Chapter 63: Lots of Bed Rest

Harry slowly began to wake up. He felt groggy, and distantly he could feel someone or someone's holding both of his hands. Slowly he began to drift closer to the surface until he finally had the will to open his tired eye. There to his right sat his sleeping wife. Person one had been identified. He then turned his head and found Minivra whom he had not seen since the one week at the end of September when she was back at the school acting as headmistress.

He felt relived at knowing she was finally back, he did not think he could run the school at this point. That's when the thought of his babies came to mind...did he have them? Was he still pregnant?" Harry gently let go of the heads and felt his giant belly, it was still very hard, which he hoped was a good sign. Madam Pomfrey showed up right about then at the foot of his bed.

"There still there, gave us all quite a scare, the four of you." Pomfrey smiled. "I was in the middle of the procedure when you started bleeding out. Your vitals dropped so quickly I...we though we might lose all of you." Poppy began to cry. She really hated this hormone thing."

"Thank you for saving our lives then." Harry whispered as not to wake the sleeping people beside him. "How long have I been out, and when did Minivra get here?" Harry asked.

"You have been asleep for a week, and Minivra arrived Christmas Eve. You, Mr. Are on permanent bed rest from now on."

"What?" Harry asked a little too loud.

"You heard me, the more you move around, the more likely your going to go into labor again. Your desk will be moved into here and transfigured to be able to move over your bed so you can continue your deputy duties. And since classes are in here anyway we will just have to work so that you can work as well." Pomfrey smiled, "That is as lenient as I am going to get." Harry stared at the matron in horror, he was being told he had to spend the next three and a half months in bed. But if it helped the babied survive... Harry began to calm down before he nodded his consent.

"Good, I thought I was going to have to tie you down." With that Poppy walked away, smiling. Harry glared at her back, before looked around him for the first time since waking. That's when he noticed the unnatural amount of pillows. There were some at his sides supporting his belly, some under his leg and arms. One under his upper back and three were propping him up into a half laying, half-sitting position. The thought that he could have never gotten this comfortable laying on his back like this without all the pillows crossed his mind. Slowly his eyes drifted close before he fell asleep once again. His last thought was that he missed Christmas.

Harry woke again to the feeling of being watched, upon opening his eyes he found two sets of eyes staring at him.

"Hello." Harry smiled.

"Daddy!" Lily and Daniel scrambled on to the bed and curled up at both his sides.

"Is this de babies?" Lily asked wide-eyed. Harry nodded.

"Yes, this one to the left is a girl, and so is this middle one. Then this one on the left is a baby boy." Harry let his children feel his stomach. One of the babies kicked a hello, causing both Daniel and Lily to squeal with delight. John, Julie and Soroush couldn't take it anymore, they quickly climbed on to the suddenly very small bed as well, and soon Harry had five little hands touching his belly. All three newborns kicked a happy welcome at all the attention they were getting.

"I'm telling you, these two girls need to be separated when there born, there like a regular Fred and George always going up against this poor boy over here." The adults laughed then began to detach the children from Harry. "Speaking of Fred and George, do you know they are finally in a real relationship? They somehow met another set of identical twins, who are also practical jokers if not more then they are! I just found this out but apparently they have been dating for a year now. Not even mum knew about it." Ginny grinned at finally getting to see her mum, and getting all the latest news.

"What about the rest of your brothers?" Harry asked.

"Ah, Percy is engaged to Penelope but they don't plan on ever having kids. Then there is Charley who is serious about a fellow dragon worker named Sydney. Rumor has it that they are getting engaged as well, soon. Bill has just started a new relationship with a woman named Suzette who has nothing to do with Gringotts bank, minus her account there. She works as a waitress at a local Egyptian restaurant." Ginny sat down in the bed next to Harry's.

"Well, it's nice to know where not the only happy couples in the world." Hermione chirped in.

"Mummy, can we have Christmas yet?" Daniel asked.

"You haven't has Christmas yet?" Harry asked wide-eyed.

"Of course not, we agreed to have Christmas as a family." Everyone else nodded. Harry smiled and nodded as well.

"Well then let's have Christmas." Minivra smiled as all the other adults in the room left, the kids climbed into the bed vacated by Ginny. And started talking to each other. "I'm sorry for leaving you hear for so long. If I had been thinking I would have remembered how much stress behind headmaster can be and how bad that is for someone pregnant."

"Don't worry about it, what's done is done." Harry smiled. Just then a small face popped up at his right side. Tina gave a toothy grin before climbing the rest of the way onto Harry's bed, where she curled up and fell asleep in the crook of his arms. The adults appeared in the wing a minute later bags field with gifts.

"Where's Tina?" Draco asked as he looked around for his daughter."

"Relax, Draco. She's right here." Harry smiled, and pointed down at the little girl. Draco sighed in relief before walking over to them and smiling.

"I knew she was tired, she refuses to take a nap with me." Draco frowned.

"Relax, she's sleeping now. And it looks like so are the rest of them." Upon looking over at the other bed, they found five children sound asleep spread out in odd directions. The group laughed.

"Why don't we set up a Christmas tree and have Christmas after dinner tonight?" Hermione asked. The rest nodded.