2002 || Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley Story

2006: Second Pregnancy Announcement

It was another day at Potter's household. Ginny and Harry were at the dining table, trying to make Teddy and James Sirius finish their vegetable. Harry was watching over Teddy who was still playing with all the baked honey glazed carrots on his plate while James broke of Ginny's grasp and ran around to the pantry.

"James, come back to the table; you haven't finished the carrots," Ginny shouted as Harry ran to catch the running 2-year-old infant. "And Teddy, before you succeed running away, stay on your seat and let's finish the veggies," She caught Teddy by his collar and sat him on the dining table.

"Yeah, Ted. Have some," Harry said as he put James on his baby chair and took the liberty to feed the 8-year-old boy the remaining vegetable. "I promise you a Quidditch practise after you finish your meal, right?" The boy nodded. "Then, what are you waiting for, finish the food. I won't leave you. I'm here, waiting for you to finish up and we can go to the park for Quidditch practice."

"But why should I? Vegetables are no fun," Teddy whined.

"It would help you to do the training properly, Ted," Harry smiled softly as he patiently fed the 8-year-old boy the remaining steamed veggies from Teddy's plate. Ginny watched her husband with a smile plastered on her face. A full and contented smile.

"Harry, I need to tell you something," Ginny said, tugging on Harry's long-sleeved shirt. She was hiding a test pen in the back pocket of her shorts.

"What is it, Gin?" Harry asked while feeding Teddy.

"Uh... Harry, I-- I'm pregnant again," Ginny said, showing the pregnancy test to her husband. 

"Oh, Merlin, Ginny," Harry hugged his wife tightly. "I love you." 

"Does that mean I'll be forgotten?" Teddy said as he slumped on the dining table.

"Teddy," Harry squatted by the boy's side. "Why did you say that?" he asked.

"Because all of my friends said that having a brother or sister means losing our parents attention and love for me. I don't want you to leave me, Papa," Teddy cried. 

"Oh, Teddy. You won't lose me. I will always love you. Why would your friend said that?" Harry hugged the boy and kissed the top of his head. "Papa and Ninny would never leave you, Ted. I promise."

"Ninny, you promise?" Teddy offered his pinky finger.

"I promise, Ted. You'll get to share your toys, your clothes and your books. But Papa and Ninny will always be here," Ginny linked her pinky finger to the young boy's pinky finger. 

"Papa, when will I leave this lame elementary school?" Teddy asked excitedly.

"When your letter come, Ted," Harry said as Teddy took the last bite of his vegetable. "And now, for a great job on finishing the veggies, I'll take you to the park and do our drills," Harry said as he put Teddy on his shoulder.

"Papa, I love you," Teddy said as he hugged Harry's head. Ginny smiled gently upon Teddy's heart-to-heart talk about another baby brother in the oven. 

Teddy surely wanted all Harry's attention to him. But with James around Teddy had to share all Harry and Ginny's attention with the little baby.

"I love you too, Teddy," Harry smiled and Teddy's legs to prevent him from falling.

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Harry's POV

James, my son, was turning two in the coming months. Ginny tried so hard to make him eat boiled vegetables. It took us  (with the help of Andromeda and Luna) eight years to make Teddy finally finish his boiled veggies platter. And now, James seemed to be copying his big brother. So far, I saw Ginny doing good at being a mother; I was amazed seeing her patiently feeding James while telling him the veggie fables she made up herself so James would stay still in his baby seater and eat the seasoned boiled veggies.

It was another morning with the veggie drama at the Potter's residence. Ginny and I decided to rebuild the Godric's Hollow house for our family to settle in because believe it or not, and we are expecting our second child. With Teddy moving to my full custody, James turning two, and Ginny getting pregnant with our second son, I would have to help Ginny in homeschooling James and Teddy. 

I didn't put Teddy to Muggle Elementary School for some reasons. Although Teddy is familiar to Muggle terminologies and technologies, Ginny, Andromeda and I agreed on homeschooling him. For James, we believe it's best to homeschool him before he pulled any of his nursery classmate's chair and making all parents make all the fusses about 'the very naughty infant of yours...', James is very much alike Dad and Sirius. He knew how to have fun and get into trouble at the same time. With Teddy, everything was different. He's a metamprohagus, he could change into any form at his will, and if Teddy did this at the school, his peers might have thought he's a freak and I couldn't afford to see him being taunted just like what I experienced when I was little back then.

grabbed"Teddy, follow me," Harry said doing the modified manoeuvre he created when he was a seeker back then. "Without falling."

"Papa, my broom is only a toy broom. Can I do what a firebolt could do?" Teddy frowned.

"Sure, if you try hard enough and practise long enough, a toy broom won't matter anymore," Harry nodded. "Ron once saved Gryffindor from losing a goal to Slytherin with an old broom we used for the first years' flying class."

"Okay, papa," Teddy tried copying my movements and he fell on his knee because he couldn't find his balance. "Ouch," he cried.

"There there, Ted," Harry smiled and helped Teddy up. 

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