birds // hs

20. Park

plz read the authors note at the end

"What the fuck is she doing here?"

Harry looked warily at me and let out a sigh. "Honestly I have no idea, darling. It's obvious she needed a place to stay and-"

"Why did she come here?!"

I tried to keep my voice down because she was only in the living room and that wasn't all that far from the kitchen, where harry and I were now arguing about whether she would stay.

"Well," he scratched the back of his head. "I may or may not have told her to be more assertive in her relationship and..."

"Yes?" I urged, my eyes widened at him. "And?"

"And that she could stay with us if she ever got the courage to leave him."

I think my eye roll was probably the biggest, most dramatic eye roll the world has ever seen.

"And why would you do that again?"

"Baby-"

"Don't baby me!"

"I-I just wanted her to feel like she had a friend," he explained in a soft voice. "She was crying because he said something mean to her and-"

"Harry."

He wrapped his strong arms around my waist and nuzzled his face into my shoulder. "Yes?"

"I feel for her, I really do, but we have three children, for goodness sake! We hardly have time for us, let alone a guest and all her problems."

"So we're going to kick her out?"

"No, of course not," I sighed. "She can stay for a few nights but then I want you to talk to her and see if she has anyone else that can take care of her. She needs someone that can provide support for her right now and we can't do that. So that's the deal, mister."

"Yes ma'am," he answered with a lazy grin. "I love you, baby."

"Yeah yeah, whatever."

"Come on, give me a little credit here, sweetheart," he pleaded gently. "You always talk about being a better person and I'm really trying. She just needs a friend."

"I know, I know," I smiled as I leaned into his naked torso. "But she interrupted our sex time."

"Yeah, I'm really feeling that right now," he groaned, pointedly readjusting his sweatpants which were a little too tight in the crotch area. "But I'll make it up to you, yeah? I promise, baby girl."

"Just make up the guest room, would you? I have to go make sure the twins are still asleep."

"Of course, darling." He kissed my forehead softly and squeezed my hand, then slumped tiredly out of the room with Rose trailing close behind.

Thank goodness the twins were still sleeping soundly and James was snoring along, so I quickly changed into some fresh pajamas and climbed under our warm sheets.

I could hear Harry's deep voice rumbling for a little while and it was just beginning to soothe me to sleep when the door swung open and he let out a deep sigh, then plopped down on his side of the bed.

"Everything alright?"

He grinned back at me, showing off his adorable dimples. "Everything is fantastic, sunshine. I couldn't be happier."

*

When I woke up the next morning Harry's side of the bed was cold, and there were no babies crying. Odd.