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Announcements -- March 1, 2014

The couples, as the norm, were seated around the dining table at the Cowan Estate. Madison and Draco would not be joining them for the spring meetings as the last semester of Medical School was about to make them both lose their minds. Rowan had not joined them as she was feeding and bathing the babies. Remus had not joined them because he still enjoyed quiet time with the babies and, maybe just a bit, Rowan.

When the reviews of the Riddle House, Hospital, Donations, and Finances were reviewed, Mason asked for their attention. Molly and Arthur joined them that morning as well. Sirius was pouring a cup of coffee when he heard his son.

"Katie and I are pregnant." He said through a smile you couldn't have knocked off with a baseball bat. "She's due in September." Cheers rose from around the table. Ginny's eyes seem to meet Harry's. Sirius was still pouring coffee, which was now coming up and over the brim of the cup and steadily staining the table cloth.

"Uhm, she's not the only one." Ginny confessed. Harry, looking dumbstruck, stared at his beautiful wife. "I found out before breakfast." He rose and pulled her to him; whispering excited congratulations and love. Molly shrieked.

Ron and Hermione shared an evil grin. "Well, sweetheart, I guess you should go ahead and tell them." Hermione grasped Ron's hand as they stood together.

Ron, seeming to summon all his strength made his own announcement. "Uhm, sorry to spoil your news, but so are we. 'Mione's due at the end of August." She beamed at her friends. Molly fainted.

Hugs, laughter and congratulations were shared. "Are you okay Sirius?" Harry asked softly.

"Huh?"

"Are you okay?"

"Oh, well, yes, of course, just a bit overwhelmed."

"Anything else?" Ron asked.

"I'm just getting used to being a parent again, and now I'm going to be a grandparent at the age of forty-four. How the hell did that happen?"

Mason grinned evilly and said "Sorry, no one explained it to you…" And launched into the oldies song… "let me tell you….bout the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees and the moon up above…." The others joined in as he finished the chorus "and a thing called looooooooveeeeeeee"

Sirius laughed out loud, the room filling with his bark-like laugh. "Please, let me tell Rowan." They agreed as Sirius, still laughing, shooed them off to send owls to everyone.

"Hey!" He said as he went into their room. The nursery door was open and when he peeked in, he realized saw that Remus was tending to them. Smiling, he ducked back out and turned to find Rowan.

Rowan was sitting in a hot bath in the bathroom when he finally found her; she looked tired again. "What?" The steam gently rising to make small sweat beads on her face as she watched him.

Sirius made quite the production of walking around the tub of water. He looked closely at her; hair up in the proverbial bun. 'God help me if I don't jump in and take her right here.' He thought intensely.

She shifted under his scrutiny. "Sirius, I am not on display. Remus has the babies, so what's going on with the kids?" She crossed her arms in front of her. Deciding that if she didn't get an answer by the time she counted to five, she would assume there was nothing to tell and he was just being a pain.

He completed the circle of the tub, pausing behind her head; he knelt and leaned in close to her so she could feel his breath on her neck. "Katie's pregnant." His voice, barely above a whisper made her shudder. Then the words seeped through her goosebumps and she understood what he said. The water splashed as she rounded on him. He was smiling an ear to ear, teeth showing, proud as a peacock smile as he opened his arms to her. She stood, jumped into his arms, and wrapped her soaking wet legs around his waist as he swung her around as she laughed out loud.

When he set her down, when he realized she was very naked and very wet. She mumbled an apology and blushing a perfect shade of red, asking him "Siri, are you sure? Katie's really pregnant?"

"And Hermione, and Ginny! Madison probably is too, but we haven't heard back from her yet.

"This is amazing. I can imagine having more babies around. I'm so glad they will get to grow up with each other!" She dropped the towel in the bin and grabbed her fuzzy robe. He watched her closely as she slid into it, and her bunny slippers. Sirius watched her with a smirk as he followed her out of the bathroom.

He followed her out of the bathroom, watching as she went to check on the babies. As if a window had been opened, he remembered the decision he made the night she had returned. Instead of following her, he walked out the bedroom door. She returned from the nursery and saw him sitting on her side of the bed, looking to her bedside table, noticing the framed picture. Remus was sitting at the small table with a smile on his face. She had told him the news while Sirius was out.

The picture was of the three of them when she and Sirius got married; its partner was of them when they had been so happy that first year after his return. Both magical, he watched as the couple kissed each other, then turn to the photographer and laugh. "These are great pictures. Why don't I have a set?"

