This is it the final chapter of After The Sun Rose: James

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After The Sun Rose: Albus.

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Chapter 12

Early Risers

"Dadadadada dadddddeeeee dadadadadadadada daaaddddeeeeedaaaaaaddddddee eeeeee."

Harry walked into James' room and smiled at his young son standing in his crib holding the bars and bouncing. The little boy's face broke into a huge grin and he started to giggle before Harry ever reached him.

"Heya Dadadadaaaddeee."

Harry chuckled and ruffled the shock of messy black hair.

"Hiya Scamp. You know it isn't time to wake up and party at 3 in the morning little boy? It is night night time."

James cackled and shook his head back and forth, bouncing the whole time.

"No no no, no nap no nigh nigh. Dadada pway dadada pway. No no nigh nigh."

Harry sighed in defeat, knowing it was a lost cause and lifted the toddler into his arms.

"Jamie, you are going to be the death of me, honest to Merlin."

"Amie pway, dadddaaddeee pway" he squealed as Harry walked him down the hall towards the family sitting room.

He could close the door to the room and keep it so that he and James were the only two awake. Or rather, that was the plan before he walked by Teddy's room.

Bubbbbiiieeee Buuubbbbiiieeeeee. TetetetetetetetiiieeeeeeePWA YPWAYPWAY BUBBBBIIIEEEE!" James yelled before Harry could stop him.

He tried to cover his mouth and rush him into the room but as he sat down and placed James in front of a few baby toys the door to the room was pushed open and a sleepy Teddy walked through, his sandy blonde curls falling into his eyes. He walked over and sat next to Harry on the sofa, leaning over into his arms. Harry smiled and pulled him up onto his lap, ruffling the curls as they shortened and turned turquoise, they never stayed in their natural state for long.

"Daddy I am still sleepy." He yawned.

"Me too little man, but your brother seems to be wide awake."

At the sound of his big brother's voice James turned and wobbled over as fast as he could.

"Tetie tetie. Hiya bubbie hiya pway! Amie ans bubbie pway Rawr rawr pway rawr bubbie."

Harry knew from the look on Teddy's face that he was a goner. It was hard to say no when James' hazel eyes lit up like they were right now the baby's constant excitement was hard to say no to.

"Aw Jamie it is night time not play time. Your brother is sleepy." Teddy whined.

"No nigh nigh, pway Amie, pway Amie pease."

The little dark headed boy pouted out his bottom lip dramatically and toddled off to pick up his stuffed dragon, or his Rawr as he called it. Teddy huffed and stood, walked over and picked up his own dragon to play with.

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Ginny woke late that morning, which was unusual for a Sunday, normally James would have them awake by the break of dawn. She looked at her watch noting that it was after ten in the morning. The boys had to be up as Harry was missing so she walked out of the room, going first to the breakfast nook, knowing that the boys ate fairly quickly after waking in the mornings.

"Hello Miss. Can Squinkie get you something to eat?" the cheery house elf asked happily bouncing from foot to foot.

"No, not right now, I don't feel very good this morning, but thank you. Squinkie have you seen my boys? They appear to be missing."

The little elf nodded her head.

"Squinkie served them breakfast at 7 this morning, and icecream at 4 earlier this morning. I am thinking they are still in the sitting room in the family wing." She squeaked.

Ginny sighed at the thought of her husband and sons hyped up on ice cream at 4 am."

She drug herself back up the steps and into the family sitting room. She pushed open the door and couldn't stop her smile at the sight that greeted her. Harry was sprawled on his back on the floor, his head resting on a dragon, smudges of chocolate on his lips and traces of what she was certain were chocolate kisses on his cheeks. Teddy was laying with his head on Harry's stomach. His cheeks and chin both bore the signs of chocolate icecream. He was curled up around a blue stuffed dragon sleeping soundly with Harry's hand laid on his side. Then wrapped securely in his Daddy's arm, head on his chest and legs thrown over his big brother's shoulders was her baby boy. There was no doubt that he had been eating ice cream. The evidence was all over his face, arms and his hair was even matted together with it. The sight was so precious that she couldn't bring herself to wake them so she lay down on the sofa beside them and allowed herself to drift back off to sleep.

Harry awoke when he felt a sticky face peel off of his bare chest. He opened his eyes and looked at his chocolatey baby boy rub his sticky eyes.

"Hey little boy, how long did we go back to sleep for?"

He craned his neck, trying to see the clock without waking Teddy when he realized that Ted was no longer on his stomach. He sat up and pulled James into his arms before standing. When he turned he saw Ginny asleep on their overstuffed sofa and Teddy curled into her arms, both of them covered with a soft blanket. He smile and looked at the clock, surprised to see that it was nearly 12:30 in the afternoon, James had went back to sleep for nearly 4 and a half hours.

"Alright scamp, let's get you into the tub you sticky mess."

