The Baby Dilemma

written by: albe-chan

DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction and I do NOT own Harry Potter or any of the characters mentioned, I am making no money, and any similarities with real life are purely coincidental. This work will contain MATURE THEMES, such as coarse language, mature subject matter (scenes containing graphic sex, nudity, etc.), and/or violence. Please, if you are not over the age of 18, or of majority in your country, DO NOT READ THIS! You have been warned!

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Epilogue - Five Years Later

Lily felt herself waking slowly, a dream clinging to her consciousness, making her feel warm, and loved, and a little horny. She couldn't recall the details as she opened her eyes, but she definitely remembered it had been starring a handsome, tall, grey eyed blond, who'd said the most decadent things against her ear in a rough, sexy voice. "Scorpius?" she asked through a yawn, sitting up and glancing at the bed beside her.

The sheets, when she touched them, were still warm, and rumpled as though they'd been slept in, and she smiled, because that might also have been from the night before, when her husband had made love to her and she'd reached the highest heights of pleasure with his talented mouth and hands and cock. The only question was, where was he now? Lily slid out of the massive raised bed and walked into the adjoining ensuite, using the loo and pulling her long, snarled mane of dark red hair up into a messy bun atop her head after washing her hands.

She went back to her bedroom to get dressed, pulling on a stretchy black tee and some pyjama pants she was fairly certain had definitely belonged to her husband originally, and then headed toward the smell of coffee in the kitchen, frowning when she heard her husband talking sternly to their daughter. "Do you understand me?" Scorpius said firmly as Lily walked into the large, spacious, and very well-appointed room. Her husband stood at the stove, facing away from the two pans he had on the go, a third warming on the back burner.

"Yes, Dad," the little blonde girl who sat at the breakfast bar replied, a tiny bit sullenly. "Mummy!" she said, looking over at Lily's arrival. "Hi, Mummy! Good morning! Daddy's making breakfast, but he's not doing it right," she informed her mother promptly, and Lily couldn't help but smile, even as the little girl made to scramble down out of her seat.

"Oh no," Lily said, casting her husband a teasingly disappointed look as dark grey eyes rolled. "What's Daddy done wrong?" she asked, even as her daughter scrambled back up into her seat as Lily approached and then hugged and kissed her good morning.

"He cooked the bacon first, not the eggs, and forgot we were supposed to have pancakes," her daughter said readily.

"I didn't forget," Scorpius defended himself. "I told her she had to wait until I found the recipe to make them. I didn't see the need to hold off on the rest of breakfast. And just because it's different, doesn't mean it's wrong, Elyse."

"Dad does things his way, not Mum's way," added Lily's older daughter, Helena. The redhead moved to hug and kiss her as well.

"Of course he does," Lily said, even as their younger daughter opened her mouth to retort back. "And Daddy's right," she added as the three year old pouted. "Just because it's different, doesn't mean it's not right. It's just different."

"Then how come when I say I brushed my teeth, you always say I didn't do it right?" she demanded, scowling, and Lily smiled, ruffling her blonde hair affectionately.

"Because you didn't use toothpaste the last time you said that," Lily replied. "Now eat your breakfast." She moved around the breakfast bar to the stove, hugging her husband of almost five years, giggling as he kissed her collar bone, then her neck, then jaw, and at last, her mouth. She felt him set down the spatula he'd been holding to pull her closer, both hands moving around the distinct bump in her midsection. "Good morning," she purred as he pulled back at last.

"Good morning," Scorpius replied huskily, dark grey eyes tracing the curves of her breasts under her tee. "How's my boy?" he asked, smiling and rubbing her more than slightly distended belly.

"Growing," Lily replied, even as her hazel eyes rolled. They had yet to find out the sex of their third child, and while Lily was indeed hoping for a son this time, she wasn't getting her hopes too high. The last two times she'd been with child, the girls had refused to cooperate during gender reveal ultrasounds, and even though Lily was already almost eighteen weeks along, she had a feeling this time would be the same thing when the time came.

"Is the baby moving?" five year old Helena asked with interest, her dark grey eyes, the same as her father's, lighting up. "Can I feel it?"

"Me too!" Elyse demanded, blue eyes wide as she slipped off her stool once more.

Lily chuckled even as Scorpius sighed, moving his hands away. "No, girls, he's asleep right now," she said, even as Elyse ran up and put both hands on Lily's belly expectantly. Helena, still in her seat, pouted at her plate.

"No fair," she grumbled. Lily's eldest child had been ecstatic about the impending baby since finding out, and had been waiting to properly feel her brother or sister move within Lily's belly for weeks now. "I don't even remember when Elyse was inside you, and now this baby never moves!"

"I know, sunshine," Scorpius replied. "But just you wait. Eventually you'll be able to see your brother moving inside Mummy's belly."

"Wake up!" Elyse said loudly at Lily's bump, but nothing happened. "He's sleeping," she sighed. "He sleeps a lot."

"Finish your breakfast, honey," Lily said, sending Elyse back to her seat. "And I promise you, the second he moves, I'll tell you so you can feel it, Helena." Her daughter smiled at that.

"Okay, Mummy," she said.

Lily moved to get a plate of food for herself, but then Scorpius was kissing her again, hands roving around her belly to grasp her arse firmly this time, tongue teasing the seam of her lips. "What was that for?" she asked, grinning foolishly, even as Scorpius picked up his spatula again, flipping pancakes with the precision that came with years of practice.

"I love you," he said simply, and smiled at her.

"Daddy loves Mummy! Daddy loves Mummy!" Elyse sang from her seat, and Helena rolled her eyes at her sister.

"Duh, how else d'you think they made the baby? That's what Nan told me, that babies are made when two people really love each other," she said with infinite older sister wisdom.

Lily laughed and Scorpius chuckled into his coffee, even as Elyse glared at her sister. The redhead sighed happily, happier than she'd ever reckoned she could be, and pulled her husband down to kiss him again.

"I love you too," she murmured.

"Duh," he teased. "I have two and a half children as the proof, darling." Lily took a drink of his coffee and rolled her eyes again.

"Keep it up, Malfoy, and you'll be sleeping on the couch," she tossed back.

"We both know you wouldn't do that, Mrs. Malfoy," he replied, then added in a husky whisper against her ear, "That's how I know it's a boy this time. You're practically insatiable, darling, instead of pretending you have self control."

The redhead blushed, pushing him away playfully. "You love it," she said, taking his coffee cup over to the breakfast bar. Scorpius chuckled.

"All of it," he admitted, then clicked off the gas for the cooker. "Now, who's ready for pancakes?" he asked, lifting the golden brown, blueberry filled breakfast from the pan to a plate.

Lily watched Scorpius serving up pancakes to her hungry daughters, who fought over who would get the largest of them, and smiled, rubbing her belly contentedly. What had started as a one night stand and turned into the biggest baby dilemma she'd ever imagined, had, somehow, turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to her. Who'd have thought? Then she felt her baby kick within, and her smile only grew, because she was willing to bet, in about five months, she'd be an impossibly happier version of the happiest woman on the face of the planet. All because she'd solved her baby dilemma.

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The End

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thank you so much to everyone who read and reviewed my story, and I can only hope you all loved the extra dosing of fluff that is this epilogue. Every single Favourite, Alert, and Review, makes my day, so love and hugs for those, too. :) Until next time, y'all! Cheers.