'What the hell are you doing again, George?'
The whole family was once again atthe burrow for their weekly meal. Ginny was very pregnant and walking longer distances was becoming more and more difficult. Even sitting became uncomfortable after a while, so she lay on one of the two sofas in the Weasleys' living room, her head resting on Harry's lap, looking at George who was slowly walking towards her with a small device in his hand.
'It's a video camera, a great Muggle invention. I can film everything with it,' her older brother answered her question.
She rolled her eyes. 'I know how a camera works. I'm not that stupid. I was much more interested in what you were going to do with it again.'
'Ah!' George started to smile. 'The idea came to me recently when I recorded the beautiful photo shooting with Mum, which is a shame since you're so far along in your pregnancy, but I wanted us to capture more moments as a family. Later on, your little one can have a look at the videos and also all the other children who will be born in this family later on. Then they can see what it was like before they were born,' he explained.
He flipped out the small screen on the camera and pointed it at Ginny, who stared at him in bewilderment.
'It is Saturday 20 September 2003,' George began, which made Harry laugh. 'What?' his brother-in-law asked, pointing the camera at him.
'Oh nothing, I just think it sounds really stupid the way you say it. Besides, you don't even have to say that because the video file is saved under today's date,' Harry remarked as he stroked his wife's hair.
Know-it-all,' George merely retorted, pointing the camera back at his sister. 'Ginny is currently thirty-eight weeks pregnant and Baby Potter could be on their way at any moment. Is there anything you want to say, Ginny?'
She stroked her stomach with one hand and smiled. 'I'm looking forward to when Baby Potter finally arrives. Especially because I won't have to go to the bathroom every half hour and I'll finally be able to see my feet again.' She heard Harry snort in amusement and then added, 'But of course I'm also looking forward to finally meeting Baby Potter.'
George nodded and pointed the camera at Harry. 'And what do you have to say to that?'
'I'm looking forward to it when Gin isn't so hormonal anymore. Ouch!' he said as Ginny slapped him on the upper arm. 'Of course, I'm just kidding. I'm looking forward to the nappy changes and the sleepless nights.'
'Who wouldn't?!' retorted George, pointing the camera at himself. 'Now let's talk to Baby Potter's future godfather. And yes, I'm still offended that it's not me but Ronald.' He panned the device to Ron, who was sitting in one of the armchairs with a smug smile on his face. 'Are you ready to be a godfather?'
'I was made for this job! Besides, he or she will be my sister and best friend's child, so that means Baby Potter is even more special to me,' Ron said.
'Yeah, that's enough from you too. Unfortunately, we can't speak to the godmother-to-be today as she had to work. Instead, we can speak to Dominique, who will soon have a cousin.'
George crouched down to film his youngest niece lying on the floor next to Fleur and Angelina, giving her uncle a smile. Her dark red hair contrasted sharply with her bright blue eyes fixed on George.
'Are you looking forward to meeting your cousin?' As expected, four-month-old Dominique did not answer, but tried to reach for the camera that was above her with one hand.
'She's very excited to 'ave someone to play with later,' Fleur answered vicariously.
'And what do you two think Harry and Ginny's baby will look like?' asked George addressing his sister-in-law and his girlfriend. 'And will it be a boy or a girl?'
'I think it's going to be a girl with Ginny's 'air and 'arry's eyes,' Fleur answered directly.
'I think it will be a boy with Ginny's hair and Harry's eyes,' Angelina replied.
'It's going to be a girl with Harry's hair and his eyes,' Ron cut in. 'Hermione also thinks it's going to be a girl but with Harry's hair and Ginny's eyes.'
'No! It's one hundred percent going to be a boy!' shouted Ginny, at which point her brother turned the camera back on her.
'What makes you so sure, Gin-Gin?'
She raised an eyebrow. 'Maternal intuition,' she replied simply.
George turned away again and went into the kitchen. 'Mum, what do you think what sex Ginny and Harry's baby will have and what it will look like.'
Molly smiled excitedly. 'A boy with Harry's eyes and Harry's hair,' she replied directly.
'Mum, you're forgetting that the Weasley genes are very strong,' Bill remarked, sitting at the table with Charlie. 'That's why it's definitely going to be a boy with red hair and blue eyes!'
'No way! It's going to be a girl, which looks just like Ginny,' Charlie said as George pointed the camera at him.
'If you're watching this, Baby Potter, this is your Uncle Charlie, who came all the way to England from Romania a week ago to meet you right when you're born,' he explained and then left the kitchen and went outside. 'What a slimeball, he just wants to be the godfather of the next child,' George added loudly.
'Uncle George!' a voice sounded as he entered the garden of the burrow.
'Hello Victoire!' George smiled at the blonde girl. 'Do you think it's great that Aunt Ginny and Uncle Harry are having a baby?' he asked her.
Victoire nodded in response and grinned at the camera.
'And do you think it will be a girl or a boy?'
'Girl!' she replied directly. 'Boys are stupid. Except Teddy!'
George put a hand to his chest in mock shock. 'I'm a boy too. I thought you liked me, Vicky!'
His niece laughed. 'I like you too. And also Daddy and Uncle Harry and Uncle Percy and Uncle Charlie and Uncle Ron and Grandpa.'
'Shall we go and see Uncle Percy and Grandpa and ask them what they think Aunt Ginny's and Uncle Harry's baby is going to be?' asked George, taking his niece's hand as she nodded. She pulled him towards the two men who were sitting on a bench talking.
'Grandpa, is Aunt Ginny and Uncle Harry's baby going to be a boy or a girl?' asked Victoire.
Arthur smiled. 'I can't tell you, but I think it's going to be a boy who looks like Ginny.'
'I think it's going to be a girl who has Harry's hair and Ginny's eyes,' Percy countered as the camera focused on him. 'Audrey thinks so too.'
~
After promising Victoire he would play with her in a moment, George walked back into the burrow and entered the living room.
He turned the camera back on Harry and Ginny, who was just sitting down again after getting up to go to the toilet, as she did twice an hour, much to her chagrin.
'The poll showed that four people think it's going to be a boy and seven think it's going to be a girl,' he announced to his sister and brother-in-law. 'What do you think Harry?'
The latter shrugged his shoulders. 'I couldn't care less.'
'But what does your gut say?'
'Boy.'
'Okay, Ginny says boy too and so do I, which means we're tied at seven to seven. I guess it's going to take a little while to figure out who was right,' George said.
Ginny groaned. 'Please not too much longer!'