A/N: My friends I am happy to tell you that this story is finally coming to its end. This is the fourth last chapter. Only three more to go after this one. I am working on them. Honest. Should be up sooner or later.

Disclaimer: I, Snuffles-sweetie, Do Not Own The Harry Potter Story. Joanne Rowling Does. Period.

Chapter 50-Emily Rose

I visited Lily, Alice and the newborns the very next day and spent the whole day in their company. I got home, ordered dinner and waited for Sirius to get home. When he did, he was exhausted and pretty much shovelled the food into his mouth, took a shower and fell into bed, snoring before his head hit the pillow. I just giggled lightly and let him be, he had apparently had a rough day, two raids plus a lot of paperwork. Thank goodness my boss was nothing like Mad-Eye Moody! I just wandered…more like waddled actually, around the apartment for awhile not tired yet. I entered the nursery and smiled as I picked up the teddy bear that was already waiting in the crib. Everything had been done for weeks and the only thing missing was the baby. Speaking of…it decided to wake up and start kicking me again. I put a hand on my belly and winced.

"I would really appreciate if you stopped kicking on my bladder, love" I muttered and gave a small smile as I went to the bathroom. I went to bed and fell asleep for a few hours. When I woke up I felt really warm and thirsty so I waddled into the kitchen, careful not to wake Sirius and got some water. When I glanced at the clock it read 01.05, the same time the clock struck 01.06 I felt strange and then something liquid ran down my thighs. I had read a lot of "mother to be" and "Your pregnancy and you" books, mostly because Damien made me do it, and knew that it didn't have to be my water that had broken. It could be something entirely different, so I did as instructed in the books and tried to stay calm as I lay on the couch for half an hour. It didn't exactly work, I was fidgeting and before the half hour was up I had started to feel this strange feeling in my stomach. It didn't hurt but it wasn't exactly pleasant either. When the half hour had past I stood up and once again felt the liquid run along my thighs, my water had definitely broke. Bugger. With a hand on my stomach I waddled into our bedroom to wake up my happily sleeping husband. When asked about it later, I couldn't answer how I managed to stay so calm through the whole ordeal…

"Sirius…Sirius wake up" I shook him but only got grumbles as a response. I sighed tiredly and winced when the unpleasant contracting feeling became sharper.

"Sirius!" I said louder this time and he shot up sitting rambling;

"What? What is it…is there an attack?" I smiled lightly when he blindly tried to reach for his wand, any other night and he would have been up pointing his wand at whoever disturbed him, I knew from personal experience, but thanks to his tiredness he wasn't really "in the game" so to speak. I waited for his eyes to find mine before I spoke again.

"Sirius, I think the baby's coming," I said very calmly and stared at Sirius and waited for his reaction. At first he only stared at me, then when the information I just told him sunk in, his eyes widened and he whispered;

"What?" I just nodded silently and winced again, because I knew that he heard exactly what I said. I could feel the panic starting to creep up, beginning like water rising at my toes and decided to speed things up a little.

"I…we have to go to St. Mungos…," I stated matter-of-factly as my husband sort of stared into space.

"Sirius! Now!" My voice wasn't so calm anymore and the level of panic seemed to rise at an alarming rate.

"Okay…let's stay calm…calm yes…what do I do!," he said frantically and looked at me in despair. I looked back at him equally frantic and managed to stutter out;

"I…umm…St Mungos?" another contraction washed over me and this time I let out an uncomfortable grunt. Sirius panicked, then practically carried/dragged me to the fireplace and we flooed to the hospital. Where my husband probably woke the whole ward by yelling;

"Someone help me! The baby is coming! My wife needs help!" An amused older healer lady smiled at him and called for two healers from the maternity ward.

"A hysterical father-to-be is here with his wife," she sad into something that resembled a two way mirror.

"I am not hysterical!" the black haired man in front of me said, looking at the older lady with an insulted expression on his face. If I hadn't been so nervous I would have laughed.

