A/N: Here's the next chapter! Hope you enjoy it!

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The Arrow in the Apple

Night Time

The sound of a crying baby filled the room.

"Oh no..." a redheaded woman groaned in the pillow. When no reply except for a loud snore came from her right, Lily groggily opened her eyes.

"James, James, wake up," she said, prodding her husband in his side. "James, it's your turn tonight."

He still didn't reply, only rolled over on his stomach. The crying hadn't ceased, and for the love of Merlin, Lily couldn't understand how he could sleep through it.

With a deep sigh she sat up in bed, pushing her wild hair behind her ears.

"Fine, I'll go then," she muttered, and after throwing one last glare at her snoring husband, she got up to calm her son.

She had just taken Harry out of his cot and was about to start walking around with him in hopes to get him to fall asleep, when suddenly James stood in the doorway.

"It was my turn tonight," he said, squinting his eyes to protect them against the bright light.

"But you didn't wake up, and I was already awake, so..." Lily said, smiling a little.

"C'mon here," James said, placing an arm around her shoulder. "Give me Harry and you go back to sleep."

For a moment Lily hesitated, almost wanting to say that she could handle it, before giving in to her tiredness.

"Here," she said as she carefully placed the infant in his arms. When the baby boy felt that his mother's warm arms were letting him go, he let out a little cry, before he felt he was enclosed again by warmth.

"He's going to have your eyes," James said softly as he stared at the cerulean coloured eyes of his son.

"Yes, but he has your hair," she said, pointing at the little fluff of dark hair on Harry's head. With one finger, she caressed his cheek, and after giving her husband a quick peck on his cheek, she left the nursery to go back to bed.

As Lily lay there in the dark, she could hear James's muttered voice, and when she listened intently, she swore he was telling Harry fairy tales. With a smile on her face, Lily drifted off to sleep.


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