Harry tried very hard to concentrate on the book in his hand, but Ginny was making it extremely hard. She was resting her head in his lap, her feet up on the couch dozing lightly. But it wasn't that that was distracting him, oh no it was the fact that his darling wife was becoming more and more uncomfortable, but was choosing to ignore the sensation. He fidgeted trying to ease the ache that was settling into his back, even though it wasn't his pain his was feeling, and her eyes popped open smiling.

"Will you sit still Harry," she moaned as she ran her hand over her stomach.

Harry watched her fingers as they slipped over her round stomach, the way she smiled softly and whispered happily to their baby. He reached out laying his hand over hers and smiled when he felt the spark that was his child. That spark had grown as their child had grown, until now it was a full awareness in his mind whenever he touched Ginny's bump.

She patted his hand and tried sliding from the couch, after he watched her struggle for a moment fighting back the urge to laugh; he jumped up and held a hand out to her. She shot him a dirty look but didn't say anything as he helped her to her feet.

"I think I need a walk," she said as he felt a wave of pain ripple along her back, he reached out and rubbed the spot she needed without even thinking and the pain eased.

"I don't want to venture to far," he replied worry clear in his voice.

With a loving smile Ginny reached up and kissed his cheek before turning and heading to the kitchen where her mother was. The couple had returned to the Burrow a few days ago when it was clear Ginny would be giving birth any day now, for some reason she just wanted to be back with everyone else.

Molly turned as they entered smiling to Ginny but shooting a look over her shoulder to harry who was hovering close to his wife.

"Will you all stop worrying," Ginny said throwing her hands up in exasperation, "yes I'm in labour," Harry rushed forwards then wrapping an arm around her back.

She turned slightly into the hold as she always did and he kissed her of the forehead.

"My point is," she said standing straighter so she could look at both Harry and her mother, "that I know I'm in labour but we've got a long road ahead, I can tell," she said as she began waddling towards the back door.

Molly sighed and turned to face the couple properly, "she's probably right Harry Bill was in no hurry and the twins were even longer," she said but Harry could see the worry in her eyes.

This was after all her youngest child, her baby, so no matter what she would worry.

"I'm going to go for a small walk in the garden I think," Ginny said and not waiting for anyone else to say anything she ducked out of the door Harry hot on her heels.

Molly watched through the window chuckling lightly as she watched Harry try and convince Ginny to come back inside. It was a losing battle from the start so he settled for hovering at her side, one arm out ready to catch her. Watching the couple Molly had a flash of thought and started timing whenever Ginny would stop and reach for her husband. Ok so she was about seven minutes apart at the moment, she thought as she looked at the clock on the wall. Just then Hermione and Ron's hands turned from at home to travelling and she knew there was only one place they'd be heading at the moment.

"Mum!" Ron called in his usual manner and she smiled.

"In the kitchen love," she called and Hermione and Ron appeared a second later smiling happily.

Ron had an arm around his wife's waist and when they came to a standstill that arm snaked even further until it rested against her finally showing stomach. Molly walked forwards pulling her son and daughter in law into a hug each.

"How you feeling dear," she asked as she too ran a hand over Hermione's stomach.

"Mum better thanks, I don't really get sick anymore," she said leaning her head against Ron's shoulder.

They chatted for a moment about how Hermione was doing now that she was into her forth month of pregnancy, but Molly kept a wary eye on the garden and Harry as he grew paler and paler by the moment.

She knew Ginny and he had a connection that none of them truly understood, they were closer than any other married couple she had ever seen. When he moved she moved with him, it was like gravity, but there was something more. Harry would stub his toe upstairs and Ginny would wince and rub her foot even though she was in the kitchen. Molly had watched a lot of that over the past seven months, and she knew they physically felt what the other was feeling, and she surmised it wasn't just pain they felt. Harry would get unbelievably sad when Ginny was, and then all of a sudden Ginny would smile and they were both fine. It was strange to watch but she didn't feel right questioning it. So as she watched Ginny grab Harry's arm and poor Harry turn white as a sheet she knew this was going to be interesting.

"So where is she," Ron asked finally and Molly turned to look at them again pulled from her musing.

"In the garden, Ginny seems determined to do laps, and Harry seems determined he's going to have a heart attack by the end of the day," she said turned to look out the window again.

