Harry's 3rd Birthday

A/N: So I know it's taken longer than usual to update but I have been a little busy and maybe a little stuck for ideas. Next time I promise it will take less time.

It was Harry's third birthday, and surprisingly all was quite in the house. Harry was still asleep and it was 10 a.m. It was extremely strange. Usually Harry got up extremely early on his birthday and woke his parents up, but today he was fast asleep. At quarter past ten Lily Potter woke up. She checked the clock and realized the time. She didn't have to think twice about the date. It was the 31st of July; it was Harry's birthday. Immediately she was worried. Harry was always up early on his birthday. Although this was only Harry's third birthday she was filled with worry. No matter what, on any special occasion Harry was up at 7:30 sharp. Lily rolled over and started to shake her husband awake. 'James! James! James, wake UP!' Lily kept shaking her husband, trying to wake him up. Apparently James was enjoying the extra sleep he got. 'James, it's almost half ten on July 31st!' Lily said trying to stress the importance of it. As soon as the words penetrated James's sleep clouded brain he shot up.

'It's half ten?' he questioned.

'Yep,' Lily replied.

'On the 31st?' he questioned again.

'Uh-huh'

'Of July?' he queried.

'That's right.'

'And Harry's not up yet?' he questioned once more, a worried look in his eyes.

'Nope, he's not up yet.' Lily said the worry seeping into her voice.

They heard a pop from downstairs and a minute later Sirius was in there room.

'You two just woke up?' he asked. They both nodded.

'Harry's not awake yet?' he questioned again.

'Nope,' Lily answered.

'It's the 31st?' Sirius asked.

'Yep,' James replied.

'Of July?' he asked again. James and Lily both nodded the worry written clearly on their faces. The three of them rushed into Harry's room to find him sleeping peacefully. Lily put a hand on his forehead to check his temperature and found it was normal. She grabbed her wand and waved it over him to see if there was anything wrong. There was nothing wrong. They heard another pop from downstairs and seconds later Remus was in Harry's room. He opened his mouth to say something but Lily beat him to it.

'Before you say anything, Remus, let me answer your questions. Yes it is the 31st of July. Yes we just woke up. Yes Harry is still asleep. And yes he is perfectly fine as far as we can tell.' Remus shook his head and chuckled slightly. Just then Harry stirred. He looked up at the adults staring at him and then he realized what day it was.

'It my birthday.' Said Harry finally realizing. They all sighed in relief.

'You had us so worried, Harry. We expected you to be up earlier,' the four of them said in unison.

'Sowrry,' Harry said looking up at them with big innocent eyes.

'It's okay Harry. Now what d'you say we go downstairs open your presents and eat some cake?' asked Sirius.

'YAYYYY! Pwesents! Cake!' said Harry making them all laugh.

They got downstairs and Harry began unwrapping his presents. He had of course gotten another broom, this one bigger than the last as he had outgrown it. It was obvious that the broom was from Sirius. It had become somewhat a tradition by know.

'Thank you, Uncle Pafoot,' Harry said in his somewhat babyish voice. He opened the next package to find a mini quidditch set that was big enough for them to set up in their back garden. Lily looked at the card and saw that it was from Dumbledore. She gasped. Sure, Albus adored Harry but he wouldn't send him something that expensive. She would have to remember to thank him later. She saw the others eyes widen as they saw who it was from but they all kept quite. The next present Harry unwrapped was a new pillow; they knew at once that it was from the Weasleys. It was a handmade Gryffindor crest pillow and Harry loved it, he kept it by his side as he continued to unwrap the rest of his presents. The next present was from Remus. He had got Harry a bed set, which went with one of the presents he was getting from Lily and James, it was a quidditch themed bed set that showed a clear sky and players frozen in place playing the game. It had a snitch on the pillow that made it look like it was above the bed. It also came with decorative pillows in the form of a snitch, a quaffle and two bludgers. The pillows acted like the actual balls with the exception of the bludgers not hurting and the quaffle returning whenever they got too far away.

'Thank you, Uncle Mooy,' said Harry admiring his new bed set.

'I'll be back in a minute, guys,' James said standing up. He walked out the room and up the stairs. Harry looked curiously after his dad but stayed put. He opened the next present which was a big box of Honeydukes sweets. Harry loved sweets; he would eat them all the time if he could. Fortunately he knew that this box was from his parents and the only way he would get more next year was if he made this last until his next birthday.

'Thank you, mummy,' he said quietly 'Thank you, daddy,' he said a little louder so that James, who was on the stairs could hear him.

'You're welcome, little man! Now let's go upstairs for your next present,' James said, grinning like an idiot. He picked Harry up and they all went upstairs. As they neared Harry's room, James put his hand over Harry's eyes. Lily opened the door and they stepped inside. When James removed his hand from Harry's eyes Harry gasped. His present was a new bed that was shaped exactly like a quidditch pitch. It had the loops and the stands and everything. The stands were big enough for Harry to sit in and the benches had been designed to be like bookshelves. There was a scoreboard that James had insisted on making into a television and one of the stands had snacks in it. The goals could actually be used to play and there was enough room for Harry to fly his broom. The bed was big enough for Harry to use for a few years, and Harry loved it. James had come upstairs to fix it while Harry was opening his presents.

'It's the best pwesent I gotted!' Harry exclaimed with delight. After that they headed back downstairs and finished opening Harry's presents. He had gotten a couple of books because Lily and James thought it was time he read some books. He had also gotten a few more photos for his album and some posters for his wall. Some were quidditch teams and a few were pictures of Hogwarts and the Gryffindor crest and blown up pictures of his family. After they were done with presents they cut Harry's cake, a simple chocolate cake with 'Happy Birthday Harry!' written in red and gold letters. The rest of the day they just lazed around and played with Harry – and of course they played a lot of quidditch. As it got to about nine o clock they all went to bed – Sirius and Remus were staying over again, they may have to make that permanent. It was one of the best days Harry had had in his three years of life.

A/N2: I know this might be a little repetitive but I promise it'll change soon. I was thinking of maybe doing a regular day at the Potter household? Also I know I haven't put Wormtail in but I just can't bring myself to do it. I think it would be too hard for them to deal with maybe in a few chapters. I know up top it said I would be updating soon, but I am in the process of moving so I don't know how long it will be. If you have any ideas you want me to put in let me know and I'll be sure to try. Oh and that second to last line is going to happen for sure. Not sure when but it will happen soon. I just figure that they're there so often anyway. I think that's about it. Until we meet again.

-PotterWeasley6274