Hey Everyone... thanks for all the reviews, please keep em coming! There will be two or three more chapters after this I believe, then I might do a prequel... I'm a firm believer that there should be as many post-DH ron/hermione stories in existence possible. lol. anyway, i hope you all enjoy this one...!!

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Twelve hours later I'm sitting in a hospital room holding a new born baby girl in my arms. We haven't named her yet, but Ron and I are talking about it right now.

"We already know we want the middle name to be Elizabeth right?" Ron asks and I agree.

I smile sadly but perk right up when I look into my daughter's chocolate eyes. Her hair is a very dark red colour that looks really close to brown. It's basically an exact combination of Ron's hair colour and mine, but this girl has my eyes. The second child of ours to have my eyes and she actually facially looks a lot like me, and I couldn't be prouder.

"I wish Percy hadn't taken Molly," Ron says and then chuckles and I laugh too. The rest of the family is in the waiting room with our other kids while Ron and I just quickly get acquainted with our newest addition. It's exciting to have another daughter and I was definitely wrong when I thought that having a daughter would feel like a replacement of Lizzy, it feels like just the opposite. I can't actually put into words how it feels, but I do know that I'm very happy to have three daughters and four sons.

"What about something with an N or T or D… for Tonks, Nymphadora or Dora?" I ask Ron. We always wanted to put Tonk's name on one of our children, but we also knew that if we did that somewhere she'd be really upset with us for doing that to another child.

"That's a good idea. Is there any name you really love with those letters?" Ron asks, but I shake my head. I realize that I literally can't think of the perfect name for this girl, she seems like such a mystery.

"Ron I really have no answers. I'm not even kidding, I feel completely at odds," I smile as Ron plays with his new daughter's fingers and toes.

"Why don't I get the rest of our kids in here? Maybe Rose will have an idea."

I agree and Ron comes back from the waiting room with Rose, Hugo, little Harry, Jack and Ollie. All of them are big enough to walk now and it looks absolutely adorable to see Ron walking around with five kids surrounding him, the twins attached to each of his legs.

"Hey kids," I say quietly hoping they'll pick up on the need to be quiet.

"Mum do I have a sister?" Rose asks excitedly as she nears the bed and I answer, "You all have a new sister."

The excitement on their faces makes my heart swell with affection and I laugh a bit when Rose, and Hugo climb up on the bed, helping Harry, and Ron plops down next to me with the twins in his arms.

"Okay, see now we need your help," Ron starts and pauses to look at all the kids who are now staring at him intently. "We want to name your new sister after your older sister who can't be with us, but we want her name to be a middle name. So this little girl's middle name is going to be Elizabeth, but we can't decide on a first name for this little wonder. Do you guys have any suggestions?"

I laugh when Harry calls out "Harry." Ron rubs his head affectionately and I know that three of the kids are probably too young for this but Rose speaks up after a few minutes of quiet consideration.

"Mum, Dad, why don't we name her Charlie?" This gets everyone's attention and I look at Ron who smiles at the possibility. Charlie Elizabeth Weasley? I never really considered Charlie as a little girl's name, but now that it's been said I think it's a great idea.

I look down at the little baby in my arms and whisper, "Charlie Elizabeth, is that you?" We all gasp when she opens her eyes up and looks at the family surrounding her and I know that we have her name.

"Thank you Rose, it's perfect, and your uncle Charlie is going to be very happy," Ron says and kisses Rose on the head.

Hugo suddenly jumps off the bed and starts running at the door so I quickly ask, "Hugo where are you going?"

He turns back around with a huge grin on his face and responds, "I'm going to get EVERYONE."

With that he runs out the door leaving Ron, Rose and me chuckling away. The twins and Harry are now just playing with the blankets on my bed and when the door opens and my parents walk in with all the Weasley's and Potter's; we smile when we see that Hugo is holding Charlie's hand.

"Rose sweetie why don't you tell everyone?" I say and she gleams with pride.

"Everyone, I would like you to meet my sister, we just picked out the name… I picked it out!!" she adds excitedly, "this is Charlie Elizabeth Weasley."

All the parents sighed in admiration and the sight of all the family surrounding my bed is enough to make tears come to my eyes. Ginny approaches the bed first and gives me a light kiss on the forehead.

"Hey Mi, can I hold my newest niece?" I smile and she gently takes Charlie from my arms and walks her around the room to meet every one. She pauses when she gets to Charlie and says, "Hey big brother, want to hold your name sake?"

Charlie is visibly moved and I feel Ron's arm come around me as our kids hop off the bed to gather around Charlie holding their newest sibling. It makes sense to me to name a child after the brother that Ron looked up to the most the entire time he was growing up, and the brother that has always been there for all of us, putting our needs and our kids needs first.

