Family Matters
Chapter Six- Facts and Fussiness
Notes: Sorry this took so long.. The end of spring semester was insanely hectic for me. have been very busy outside of school too. Thanks to those who reviewed. ( gets 5 F.M. house points for such an interesting screen name.) Umm. criticism is welcome. and onto the next chapter! Should have chapter Seven up soon. since I am now back at home for a few weeks before hopefully getting a job for the summer.
+ James' Office on the Second Floor (Potter Summer Home -Godric's Hollow-)+
October 30th 1980
James Potter set down his quill next to the empty bottle and smiled down at Harry, who let out a gum-showing yawn and flailed his tiny arms a little, before settling back down in the crook of James' arm. Lily had decided that it was his turn to take Harry for his late-night bottle since he was still up, and since she had been woken up early by Harry's "I'm Wet" cries that morning; she got to go to bed early because of it. Seeing that Harry's still blue-grey eyes were beginning to sink lower and lower even as he continued to nurse from the bottle. James picked up his quill again, and finished his final draft of his letter for Severus, before rolling it up with the delivery instructions and leaving it on the side table near the office fireplace with a note for Simon to drop it off at Gringott's the next day. He moved the now sleeping three month-old onto his shoulder as he magicked the empty bottle back in the magical bottle re-fill/warmer in the kitchen, and then carried Harry down the hall to the nursery.
After carefully laying Harry down in his crib, James covered him with the warm baby-blanket that Dumbledore had passed along from Minerva last time he had met with the headmaster, just before going under the Fidelius charm. After checking that Harry was all set, he turned off the light in the nursery and went to join his wife in bed.
+ Kitchen (Potter Summer Home -Godric's Hollow-)+
October 31st 1980
Harry Potter was usually a happy, pleasant, easy-going baby. but today he had been very fussy. He had started crying often, sometimes for no apparent reason, and the only way to calm him down was to hold him and talk to him. Right now James was sitting on the counter, bouncing Harry on his lap and making funny faces while the baby was still in a good mood. Lily was attempting to finish getting dinner ready. She and James were going to have Yams, Ham, Cornbread, Pumpkin Juice, and green beans; with some vanilla pudding for desert. If Harry was interested, Lily was going to see if he wanted to try a little pudding or some juice, but he would probably just stick to his bottle.
Halfway through a late dinner, Harry had begun to cry again, and the weather had decided to turn a bit more for the worse. James had already finished the dishes while Lily was changing Harry's diaper upstairs. He heard her coming down the stairs with a sniffling Harry when on a whim he glanced outside, and saw the group of people in dark robes, with white masks coming up the walk. Turning to Lily, who was half way down the stairs, he yelled at her to take Harry and run. Then turning back to the door, he pulled out his wand and prepared to defend his wife, and his adopted son who had over time begun to be his real son. He would fall before he would allow either of them to be hurt.
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Yippee, I finally have another chapter up. even though it is kind of short. Hopefully it will be more posts with a little less writing in each one but we will see.
I have not yet received any replies or opinions on whether or not I should write some of Harry's childhood after being placed with the Dursley's. or I should do the baby-almost 11 year old jump like in the books. I have one more chapter to polish and post before this needs to be decided and written, so please review and let me know.
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Notes: Sorry this took so long.. The end of spring semester was insanely hectic for me. have been very busy outside of school too. Thanks to those who reviewed. ( gets 5 F.M. house points for such an interesting screen name.) Umm. criticism is welcome. and onto the next chapter! Should have chapter Seven up soon. since I am now back at home for a few weeks before hopefully getting a job for the summer.
+ James' Office on the Second Floor (Potter Summer Home -Godric's Hollow-)+
October 30th 1980
James Potter set down his quill next to the empty bottle and smiled down at Harry, who let out a gum-showing yawn and flailed his tiny arms a little, before settling back down in the crook of James' arm. Lily had decided that it was his turn to take Harry for his late-night bottle since he was still up, and since she had been woken up early by Harry's "I'm Wet" cries that morning; she got to go to bed early because of it. Seeing that Harry's still blue-grey eyes were beginning to sink lower and lower even as he continued to nurse from the bottle. James picked up his quill again, and finished his final draft of his letter for Severus, before rolling it up with the delivery instructions and leaving it on the side table near the office fireplace with a note for Simon to drop it off at Gringott's the next day. He moved the now sleeping three month-old onto his shoulder as he magicked the empty bottle back in the magical bottle re-fill/warmer in the kitchen, and then carried Harry down the hall to the nursery.
After carefully laying Harry down in his crib, James covered him with the warm baby-blanket that Dumbledore had passed along from Minerva last time he had met with the headmaster, just before going under the Fidelius charm. After checking that Harry was all set, he turned off the light in the nursery and went to join his wife in bed.
+ Kitchen (Potter Summer Home -Godric's Hollow-)+
October 31st 1980
Harry Potter was usually a happy, pleasant, easy-going baby. but today he had been very fussy. He had started crying often, sometimes for no apparent reason, and the only way to calm him down was to hold him and talk to him. Right now James was sitting on the counter, bouncing Harry on his lap and making funny faces while the baby was still in a good mood. Lily was attempting to finish getting dinner ready. She and James were going to have Yams, Ham, Cornbread, Pumpkin Juice, and green beans; with some vanilla pudding for desert. If Harry was interested, Lily was going to see if he wanted to try a little pudding or some juice, but he would probably just stick to his bottle.
Halfway through a late dinner, Harry had begun to cry again, and the weather had decided to turn a bit more for the worse. James had already finished the dishes while Lily was changing Harry's diaper upstairs. He heard her coming down the stairs with a sniffling Harry when on a whim he glanced outside, and saw the group of people in dark robes, with white masks coming up the walk. Turning to Lily, who was half way down the stairs, he yelled at her to take Harry and run. Then turning back to the door, he pulled out his wand and prepared to defend his wife, and his adopted son who had over time begun to be his real son. He would fall before he would allow either of them to be hurt.
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Yippee, I finally have another chapter up. even though it is kind of short. Hopefully it will be more posts with a little less writing in each one but we will see.
I have not yet received any replies or opinions on whether or not I should write some of Harry's childhood after being placed with the Dursley's. or I should do the baby-almost 11 year old jump like in the books. I have one more chapter to polish and post before this needs to be decided and written, so please review and let me know.
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