She walked to a bookshelf and took down three very thick photo albums. "These are for you. There are copies of everything I have: Hogwart's, weddings, us, the kids' childhood, our animals, there are even pictures of my parents and friends. Everything I have, I made a copy for you both. Colin sent the red and gold albums of Mattix and Madeline."

"And when were you going to give these to us?" He asked flipping through the pages.

"When… you move into your own room after the babies moved into theirs." She looked at him. It had been almost nine months since the birth of their babies. Sirius and Rowan had spent a lot of time in therapy learning why their relationship was always so strained. The only thing they had decided about their relationship was that when the kids were a year old, Sirius would move into his own room and that time was rapidly approaching.

"Did you know that Neville thinks he has the cure for Lycanthropy? You know, if he actually does find a cure, you could get married to him legally..." He said it casually. She detected no hidden meanings, so she just nodded. Of course, since he wasn't looking at her, he didn't know. She turned her back on him. Remus grinned at the revalation.

Finally, after taking several deep breaths, she spoke with her back still to him, but her words were clear. "I can't help that I fell in love with both of you. I never meant to hurt either of you. I swear it." 'There, I said it. He needed to know - right? - Of course he did…That's why he mentioned them… wanted to get my reaction…' The voices in her head agreed with her reasoning. She turned to say something to the effect of 'let's go see them' with a practiced smile, but when she turned, it was into his chest. So her practiced statement became more of an "..let…"

He smiled down at her. "Do we have to be in a hurry? Can't we just talk for a bit? Please? I... miss you." He was stroking her chin. 'God above, she so soft. I want to kiss her… I wonder if she'd get all pissed off again though…' Her thoughts mirrored his as she felt his hands cup her face. He waited for her resistance. "Please…" he begged as he leaned into her; his breath was so close to her lips, his hands too tender as they held her. Just as made his final lunge to kiss her, an owl swooped in the room through the door he had left open.

The spell broken, she pulled away to read the letter, "It's from Madison. She assures me that she is NOT pregnant. Oh, and she doesn't have time to answer idiot owls all day and she has to study. That's about it." She looked up to find him too close again and made to move away from him.

Sirius grabbed her hand, gently pulling her into him. "I've missed you Ro... I've missed the three of us together, the way it is supposed to be...Give me a chance...to..." He kissed her sensually and completely before Sirius pulled her away from him.

Grabbing her hand, gently, and pulled her back to him with the knowledge that this time; he would kiss her, here, in the bedroom they had shared platonically for eight months, rearing their youngest children. He willed her to feel what he did; silently begging her to love him again. But when he kissed her, even he was shocked at the intensity. The air crackled, glass shattered, books flew off the shelves, pictures swayed, the doors slammed shut, but the babies did not wake.

When they broke, he looked at her. "What the hell was that?" She looked around her room wide eyed. It looked like a tornado had torn through their room. Her heart lighter than it had been since he walked out the door that day so long ago. Not caring, she pulled him in for another kiss. Because right then, at that moment, she did not want the rest of the world to exist, she only wanted him. She raised her right leg up to his waist; he reached down and grabbed it. Knowing he would support her, she wrapped her left leg around his waist as well. Her body sandwhiched between her lost lovers. They pushed close to each other, Sirius' lips locked with hers, her arms holding on to his shoulders, one hand holding her cheek, the other across her back. Her robe falling open to allow her exposed chest to his shirt. Remus behind her, nuzzling her neck.

The door opened without their knowledge. There stood Mason and Harry arms crossed watching the show. Mason cleared his throat loudly as they crossed the room and opened the door to the nursery. The kiss broke and he set her on the floor. Straightening her robe and curious at what they were doing, she followed. When the men returned, each had a bag over one shoulder and were holding a still sleeping baby. Sirius kissed both children quietly, and then watched Rowan follow them to the door. When she shut it, it glowed for a moment; then she turned to face her husband.

As an explanation, she offered, "They decided, suddenly, out of the blue, that they need to spend a couple of days with the kids. Do you know anything about it?"

Sirius ducked his head. "Well... I might have suggested it… so they are going to watch the kids. I asked for forty-eight hours to figure out if you were ever going to let us kiss you again. Those two had a smile that I couldn't have knocked off with a baseball bat when I asked. They volunteered to keep them, and pass them off to Molly or Narcissa this evening."

