~ Harry, Draco and Daniel's Rooms ~
Harry was the first to wake. He was about to stretch out on the bed when he realised that the weight on his arm was Daniel. He looked down at his son and smiled softly. He glanced over at Draco, who was lying on the other side of Daniel but he had his arm stretched across their son and around Harry's waist. The blonde looked so peaceful as he slept.
Harry reached out and caressed his husband's face, brushing a few strands of blonde hair away from his eyes. Draco leaned into the touch and opened his eyes. Harry's fingers continued gently exploring Draco's face before his arm moved down to curl around Draco's shoulder. Draco smiled at him and then gazed down at their son.
"He's perfect, isn't he?" Draco said softly.
"He's just like you," Harry replied.
"He has your hair," Draco countered.
"Yeah, but other than that, he's a miniature you," Harry said with a grin. "You should have seen the way he attacked Bella yesterday. It was you all over."
"Hey!" Draco said indignantly. "I'll have you know I never resorted to physical violence."
"Whatever you say, gorgeous," Harry said, grinning broadly now. Draco looked pensive.
"We could have another child, you know," Draco said cautiously.
"Through that clinic again?" Harry asked, remembering what had happened last time. It hadn't been much fun donating the sperm to be added to the surrogate mother's egg. He could only come on demand for Draco and they weren't allowed to enter the little room used for that purpose together.
"Actually, I thought we might do it differently this time," Draco said. "Remember when Mione gave birth to Bella and she told Ron that if he wanted a big family, she'd find a spell so he could carry all the children after child number two?"
Harry nodded. It was unlikely that he'd ever forget that morning.
"Well, she found the spell," Draco said, grinning at Harry's startled expression. "She uses it to threaten Ron with whenever he goes on about how his mother had seven children etc etc. I was thinking maybe we could use that spell."
"Which of us would carry the child?" Harry asked. He had thought he would be horrified by the idea, but surprisingly enough, he was intrigued.
"I will, if you don't want to," Draco volunteered.
"But you teach Potions," Harry said, concerned about this idea. "You'd be around all those fumes and hazardous materials. I don't think I like the sound of that. It wouldn't be healthy for the baby."
"Well," Draco said thoughtfully. "Remus is contracted to teach DADA until the end of the year, so technically, you don't have a job at the moment…"
"Hang on, I see what's going on here," Harry said, narrowing his eyes at his devious husband. "If you wanted me to have the child, why didn't you just say so? I'd be glad to do it."
Draco looked ashamed that he'd tried to trick Harry into doing it. "I didn't think you'd be interested in the idea. I agree that it's not practical for me to have the child. Perhaps in a few years, I can take a year off and have our third child, but right now is the perfect time for you to have a baby."
Harry grinned at him, starting to feel excited. "Are we really going to do this? Create another perfect human being?"
Draco grinned back.
"Wheels on bus go round," a little voice piped up between them. Harry and Draco laughed softly and glanced down at their son, who was now wide awake and grinning up at them.
"And that reminds me of another little conversation we have to have," Harry said to Draco as Daniel reminded him of Daniel's ignorance of all things muggle.
~ Sirius' Rooms ~
Later that day, Harry knocked on Sirius' door. He wasn't sure what his godfather wanted to see him about but he suspected that it was so they could catch up on the last few years.
As soon as the door was opened, Harry found himself wrapped in Sirius arms in a hug to rival Hagrid's.
"I'm sorry I haven't been able to see you sooner," Sirius said apologetically as he released Harry. "We all agreed to give you and Draco some time to sort things out first before we all started making demands on you."
"Thank you," Harry said, grinning at his godfather. "We needed that time and hopefully now everything it back to normal, or at least as normal as it ever could be."
"Come in." Sirius said, ushering Harry into the room.
Harry entered the room and sat down on the couch. Sirius sat down in an armchair and gestured at the teapot on the coffee table in front of him.
"Tea?"
"Sure," Harry replied. "So how have you been, Sirius?"
"Good, good," Sirius said, as confident as ever. "Did you know that Remus and Angela are married now?"
"No," Harry said, intrigued. He knew they'd been together for a while and he was happy that Remus had someone who made him happy.
"And I just heard from Remmy today. Angela is pregnant," Sirius said, beaming.
"That's wonderful," Harry said warmly. So much had happened in the last two years. Fred and Lavender had married and were probably making a start on their own Weasley brood, Charlie and Justin had married and had an 8 month old son, Julian. Harry just wondered if Sirius had found anyone yet. "What about you?"
"What about me?" Sirius replied cagily.
"Are you seeing anyone?" Harry asked.
Harry was shocked to see Sirius blush.
"Well, there is this lady who I've been seeing," he admitted. "I've never felt this way about anyone before. Usually I move on pretty quickly. I never stay with one girl for very long but I just can't get her out of my head."
"It's called love," Harry replied, amused.
"Love?" Sirius repeated. "I guess it is. I do love her. I adore her actually."
"So who is she?" Harry asked, more than a little curious by now. He picked up his cup of tea and sipped it.
"Oh, I assumed Draco had told you. It's Narcissa," Sirius said, watching as Harry spat tea out all over himself, the couch and the carpet.
"Nice one, Harry," he commented with a laugh.
"You're dating Draco's mother?" Harry asked, incredulous.
"You don't have a problem with that do you?" Sirius asked, looking concerned. "When you…well, when Eve took you, Draco needed help with Daniel so Narcissa and I pitched in and we got to know each other better. She's a wonderful woman."
"I don't have a problem with it," Harry said. "It's just a little weird, is all. What did Draco say when you started seeing her?"
"He was happy for us," Sirius said. "Well, he thought it was a bit strange at first too, I think. But he never said anything. I think he was just glad that his mother wasn't alone anymore. I hate to think of her all alone in that big mansion."
"Do you think Albus would let her come and stay here?" Harry asked, suddenly feeling as concerned as Sirius about his mother-in-law rattling around in that big old mansion.
"Perhaps. But that might not be necessary," Sirius said, biting his lip. "We haven't told anyone yet, but we're thinking of getting a house in Hogsmeade together, so I can be close enough so I can still teach, but we can still be together. Narcissa's going to speak to Draco about whether he wants the mansion when she visits here this weekend. If he doesn't want it, she'll sell it."
"That's a good idea," Harry said. "Draco will like having his mother close by and Daniel, I'm sure will be pleased to have his grandmother here."
"How's Daniel doing today?" Sirius asked.
Harry grinned. "He's alright. Draco said he was a bit quieter than usual, but he'll be okay. Kids are pretty resilient. What's happening with Peeves?"
"Albus has confined him to an unused section of the castle and if he strays from there, he'll be thrown out of the castle completely," Sirius replied.
"Good," Harry replied.
"So what are you going to do now, Harry?" Sirius asked.
"I'm not sure. I have a few ideas I'm tossing around," Harry said, grinning as he thought of what they had dubbed The Baby Plan.
TBC