The Baby Project

Summer Fun

It was the end of the year, and the triplets decided that they wanted to have all of their friends over so that they could hang out. They all had a really good time after the ball and figured it would be fun to have everyone over again. They had been in better spirits since the funeral, but they thought this would really help them start to feel really happy again. 

Ever since Mary had started helping Hyperion cope with the loss of their grandmother, he had been wanting to see her more and more and figured today was as good as any day to let her know how he was feeling. James had been around a lot since the end of the term for Ara, and they were closer than ever. Lila and Scorpius had even started dating. 

"What do you think I should make for us to eat this afternoon?" Ara had been going through all the food in the kitchen for an hour, trying to decide. 

"Oo, sissy, make everyone that chicken you made for us last week," Carina and Nova had been following their older sister everywhere since she had been home from school. Ara loved every second of it. She doted on them all the time. 

"That is a good idea. Nova, could you go find Scorp and ask him if he could set the grill up?" 

"Yes!" Nova jumped up at the task and quickly ran out of the kitchen to find her big brother. 

"What can I do?" Carina got closer to Ara and tried to stand on her tippy toes to see what she was doing. 

"Here, push that chair over, and I'll show you how to peel potatoes." Ara smiled at her younger sister and waited for her to do as she was told. Carina pushed the chair over quickly and got up on it. She watched as Ara explained what to do and then started on her task. Ara noticed how well she was doing and thought she had a real knack in the kitchen. 

"Need any help?" Hyperion came in with Leo close behind. "Scorpius and Nova are already out back. 

"Perfect, could you cut the potatoes that Carina peeled, please?" 

"Of course," Hyperion stood next to Carina, and as she peeled them, he cut them into chunks. 

"Leo, why don't you wrap the cut potatoes in the foil. I'll show you how to do the first ones, and then you can do it. How's that?" 

"That sounds good," Leo pushed a chair over like his sister had done and watched carefully. He wrapped them extra tight just like Ara showed him and then put the finished ones in the bowl that Hyperion had gotten him. 

When Draco and Hermione came into the kitchen, both stopped dead in their tracks. The 6th of them had done things before, but they looked so content with one another right now, perfectly in a line doing a task. Hermione started crying when Ara started to sing along with Carina. They sounded beautiful together. 

"Where are Scorp and Nova?" Draco eventually said. Ara jumped at the sound of her father's voice. 

"They are starting on the grill," Hyperion said with a smile. 

"Right, Mother, do you think you could run these to sissy?" Leo started to pick the heavy bowl up and frowned when he couldn't.

"Yes, of course, dear," She kissed his head, smiled at Draco, and went outside where her other children were. 

"Daddy," Ara turned around, "everyone should be arriving soon. Do you think you could make sure that they go outside? I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to be. Plus, I should really change it."

Draco nodded and laughed when he noticed that she was wearing pajamas still. How long had she been trying to figure out what to make? 

A short while later, Draco opened the door for the three Potter kids.