Chapter Five; Three Years Later

The next few years flew by faster than Harry could blink. Or it at least it felt like it to him and his wife. Time went by quickly for Ron and Hermione too as they watched their daughter grow. Before they knew it she could stand up on her own two feet for the first time, and then with the help of her father's hand there to guide her she slowly learned how to walk.

She spoke her first word (Dada) by her first birthday in which her uncle Harry had bought her a toy broomstick (luckily there wasn't any cat in harm's way this time) like he had had when he was a baby.

By her second birthday she had started her potty training and had learned how to ride a tricycle. Another year had passed and she already had quite a lot of toys, games, and books for young witches and wizards to read and play with. Then the morning of her third birthday her parents surprised her with some exciting news.

"Guess what Rosie, Mummy is pregnant. That means she's going to have a baby and you're going to be a big sister!" Hermione squealed. "Isn't that exciting?" she questioned.

"Is the baby a boy or a girl?" her daughter questioned her back.

"Well we don't know yet, it's going to be a surprise." Her father said.

"And guess what else Rosie? Next week you're going to be starting at Daisy's preschool." Her mother said.

"I still don't think it's a good idea for her to go, I mean it's a muggle school." Ron said as Hermione just simply looked up at him. "I mean I know you went to one when you were little but that's because you didn't know that you were a witch and neither did your parents." He pointed out.

"Exactly and I made out just fine." Hermione said. "Plus I don't want Sheela to ever feel like she should let anything hold her back, even being a witch. It would be nice for her to socialize with other kids even if they're muggles so she can get to know what they're like." She explained.

"Alright but I bet that Harry and Ginny would never send their kid to a muggle school." Ron said.

"You don't know that," Hermione began. "besides Harry and Ginny don't even have any kids yet." She added as she looked down at Sheela who had finished feeding herself a bowl of cereal.

"Why does it always seem like she gets more food on her than in her? I mean look at her she's a mess." Ron said as Hermione picked her up.

"So what, she needs a bath anyway before her party." She said before she adjusted her grip and held her up higher to her hip. "So Rosie, do you want to wear nappies today or big girl panties?" she questioned.

"No diapers, Imma big gurl now." Sheela answered as Hermione laughed and kissed the top of her head.

"Well c'mon then big birthday girl you, let's pick out some pretty underwear along with the rest of your clothes before your bath." She told her before she carried her away. Meanwhile Harry and Ginny were busy getting for the party.

Harry noticed that Ginny was a lot less energetic than she usually was and it bothered him because he figured that something was wrong. For she and the other Cheetah Girls would be performing up onstage at Puff The Magic Dragon's Play Place and he knew how much she loved to perform.

When he had asked her if there had been anything bothering her she just simply said that there wasn't and then they apparated there hand in hand. Ron (who had recently received his muggle driving license) was waiting for them in the parking lot after he pulled his car in and he and Hermione got out of it. Then Hermione removed Sheela from her car seat and carried her over to the under hang of the building.

"Hey Hermione, hey Sheela." Ginny began with a grin as she looked over at her niece and thought about the fact that she looked so adorable in her party dress. She was wearing a beautiful black and red dress that had a red ribbon on the top of it and two matching ones in her hair holding them up like pigtails.

"Wow, you look so beautiful," Ginny began before she glanced over at Hermione. "and you look really good." She told her.

"Thanks." Hermione said with a grin as Sheela shyly hid her face in her mother's chest.

"Uh Hermione, can I talk to you for a second?" Ginny asked.

"Yeah." She began before she turned to her husband. "Here watch Rosie and make sure that she eats something." She said before she handed the soon to be preschooler over to him and then walked inside with Ginny. "So what's up?" she asked her.

"I'm pregnant." Ginny muttered.

"What!?" Hermione cried with a sudden gasp. "Does Harry know?"

"No. I haven't told him yet because I don't think he wants to be a father. But you and Ron are having your second child, Luna's getting married to Neville, and I was starting to feel a little left out. So I did it on purpose without him knowing. Meaning I missed taking my birth control pill." She explained in a hushed whisper.

"Alright but you really should tell him considering that sooner or later he's going to notice it anyway." Hermione said.

"He already has. He noticed that I wasn't acting like myself this morning, and that I've had a bigger appetite lately. He knows something wrong and it's scaring me." She said as she casually looked away from her when suddenly Hermione took hold of her hand.

"Listen to me Ginny, Harry loves you. If you tell him he'll understand." She said.

"Well alright, I'll tell him after lunch." Ginny agreed.