Authors note: This chapter flowed out of my fingers too easily. A cute little chapter. Enjoy! I don't own Harry Potter. Blessed be J K Rowling!
Green-gills
Chapter Twenty-three - Thursday July 15th
One week later
Harry Potter was woken suddenly with a start. Sitting in his large bed. He glances at his daughter's bassinet, she is still sleeping peacefully. He was wondering what had woken him when he heard the noise again. A terrible retching sound. Right on queue for Draco's 'eighth week' of pregnancy. Morning sickness!
"Arggh" Draco sputtered and coughed in the ensuite bathroom. Harry quietly climbed out of bed and went to the door which was slightly ajar.
"Do you need anything?" He whispered through the crack. Draco just groaned. Their daughter woke as her father retched again.
By noon Draco was starting to feel normal again, he had kept down some food and the small family were ready to go over to the Weasley's for a visit, as highly requested by...everyone. They had agreed to meet at The Borrow.
"Hang on, I'll just grab another nappy!" Draco rushed back though the house. The boys were starting to realize that getting ready to leave with a baby was not as straightforward as it was before her but finally they were ready to leave.
Mrs Weasley saw them as they approached the house with little Rosie. She came rushing out of the ramshackle family home to greet them.
"Hello!" She said excitedly "how's my little Rosie posy?" She asked as she enveloped Harry into a bear hug and then moved on to the little bundle in Draco's arms. She gave him a gentler hug as to not to crush the baby and then scooped her up with zero protest from her daddies. "Come come!" She ordered ushering them inside.
Once everyone was greeted and had drinks the baby snuggles and chit-chat commenced in the Weasley cozy living room. Molly settled herself next to her husband, Ron and Hermione occupied one of the two love-seats and Harry and Draco claimed another. Percy was perched on a footstool and Ginny was settled on the rug with her legs folded and her back against the arm of Ron's armrest.
"What will you do now Ginny?" Harry asked the young redhead women. The friends had ended up graduating in the same year, as the older students final year was so disrupted by the war, some had returned for another year to complete their schooling.
"Oh...well I have a few offers from different professional women's quidditch teams…" she started to say looking up from little Rosie in her arms.
"Oh wow Gin!...that's amazing!" Harry exclaimed Draco nodded fervently beside him.
"We are so proud of her!" Molly gushed, patting her husband's knee. He looked up from his copy of the daily prophet and made affirmative noises.
"My sister!" Ron beamed with pride. Hermione grinned next to her boyfriend. It was not the first time most of them heard the news but they still wanted to show their support.
"Our sister!" Percy piped up.
"But…" she said holding up her hand and the room became quiet, so she carried on "...i think I'm gonna take a gap year...and I dunno work in a pub or as an au pair or maybe an alchemists assistant" she trailed off. Draco's ears perked up when she said au pair.
"That makes sense" Harry nodded. Before he could say anymore, Draco lean forward in his chair to look seriously at the girl.
"Like an au pair for your brother?" He probed intensely. Ginny looked a little surprised.
"Uh...whomever" she answered a little bewildered. "Are you asking me?" She probed back and it was Draco's turn to blush.
"Perhaps I am" he looked at Harry pointedly. They had been sitting on the big news, while they sipped Molly's wonderful homemade lemonade and took turns holding baby Rosie.
"The thing is…" Harry paused wondering how to phrase this. "We will be needing a little extra support, with two babies in the house" he said subtlety. The room exploded with excitement! Ron as always he was left looking confused, he looked at Hermione and she explained it to him.
"Draco is going to have another baby!" Hermione told him with laughter in her voice, the proud new parents nodded in confirmation.
"Oh my gosh boys! That's so exciting!" Molly gushed again.
"Congratulations" Arthur Weasley said, putting his paper aside.
"So soon?" Percy asked in a non-judgement way.
"Yeah it was another surprise, but the midwife confirmed it yesterday at our check up" Harry smiled.
"Of course I'll help out when the baby comes" she grinned at them, rocking Rosie, who was fussing in the commotion.
"Wow mate...two. I'm sorry I'm not volunteering to babysit both!" He said half joking, half panicking at the thought.
"Will it move as quickly?" Hermione asked intrigued and everyone went quiet to listen.
"Yes...but not as quickly as Rosie" Draco nodded.
"The midwife said September" Harry finished the answer.
"Oh wow, so Rosie will only be four months older than her sibling" Percy did the math.
"Practically twins" Molly said wistfully, thinking about her lost son. Everyone nodded as they gave a little thought to the fallen Weasley.
As the afternoon wore on and they had consumed a considerable amount of tea and scones, cream and jam and Draco started to nod off in his chair and Harry took that as a sign that it was time to leave.
"Thanks so much for having us" Harry said, giving Draco a nudge. He snapped to attention and thanked everyone as well. He made quick work of packing up all of Rosie's things and there were many hugs and kisses for all three of them.
They said most of their goodbyes inside and only Ginny followed them out. Being sure to give the baby girl one last kiss.
"We should hang out again soon" Draco said to the beautiful red haired women who was showing them out.
"Yeah I'd like that. Oh! We could go on a double date!" Ginny said excitedly. When the men looked curious she added "I just started dating Cho" she blushed.
"Oh..wow" Harry said, a little embarrassed because both of his exes were dating each other and he couldn't help but be slightly aroused by this.
"That sounds fun!" Draco agreed with a grin and a chuckle as they waved their last goodbyes.
It had been a long day and the couple were tired, Rosie was asleep for now but they had learned newborns do not sleep through the night. It was still pretty early around eight thirty but they were getting ready for bed. They crawled into their bed with one lamp on the bedside table, casting a warm glow over them.
"You know I've been thinking…" Draco started to say, snuggling into Harry's chest. Harry made an affirmative noise and used the hand on his cradling arm to casually rub the blonde's lower back. "..about a date with Ginny and Cho, if you were interested…" he implied with his silence, that it could be more than just an innocent double date" he chuckled when he looked up from his resting place on Harry's bare chest and saw him blushing intensely.
"Really?" Harry asked incredulously craning to see his lover's face for a sign of jest but he just looked at him seriously.
"As long as I can watch" he stipulated. Harry was grinning from ear to ear. 'But what if they didn't want to?' He thought. The thought killing the grin. He sighed 'Oh well, a man an dream' his thoughts melted as he drifted off to sleep.
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