Authors Ramble; Well, here is the last of the three chapter I had done in advance; I hope you all enjoy this chapter. I have got the fourth chapter partly done, that should have more action and drama in it; however I am still a little unsure of this fic. I'm not sure why, from what I can gather I think people are enjoying it.
Disclaimer; the wonderful world of Harry Potter belongs to J.K Rowling, and sadly not me *sighs*
Enjoy;
Chapter Three; Morning Worries:
Lily awoke early the next morning to the soft sound of her baby boy whimpering. Immediately she whisked off the blankets, sliding hastily out of bed and rushing to her sons cradle.
He was flushed, cheeks pink with warmth and eyes over bright; his little legs kicking at the blanket that surrounded him in order to get it off.
Lily clucked her tongue at his movements as she carefully replaced the blanket neatly over his small body; 'hush baby' she spoke softly not wanting to wake Poppy or James.
Little Harry didn't seem to listen to her words, his bottom lip quivering before tears pooled in his eyes only to slide quickly down his flushed cheeks. His small hands reached upwards, a silent plea to be held; one that Lily complied with without second thought.
Scooping up her son Lily held him closely to her body, rocking and bouncing him gently in her arms; his whimpers soon ceased but the salty moister in his eyes refused to stop leaking.
'Here you go Bub' she murmured as she encircled her hand around the vial that contained the bubbly orange liquid, uncorking it with some difficulty, due to her only being able to use one hand, she gently persuaded Harry to drink it; he did reluctantly.
She smile as his fever started to drop 'good boy' she praised as her little bundle wriggled around in her grasp.
Lily glanced at the clock which hung from the wall outside poppy's office. It was only five in the morning; she sighed heavily before sitting down on her bed, resting little Harry in her lap with her arms wrapped securely around his small body.
'Sleep my baby' she whispered in a soothing tone, the black haired boy blinked up at her, eyes curious. He turned his head and buried it into the soft blanket that he was in, hiccoughing a little.
Mother and son stayed this way until an hour had drifted by, Harry would doze in and out of sleep; yet every time Lily would make to put him down, he would give a small cry in protest and grip to her sweater with his tiny fists.
Deciding it would be best for her son to get some rest Lily stood and gathered the calming draught in her hand. 'Come on now,' she pleaded to the raven haired baby that refused to open his mouth; 'just a little bit, for mummy' her voice was coaxing but still the baby was determine not to give in. Sighing she sat the purple liquid encased in the vial down onto the bed side table, going back to the hospital bed with little Harry held in her arms.
Lily herself didn't get much sleep from five onwards, and was found sitting tiredly with her son cradled in the crooks of her arms by Poppy.
'Good heavens child,' Poppy cried in alarm at Lily's state, her eyes had black circles underneath and her face was sullen, eyes barely able to stay open.
She dashed forward in a smooth movement, huffing audibly as she did so.
'Lily, you look awful' she stated matter-of-factly as she flittered close to the bed; the red head grimaced, lids hooded from exhaustion;
'Thanks Poppy!'
'Well getting no sleep will do that to you' the healer explained.
'Mmmm' hummed the young woman, clearly too tired to argue, 'Harry wouldn't sleep' she said stifling a yawn.
Poppy looked critically at the small boy in Lily's arms, sure enough he was awake and very much so, green eyes wide and limbs kicking and stretching in his blanket; the occasionally squeak or giggle sounding from his pink lips; he seemed much healthier than the night before.
'The potion Lily, did you give him some of the sleeping draught? That would have had him out with in minutes' Lily shook her head wearily.
'No he wouldn't drink it, and I didn't want to force him.'
The nurse nodded, feeling the baby's temperature. He was warm to touch but not overly so.
'Get some sleep Lily, I'm sure little Harry here won't mind,' Pomfrey said voice kind 'I'll keep an eye on him …don't you worry' she added as an afterthought; the auburn haired woman smiled gratefully, handing the squirming baby to the nurse; who took him into her arms with care, then she wriggled down under the covers.
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'-James Potter,' James stirred in his sleep, hearing a familiar voice far off in the distance.
