Harry slid on the rug in the sitting room as he fell to his knees at the fireplace. He threw a handful of Floo powder in and quickly said his destination and then stuck his head into the fire.

His head appeared in a semi dark sitting room. There was a sofa directly across it where Percy was dozing.

"Percy!" Harry exclaimed. He'd never been so happy to see Percy in his life.

"Wha-?" Percy leapt up from the sofa and glanced around stupidly for a moment before realising that the voice was coming from the fireplace. "Harry! What's wrong?"

"Is Audrey there?" Harry asked desperately, ignoring Percy's question.

"Wh- yeah. Audrey!" A minute later Audrey appeared in the room, pulling her long black hair from her face.

"Harry!" She exclaimed, surprised. "What's wrong?"

"Ginny's water broke." He distantly saw Percy start in the background.

Audrey was suddenly in healer mode. "Alright. Has she been having contractions?"

"Er, yeah, she said she's been having them since noon."

"Right, and how far apart were they when they started, and how far apart are they now?"

"They were forty-five minutes apart when they started, she said, and they're about twenty-seven minutes apart now. They don't seem to be too bad."

"Okay, I want you to get a bed ready for the delivery. I'll be over there in a few minutes."

Harry nodded and pulled his head from the fire. He jogged up the stairs and found Ginny in the baby's room.

"Hey, which room do you want to use?"

"Hm?"

"Audrey want us to set up a room for the, er, delivery."

"Oh. I don't really want to use our room. I like having just us know what it looks like," she said softly.

"Okay, what about the guest room?"

"Yeah, that'll do."

"Hello?" Audrey's voice startled the two from their musings.

"Up here," Harry called. They heard her climbing the stairs and she suddenly appeared in the doorway.

"How are you doing, Ginny?"

"Fine. The contractions aren't very strong yet, and they're still fairly far apart."

Audrey nodded. "Let's go to the room we'll be using so I can check how you're doing."

Ginny nodded and started to lead Audrey to the guest room but stopped short and grabbed for a support. Harry offered her his arm as the contraction passed.

"Breathe, Ginny," Audrey reminded her. Ginny nodded.

"I know." When she was able to walk by herself again, they continued to the room where Audrey proceeded to check how much she had dilated after sending Harry out.

"You're doing fine. It'll take a while longer still. I'd suggest getting comfortable. Also, I'll go tell Percy not to call anyone yet, until you've progressed more. We don't want the whole family here for who knows how long, right?"

"How long will it be, exactly?" Harry asked hesitantly, coming back into the room and sitting on the bed beside Ginny.

"Well, it's always hard to tell how long. I wouldn't want to give you a wrong estimate. I'd say until morning at least, though. Now, I'll be back in about an hour to check how you're doing. Just stay comfortable."

The next hour went by painfully slow for Harry and Ginny. Her contractions were now only twenty-two minutes apart, but they still weren't as strong as she had anticipated. Harry had summoned the wireless and they were listening to that when Audrey returned an hour later like she had said she would.

"Well, Ginny, you've still got a ways to go," she said as she Vanished her gloves, inviting Harry back in. "I suggest trying to get some sleep while you can. If you don't mind, I'll be taking a kip on your sofa downstairs. If something doesn't seem right, no matter what, I want you to come and get me straight away."

Harry and Ginny nodded. Satisfied, Audrey left the room.

As the night wore on, Ginny's contractions started to get stronger. She and Harry tried to sleep, but every time a contraction rolled around, Ginny would wake and Harry would wake with her.

At seven in the morning, Ginny sat up and grasped the bed sheets tightly in her hands as pain rolled through her. She groaned quietly and Harry rubbed her back as it passed.

She leaned back while Harry checked his watch. "Twelve minutes," Harry said. He kissed the side of her head as she closed her eyes. "You're doing great," he said.

"Sod off," she replied through a yawn. Harry ignored it.

"Hey," the quiet greeting had Harry glancing up to see Audrey enter the room. "How are we doing this morning?"

When Ginny made no move to answer, Harry said, "They're twelve minutes apart-"

"- and they hurt like hell," Ginny interrupted, her eyes still closed.

Audrey nodded as she pulled on a pair of gloves. "Harry-"

"I know, I know," he said, standing and leaving the room as Ginny slowly lay down.

"Well," Audrey said, Vanishing her gloves. "You've still got a while to go. I'll be back in a while to check up on you."

*****

"What time is it?" Ginny asked.

Harry paused in rubbing her back to glance at his watch. "Noon," he answered.

"Go get them," Ginny said.

"What?"

"Go get my family."

"Oh, er, all of them? Won't that take a while?"

Ginny shook her head. "Just mum; she'll tell everyone else in no time."

