I've had this idea for quite a while. It's kind of lame, but why not?
Also, this chapter will contain adult talk.
And turned out very long. Oops.
Early the next morning, which was supposed to be one of Harry's days off, he was awake in the kitchen when Lily and James appeared, fully dressed.
"Were you even here all night?" Harry asked, watching as they removed cloaks.
"No." James said with a grin. "We left shortly after everyone else fell asleep, ended up wandering around London all night."
"Why?"
"It was nice out." Lily responded. "We've missed so much, Harry, it was nice to see everything."
James sat down at the table. "Did you know Muggles have telephones that they can carry in their pockets?" James asked.
Lily nodded. "It's so interesting! I remember that your Dad and I had a phone- but it wasn't so small."
"Yeah..." Harry said. "They're called cellphones."
"Huh." Lily said thoughtfully.
"I have the day off today, and tomorrow, so I can show you all these type of things. Muggles have been creating very interesting technology lately." Harry said. "I need to get to the Burrow, get Teddy or I'm not going to hear the end of it from Remus or Tonks."
James smirked. "He's got this new attitude." He commented. "It's a Moony I've never seen."
"It's nice, James." Lily said with a roll of her eyes. "And you can't pretend you weren't the same way when Harry was born. Or even right before, you were so-"
"Dashingly irresistible?" James asked, wiggling an eyebrow. "I happen to remember-"
Harry felt his cheeks begin to turn red. "Right!" He said loudly. "I'll just be going."
Harry held tightly to Teddy's shoulder as the kitchen of Grimmauld Place appeared again. He had sent a patronus ahead for Ginny to bring Remus and Tonks to wait in the library for when he arrived.
They stepped out of the fireplace together. "Alright, Teddy, are you ready?" He asked, leading Teddy up the stairs and to the library.
Teddy grabbed Harry's hand, stopping him from opening the library door. "Uncle Harry, they're okay, right?" Teddy asked, frowning.
"They're exactly the people I remember." Harry promised. "So are you ready to meet your parents?"
Teddy's hair faded to his natural brown, and Harry was suddenly aware of how much Teddy resembled Remus. He nodded and Harry opened the door.
Tonks and Remus stood there, clutching hands.
"Remus, Tonks, let me introduce you- again- to your son." Harry said. Teddy just stared at the carpet.
"He definitely looks like Remus." Tonks commented. Harry spotted Teddy finally looking up, and his hair flashed blue as he smiled slightly.
"And there's the confirmation." Remus said. "That's our boy."
Teddy stepped forward a couple steps. "Hi." He said quietly, looking at his parents.
Tonks was the first to move. She practically ran the few steps between them, dropping to her knees in front of Teddy and grabbing him tightly in a hug. "Teddy, my Teddy- I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have left, I should have never gone." She said, breaking down into tears.
"Dora." Remus said, his voice thick with emotion. "Dora, you'll strangle the poor boy."
"I swear to Merlin, Remus. I will send you back to your grave if you tell me to stop hugging our son." Tonks snapped, her voice slightly muffled because her face was buried in Teddy's hair. Remus gave a slight laugh, but he stepped forward and knelt down as well, wrapping his arms around his wife and son.
And Harry, feeling extremely uncomfortable at the thought of standing here watching them reunite, slipped out of the library.
That night things changed. Colin missed dinner, but Ron said that Colin had said he was just tired.
Slowly, but surely, the conversation turned to the married couples reflecting on their children. And from there, it went somewhere that left Head Auror Harry completely red in the face.
"I always wanted a daughter after Harry." Lily commented.
"Dora wanted a daughter from the very beginning." Remus said. "The day she told me, she started in on what girl names she wanted to use."
"Well, the names don't have to go to waste, Remus." Tonks said, smiling.
"You two wouldn't seriously-" Sirius began.
"Why not?" Lily asked. "I think it'd be really nice to have more children, myself."
"It's a shame we lost our dining room table." James commented quietly. "Perhaps we can visit the cottage and retrieve it-"
"No, no, it wouldn't have been the table, James." Lily said. "It had to have been the couch. I remember very clearly-"
Harry had removed his glasses and was rubbing his eyes. This was not something he needed to hear, and he was hoping against hope that it wasn't what they actually meant.
