"Lily… we can't take him with us." James was saying as he walked into the living room.

"I know, but we certainly cannot leave him here!"

Lily was bouncing Harry, trying to make him stop crying. The poor boy was sick and they hadn't been able to get him to sleep all day. They had to leave for a meeting with the Order. Knowing that he'd be crying the entire time, they knew he couldn't come, but who was there to watch him?

"Maybe I should just stay home…."

"Lily, no… you have the best insight of anyone there. You're role actually matters."

"I guess…. Lord, I wish Remus was available…" Lily sighed. He, of course, was not at all available. It was the middle of the month. The moon would be full.

"Yeah… remind me when the meeting's over to go and check up on him."

"First we have to figure out what we're going to do about Harry…"

Just then, Sirius knocked then quickly walked into the house.

"Hey guys, time to go." Then he noticed Harry crying, "Oh no…. what's got the little guy down?"

"He's not feeling too well." James said, smirking as Sirius lifted Harry into his arms.

"Hey, buddy… it's ok man…." Sirius was saying and James looked at Lily and raised an eyebrow.

"No." She said.

"Oh come on Lils-!"

"James, I said no!"

"And since when have I listened to that word?"

"What are you love-birds going on about?" Sirius asked, laughing at how comical the couple got when they were arguing.

"We need someone to watch Harry while we're at the meeting."

"Oh…Well, I could do it."

"No." Lily said simply.

"I don't have to go honestly. You know how last time, Molly got pissed at me… she probably isn't too anxious to see me again…." He chuckled slightly at the memory of Molly getting all read in the face because of Sirius saying something completely out of line.

"No. I don't think so."

"Gee thanks, Lily." Sirius said, lowering his bottom lip, frowning.

"No, I only meant-!"

"Lily, you've made him sad, how can you live with yourself now?"

"Guys, come on… you know I only mean that-!"

"She doesn't like me!" Sirius wailed, making James laugh.

"Lily…. You've gone and made a grown man cry…. You've got to let him watch Harry."

"James! This is our son we're talking about!" Lily stamped her foot.

Sirius looked at her then, "Look, Lily, as flattered as I am by your confidence in me…. Honestly… you can trust me."

Lily took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

"Alright." She said silently, "alright… you can watch him, but no funny business, Sirius!"

"I wouldn't even dream of such a thing!"

"Seriously, though…. Padfoot, this is my kid, I am prepared to kill you if you do anything bad."

"Prongs… I'm a good dog. I promise, I won't do anything 'bad'. I'm not an idiot you know."

"I have evidence that could beg to differ on that note, Sirius."

"Yeah whatever… Lily, don't worry, I've got everything under control." Just as he said this, Harry wailed louder.

"Oh dear…." Lily sighed, looking at her baby, "Are you sure we should go, James? I don't want to leave him…."

"Lily, it'll be fine. Come on, we're already late."

"Fine…. Ok, ok I'm coming." Lily gave Harry a quick kiss and then left, throwing Sirius one last stern glance.

They closed the door behind them and headed off.

"But Alaster got him, didn't he? How can they catch him again?" James was saying as they discussed the recent deatheater captures.

"Well, he was on trial, but they let him go, now we've got him again and don't worry he's definitely going to Azkaban this time." Frank Longbottom explained motioning toward the paper's he held which documented what had happened.

"What exactly did he do this time?" Lily said, leaning forward in her chair. She was doing her best to stay focused. Her mind was still on Harry. She was a mother; how could she help herself?

"Well, there was another murder, a muggleborn. Her name was Sara Massafitz. She didn't really have an important alias, so, I think it was just for the fact of her being muggleborn."

"That doesn't make it okay…." James muttered, his hands gripped into fists.

"I know, James. I only meant that she wasn't exactly an important person-."

"Who are you to say that? Did she have family? I bet she was pretty damn important to them."

"James…. Sweetheart, calm down." Lily muttered, taking his hand.

"I meant important, as in linked to the ministry, James. Don't start thinking that I don't care who lives or dies…."

"Then stop acting like it!" James spat at him.

It was true, James could be a real ass sometimes, but when it came down to it, he wasn't an awful person. He hated people who thought they could push people around for being born and raised differently. A bit hypocritical of him…. Considering all the people he picked on, but they were mostly the kind who picked on others or believed in the dark arts. So, he felt his cruelty towards said people was justified.

This particular death scared him. Any muggleborn death scared him, to be honest. He always thought of it as Lily. Just because she was born into a different family… she could be taken from him so easily….

His grip around her hand tightly slightly.

"See, that wasn't so terrible." James was saying as they walked towards the front door.

"Don't say anything about it yet, Potter. We haven't gotten inside the door yet." Lily said, anxious to see what was left of her child.

They walked into the living room and Lily caught her breath at the sight.

Sirius was sitting on the couch and harry was clinging to him, fast asleep. Sirius put a finger to his lips as they walked in. Lily couldn't believe it; the house wasn't a mess, Sirius wasn't drunk, and Harry had actually fallen asleep. Everything had actually gone fine.

"Can I say something now?" James whispered in her ear, hugging her from behind and kissing her cheek.

"If it's 'I told you so' then no…." she muttered, smiling though.

Sirius stood and walked over to them. Harry stirred slightly as he was transferred into his mother's arms. He was obviously comfortable in his godfather's grip.

"Ok… what's the catch Padfoot, what did you do?"

"Nothing, just hung out with the little guy. Didn't take long before he was out, must have been exhausted…."

"No… seriously… what did you do to my son?" James laughed.

"Great… that's just great, James… Glad to know that you can trust me."

"Ah, man…. Of course I can't…. I know you!"

"True… but still…."

"Sirius, thank you. I'm sorry I doubted you." Lily said, smiling sweetly at him.

"Not a problem." Sirius smiled back, for once looking mature.

James checked his watch, "Alright, Padfoot, time to go."

"What?"

"Mooning time."

"Oh shit that's right…. And never use that phrase again, Prongs… it implies something else…."

James threw his head back and laughed as the two men walked from the house.

Lily Potter just shook her head at them. She walked upstairs to put her baby to bed….