A/N: I am so excited by the response I got from the last chapter! Keep up with the reviews please...I like the encouragement! I hope you enjoy this chapter. It looks like I'll be posting about once a week I believe. I have the first drafts of the next few chapters and I have my beta go over them as soon as I post the previous chapter. So expect updates on Sundays most likely. I didn't mention it in my last chapter but thanks to my amazing roommate who I have roped in to being a beta for me! You're the best! And shout out to my Alpha reader Theempressjai!

Disclaimer: I may be blonde but I am not british therefore I am not JK Rowling. Everything that you recognize belongs to her.

November 1st, 1981

The next morning came all too quickly for the Garrisons. With all the excitement from the night before, Charlotte and Michael were hoping to have a bit of a lie-in, but with now three young children, the possibility of that dropped to zero.

"Mummy! Mummy! Mummy!" Jason yells as he runs into his parent's room and jumps on top of Charlotte.

With a groan Charlotte slowly wakes, "Yes darling?"

"There is another baby with Lucas!"

"What have I told you about going into Lucas's room when he is sleeping?" Charlotte lightly scolds her son. Next to her, Michael is waking up and rolls over to join the conversation.

Eyes downcast, Jason mumbles, "To not to so I don't wake him up. But I heard noises in there so I knew he was awake!" he finishes enthusiastically. Sighing, both Michael and Charlotte roll their eyes, and Michael sits up and picks Lucas up off his mother, "Come on son. Let's go get the babies ready for the day while your mom makes breakfast."

"Thank you love. Just change Everleigh and put her back in what she is wearing. I'll take her out to get some clothes after lunch with my mum. I'll need to explain this whole thing to her anyway," Charlotte addresses Michael as she gets up and heads downstairs.

Upstairs in the nursery, Michael attempts to explain the sudden appearance of the little girl to his eldest, "Jason, I want you to meet Everleigh. She is going to be staying with us for a while."

"Why?" Jason asks curiously.

"Well, last night after you went to sleep we found her. Everleigh is the daughter of a friend of mommy's and we don't know where she or the rest of Everleigh's family is. Until the police can find them we're going to take care of her."

"Can we just keep her forever? I want a little sister and if her family doesn't want her we can love her."

Smiling at the innocent logic of a three-year old, Michael chuckles, "No, we can't keep her forever. I'm sure her mommy and daddy are missing her very much. Everybody just got a little lost. Now go downstairs and see if mommy needs any help."

Racing out of the room with the energy only a three-year old can have, Jason goes downstairs hoping his mum is making pancakes.

After Jason leaves, Michael turns back to the two infants. He picks up Everleigh first and carries her over to the changing table where he cleans her up. Putting her back in the cot, he picks up Lucas to repeat the process and also puts him in a clean onesie, pants, and socks. Michael then shifts Lucas to one arm and very carefully leans down to pick up Everleigh with the other arm so as to not drop either child.

We probably should have planned this better. This would have definitely been easier with another set of hands. Michael thinks to himself. Slowly making his way downstairs into the kitchen, he finds his wife making a full English. He sees Jason sitting at the table next to the one high chair they have, babbling about everything he wants to do that day.

"Char, can I get some help over here," Michael asks his wife as he struggles to figure out how to balance two babies.

Chuckling, Charlotte sets the plate of bacon and sausage on the table and takes Lucas from his arms, "Why don't you set Everleigh in the highchair and dish up the eggs. I'll feed Lucas."

As soon as Everleigh is out of Michael's arms and in the chair, she immediately starts to cry. Knowing the ordeal the child went through yesterday and not wanting to traumatize the girl further, Michael goes to pick her up again, but before he can Jason stands on his seat and leans over to grab her hand and gently pats her head.

"Shhh….don't cry. Ev…Ever," Jason struggles to say her name, "We take care of you now. Don't cry."

At his touch, Everleigh does calm down some, only soft whimpers now. Both Charlotte and Michael melt just a little bit at how much Jason seems to instantly care for Everleigh, but they exchange a significant look. How is Jason going to take it when the Potter's are found? They both silently decide to simply cross that bridge when they come to it.

The rest of the morning passes quickly for the young family while they try to find a balance between two infants and an energetic three-year old. Jason needed a bath, while Everleigh needed to be fed, and Jason running between the two parents only wanting to help yet seeming to only get in the way. Overnight, life with the Garrison's has gotten a lot more interesting. It's not even noon and the two parents are already exhausted.

"Are you going to be okay with Lucas and Jason by yourself for a few hours?" Charlotte inquires of her husband.

"Yes, yes. I will be fine. I have successfully kept the boys alive by myself before you know?" Michael jokes.

"I know, it's just been a crazy morning. We're both still exhausted from last night and now this morning. It's a lot," Charlotte worries.

