Sorry guys- I forgot to send Amy the completed file! Here's the rest of the ficlet! Happy Christmas!
"Yeah," Ron clapped Harry on the back. "You could do that, Harry. Hippety Hoppety and all that."
Harry punched Ron in the arm.
"Ow!" Ron yelped.
"Serves you right," Harry told him.
"Me?" Ron asked with a grin. "You should take this up with Santa."
"Very funny," Harry answered dryly.
Saffron hugged the bunny to her. "This is even better than a puppy...almost."
Harry chuckled. "Keep asking, baby."
"Maybe you could ask for a real rabbit?" RJ suggested.
"There already are two in the house," Ron muttered under his breath.
Saffron heard this and her eyes grew large. "Where?"
This time Hermione frowned at Ron.
"Um," Ron looked at his watch. "Would you look at the time? I think its past time for breakfast..."
"Yeah!" RJ said. "I'm STARVING!"
Everyone started for the kitchen, except for Harry and Hermione.
"What a mess," Hermione shook her head, but she smiled.
"Ron or the sitting room?" Harry asked dryly.
"Both," Hermione answered, waving her wand at the piles of wrapping paper on the floor.
Harry smiled. "Thanks."
Hermione gave him a hug. "I have a present for you upstairs..."
"You do?" Harry asked.
"Mmmhmm..." she gave him a kiss.
"When do I get this...present?" Harry asked huskily.
"Later," she whispered.
"It's not a matching stuffed rabbit is it?" Harry asked with a grin.
"No," she said. "I think you'll like it a lot... better..."
Harry gave her a lingering kiss. "I have a feeling I will."
"Daddy!" Saffron called. "Mummy! Come eat before Uncle Ron takes it all!"
Hermione laughed. "We'll be right there, Saffy!"
Harry smiled. "We can sneak in a little private time before we head to the Burrow."
"Oh, Rabbits..." Ron called out in a sing-song voice.
"I'm going to kill him," Harry began.
"Not if I get him first," Hermione said just as Saffron ran out of the kitchen. "Saffy---there's no rabbits---"
"But there is one!" Saffron said. "In the kitchen!"
"What?" Hermione asked, raising an eyebrow.
She and Harry hurried in to see the stuffed bunny hopping across the floor.
"It's the coolest!" Saffron exclaimed clapping her hands together.
"Very cool," Julie agreed, laughing.
Ron grinned. "Happy Christmas, Harry!"
Harry shook his head wryly. "Happy Christmas, Ron."
"One good turn deserves another, right?" Ron asked.
"I suppose so," Harry conceded.
Ron took a bite of his pancakes. "This is the best Christmas ever."
Saffron nodded eagerly, grasping her fork in her hand. "Because we got to meet Santa!"
"And Dad got that stuffed rabbit," Ethan said.
"Let's never forget that," Harry rolled his eyes.
"Daddy the Rabbit King hopping down the bunny trail," Saffron sang happily.
Ron nearly choked on his food and Luna had to pound on his back for a moment.
"Dad, are you okay?" RJ asked.
"Fine," Ron managed. "Just fine..."
Harry sat down at the table and Saffron crawled into his lap.
"Daddy?" Saffron looked up at him.
"Yes, Saffy?" Harry asked.
"I love you," she said. "You're the bestest Daddy ever."
Harry grinned. He would take any amount of teasing Ron would throw his away if he could hear something like that from his baby girl. "I love you, too, Saffron. You, your mum, Ethan and Julie. More than anything in this world."
Saffron grinned up at him. "We can share my breakfast if you want."
"You would share with me?" Harry asked grinning back at her.
Saffron nodded. "I have lots of pancakes."
"With blueberries," Harry said kissing the top of her head.
"My favourite," Saffron nodded as Harry grabbed a fork.
Hermione grabbed her camera. "Smile."
Saffron and Harry both grinned at the camera. "Ethan!" the little girl exclaimed. "Show Mummy the picture from last night!"
Ethan took the camera from his mother and pushed a couple of buttons. He handed it back to her. "That's Saffy and Santa Claus."
"Oh my!" Hermione exclaimed. "Look at that!"
Saffron grinned.
"Before we go to the Burrow we'll make a copy of it and take it with us," Hermione promised.
"You know," Harry said looking at the camera. "He reminds me a little of Albus Dumbledore."
"I could see that," Ethan agreed.
Ron scoffed. "Dumbledore? Please..."
"I think Santa was perfectly lovely," Maddie volunteered.
"He had a big stomach and everything," RJ agreed.
"He did--" Ron started to argue.
Maddie smiled at her father. "He was the best and I'm sure if his family could have seen him, they'd have been very proud."
Ron smiled at his youngest daughter. "You've got it, sweetheart."
Darla and Drew knew what their father had done last night and they couldn't have agreed more. "And he's quite handsome, too," Darla chimed in.
"And charming," Drew giggled.
Ron grinned. "I'm sure he was."
"I love him," Saffron agreed.
"Even if he didn't bring you a puppy?" Ron asked.
"I'm going to try again next year," Saffron said.
"That's my girl," Harry said. "Never give up."
"Nope," Saffron stuck her fork in another pancake.
Hermione raised her glass of orange juice. "To Santa!"
Harry raised Saffron's little arm with his. "To the old man!"
"To the better man!" Ron said glaring at Harry.
"Happy Christmas!" Saffron said happily.