Hey Lovelies, so this is the last chapter before the epilogue, and there is definitely an epilogue. It is already written in fact, I plan on putting it up tomorrow. This is "I Saw God Today" By George Strait, and even though the baby in the song was a girl, I feel like this is how Harry was feeling in the moment. Also, a big thank you to everyone who has stuck by these two for twenty-eight chapters, through two stories, I appreciate all of you so much. I hope you enjoy this, and I will see you tomorrow!

Chapter 13 – I Saw God Today

Christmas came and went after that, merely a minor blip on their radar after the expanse of the wedding. New Year's slipped by in much the same fashion and before either of the Potter's knew it, it was the end of January and Cissa was almost nine months pregnant. To say she was miserable was the wrong word. She wasn't miserable, she was happy, but she was uncomfortable.

Draco had been born four days late, so this pregnancy hadn't gotten quite that hard on her yet, but she was starting to feel it. She had cut out all of her charity work, and she had to be talked into going to visit Andromeda each week. Miserable might not cut it yet, but she was headed that direction.

February dawned cold and snowy, a bitter wind rattled the windows of their bedroom as they lay together in the dark. Her birthday had been a quiet affair. Only their family had attended, she wasn't up for too many visitors. She wanted nothing more than for this baby to arrive healthy and happy, and on time.

The morning of February fifth was one of the coldest that England had seen in years. The normal highs of five or six degrees Celsius seemed a far off dream. It was closer to negative five or six, something that they didn't experience very often. Of course it was that morning that Cissa woke up to minor contractions.

It was ten days early, which wouldn't have been that big of a deal, except that she couldn't help but seeing the fact that her son had decided that he must be born on this day as a sign. That he had chosen the most anomalous day that she could remember to be born only made her think that the name she had chosen for him was no less than perfect.

She rolled over in bed and looked at the clock. That and the fact that it was four-thirty in the morning and he couldn't have let her get a full night's sleep going into this. She smiled and put one hand on her stomach. "You just had to come in to this world on your own terms didn't you?" She laughed as she went about her morning routine a few hours earlier than she normally would have.

Her contractions were still relatively small, and they were far enough apart that she wasn't in any big rush to get to the hospital. As she rechecked her hospital bag once more she called out for Lotty.

"Yes Mistress?" The elf popped up at her side.

"Can you make me some toast and bring it up here please? And something light for Harry as well?"

"Of course Ma'am." The tiny elf bowed and disappeared with a loud crack.

The sound of the elf disapparating caused Harry to sit straight up in bed. "What was that?"

Narcissa laughed. "It was Lotty, she has gone to get us something light to eat."

"Oh, okay?" He smashed his glasses up his nose and looked at the clock before turning back to his wife. "Why? It's four-thirty in the morning? Why don't you come back to bed and we can have breakfast in a couple hours?"

She smiled and shook her head. "Because your son has decided that he is going to be born today, and I don't think that I'm going to be able to go back to sleep." She said it softly and Harry nodded along with her words until he processed what she had said.

"You're in labor!" He shot out of the bed towards her and she laughed when she stopped him from coming any closer to her in his state of momentary panic.

"Yes, but not too heavily yet, so I'm going to eat something before you drag me to the hospital and Susan won't let me have anything before our son arrives." She grinned as she tugged his arm so he sat down next to her. "Believe me, you want me to eat now, I'm not going to that fun to deal with in a couple hours anyway, and I will be even less pleasant if I don't get to eat."

Harry chuckled, "True. You're sure that you're okay though? You don't need to get to the hospital as quickly as possible or anything?" He had read all of the books that she had given him, and he knew what to expect from today, but all that had gone out the window the moment she had confirmed that she was in labor.

"I'm fine Harry. We both are. Trust me, it's going to be a long day." Lotty popped back in with their toast and some eggs for Harry and she bowed as she disappeared again. "Eat. You're going to need your strength."

"I get to be there right? You're not going to throw me out?"

"Throw you out?" She chuckled, "Why would I throw you out?"

