Lily Potter II: February 14th, 2008
One month after Roxanne's birth, Ginny was trying to wrangle her two kids from her bed rest. Unlike her pregnancy with Albus, which had been extraordinarily smooth, this one was more difficult and painful. She could not wait for it to be over. 18-month old Albus was napping in his crib which was right within her line of sight. James, who was weeks away from turning 4, was playing with toys on the floor.
All of a sudden, Ginny felt her water break. Here we go… she thought. Trying to keep her voice steady despite the pain so as not to frighten her little boy, she said, "James, get Mummy's wand for her. And hurry!" Once her wand was in her hand, she Patronused Harry, who was out on a small Auror mission. Then, she contacted Ron. Her brother came quickly and helped her to St. Mungo's. Ginny wasn't going to wait for her husband to return; she couldn't. She could only hope we could at least meet them at the hospital. Amazingly, he did arrive as she and Ron were still checking in.
"Ron, I'll go with her. You stay here with James and Al and wait for the others to show!" Harry instructed. The Healers wheeled Ginny back, and the delivery began. Harry held her hand and spoke soothing words to her. He was a pro at this by now. At long last, a girl was born. Harry felt about having a daughter just as Bill had about finally having a son: elated.
After about 15 minutes with the parents alone with their child, the door whammed open and a chorus of voices could be heard. Harry, who would have liked more private time, looked up at the rest of the Weasleys and half-glared at Ron. Ron spluttered in protest.
"I tried to stop them, but they wouldn't listen to me! They pushed right past me!"
"Did not!" George denied.
Little James handed his brother off to one of the adults and clambered up onto his mother's bed. He gently held his baby sister and Harry was overjoyed to see him smile in wonder.