Chapter 25
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The next morning it was Harry's second morning as a baby. Harry had yet again woken in the night from a nightmare and James began to worry about what would happen to Harry when he was a teenager once more. Would his son understand that James wants to chase the nightmares away and it's okay to need him, even at dreadful hours of the night?
James was already running late, he and Harry had slept in and now had only enough time to run to class before it started. It really was like de-ja-vu for James.
James jogged into class with Harry who was shouting gibberish.
Oh Merlin. Seventh years; and two hours of them. The trouble with the older years was they liked to push the teachers and knew all the ways to misbehave and not get caught. Gryffindor and Ravenclaws swivelled around to face the late teacher.
Sirius was smirking at the front until Remus hit him with a book. "Stop smirking. Or I will wake you up in the middle of the night and see how you like it." Remus threatened.
"You, Remus, are a mean man." Sirius pouted. Harry giggled.
Sirius smiled widely and pulled his godson out of James' arms and spun him around.
"Hello there, handsome!" Sirius greeted.
"Hiya!" smiled James.
"I didn't mean you, Jamie." Sirius said.
"Harry and I look the same. You call him handsome then you call me handsome." James stated simply.
"Oh... I didn't think about that." Sirius said and Remus chuckled.
"Okay then, let's get on with the lesson-"A Gryffindor boy with a look of pure attitude cut him off.
"So did you guys mess around at school?" he asked.
"Well, yes, but that isn't the point." Remus said.
"So if you tell us off you are hypocrites?" the boy asked.
"Let's have none of this. You will behave. It doesn't matter what we were like when we were younger. You need to learn and you can't reject punishment just because it would make us hypocrites." James said.
"Ooh... Harry's temper is shining through!" Another boy said.
"Sorry?" James asked.
"Harry has a hell of a temper on him, sir. Does he get it from you?" A girl asked.
"No, he gets it from Lily. I am just telling you what is what. I generally don't get too angry. But when I do you better not be in the firing line." James warned.
The class seemed mostly unfazed.
"Sir, was it weird seeing your son and friends old?" A girl asked.
"Of course it was. Now back to the lesson. We are learning about-"The boy with the attitude cut James off again.
"Sir, what is it like to die?" he asked.
James sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"Do you want me to deduct points? Because I will. Stop asking me irrelevant questions and questions that I will not give you the answer to." James said.
The boy moodily leaned back in his chair.
Harry reached out to James and James took him into his arms once again.
After the lesson James sat heavily into his chair.
"Well that was rather tedious." He stated. Sirius and Remus nodded in agreement.
"They are going to be a pain this year." Remus complained.
Harry sat in his playpen and shouted "Bad!" the 3 adults chuckled.
James scooped his son up. "Well, they weren't all bad Harry, just most of them." James explained.
The day passed without incident until dinner.
The great hall doors opened and Umbridge walked in with a scowl on her face and a bruise on her right cheek.
The pink woman walked right up to James' table where the man fed Harry a bottle and screeched "That boy of yours set a trap!" She said.
"I'm sorry?" James asked.
"I was in your last lesson. You left before me. But that boy set a toy of his down where I would walk and I tripped over." Umbridge's high and annoying voice was becoming more unbearable by the second for both the silent adults and children alike.
"How on Earth did a 15 month baby 'set a trap'?" James asked rationally, fighting off a laugh. Sirius had no such control and Remus had to clamp a hand to his friend's mouth to make sure he didn't make the situation worse.
"He still has his teen mind, am I correct? He obviously doesn't like me, assuming the screaming fits he has whenever I go near any of you. He dropped a toy from his playpen to by my feet when you were walking out." Umbridge explained in a shrill tone.
James looked down at Harry, fighting off not only laughter but a proud smile.
"Is this true, Harry?" he asked, his voice shaking with laughter. Harry looked up at his father and smiled.
"Mabeee!" Harry shouted and giggled. Remus let go of Sirius and both of them fell to the floor in laughter.
"This is none of your concern! Stop laughing!" Umbridge demanded of the werewolf and the ex-convict.
Remus and Sirius pulled themselves up into chairs and took deep breaths that were occasionally interrupted by their giggles.
"Well, what can I say? Kids will be kids." James said.
"Professor Potter, I will not stand for this! Your son needs discipline! He could have seriously injured me!" Umbridge shouted.
"Sorry, who says that you can tell me how to be a parent? You are not a parent. So do not think for one second that you can tell me how to be a father. What Harry did was silly, but I am not going to punish a baby because he was having a bit of fun. You see, us Potter's do not think that respect is simply given; it is earned. You have been nothing but rude to Remus since you got here. Harry isn't stupid. As you so rightly said, he has his teen mind. You have shown prejudice against his Uncle and that is definitely something that Harry would hate. Maybe if you tried being nice to Remus once in a while he would not play pranks on you to teach you a lesson." James said.
The three men stood and walked out of the hall. Once the doors had shut behind them they broke out in laughter. James spun Harry around.
"Dada is so proud of you, we really showed her!" He kissed his son's cheek.
"Did you see her face? I don't think that Remus will have any trouble from her for a while now." Sirius smiled.
"Thank you, Harry!" Remus grinned and ruffled the baby's hair.
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