chapter 13 - Lily luna potter
George's twenty ninth birthday was an eventful occasion. Of course, the celebration had never been the same since Fred's death, but overtime the family had grown accustomed to celebrate the occasion rather than concentrating solely on the loss of Fred.
This year, as the clock struck midnight, the Healer passed Ginny her newborn baby.
"It's a girl," The healer said, kindly.
"Huh?" Ginny gasped, weeping and beaming as she cradled her daughter.
"You've got a baby girl," The healer repeated, smiling down at her.
"That's amazing," Ginny whispered, pulling back the blankets to show her daughter's perfect face. "Oh, do we know what time she was born? I've completely lost track..."
"Er, Gin," Harry said, grinning at the Healer. "A slightly more important question is what date."
"Why?" Ginny said, confused. "What do you mean?"
"She was born dot on midnight, by my watch," The Healer said.
"And mine," Harry added.
"Oh," Ginny said slowly, comprehension dawning on her. "So she's got the same birthday as Fr- as George."
"Yeah," Harry said, a lump in his throat. "Speaking of which, I expect we're going to have some visitors later on in the day."
"Oh, great," Ginny said sarcastically.
Harry smiled at her, bent down, took her head in his hands and kissed her.
"Well done baby," He whispered.
*
Unlike Albus', Lily's birth had been relatively trouble free, so Ginny and Lily were allowed to return home later that same day.
Ginny was overwhelmed and happy as Harry stepped back to let her through the threshold, carrying Lily in a carrier. She had a perfect, baby daughter with soft, chocolate eyes and a few tufts of red hair.
Ron and Hermione greeted them as they entered their home in Godric's Hollow - they had been looking after Teddy, James and Albus whilst Ginny and Harry had been at the hospital.
"Congratulations!" Hermione squealed, as soon as Ginny stepped into the hallway. She ran at her best friend and bent down to look at the baby.
"She's tiny!" Hermione exclaimed. "Really, really small!"
Ginny laughed. It was true, Lily was much, much smaller than either James or Albus had been. Her 'newborn' pink baby grow was slightly too big for her and she seemed to disappear in it when she wriggled around in the cradle.
Ginny glanced up from her daughter to look at Hermione, who was watching Lily wistfully.
"Do you want to hold her?" Ginny said, smiling so that her tongue stuck out of the side of her mouth.
"Yes please," Hermione grinned, biting her bottom lip.
Ginny laughed as she bent down to unstrap Lily and hand her to Hermione, who rocked her gently as she smiled and talked to her.
"You're gorgeous, you are," She cooed. "You're going to be an amazing, beautiful girl, aren't you? Yes you are, yes you are!"
Ron rolled his eyes behind Hermione's back and Harry smirked as he picked up a small bag Ginny had taken to the hospital in case she had to stay overnight and dodged past Hermione to the kitchen where he could hear Teddy and James.
