"Sorry I'm late" Sirius said apparating into the Potter house. James and Remus were laughing and drinking large mugs of Butterbeer.
"Padfoot!" James said loudly. "We were just remembering Hogwarts."
"Good times." Remus said. Sirius looked at his friends slightly confused.
"Have you been drinking Firewhiskey?" Sirius asked. James shrugged.
"Someone may have spiked the drinks." Remus said. "But it wasn't us." Sirius frowned.
"Where's Lily, I got something for her." Sirius said.
"Girls are in the bedroom looking after the baby." James said. Sirius nodded and left the room before James could offer him any firewhiskey, who knew what Sirius would say by accident if he was drunk. Sirius just wanted to forget about the day he'd had. Why had he been so stupid! April would kill him if she found out and so would Lily but Sirius was terrified of April. He knocked on the door and opened it when Lily said he could come in. April was cooing over Harry and Lily was sitting in the bed watching carefully. Making sure nothing happened to her baby.
"Hi." Sirius said. He was careful not to make eye contact with April. He knew that she knew some Legilimency and could read his mind.
"Hi." Lily said smiling.
"I bought you a little something in Diagon alley." He said holding up a fairly large package. Lily cocked her head to the side. She seemed very happy but tired.
"You didn't have to Sirius." Lily said taking the package.
"You made me Harry's godfather, it's the least I could do." He said. Lily opened it to find a fairly large box. She opened the box and gasped.
"A penseive basin, how could you afford this?" Lily asked. Sirius gave her a smile and shrugged.
"Just something I found." He said. April let out a gasp then a small cry of pain. Sirius turned to Harry who was tugging at April's hair. April winced slightly and prised her hair out of Harry's grip. Sirius smiled.
"Hey." April said. She gave Sirius a kiss. Sirius returned it but was hesitant. April seemed to detect his reluctance and pulled away. "What have you been up to today?"
"Shopping mostly" Sirius said. He tried not to look into April's eyes.
"Since when did you shop?" Lily asked smiling.
"Work got boring." Sirius said. "So I decided to take a stroll down Diagon Alley" April nodded. Harry started to cry and Lily sighed.
"I will not get used to this crying thing." Lily said. "Pass him over." April passed Harry to Lily and Lily checked Harry's nappy. "I think he's hungry." Lily looked at Sirius and he understood what she wanted him to do.
"Oh, sorry." He said with a smirk. He got up and headed out of the room. April got up as well and took his hand as they both left Lily.
"Are you alright?" April asked him.
"Yeah, why shouldn't I be ok?" Sirius asked, "I'm with you and we're getting married." Sirius said as he pulled April into a kiss. She pushed him away slightly.
"You haven't been your usual self since last night." April said worriedly.
"No, I'm fine." Sirius said. He couldn't look into April's eyes and he found himself looking at her chest. April lifted his face.
"Can you look at me?" April asked. Sirius felt panic rise in him and he touched his wand and apparated away. April frowned and headed downstairs to join Remus and James.
* * * *
It was quite a few weeks later and Harry started crying early in the morning. Lily picked up her pillow and pressed it over her ears.
"Not again!" she moaned. She felt a hand on her back.
"Don't worry, I'll get him." James said comfortingly. Neither had gotten much sleep recently, particularly Lily. She'd been up when ever Harry cried. James got out of the bed and pulled a shirt over him and left the room for Harry's room. Harry was screaming in his cot and James bent over and picked him up.
"Come on now Harry, give your parents a break." He said quietly. "It's alright, you're safe here." James rocked Harry gently as he paced the room. Harry started to quieten down slightly but not by much. The first few rays of the sun peeked through the curtains and James couldn't help frowning. It had been a long time since Lily had been out and Harry was probably not going to go out in the world for a long time yet. Harry stopped crying and started hiccupping quietly. James continued to rock him and went to the window. He didn't know why he was going to the window. He looked out, through the curtains and stopped dead when he saw two cloaked figures walking down the street.
There was no doubt over who the figures were, they were deatheaters. James held his breath as they walked towards his house. Dumbledore had put a charm on the house so that it couldn't be found if someone was looking for it. It meant that James and Lily had to give specific permission for people to apparate into the house otherwise they wouldn't find it. Harry gave a soft whine and James started rocking him again. He stared out of the window as the deatheaters walked straight past without glancing at the house. James breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Harry.
"Do you know how much we've had to sacrifice for you?" James asked the baby. Harry just yawned and lay his head on James' shoulder. James took James downstairs and sat on the sofa with Harry on his lap. "One day, Dumbledore thinks you're going to be the one to kill Voldemort." James said. "I personally don't care as long as you survive. You hear me?" Harry simply blinked. James sighed and ruffled the small tufts of black hair on Harry's head. "I can see why all the girls dote on you, you're prettier then I am, and that's a huge achievement, you know that? It's probably because you inherited my good looks and Lily's eyes." James said smiling. Harry looked at him absolutely cluelessly and lifted a hand to grab James' glasses. James moved his head out of the way and got out his wand.
"Accio Snitch." James said pointing the wand at the door. In a few minutes a small golden snitch lay in the palm of his hand. Harry stared at it fascinated. "I know you're just under two months old but I want to try something. Do you feel up to it?" Harry gave a gurgle and picked the snitch up in one hand. The snitch's long golden wings immediately unfurled and it hovered in the air. Harry stared at it fascinated, his mouth was slightly open with a small dribble of drool forming at the corner of his mouth. James smiled and wiped it away. Harry followed the snitch as it was about to fly off but James caught it and brought it back to Harry's reach. Harry gave a happy gurgle and held the snitch tightly in his hands.
"We have another seeker in the family" James said happily.
* * * *
Lily frowned as Harry followed the progress of the tiny golden snitch around the room. Lily herself couldn't see it, her eyes weren't as keen as James' or Harry's apparently.
"Do you have to have that snitch flying around?" Lily asked James.
"Of course." James said happily. He got up and gave Lily a kiss on the cheek. "We want Harry to be a good seeker don't we?" Lily frowned even more.
"I could barely watch you play quidditch without covering my face what makes you think I'll be able to let my son do the same?" Lily asked. James smiled and put an arm around Lily. He hadn't told her about the deatheaters the other night.
"I could teach you if you're ever allowed out. It's really not that dangerous, even if you're a seeker" James said. His face was close to Lily's. Lily smiled and started to close her eyes.
"I hate flying." She said, "I'll stick to watching" Their lips were about to touch when Harry started crying again. Lily sighed and turned to Harry.
"I'm coming." Lily said. She picked Harry up and James suddenly felt a surge of annoyance towards his son. He was stealing away his wife. Harry looked over Lily's shoulder and pointed at the corner of the room. James turned to see the snitch lodged between the hifi and a pile of CDs.
"How did that get there?" James asked himself as he quickly caught the snitch before it could do any damage. Harry immediately stopped crying. Lily sighed.
"I swear he's going to be like you." Lily said looking at James annoyed.
"Can I help it if I have the dominant genes. He's going to be a little trouble maker someday just like I was." James waved his finger around in front of Harry's face.
"Oh, Merlin help us if he is." Lily said