Harry successfully changed and snuck out of the room without disturbing his partner. He cringed and had to stop the flow of guilty pleasure that threatened to overcome him.
He didn't see Blaise until the Italian man placed a steady hand on his shoulder. Harry almost jumped a mile and spun around, trying to keep the guilt off his face. "Blaise, you scared me!"
Blaise frowned and Harry realized with pain stricken horror that Blaise knew what he had done last night. Harry prayed for a hole to open and swallow him whole.
"I can explain!" Harry rushed before Blaise had a chance to speak. "I was drunk! I have no idea what happened and…." He trailed off hopelessly and instead pushed the papers into his lawyer's hands. "Give these to Draco."
Blaise looked down at the folded paper and back up at Harry who had already disappeared. Ignoring the fact that this was for Draco, Blaise opened the papers, and scanned the neat writing and swore loudly.
"Blaise, what's wrong?" Draco was standing in the doorway to his suite, the silk sheets wrapped lazily around his naked waist and a sleepy look in his eyes.
Blaise handed him the paper. "From Harry."
A confused look marred Draco's face and he took the unfolded paper and read it in a haze. He skimmed through the useless information and went the bottom.
Potter, H Negative to Ruth, G
Potter, T Negative to Ruth, G
"What….?" Draco looked up, startled, at his friend.
Blaise smirked weakly. "Congratulations?"
Blaise's only response was a colourful swear from Draco.
On a bench in the muggle park Harry sat and pondered. His headache had come back full force but he pushed it aside for the time being. All that had just happened ran through his head in a stampede.
He had slept with Draco, who was engaged. Draco was the twins' father. Harry was leaving and he still had to decide on Kevin's shocking proposal.
"For once I'd like things to be a little less complicated!" Harry growled.
"Why's that?" Harry's head snapped up, Harry regretting it instantly as the pain came back in a wave, to see the curious smiling face of Kevin.
Discover moreWriting contestsCommunity forumsBooksBooks & LiteratureComic book subscriptionsHarry sighed, he supposed now would be a good time to talk to Kevin about his proposal. "Kevin, can we talk about yesterday?"
Kevin nodded, taking a seat beside the Savior and took his hand. "I know this is sudden but I feel we are right for each other. I can give you and the girls everything you need."
Harry sighed, this was going to be harder than he expected. "I…I'm going back to Australia."
Kevin nodded. "I know. I'll come with you."
Harry's shoulders sagged. "I can't marry you. I'm still in love with someone else and well it won't be fair on the girls. The twins, well, aren't fond of you and Constance doesn't know you and she's still getting used to the idea of me and none of them are ready for a step-father they barely know."
"You adopted Ruth's daughter?" Kevin asked a little shocked.
"Yes." Harry nodded he felt so tired and worn and he really wanted to just curl up and ignore the world.
"Why? I mean she's the child of Ruth, the man who raped you, wouldn't you prefer to just let her rot somewhere?"
Harry snatched his hand away and glared. "I don't want to deal with this right now. Constance is my daughter, don't you ever say something about her to me again!"
Before Kevin could react Harry and stormed off to a safe place to apparate home. Once he landed in the sitting room he was attacked by the over excited twins.
"Daddy, where have you been?" Truth demanded.
Harry smiled and bent down to hug them. "Daddy was….busy. How's Constance? Have you killed her yet?"
"Nope." Hope grinned, hugging him back. Harry almost cried; she looked like Draco, she was Draco.
Constance walked shyly forwards, holding a yapping Joey. Harry smiled and stood, giving her a hug while avoiding hurting Joey. "How are you?" He asked once he pulled back.
Constance smiled. "I'm good. The girls are a lot of fun."
Harry laughed at the proud smiles on the twin's faces. "You'd be about the first to think so."
"Daddy!" Hope and Truth whined.
Harry only laughed and headed into the kitchen, his headache was back and he needed something to calm it down.
