"Outnumbered"
Day 2
Saturday- morning
Harry turned over in his bed and looked at his sleeping daughter. Late that night, she had come crying to him saying that the boggart turned into a giant snake and scared her. So she clambered into bed with daddy and slept there. She opened her eyes and smiled at him. Her eyes were the most beautiful shade of brilliant green that Harry had ever seen.
"Good morning, Princess. Sleep well?" He asked, sitting up.
She nodded her head.
"Go on down to breakfast, I think Candace is making something again." He walked over to the large wardrobe in his room and pulled out his green and gold bathrobe.
Mab jumped off the bed and walked out of the room, dragging her stuffed giraffe with her. Harry remembered that Uncle Ron had given her that giraffe on her first birthday and she hadn't let go of it since then.
Harry scratched his head and closed his eyes and yawned again before opening the door and walking into the bathroom.
"DAD! WHAT THE!!..."
At first, Harry thought that a howler had been let loose, but when he saw Naresha standing in front of him trying to wrap a towel around herself, he closed his eyes and backed out of the bathroom, shouting , "Sorry, Naresha! Sorry!"
"KNOCK NEXT TIME!" Came the scream once he closed the door.
Harry decided to go downstairs and eat while he waited for HIS bathroom to be open again.
Downstairs, Candace, and Mabel were the only ones around the kitchen. Naresha was using his bathroom because the others were probably occupied.
"Here, Dad." Candace placed a hot plate of scrambled eggs and ham in front of him and a cup of tea after. Harry looked at his daughter in amazement.
"This looks great, Candace. Thank you."
Harry quickly wolfed down the breakfast and watched as the other four came down the stairs.
Now that the showers were free, he could go and get ready for another wonderful day.
When he came out of the shower, he noticed that everyone was gone, except Mabel. She sat on her chair and was playing with her giraffe.
"Where did everyone go?" Harry asked her.
"Asenath went with a Fwench guy, Sonia went to the libary, Naresha went er... I don't know, Corliss went out with Beatrice and Candace is shopping." Mabel smiled at her father, proud of her knowing so much information.
"I see. So it's just you and me today then is it?" Harry picked up his daughter and threw her in the air. She giggled and laughed with him as he spun her around the room.
~*~*~*~
"Daddy, pass me the cakes, please. I think Sabrina wants some." Mabel said with all due seriousness and politeness.
"Well of course, Princess. Here you are, Sabrina." Harry passed the tiny flowered plate with invisible cakes to Mab who put one on the plate for Sabrina, the purple unicorn doll.
"Are you having fun, Daddy?" Mabel said off handedly as she wiped the mouth of the giraffe on her left.
"Oh, yes, Mab, I am." Harry fixed his pink tiara so it would stay on his head.
"Good, I think I would like some more tea, please."
Harry picked up the delicate teapot and poured her a cup of imaginary tea.
~*~*~*~
"Come ON, Daddy! Faster, pony! Faster!" Mabel giggled as she rode on Harry's back for the thirteenth time that morning.
"Mabel, honey, I think Daddy has holes in his trousers, now. Pony needs a rest. His back hurts too."
She climbed off Harry's back and kneeled down to his lever.
"Daddy, I think that we need to play dress up." She said, as seriously as possible.
She ran across the house to her room and opened a trunk filled with pink, glitter, dresses, hats, and such. Harry groaned inwardly, but stood up to follow her.
~*~*~*~
FLASH
"This is going to be really good."
"Corliss, I don't think this is a good idea. He'll get mad."
"Oh, stuff it, Candace. It's fine."
Harry opened one eye and saw Candace and Corliss standing over him, talking to each other, with a camera at hand.
He smirked and closed his eye again before they could see he was awake.
"Just one last shot..." Corliss smirked.
Before she could take the picture, Harry grabbed them by the legs and the three went toppling over. The two girls screamed as Harry tickled them to the floor.
"Dad! You scared us!" Candace said as they finally settled down.
"Well, serves you right. Snooping around here like there is some big secret. What's the big deal? Why are you laughing?" He asked.
Corliss held up a picture to his face. Picture Harry was snoring on the couch peacefully with lipstick all over his mouth, chin and cheeks and eyeliner around his eyes and forehead. Now he remembered that Mab had insisting on doing his make up for the dress up party.
Corliss couldn't hold it in. She burst out laughing at the sight in front of her.
Harry took the picture from her, ripped it up and went upstairs to wash his face of any exuberant color.