"So it is your baby this time, Miss?" an amused voice said and I looked at the two healers she had called for. It was the same two that had helped Lily and I when Harry came into the world. I smiled and said;

"Yeah, it's apparently my turn now." He grinned and then shot a look at Sirius who was staring at us with a confused expression on his face. I told him that I had met the healers before and he just nodded looking tense and nervous. Huh…to think I was the calmer one of us and I was the one about to give birth. One of the healers called Ethan and he met us at the doors of one of the rooms in the maternity ward.

"So it's time then, eh?" he said smiling at me and directing me and Sirius into the room. I was told to lie in the bed and Ethan charmed one of those awful hospital gowns on me.

"Has anyone called the others? Damien will kill me if he isn't here for the birth," I stated as I tried to get comfortable in the bed. Sirius was standing next to me with Ethan and he said;

"I notified Damien, but why don't you go and call the others Sirius? I'm going to check on Char and everything, you wont miss anything." Sirius looked at me for confirmation and then left to call our friends and family. Ethan examined me and said;

"Well the baby is coming, but we won't be able to really start the labour process just yet. In a few hours perhaps, you should try and get some rest." But we all know that this giving birth thing is unpredictable and my baby…wanted out. Now! What normally should have taken a couple of hours took about an hour an a half. And when people tell you it hurts…they're not lying.

Sirius POV

When Char woke me up in the middle of the night I was pretty out of it and confused. I couldn't really believe that it was actually happening. In mere hours I would be a father. Me, who barely knew what a father was. I called James, Remus, mum, Reggie and Izzy. They had just arrived when Ethan came into the room with Damien in tow and told me that they have to start right now, apparently things were moving on faster than he thought.

"You're baby is in a hurry to see you," he joked but I just followed in a daze. I entered the room where Char was being prepped by an overly cheerful healer. Char was turning an alarming shade of red and she glared at the sunshine maker next to her. I hurried towards them and dismissed the annoying healer, who pouted and insisted on helping her favourite designer. I sighed and told her that I could handle it, she left.

"Thank you," Char panted out and gave me a tight smile before she winched in pain. I took her hand and decided that it was best to just keep quiet. James told me about how annoyed Lily had been every time he opened his mouth. Ethan entered the room and smiled at us.

"Well Char it's time to start." I gulped at those words and looked down at my wife who tried to smile at the doctor.

Half an hour later.

"Aaaaugh!" I couldn't take this any more. She was in so much pain and there was nothing I could do about it, I could just stand here and watch. Hold her hand and tell her encouraging words that she didn't really appreciate at all.

"A little more Char…almost there," Ethan said grinning at both of us, Char just panted and turned her tired and…well rather angry eyes towards me.

"You're never getting near me again! I'm banning you from the bedroom!" she panted out and half screamed at me. I looked alarmed at the other healers who just looked amused.

"Can't someone do something? Ease the pain or…Aaaugh…darling, darling you're crushing my hand." I winched as she clamped down on my hand even harder then before.

"Do I really look like I give a rat's ass about your hand?" she ground out closing her eyes and scrunching up her face in pain. I felt my eyes actually tear a little thanks to the force she was using to squeeze my hand, when did she get so strong?

"Of course…crush away love, you're doing great!" I tried to say cheerfully. She just groaned again and screamed so loud that they could probably hear her on the outside;

"Shut up Sirius!" Ethan and the other healers chuckled and Ethan said quietly for my ears only;

"Good…she's actually trying harder when she's mad…keep going." I looked at him surprised and rather alarmed.

"Mate, she already kicked me out of the bed…I don't want to be kicked out of the house!" a female healer next to me giggled at my distress and said;

"Don't worry…almost every woman who comes in here, at some point blames or threatens the father. She'll forget it" I gave her a look and thought that she really doesn't know my wife, when Ethan interrupted with a;

"I can see the head! Once more and the baby is out." My eyes widened as did Chars and we looked at each other.

