Lily's Birthday

A/N: So I am once again back on the track of birthdays, not sure how long it will stay like that. I decided to skip over Harry's fourth birthday simply because I couldn't think of anything. So Harry is now four and he can speak properly now, though his voice is still a little babyish. I know I don't usually do dedications but seeing as my hamster died this chapter is dedicated to him. Anyway on with the story.

Lily Potter was sleeping peacefully. This peacefulness was not going to last very long. She felt a slight pressure on her mattress as her four year old son climbed up. Harry crawled up the bed until he was right next to his mothers face.

'Mummy wake up! It's your birthday!' the easily excited boy exclaimed. Lily woke up and saw her son sitting there bouncing slightly.

'I'm up Harry,' Lily said somewhat amused. She could smell strawberry pancakes and knew James was making breakfast. 'Why don't you go tell your dad and uncles that I'll be down in a few minutes while I go take a shower?' Lily asked.

'Okay!' Harry exclaimed as he jumped of the bed. He ran down the stairs and into the kitchen where James Sirius and Remus were sat. 'Mummy said she'll be down in a few minutes, she's takin' a shower.'

'Okay, Sirius, Remus would you set the table?' asked James.

'Fine, but only because it's Lily's birthday,' Sirius said a smile on his face, 'so James did you call the Snake yet?' he questioned.

'Yeah I sent a patronus to him he said he'll be here in a minute.' They heard a pop outside at the same time Harry said 'Uncle Sev!' and sure enough he walked in the door.

'Speak of the devil, and he shall appear,' said Severus.

'Oi, Snake. How'd you know we were talkin' 'bout you?' Sirius questioned.

'The look on your face says it all, Padfoot, it was priceless. Plus I heard Harry say my name.' Severus said chuckling.

'Ah so the Prongslet gave it away.' Just then they heard Lily come down the stairs at the same time the doorbell rang. Lily opened the door and squealed.

'Marley!' she screamed as she saw her best friend Marlene McKinnon at the door, 'I didn't know you were coming.'

'James invited me. He said he wanted it to be a surprise,' Marlene said smiling. She was holding a neatly wrapped gift in her hand and she held it out to Lily.

'Thanks,' Lily said smiling brightly, she went and put it into the sitting room and then she and Marlene went into the kitchen. James had made pancakes, turkey rashers and egg. They were all sat at the table including Severus. When Sirius saw Marlene he looked like it had made his day. The only two empty seats were the one two the right of Sirius and the one in between James and Harry. Lily sat down between James and Harry and Marlene went and sat next to Sirius.

After breakfast they went into the sitting room so Lily could open her presents. 'Mummy open mine first!' Harry exclaimed.

'Okay, which one's yours?' Harry pushed a big package towards her. Lily tore off the wrapping paper to uncover a large package of sweets and a small heavy book. When she lifted up the book she saw that it was The Tales of Beedle the Bard. 'I saved all my pocket money,' Harry said when he saw that his mum was confused; 'I hoped you would read me stories.' There was a smile on all of their faces. Lily was about to say something to Harry when she saw that Sirius was literally bouncing.

'Yes, Sirius,' she said, already knowing what he was going to say, 'I'll open yours next.'

Sirius beamed and pushed a rather large thick package towards her. Lily ripped of the wrapping paper and saw a photo album much like the one Albus and McGonagall had given James for his last birthday. On the front was three picture one of the Marauders (including Severus) Lily and Harry. One was of her family when she was little and one was of her and Severus in the park. She opened the album and saw pictures ranging from when she was little to pictures that had been taken just last week. She laughed when she saw a picture of her hexing James rather badly in their sixth year. And she was lost for a second when she saw a picture from their first date. They had saved space for more pictures and then there were things that meant a great deal to her: her first Hogwarts letter, the letter telling her she was a prefect, and the letter telling her she was Head Girl and her Head Girl badge. When she had finished looking through it she got up walked over to Sirius and gave him a hug. 'Thank you; it's one of the best presents I got.' The next present she opened was from Severus. It too was a book; he had given her the book that they had spent hours looking at and reading when they were kids. It was the book he had used to teach her about magic. She looked to Severus and beamed. 'Thanks, Sev, it means a lot,' she said and he smiled, happy that he had gotten her the right thing.

'Can you open mine now, Lily?' Marlene said, slightly annoyed that Lily hadn't gotten to her present yet.

'Alright, alright,' Lily said laughing at Marlene's slightly annoyed expression. She pulled Marlene's present towards her and tore of the wrapping paper to find a complete set of Jacqueline Wilson (Lily's favourite muggle author) books. Lily laughed as she remembered the time when she first introduced Marlene to the books. She instantly announced that Jacqueline Wilson was her new favourite author upon finishing the first book. When she pulled herself out of her flashback she found that Harry had pushed another present towards her.

'Whose is this one's Harry?' she asked.

'Daddy's,' was his simple reply. Lily smiled at James before tearing the wrapping paper off. Inside she found a magnificent quill set a Parker pen fountain pen set some coloured parchment and a wax seal set. It was all encased in a single box as if it was one set and Lily knew that James had seen her looking at it in Diagon Alley a week ago. 'Thanks, James it's exactly what I wanted,' Lily exclaimed excitedly. James was about to say something when Remus realized Lily hadn't opened his gift yet. He exclaimed loudly and they all looked towards him surprised.

'Something wrong mate?' James asked.

'I just realized Lily hadn't opened my present yet,' Remus said slightly embarrassed.

'Which one's yours, Remus?'

'This one,' he said passing her a mid-size package. She opened it to reveal all the Teddy Robinson books. She gasped staring at them in awe. 'Remus this must've cost a fortune. These are classics.' She opened the first one and saw that it was a first edition. 'Remus this must've cost you £100 at least.'

'You were worth it Lil,' was all he said. After that Lily finished opening the rest of her presents. They included a package of homemade treats and a jumper from the Weasleys, which she was immensely thankful for because of the intense cold at that time of the year. A multitude of Gryffindor clothing from Albus and McGonagall that had lots of hats scarves gloves socks and jumpers and a moleskin pouch from Hagrid that was exactly like the one he had given James. The note it came with said it was a matching set.

At the end of the day Severus and Marlene went home after cutting the cake and playing with Harry. Sirius walked Marlene to the door and when he came back he had a huge smile on his face.

'What're you so happy about?' questioned Remus.

'I'm taking Marlene on a date tomorrow, and she kissed me!'

Lily looked at James confused.

'He's had a crush on Marlene since 6th year,' James said chuckling. They all watched as Sirius played and waltzed around crazily. He was like that for the rest of the night.

A/N: I don't know about you guys but I love the idea of Sirius and Marlene so for this she's alive. And if the end bugged you a little I'm sorry. And the books Lily received where books I absolutely love and have been reading since I was a little kid and I simply couldn't resist the temptation. Also sorry I haven't updated in forever, but after the last time I posted I was completely stumped. I hadn't planned on using three of my ideas in three days. It could be awhile till I update but on the bright side this my longest chapter yet 1,306 words of story :D

Until next time

-PotterWeasley6274