Day 2
Saturday- morning
Harry turned over in his bed and looked at his sleeping daughter. Late that night, she had come crying to him saying that the boggart turned into a giant snake and scared her. So she clambered into bed with daddy and slept there. She opened her eyes and smiled at him. Her eyes were the most beautiful shade of brilliant green that Harry had ever seen.
"Good morning, Princess. Sleep well?" He asked, sitting up.
She nodded her head.
"Go on down to breakfast, I think Candace is making something again." He walked over to the large wardrobe in his room and pulled out his green and gold bathrobe.
Mab jumped off the bed and walked out of the room, dragging her stuffed giraffe with her. Harry remembered that Uncle Ron had given her that giraffe on her first birthday and she hadn't let go of it since then.
Harry scratched his head and closed his eyes and yawned again before opening the door and walking into the bathroom.
"DAD! WHAT THE!!..."
At first, Harry thought that a howler had been let loose, but when he saw Naresha standing in front of him trying to wrap a towel around herself, he closed his eyes and backed out of the bathroom, shouting , "Sorry, Naresha! Sorry!"
"KNOCK NEXT TIME!" Came the scream once he closed the door.
Harry decided to go downstairs and eat while he waited for HIS bathroom to be open again.
Downstairs, Candace, and Mabel were the only ones around the kitchen. Naresha was using his bathroom because the others were probably occupied.
"Here, Dad." Candace placed a hot plate of scrambled eggs and ham in front of him and a cup of tea after. Harry looked at his daughter in amazement.
"This looks great, Candace. Thank you."
Harry quickly wolfed down the breakfast and watched as the other four came down the stairs.
Now that the showers were free, he could go and get ready for another wonderful day.
When he came out of the shower, he noticed that everyone was gone, except Mabel. She sat on her chair and was playing with her giraffe.
"Where did everyone go?" Harry asked her.
"Asenath went with a Fwench guy, Sonia went to the libary, Naresha went er... I don't know, Corliss went out with Beatrice and Candace is shopping." Mabel smiled at her father, proud of her knowing so much information.
"I see. So it's just you and me today then is it?" Harry picked up his daughter and threw her in the air. She giggled and laughed with him as he spun her around the room.
~*~*~*~
"Daddy, pass me the cakes, please. I think Sabrina wants some." Mabel said with all due seriousness and politeness.
"Well of course, Princess. Here you are, Sabrina." Harry passed the tiny flowered plate with invisible cakes to Mab who put one on the plate for Sabrina, the purple unicorn doll.
"Are you having fun, Daddy?" Mabel said off handedly as she wiped the mouth of the giraffe on her left.
"Oh, yes, Mab, I am." Harry fixed his pink tiara so it would stay on his head.
"Good, I think I would like some more tea, please."
Harry picked up the delicate teapot and poured her a cup of imaginary tea.
~*~*~*~
"Come ON, Daddy! Faster, pony! Faster!" Mabel giggled as she rode on Harry's back for the thirteenth time that morning.
"Mabel, honey, I think Daddy has holes in his trousers, now. Pony needs a rest. His back hurts too."
She climbed off Harry's back and kneeled down to his lever.
"Daddy, I think that we need to play dress up." She said, as seriously as possible.
She ran across the house to her room and opened a trunk filled with pink, glitter, dresses, hats, and such. Harry groaned inwardly, but stood up to follow her.
~*~*~*~
FLASH
"This is going to be really good."
"Corliss, I don't think this is a good idea. He'll get mad."
"Oh, stuff it, Candace. It's fine."
Harry opened one eye and saw Candace and Corliss standing over him, talking to each other, with a camera at hand.
He smirked and closed his eye again before they could see he was awake.
"Just one last shot..." Corliss smirked.
Before she could take the picture, Harry grabbed them by the legs and the three went toppling over. The two girls screamed as Harry tickled them to the floor.
"Dad! You scared us!" Candace said as they finally settled down.
"Well, serves you right. Snooping around here like there is some big secret. What's the big deal? Why are you laughing?" He asked.
Corliss held up a picture to his face. Picture Harry was snoring on the couch peacefully with lipstick all over his mouth, chin and cheeks and eyeliner around his eyes and forehead. Now he remembered that Mab had insisting on doing his make up for the dress up party.
Corliss couldn't hold it in. She burst out laughing at the sight in front of her.
Harry took the picture from her, ripped it up and went upstairs to wash his face of any exuberant color.