"Right." Harry left the room and quickly jogged down the stairs to the fireplace. He grabbed a handful of Floo powder and threw it in, saying "The Burrow!" And then he stuck his head into the green flames.

"Harry!" Mrs Weasley jumped as his head appeared in the fireplace. "Is something the matter?"

"Ginny, she's gone into labour."

The ear piercing shriek that followed made Harry jump and hit the top of his head on the brick. "Oh, my goodness!"

"Molly! What's wrong?" Mr Weasley appeared in the doorway to the kitchen, his eyes falling on Harry's head.

"Ginny!" Mrs Weasley shrieked again. "She's gone into labour! She's going to have the baby!"

Mr Weasley winced at the high pitched cry and gestured for Harry to go. The last thing Harry heard was "We must tell everyone!"

Harry fell backwards from the fireplace and froze for a minute. It's all real, he thought. Soon, I'm going to be a dad.

In no time at all, Harry and Ginny could hear the family congregating in their house.

"You should go see them," Ginny panted, another contraction having just passed. "Before they start coming up here."

Harry nodded and kissed her on the forehead before making his way downstairs. He passed Audrey who gave him a wink and a whispered "Good luck."

"Harry!" Hermione was the first one to see him. She ran at him and engulfed him in a strong hug. "How is she? How's she doing?"

"She's doing fine. Audrey's up there now. We'll keep you all updated."

*****

Ginny hissed loudly in pain as another contraction passed. Her right hand was gripping Harry's hand so tightly she could feel his bones rubbing together. She didn't care though. She was the one who had to go through child birth. He could suffer some.

It was almost six thirty. She'd gone through almost thirty hours of contractions, and she was getting tired of it.

Harry gently pried his hand from her tight grip and replaced it with his other hand. Just as Audrey walked into the room, Ginny groaned and hunched over. She grasped his hand with both of hers and squeezed so hard, that Harry couldn't help but grunt in pain.

Unfortunately, Ginny heard him. The verbal assault he got as a result was one of the worst things he'd ever experienced. She called him everything she could think of, from a spineless git to something much worse that would get her a smack over the head from her mother. And Audrey heard it all, staying in the shadows of the room, grinning from ear to ear.

"You're the one who did this to me, Potter. You can suffer a little," Ginny finished, her eyes flashing.

"Alright, Ginny," Audrey spoke up, coming out from the dark shadows of the room. "Are you ready to push?"

"Hell, yes," Ginny breathed, another contraction coming and going. They were so close together now that she hardly had a chance to get her breath between them. Audrey situated them on the bed so that Ginny was leaning against Harry's chest, her knees spread apart.

"Okay, Ginny. When I say push, I want you to push as hard as you can, alright?"

Ginny nodded and fumbled for Harry's hands. She was terrified now.

"Ready... push!"

Ginny pushed with all her strength, desperately tired. She heard herself groan loudly and felt Harry squeeze her hands.

She stopped when Audrey told her to, panting. After fifteen minutes, Audrey smiled.

"One more push, Ginny, and it's all over." Letting out a shuddering breath, Ginny turned her head and propped it under Harry's chin.

"C'mon, Ginny. You can do this." With those words from Harry, Ginny took in a deep breath and pushed with all her might.

A quiet whimper escaped Ginny, but was quickly drowned out by a loud wail. Ginny's whole body collapsed against Harry's chest as Audrey beamed.

"It's a boy," Audrey announced, grinning widely. She used her wand to cut the umbilical cord and quickly cleaned the baby up and wrapped him in a blanket she pulled from her bag. Harry rested his chin on Ginny's shoulder as the two watched, mesmerized, by their new son.

Audrey placed him in Ginny's arms and watched the small family for a minute. "Do you have a name?" She asked quietly, filling out a certificate.

Harry started. Not once through the whole nine months had he thought about names. Ginny's quiet "Yes" broke him from his thoughts, however. She shifted between his legs, careful of the baby, so she was able to see his face. "I hope you don't mind," she began. "But I thought of... James Sirius."

Harry stared at her a moment. "James Sirius," he breathed. His face broke into a smile. "Yeah, that's perfect." They told Audrey and then Harry gently slid from behind them so that he was at Ginny's side. He cupped her cheek in his hand, letting his forehead rest against hers. "Thank you," he said quietly. Ginny kissed him and then pulled back, her gaze turning to James, and Harry followed.

He was small. His head was covered in black fluffy hair. Harry reached out a finger and let it trail along the baby's – no, James' – cheek. James opened his eyes and peered at his two parents.

"Hey, James," Harry breathed. James just stared at them. Harry grinned.

"He's got your hair," Ginny noted quietly, her hand passing over the fluff.

"Poor sod," Harry replied, causing Ginny to laugh.