She walked to him, "So what the hell was the kiss?"

"That kiss? Or this one?" Remus walked towards here again. She shuddered as he drew near. He grabbed the tie on her robe, pulling her the last step to him. Looking into her eyes, he watched the desire she felt for him radiate. He kissed her, slower this time, allowing himself to taste her. She pulled away finally, confused and pleased. She pulled their hands, beckoning them to follow her to the bed. When they realized where she was leading them, Sirius picked her up and kissed her as he carried her, the last few steps.

From the moment he laid her on their bed, every time they kissed, it was powerful and hungry. None of the three of them left their room except for food and baths; and that was still as a single unit. They made love and laughed; then talked about everything except what they needed to talk about: Their relationships. The truth was she had been tired of running from them and her past.

Each man decided as they looked into her eyes while they lay beside one another, that no matter if she did move them into their own rooms; each would admit that he wanted to be with the others for however long they could. One held her as she fell asleep in his arms, only to wake to find her touching and teasing him. She loved the growl he had when she straddled him. He loved the way she begged him to be with her, while holding on tight.

Saturday night found each again, not wanting to leave her. She lay on her back between her lovers as she had so very long ago laid between Severus and Remus. Each on one side of her, his head raised on an elbow and touching her. Each lightly traced the scars across her chest. She had long since accepted the fact that she would have them forever.

She met Remus' eyes, when he said, "I don't want my own room." He said it as though it were a way to start a casual conversation. He leaned in to kiss her forehead as his fingers found her nipple. "Please don't make me go. I've missed you so much…" He found he was blinking tears away, "It's so hard being so close to you without…this… I missed you… please Rowan… let me stay with you…"

Sirius, tears forming at the admission told them that he simply could no longer be apart from them. He felt like a fraction of a human without the closeness they had shared. He fell apart completely when Remus reached to him as well.

She turned to her side to face him, reaching out to wipe his tears away, "Shhh, Siri, don't cry. Please don't. I should be begging you for another chance…" Her own tears were starting, but she knew she had to stop them. The little voice in her head that always sounded like her dad told her to scream at him and make him mad… but that little voice in her head that always sounded more like her mother, told the other voice to shut his stupid mouth.

She watched as his head dropped against his arm, his hand still touching her body. "I love you both… no more tears. We've cried enough. Please... no more…" She kissed each tenderly, tasting the salt of his tears on his cheeks.

"Then, don't make us leave you. Or come with us. I don't care. I'll do anything… just…"

"Stay with me… we'll move into the room upstairs, I don't care as long as when I crawl in bed between you, I can touch you. Just no more tears. Please…" And there wasn't.

In May, when the babies turned one, they were part of the monthly party at the Riddle House. Every month, each child who had a birthday in that month, was given a special small cake for themselves, then a huge cake was baked for the rest of the children and staff. The birthday children were also given a new outfit, a new pair of shoes, and depending on what was asked, given a toy. But each child always got something special.

Mattix and Madeline celebrated their birthday exactly the same way as the children at the Riddle House. Each got a chocolate cake of their own to eat and enjoy - and in Madeline's case, throw at her brother. The children at the Riddle House seemed pleased to know that the children with parents got no more or less than they did.

The Sunday after the party however, was hilarious. Remus, Neville, Luna, Mason, Katie, Ron, Hermione, Harry, Ginny, Lucius, Narcissa, Molly and Arthur met with Sirius and Rowan. The parents had planned to set up the two one year olds' rooms and it shouldn't have been a big deal, however, with this particular group, anything was possible. The men, who could not stop smiling, would decorate Mattix's room. The women, who wore similar grins, would decorate Madeline's room. The only stipulation was that nothing could be transfigured temporarily; it all had to be real.

The men took the room for Mattix, and changed it into a Quiddich Pitch. One closet was turned into a small music room. The bed was an amazing four poster bed with snitch drapes in blues and gold. The floor was covered with a rich carpet, with one corner of the room had bookshelves and a separate area for to play with the hot wheel cars which Mason had been buying for him since he was born. Pleased with themselves, they left him and Sirius to play for a bit before dinner.

The ladies turned Miss Madeline's room into a castle tower. Pink filmy material adorned the windows and canopy bed. The pillows were all pastel colors. Her bookshelf held fairy tales of both magical and Muggle stories. She was given a small vanity with a magic mirror and a white seat. She also had a tea area with a table and four chairs and a tea set.