Harry stared at his hands, he knew that he acted too old for his age and that this gave the impression of intelligence and so his guardians had been frank with him. He was grateful for it, he looked up at them.

They were leaning back in their chairs looking relieved, he turned to look at the photo they had given him of his parents and then back to his uncles. "I can't tell anyone?"

"No Harry" Sirius replied, "That is the most important rule"

"Not even the babysitters?"

The two shared a look, "Do you like them Harry?"

"Yes, the mad one made me laugh and the other makes good sandwiches" Remus sighed,

"That's good Harry, but you mustn't tell them. Remember muggles?" Harry nodded, "They are muggles and we must be careful, there are still people who would want to harm you"

"They wouldn't-"

"I'm sure they wouldn't but muggles are easy targets for those that would. It would put them in danger as well."

Harry thought about this for a moment, "Then why hire muggles? Why not wizards?"

Sirius frowned, "It is safer for you,; bad wizards are hard to tell from good wizards whereas muggles don't know who you are and so will not be a threat. We also want you to know about your mum's world as well."

There was a knock at the window causing them all to jump and look around, a brown owl stared haughtily back with a letter in its mouth. If it had had eyebrows they would have been raised, nevertheless the owl's expression told them that if the window was not opened now it would start to peck.

Sirius stood up and let it in, he received a clip around the ear from its wings for the trouble, and the owl dropped its letter on the floor and flew off with the owl equivalent of a huff. They stared after it and then at the letter.

"Is it about your lantropey?" Harry asked as soon as Remus had opened the letter,

"Lycanthropy" he corrected, "And yes, that's what the meeting was about. She wants to meet again here."

"You mean have a nose around?" Sirius growled, "Meet 'the-boy-who-lived', get critical about how we live?"

Remus blinked at the onslaught, "Yes, pretty much."

"I don't want Harry here with her asking questions. Can I take him out?"

"No, she wants us both here" Sirius clutched his fists together, Harry decided that now was the best time to interrupt the conversation;

"You could get the babysitters to look after me. I don't mind."

Sirius and Remus considered this, "Ok then, Sirius will phone them now."

"Awww! Why me?"

The knocking alerted Remus to the fact that the babysitters where at the door, "Do you think it'll be a repeat of last time?" he asked Sirius worriedly, Sirius merely laughed, "I hope so, Harry!" he called up the stairs. The boy ran down the stairs his green eyes alight, "Are they here?" he asked excitedly.

Remus laughed, "I think so, why don't you open the door and find out?"

Harry grinned and ran up to the door and quickly opened it, "Harry!" squealed a familiar female voice whose owner picked him up and twirled him round in circles, "Jess!" Louise shouted coming up towards the spinning duo "Be careful! Remember what you did to you brother"

"Aw but Lou, he was annoying, Harry's not" Jess whined but put him down anyway. Harry, still laughing, pulled Jess into the small cottage and began telling her exactly what they were going to do.

"Well, I see we don't have to worry about you two boring him" Sirius remarked jokingly as the remaining adults followed the other two into the cottage. Louise smiled, "I doubt it, but I don't think I'll be able to survive another couple of hours with them two with out gaining some more grey hairs"

Remus laughed, "I know what you mean; Jessica seems just as bad as Sirius"

"Hey!" pouted Sirius, "I'm not that bad"

Remus and Louise exchanged raised eyebrows, "Of course not" Remus told him, clapping a hand on his shoulder.

"So what we are doing with Harry today?" Louise asked, Remus shrugged,

"Well I was hoping you and Jessica could go to the park in town as we haven't been able to since he has been with us and we don't want him here with the social worker visiting" Sirius replied.

"Of course, we have to catch the 244 don't we?" Louise asked as they walked into the back garden. Following the squeals of Jess running around the garden with Harry tucked under the one arm.

Remus nodded "Are you sure you two are okay with this?"

Louise nodded, smiling as she watched Sirius grab Harry from Jess and run from her as she proceeded to chase them.

