Leanna groaned as she heard Lily's cries only 15 minutes after putting her down. She rose on tired legs and lifted her four week old daughter from her cot. She put her on her chest leaning towards her shoulder and bounced around the room. Harry was sat up in bed watching with concern. This had been going on since four o'clock that afternoon and nothing either of them could do was making it any better. Lily was just crying. Even Sirius had tried to calm her and relax her but she was having none of it. Leanna walked around in a circle at the foot of her bed making a hushing sound into Lily's ear. She patted Lily on the back trying to eliminate trapped wind as a cause for her crying but after half an hour of no wind and no change in Lily's cries she gave up and sat down on the end of the bed rocking side to side as tears of her own started to fall. Harry joined her at the end of the bed and offered his arms out to take Lily. Leanna handed the baby over and stood up. She looked at Lily and then at Harry before she walked out the door. Harry looked down at Lily who's face was red from all the crying. She was wriggling her arms and legs as wail after wail escaped her mouth.
Harry stood up and started to pace the same circle that Leanna had been pacing moments earlier. He bounced Lily gently in his arms and hummed a random tune. Lily hushed for a second and looked up at Harry. Her eyes focused on his and her hand outstretched towards his face. Harry was about to sigh a sigh of relief when Lily turned her head, opened her mouth, and resumed her crying. Harry bowed his head and continued to walk like a zombie around in a circle. He couldn't blame Leanna for walking out, there was a part of him that wished he could too.
Leanna sat in the kitchen at the large dining room table. With the door closed, it blocked out most of Lily's screams. She held her head in her hands and started to cry herself. She couldn't do this. She couldn't even stop her own daughter from crying. There was obviously something wrong with her to be crying like this, so what was it? Why couldn't Leanna figure it out? She banged her head against the table repeatedly until she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Leanna. Stop!" Sirius growled at her. She stopped banging her head but did not lift it from the table. "I can understand that you're feeling pretty shitty right now, but trust me you are not alone on that one. We all wish there was something we can do to help Lily but we have tried everything, she just needs cuddles and patience now." Sirius rubbed Leanna's shoulders and pulled her in for a hug. After a few moments, Leanna stood up and thanked Sirius before she made her way back upstairs.
She walked into the bedroom and offered to take Lily, Harry smiled and handed her over. He sat down on the bed. He was exhausted. He never thought that he could function on this little sleep. He watched as Leanna, with her new found patience, walked around the bedroom humming and singing to Lily until the sun had risen and Lily had finally fallen asleep.
Leanna carefully placed the sleeping infant in her cot and laid down on the bed next to Harry. She closed her eyes and within seconds, she had fallen into a deep sleep too.