Author's Note- Oh Merlin! I can't believe that I let my fanfics go again! Ughhh! I am so sorry my lovelies! And for all of those who have been with this fic since its creation, a millennia ago, thank you for your patience. I won't ever abandon this fic! So if i don't update for a while, please bare with me, life probably became more than expected on my side of the screen. Anyways, much love everyone! Now on with the STORY!

Second Author's Note- One of you lovely reviewers told me that I was unconsciously allowing my computer to auto-correct, Angela to Angelina accidentally. So I am editing this!

Harry and Hermione rushed to get home, and quickly began dinner. It wasn't what they had discussed as to be their usual routine, but with it being a Friday, and them having guests over that night, a small amount of deviation was allotted. Even though Hermione hated leaving things for the last minute. But since becoming parents, she learned certain things took precedence over others. And so she mentally scheduled a small window of time to finish the severe amount of homework that had been given to them. It was nowhere near as much as the Hogwarts Professors, but then again those were block classes that they only had every other day. Meaning less class time, more self study was needed. Yet, both of them knew that it would be easy to finish because of the amount of self-study that Hermione made them do in preparation of this task.

While Harry was cooking dinner, Hermione fed the twins a bowl of pureed green beans, and as a dessert some pureed mango. Shockingly, it was their favorite foods. The entire time that they were in the kitchen, they began telling each other about all the classes that they didn't have together. Laughing together about all of the hilarious introductions that they were forced to have, all of the stares that seemed to follow them everywhere they went.
"I swear all of the stares are worse than the looks I got back in 4th year!" Harry said, as she stirred something on the stove. It's started a new round of laughter.

After a small dinner of lemon pepper baked chicken, fresh green beans and alfredo noodles, Harry asked Dobby if he could transform all of the Laz-E-Boy chairs into chaises. It will allow all 7 of them to sleep comfortably, and to fill them up with fluffy pillows and soft blankets. And to fill the counter with snacks of all kinds, and to make sure the soda fountain was filled too. So that when the twins were laid down, they could retire to the movie room and watch one of the newest movies to come out. Harry knew that Fred and George would be upset if they had a movie night, but the snacks were missing.

Once he was done making sure things were set up for the night and told Dobby that he, as well as the other house-elves were to go to the chalet in Aspen. He told them to clean it and prepare it for their vacation there for the winter holidays. None of them were to be in this house while the others were here. When Dobby finally popped out of existence, Harry made his way down the hall to the playroom where Hermione had took Teddy and Cassie while he had finished the preparations.

Around an hour and a half later, the wards chimed alerting them of someone arriving. George, who had joined them an hour ago along with Fred, jumped up stating that he would get it. He opened the door and allowed Jessica, Angela, and Lauren to enter. All of them each carried an overnight bag full of the necessities that they would need.

"If you follow me ladies, then I may show you where you may drop off your things for the evening." He began to lead them down the hall and up the back stairwell. The girls followed him down and around another bend before he finally stopped in front of a humongous double door.

"This is the door leading to the guest suite, where you may or may not actually sleep in. But you can drop your things off here."

When George pushed open the door all of the girls were stunned by the shear grandeur of it all. The room that they stepped into was a small sitting room, big bay windows on the wall directly across from the door that they had all just entered, allowing the dying sunlight into the room. It was a pale pink color, so pale it was nearing to white, and the accents littered around the room was a light lilac and white. The small couch, and two armchairs were in a light beige color, with a whitewashed coffee table and matching side tables. On both sides of the rooms were doors, both open and peaking into one, the girls noticed that it led to a huge bathroom. And looking into the other room, the saw the shapes of two beds with pale pink duvets and satin white sheets and dozens of pillows. The sheer opulence of this room made the three guests feel as if they shouldn't be allowed in this room, to either stand in or to sleep in. They all fell completely out of place.