"Jess adores Harry, and that's only after 1 meeting. He's a great kid, with great guardians, so we're fine. What time do you want us to leave?"

"Well the next bus is due in 15 minutes" Remus said slyly.

Louise nodded, than her eyes widened, "15 minutes... JESS! HARRY! COME ON WE HAVE TO GO NOW" and with that Louise grabbed Jess who was holding on to Harry in a tug of war with Sirius and proceeded to drag them both out the cottage.

Sirius stood there for a moment, "I lost?" he asked, Remus rolled his eyes.

"Come on" he said, "Lets go and wait of the official"

Sirius and Remus went to wait for the Ministry Official in the living room, they sat up straight on the settee next to the fireplace and periodically flicked invisibly lint from their sleeves and trousers. Sirius glanced at his watch, "She's late" he said, "Why are they always late?"

The fire sprang to life and a spinning figure flung out it's arms and came to a halt. The woman stepped out of the fireplace with a smile and swept her stringy blonde hair from her flushed face, hand, "Stephanie Riles, shall we start?"

Louise sighed and nudged her frowning friend, "Come on Jess cheer up, your not normally this quiet". Jessica turned with a deep sigh and tried to smile at her worried companion before turning back to watch their charge run around; playing in the park, "It doesn't fit Lou" she said, her sorrowful blue eyes regarding her friend, "It just doesn't"

"What doesn't fit Jess?" Louise asked quietly, it wasn't often Jessica was this quiet, it often meant she was figuring out something that wasn't all that good.

"Harry" was her only reply. Louise looked at the black haired boy who was sliding down the slide laughing, Jessica did have a point, she thought, Harry wasn't like the other children. He was shy, quiet and very obedient, also very hesitant and wise for his age. He got a sad look on his face when certain things were mentioned. Like the slave topic.

"It's just not right for a 4 year old to be so quiet, so worried all the time. He should be a goby little brat who you want to throw out of the window. Something happened to him, especially since Remus and Sirius have all these social visits." Jessica said crinkles appearing on her head, "What could have happened for them to take Harry away from his Aunt and Uncle"

Louise sighed and placed a hand on Jessica's shoulder "Maybe your thinking to much on the matter. After all things could have taken a turn for the worse for his family and they had to give him up for a better lifestyle"

Jessica shook her head, "That doesn't't explain his behaviour" Louise sighed knowing her friend was probably right in the matter. She turned her head to watch Harry but gasped at the sight that her eyes met.

Harry was surrounded by several other larger boys all who were laughing and poking him. Her gasp made Jessica turn to look; she quickly stood up and left the bench and with a face like thunder and made her way up to the boys. Louise quickly grabbed her bag and made her way after Jess hoping that her friend didn't start on the other boys.

"Leave me alone Dudley! I didn't do anything to you!" Harry cried out, but the other boys laughed and the largest one ,that looked remotely like a pig, snorted, "Oh yeah? Is that why you got freaks to come and take you away from Mum and Dad?"

"I didn't make anyone do anything! Please Dudley, just leave me alone" Harry whimpered pitifully, "Why should I, freak? Now mum has to do all the cooking and cleaning and can't play with me anymore. I think you should pay for it" The boy, Dudley, said, the other boys nodding in agreement.

Louise, with a look of horror on her face, turned to the group of parents standing watching the scene; "How disgusting! Does no one here have a shred of decency in them? The boy is been ganged up on! He is 4 years old! You should be ashamed of yourselves! How would you like it if it was one of your own?" she screamed at them.

The sudden shouts made the group of boys look up and than back away in fear when they saw Jessica's glowering face, "So Harry, how are you doing? Need me to grab any of the boys and take them to a cliff so you can push them off?" Her eyes narrowed, "Because I will do it if they continue glaring and threatening you. Perhaps they should just go back to their parents?"

Bending down and picking up the pale and shaking 4 year old, she walked over to Louise, "Come on Lou, they aren't worth it" Louise nodded and turned away.

