Harry was woken up that evening when someone sat on either sided of his bed. He tried to see who it was but the sudden light and the fact he was not wearing his glasses made him almost blinding for anything for a few moments.
"hey there mate" Ron said as Harry began search for his glasses with his eyes still close and his hands wandering aimlessly in the reachable distance so as to find the most familiar thing to him.
"why don't you fix your eyesight Harry...I mean there are spells..and the Healers at st. Mungos can do it quite easily and quickly" Hermione suggested as she handed him his glasses.
"my glasses make me look more like my father, its kinda like a memory of him, something i inherited naturally you see" he said putting on his glasses and sitting up "which reminds me that I have something to tell you...and show you too" he said getting all excited just like he did whenever they found some clue during their hunt or something like that.
"what?" Ron asked getting a bit nervous as sometimes this excitement didn't turn out to be oh so good.
"Sirius, he left me something" Harry began and then jumped out of his bed. He opened his cupboard and retrieved the Pensieve and the box. He pulled out the letter and gave it to Hermione to read.
As Hermione read through it, her eyes were on verge of tears. She hugged Harry tight after giving the letter to Ron to read.
"That bloody amazing" Ron exclaimed
"yeah I know, I mean I can't thank them enough for this. I guess he knew what it menat to me" Harry said once Hermione pulled back.
"did you see any Memory?" she asked
yeah I saw two, One was about Sirius and Regulus and other one about MY FIRST WORD" he said "can you believe it? My first word was Moony, though in baby accent, but it was it"
"Really? Moony as in Remus' Marauder name?" Ron asked
"yeah..." Harry said
"thats so adorable" Hermione squealed
"I know, I am planning on seeing a few more before dinner. Wanna join?" Harry asked to which Hermione and Ron happily nodded. They never had an experience with Pensieve before but found it to be something really interesting by what Harry told them.
Hermione of course had read about them which made her more excited to discover more about them.
"cool then pick a memory" Harry said
"you choose" Ron said to Hermione who picked the Memory tagged When Lily Gave The News.
"what news do you think it is?" Ron asked reading the tag.
"Isn't it obvious Ronald?" Hermione said rolling her eyes.
"I'll see for myself" he said still not understanding.
"KREACHER PLEASE DON'T DISTURB US FOR A WHILE AND PREPARE DINNER FOR THREE" Harry said loudly so that the elf could get the message in whatever corner of the house he is write now. "lets go" he said to other two emptying the vial in Pensieve.
He dove in and they followed the suit. It was a new sort of feeling for them, it was similar to apparition but just a bit more pleasant.
"woah, that was cool" Ron exclaimed on landing.
"yeah atleast it didn't make us sick like it was told by many others as per their personal experience" Hermione said.
'where are we?" Hermione asked looking around, the place looked completely unfamiliar.
"as per my thinking, in my parent's house at Godric's Hallow" Harry said looking around in the room which resembled the room from his last visit.
They saw James Potter walking towards a door and he urged other s to follow. They followed him to what looked like their kitchen where a woman with hair red as Ron and wavy like Hermione's currently and eyes just like Harry sat on the counter eating ice cream directly from the ice cream tub.
Ron's mouth watered seeing so much of ice cream and he kinda felt jealous of Lily for eating that alone.
"Lily again?" James exclaimed "you'll eat so much now and go throwing up in morning. I guess you should give your stomach some rest. You know what i mean"
"I wanted to have it, so am having" she said " and I thought you promised me that you won't say me no for anything ever" she pouted, though her eyes held a knowing gleam.
"but sweetheart..." he said tucking a strand of hair behind her ear "I was just saying for your own good, I mean it doesn't feel good to see or hear you throw up every morning or after every meal" he said lovingly, cupping her face in his hands so that she looked in his eyes instead of concentrating on the ice-cream.
She bit her lower lip, having a mental argument of whether to tell him now or after sometime on their anniversary.
"umm...James" she said after a few minutes of silence " this throwing up and all will continue for a while" she said closing her eyes tightly.
"what do you mea-" he stopped mid sentence as he realised what she meant "REALLY LILY?" he said a bit too loudly but it was just coz of his excitement.
"you not mad?" she asked opening her eyes wide.
"mad? why on earth will i be mad? he said looking confused "until and unless you mean mad due to happiness"
"no, I meant, you know...its just been a short while since our marriage and moreover the times we live in are not so...umm good" she said looking down. Her face told that she wanted this baby more than anything but it also showed the fear of getting him/her in a world filled with hatred with a war going on.
Again he cupped her face " I know we live in dark times but Lily this baby will surely be the light for us, trust me" he said kissing her forehead softly.
"I really hope so, i just want him or her to be safe and loved" she said with a smile as she ran her hand on her for now flat stomach.
"I can't believe there is a little Potter in here" he said keeping his hand over hers.
"hope this baby doesn't have your recklessness" she chuckled.
"hope this baby has your eyes" James said.
Lily looked up in his eyes "do you love my eyes that much?"
"they are something i love the most about you..umm in physical features way you see" he said with a wink
She smacked him playfully on his arms.
"now can I resume my ice cream?" she said taking a spoon full of it.
"do you mind sharing?" he said leaning in and kissing her on lips.
The scene dissolved and they were back in his room at Grimmauld place.
"that was sweet" Hermione said.
"now I get what the news was" Ron said,.
"real quick Ron" Harry and Hermione both said in a unison and then laughed at the sweet co-incidence.
Ron just rolled his eyes before joining them.
Hermione saw something she rarely saw before. she had seen Harry smiling to heartily before but this time his smile had a new level, it was a happiness of new magnitude for him. and after all that he has been through, she knew he deserved it, more than anyone.
A/N: So what do you think?
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~DG
