A/N Hey sorry it took me so long to update between starting school and computer problems (I had to get a new one) I thought I would never get this finished…..But it's time for our favorite couple to go home and back to the real world, at least their real world...(this is where you all go awww because your sad since I wrote their summer in Paris so well, you're sad its over)...but never fear for there is humor and fluff ahead at least I hope its humor and fluff cause if not then I have failed utterly...so yeah I'm in a weird mood right now so I'm just going to cut this off now and let you read the chapter... Oh and a warning for sexual situations…there is a reason I bumped up the rating a notch…
Oh by the way, this chapter is dedicated to American Luna Lovegood for making the most awesome trailer for this story (link at the end of the chapter) And I want to thank my new beta HJaneGranger….
Ginny took one last look around the hotel suite that she and Harry had called home for the last three months. It had a sad abandoned look and feel, without any of the personal touches and lived in feeling that the couple had added to it over the summer. The photos they had taken where all packed away, there were no shoes kicked off by the entryway, no jumpers draped over then back of the dining table chair, and there weren't any twice read quidditch magazines sitting on the coffee table.
She was filled with bittersweet feelings about returning to England. On one hand, she was excited to be going home as she was eager to see her family, friends of course Jack, but she was also sad to be leaving France. After all, this was where she had finally told Harry her true feelings for him, only to learn that he had felt the same way about her for years. She had started a new phase of her life here, one she hoped would never end.
"Well my dear, I did one final check around the suite and I don't think we are forgetting anything. Did you shrink all of our luggage?" Harry asked coming out of one of the bedrooms.
Ginny nodded and smiled, but the look of sadness behind her eyes was not lost on him. He crossed behind her and put his arms around her. She leaned on him, wrapping her arms around his and rested her head on his chest. They were silent for a moment together, both unknowingly thinking the same thing. As they looked around they couldn't help but notice how empty and barren the room now felt.
As Ginny thought back to the last time the room looked like this she thought back to how completely different her life was when they had arrived just three short months ago. She could hardly believe that just three months ago she was still getting over her break up with Mauricio and that it was just two months ago that she and Harry had gotten together. If, at the beginning of the summer, someone had told that this was going to happen, she would have told that that they were crazy. Of course she was certainly glad she would have been wrong.
As Harry looked around he realized that it looked exactly how it did when they first moved in, and for a moment it almost felt as if the last three months hadn't happened. He quickly shook himself of that thought, because they did happen, and that's all that mattered to him.
They stayed like that lost in thought until Ginny gave an almost imperceptible sigh as she snuggled a little deeper into Harry's embrace.
"I don't want to leave either, but we have to get back to the real world," he said almost regretfully. "Season is starting soon and you have you have your last year at the Healer Academy to finish, and I know for a fact that you miss Jack," Harry said as Ginny nodded, "plus you mother is expecting us at the Burrow tonight for dinner."
"I know," Ginny responded to Harry's voice of reason, "it's just these past two months has been the most amazing eight weeks I have ever had. I just don't want to have to go back to all tasks I have waiting for me at home. I mean we have to tell my family about us, I have to get ready for classes to start again, I have to go flat hunting and--"
"Wait," Harry interrupted, flipping her around so she was facing him. "Why do you have to go flat hunting?"
"In case you don't remember, I was living with Mauricio before I showed up on your doorstep so now I don't have anywhere to live. And since I'm certainly not going to move back home, there arises the need to find a flat," she explained patronizingly.
"But it was my doorstep you showed up on and I told you that my home was your home for as long as you wanted and that statement still holds true. I just kind of assumed that you would continue staying with me, especially now," Harry rationalized. "Unless of course you don't want to move in with me permanently, I mean I would understand if you felt that was moving to fast."
"No," Ginny contradicted quickly, "of course I want to stay with you, I just didn't want to push you into it. When you extended that offer to live with you, it was as a friend and I didn't want to rush you into anything once we got home. I just didn't think that Harry Potter, king of all those scared of commitment, would want to move in with his girlfriend of two months."
Harry smiled and placed his hands on the side of her face, rubbing his thumbs gently along her cheekbones. "Gin, I told you that it wasn't that I was scared of commitment with all those other girls, it was just that I knew I couldn't commit to anyone but you. It's taken me six years to get you, and now that I have you, I don't want you sleeping any further away from me than three feet for the rest of my life."
Without thinking twice Ginny jumped into his arms, wrapping her legs around her waist and showering his face with kisses, "I" - muah - "love" - muah - "you" - muah - "so" - muah - "much."
Harry just laughed and kissed her back, not even breaking contact as he placed their luggage in his pocket and Apparated both of them into the hallway in front of his, no i their /i flat. They lingered in the hall for a moment, caught up in their passionate kissing as Harry used one hand to search his pockets for his keys and the other to unhook Ginny's bra underneath her shirt. Ginny had worked off Harry's shirt and was working on his belt when they stumbled clumsily into the pitch black apartment. All of this was fairly impressive as Ginny still had her legs wrapped around Harry's waist who was still carrying her and they were making out the entire time.