After a few seconds of meeting his niece, Charlie asked his mum if she'd like to hold her granddaughter and of course Molly snapped her up right away. We all laughed at her reaction and Charlie approached me and Ron and clapped Ron on the shoulder.

"Thank you guys, she's amazing," he says gently and I feel a tear slip out of my eye and Charlie gives me a kiss on the cheek. When he pulls away I see that my parents have now gotten a hold of the newest addition and finally Harry. Harry holds her for a few seconds and then looks up at me and Ron with a huge grin, "Mi, she has your eyes."

I nod and smile, "Yeah, I guess 2 for seven isn't so bad." We all chuckle a bit at the ratio and I'm happy when I see Harry walking towards Ron who takes his new daughter in his arms very gently and kisses her forehead, then kisses my forehead again. The family soon leaves us with all our kids and promises to return soon. Harry and Ginny hang back, they're taking our kids home with them for a night while Ron and I stay at the hospital.

We all marvel a little while longer at the newest Weasley until I start to feel drowsy. Ginny gathers the kids and I can feel my eyes closing. Ron kisses my lips as he holds his daughter and before I fall asleep I hear Ginny leave the room with all the kids, but I hear Ron and Harry's voices quietly talking.

"You better be careful Ron, that girl is going to be gorgeous," Harry says quietly and I hear him give my daughter a kiss on her head goodbye.

I hear Ron's reply, "Yeah I know, I don't know if I've ever told Hermione this, but the thing that made me realize just how beautiful she is for the very first time was when I looked deep into those eyes of hers. They really are something else."

I almost don't want to go to sleep now when I hear this conversation, god I love him.

Harry chuckles softly and I hear a pat of some kind and think that they may've just hugged.

"You know… Lizzy had them too," Ron says quietly and I hear the pain in his voice.

"I never got to meet her," is Harry's quiet reply, "But I bet she was amazing Ron, no kid from you and Mi couldn't be."

I hear Ron sniffle and realize he's crying; now I feel guilty for being half asleep.

"I feel more connected to her now somehow, I can't describe it," Ron says softly.

"Ron look at me for a second," Harry says and when he continues I know that Ron must've just met his eyes, "Ron, I know we've been through this before, I know I've said this before, but Ron what happened to Lizzy wasn't your fault. I'm glad you feel connected to her now through her sister. The love that your kids get from you, it's so important and so pure that I can't describe it. I had a horrible childhood Ron, but it was you, it was absolutely you and Hermione that gave me the love that made me the man I am today."

Harry paused for a second before continuing, "I know that wherever Lizzy is Ron, that she is celebrating her sister right now. I know that wherever she is she can feel the love you have for her and that Hermione and all of us have for her. Dumbledore always got one thing right Ron, and that was his insistence that love is the most powerful thing in the world. Nothing can stop it Ron, not even death. I never got to know my parents, just like you never got to know Lizzy, but I know that they love me. I know that I love them."

"Thank you Harry," Ron said quietly and added, "I hope you know that the love we gave you was just what you deserved. You're the best brother a guy could ask for, and the best friend. Mione and I would be no where without you. The way you've supported us especially through everything with Lizzy, it just proves to me that sitting in that train compartment was at least in the top ten of the best things I've ever done."

I hear them both chuckle and Harry muses, "only in the top ten?"

I hear Ron laugh, "Well before seventh year it was the best thing I ever did. But now there are about nine things that tie for first. My seven kids, my friendship with you, and loving Hermione forever. Nothing beats those."

"I thought you said ten," Harry says and I can hear his smile.

"Well watching the Cannons at the cup five years ago was pretty great too," Ron laughs and so does Harry and the joke wakes me up completely and I look right at them, shaking my head and grinning.

"Honestly Ronald," I say, getting their attention.

They both blush a little and stop laughing, "I knew you were awake," Ron says, "You've always sucked at faking it, remember?"

Harry and Ron both walk towards my bed so I take the opportunity to tell them how much they mean to me. "You guys locking me in the bathroom with that troll was definitely one of the top nine things I ever did too."

We all share a grin and Harry stands up, "Okay, I love you both, but I'm going to go and take care of all of our kids, so get some rest."

He gives us one last glance and then joins Ginny out in the hallway, leaving Ron and I alone with Charlie.

"She really is beautiful Ron," I say, and he smiles up at me.

"So you heard the entire conversation?" Ron asks, with a knowing look on his face. When I nod shyly, he adds, "Well then let me take this opportunity to tell you that you have the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen, and that you set my heart on fire with just a glance."

I'm shocked at Ron's words, and smile as he gives me a quick kiss. "You really do need to rest, and I think it's about time for Charlie here to go back to the new baby room. I'll go give her back to a nurse and then crawl in with you."

I smile at Ron and watch him as he leaves the room. I look at the ring on my finger and realize that I'm still smiling. The grin on my face stays as I slowly fall to sleep.