Title: Why?
Rating: T to be safe
Summary[light slash at the end Harry learned a new word recently and that word is of course "Why?" SBRL.
Disclaimer: all Jo's.
Author's Note: It seems kind of drawn out to me right now. But hope you all like it. Happy 2008. I'm so hyped up on Starbucks that I had to write this. Also, I'm not sure why Sirius calls Harry "squirt"…
"Well squirt, I have to go." Sirius told his one year old godson, who was now sitting on his godfather's knees while his parents were elsewhere.
"Why?" This was the word the one-year-old had most recently learned and found pleasure in saying it every moment of every day.
"Because Remus is waiting for me," he answered.
"Why?"
"Because I told him that I would be home by now."
"Why?"
"Because I didn't want him to worry," Sirius said after a bit of thought.
"Why?"
"Because Remus worries a lot more than he needs to," Sirius chuckled.
"Why?"
"Because that's how Remus is?" Sirius attempted weakly.
"Why?"
"Because when Uncle Remus was a kid, his cat was taken by the giant squid and now Remus doesn't have a cat anymore and worries that the same thing will happen to everyone else." Sirius answered promptly.
"Cat." Harry said clearly pointing to the Potter's cat which was now sitting on the couch next to Sirius; it was the first cat he had met that did not run from him.
"That's right, that's a cat." Sirius replied lifting the baby off of his lap and placing him beside the cat on the couch. Harry leaned over on the couch and began to try to "play gently" with the cat, which consisted of pulling at a clump of the cat's hair making it streak off across the house.
"We don't do that Harry." Sirius scolded.
"Why?"
"Because then the cat gets mad."
"Why?"
"Because cats get angry when you pull their hair," Sirius said.
"Why?"
"Because it hurts," He said wishing that this was the last why.
"Why?"
"Because there are little nerves that receive messages that it hurts when you pull on hair," Sirius said slowly and confused. "I think." He added.
"Why?"
"Because I can't remember what Remus said about it."
"Why?"
"Because I was too busy staring at his lips instead of thinking about what he was saying."
"Why?"
"Because we were fifteen and he was pretty." Harry's attention was turned to something else instead of asking why once again.
"We were sixteen actually and do you mean I'm not pretty now?" Remus asked.
"Of course you're not. You're handsome now." Sirius recovered from the shock of seeing Remus there.
"Nice save." Remus said stepping over Harry's toy broomstick to get to Sirius and kiss him lightly.
"You two go home and stop soiling my son's mind." James joked. "Girls are good, not blokes."
"Why?" Harry asked, turning to his father.
"Because…" James stopped searching for an answer.
"Yeah Prongs, why?" Sirius asked still in Remus' arms. Remus could not help it,
"Why?"