Chapter Eleven

The week before Christmas passed quickly for everyone at the Borrow. Draco and Blaise came by to visit a couple times as did Lucius and Severus. Christmas morning Draco showed up before breakfast. Lucius arrived just after breakfast when everyone was getting ready to open presents. They all did presents then most of them went outside to enjoy the snow. Harry stayed inside with Lucius and the girls since it was too cold for them to be outside. They just sat by the fire drinking cocoa and spending time together. Severus arrived just before lunch and joined Harry and Lucius with the girls. The three of them spent the rest of the day together with their children.

Harry returned to the castle three days after Christmas. He didn't want to take the train back to Hogwarts with everyone else so he made arrangements to return early. Lucius and Severus came over to retrieve their daughters and flooed to Hogwarts with them. Harry took a portkey back to the castle after they left. He spent the rest of his break holed up either in his own room or down in Severus' quarters. He didn't venture out into the rest of the castle until his friends returned on the train.

The rest of the school year went by quickly for Harry. Lucius remained with the girls during classes while Harry and his friends watched them the rest of the time. Severus usually would spend time with his daughter at night while Harry got some sleep. It was a good routine and it worked for everyone involved. Harry returned to the quidditch team after the new term started and played in the last two games of the season.

The final quidditch match of the season was between Slytherin and Gryffindor. That was also the first time anyone, outside of their family of course, saw the twins. Lucius and Severus decided that their daughters should get to see their daddy play quidditch. They were five and a half months old by then so Harry didn't object. The game was very intense and stayed practically tied for almost two hours before Harry finally caught the snitch to win the game for Gryffindor. The crowd went wild as Harry took his victory lap before landing in the stands in front of his little girls. He picked both of them up and kissed them then kissed both of their fathers. The crowd went insane when Harry kissed Lucius and Severus and quite a few people fainted from shock.

After that match pictures of Harry kissing his daughters and their two fathers surfaced in the Daily Prophet. The press had a field day coming up with stories to go with the pictures. Harry just ignored the paper until they finally ran out of stories to tell about the quidditch match incident. The remaining weeks of school passed quickly once the seventh years finished their NEWTs the week after the final quidditch match. The seventh years still had classes those last few weeks but since NEWTs were over they rarely did anything. Severus was the only professor to continue to give them work to do. He didn't give them homework but they had to brew a different potion each class.

Graduation was on June 29th in the great hall. All the seventh years' families were invited to the castle. Dumbledore presented each seventh year with a scroll signifying their completion of their education. A few of the students were asked to make speeches, namely the Head Boys and Head Girl. After the speeches Dumbledore dubbed them graduated and the leaving feast began. After the feast the Seventh years had a huge party down in the dungeons. That party changed quite a few lives that evening.

The first big thing that happened is Harry, Hermione and Draco all figured out why Ginny was always freaking out that Draco might be cheating on her. She had been cheating on Draco for the last two years with Anthony Goldstein, a Ravenclaw perfect in Harry's year. Draco ended his relationship with Ginny right then and there. The next big thing that happened was Ron proposed to Hermione and she of course said yes. Harry was happy for his two friends but it brought back to mind his own predicament. Harry spent most of the party dancing with Draco, Blaise and Hermione while thinking about if he actually loved Lucius or Severus. He finally realized the answer just before midnight and went running from the party. He ran straight to his room, where he knew the man he loved would be.

Two years later

"Harry you've got to wake up. It's time." George said as he gently shook his husband.

"Huh?" Harry moaned sleepily.

"It's time Harry. Our son is ready to be born." George replied just as another pain hit him. Harry was wide awake when he heard this and hurried off to call Severus. Severus arrived and not even ten minutes later Harry was holding his son in his arms.

"Look Georgie it's our son. We have a son." Harry said in awe as he showed the little boy to George.

"He's wonderful. Just like his sisters." George smiled at his husband and son. "What color are his eyes?"

Harry looked down at his dark haired son and willed him to open his eyes. He did and Harry smiled. "He's got hazel eyes love. Just like you."

"What do you want to name him?"

"If it's alright with you I'd like to name him Cedric." Harry whispered remembering his first lover.

"That's fine Harry. I know that Cedric was very important to you." Geroge paused to think for a moment. "Cedric Sirius Weasley. Does that work for you Harry?"

Harry smiled and nodded as silent tears began to fall from his eyes. It meant so much to him that George would think to include Sirius in their son's name. Harry leaned forward to kiss his husband then handed their son to him. While the two of them were talking Severus was filling out the birth record.

"Daddy?" Gwen said quietly from the door to Harry and George's room.

"Come here sweetie." Harry held his arms out to his daughter and she toddled forward. "How'd you get out of your crib Gwen?"

She just shrugged and turned to look at her father. She pointed at the baby in his arms. "Baby."

"Yes Gwen this is your baby brother Cedric." George replied. She reached out as if asking to hold him. "I'm sorry sweetie but you can't hold him right now. He's still too little. Only daddy and I can hold him right now."

Gwen looked up at Harry hoping he'd give her a different answer. "Sweetie your father is right. Cedric is still too little for you to hold him. You'll just have to wait until he's a little older." Harry kissed his daughter's forehead. "Come on sweetie it's time for you to go back to bed." Harry carried her back to her room and placed her back into her crib with her twin sister.

"Daddy?" Emma looked up at Harry in sleepy confusion.

"It's alright baby. Daddy was just bringing Gwen back to bed. Sleep now my girls and you can see your brother in the morning." Harry kissed both girls good night and tucked them back in.