grabbed her coat. "I'm sorry we have to cancel tonight, guys." she appologised to Harry and Ginny.
"Just, go! Your grandchild is about to be born. You can't miss it! I'll owl mom, take care of Hugo and get Rose. Just go and be with her!" Ginny told them.
"I'm not staying! I'm going too! I want to see my sister." Hugo protested. The three Weasleys stepped in the fireplace and left. They arrived to St Mungo's shortly and went to the Maternity ward immediately. They heard Belle shouting as they approached the door of her room.
"so... I'll be in the waiting room." Hugo said turning around.
"didn't you want to come and see your sister?" Ron asked.
"Not if she's screaming like that." Hugo said. Ron rolled his eyes. him and Hermione walked in the room where their daughter was. She was laid on a bed, panting, trying to breathe through a contraction.
"Hi, baby girl!" Hermione said, kissing her daughter's head.
"Daddy... I-I'm... sorry... We didn't..." Belle started.
"It's alright, sweetheart. You're doing great. Just keep breathing." Ron said holding his daughter's hand. Belle just smiled a bit, then she frowned and shouted again. Adam held her other hand, telling her to just breathe. When the contraction was over, she was breathing again. "I'll go get the healer." he said. He kissed Belle's head and left the room.
"You're doing fine, baby. Just breathe." Hermione told her. Ron nodded.
"I just... I'm scared." Belle said.
"You'll be amazing, Belle. You already are. We couldn't be more proud of you." Ron said. Belle looked at him and smiled a bit. She screamed as she had another contraction. The healer walked in, Adam following her.
"Ok, seems we're ready." she said.
"I'll be outside with Hugo." Ron announced. He kissed Belle's head. "You can do this, sweetheart. I love you." he said, then he left the room. Hermione kissed her daughter's head and was heading to leave when she felt Belle's hand grabbing her wrist. She looked at her.
"Stay. I can't do this without you." Belle said, looking at her in the eye. Hermione smiled.
"I'm right here, princess." She said.

Rose, Ron and Hugo walked in the room an hour later. Belle looked extremely exahusted, but was beaming and crying of joy as she cuddled the tiny baby in her arms. Rose and Hugo got closer to the bed.
"She's so beautiful!" Rose exclaimed. She was wearing her Hogwarts uniform.
"And so tiny." Hugo said.
"She's got blonde hair." Rose noticed.
"Like her father." Belle said, not taking her eyes off her baby girl.
"but as messy as her mother's and grandmother's." Ron said with a smirk.
"and she's got brown eyes like ours!" Hugo told Belle proudly.
Ron wrapped his arms around his wife.
"She did amazing, Ron. She is amazing." she said as she rested her head on his shoulder.
"just like her mom." he said, kissing her head.
"so, what's her name?" Hugo asked, expectant. Belle and Adam looked at each other and smiled.
"everybody, meet Amelia Hermione Granger-Weasley Weston." Belle announced.
"Hermione?" Ron asked.
"Because of mom. And Amelia because of Adam's mom. We thought it would be a nice way to honour those women who made us who we are today." Belle said. Hermione smiled as her eyes filled with tears. She was so proud of her daughter and the beautiful family she had got for herself. She couldn't believe how far they all have come. 20 years before she was a pregnant teenager running for her life as she was fighting the biggest war of all. Who would have thought that from that night in which her and Ron had decided to sucumb to their hormones and give everything to each other without any shields, that it would result in one of the greatest joys of their lives? They just couldn't ask for a more perfect moment than that one.

THE END

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