"Just set your stuff down anywhere. Trust me, I felt the same way. My family grew up in a run down shack, Harry didn't do much better. He didn't know he came from old money until he was 16 and received his inheritance. This house, as well as all the others, had been left the same way as it was when his parents or grandparents last renovated it. Every week a cleaning crew would come in and keep it clean. Anyways, lets get going to the others." George said. The three girls quickly set their bags down on the couch, and followed the redhead back out the door and back down the hall and bend and a different staircase, but then led them to the same room that they remembered from their dinner the other night.

"Jess! Lauren! Ange! I'm so glad you guys were able to come!" Hermione said as she stood up and hugged the 3 girls. The three girls then came further into the room, and joined the others in sitting. Soon they played with the babies, while talking and joking with each other. Even though they really weren't doing anything, just sitting there, talking and laughing made the three new girls all feel comfortable. Like they belonged, like these people wanted them just the way they were. Not with all the expectations that their parents put on them, or the pretenses that they were forced to keep up with at school, because it was a small town, if they deviated from their facades, then the whole town will know. It felt nice to let down the masks and the barriers that they put into place all the time.

When it was time to get the twins ready for bed, both Jessica and Angela asked if they could help with them. Harry and Hermione both agreed, both girls looked too eager for them to say 'no' to them. Harry went with Angela and Teddy to the downstairs bathroom and Hermione took Cassie and went with Jessica to the upstairs bathroom. Both Harry and Hermione showed the other two how to bathe, lotion and dress the twins. And after they were finished, Harry and Hermione both grabbed bottles from the kitchen before heading to the children's bedroom. As they fed the twins, Harry and Hermione rocked them slowly, softly singing the lullaby that Hermione had fallen in love with while they were on the run.

"Hush now, mo stóirín

Close your eyes and sleep

Waltzing the waves

Diving in the deep

Stars are shining bright

The wind is on the rise

Whispering words

of long lost lullabies

Oh won't you come with me

Where the moon is made of gold

And in the morning sun

We'll be sailing

Oh won't you come with me

Where the ocean meets the sky

And as the clouds roll by

We'll sing the song of the sea

I had a dream last night

And heard the sweetest sound

I saw a great white light

And dancers in the round

Castles in the sand

Cradles in the trees

Don't cry, I'll see you by and by

Oh won't you come with me

Where the moon is made of gold

And in the morning sun

We'll be sailing

Oh won't you come with me

Where the ocean meets the sky

And as the clouds roll by

We'll sing the song of the sea

Rolling

Rolling

Rolling

Rolling

Oh won't you come with me

Where the moon is made of gold

And in the morning sun

We'll be sailing free

Oh won't you come with me

Where the ocean meets the sky

And as the clouds roll by

We'll sing the song of the sea

Grá go deo," Both Harry and Hermione had sung the lullaby in a near perfect harmony. Harry's voiced deep and and soothing, and Hermione's more high and comforting. It left chills going down the backs of the three girls watching the scene from the doorway. It made them wish that the Potters' were their parents. So that they could grow up feeling as loved as they knew those babies would.

Lauren hadn't offered to help get the beautiful children ready for bed, but she did follow Harry. She lurked in the background, snapping a few photos of him teaching Angela how to undress Teddy, wash him, lotion him, dressing him. In between each task, she went upstairs and took photos of Hermione and Jessica doing the same task. Then when Harry and Hermione were feeding and lulling them to sleep, she snapped a few more photos.

It wasn't well known that she wanted to actually wanted to be a photographer. It was her dream, and she was working herself into the ground trying to save money for a professional camera at the small grocery store in town. But the work was strenuous and the pay was crap. Her parents would never help her buy one, they would tell her it would be ridiculous to spend that amount of money on something so frivolous.