James' whole face lit up.

"Baf? Baf! AYAYAYAY BAF!" he shouted, waking up the remaining sleepy members of the family.

Harry shook his head is dismay as first Teddy sat up and rubbed his eyes and then Ginny leaned up a bit and laid right back down. Harry looked at her, concerned. He leaned down and kissed her lightly on the cheek.

"You aren't well." He said firmly.

"I know." She practically whispered.

"I am going to get these two in the bath and then see if mum will come stay with them, we are going to the hospital."

She shook her head frantically.

"No, really, I'll be fine, I will. I am just tired, and sore. It isn't contractions Harry, I know how they feel."

"Squinkie." He called.

The little elf appeared in front of him instantly.

"Yes sirs what can I do for you sirs." She said excitedly.

"Can you do me a huge favor Squinkie? Can you pop over to Andromeda's for me? Can you see if she would mind coming to watch the boys for me for a while, or even if they wouldn't mind the boys coming to stay with them for the afternoon?"

"Of course master Harry, of course." She instantly popped out of sight.

He shook his head, he had tried to get her to drop the master business but so far it had yet to work. They didn't have her do much for them and Harry would have freed her if she hadn't plead with him not to. He did like having her around though.

He sighed deeply and waived his wand, silently using a cleansing spell on both boys.

"Alright Jamie, Gramma Andromeda is going to give you a bath yay! For now, let's go play dragons with Teddy."

"But daddy I already played dragons with him today." Teddy whined.

Harry gave him a look that silenced him.

"I know, but I would appreciate it if you could play with him for the couple of minutes it will take your Gramma to get here. I need to help your mum and can't do it with Jamie crawling up my arm." He said as Jamie's bum was now level with his ear.

He walked Jamie over to the alcove that held many of the boys toys and handed him the dragon he was playing with earlier ad Teddy slouched over dragging the one he had been using.

"Rawr Bubbbie Rawr!" the little boy said, excitedly jumping up and down.

Teddy glanced nervously back at Ginny before turning to his little brother.

"Yes Jamie, Rawr." He said unenthusiastically.

Harry put up the protection charm to keep James in the alcove and Teddy from hearing their conversation. He walked back to the sofa where Ginny had managed to sit up but was looking very white.

"Gin, you are sick, you have been sick. You had Jamie early and I think that we at the very least need to go see Katie. I would feel better if I knew both you and our son in there were alright, you could be sick because he is in trouble you know." He said gently, sitting down beside her.

"I know, I just, I don't want this one here early, it is five weeks to soon, even earlier than it was with James. I just want to keep him in there as long as I can." She whimpered.

He pulled her into his arms and kissed her head.

"Well love, this might just be as long as you can, if he is safer in our arms than in your belly than so be it, we know how to take care of a tiny one, and really would another one just like James be so bad?" he said with a glint in his eye.

"What are you trying to do, put both of us in an early grave? Merlin help us if he is just like his older brother." She said as he chuckled.

They saw the fire in front of them turn green, as this was the normal room into which their family flooed, just as they heard the pop suggesting Squinkie's return. Andromeda and her new husband both stepped out of the fire and into the room, dusting themselves off.

"You called for reinforcements?" Andromeda said with a smile as Harry stood and hugged her.

"Yes, I need to take Ginny to see Katie, she isn't doing well and this is right around the time that James came too so I am not certain when we will be back. You don't mind do you?"

"Mind playing with my grandsons? Never. Go on but make sure you keep me updated and I will tell Molly."

Harry hugged her again and shook Daniel's hand before waving his wand and releasing the pent up boys from their area.

"You boys better get over here and give your Gramma some love." She said loudly,

Both boys turned and ran for her, well Teddy ran, James wobbled screaming and squealing the whole way.

"Gramma, Gramma!" Teddy shouted as he launched himself into her outstretched arms. He was there for a good minute before James ever reached them.

Not to be outdone by his older brother he grinned hugely.

"Gma Gma Gma." And attempted to throw himself at her but merely threw himself to the floor.

She chuckled and lifted him into her arms.

"Well look at you, big boy! And why are you sticky?"

Harry blushed, he wasn't the best with cleaning charms.

"Amie cweam num num num, Tetie cweam, num num num. Gma baf Gma baf!"

Daniel and Andromeda both laughed at the rambling of the toddler while Teddy just shook his head.

"Jamie was up all night Gramma, so Daddy let us have ice cream at 4 in the morning! And we played and he let me change the colors of the ceiling with his wand and I accidentally changed Jamie green! And then we…." He continued on in his summary of their early morning steadily earning Harry more chuckles from the grandparents and more glares from his wife.

"Right, well we need to get going now so you boys behave. He picked each of them up planted a kiss on them both before leaning them over Ginny to allow her to do the same. Then he helped her up and rushed her out of the house both to get to the healer's fast and to escape the trouble that his son was getting him into.