"Do you want to hold him," she asked.

Without hesitating, Ginny carefully transferred James to Harry's arms.

"Is there anyone you'd like to see first?" Audrey asked quietly. Harry and Ginny glanced at each other; Ginny gave Harry a short nod.

"Yeah, can you send Ron and Hermione up?"

Audrey nodded and left the room. Not even a minute later, Ron and Hermione were at the door. Hermione knocked and Ginny gestured for them to enter.

"Oh..." Hermione exhaled and brought a hand to her mouth. She had tears in her eyes. She and Ron slowly lowered themselves to sit on the opposite side of the bed from Harry. "He," she looked up for confirmation. "He's wonderful."

"Ron, Hermione," Ginny began. "We'd like you to meet James Sirius Potter. Your godson?" She said the last part as a question, looking up at them uncertainly.

"I- blimey, yeah," Ron said, disbelievingly. Hermione nodded her head vigorously.

"D'you want to hold him?" Harry asked, looking at Hermione. She nodded again, wiping the tears from her face. Harry handed James over to Hermione who held him like he would break with the smallest motion.

"Ron?" Ginny asked. "Do you?"

"Sure..." Hermione handed James to her husband and watched as he gently cradled the little body. "He's got you hair," he said to Harry.

"Yeah, I know," Harry said with an air of pride.

Ron turned back to James. "Well, James, you saved your aunt and uncle from having to go to some boring Ministry ball. I'll be forever thankful."

"We should probably go," Hermione said after James had been passed back to Ginny. "The rest of the family is really excited to see you all."

"Yeah, okay. I'll go with you," Harry said. He stood with Ron and Hermione and kissed Ginny on the cheek. "I'll be right back," he said. She nodded and smiled at him, shifting James in her arms.

Harry followed his two friends from the room. "Blimey, Harry," Ron said as they descended the stairs. "You're a dad."

"Yeah..." they entered the sitting room and suddenly everyone went quiet except for Teddy who bounded towards Harry. Harry picked him up and gave him a swift kiss.

"It's a boy," he announced, grinning at Andromeda. She smiled softly at him. "James Sirius Potter. Seven pounds, four ounces."

Mrs Weasley rushed forward then and gathered Harry – and Teddy – into a hug. "When can we go see them?" She asked breathlessly.

"We can go now."

Harry shifted Teddy onto his hip as the Weasleys and Andromeda followed him up the stairs. "Ready to meet your god brother?" Harry asked Teddy. The boy nodded excitedly. "Okay, but you're going to have to be quiet, otherwise you'll upset him."

"'Kay," Teddy agreed. Harry came to the room and pushed the door open. The family flooded in – but stayed quiet – and Harry watched as they all greeted the newest member of the family.

Later that night, as Ginny placed James in the cot at the end of their bed in their room, Harry summoned a quill and his journal from the bookshelf. Ginny climbed into bed as Harry placed the quill into the pot of ink.

"What are you doing?" Ginny asked, leaning her head on his shoulder. Harry scrawled two sentences into the journal and showed Ginny. Tears filled her eyes and she kissed Harry before the two of them fell asleep, completely overcome with exhaustion. Their heads were facing James' cot. The journal lay open on Harry's lap.

Mum, dad, Sirius, Remus, I have a son. Happy birthday, James Sirius.

Author's Note - There it is. The final chapter. I feel like this is a bittersweet moment. I'm happy because I've finally finished a story that has been in the works for around a year, but now that I'm done, and I don't have to worry about posting or anything, it's going to be weird. I'm going to have a small space where LtU was. But, I can now focus on another story that I am about a quarter of the way through. I will not post until I am finished it, so that what happened with this story, (the months of waiting for an update) does not happen with that one. Hopefully the updates will be regular enough. It will be a while until I get something new up, unless I have a one-shot or something.

I also would like to touch on the topic of a sequel. At this point in time, I do not have any plans for a sequel. I do think it is very unlikely. I have other projects I want to work on without having to think of this sequel for a while. I'm not saying there never will be a sequel, I'm just saying it's very unlikely. I'm sorry!

Also, happy early birthday to Rupert Grint! Since I won't be near a computer on his actually birthday, I'm settling for this. Happy birthday, Rupert! And, happy belated birthday to Percy Weasley! (and my uncle, who happens to have the same birthday as Percy. :P )

As I said when wishing Rupert happy birthday, I will be away from a computer starting today until sometime Friday, just so you're all aware.

I would like to give a HUGE thank you to all my faithful readers and reviews, (you guys are amazing!) Thank you so much for not giving up on this story and me and for providing endless support. It meant, and means, so much to me, so thank you, from the bottom of my heart!

So, until next time!

-PadfootProngs7