Laughing Hermione joined her mother in law to watch the couple out the window and realised Molly wasn't far off. There wasn't much Harry worried about any more, I mean being the most powerful wizard in the world does give you a sense of safety for a lot of things, but when it came to Ginny it was a whole other matter. Harry at that moment was desperately trying to steer Ginny towards to house, but stopped suddenly as she gripped his arms and Hermione could see her friend frown.

"I might go out and play devil's advocate," she said with a smile to her husband that had of course found food and was sat at the table eating.

Shaking her head she headed out into the garden laughing at the thought that her husband seemed to be the one with the food cravings lately not her.

Ginny looked up when the door opened and smiled brightly when she spotted Hermione holding her arms out for a hug. Of course Hermione obliged pulling her friend into a hug and dropping a kiss on Harry's cheek.

"Maybe you can convince her Hermione, since we've been out here the pain has grown worse and closer together," Harry breathed and Hermione patted him on the arm.

"Well that's the point husband mine," Ginny said as she pulled out of his reach and started doing laps again.

With a sigh and a roll of his eyes Harry turned to follow his wife smiling weakly at Hermione. With a laugh Hermione slipped up next to Ginny's other side and kept pace with the couple.

"She is right though Harry, walking like this is good for a woman in labour, which she so obviously is," Hermione said as she took Ginny's free hand in hers squeezing it lightly.

"Thank you Hermione, he is driving me insane," but she didn't finish her sentence as she gasped and grabbed for Harry who was there instantly.

Hermione watched as pain rippled over Ginny's face but as soon as Harry touched her it eased and with a sigh she open her eyes and patted her husband's hand where it lay against her stomach. A second later Ginny turned and carried on her lap, and the other two were left to keep up with her.

Things progressed this way for an hour, Ginny walking around the garden of the Burrow, only stopping to rest on the bench every now and then. It was on her thirtieth lap that she gasped louder than before and clutched at Harry, who had her faster than before. Hermione watched Harry's face this time, and saw the echo of the pain etched across his face and with a shocked intake of breath realised that he was feeling it as well. Before she could say anything though there was a gushing sound like running water and all three looked down to see that Ginny's water had broken.

Smiling up at Harry she sighed, "I think I want to go inside now," she said and Harry released the breath he had been holding.

Molly appeared at the doorway a second later and helped her daughter inside, sweeping her off to get cleaned up, leaving Harry behind for a moment.

"That wife of mine is most definitely going to be the death of me," Harry moaned as he slipped down into a chair next to Ron.

Ron reached out and patted his best mate on the back and then turned straight back to the sandwiches he had.

Shaking her head at her husband Hermione slipped down into a chair next to Harry drawing her friend's attention.

"You feel it don't you," she said and Ron turned to look at them frowning already lost in this conversation.

Harry scrubbed his hand over his face and nodded, "yeah I do, she's holding a lot back I can tell, but when I can take some from her she feels better."

Frowning deeper Ron put the sandwich down and swallowed the bite he had in his mouth, "sorry what."

Rolling her eyes Hermione turned to her husband, "Harry can feel Ginny's pain, poor lad is going through labour as well."

Ron looked from his wife to his best mate a few times and then a grin cracked across his face and he laughed. Annoyed Harry punched him on the arm but it didn't do much to stem the laughter, until Ron caught the look his wife was giving him, and quickly he shut up muttering an apology.

Arthur appeared in the doorway the, obviously just back from work and smiled at the three assembled.

"Well hello everyone, so what's the occasion," he said as he dropped down into a chair as well.

"Ginny's in labour," Harry said as he dropped his forehead onto the table and sighed.

Hermione reached out and ran her hand across his hair trying to comfort him, but she didn't fail to see Arthur sit up a little straighter, all signs of tiredness sweeping from his body.

"Is she really," he said looking to Hermione who smiled and gave a small nod.

Arthur was on his feet then striding into the front room, but the three of them just sat not bothering to follow. Harry let out a little moan then and Hermione wrapped an arm around his shoulder leaning her cheek against his back.

"Bloody woman just won't let me look after her," harry moaned muffled slightly by the table.

Before either of them could reply though there was a series of pops and the twins appeared accompanied by their girlfriends. Angela and Katie squealed when they spotted Hermione and rushed forwards to hug her and the girls fell into a happy conversation. The twins patted Harry on the back, who hadn't even lifted his head from the table yet.

"He's looking a little green around the edges," George laughed as he pulled out a chair to sit next to his girlfriend.