"We aren't worth it? Excuse me but if you're talking about the freak you're holding than I think you might need some help" said a voice from the crowd,

"Oh and who are you to judge, Madame?" Jess asked still sneering.

"Petunia Dursley – that things Aunt" the woman said her ,long pointy noise sticking up in the air.

"Well than I have a few bones to pick with you! For example; why the hell did you let your 4 year old nephew cook?" Louise asked, starting calmly and finishing in a shout, she advanced on the woman who was quickly shrinking in fear "Listen to me and listen to me well, my friend holding Harry has no qualms about making your life misery for what you did to that boy, and don't let me mistake you but once his guardians find out – or even if they already know - I have no doubt they would do the same"

"What can she do? She's only young?" the confident statement turned into a nervous question.

"Yeah and her uncle works with abused children in court cases, and trust me when I say that he's very good at his job."

"But we didn't abuse him" Petunia stumbled pulling her son behind her,

"You think so? I'm sure that's not what he'd find out. Now do I have your agreement that you, your husband, your son and any other member of your family wishing Harry harm will not come near him? Ever" Louise finished in a deadly tone.

Petunia nodded frantically and Louise gave her a nasty, satisfied smile, "Good" and with the final word she span on her heals and walked towards Jessica who was slowly rocking an exhausted Harry to sleep. "Come on; let's go see what Remus and Sirius have to say for themselves" Jess announced when she was close enough to hear her.

Louise hurried after Jess, Harry jogging alongside her in the hurry. Jessica and calmed from furious to merely outraged and was fast approaching anger from the opposite side she was used to.

She could hear thing other two behind her. Louise was right, it was not their business to question employers, Harry wasn't in any danger from them. They had no right. All they could, should, do is tell them about the meeting they had had in the park. And keep an eye out for those people in future, so the could hurt them.

Alright, so she hadn't said the last part but Jess had mentally tacked it onto the end of the conversation. She reached the garden gate, unlatched it and waited for Louise and Harry to catch up before walking down the path and knocking on the door.

It was opened by a frowning blonde woman, "Who are you?" she asked, behind her Remus stood with his arms crossed and an annoyed expression on his face. Jess raised her eyebrows at her, "They're the babysitters" Remus said, "I would have introduced them if you hadn't ran at the door"

Stephanie rolled her eyes and walked back into the house, "That was rude" Harry stated pulling off his coat, Remus put a finger to his lips and smiled, "Did you have fun?" he asked.

"Yup"

"Except Jess got into a fight with his aunt" Louise added.

"His aunt?" he exclaimed, "Where did you go?"

"Just the park, his cousin started picking on him and then Jess intervened and made him cry"

"Made his cousin cry?"

"Yes" Harry answered with a happy grin on his face, "She threatened him", Remus raised his eyebrows momentarily;

"I see. I would invite the two of you in but the social worker is about to leave and she thinks visitors are distasteful."

Jess nodded sourly, "One of those ones." she said with unnatural insight, Remus nodded with a forced grin.

"Yup, no doubt we'll see you again"

"No doubt. Bye Remus, bye Harry" Louise said, Jess followed her down the path to the gate,

"Yeah, bye Harry. See you soon"

Remus shut the door and walked after Harry down the hall and into the living room where Sirius was leaning against the fireplace with a tiered expression on his face, "She's gone"

"Thank goodness" Sirius gave him a sideways glance, "What?"

"How would you like me to tell you that everything is sorted now?" he asked,

"I would like to know the catch" Sirius sighed and sat down.

"When she came back from answering the door one thing led to another-"

"Oh Merlin-"

"And I asked her out on a date. What? I've dated people I've known less about. Anyway, then she said that she found nothing wrong with Harry staying with us as long as he was away on full moons and then she said yes"

Remus narrowed his eyes while he figured out what he had just been told, "So...why did you just tell me about you getting a date?"

Sirius grinned, "I couldn't wait until after"

A/n: Well between Hippie Jade and myself this chapter was written and complied all within 24 hours of the last update. So I expect some thankyous!

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