Later on, Al was napping on Harry's lap, Victoire and Teddy had started a game of hide-and-seek, and all the other kids were playing, though Roxanne was yawning. Dominique had proceeded to hide under a blanket, giggling softly until Teddy had pulled the sheet off.
"Here I am!" she declared.
"You're not supposed to tell us where you are!" Teddy exclaimed, his hair green.
In the end, James won, since Harry had tossed his Invisibility Cloak over him when no one was looking. Even amidst shouting protesting cheating, Ginny heard sounds of arguing coming from the kitchen.
"Why in Merlin would you tell them?" It was Ron.
"Why would I tell them?! Ron, you're the thickest-headed man I've ever met! They are our family, and they have a right to know!"
"They are going to invade our privacy!"
"I can't stand when you're like this! This is our baby! This is our baby's family!" Hermione's voice was raising steadily.
"We all know this baby will die just like the others." His voice was icily cold.
Ginny was appalled. That her brother could say such a thing?
"I know we're having this baby to save our marriage, but if you're right, and I can't hope enough that you're not….. I want a divorce. If this baby dies, I want a divorce." If Ginny was correct, she could hear that Hermione's voice was tearful and there was a lump in her throat.
Ginny couldn't believe it. A divorce? She nudged Harry.
"Listen, I think we should"- she stopped, got up, and ran out of the room. Harry could hear sounds of vomiting.
"Vat eez wrong weeth Ginny?" Fleur asked Harry. Knowing she didn't want the family to know yet, he fabricated a lie.
"Oh, she's, er, been feeling rather sick lately, but she couldn't miss Teddy's birthday." Harry told her, which wasn't technically lying.
Fleur nodded, but Mrs. Weasley looked suspicious. After a few more minutes, Ginny returned, looking a tad green.
"I think it's time to go, love," Harry whispered, looking at the old gold watch he still wore. "It's nearly eleven. Al is sleeping, and James looks like he's about to fall asleep on the spot."
Ginny looked lovingly at her young son, who's eyes were half-closed and his black hair was mussed.
"Alright," she whispered to her husband, who she loved more than words could say. "Let's go home."
oOo
Two months later, and Ginny had just finished her first trimester. Her morning sickness had stopped, which was a bit strange, since with James and Albus, she had had morning sickness up to nearly her third trimester, but she wasn't complaining.
"Do you think we should start thinking of names?" Harry asked her one day as they lounged on the couch with the boys, watching a Muggle film.
"I do suppose you're right, we do have only six months until the baby's born," she said in a hushed voice, though she was quite sure the boys wouldn't hear. They were entranced in the film, something called Toy Story.
"Okay, er, what boy names do you like?" Harry asked her. She leaned against his shoulder, snuggling up to him with Al on her lap, thinking.
"I like Theo, I think, as in Theodore," she said finally. Harry nodded.
"Alright, I like that as well. What about for a middle name, Tom?" Harry joked. Ginny hit him with a pillow.
"Don't joke about that!" she whispered. He laughed.
"Fine. I really like the name Ezekiel," Harry told her. She shook her head.
"Harry! This is our child!"
"Okay, I'm being serious now. What about William for a middle name? Like after Bill." Harry suggested. Ginny's eyes lit up.
"I love it! So if it's a boy, Theo William Potter. Oh, Harry, it's perfect!" She kissed him. "This is so exciting! Alright, girl names."
"I want to name her Lily, you know, after my mum, if it's a girl. If that's okay with you." Harry said firmly.
"I love that, and for a middle name, Molly, after my mum?" She thought out loud.
"Perfect. Theo William Potter, or Lily Molly Potter." Harry declared, looking at his wife and his sons. His family.
oOo
"Alright, loves, be good for Aunt Fleur!" Ginny kissed each of her sons as they entered Shell Cottage. "We'll be back soon!"
"Bye, Mummy!" James yelled.
"Bye, Gin," Teddy called. Harry and Ginny wanted him to call them by their real names, because they knew they didn't replace Remus and Tonks. Victoire had met Teddy at the door. She grabbed his hand and pulled him into the sweet cottage.
"Let's go to St. Mungo's, shall we?" Harry grabbed his wife's arm and they Apparated to the hospital. Upon arrival, Ginny emptied her stomach all over the ground.
"Remind me never to do Side-Along Apparition with you when I'm pregnant." Ginny told Harry after she had finished throwing up. They entered the hospital and checked in with the bored lady at the reception, and when Draco was ready, they went into his room.
"How have you been doing?" Malfoy asked stiffly.
"Better. My morning sickness has stopped, but my hormones are still running wild, as with my cravings." Ginny told him as she sat down on the bed.
"Which is all absolutely normal. Around your second trimester, it is natural for hormones to go a little bonkers, and for endless cravings. Also, around your second trimester is most often when you will begin showing."
Ginny looked worriedly at Harry. That meant they would need to tell her family soon.
"Would you like to find out the gender of your baby?" Malfoy asked. Ginny nodded excitedly.
Malfoy muttered a few spells and soon a moving image of their baby was on the large silver screen in front of them. Ginny's eyes watered. This made it so real. She grabbed Harry's hand in anticipation.
"And…..it's a girl." Malfoy told them, smiling slightly. Ginny looked up at Harry.
"A girl! We have a baby girl, Harry! Oh, the boys are going to be ecstatic!" she started to cry with joy.
"Yes, it looks like you have a perfectly healthy little girl on the way. Since it is November, you are around three and a half months pregnant, or fifteen weeks. Your due date is May 21st, and we will see you back in a couple of months. If you need anything, don't hesitate to call St. Mungo's." Malfoy sounded as though he was reciting from a script.
"Draco?" Ginny asked hesitantly. "Why did you choose to be a birthing healer?" At first it didn't seem as though he was going to respond, but after a while, he did.
"After the war, I thought about how many people had been injured, and killed. I thought about how I would like to change and start helping instead of hurting. And by helping with births, I don't know, I had killed so many, I wanted to start to help bring lives into the world instead of out, I guess."
Ginny nodded.
"Well, goodbye." Malfoy told them to leave. Harry took Ginny's hand and they left the hospital.
"Oh my goodness, Harry, a girl! Finally, a girl, this is lovely!"
Harry placed his hands on her growing stomach.
"Hello, Lily," he whispered. "Mummy and I love you so much."
oOo
"Boys, we have to tell you something very important." Ginny said to her sons at dinner later that December. Teddy was shoveling pasta into his mouth at an alarming rate. Even though he wasn't technically related to Ron, he sure ate like him.
"Yes, Mummy?" James said. Albus giggled.
"You're going to have a baby sister!" She burst happily. Teddy stopped eating, and his hair turned purple.
"Really?" James asked.
"Baybay sister?" Albus cooed.
"When?" Teddy demanded.
"Yes, really. In about four and a half months, in May," Ginny was honestly so happy.
"Yayay!" James yelled.
"Where is baby?" Albus asked.
"In Mummy's tummy." Harry told him.
He cocked his head. "How did baby get there?"
Harry and Ginny exchanged looks.
"Did Mummy eat baby?" Albus demanded.
"No, it was put there with a….er, a love spell," Ginny told him. He nodded and Harry smirked.
"A very powerful love spell," he murmured. Ginny swatted him.
"Does Vicky know yet?" Teddy asked.
"No, not yet," Harry told him.
"Can I tell her?" He asked excitedly.
"Next week, at Christmas Eve dinner, at the Burrow," Ginny told him reluctantly.
"Okay. I've been waiting for a girl," Teddy admitted.
"So have we," Ginny whispered. "So have we."
