Everyone has their problems.
Chapter two – Bad moods
"Ice cream!" Paige and Phoebe said in unison as soon as the car had been started and they pulled away.
"You only just had your breakfast." Severus said as the gate opened letting them out of Snape Manor's grounds before closing again. "You can't be hungry."
"They aren't and if any of them ask again they won't be having any." Harry warned, he was driving, as Severus had not had any idea that there was any other mode of transport than what wizards had. Harry had at once thought of his Uncle Vernon on a broom and burst out laughing.
"Can we put the radio on Daddy?" Constantine asked.
"No, put my CD on." Bonnie insisted.
"No, we want our CD on." Phoebe and Paige said together, it was a habit of theirs to always speak in unison; the two of them could hardly be separated.
"You'll have on what ever your father wants on and like it." Harry said settling the first sibling rivalry for the day, he knew there would be more.
"I think I'll settle for the radio." Severus said switching it on.
The rest of the drive was pretty much the same, Severus wondered how Harry coped when he was at work, especially now he was pregnant again, then there was all those animals. Harry he thought must have been some kind of super wizard to do what he did every day.
They all piled into the leaky cauldron receiving dirty looks as Harry steered the buggy around chairs as he led the entire family through the smoky darkened pub. They received a nod of recognition from Tom as they passed though.
"Right Sev, you take the twins and Bonnie, I'll take Constantine and Maria, we'll meet up later ok. Can you handle three of them?"
"Of course, I am their father you know; I think I can handle three of them."
"I don't doubt your capability, but they're hyper and you've never taken three of them on your own before so if you have any trouble, bring them to me."
They shared a quick kiss and they were off. Harry's first stop was to Madame Malkins to have some robes made to measure for Constantine. He wasn't sure what he was going to do when they all went off to Hogwarts. It would just be him, Maria and soon the new baby, not mention all the animals.
He loved his children to death, he really did, Severus wasn't as emotionally attached to them all but he did love them, there was no doubt about that. He remembered how hard it was to leave Bonnie for the first time, he had thought and hoped that it would get easier but it never really did.
Harry had been worrying all day about how Severus was coping, it was pushed to the back of his mind however when he came out of Flourish and Blotts and bumped into an old friend who he had not seen in many years, he was linked arm in arm with another who was looking around in amazement, clearly he was a muggle.
"Draco!" Harry explained wrapping his arms around the other man and Draco doing the same. "How are you?"
"Harry, oh my god, I'm great, how about you, oh my god…is that Bonnie?" They said releasing each other.
"Oh no, this is Constantine and Maria, Bonnie, Phoebe and Paige are with Severus."
"Wow, and your pregnant again. I can't believe it."
"I know, sometimes neither can I."
"Oh sorry this is Eric my boyfriend, Eric this is Harry Potter, the guy I was telling you about."
"It's an honour; Draco has told me so much about you." Eric said shaking Harry's hand a little too enthusiastically.
"Have you seen Severus around by any chance?" Harry asked as Eric freed his hand. "I haven't seen him in a while; I was getting a little worried."
"Oh Harry, I'm sure everything's fine, you worry to much, remember when you couldn't leave Bonnie?"
"I know, wow, you finally found someone, he's a muggle right." Draco nodded. "Severus will be so happy for you." They both shared a laugh as they remembered how jealous Snape had been about their friendship. At that moment the man himself rounded the corner weighed down with shopping bags and three demanding girls begging him to buy them all new brooms.
Harry whistled bringing all his daughters to attention. "What did I say yesterday, you are not getting new brooms, I want to hear no more about it, I hope you haven't been giving your father a hard time and if I find out that you have somehow managed to get him to buy you unnecessary thing's then you will all be going home right this instant without ice cream."
The three girls looked ashamed, Draco stood in awe at how Severus had been struggling and yet Harry had calmed them and scolded them without effort. Severus was now eyeing Draco and Eric as if they too had done something wrong. "Sev, this is my boyfriend Eric." Draco introduced, Eric went to shake his hand too but then realised that they were occupied fully by bags of books, robes and potion ingredients.
"I thought you would have known better than to bring a muggle into the wizarding world Draco, your father, where ever he is will not be pleased t hear that you did this, let alone that your dating it as well."
"Severus, that isn't very nice, apologise to them." Harry said sternly before he watched as his partner put down all the bags he had been carrying and sent them back to the Manor with a wave of his wand.
"I have to go and pick up a few things for work; I will see you back at home alright." Severus placed a very quick kiss upon Harry's cheek and swept off with an elegant swish of his cloak.
"You'll have to excuse my husband, he's not usually like that, in fact to make it up to you would you like to come for dinner at the Manor tonight, you could even come and keep my company while I feed the ravenous hoards."
"Alright, both would be fabulous." Draco said taking Eric's hand in his own. The latter was staring at Harry's swollen stomach in amazement, the two wizards laughed.
"Are you seriously pregnant?" Eric asked once they had found a couple of tables next to each other and sat down to eat their ice creams the girls devouring there own.
"Yes, this is the sixth time as well, you must find it strange, I understand that muggle men are not able to carry children, although some are so fat they look like they are."
"Yeah, I wish we could have our own one day, I guess we'll be settling for adoption if we ever do."
Draco looked confused for a moment as he of course didn't know what that was, Eric was about to explain but Draco cut in: "Don't explain, I'm confused enough for one day, but we won't have too, I've been developing a potion so that you, if you drink it, will be able to get me pregnant, I'd have to carry the baby because after you wouldn't have the magical abilities to create a magical womb inside of you."
"See, why did I not start dating wizards sooner?" Eric said drawing Draco into a hated kiss, the girls began to make retching noises at the sight of them. Harry sent them warning glances and immediately they were silent.
"Well thank you for your company gentlemen but we should really be getting back, Maria needs to go down for her nap, so we'll be seeing you later tonight around eight for dinner."
"That you will Harry."
They kissed on the cheek and hugged before Harry rounded up his daughters and headed off home to find his husband, yell at him for being so rude and inform him that he would have the chance to apologise at dinner whether he liked it or not. We all know who was in charge at Snape Manor.
What did you think? Please review, we start getting to the point next chapter I promise but I do love writing Harry being the mum, it's so much fun! Any way please review xxx.