"You heard him," I said grinning and she glared back at me and muttered something. She scrunched up her face again and squeezed my hand again; I opted against opening my mouth this time. It was like time stopped for a moment and then the spell was broken by a baby's cry. Chars' death grip on my hand relaxed along with her body and I felt myself relax from the tense position I had been in for the past hours.

"Congratulations to a healthy and beautiful baby girl," Ethan said as he handed something pink, bloody and screaming to one of the healers. He performed a spell on Char and she immediately looked a lot more alert and fresh. I leaned down and kissed her forehead.

"You did great love…and I told you so." I gave her a grin and she tiredly hit me in the chest.

"Sorry for screaming at you by the way," she said smiling guiltily.

"It's okay, I know you didn't mean it…you didn't actually mean it, did you?" she laughed lightly but stopped when the smiling healer lady approached us with a bundle in her arms.

"Say hello to your mommy, little one," she said and handed the bundle of pink blankets to Char. She took it gently and then looked down and smiled; she looked up at me and motioned for me to sit at the edge of the bed.

"Let's leave the parents alone and inform the rest of the family." I barely heard Ethan say it but I nodded in agreement. The moment I laid my eyes on her I couldn't tare them away. My daughter, this little person that I had helped create.

"She's beautiful," I breathed as I took in the little being in my wife's arms.

"She is, isn't she?" Char answered in a whisper and looked up at me with tears in her eyes. I wiped the tears away and smiled down at them both.

"Welcome to the real world love," Char said stroking the infants' cheek softly.

"Yeah, welcome home…Emily Rose." The name Char and I had chosen only days ago rolled of my lips like I had said it for years. My finger touched the soft skin that only a baby could have and as if she knew that we were both watching her, our daughter opened her eyes and looked up at us curiously. Her eyes were grey like mine, but darker…it was surprising to see eyes so alike your own staring back at you.

"I think she recognises our voices," I said quietly as I stroked her cheek. Char giggled lightly and Emily's eyes shifted to her. (1)

"Well with the amount you've been talking to her in my belly and hearing my voice everyday for over half a year now, I think she would recognise the voices yes." I just laughed with her and then we quieted down and stared down at our daughter…daughter. I have a daughter. Char and I have a daughter…a child. I am a father, we're parents. The thought was still surreal to me.

Regulus POV

We had been sitting here for an hour and a half now. When we suddenly heard a scream that actually sounded through the walls.

"Shut up Sirius!" we all looked at each other and chuckled lightly. Not long after dr. Ryan came outside smiling brightly. We all stood and he grinned even wider and said;

"It's a girl" laughter and cheers broke out and as I hugged Izzy I thought that; my brother had actually been right.

"Can we see them?" Damien asked cheerfully and everyone turned to look at the doctor.

"Well…I guess they've been able to adjust and have some alone time now…go on" he pointed behind him and we all stood and walked to the room he pointed at. We entered and silently watched as Char handed a small bundle to my brother and how he gently took it in his arms. They were both sitting on the bed and Char had her arms around both of them as they gazed down at the baby that was obviously the bundle in my brothers' arms. When the early morning sun shone down on them it made it look like a painting and none of us really wanted to disturb that moment. A flash went off and we all turned to Remus who had taken a picture. The two on the bed looked up at us and smiled. Lily walked to them first and gave Char a hug and asked how she was feeling. Then Mrs. Potter went up and asked to see her "granddaughter". I watched as the bundle that was my niece was transferred from my brothers' arms and into the older woman's.

"She is precious" I watched as Lily leaned over her and agreed. I don't think I've ever seen my brother look so proud. When Lily held the baby Char asked her to be Emily Rose's godmother, Damien had already teary-eyed agreed to be godfather. I watched as the bundle was passed around and how everyone "awed" and talked to the new parents.

"Want to hold her Reggie?" Char's voice broke through my thoughts. She was smiling at me and I looked at Damien who stood next to me with the baby in his arms. I had never held a small infant before and was about to protest when she was put in my arms. I stiffened at first but as soon as I looked down at my niece…the nervousness melted away.

(1) Yeah, way to experienced for a newborn. But...let's just live with it.