"Lils! Where's my Chudley Cannons shirt?" James called from the bathroom.
"It's for wash! Just wear your Puddlemere United one!" Lily replied from the bedroom, where she was dressing Harry. She decided to dress him in Gryffindor colors, because she knew her baby would be a Gryffindor.
"Lily! I can't find my glasses!" James whined.
"Have you checked on your head?" Lily said and she smirked when James was silent. He usually pushed his glasses onto his head as if they were sunglasses, even though he was as blind as a bat without them.
"Lily!" James shouted again.
"What!" Lily yelled. James was really getting on her last nerves right now.
"I love you," James whispered and Lily jumped. He was standing right behind her and his arms snaked around her waist.
"Don't do that," Lily scolded and James chuckled. He buried his head in her long, auburn hair and Lily sighed.
"What's wrong Lils," James asked.
"I don't know how long we'll have all this," Lily said.
"For as long as we live," James replied.
"Not helping," Lily said and James chuckled again.
"Seriously," Lily said.
"Okay, until you're old with grey hair and wrinkles," James suggested.
"What about you?" Lily asked.
"The great James Potter will never have grey hair OR wrinkles," James said proudly, flexing his muscles.
"Okay big boy," Lily snorted and turned around to finish dressing Harry. Suddenly, they heard a loud bang downstairs. The 2 Aurors grabbed their wands automatically and Lily protectively put her arms around Harry.
"Lily, stay here with Harry, I'll be right back," James said and started to go out the door.
"James wait!" Lily cried as she grabbed his arm. She kissed him briefly and looked him in the eyes.
"I love you," she whispered, tears forming in her eyes.
"Don't worry, it's going to be okay!" James said and used his thumbs to wipe the tears away. He kissed her forehead and walked out the door cautiously. Lily heard him walk down the stairs and open a few lights. She waited a few more minutes and then jumped when James called her.
"Lils! It's okay! Come down here!" James called. Lily raised her eyebrows and poked her head out of the door suspiciously. What if a Death Eater had used the Imperio Curse on him?
"What animal are you when you are in you Animagus form?" she replied.
"A stag!" James called back almost instantly, "C'mon! Bring Harry too!" Lily, still suspicious, picked up Harry and set him on her hip, and made her way downstairs. She held her wand out, just in case, and her eyes widened in surprise when she saw what was downstairs.
"Happy Birthday Harry!" a bunch of voices yelled. Standing in front of her was almost all of her friends: Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black and Alice and Frank Longbottom. Oh, and James was there too. There was streamers and balloons everywhere, a huge pile of presents on the dining room table, and a large banner saying "Happy Birthday!"
"Pafoo!" Harry cried and everybody froze.
"Pafoo?" James repeated.
"Harry! It's your first word! It's not exactly a word, but, still!" Lily squealed and hugged Harry.
"What's a Pafoo?" Peter asked and looked around at everyone. Remus shrugged his shoulders, Alice giggled, and Frank muttered something like "beats me." The only person who didn't do anything was Sirius, who was staring at Harry like he was a mountain of gold.
"Hey, are you okay mate?" James asked.
"It's obvious isn't it?" he said and everyone stared at him.
"Um, mate, no, it's not," James said.
"Watch," Sirius said. He hid behind Remus and then jumped out again, and Harry yelled "Pafoo!" again and held his arms out to Sirius, leaning forward.
"See!" Sirius said, pointing to Harry.
"Pafoo! He's trying to say Padfoot!" Sirius explained. He walked over to Harry and picked him up from Lily, and Harry snuggled into Sirius and said "pafoo," again. Everyone burst out laughing and James clapped Sirius on the back.
"Congrats Pafoo," James chuckled and everyone started laughing again.
There, hope you liked it, I'll come out with the next chapter soon which will be the second-to-last. Review, favourite and follow!