A/N: This is an idea I intend to put in either "The Gift of the Creator" or "Unity: The Golden Age" (Part 2 of The Time Travelling Potters rewrite). I decided to write it now and post it here so that I wouldn't forget the idea.
"What was the first word I ever said?" asked Harry to James and Lily Potter, his parents. Harry and Hermione had met James and Lily at the Three Broomstick and started talking about the good moments of their earlier life, when Harry was still a baby and before James and Lily had died.
When Harry asked the question, James snickered while Lily growled. Hermione raised an eyebrow. There had to be a good story there...
"The day you spoke your first words, your mother had to be absent for an hour or two for... well I don't remember but she wasn't home. Sirius however was!" chuckled James.
"Okay, already I have a feeling where this is going." chuckled Harry as well. Both he and Hermione could see that Lily didn't look happy about where this was going.
"So, we weren't doing exactly anything important that day. Just Sirius and I spending time as friends while taking care of you. Sirius has to go to the lavatory and he goes but when he came back in the parlour, he bumped his little toe on the corner of the leg of the table and let out a loud "FUCK!"."
Harry and Hermione laughed while Lily scowled.
"I remember telling him something like "If Lily ever learn that you said that word in front of Harry, she will kill you, you know?" and he said "But she won't know, won't she?"."
"Let me guess, I told her?" sniggered Harry.
James nodded. "Thirty minutes later, Lily arrive back home. Sirius, you and I were sitting in the parlour, you on my lap and Sirius near me and we were talking. When you saw Lily, the first thing you did was say "Fuck! Mum! Fuck!". We all froze and Sirius was looking at Lily like she was Voldemort!" he guffawed.
"When I saw James glance at Sirius trying to hide his amusement and the guilt in Sirius' eyes, I realised what had happened. I wanted to kill him." said Lily to the laughing trio.
"What did you do then?" asked Hermione.
"She sent stinging hexes at Sirius. Sirius tried to flee as Padfoot but it didn't work!" bellowed James. "The whole time, you were just clapping your hands, repeating "Mum! Mum! Mum!"."
"Was it worth it then?" asked Harry with a smirk to his mother.
"What do you mean?" asked Lily.
"Well, Dad said it was my first word, right?"
"Yes..."
"If I hadn't swore, I wouldn't have called you 'Mum' repeatedly, would I? Maybe it was worth it to hear me call you Mum?"
Lily looked pensive for a few seconds before she smiled. "Maybe it was worth it."