The one where Harry meets Lily
'Remus, that is not funny, OK? No one is allowed to make jokes about James and Lily,' Sirius snapped, his face pale. How could he even think to say something like that when Harry was standing right there?
'But, I'm not joking. I'm sorry if it sounded like that, but I wasn't,' Moony soon regretted using such a light voice. Damn it, he was only being happy over Lily's return!
Harry who had been quiet all this time, spotted movement behind Remus. 'Sirius, maybe we should believe him. Who is that? It rather looks like my mum.'
Remus turned around and saw that Ginny had, indeed, walked out of the bedroom to where they stood. She wore a simple white dress made of insubstantial cotton and a pair of tattered slippers. Sirius' mouth opened in shock, his eyes wide and transfixed on the woman before him.
'Lily, is it really you?' he finally managed to say.
She put up her hand and crossed her fingers. 'Honorary Marauder's honor.' Her scar from her wedding showed when she did that, adding to the evidence.
Sirius closed the distance between them and caught her in a hug. Ginny felt tears on her shoulder and hugged him tighter. Much to his own dismay, he sobbed. Her soft voice in his ear was telling him that everything was all right. 'Lils... I am so sorry... I didn't know that Peter was-,'
'Sirius, it's OK. I don't blame you.'
They drew back from the embrace and he wiped his tears with his sleeve. 'I guess you'll want to be reintroduced to Harry.'
Ginny looked at her son, her eyes soft. An understanding came over her; she hadn't wanted to be his girlfriend out of lust, but out of the desire to make him safe. 'I think we have some catching up to do, Harry.'
He nodded numbly. Remus remembered that he was host to this reunion, and ushered them into his dining room that was basically chairs around a table in his kitchen. Sirius began talking about Harry's past, the lad himself unable to speak. Remus started cooking breakfast as he had planned to earlier that week.
'Harry has been staying with the sister of yours. The one with a wand sticking half way up her ar-,'
'Sirius!' Remus said, shocked.
'I'm sorry, Moony, but you didn't see how they kept him. Lils, you know how much I love you, but your sister is horrid. They treated him like an animal, almost.'
She frowned at this. Her brother had told her all about Harry's "relatives." Some how, Ginny had persuaded herself that Dumbledore would give Harry to Sirius, or at least a nice pair of Muggles. 'I'll have to give Petunia my gratitude for looking after Harry for so many years.' The way she said gratitude made Sirius grin.
'Ah, it's good to have you back, Lils.' His face turned solemn. 'There was no way you could have saved James?'
She shook her head. 'I wish I could have, but he refused to leave with me. When we got married, he saw... he knew he was going to die and had come to terms with the fact. It doesn't make it any easier on the rest of us, however.'
'I was wondering, Lily. Now that you're back, does that mean you're going to live with Harry?' Sirius was looking anxiously at her. 'I've been in prison for a long time because of everyone thinking I was your Secret Keeper and when I finally was pardoned, Harry started staying with me. I've grown attached to the boy.'
'Oh, Padfoot!' She gave him another hug. 'I wouldn't dream of taking Harry off you, not after what you've been through.'
'Thanks, Lily.' He smoothed her hair and looked at Harry. He had regained some of his color and was eating his breakfast distractedly, shooting glances at his mother every now and then.
'Is there anything you want to ask me, Harry?' Ginny asked.
'I have a thousand questions I'd like to ask you, but one shall do for now.' He paused, taking a sip of the orange juice Remus had grudgingly poured, since it was his secret addiction. 'Are you, or have you ever been Ginny Weasley?'
She went white, hand clutching the tablecloth. Behind them, Remus dropped a pan and cursed aloud. Sirius and Harry looked at her inquisitively. 'Promise not to hate me?'
He raised an eyebrow. 'I promise.'
'I am. That's why I went missing three years ago. I was sent back to your father's time and I fell in love. I am your mother and your best friend's sister.' Ginny bit her lip, raising her eyes to Harry.
'Ah, that explains it.' Harry gave her a smile. 'Ginny, I haven't spent years around your brother without noticing a few characteristics.' that said, he moved on to far more important topics. 'However, there is the matter of all my birthdays and Christmases.'
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Sirius didn't blow up the reception, much to the disappointment of Lily who would have loved to see Dumbledore with a face full of ash, hair sticking up wishing them a long and happy marriage. James asked Padfoot to say the toast at the wedding, as long as he had help from Wormtail and Moony.
'James is my best friend so I have seen and done things that most of you have not. Some of the things we got up to in our years of friendship would leave you stunned, some of them would make you cringe and some of them would touch your heart.' At this, Lily and James looked at each other, both wondering what their friends had been smoking.
'Lily approached James the third day she was at Hogwarts, the first that she was in Gryffindor House. I think it was love at first sight. It took a while for them to realize what was blatantly obvious to the rest of us, but after that they were always holding hands, or hugging and kissing. Somehow, being in love and able to express it meant that their loyal friends had to put up with the revolting display.
'If there is one couple in the world that deserves to live happily ever after, it is Lils and James. Sometimes when you're around them, it's as if they've known each other for eternity. I hope I can be someone's James and that they can be my Lily.' He smiled and raised his glass. 'To James and Lily.'
The room echoed that statement and took a drink from their glasses. Sirius sat back down, grinning smugly at them. 'So, what did you think?'
'I think,' James announced. 'That Remus helped you overly much in that speech.'
'Just near the end bit. Straight quote, too.' Sirius looked over at Lily. 'Anything you'd like to tell us.'
Lily didn't know whether to laugh it off or glare at him. Remus had told her that he was in love with her earlier that year. The look on his face as he had mumbled the words made her feel for him. "I'll never love another woman like I love you, Lily." Lily started as she realized James and Sirius had moved from the topic of secret admirers to their beloved Quidditch.
Author's Note: I am sorry that it's not very long but I can't stay up all night because I have to go to work tomorrow. Expect a lot more future bits! Thanks to Bluegirl18, Teri, Darth Flirt and of course, Iselin