"I don't think it was the couch." James said, shaking his head. "Because the table-"
"No, it was the couch." Lily said. "I'm very sure of it."
"I wonder if Mum kept the sitting room couch, Remus." Tonks said thoughtfully.
Harry was relieved that when he placed his glasses on again, he was not the only one red in the face. Sirius was only a little red in the face, but Ron was the same shade of his hair. Remus had a slight flush to his cheeks, and he was staring at the table intently. Harry coughed loudly, hoping this would distract his parents and Tonks from the conversation.
"I think-" Lily said finally. "-I'll go check on Colin. He was such a friendly boy, it seems strange that he hasn't joined us." She stood, slipping from the kitchen.
"Well, that was a conversation that had potential to scar Harry." Sirius commented.
Harry smirked. "I already have enough scars, so maybe we won't go there." He said.
"I think I'll go see if Lily needs help." Tonks said, also leaving the kitchen.
Remus exhaled slowly. "She has a knack for conversations that shouldn't be had." He said.
"Well, I think there's one we do have." James said, leaning forward. "Remus, Sirius and I had a bet."
Remus shook his head slowly. "Please don't."
"I said 30. Padfoot said 40. Now, you were 37." James said. "So we need to figure out who won?"
"I think it's obvious who won." Sirius said with a smirk at Remus.
"Ah yes, Remus finally shagged a woman. We have living proof upstairs. Living proof that Remus slept with Nymphadora Tonks. Oddly enough, that's similar to what I wanted to name Harry."
"Lily?" She called, knocking on the door. Lily opened the door, looking a little worried.
"He's really sick." She said, opening the door. Tonks slipped into the room. Colin was pale, laying on the bed.
"What's going on?" Tonks asked Lily.
"Fever, he threw up a while ago." She explained. Both women sat on either side of Colin.
"Colin? Are you feeling better, at all?" Lily asked, running a hand over his pale forehead. Colin shook his head.
"I can go see if there are any fever potions." Tonks said. "Ginny must keep some around."
"I'll come with you, we'll see what we can find." Lily said, following her out into the hall. They were searching through the first bathroom when Lily spoke again. "I did want to ask something, Tonks."
"Oh?"
"Since you came back, are you feeling... different?" Lily asked.
Tonks studied her face for a moment and then her eyes widened. "Oh!" She said. "I wouldn't say different, exactly."
"You haven't felt-"
"Lily, I had a baby days before I died." Tonks said, as they continued looking through the potion bottles in the cupboard. "It had been nearly three months before that. I was feeling a little deprived."
"So you and Remus- you have-"
"Haven't you and James?"
"Oh, definitely." Lily said, smiling a bit. "And I won't lie to you, because it'll be between us girls, it wasn't very good."
"Kind of rushed?" Tonks asked.
"More like, extremely rushed." Lily said, her cheeks growing red.
"I get it." Tonks said. "Remus was a little... how can I be nice about this? He was acting as if a Death Eater was waiting outside the door to get us."
Lily snorted. "James acted like it was his first time!" She said, giggling.
Tonks laughed. "Well, it has been a very long time."
"Was it usually rushed between you two?" Lily asked. "You know, during the war?"
"No." Tonks said, with a smile. "No, he gave me complete control. Last night might have actually been the first time I let him have control."
Lily nodded thoughtfully. "James always asked a lot of questions, honestly. But not last night. We barely spoke last night."
"I'm not sure Remus said a single thing until afterwards, honestly." Tonks said, picking up a bottle. She frowned.
"Fever potion?" Lily asked.
"No. Wolfsbane." Tonks said, looking at Lily. "The Order didn't leave any here. I remember, I searched the place myself a a few months before Teddy was born."
"Perhaps you overlooked it." Lily offered.
Tonks turned the bottle over, looking for a date. On the label, in tiny writing, she found it: Brewed May 1st, 2009.
"It was only just brewed." Tonks said. "But why?"
Lily picked up another bottle. "Well, I found the fever potion. Bring that with, we'll ask Harry afterwards."
"You don't think he lied to us, about Teddy?" Tonks asked as they headed back to Colin's room.
"I don't know him well enough to say, I'm sorry." Lily said gently.