…The Finale…

I sit in our house relaxing. Then I heard crying, so I got up. I walk into the nursery. "Aww! Mommy's baby! Why are you awake? Shh. You'll wake your siblings." I whisper. Lucia was crying. I pick her up and she stops.

"You spoiled brat." I scold jokingly. The other two shift and I still. Just then the other two wake up. I groan as the cries of Devin and Cianna make Lucia cry. I pick the other two up and carry all three into the living room.

I put them down and they stop crying. They play on the floor. I lay down and play beside them for a few hours. I hear the front door open as I play with the babies. "Daddy didn't even tell mommy he wouldn't be home. Can you guess how mad mommy is?" I speak softly but I knew Blaise could hear me. I hear him put his things down and come over.

Lucia crawls over to her father. "Traitor!" I mutter. I play with Devin and Cianna. "Charlotte." Blaise starts. Devin crawls over to the play area. I pick up Cianna and sit on the couch.

She giggles as I tickle her. Blaise sighs "Charlotte look at me, please!" I turn to Blaise. I put Cianna in the play area with Devin and Blaise puts Lucia in the pen too.

He grabs 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 places his hands on my hips. I look up at him. I melt as I make eye contact. His face was close to mine. I shudder as I feel his hands trace up my arms to my face.

I step a bit closer. "Leave at least a note next time." I scold him as I kiss him. He chuckles "Yes ma'am." I wrap 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 mumbles. I feel the same. He went to the door and I went to calm the babies.

The guests come in. It was Charlie and Izzy. I shoot them a look. They hold up their hands in surrender. Izzy hurries over to play with Lucia. Ava and Fred come in next. Devin crawls over to Fred who picks him up. Cianna sits in my lap watching the room carefully.

She puts her head in my neck and I pat her back lightly. Blaise comes back into the room. Ava sits on the couch with Fred and Devin. Charlie watches Izzy and Lucia from where he stands by the bookcase. "Do you want to go to uncle Charlie?" Fred asks a giggly Devin. Charlie scoffs. I watch as Charlie joins Izzy.

Lucia coos at him and his face soften. Izzy puts Lucia gently in his arms. Cianna began babbling and I look at her. Aithne and Agni begin to chirp along with her babbling, and I laugh.

Blaise sits by me. "They've been like this for months now. Babbling and chirping back and forth." he explains to a very confused Ava. She nods. Cianna crawls over to her father. I scoff. "I've been abandoned." I sigh dramatically. We talk for a bit. We were waiting on Draco and Astoria, Ron and Hermione, and Harry and Ginny.

Charlie was warming up to Lucia. We hear knocking. Blaise got up with Cianna and went to the door. Devin babbled at me. I babble back. He giggles and went back to his aunt and uncle. Our newest guests came in the room. I jump up to hug Astoria and Ginny. Hermione had Cianna in her arms already.

"How come we didn't get hugs?" Izzy complains. I wave her off. "You were preoccupied with the three terrors." I joke. She laughs. "That's not fair. They're adorable! And I haven't seen them in months." she pokes me.

The babies eventually fall back asleep and I put them in the nursery. I return to the others. The boys were all talking in a circle. I sit by Ava and Ginny. "What are you up to Char?" Izzy ask.

"I'm going on assignment tomorrow. Grandma Rowell is going to watch the terrors while Blaise is at work.", I respond. "Assignment?", Hermione asks with interest, "Surely not volcanoes and dragons again."

I shake my head. "Iguazu Falls, trolls, occamies, fairies, ghouls, and maybe a cockatrice or two keeping us from finding some artifacts and artworks." I answer nonchalantly. A pillow hits my head. I turn to see Blaise turning back to the other guys. "I think someone is upset!" Astoria laughed. I throw the pillow back at him, but he caught it. I sigh and the girls and I go to my studio.

I have translations and files everywhere. I wave my wand and they stack themselves into organized files. Hermione was looking at some of my paintings. "These are beautiful!" she exclaims. I rifle through my stacks and pulled a painting out.

"I think you'll like this one better." I suggest. It was a painting of her and Ron laughing on our last group vacation. She smiles then blushes. Our last vacation was to the Bahamas and she was wearing a gorgeous bikini in the painting. She tries to snatch it from me, but I toss it to Ava who ran from the room with it. Hermione chases her and I pull 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 hear dad pull up in the drive. I went out to meet him. "You did not!", I mutter, "Why did you never get me one?"

Dad had bought Blaise a motorcycle. "Come on Charlotte, it's his birthday." dad pats my head as mum appeared. Cianna appears right after her. We went inside still bickering. The girls come 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 float in and the baby's highchairs emerge from a wall closet.

Cianna and mum went to retrieve the terrors. I pile Blaise's gifts up on a side table. The boys come up from the man cave and watch the floating dishes. Cianna came back with a babbling Devin. Mum emerges with Lucia and Cianna. Everyone sat and Blaise's birthday dinner began.

I joke with Ginny and Ava. Lucia was babbling and threw a bit of cookie at Draco. Astoria cheers her on and I laughed. Blaise opens his gifts.

Dad took him outside where the guys fawn over the bike. I roll my eyes. "Where's your gift to me?" Blaise asks quietly. I patted his shoulder sympathetically. "I am yours for the rest of our lives and I gave you three terror children." I respond. He hugs me close and kisses my forehead.

The evening continues in laughter. There was something missing though. As the guests began to leave, I notice 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 call after the couple. Ron turns around. "Hermione you forgot to take this with you?" I gasp holding out the painting. Ron looks at it and blushes.

Hermione takes it and the two left. Ava, Ginny, and I burst out laughing to the point where we are rolling on the ground.

Through the tear-filled laughter I wave to Ava and Ginny as the were carried away. I feel Blaise pick me up. He leads me back to the house. I was still shaking with laughter. "You can't behave yourself for one evening." he mumble.

I pout at him. We were cleaning up in the kitchen. A thought popped up in my head. I dip my finger in the icing from his birthday cake. When he turns around, I smear it on his face.

He closed his eyes and sighs dramatically. I raise an eyebrow and pick up a slice of cake and run it down his face. I giggle and move to the side cleaning up the wrapping paper.

Blaise spins me around and I feel him run a piece of cake across my face. I hear him laugh. In the food fight we create a bigger mess than we originally had to clean. We finish cleaning and shower. The terrors were fully asleep. Aithne and Agni watched them.

I sneak back to our room. I slide into bed and curl up beside Blaise. He wraps an arm around me. I nuzzle my head into his neck. "The terrors are asleep?" he asks. I nod. "Good, because I don't want to share you with them right now." he mutters. I smiled and he pulls me into a kiss.