Maybe Next Time

Chapter Five

A/N: Thank you for such a positive response to this story! Sorry 'bout this chapter, it's a little long, but whatever, I love it! IT'S SO FLUFFY I'M GONNA DIE! Haha!

Disclaimer: No. Just no.

"Vic!" Teddy shouted as soon as they arrived at the Burrow. "Vic, you won't believe it!"

"What?" She shouted back, mocking him. He swatted her.

"Teddy, wait until dinner, alright?" Harry said quickly.

"I guess I'll tell you later…." Teddy said in a sing-song voice.

"No, tell me now, Teddy!" she tugged his hand.

"Where're Hermione and Ron?" Ginny changed the subject.

"Not here yet, I guess." George shrugged.

"Daddy, can Dommie and I play outside with the gnomes?" James begged.

Harry nodded. "Go ahead, as long as it's okay with Grandmum."

"Grandmum!" Dominique called. "Can Jamesie and I play with the gnomes outside?"

"Of course, honey." Mrs. Weasley called from the kitchen.

"I wanna play too!" Roxie hurried over to Dominique and James.

"There's a Warming Spell cast outside, the kids won't get cold," Mrs. Weasley assured Angelina as she opened her mouth to retort to Roxanne.

Suddenly there were two loud pops and Ron and Hermione appeared in the living room. Hermione's face was puffy and red, her eyes were bloodshot, and there were tear stains on her cheeks.

"All kids outside!" Ginny shouted tactfully. "Go play with the gnomes, and build snowmen!"

"Hey, Vic, do you wanna build a snowman?" Teddy asked her.
"Come on, Lucy!" Molly reached for her little sister.

Once all the children were outside, Audrey was the first to rush to Hermione.

"What happened?" she asked.

"We….we lost the baby." Hermione's voice choked, and she began sobbing again.

"Stop bloody crying, Hermione," Ron said, exasperated.

"Are you not upset in the slightest?" Hermione cried. "Everyone else here has children, and we never will!"

"I'm okay with that, they're all slobbery, wailing messes," Ron shrugged.

"You are a foul, loathsome, vile little cockroach! I demand a divorce, Ronald! I cannot live with this anymore!" Hermione shrieked.

Ginny was stunned. That her brother could even say things like that, and that they were getting a divorce. In that moment, she felt so horrible for Hermione. Ginny was overwhelmed with love for Harry and her sons, and Lily, in that moment.

Hermione fled from the room, and Mrs. Weasley turned on Ron with a look that could make professional Aurors cry for their mothers.

"Ronald Weasley," she began, and Ron cowered. "How DARE you say such things to Hermione! I am absolutely disgusted! Appalled! This is not acceptable! You should regret every word you said! I am happy you are getting a divorce, for the poor girl should NOT have to live with such unspeakable behaviour! Out! OUT!"

Her mother pointed for the door, and Ron, without saying a word, went outside.

"You git!" Ginny yelled after him. "He's a git! A prat!"

"This is horrible," Angelina breathed.

Hermione entered the room again, wiping her eyes.

"I'm so sorry," she said softly. "It's just…I thought a baby would make everything okay between us, and I realized nothing can change how he is….how I am. One day I will find someone who loves me for me."

Ginny decided that she wasn't going to tell them she was pregnant….not yet. Before dinner, she had placed a spell on her stomach to cover her growing, four-month pregnant belly. They didn't need to know now.

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"Harry!" Ginny shook him. "Harry, wake up!"

"What is it? What's wrong? Is the baby okay?" He sounded protective, the way he got with her other two pregnancies.

"Great. Amazing, actually. I felt the baby kick!" Her eyes watered with happiness and hormones. She cried a lot during her pregnancies.

"Love, that's incredible." Harry placed his hands on her belly.

"Just wait, Lily will kick, I swear," Ginny told him.

"I believe you, this is amazing, really," he replied. Ginny felt Lily kick again.

"Harry!" Ginny exclaimed. "She kicks when she hears you! She recognizes your voice!"

"Are you serious?"

"There it was again!"
"I felt her kick, Gin," Harry breathed.

"I still can't believe we're having a little girl, Harry."

He smirked. "Hey, if it wasn't for me you wouldn't even be pregnant."

"Oh, really?"

"Yeah, I think you owe me."

"You do, do you?" She grinned.

"Pay up, Mrs. Potter," he whispered, and she obliged, pushing her lips with passionate force against his. He smiled against her kiss, and she fell against his chest, with the love of her life.

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At dinner, everyone was rather loud, especially for the kids going on and on. Ginny guessed they were trying to cover up the awkwardness from the scene before.

"Hey, Vic!" Teddy exclaimed. She was sitting directly next to him, on his right, with Ginny on his left.

"Yeah?" She responded, eating her mashed potatoes daintily. She wrinkled her nose adorably at the way Teddy ate.

"Did you know I'm going to have a baby sister?"

Ginny froze. Of course Teddy would tell Victoire!

The room grew silent.