"Apparently he's in labour to," Ron said with a shrug.

Everyone turned to look at him then and Hermione rolled her eyes at him, "actually it's more like he's feeling the echo of the pain Ginny's in," she said shooting her husband a look.

That had everyone talking instantly but Harry ignored them all, his mind firmly with Ginny as her mother helped her bathe and get redressed. More than once he felt her stop as her body rippled with the pain of a contraction and knew that things had only grown more intense now that her water had broken. He felt a hand slide against his neck and he looked up to see Fleur smiling down at him.

"Everything will be fine," she whispered as she leant over to press a kiss to his cheek.

He smiled at her feeling a little better since she had gone through this herself seven months ago. As it turned out Fleur had managed to hold on for the wedding and the next day of extended celebrations but then she had gone into labour. He sat up to see that she had little Victoire tucked in her arms the little seven month old was fast asleep. Harry watched her sleeping face for a moment until he turned his internal radar telling him Ginny was on the move.

A second later she appeared in the doorway with her mother and grinned at the assembled masses of people. Bill walked forwards to fold his baby sister into a hug and kissed the top of her head.

"How you doing," he whispered smiling warmly.

"Good so far, though Harry's helping," she said as she buried her face into his chest.

When they pulled apart Harry was there wrapping an arm around his wife and pulling her into the shelter of his arms. Everyone watched them silently as Harry pressed a kiss to her forehead and a spark of magic rippled through the room. No one mentioned the occurrence since it wasn't uncommon when the two of them were around; their immediate family had grown used to flares of magic around the two of them.

Ginny pulled back enough so she could look at her husband with a soft smile, "I think I want to lie down now," she said her voice sounding a little tired.

Harry nodded and led her towards a room he and Molly had purposefully added at the back of the house. It had become harder and harder for Ginny to navigate the stairs of the Burrow so both Molly and Harry had agreed it would be prudent to have a room downstairs for her with everything she needed.

When they slipped into the room no one followed giving the couple a moment to settle. Harry helped Ginny onto the bed and she sighed happily as the pain eased a little. He arranged to pillows around her easily picking out the best position for her since he could feel her needs as if they were his own. Once she was settled he slipped down into a chair next to the head of the bed taking her hand and laying a gently kiss against the back of it.

"Love you Gin," he whispered and she smiled pulling his hand until he had no choice but to stand and come to her.

She kissed him softly knowing he needed the comfort more than anything.

"Love you to," she whispered when they pulled apart.

Just then there was a soft knock at the door and Molly's head appeared around it.

"There's a few other people here who want to say hello, thought it was best now rather than later," she said her eyes slipping to Harry who nodded after looking at Ginny.

Charlie appeared then moving across the room to pull his sister into a hug, "how you doing Hun," he asked as she sat back into the pillows.

"Oh I've been better, but I'm not too bad," she said with a smile.

He nodded and kissed her forehead promising to be outside with everyone else as long as she needed him. He slipped from the room back to his girlfriend who had decided to wait outside. Sirius appeared in the doorway next and harry stood to great him with a hug, "hey pup how you holding up," he asked Harry and Ginny laughed.

"Shouldn't you be asking me that," she said as she held her arms out inviting him for a hug.

Laughing Sirius obliged wrapping her into a hug and kissing her on the cheek softly, "nonsense I know you'll do fine it's this one here that'll fall apart."

Ginny laughed at Harry's frown and the three of them chatted for a few minutes until Remus and Tonks appeared.

Tonks rushed up to sit on the bed next to Ginny and the two of them chatted happily.

"We left Teddy and Sarah with Andromeda for a while figured we might be here into the night," Remus said as he patted harry on the back.

The five chatted for a few more minutes until Harry could feel how uncomfortable Ginny was growing again and the other three excused themselves to join the others in the front room.

Sirius wasn't surprised to find the all of the Weasleys were gathered with their respective partners, even Percy arrived with Audrey in tow who was very quiet. Molly quickly slipped from the gathering to Ginny's side but everyone else stayed in the front room chatting happily. After an hour or two Hermione and Fleur cooked everyone up a meal as they settled in for the long hale knowing it could be hours.

It was some time after eleven when Molly appeared in the doorway smiling at everyone.

"It'll be any minute now," she said and Arthur pulled her into a hug, "the mediwitch from Mungo's is here, but Ginny seems to be doing fine on her own," with that she disappeared back into the room to find Harry sat behind his wife her body resting against his chest.

