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One Wish: The Beginning

Chapter Title: Baby's Firsts, part one
Rating: G
Summary: "A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for." - Anonymous
Beta: No Beta, but if you want to volunteer, I'd be very grateful!

18 September 1980

Seven Weeks

"Holy Crap! Literally. Merlin, Lily, what the hell are you feeding this thing!"

"Padfoot! She's not a thing! She's my daughter!"

"She's toxic, Prongs. I don't know what you and your wife are doing to her, but clearly it's producing crimes against nature. You can't honestly expect me to believe you're putting normal food inside of her and it's somehow being changed into...into whatever the hell this is on the way out?"
"PADFOOT!"
"What? What are you yelling at me for? Moony, Wormtail, can you smell this? Or see it? It's-it's like, I don't even have words. But I'm pretty sure it's illegal. And wrong. And immoral."
James, shook her head in exasperation, as his wife leaned back in his arms. "Lily, why did we make him Godfather again?"
Laughing, the redhead retorted, "Be nice James. From what I remember, you were even worse the first time you had to change her diaper." Flushing, James didn't say another word, he remembered quite clearly how hysterical he'd been the first time.

Remus, however, had no problem mocking Sirius' efforts, "Aw, Padfoot. I thought you were the biggest, strongest, most manly Marauder out of the four of us. Are you really being defeated by one, little, smelly diaper?"

As Sirius paused to answer the question, he forgot to pay attention to the placement of his hand. Lily, watching his progress carefully, noticed how Sirius' hand rested on top of the clean cloth diaper, already positioned between her lazily kicking legs. Giggling in anticipation, she elbowed James and pointed it out, whispering, "James, look." James, along with Remus and Peter, who were standing on either side of the couple, all began snickering once they realized what was about to happen.

Confused by the muffled snickers, Sirius once again spun around, asking "What are you all laughing about now?" Before any of the others could respond, a quiet sssss could be heard. Sirius froze. Very slowly, he turned and looked down on his hand, his very wet, smelly hand. At a loss for words, Sirius' jaw dropped as he stared down at the cheerfully giggling baby who had just peed on him.

*CLICK*

The bright flash of light and click of the shutter caused Sirius' head to snap up. Smirking in amusement, Remus held up a camera. Giggling, Lily commented, "So much for The First Time Sirius Changed Rose's Diaper. Now, we can put it in the Baby's Firsts Book, under, "The First Time Rose Peed on Sirius."

As Sirius continued to stare down at the giggling baby in consternation, Peter jokingly observed, "Maybe she thought you deserved it. After all, all the rest of us have been changing her diaper for weeks now. Unlike you, who waited until she was seven weeks old to even try."

"Well, maybe she was just trying to speak your language, Padfoot."

"What?"

James continued, thoroughly amused, "Well, your animagus IS a dog. Don't dogs go around and mark their territory by peeing on it? Maybe she was just trying to do the same thing."

"Dogs don't go around peeing on people. Lawns and trees and brooms and stuff yes. People no." Sulkily, he glared down at the infant, "That wasn't nice. I thought I was your favorite. If you want to pee on someone pee on Prongs or Moony or Wormtail. Not me!" He paused, grabbed the box of baby wipes and furiously cleaned off his hand. Pouting, he picked Rose up, lifting her so that he could look her directly in her eyes. "Hey kid. Are you paying attention? Yes? Good. Now let's get one thing straight. I am your most favorite person in the whole world, which means you never ever pee on me. Got it?" As Sirius nodded, showing Rose what the correct response should be, she drooled softly, scrunching up her face. His own brow knitting, Sirius held her with one arm and ran the other hand across her forehead, trying to smooth it out, "What's wrong? Why are you all scrunchy?"

Lily's eyes went wide as she quickly blurted out, "Uh Sirius, maybe you should put her down, because-" Before Lily could finish her sentence, their was a quiet sssss, and a visibly wet patch appeared on Sirius' shirt.

25 September 1980

Eight Weeks

"Boys! She's doing it again!" Four handsome, young men leapt up, crowding around a tiny 7-week old baby held in the arms of her wide-eyed mother. All five stared down, expectantly. The little girl stared straight up at the adults leaning over her, face completely blank of emotion. Smiling at the baby nestled in her arms, Lily started cooing and baby talking, trying to coax a smile out of her daughter. A few minutes passed with no response from the infant. The tallest man, with dark hair and mercurial blue-grey eyes, frowned slightly, looking up from the child.

