A month later Harry and Lily were both living in a little house in Devon they both went to visit James every day typically accompanied by either Remus, Sirius or both. On that particular day they were both with Lily and Harry. Lily was stroking James' face to keep hair out and generally telling him about what was going on when Harry said his first word "dada" which shocked them all but they were pleased. James' eyes fluttered open but none of them noticed "I always knew he liked me best". Lily turned to him "don't you ever scare me like that again James Potter" then she hugged him fiercely he looked a bit bewildered but hugged her back just as passionately. "What brought this on, where's' Voldemort, what happened to worm tail"? "Okay firstly I thought you dead, two your son defeated him and number three we don't know" at the last one she looked at Sirius who was likely to get very annoyed whenever Peters' name was mentioned but fortunately it looked like his irritation at not being allowed to do anything was curbed by the fact that his friend was awake. "Don't worry Lily I'm not going anywhere" and he kissed her lightly on the cheek before anything else happened they were shooed out by a healer wanting to check him over. A month later James given the clear by the hospital and was allowed to go home. It was a couple of weeks before their lives returned to normal. James retook his job at the auror office along with Sirius and Remus. Lily however stayed at home with Harry.

One Saturday, four years later, they took Harry to the beach for his birthday where they spotted a very large group of people all of whom had fiery red hair. When the five of them approached James said "hello again Arthur" The man stood up and smiled at him "ah hello James and you must be Lily, Sirius and Remus, yes I've heard a lot about you all" the shook there hands as he said each name. "this is our son Harry" Arthurs eyes did the usual glance up to the scar and back to James again "yes nice to meet you all, this is my wife Molly" then "and this is my eldest son Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred and George, Ron and my daughter Ginny" they all waved when there name was called and then carried on with what they were doing. "They seem to be getting on well" Lily commented to Molly who was getting out things out of the picnic basket "yes they do, don't they" "I hope Sirius doesn't give them ideas, Sirius, Remus and James used to get into quite a lot of trouble when they were at school" she added Molly chuckled at that and said "well I think Fred and George would give them a run for their money" Lily looked surprised "I wouldn't have thought it possible" she said when she noticed that Harry had started taking to Ron and they were both playing in the sand, making shapes and so on and talking animatedly about quidditch. The Potters, Lupin and Sirius left them to their lunch and they carried on walking, after a while they started to get hungry so they stopped off at a pub for some food.