Ron

All of a sudden the mood had gone from comfortably cosy to something very much alike what the chickens must be feeling during feeding time.

Angelina was standing in a small pool of water looking panic-stricken.Mum was trying to calm her down and take her upstairs while Hermione ran upstairs to get Angie's bag. Katie, with her hands on her protruding belly was just looking jealous while Fred was jumping up and down trying to hug his wife.
Ron, who had seen Fred slip something in Harry's glass of wine, took George aside. 'You should go give Harry the other end, we're in need of a babysitter and I'm guessing he might volunteer.'

Ron took the cup of coffee George offered. They had been at the hospital for hours now…
Hermione, Katie and his mum were talking amongst themselves while a very agitated Fred occasionally burst through the double doors with absolutely no news at all.Harry, Bill and Fleur stayed at home with the kids and Percy had gone to his place to pick up some stuff Fred and Angelina might need for their impatient baby.

'So little sister, I noticed you looking a bit anxious earlier… Want to talk about it?'

'Erm… No, not really. Nothing's wrong really… just trying to sort some stuff out… Since when have you been this perceptive?'

'Since Hermione's breakdown back then… I reckoned I should have known she wasn't holding up as well as she appeared to be… So I thought I should take care of her a bit better. See things like that before it's to late, you know?'

'You're doing a great job, Ron. I can see she can be happy again and you have made that possible.

'So erm… When are you going to pop the question?'

'I don't know, Gin… I don't think she's there yet. I should wait for a while until…'

'You know Ron, something like that might help her see it's okay for her to be happy. It may be that first step she needs right now. I think she may be ready, but doesn't quite dare to go down that road… You think about it, you know her best.'

'You may be right. I don't know… Thanks Ginny.' Ron hugged his sister thinking about the start of the conversation and Ginny reversing who was comforting whom.

He turned around and sat down next to his girlfriend, who smiled at him and took his hand into hers.

Six hours later (George had taken Katie home and Hermione was asleep in a very uncomfortable looking position) baby Thomas was born. Angelina positively glowed and Fred, for the first time in his life, was speechless. Hermione, he noticed, had tears in her eyes.
'Let's go home, love. We can tell Harry about the baby.'

When they got home at 10 o'clock in the morning, Harry was asleep on the couch, glasses askew. Ginny woke him by whispering something in his ear. Ron was taken aback when he saw Harry, usually very grumpy when woken up, open his eyes and smile at her. He got up stretching and whispered something back.

There was a knock on the door and Colin Creevey entered.

'Happy Anniversary, love!'