"Lily, maybe it was just gas? In all of those Muggle books, they said she's not really going to start smiling because of us until she's at least nine weeks. That's not until tomorrow."

"It definitely wasn't gas. And eight weeks is close enough. Besides, all those books say the average baby doesn't start smiling in response to his or her family until she's about nine weeks. Some babies start earlier!"

"Aw, stop arguing guys. Here, lemme try!" Lily handed off the baby to her husband in reply. "Come on Rosie-Posie, why don't you smile for Daddy!" Rose continued to stare blankly up at her father. One by one the others all tried to coax smiles out of her. Frustrated, Peter shrugged, remarking, "Maybe it was just gas."

Sirius rolled his eyes and smirked, "Told you so! Anyway, let me hold her. If she's going to smile, she's going to smile for me not one of you losers." The other four all glared at him, but handed the infant over. Sirius grinned down at Rose, "It was just gas, wasn't it? Your silly Mum doesn't know what she's talking about, does she?"

Just as Lily opened her mouth to yell at Sirius, her face flushed red in anger, Rose gurgled. Then, before Sirius' stunned eyes, his goddaughter cooed, the sight of his face and the sound of his voice triggering an unmistakable, irresistible grin.

27 November 1980

Seventeen Weeks

"And then, we all hear this sssss sound. As soon as he turned we could see this giant wet patch on his favorite Puddlemere shirt." The wearied members of the Order all laughed as James finished the story.

Fabian, Gideon, and some of the other Order members laughingly mocked the Black heir, who was sprawled in an armchair, arms crossed and lips pursed in a childish pout. While the taunting continued, a tired but happy Lily Potter sailed into the room, carrying her four-month-old daughter, adorably clothed in a pink dress with stitched flower appliqués and a matching sun-hat. Before Lily was even halfway to the couch her husband sat on, Sirius was holding out his arms for the child. The other Order members, the ones who hadn't been around the Marauders while they hid in the Muggle world during Lily's pregnancy, watched in shock as the notorious playboy gently cradled Rose in his lap. His pout and slouched posture immediately faded as he made silly faces and tickled the infant. At first, the baby just looked up at Sirius, with her sweet, baby grin. After a few moments of watching Sirius, the others one by one turned away and began to discuss more serious things, while they waited for Dumbledore to arrive and the meeting to begin.

Edgar Bones and Arthur Weasley fell into a debate about the appropriate amount of resources needed in order to protect the Muggles and the noise in the meeting room grew louder and louder as everyone took sides. An odd sound filled the room, at first unnoticed. As the sound repeated, the cacophony slowly quieted as each person searched for the source. The noise repeated a third time, a mix between a high-pitched squeal and a delighted giggle.

James sucked in a sharp breath as the sound registered, "Sirius! Is-is she..? She's laughing!" Eyes wide, he and Lily both shot up and crowded around Sirius' armchair, looking over Sirius' shoulders.

Grinning wildly, Sirius placed his hands in front of his face, teasing, "Rose! Where are you?" Pulling his hands away, he answered his own question, "Peek-a-boo! I see you!" The infant immediately squealed and giggled, her baby laughter sounding throughout the room. Grins appeared on every face in response to the sound. Sirius continued coaxing laughs out of the seventeen week old baby as her parents watched over his shoulders.

While everyone silently observed the family, Arthur stood to help Minerva and Albus, who had just stepped through the doorway. Quietly, Minerva asked, "Is everything okay? I haven't heard it this quiet since that meeting when Lily silenced both Sirius and Severus."

Arthur cheerfully replied, "Sirius is playing peek-a-boo with Rose. Baby laughter is absolutely the sweetest sound; she's captivated everyone into silence."

Minerva nodded in agreement and some of the stress lines vanished from Albus' face as he heard the baby laugh. Minerva lightly patted Arthur's arm and the three made there way to their seats while the rest of the Order arranged itself into a loose circle. James conjured up a chair and sat down next to the armchair, brushing his fingers gently against his daughter's cheek. Lily stepped over to the couch and curled up in between Peter and Remus, her eyes dancing as Rose's squeals and giggles filled the room. Even Alastor wasn't immune to the sound, his gruff expression softening into a smile in response to the innocent laughter.

A/N: I've still got to finish the second part of this chapter, but I wanted to post today, so I split it into two parts... It works out okay though, because there's a bit of a time jump to the next first. Anyways, I hope you liked it! Please review after you read! :D!

Edited for typos: 08/05/2011