"We will be fine. Lucas is about to go down for a nap, and I'll pop in a movie for Jason to keep him occupied. Go. Your mom will be waiting for you," Michael urges his wife.

"Fine fine. I'm going. I'll try to be quick about the shopping after lunch," Charlotte assures Michael.

Charlotte quickly gets herself ready while Michael puts Lucas down for his nap, she bundles Everleigh up in some of Lucas's warmer clothes before heading out to meet her mother.

"I love you. I'll see you in a few hours," Charlotte says as she leans down to give Michael a kiss and walks out the door with Everleigh.

Arriving at the café they always meet at the first of every month, she sees her mother, Mary, already at their usual table in the corner by the window. The grandmother's eyes light up when she sees Charlotte pushing a pram, "Oh! I didn't think you were bringing Lucas today," looking into the pram to see a baby that is not her newest grandson, "That's not Lucas."

Chuckling Charlotte says, "No mum. She is not Lucas. This is Everleigh. I was actually hoping you would come shopping with us after lunch to pick up a few things for her."

"Ummm…of course, darling. But why do you have a little girl with you? Who is she?" Mary hesitantly inquires.

Charlotte sighs, "Do you remember Lily Evans?" And launches into the story of what happened the previous night.

"So she was just outside?" Mary asks incredulously.

"Yeah…..I don't even know what to think. The Lily that I remember would never have done something like this," Charlotte just shakes her head while finishing her tea.

Everleigh starts to fuss so Charlotte leans over to pick her up and puts the dummy back in her mouth.

"Have you tried contacting her sister? Petunia?" Mary asks.

"We told the Inspectors about her. I think her married name is Dursley but I don't know how to contact her. Last I heard from Lily though, based on our letters, they haven't spoken in years. Not since their parents' funerals," Charlotte responds while gently rocking Everleigh to calm her, the little girl beginning to smile and giggle.

Smiling sadly over at her daughter and the little girl, Mary worries about the whole situation. From what she remembers of the Evans family, they were very close and would have done anything for each other. Charlotte is right. Lily abandoning her daughter doesn't make any sense. She just hopes that Lily and the rest of her family are found soon.

"Well, let's try not to worry about that just now. Come on! Time to go shopping and get this little angel some new clothes," Mary smiles.

Over the next few days, the Garrison family works to get into a new routine with now two infants in the house. A week after opening the door to find Everleigh, Jason is spending the day with his grandparents while the inspectors and social services come back to inform the family of the odd information they have found. They could not find any recent records of Lily Evans, and absolutely no records of a marriage between her and a James Potter. When they went to speak with her sister, they found Harry with the Dursley's and a similar story to the Garrison's. They woke up on November 1st to find Harry sleeping on their front step with no idea how he got there. The couple hadn't spoken to Lily in years and didn't know how to get in contact with the Potters. When asked about them taking in Everleigh, as her closest living relatives that the police knew of, they absolutely refused saying one extra child was more than enough. With the investigation at a stand-still and the Dursley's refusing to take Everleigh, social services have decided to put Everleigh in an orphanage.

"An orphanage? Is that really the only option?" Charlotte asks with tears in her eyes. Over the past week Jason wasn't the only member of the family to get attached to Everleigh; both Charlotte and Michael have loved having her as part of the family. Even Lucas has been laughing and rolling around with Everleigh. "Can we…can we get a minute?" Michael asks, "Just to get some of her things together?"

"Sure. We'll just wait in the hall then," the woman from the government responds with a smile.

Taking both Lucas and Everleigh upstairs, the couple walks into the nursery.

"Can we do this? Can we just let her go to an orphanage?" Charlotte asks slightly desperately.

"I don't know. I just…Jason is going to be devastated when he gets home if she isn't here."

"We can't give her back. I can't do it. She doesn't deserve to go wait in an orphanage to maybe get adopted. We could adopt her. We wanted more children anyway, and we already have a routine. We…We can do this. What do you think?"

"I don't know. Two infants? Do you really think we can do that?" Even though the questions were directed towards his wife, Michael knew inside that he is also questioning his own ability to make this situation work.

"Yes. I can't give her back. It's not fair to Everleigh, and god I already love her so much. She doesn't deserve to be shuffled around. And I won't do that to Lily. She was my best friend once. How can I abandon her daughter when she needs us?" Charlotte passionately states.

"Okay, okay. It's okay Charlotte. We'll go back downstairs. We'll talk to them and figure out what we need to do. We'll work it out," Michael soothes his wife.

After agreeing that making Everleigh a permanent part of the family is what's best for everybody, they head back downstairs to discuss everything with social services. The next few months pass in a blur of play dates and home inspections, interviews with social services and family bonding time. Finally, by the time both Lucas and Everleigh turn six months old (the two being born on August 14th and 15th respectively) the adoption is finalized, and Everleigh Lily Potter officially becomes Everleigh Lily Garrison.