'-mid afternoon honestly, one would think you would be awake by now-' The raven haired man groaned in his sleep as the distant voice sounded louder in his ears, seeming closer than he once presumed. Inhaling deeply through his nose and rolling on to his stomach with one fluid movement, James covered his head with the soft pillow to drown out any unwanted noise.
Unfortunately for him Poppy Pomfrey was in no mood to be kept waiting.
James moaned loudly when the warmth of the pillow left his head; alerting his eyes to the crisp gleam of daylight; even though they were shut tightly the unmistakable red behind his lids told him that it was time to wake up.
'Leave me 'lone 'ive more minutes' he said groggily, face scrunched up against the golden light bathing him in heat.
'Come now James, I've been at this for the past ten minute,' huffed Poppy in annoyance 'you are a very deep sleeper' she added with distaste.
Silence,
James waited holding his breath, hoping that the nurse had decided to let him be.
Just as the young wizard was about to drift into slumber cold iciness dripped down his neck; squirming in his bed James tried to avoid it, but was having no such luck as more wetness dribbled into his hair.
He groaned low in his throat, then yelped loudly as the healer got feed up and decided to empty the rest of the water fully on to his head.
Sitting up quickly, James shook his head; resembling a dog.
'What did you do that for, I was going to get up' he said quickly voice straining with innocence.
Poppy's lips thinned 'I highly doubt you would have gotten up, James. It is very near two in the afternoon.' Stated the older woman, emphasizing her point strongly, by stabbing a finger in the direction of the clock; James noted that yes it was indeed close to two o'clock.
'Alright,' he breathed 'I'm up, what's so important that you couldn't let me have a mere five more minutes of rest?' he questioned, performing a drying charm on his hair.
Pomfrey hid a small smile, which threatened to grace her features, at James' words, before answering; 'Your wife had a rough night with Harry, so she is now sleeping and has been for some time now. I have been watching over the little one,' she nodded to her right towards Harry, who lay curled up in his cradle; awake.
'He is much healthier today compared to his previous state the other night; however,' she pointed her index finger sternly at James, who went cross eyed trying to focus on the limb. 'I must attend to some business away from Hogwarts-'
'What type of business?' James asked, interrupting Poppy. Sometimes she could forget just how young he really was.
'I must deliver a few potions to St Mungo's Hospital' she said flatly, annoyed at his disruption; the young man nodded.
'I would like you to take the responsibility for Harry and watch him until I get back' it wasn't much to ask of him, he was after all Harry's father; Poppy truly thought it best to wake James instead of Lily, the red head was in no condition to be looking after an infant; she needed rest.
Although she hadn't counted on James to be so infuriatingly hard to rouse from sleep, Poppy knew he was over worked; all Aurors were, but didn't think he was coping this badly.
'Ok, sure, fine, that'll be good' replied James, nodding his head with the first three words he spoke.
'Will you be gone long?' he asked voice somewhat hesitant.
Poppy gave him a thin smile 'my business there shouldn't take long, but you shouldn't need me for now Harry is stable if not rather bouncy for someone who is sickly' said the nurse, watching the small boy play with his blanket; fists curling around the soft fabric before scrunching up and pulling at it, causing it to drag above his feet; the baby gave a squeal of a giggle finding his actions all to amusing.
'Ok then, thanks for helping out Poppy, we really appreciate it' the raven haired wizard said, sincerity clear in his voice.
'No problem at all,' Poppy said she herself chuckling at the infants amusement 'I won't be long' she added and with that she turned on her heel and swept into her office; moments later the glow of emerald alerting James of her disappearance to St Mungo's Hospital.
He turned to face his son, who now kicked his little leg; bouncing his body with the movement; James sighed 'looks like it just you and me kiddo' he said softly.
Authors Ramble; Well, that wasn't the most exciting chapter now was it; I almost put myself to sleep reading it through. The next chapter will be much more interesting.
Question; (for those who would like to answer) Favorite Harry Potter character, it can be more than one; I like Lily and James also Sirius and Remus and Harry plus the Twin…and well…I like most of the characters, but Lily and James would have to be two of my favorites.
To those who are reading The heroes death undone. An update should be up shortly, I have started on the tenth chapter so it won't be long now.
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