"SURPRISE!!!"
Ginny and Harry froze in shock as someone flipped the lights on to reveal many of their family members and friends and a banner over the couch that read Welcome Home Harry and Ginny. The couple just stared at the group wide eyed, who was staring back with equally wide eyes until somebody, whom to Ginny's mortification sounded suspiciously like her father, cleared their throat causing Ginny to realize that she had one hand entangled in Harry's hair and the other one practically down his pants and Harry remembered that he had one hand firmly on Ginny's bum and the other up her shirt.
The room remained silent as Harry slowly put the blushing red head down before putting his shirt back on while Ginny reclasped her bra. Harry would have been lying if he said that his life hadn't flashed before his eyes as he saw all six Weasley brothers staring at him with indiscernible expressions.
"Well," Bill said, finally breaking the awkward silence, "I guess the surprise is on us."
The collective breath that everyone was holding was let out as the room's occupants slowly came back to life.
"Alright everybody," George called out, "everyone that lost pay up."
"Wait¼what¼why¼huh?" Ginny sputtered, regaining her voice but not her composure.
"We've been taking bets on whether the articles in Witch Weekly were true this time," Fred explained bluntly.
"Wait...what articles?" Harry asked.
Hermione took a magazine out of her purse and handed it to Harry who looked at it with Ginny.
HAS HARRY POTTER STOLEN EX FLAME BACK FROM MAURICIO GIONA?!
Ginny looked up at Hermione before moving on to the article.
"There is more too," the brunette told her, "that one was just the first."
It seems that the ex-Hogwarts sweethearts have not left their romantic past in the past. Back in their schooling days the couple seemed inseparable and it seems they are once more.
After Ginny Weasley's 20 shocking split from fiancée Mauricio Giona 24 back in late May, there was much speculation as to why England's favorite couple had called it quits. Some reports stated that it was Weasley's reconnection with Harry Potter 21 that incited the break. It cannot be said for certain just how much Potter was responsible for the split and to what capacity, but one thing can be said for certain, he is involved now.
Ginny seemed to disappear from the public eye early in the summer and now Witch Weekly can confirm that is because she followed Harry to France where he is volunteering as a coach for a Quidditch camp for young and disadvantage witches and wizards. And while a statement released by Ginny's publicist shortly after the breakup stated that the redhead was staying with a friend, her relationship with Potter seems to have gone beyond friendship.
There have been reports that the couple was seen kissing at the popular Parisian Wizarding nightclub, Club Calisto, just last week, where Giona was reportedly also in attendance with Potter's ex Seraphim Von Burr. Since then Potter and Weasley have been seen several times canoodling throughout the city…
The article went on but as far as Ginny was concerned she had read enough. So much for our summer out of the public eye, and who else besides the writers of Witch Weekly uses a word like canoodling? she wondered as her eye drifted over to the picture that accompanied the article.
It was a picture of the two of them sitting and eating breakfast at a little café in Paris. They both looked very happy and picture Harry kept brushing a lock of hair off of picture Ginny's face who had her feet in his lap and every once in a while would throw her head back and laugh.
Ginny wasn't sure what to say so she said the first thing that popped into her mind. "That place had the best chocolate croissants didn't it?"
"They sure did and if you ever get a craving just let me know and I will Apparate to Paris and get you one," Harry told her putting an arm around her shoulder pulling her to him and giving her a kiss on the top forehead. Ginny looked up at him with eyes full of love and adoration, completely forgetting that her whole family was in the room and had just seen her in a rather compromising position and that they had been betting on her love life.
It wasn't until she heard Fleur smacking Bill on the arm that she turned her attention back to the room.
"See, 'Arry is willing to get Ginny a croissant all zee way from Paris if she has a craving. You wont even get me zee hot sauce and tuna that I want," a very pregnant Fleur said scowling at her husband.
"It was four in the morning!" Bill exclaimed.
"Not everywhere," Fleur retorted, "'Arry, would go to a different time zone for Ginny."
Bill just gave a sigh of defeat and kissed his wife's blond head as he glared at Harry, who looked like he felt guilty for getting him in trouble, as the rest of the room tried not to laugh. To be fair to Bill, it took a lot of magical energy to Apparate long distances and it was only because Harry was so much more powerful than the average wizard that he was able to do it so flippantly.
"So I guess that we don't need to announce that we are together, do we?" Harry said with a chuckle, seeing the humor in what had just happened now that he knew no one was going to kill him.
"Oh no, you two certainly announced it, just in a way I would rather not see my baby sister," Charlie mentioned with a glance at Harry.
"Well then, if you can't really make your announcement," Remus said taking the pressure off of Harry.
"Then we will make ours," Tonks finished, causing everyone to turn and look at them.
"We've finally set a date," they announced together.
Molly squealed happily as she rushed forward to give the couple a hug. They had been engaged since shortly after the end of the war but had made no motion to actually set a date or get married for close to four years now, much to Molly's chagrin, who considered them family.
