Harry smiled as they walked out into the slowly fading sunlight. He loved his kids. Really he did. It's just that he missed his wife. So much. He knew it was high time he started focusing on his kids but he missed her laugh, her smile that lit up his life. Harry sighed softly and felt a light tug on his free hand. Bringing a smile back to his face he looked down into a pair of green eyes so much like his own.

"Yes Michi?"

Dimitri didn't let the use of his favorite nickname deter him from the nagging question he had on his mind. "You were thinking about mom again...weren't you?"

Harry's smile faltered just a little then he heaved a sigh and shifted a still babbling Rose up a little higher in his arms. "Yeah I was. Something wrong with that little Michi?"

"No daddy. But it's been 3 years."

His eyebrows rose ever so slightly as they stopped at the crosswalk. "It has. Are you trying to get a point across?

Dimitri nodded. "Aren't you going to get another wife?"

Harry's eyebrows rose even higher as he glanced at his son before looking up into the sunlight. Noticing that the light was red he grabbed Michi's hand, held on tighter to Rose and began walking across the street.

"What brought this little insight on?" he finally asked when they reached the other side of the road. Dimitri looked down at the ground then spoke.

"It's just that, well, Rose needs a mother...and so do I"

Harry nodded and urged him on. He felt that his son needed to get this off his chest.

"Dad I hate seeing you walking around looking so lonely all the time. You look sad and I think that finding you another woman will be just the trick to making you feel better."

Harry almost dropped Rose but grabbed onto her just in time. "You want me to what?"

"Find another woman daddy. So that she can be our mommy and you won't look so sad anymore."

"Well what if I want to expand my horizons and get involved with a man and not a woman?" Harry asked his little future therapist. He wondered how his son would respond to this.

"Or a man. I really don't mind who you choose and Rose is too young to care either way. As long as your happy daddy."

Harry paused in his walking and kneeled down next to his super shy son.

Talk about an eye opener.

Rose had quieted down some time ago, finding sucking on her hand much more fun. Well that certainly was not what he was expecting.

"I know you want me to be happy Michi but I'm still enjoying my time by remembering the good times I had with your mother. You wouldn't want me to forget her would you?"

Furious shaking of the head.

"I don't want that either. I know I might seem sad and I know I'm not spending much time taking care of you as I should but I promise that it'll change ok? If I ever find a person that I can share my life and love with like I did your mother than I will go for it. But only when the time comes. If it ever does. Alright Michi?"

Dimitri nodded but Harry who had that parenting sense figured his son wasn't one yet and cut him with the two words that was guaranteed to get any child under age 10 excited.

"I have extra money on me and I haven't treated you in a while so why don't we all go get some ice cream on the way home?

Rose heard ice cream and nothing else. And of course it got her excited. "Ice cweam!! Ice cweam!! Get ice cweam dada!!"

Harry smiled. One down, one to go.

It was a faceoff between Dimitri Potter and Harry Potter. They both just stared at each other for a few minutes. Harry could feel Rose start to get impatient and prayed that this stare off would end with him as the winner. He could clearly see that his son still wanted to add something but he nodded and grabbed his hand. "Yeah daddy. I want chocolate!!"

Whew. "K Michi. And you can tell me how your day was."

"Mmk daddy"

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"Daddy!!! We're home!!!" Rachel screamed as soon as she entered the house. Kage winced as he stepped in behind her. Robin leapt in the doorway and closed the door behind him. "Dad?!" he yelled.

"I'm in the office!!" a yell answered from the top of the stairs.

Rachel giggled and shot her twin a look. "Race ya?"

Robin nodded and they took off running in the huge house, heading towards the stairs. Kage shook his head and made his way to the kitchen. Food was calling. It was time he answered.

Rachel laughed as she raced to the top of the stairs. She pushed the door open to her father's office, hearing her brother clamber up the stairs behind her. She tripped over the piece of wood that always managed to get loose from place and fell right into her father, who was coming out the door.

"Daddy!!" she squealed when she saw whom she ran into.

He hugged her and set her down just as Robin made his way towards them. He picked his son up and held him close then set him down next to his sister. They were both grinning like village idiots and Draco couldn't help but think how much they looked alike. He knew they were twins but it was almost creepy.

"Hey Dad. How was your day?" Robin asked as he walked into his father's office and took a seat in his father's chair. Rachel scampered in behind him and perched herself at the end of the oak desk, twirling the globe that was there.

Draco walked in and petted his daughters' hair. "You know me Robin, storming the world one book at a time. But nevermind my boring day," he said before taking his seat in one of the two chairs that sat before his desk. He patted his lap and Rachel giggled gleefully before climbing into that spot. Robin jumped up and took his sister's spot on the desk. "Tell me about your day. Did you like the daycare I picked out for you?"

"We loved it daddy!" Rachel said as she swung her legs back and forth on her daddy's lap. Robin nodded his head in agreement. "And we made new friends up there today. They seemed to be going there for a long time daddy. They played with us after the mean harpy lady left. It was fun."

Draco paused in putting his things away over his daughter's head. "Harpie lady?"

Robin nodded his head. "Yeah. Reminded me of mom in a way. She didn't want Rose touching her. She was just a toddler I don't know how you could be so mean to her."

"Wait a second who's Rose?"

Rachel squealed and tugged on her daddy's sleeve. "She was this cute little baby. The little sister to this boy named Dimitri. They're the new friends Robby was talking about." Robin scowled at the use of this baby nickname.

Draco nodded and made a face at Robin who giggled and leaned back on his hands.

"So I assume that you both want to go back tomorrow while I take this stuff up to my editor huh?"

He saw two little blonde heads nod excitedly.

"Well then I'll call them and arrange it. Now go on and scoot. Take a bath and get ready for dinner. You can tell me the rest of the story then."

They both nodded and jumped down; one off his lap and the other off his desk. As they both scampered towards the door Draco called out. "And tell Kage to not eat all the food!! I need to cook something edible tonight with that!"

They giggled and left, running down the stairs loudly like children do. Draco ran a hand through his head and smiled. "Gotta be sure to call the daycare. Seems they like the place well enough." And he walked out the door behind him, not hearing his private phone that he kept in his office was ringing on vibrate.