Stood there in the freezing snow is Remus and Sirius, both of them have snow in their dark hair and their teeth are chattering. Lily invites them in and takes their coats. She can hear Sirius grumbling something about taking long enough to answer the door. Lily then goes and gives them both a hug; they shake the excess snow from their heads onto her. Lily shivers and hits them both lightly on the arm.
"Where's Jamesy?" Sirius asks, using his pet name for his best friend.
"In the kitchen doing a victory dance." Lily says and shakes her head. Sirius races off to join him and Lily and Remus share an exasperated look before joining them. On entering the room they see an ecstatic James and Sirius doing what looked like a war dance around a smiling Harry who was sat on the floor. Lily rushed in and picked up Harry, handing him over to Remus.
"What do you boys want to eat? James decided we're having take-away, his treat." She says as her husband smirks behind her back.
"I'll have chicken chow mien please Lily." Says Remus as he plays with Harry.
"Can I have spare ribs, some egg fried rice and a chicken curry Lily flower!" Sirius says, using James' name for her.
"I'll have the usual Lils. In fact I'll come with you" James says and goes to get their coats.
"You know where everything is if you need anything." Lily says as she puts on her coat, which James brought her, grabs her purse and gives Harry a kiss on the head before leaving the house.
"Why were you in such a hurry to get out of the house?" Lily asks, perplexed.
"Harry needs his diaper changed!" James says with a hearty laugh. "I'd love to see Sirius doing that, it would be such a funny sight!" He exclaims as him and Lily laugh at the thought of it. They walk through the thickly falling snow towards the shop, snuggling close to each other for warmth and talking of Harry's first Christmas. They reach the shop, go in and order their food.
Meanwhile Sirius is running around the Potter's house trying to get away from Remus and a very smelly Harry who is crying rather loudly.
"SIRIUS! It's just a bit of…well you know what it is! Get back here now; I am NOT doing this on my own. Marauders together and all that!" Remus yells after him. Sirius laughs and looks back at Remus who is running with Harry in his hands and his arms out-stretched. He has a wooden peg over his nose. While Sirius is laughing at Remus he doesn't notice where he's running and he trips over one of Harry's many toy brooms. Now it's Remus' turn to laugh.
"Moony," Sirius says groggily as he sits up rubbing his head. "You cannot make me change Harry's diaper." But he is obviously wrong as Remus plonks him in Sirius' hands.
"He's your godson!" Remus exclaims with a triumphant smile on his face.
"Ok, ok. Together." Sirius says as he goes and gets himself a wooden peg to put over his nose. Remus nods and Sirius puts baby Harry on the table on his back. Remus goes and gets a clean diaper as Sirius figures out how to take off the other one. As soon as the Velcro on the sides of the diaper is undone an awful whiff fills the air.
"Bleedin' heck Harry. That's a stinker!" Sirius growls as he puts the peg tighter on his nose. He shimmies Harry out of the diaper and throws it to Remus.
"Oi, catch Moony!" Sirius says and throws it in Remus' direction. Remus catches it with flailing hands.
"Padfoot! It's all over my hands!" Remus squawks and goes to put the diaper in the bin and wash his hands. When he comes back in the room baby Harry is lying on the table sucking his thumb as Sirius finished securing his diaper.
"You know that doesn't look right, don't you Padfoot?" Remus asks his friend. Sirius turns to face him and pulls a face.
"Yes I know Moony, but it's the best I can do. And don't worry if that fails we can always use one of James' shirts." He says sneakily and flashes Remus a winning smile, to which he just laughs. Suddenly they hear a noise from the doorway.