"Where have you been!?" Isabella all but shrieked when she caught sight of him.
Harry winced as her voice cut like knives through his mind. "At a party."
Discover moreMobile app promotionFan fiction platformGaming merchandiseCommunity forumsBooks & LiteratureIsabella pulled Harry aside and hissed. "Well, did you tell him?"
"Not exactly, I gave him the paper instead." Harry explained weakly. He was feeling oddly sick and hungry; he really wanted some chocolate ice-cream.
"Oh." Isabella frowned. "Were you drinking?"
Harry nodded lightly. "And then sleeping with an engaged man, but that doesn't really mean anything."
Isabella paled. "You slept with Draco!?"
"Shush!" Harry hissed. "The girls are in the sitting room."
Isabella ignored him and continued her rant. "He's going to get married Harry! It's bad enough you gave him the news about the twins now you've gone and slept with him! You could get pregnant, again!"
Harry groaned and rubbed his temples, wishing Isabella would be quiet. "Look, we are going back to Australia. Draco is getting married, after he does we can all deal with this like adults, now please excuse me, I need ice-cream."
He grabbed a tube of ice-cream and went back into his rooms where his bags were already half packed.
A soft knock on the door was followed by Sirius' entry. "So we're going?" He asked, taking a seat on the bed.
Harry nodded and sat beside his Godfather, opening the ice-cream lid and starting to eat. Sirius watched him carefully and nodded. "You slept with Draco."
Harry groaned. "Isabella told you then?"
"No. I can just tell." Sirius rubbed his back. "I like Constance; she's sweet, unlike those two little monsters."
Harry smiled. "She is."
Sirius smiled and kisses his forehead in a display of affection before standing. "Well I need to pack and help the girls pack. Constance doesn't have much, so if there's time Isabella wants to take her shopping before we leave."
Harry nodded. "We'll need to enroll her at the Wizarding School in Australia."
Sirius nodded. "Isabella can arrange it all." He left Harry alone to his ice-cream and his headache.
Draco was pacing the room, with pants on by Blaise's command. The paper from Harry was still clenched in his hand and he was trying to sort through and deal with everything.
"So the twins are my daughters and Harry and I slept together?" He asked for what felt like the hundredth time.
"Yes and yes Draco." Blaise sighed. "The question you should be worried about is what are you going to do? Harry will be leaving in less than three hours, the same time you'll be marrying Pansy. You need to choose. Harry or Pansy?"
Draco stopped. "Harry always, but…what if, what if he's marrying Kevin? You said yourself that the git proposed, what if Harry accepts?"
"He won't, not unless you step in." Blaise confirmed confident he was right.
Draco ran a hand through his ragged hair. He knew he wanted Harry, more than anything. He squared his shoulders, knowing exactly what he was going to do. "Do you think he'll still be at the Hotel?"
Blaise nodded, a grin forming on his face. "Want me to call it off with Pug-face?"
"If you don't mind." Draco smiled, already pulling on a shirt, jacket and shoes hastily.
"Not at all." Blaise laughed.
Draco was already wrenching open the door only to be face-to-face with his mother. "Mother, what are you doing here?"
Narcissa Malfoy pushed past her son with an elegance only a pure-blood could master. She looked at Blaise before turning back to her roughly dressed, alcohol reeking son.
"Where are you going, Draco?"
Draco's shoulders sagged. His mother had arranged the marriage with Pansy; she would never let him leave her. "I was planning on going after the love of my life, and then you showed up."
If Narcissa was startled she did well to hide it. "You are the father of Harry Potter's twin daughters." It wasn't much of a question more a statement of facts.
"Yes." Draco nodded.
Narcissa brushed away a spec of imaginary dust before answer. "Go marry Harry."
"What!?" Draco and Blaise yelled.
"Don't yell." Narcissa commanded calmly before taking a seat. "If the girls are your daughters than Malfoy tradition claims you need to marry their birth giver. I knew your marriage with Pansy would never work out, not while you are so in love with Harry."
