…The Finale…
I sat in our house. Then I heard crying, so I got up. I went into the nursery. "Aww! Mommy's baby! Why are you awake? Shh. You'll wake your siblings.", I whispered. Lucia was crying. I picked her up and she stopped.
"You spoiled brat.", I scolded jokingly. The other two shifted and I stilled. Just then the other two woke up. I groaned as the cries of Devin and Cianna made Lucia cry. I picked the other two up and carried all three into the living room.
I put them down and they stopped crying. They played on the floor. I laid down and played beside them for a few hours.
I heard the front door open as I played with the babies. "Daddy didn't even tell mommy he wouldn't be home. Can you guess how mad mommy is?", I spoke softly but I knew Blaise could hear me. I heard him put his things down and came over.
Lucia crawled over to her father. "Traitor!", I muttered. I played with Devin and Cianna. "Charlotte.", he started. Devin crawled over to the play area. I picked up Cianna and sat on the couch.
She giggled as I tickled her. Blaise sighed, "Charlotte look at me, please!" I turned to Blaise. I put Cianna in the play area with Devin and Blaise put Lucia in the pen too.
He grabbed my hand and led me to the kitchen where we could still watch the triplets. "Charlotte stop pouting.", he sighed. Aithne and Agni sang over the play pen until the babies fell asleep.
He stepped closer. "Charlotte. Look at me.", he placed his hands on my hips. I looked up at him. I melted as I made eye contact. His face was close to mine. I shuddered as I felt his hands traced up my arms to my face.
I stepped a bit closer. "Leave at least a note next time.", I scolded him as I kissed him. He chuckled, "Yes ma'am." I wrapped my arms around him pulling him into another kiss.
The doorbell rang and the babies let out a scream of frustration at being woken up. "Damn.", he mumbled. I felt the same. He went to the door and I went to calm the babies.
The guests came in. It was Charlie and Izzy. I shot them a look. They held up their hands in surrender. Izzy hurried over to play with Lucia. Ava and Fred came in next. Devin crawled over to Fred who picked him up. Cianna sat in my lap watching the room carefully.
She put her head in my neck and I patted her back lightly. Blaise came back into the room. Ava sat on the couch with Fred and Devin.
Charlie watched Izzy and Lucia from where he stood by the bookcase. "Do you want to go to uncle Charlie?", Fred asked a giggly Devin. Charlie scoffed. I watched as Charlie joined Izzy.
Lucia cooed at him and his face softened. Izzy put Lucia gently in his arms. Cianna began babbling and I looked at her. Aithne and Agni began to chirp along with her babbling, and I laughed.
Blaise sat by me. "They've been like this for months now. Babbling and chirping back and forth.", he explained to a very confused Ava.
She nodded. Cianna crawled over to her father. I scoffed. "I've been abandoned.", I sighed dramatically. We talked for a bit. We were waiting on Draco and Astoria, Ron and Hermione, and Harry and Ginny.
Charlie was warming up to Lucia. We heard knocking. Blaise got up with Cianna and went to the door. Devin babbled at me. I babbled back.
He giggled and went back to his aunt and uncle. Our newest guests came in the room. I jumped up to hug Astoria and Ginny. Hermione had Cianna in her arms already.
"How come we didn't get hugs?", Izzy complained. I waved her off. "You were preoccupied with the three terrors.", I joked. She laughed. "That's not fair. They're adorable! And I haven't seen them in months.", she poked me.
The babies eventually fell back asleep and I put them in the nursery. I returned to the others. The boys were all talking in a circle. I sat by Ava and Ginny. "What are you up to Char?", Izzy asked.
"I'm going on assignment tomorrow. Grandma Rowell is going to watch the terrors while Blaise is at work.", I responded. "Assignment?", Hermione asked with interest, "Surely not volcanoes and dragons again."
I shook my head. "Iguazu Falls, trolls, occamies, fairies, ghouls, and maybe a cockatrice or two keeping us from finding some artifacts and artworks.", I answered nonchalantly. A pillow hit my head.
I turned to see Blaise turning back to the other guys. "I think someone is upset!", Astoria laughed. I threw the pillow back at him, but he caught it. I sighed and the girls and I went to my studio.
I had translations and files everywhere. I waved my wand and they stacked into organized files. Hermione was looking at some of my paintings. "These are beautiful!", she exclaimed. I rifled through my stacks and pulled a painting out.
"I think you'll like this one better.", I suggested. It was a painting of her and Ron laughing on our last group vacation. She smiled then blushed. Our last vacation was to the Bahamas and she was wearing a gorgeous bikini in the painting.
She tried to snatch it from me, but I tossed it to Ava who ran from the room with it. Hermione chased her and I pulled the finished paintings for the others out.
Their reactions were much calmer. I could hear Hermione scolding Ava in the distance and shook my head. Thankfully, the boys were in the man cave and didn't hear.
I heard dad pull up in the drive. I went out to meet him. "You did not!", I muttered, "Why did you never get me one?"
Dad had bought Blaise a motorcycle. "Come on Charlotte, it's his birthday.", dad patted my head as mum appeared. Cianna appeared right after her. We went inside still bickering.
The girls came in and I went to the kitchen pulling out the dishes. With a wave of my hand the table elongated for all our guests and the food. The dishes floated in and the baby's highchairs emerged from a wall closet.
Cianna and mum went to retrieve the terrors. I piled Blaise's gifts up on a side table. The boys came up from the man cave and watched the floating dishes.
Cianna came back with a babbling Devin. Mum emerged with Lucia and Cianna. Everyone sat and Blaise's birthday dinner began.
I joked with Ginny and Ava. Lucia was babbling and threw a bit of cookie at Draco. Astoria cheered her on and I laughed. Blaise opened his gifts.
Dad took him outside where the guys fawned over the bike. I rolled my eyes. "Where's your gift to me?", Blaise asked quietly. I patted his shoulder sympathetically. "I am yours for the rest of our lives and I gave you three terror children.", I responded. He hugged me close and kissed my forehead.
The evening continued in laughter. There was something missing though. As the guests began to leave, I noticed Hermione's painting hidden behind a bookcase.
I grabbed it and ran after them. Ava and Ginny laughed realizing what I was going to do. I called after the couple. Ron turned around. "Hermione you forgot to take this with you?", I gasped holding out the painting. Ron looked at and blushed.
Hermione took it and the two left. Ava, Ginny, and I burst out laughing to the point where we were rolling on the ground.
Through the tear-filled laughter I waved to Ava and Ginny as the were carried away. I felt Blaise pick me up. He led me back to the house. I was still shaking with laughter. "You can't behave yourself for one evening.", he mumbled.
I pouted at him. We were cleaning up in the kitchen. A thought popped up in my head. I dipped my finger in the icing from his birthday cake. When he turned around, I smeared it on his face.
He closed his eyes and sighed dramatically. I raised an eyebrow and picked up a slice of cake and ran it down his face. I giggled and moved to the side cleaning up the wrapping paper.
Blaise spun me around and I felt him run a piece of cake across my face. I heard him laugh. In the food fight we created a bigger mess than we cleaned.
We finished cleaning and showered. The terrors were fully asleep. Aithne and Agni watched them.
I snuck back to our room. I slid into bed and curled up beside Blaise. He wrapped an arm around me. I nuzzled my head into his neck. "The terrors are asleep?", he asked. I nodded. "Good, because I don't want to share you with them right now.", he muttered. I smiled and he pulled me into a kiss.