"Really?" Victoire smiled. "That's fantastic!"

"Yeah, I know. The baby is in Ginny's tummy."

Mrs. Weasley, along with all the other mothers, turned to face Ginny.

"Ginevra Potter," her mother said, eerily calm. "Are you pregnant?"

"Er…." She turned to Harry, who was determined to stay out of this. "Yes?"

Mrs. Weasley squealed, which shocked Ginny. "This is amazing! My baby is having a baby!"

The room automatically filled with congratulations.

"Ginny, zees eez vonderful!"

"I'm so happy for you!"

"A girl! Brilliant!"

"Our baby sister is pregnant….." George faced Bill and Percy.

"Strange."

"Too many mental images!"

"Nice job, Potter!"

"Ugh, horrid bloody mental images!"

"You just don't stop, do you, Potter?" George laughed, and Harry flushed red.

"How far along are you?"

Ginny removed the spell on her stomach. "I'm nearly five months along, the baby is due in May."

"How dare you not tell us! And to cover yourself with a SPELL? Honestly, Ginevra!" Her mother looked as though she would pull out her hair.

"Do you have a name picked out?" Audrey asked.

Ginny looked at her belly, nodding. "Lily Molly Potter."

"Aww, it's perfect!" Angelina cooed.

"Thanks, Ange." Ginny beamed at her.

"Oh, Ginny, darling, that's so touching." Her mother hugged Ginny so hard she felt as though she might stop breathing. Molly's moods changed as quickly as Fleur changed outfits.

"Excuse me a moment." Hermione excused herself from the table and left.

"Vy deedn't you say anything?" Fleur asked curiously.

"Because of Hermione and Ron."

"Ah."

"I think you did the right thing." Angelina offered.

Ginny smiled gratefully at her.

"I'm just so happy I'm going to have a baby girl."

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"Mummy! Mummy! Daddy! Wake up, wake up!"
"It's Christmas! Wake up, Ginny!"

"Mumma! Up! Christmas!"

"Alright, alright, we're coming," Ginny groaned as she rolled over.

"Harry, wake up, it's Christmas, the kids want to open their gifts," she shook him.

"I'm looking at my favourite gift right now," he mumbled.

She laughed, shaking him. "That was the cheesiest thing I've ever heard, but I love you too. Now get up! I can't wait to see their faces."

Once Ginny had wrestled Harry out of bed and downstairs into the living room, which had been decorated two weeks ago with the kids and their house-elves, Keely and Nina.

James, Albus, and Teddy were bouncing around the living room, practically wetting themselves with excitement.

"Happy Christmas, boys!" Ginny exclaimed as she came into the living room.

"Mum! Can we open the gifts from Father Christmas?" James asked excitedly.

"Go ahead, sweethearts," Ginny told them. Albus very nearly dived underneath the large pine Christmas tree, retrieving his gift from 'Father Christmas', which set Ginny off in giggles. Teddy fetched his, and James proceeded to rip desperately at his large gift.

"An owl?!" James hollered. "I got an owl!" Harry had seen a snowy white owl in Diagon Alley, which reminded him automatically of Hedwig, and he had told Ginny he couldn't pass it up for James.

"Oh, honey! That's just what you wanted!" Ginny clapped her hands in happiness.

"What do you want to name him?" Harry asked.

James thought for a moment before declaring, "Prongs."

Harry smiled. "That's perfect, James."

"Alright, Teddy, open yours," Ginny told him. He was so excited his hair was blue.

Teddy carefully tore at the package, trying as hard as he could not to rip the silvery paper.

"A broom compass, and… wait, is this…?" Teddy trailed off. "How did Father Christmas get your Maurauder's Map, Harry?"

"He's magical, Teddy, you know that, he can do anything." Harry winked. "Since you're going off to Hogwarts soon, we thought you could use it."

"Thank you!" Teddy hugged Harry.

"Al, it's your turn, darling," Ginny said to her baby, but not for long. She placed a large gold package in front of Albus. He ripped the paper with childish innocent and squealed.

"Mumma, a stuffie!" He yelled happily. It was a stuffed animal, in the shape of a Hippogriff.

"Hey, Ginny, there are gifts here for Lily," Teddy noted, looking at the tags on a pile of gifts under the tree.

"Oh, really?" Ginny raised an eyebrow, something Charlie had taught her to do.

"Can we open them?"

"I don't see why not," Ginny rubbed her belly unconsciously.

'Father Christmas' had gotten baby Lily some jumpers, nappies, blankets, rattles, stuffed animals (in shapes of Hippogriffs, unicorns, and other magical creatures), and some other baby necessities.

"Shall we go over to the Burrow or just spend Christmas at home?" Ginny asked her boys as she munched on a breakfast biscuit.

"Home," they all chorused, looking at the rest of their gifts.

"Fine with me," she responded, happy they could spend Christmas together.

A/N: Anyone get my Frozen reference? ;) REVIEW MY POTTERHEADS REVIEW