DISCLAIMER I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER OR ANY OTHER THINGS THAT MAY EVENTUALLY BE MENTIONED

BEING JAMES POTTER

JAMES POTTER

The first rule of being James Potter is being sexy. If you look in the mirror you will discover that Potter is always sexy so no further maintenance is needed.

Rule two ties into the first rule; always dress to impress. You always want to impress the ladies like the lovely miss Lily Evans (future Lily Potter) so make sure to always have the following appearance.

Always rock the just shagged bed head.

Never wear your uniform correctly; it takes away from the bad boy image.

Glasses get asses; 'nuff said.

Just throw on the clothes you wore the day before, the messy image does not make you look like a beggar no matter what the Slimy Slytherins (or parents or professors or that one 8 year old girl from Zonkos) say

Rule three; PRANK EVERYONE, everyone likes a good joke (especially on Snivellius) so target as many people as you can! HOWEVER! Do NOT for ANY REASON! Try to prank McGonagall.

I don't know how she does it but she always avoids them and knows who did it. Peter has never been the same after that punishment… He still breaks out crying whenever any of us ask what happened or a cat gets too close… Well kiddo this is James Potters Guide to Being James Potter, use what I have taught you throughout Hogwarts with my blessing.

Love, Dad

P.S. ….. Don't tell your mom about this, she is quick with the hexes when she wants to be…. Love you kiddo.

Harry finished the letter with a blank face and churning emotions giving him an uncomfortable feeling in his stomach. Looking up to his defence teacher he had to ask…

"Did you… read this, before giving it to me?"

The weary looking man got a confused expression on his face, "No… is something wrong? Your father gave this to me one night while we were celebrating your birth and made me promise to give it to you if something happened."

Harry silently handed the letter to his teacher to read; watching as the man skimmed the letter and his face gain a red hue over taut cheeks. Anger, embarrassment…? He wasn't sure yet.

By the time the professor had finished the letter Harry had already felt his perception of his father shift. The man was either an asshole, or an idiot; he didn't know which he would prefer to be honest.

"I'm sorry Harry… if I had known what that idiot had written I would have warned you. He wasn't always the most coherent when he drank…"

The professor had mumbled the last bit but Harry still heard him. Maybe Snape and his Uncle were right about his dad… a drunk bully that was full of himself.

"I think I'll just go back to my dorm now Professor Lupin." Harry said eventually after an awkward silence; taking the letter back from the spaced our professor he gathered his things and left the room.

He didn't really want to go back to the commons rooms where he would be trapped between the fighting Ron and Hermione; but he didn't want to be around Lupin at the moment either.

Remembering a place no one else could access at the time he turned in a pivot, making his way to Myrtle's bathroom.

Sneaking past the crying spector he hissed at the sink quietly.

~OPEN~

The floor opened up with a groan and he slipped in as quick as he could to avoid Myrtle's hysterics; he slid down into the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets.