Babysitting
Babysitting by Plum
Neville sighed heavily. Much as he loved Hugo and Rose, the company of two small children for two nights in a row was slightly boring.
All they did at the moment was sleep, eat and cry. He couldn’t wait until they got big enough to be interesting.
A thin, reedy cry came floating down the stairs and Neville sighed again. Back on guard duty. He climbed the stairs to the twins’ bedroom quickly, socked feet carrying him silently along. By the time he reached the bedroom, the single cry had doubled.
He waved his wand vaguely in the direction of the nightlight, increasing its glow, then shuffled over to the cot where the two wailing babes lay. Picking them up, one in each arm, he rocked them whilst humming softly under his breath.
As the two dozed back off again slowly, Neville sighed once more.
He laid the two sleeping children back in their shared cot and turned the light back down with a wave.
As he made his way back downstairs, he muttered to himself. “I don’t care how busy they are, I really can’t do this again tomorrow.”
Even as he said it he smiled wanly, knowing that if it came down to it, he would be the children’s guard whenever he was needed.
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