But her parents set her with a double standard from her older sister, Melinda. Melinda was the star child who could do no wrong, the one that they wanted, the one that they planned for. Everything that Lindie wanted she received, even if her parents had to kill themselves working overtime. Even with her away at college, her parents were still sending her things every time she called them to ask for something. She had come along when Melinda was 5. Unexpected, unannounced, a surprise for everyone. Her mother had always said that she had been happy with just the one child, her perfect little Lindie. She hadn't even known she had been pregnant, everything had stayed the same, she had a small bout of flu that lasted for less than a week, months back, but that was it. She still had a period, never gained more than 6 pounds. Nothing seemed off until the contractions woke her out of a dead sleep, she had thought her spleen had ruptured, and when they did an ultrasound to confirm, they found the baby, and that she was in labor.

Yeah, her parents somewhat loved her, but she could always see the resentment in their eyes when they thought she wasn't looking. They only ever did the bare minimum that was expect or required. It made her feel isolated and alone, it was mainly why she acted the way she did to others at school. She came off as if she was an icy bitch to anyone that wasn't in her closest group of friends. But those were the only ones who ever accepted her as who she really was. Who wanted her, for her. Who didn't know that she wasn't wanted at all, by anyone else. And even Harry, Hermione, George, and Fred who all just met her, but they included her. They allowed her to be herself, even if she was frosty with them, they still accepted her. It made her feel whole.

Hermione saw what Lauren was doing, even if she never shown it. She had been a war, for Merlin's sake. And with that small info, she knew what she was getting her. She leaned over and whispered to Jessica, "Hey, when is Lauren's birthday?"

"October 14th. But she never wants to celebrate. Always hates when it is brought up, or is mentioned. She is quiet the entire day too." Jessica said, and Hermione could hear the sorrow in her voice.

"Well, we will change that this year. But hush for now. Let's not give away the surprize." And they went back to getting Cassie ready for bed.

Once the twins were in their upstairs bedroom, which was connected to their suite, everyone went to get themselves ready for bed. They used a muggle video baby monitor to allow them to keep an eye on them. The girls all made their way back to the guest rooms and changed into their pajamas, brushed their teeth, washed their faces, and for Jessica she quickly braided her hair. Angela just threw her long silky black hair into a bun, while Lauren just brushed her blonde hair.

On the other side of the floor, Hermione and Harry began getting ready for bed, Hermione used her wand and charmed her hair into a braid. She had learned in around 3rd year, that sleeping with braids, drastically tamed her wild curls. Harry was brushing her teeth when she looked over at her husband and stated, "We are throwing Lauren a birthday dinner, her birthday is in a month. She has a lot of the same signs that I recognize in you when we first met."

"Sounds good to me, love." Harry stated after he spit out the toothpaste into the sink.

"Also, I plan on gifting her the best camera that I can find in the short amount of time. I caught a glimpse of her snapping photos of us while we gave the children tonight. And the serene look in her eyes, it told me that it was something that truly made her happy," She said as she rubbed the scrub onto her face.

"Really? I hope she got my good side then," Harry said once he placed the towel he used to wipe his mouth. Hermione laughed as she splashed water onto her face. "You prat!" The two busted out into peels of laughter.

On the floor above them George and Fred both began to get ready.

"I know you're disappointed that little Angie's brother didn't show," George teased his twin from their adjoining rooms.

Their rooms opened across from each other with a similar sitting room as the one in the guest room in between the two doors. But unlike the guest room each bedroom had their own bathroom. The walls are a light seafoam green, with accents of beige and blues. The window looked out onto the other side of the yard, opposite the view that the guest room gave. Unlike the furniture in the guest room, theirs were all hard edges, no curves.

"Oh, hush you ass!" Fred said. George laughed.

And then they shown their guests to the theater. And all three girls gasped. The shear amount of junk food and blankets and pillows and the size of the screen against the far wall shocked them.

All of them voted on an action movie, agreeing on Hobbs & Shaw. Even though none of the Brits had ever seen any of the movies in the Fast & Furious franchise. Everyone gathered snacks and drinks before quickly claiming a seat.

After that movie had finished, they agreed to begin the next, which was just a random movie that they saw on Netflix called 'London Has Fallen' and thought it looked interesting too. Before that movie had finished all of them were asleep on their chaises.