Draco got over his shock and grinned, leaning down to kiss his mother's cheek. "Thank you, Mother."
Discover moreCreative writing toolsComic book subscriptionsPublishing resourcesWriting contestsManga subscriptionsNarcissa waved him off. "He's already leaving so you better be quick."
Draco hastily did as he was told and ran from the room, apparating in the hall and landed in the sitting room of the hotel. But it was empty, only house-elves hurrying to clean the room for the next guest. Draco swore and 'POP'ed out before landing in the transporting bay in the Ministry of Magic.
Harry was holding Hope while Constance held Truth and Sirius clung onto a wriggling Joey. Isabella was arranging the details for their long portkey to Australia.
"Are you girls ready?" Harry asked them fondly, as Isabella returned carrying a large child's floating device.
Constance nodded while the twins cheered loudly. "Can't we say goodbye to Mr. Draco?" Truth asked again.
Harry's stomach tightened painfully and he kept the ragging emotions at bay. "No, Mr. Draco is busy."
"It's Mr. Draco!" Hope giggled, looking over Harry's shoulder.
Harry gave her a confused frown until Truth giggled as well. "Mr. Draco!"
Harry looked around to see that through the crowded bay he could just see Draco. The blond looked little like his poised self and Harry smiled a little. Hope and Truth were waving at their approaching father and Draco spared them a warm smile before he finally reached Harry.
For a long time they just stood and stared at each other in a content silence, that was only disturbed from the general buzz of the departing bay and the twins. Harry wasn't so sure what to do or say to the blond. Draco should have been ready for his wedding not standing in front of Harry flushed and ruffled.
"Don't go." Draco said after a long moment of silence.
Harry smiled a little. "You're getting married Draco."
Draco frowned. "Not unless it's to you."
Harry faintly heard cheers from the twins and 'aww's from Isabella and Constance. He smiled. "You got the letter?"
Draco nodded. "I want to be a family."
Harry sighed. "We've been apart for nearly five years Draco."
Draco shook his head. "I don't care Harry, I love you and I've never stopped loving you and never will." He lent forwards and captured Harry's soft lips with his own.
Harry's head spun as he kissed back tenderly. The kiss was sweet and filled with promise and longing. When Draco pulled away they were both breathless.
"Can Mr. Draco be our other daddy?" Hope asked, breaking the tender silence.
Harry smiled and kissed her cheek. "He already is."
Draco grinned and took Hope from Harry's arms, hugging the blonde girl as she and Truth cheered happily. Harry beckoned Constance and Truth forwards, wrapping an arm around the adopted girl's shoulders.
"Draco, this is my new daughter. Constance." Harry smiled.
Draco knew her from sight and smiled at Constance, leaning forward to kiss her cheek. Constance smiled at the blonde man who smiled back at her warmly.
Isabella cleared her throat and they turned to her. "Draco are you going to ask him to marry you or not?"
Draco laughed at the woman's blunt question and handed Hope to Sirius before dropping to one knee and taking Harry's hand in his. "Harry James Potter, will you marry me?"
Harry's eyes filled with unshed tears. "On one condition. We keep my family name too."
"Of course." Draco nodded then smiled hopefully. "Is that a yes then?"
"Yes!" Harry grinned; leaning forwards and kissing the ex-Slytherin again.
"I suppose we have no need for this then." Isabella muttered, indicating to the children's floating device.
Sirius laughed and looked down at the three girls. "What do you think of your father?"
Hope and Truth shared an identical grin. "Love him!"
Isabella and Constance laughed and turned back to the newly engaged pair. "Finally." Isabella muttered before returning the portkey.
Harry smiled, loving the feeling of being once again in Draco's arms. He could feel the life of his new child inside him and wondered when he should break the news. 'Later,' Harry decided, 'Right now I just want this to never end.'
-THE END-