His ears turned red, "You said that last time you did this you were by yourself, I assumed that you threw Lucius out."

"Hey," she lifted his chin and looked him in the eyes, "I didn't have to throw him out, because he didn't show up. You on the other hand have been with me every step of the way on this. There's no way I'm throwing you out now."

He kissed her in that moment, not caring that there was butter on her lips from the toast she had just taken a bite of. "Good. I want to be there for you today. I want to do this with you."

"Of course." She drew in a sharp breath through her nose as a contraction hit her. This one was slightly more powerful than any of the others so far.

"Are you alright?" His eyes were worried as he surveyed her.

"If you ask me that after every contraction I may just end up throwing you out." She joked, but when she saw his expression she regretted it. "I'm fine Harry, and I won't throw you out. Don't leave even if I do tell you too okay?"

"Okay." He kissed her cheek and stood up. "If your bag is ready I'm going to take it downstairs and I will send Kreacher to tell Draco and 'Mione and Lotty can go to Andi. I'm sure that they are all going to want to be there."

"Oh yes. I'm sure they will. Harry?"

"Yeah?" He turned to look at her as he crossed the threshold.

"We are having a baby."

"Yeah, we are." He grinned madly as he headed off towards the kitchen.

Eighteen hours later Cissa had had enough. She had decided early on in the pregnancy that she was doing this the natural way. She had done everything with magic when Draco was born and she could barely remember his actual birth. It had seemed like the right choice by herself, but this time she had Harry.

Eighteen hours of labor was causing her to rethink her decision. She had proceeded to tell Harry twice that she hated him and that there was no way she was ever going to do this again. She had yelled at Susan and cried on Andromeda's shoulder. Needless to say she was a wreck, natural childbirth was taking its toll on the witch.

Susan entered the room just as Narcissa had grabbed Harry's hand again, biting her lip to stop the scream that she felt in her throat. "Okay Narcissa, you're finally ready, let's have a baby." Susan smiled at the couple, "On the next contraction I'm going to need you to push alright?"

Cissa nodded weakly and Harry put one arm around her shoulders as she squeezed his other hand. No matter what she had said to him throughout the day she was grateful that he had been there with her through all of this. Susan could read Narcissa's face like a book after eighteen hours and she smiled as she saw the contraction coming on. "Okay Narcissa, let's have a baby."

From that point on she didn't hold back her screams, she found that it helped in some way. Gave her something else to focus on. She decided after the fifth push that if they did have any more children she was at least taking something for the pain. She was never going to attempt this completely naturally again.

Another twenty minutes of pushing and Susan grinned up at Harry. "Two more Narcissa, you're almost there I promise."

"I better be." She panted and Harry kissed her forehead gently.

"You're doing great Love. Our baby boy is almost here."

"You're baby boy is already causing his mother trouble." She laughed weakly up at him before her face twisted. "Harry…"

He knew what she wanted and he supported her back as she pushed once more. "One more Narcissa, we've got a head, all we need are his shoulders, you can do it."

With one final push Susan caught the baby and both Harry and Narcissa gasped as they heard him cry out. "He's perfect." Susan handed the baby to Harry, and immediately he put him on Narcissa's chest.

"You did it Love." He couldn't resist kissing the top of her head as they both stared down at their baby boy. "He's wonderful."

Cissa was crying as she gently held the tiny babe to her, "He really is. Ten fingers, ten toes and his daddy's unruly hair." She smiled down at the mess of dark curls that adorned the baby's head. "I wouldn't have him any other way."

Susan let them bond with the newborn for a moment before she took him to the side and cleaned him up. Returning him quickly to his mother. As she handed him back with a smile she couldn't help but ask. "Does he have a name yet?"

Cissa smiled up at Harry and he nodded the name they had chosen was indeed perfect for him. "He does. His name is Sirius."

"Really?" Susan smiled at him, the real story of what had happened with Sirius Black had come out and everyone now celebrated him as the hero that he was.

"Yes." Cissa went back to cooing at the baby, but she looked up at the healer, "Sirius James Potter-Black."