"And if we are on the subject of making announcements, then we have one as well," Ron said, looking at Hermione for approval, who nodded and put an arm around his waist.
"We're going to have a baby!" Hermione exclaimed excitedly.
Molly screamed with joy and pushed everyone in her path aside in order to give Ron and Hermione the first hugs and kisses of congratulations, but soon let everyone else have their turn. Molly, Ginny, Tonks, and the rest of the Weasley wives gathered around Hermione, all of them talking excitedly, while Arthur, Harry, Remus and the rest of the Weasley brothers gathered around Ron clapping him on the shoulder and congratulating him.
"How far along are you?" Penelope asked.
"I'm eight weeks," Hermione told her beaming.
"You certainly didn't waste any time little bro," Charlie teased making Ron blush.
"When did you find out?" Ginny asked.
"Yesterday," Hermione responded placing her hand on her still flat stomach.
Everyone was making so much noise and was so busy congratulating the newlyweds that no one noticed that Fleur had made a small squeak and was gripping the corner of a nearby table.
"Umm...I 'ave one more announcement to make," she said loudly, garnering everyone's attention, "My water 'as broke!"
Everyone stood in shocked silence for a moment staring at each other until Bill came to his senses and crossed over to his wife.
"Well, I hate to duck out of a party early, but I think that is our cue to leave," the eldest Weasley son joked.
Fleur glared at her husbands nonchalant attitude as she a contraction rippled through her body.
"Are you alright? How does it feel?" Hermione asked rushing to her sister-in-laws side, wanting to know as much as she could about what she would be experiencing in seven months.
"Hermione!" Ginny admonished, "her uterus in contracting in preparation of pushing something the size of a watermelon through something the size of a lemon. How do you think that feels?!"
"Well, I was just asking," Hermione replied only looking slightly abashed.
"I'll tell you all about it if you would like," Penelope offered, having been through it twice.
"Thanks Pen," Hermione smiled.
"Zat ez all wonderful, but I'm still in labor over here," Fleur announced.
"Yes," Bill said from where he was being congratulated by his brothers on imminent second round of fatherhood, "we really should be going. We still have to go home before we go to the hospital. But everyone have a good time, and welcome home Harry and GinGin."
"Don't call me that and don't worry about going back home," Ginny replied. "I'll go to your flat and grab Fleur's bag for you."
"No," Angelina protested, "I'll go, it's your welcome home party."
"I'll go," Charlie volunteered, "I am going to be this kid's godfather after all."
"Well we don't all need to go," George mentioned.
"Maybe we do," Fred replied. "We don't know how much she packed."
"Still in labor!" the blonde announced again.
"Go, go," Molly ordered, ushering the couple towards the fireplace. "Some one will come bring your bag to you."
"Thanks Mum," Bill said kissing his mother on the forehead. "And can someone let Fleur's family know it's time?" he called as he disappeared through the Floo.
Molly was in her element as she started handing out orders.
"Ron, Hermione, you go alert the Delacours," Molly began, getting into her stride.
"Will do," Ron replied as Hermione nodded.
"Fred, George, go to Bill and Fleur's house and pick up her overnight bag," she assigned them as they got ready to Apparate away. "But don't tamper with it like you did to Penelope. Actually on second thought, Percy, why don't you and Penelope go pick that up.
Percy nodded, taking his assignment seriously.
"Fred, George, you two can go over to the Clearwater's and pick up Annabelle, Parker and Peyton. Then go to the Burrow and grab some things to keep the occupied and some snacks, we might be at the Hospital for a while. And make sure you watch them! Charlie, you go watch the twins. The rest of us will go to St. Mungos now and wait for everyone else to catch up."
The Weasley clan moved into action as they received their orders from their matriarch and those that didn't have a specific task realized Molly was moving the party to the hospital and grabbed their coats.
It wasn't long before everyone, minus Molly and Bill, who were in the delivery room with Fleur, were sitting in the maternity ward waiting room, waiting to greet their newest niece or nephew.
"So does anyone know how long Fleur was in labor with this little sprite?" Charlie, who was currently holding Annabelle, asked.
"Thirty-two hours," Penelope answered.
"Please tell me you are kidding," Fred pleaded, not wanting to wait around that long.
The look on Penelope's face told him she wasn't kidding.
"Well then, I guess we had all better get comfortable," George said stretching his legs out on the coffee table over six month old editions of Witch Weekly.
And get comfortable they did.
A/N So what did you guys think? Was it worth the wait? Okay a couple announcement….those of you who have a myspace, can join my group that I made for my stories…I check it regularly and it's a good way to ask me questions or maybe get insider information on future chapters….wink wink if you go to my profile, its my homepage… also American Luna Lovegood, for whom this chapter was dedicated made a trailer for this fic which is absolutely amazing and you should all go check it out as soon as possible…lol…I personally love it www (dot) youtube (dot) com/watch?vx9S9vIjbMRc