Ginny's hair was plastered to her face with sweat and she was obviously tired but she was still smiling softly as her mother returned. Molly rushed back to the head of the bed taking her daughters hand and giving Harry's shoulder a squeeze.

The mediwitch smiled at Molly her eyes twinkling, "alright ladies and gentlemen I think it's time. Like we practiced Ginny, take a deep breath and push ok on the next contraction," Ginny nodded and gripped at Harry's knee tighter.

Taking a deep breath she pushed and Harry felt every bit of the pain she was in. Closing his eyes he concentrated on pulling as much of it into himself as he could since Ginny was too distracted to fight him off. He knew instantly he had lessened the pain enough for her to be able to handle it and he smiled.

"Ok Ginny you're doing great, I can see the top of the head," the mediwitch said as she fussed around and Ginny collapsed back against Harry chest.

He kissed her hair and ran his hand along her stomach as he knew she liked.

"I think this next push should do it," she said and with a nod Ginny bared down again and Harry felt like screaming while Ginny kept perfectly quiet only moaning ever so softly.

"Hold it there Gin," the mediwitch called and Ginny collapsed back against Harry's chest, "alright Hun one more and lets welcome this little one into the world."

Taking a breath Ginny pushed one last time and then they heard it, the most glorious sound in the world.

Out in the front room everyone had fallen silent until that first cry ripped through the air. Hermione jumped to her feet, suddenly crying and then everyone was cheering as they listened to a baby who most definitely had a wonderful set of lungs.

Inside the room the mediwitch placed the baby on Ginny's stomach and the couple looked down to see their baby for the first time. Ginny wrapped the still mewling baby in her arms, pulling her against her chest where she quickly undid her maternity top so the little one could have skin to skin contact with her.

"Hello my angel," she whispered as the baby grasped at her bare skin with little fists.

Harry reached out running his hand across the top of the baby's damn head smiling at the shock of black hair he could see.

"Welcome to the world baby girl," he whispered then turned to kiss his wife thoroughly.

Molly stood by and watched with tears in her eyes at the little family, "should I tell everyone?" she asked and harry looked up at her with a small nod.

She leaned down to kiss her daughter and her new granddaughter and rushed from the room to find everyone celebrating in the front room. Everyone stopped as one when they saw her and turned with bated breath.

"It's a girl," she called happily and the cheering began again and Arthur pulled his wife into a hug.

Sometime later Harry looked down at the little bundle of pink he held in his arms and smiled unsure of how he was going to fit as much love as he felt inside his body. He felt like it was going to over flow his soul and he didn't care. Looking at this miracle he knew life couldn't get any better. Just then the little one opened her eyes and he smiled as he looked into deep chocolate eyes of her mother.

"She has your eyes Gin," he whispered as he looked up at his wife who was resting on the bed happily.

"And your unruly hair apparently," she laughed as Harry walked forwards with the baby.

He settled into the chair next to Ginny and she reached out to place a hand on her daughter a content smile of her lips.

"What are we going to call her," he asked looking up at his wife.

"I think we should pick the first name we had," she said fighting back a yawn.

Harry grinned at his wife, his eyes twinkling as he looked back down at his baby. When he looked up again it was to find Ginny was fast asleep a small smile on her lips.

He rose to his feet and pressed a kiss to her forehead before he turned to leave the room and introduce his daughter to her family. When he slipped into the front room everyone didn't see him at first and he just simply watched as his family celebrated smiling at them until Bill spotted him and called for everyone to be quiet.

"Everyone I would like to introduce you to Lily Molly Potter," he said beaming out at everyone who all called happily.

Soon enough little Lily was being passed around the room everyone taking their turns to hold the little bundle. Hermione cried openly when it was her turn and Ron hugged the both of them. Fleur whispered to her in French and beamed when the little one gripped her finger. The twins held her between them beaming at the little one who blinked up at them quietly.

Eventually Harry was able to retrieve his daughter promising everyone they would get a turn again soon. As he turned to leave Sirius caught him in a hug.

"Congratulations pup, she is truly beautiful," he said as he looked down at little Lily, pushing a lock of her thick black hair from her face.

"I know," Harry replied softly as he turned to go back to his waiting wife.

A/N well there you have the folks I hope you enjoyed my little story xx