A/N: I'm so sorry this chapter has taken so long to get up...I've been very busy w/ school and stuff so I thought I would work on this over my holiday break. So here it is and I hope you guys enjoy!

Chapter 11- Sweet Dreams

Darkness flooded the quiet house, and the stillness of the night found Harry and Ginny wrapped in one another's arms, sleeping peacefully. Teddy had been with them for around a week or so, and it was starting take it's toll. Having a baby was definitely having its problems with the newlyweds, Harry was spending his days at the Ministry working on its reconstruction and Ginny had happily taken on the role of caring for Teddy during the day. It wasn't that Teddy was a bad baby or anything, it was just that she wasn't used to having to care for a child 24/7. Most nights when Harry would come home, he'd find her stressed out and at her wits end, and baby Teddy smiling happily up at his godmother.

Once Harry would come home he'd take full custody of Teddy and gave Ginny the much needed break. It proved to be tough at first on their marriage, but soon things started to flow together. Soon the three of them became a loving little family, and they began to think about things like the future and one day having kids of their own.

Still at the end of each day, Ginny and Harry would fall into bed together dead tired. The biggest problem with Teddy happened mostly in the middle of the night. Baby Teddy would be sleeping and suddenly he would wake up crying hysterically. It didn't make sense at first, but soon they realized he must be missing his parents and feeling lonely during the night. They tried everything, even taking a cue from Hagrid and using a magical picture of Tonks and Remus in Teddy's crib. It worked for the first couple nights, but soon it didn't help at all.

On this night, Harry was drifting in and out of sleep, and he had just fully acknowledged the wonderful scent of Ginny's hair and tightened his grasp on his wife when suddenly Teddy started crying. Ginny immediately awoke, and sleepily looked up at Harry.

"I'll go…" she whispered, trying to will her body to move from its sleeping state.

"No baby, it's my turn. You go back to sleep…"

"But you have to go to work in a couple hours…"

"It's okay, I want to go." Harry said convincingly, and kissed her cheek before leaving. Ginny was too tired to argue, and soon enough she was back in her previous slumber.

Harry stepped soundlessly into the room, and found his godson sitting up in his crib, with tearful eyes and moonlight spread across his face. He gently picked Teddy up and began to sooth the baby, whispering words of solace and thinking to himself. Soon enough Teddy was silent against Harry's shoulder, and Harry carefully flipped him into a cradling position against his chest. He sat down in the crib-side rocking chair, and thought to himself. Harry pictured his mum doing this on so many nights, before Voldemort had killed his parents. After Harry was given to the Dursley's, he was sure no ever soothed baby Harry like this. Harry probably cried for hours on end, until finally one day he must've learned that no one cared and that no matter how much he cried for them, his parents would never return. It was a sad thought, but Harry quickly rushed the sadness out of view…things would be different for his godson. Harry would do everything in his power to make sure Teddy would never feel as lonely as Harry did growing up. Teddy would know he was loved, and that his parents had entrusted Harry with their most precious treasure.

Some hours later, Ginny reached over for her husband but got a handful of smooth, cold sheets. She opened her eyes to see that the sun had rose and Harry wasn't there. That was odd, so she quietly walked to Teddy's room and searched for him. She found Harry asleep in the rocking chair, with Teddy asleep in his arms. Ginny thought to herself that this was why she loved Harry so much, he was unapologetically loving. Ginny silently took Teddy out of Harry's arms and placed him in his crib, and kissed the baby's forehead. Then she kissed Harry's lips, and he awoke startled…clutching nothing but air. When he opened his eyes to see Ginny, he relaxed as she pointed to Teddy in the crib. She grabbed his hand and led him back to bed, where they spent a couple more hours together until the alarm clock went off.

That morning found Ginny reading the newspaper and feeding Teddy baby food, and Harry frying their breakfast on the stove.

"Did you hear where the World Cup is being held this year?" Harry asked Ginny, he of course was talking about Quidditch.

"Hm," Ginny gulped her orange juice, in effort to talk. "That was something I needed to talk you about…"

Harry turned away from the stove, to give her his attention. "I got this call the other day from the Harpies' manager, he wanted to know if I was willing to come in for a try-out…"

"What?!" Harry stumbled, how had Ginny not mentioned this earlier? Quidditch was equally important to her as breathing. It was where Harry had spent most of his time with Ginny when they were kids, playing with her and her brothers and then later playing together on the Griffindor's team.

"Yeah…I guess they had been expecting me to try-out sometime earlier, but you know, I was a little busy."

"Why didn't you mention this earlier?" Harry asked, still surprised.

"I don't know, because it doesn't seem as important as it used to. You're what's important to me now…and I have new circumstances to consider, like Teddy. I can't just take off and join the Harpies, who would take care of Teddy?" Harry couldn't believe her, there was no way that this was the same girl he had fallen in love with…that girl used to talk for hours on end about playing for the Holyhead Harpies.

Harry turned the stove off and placed their breakfast aside, and then walked over to his wife and knelt down to her eye level. She set down the newspaper and looked at him like a stubborn little child.

"Gin, I love you for taking care of Teddy but I'm not going to let you let this opportunity get away…If there's anything I've learned in the past couple years, it's that life is too short to not go after what you want. And Gin, I'm not going stand for anything less than all of your hopes and dreams coming true…" he said, holding her hands in his. Teddy was gurgling behind them, not sure why everything had gotten so serious all of a sudden.

Ginny had never been taken so off guard by Harry, tears were starting to well in her eyes as she began to respond. "But I got everything I wanted…I got you. I don't deserve anything else but to be a wife to you and a godmother to Teddy."

"Don't deserve it? Ginny, you deserve everything in this world. Why would you think that?"

"I don't know, Harry…I just want to be the perfect wife for you, and if I join the Harpies than I'm not going to be here and we're going to have to put our plans of a family on hold…"

"Ginny…it's okay. I'm not going anywhere… and as for our family, we have plenty of time. I think you should do this…and when you're ready to retire, then we'll talk about kids. I love you but I'm not going to let you let go of your dreams…" Ginny looked into his eyes for a moment, he was amazing.

"Okay, I'll go…" She whispered, then she placed a kiss on Harry's lips as baby Teddy watched on and giggled.

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