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Chapter Four: Babies Babies Babies!

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Normally Ginny wouldn't have cared about Draco Malfoy but knowing that he was all-alone with three children made her uneasy. It wasn't the babies she was worried about but Draco himself. The boy had no clue what to do! Although, thinking about it did bring a smile on her face. Still smiling, she headed for her Potions lesson.

All alone, with no idea what to do, Draco Malfoy sat on the sofa, staring at the cribs. At least for now it was quiet but he had a feeling something terrible was going to happen. On the upside he got to miss his lessons. The downside was, he was extremely bored. Not only that but there was nothing to do. He glanced at the toy box.

Well it's something to do he thought as he stood and opened the toy box. Several toys were inside and had he been any younger, he'd have thought he'd died and gone to heaven. Smirking, he picked up a doll. He shook it before placing it on the coffee table. He stood far from it, wand ready. He was so lost in his silly game that he didn't notice Lily had woken up. She was watching him with curiosity. Smirking, oblivious that Lily was watching him; Draco cast a spell and blew the doll's head off.

Lily watched as the doll's head bounced off the table and rolled down near her crib. Draco looked at her, seeing that she looked as if she were about to cry. His heartbeat slowed as she slowly opened her mouth, her eyes shut tight. His heart stopped beating as soon as she let out a loud shrill cry. To make things worse, the other two babies woke up and began to cry also. Draco stood watching them for a moment, his jaw agape.

Their cries got louder, prompting Draco to get a move on. The only problem was, he didn't know whom to tend to first.

"Hush now," he said picking up Lily and awkwardly patting her on the back. "Come on now, stop crying. Stop crying! All of you stop crying!"

But they wouldn't. If possible, they got louder. Not knowing what to do, Draco picked up Aric and tried to comfort both babies in his arms. Leander's wailing only seemed to get louder. Draco felt like he was going deaf and had trouble carrying two infants at once. He checked their diapers but they were clean. He tried to get them to sleep but they just kept being fussy.

"SHUT UP OR I'LL HEX YOU!" he shouted in exasperation. He let out a sigh of relief when they became quiet. Unfortunately, they cried again but much louder this time.

"WAHHH!"

"Noo!" Draco cried out in anguish and sank to the floor. He caught a glimpse of the kitchen and was stuck with an idea. Were they hungry? He jumped up, running to the kitchen. He got out some baby food, pouring its contents into three bowls. He sat the three of them in the high chairs and began feeding them.

"Whew," he said once they'd quieted down for good. He put the dirty bowls away and let them out of the chairs. He sat on the sofa, letting them crawl around. He didn't even care that they were putting whatever they could find in their mouths. Draco's peace was interrupted was Aric crawled by, smelling rather disgusting.

"Oh no," Draco groaned as he watched Lily and Leander grunting with effort. It could only mean one thing and he didn't want to deal with it now.

Damn them for leaving me! He cursed as he got up and picked Aric up. He held his breath as he undid Aric's diaper. Draco shook his head while Aric giggled on the table.

"You think this is funny do you," Draco choked out. "Ugh."

Once he was done, he sat Aric down on the floor and set out to find Lily and Leander. He began to worry, as they didn't seem to be in sight.

"Lily! Leander!" he called out. Of course, he should have known that they couldn't answer. "Lily! Leander!"

To his relief and horror, he found the two babies covered in their own filth. Draco gagged as he tried to approach them. He thought he was going to die. He picked them up, rushing them to the bathroom.

"Bad babies! Bad!" Draco scolded them as he disposed their dirty diapers. He ran the water and settled them into the tub. "Maybe I should get Aric to take a bath too. You two stay here. No drowning!"

He quickly picked up Aric and set him down with Leander and Lily and the small tub. He thought giving babies baths was easy but he couldn't have been more wrong. The three of them ganged up on him, splashing him. By the time they'd finished, he was sopping wet and huge foam of shampoo was settled atop his head. At least they were clean. He gathered them in his arms, got them changed and sat them down on the sofa. Sadly, the babies had no intention of just sitting around. They tried to get out of the couch to play some more.

"You never get tired of playing, do you," Draco chuckled. He was surprised when they tugged at his pants. "What's this? What're you doing that for?" Draco asked and knelt down to get a proper look at them. Aric threw a rattle at him. "You want me to play with you, do you? Well then."

He got down on the floor and almost immediately the three babies "attacked" him. He spent the rest of his time rolling around with them, making them laugh until he was exhausted. Too tired to go back to the sofa, Draco continued to lie down on the floor. Lily yawned; snuggling close to him while Leander crawled atop of his chest and got comfortable. With Lily in his arm, she fell asleep while Aric laid his head to rest against his head and although he may have looked silly, he couldn't have been more comfortable.

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Yawning, Harry made his way to the Room Of Requirement. He couldn't help but laugh. Sure it looked cute but Draco looked rather out of place. In fact, he didn't even look like Draco. He looked so peaceful. Harry's joyous laughter brought Draco back from his dreams. He squinted up at Harry who stood over him with a grin.

"Where's Colin when you need him," Harry teased.

"Sod off Potty," Draco sneered. He made to get up but was being weighed down by the babies. "A little help would be nice."

Still smiling, Harry knelt down and picked up Lily. He gave her a quick kiss before picking up Aric.

"Where's everyone else?" Draco asked. He picked up Leander and placed him in the highchair.

"Ron and Hermione are at the library and Luna is helping out Professor Binns with something. Ginny's out on the Quidditch field."

"Shouldn't you be out there too then?"

"No. Why, do you miss Ginny?"

Draco glared. "Doesn't it bother you that your precious mudblood is with your bumbling idiot of a best friend?" Draco snapped. He didn't like being teased. Especially about that… That annoying red headed girl.

Harry glared back at him but didn't reply. He set Lily down in her crib before going to the kitchen to prepare Lily's bottle. Draco scoffed and set down Leander and Aric in their cribs.

"It's not fair that I've got to deal with the baby while she's out," Draco muttered as he lightly ruffled Leander's light brown hair.

"Oh my, it does sound like you miss her. Hehe."

"Don't push it Potter!"

"There's no shame in admitting you're human."

Draco scoffed, "You take over, I'm going to go out."

Harry sighed and watched him leave. He deserved a break. After all, he had done a good job. He turned to Lily who was reaching her hands out to him. He chuckled, handing her the bottle.

"Such a pretty girl," he said. He looked up to see Hermione standing in the doorway. He blushed and smiled. Damn it, every time I see her I get all red! This is so frustrating.

He's looking at me in that funny way again… "She adores you," she said as she walked over. "You're good with—Hey, where's Leander?"

"He should be in his crib," Harry replied as he turned to look but Leander's crib was empty. "Uh oh."

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Author's Note: Well what do you think? Sorry if the chapter's short, heh! Anyway, I hope you like the chapter and thank you so much for those of you who've reviewed. It means a lot! Thanks again!

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