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Chapter 14: Bring it On!

Saturday came soon enough. Harry and James had spent a bit more time bonding than Harry would have liked , but Harry kept to his part of their deal. They had played chess, Quidditch and even visited Diagon Alley and that was just for yesterday. It's not that Harry hated his dad, but he really wanted his own space. James still couldn't take a hint.

"When did you say they'd be here?" James asked eagerly.

"They should be flooing in any minute now." Harry said absently mindedly. He had already answered this question about ten times in the last hour.

"Oh, right."

There was a bang coming from the fireplace and Harry jumped up quickly to greet his guest. Hermione was sitting in front of the fireplace, dusting off her robes. Harry grinned.

"It's been a while since I've flooed..." Hermione said apologetically.

Harry helped her up and waved away her apology.

"I still do that sometimes too."

"Ron here yet?" she asked.

"No, you're the first one. Remus should be apparating here soon though."

Harry led Hermione into to kitchen where both sat down the wait. Remus apparated in about five minutes later and after an hour everyone else, with the exceptions of Dean, Seamus and Oliver who were too busy to attend had arrived as well. Also, newly added the guest list was Kingsley, whom James had invited.. Harry had told his father about Kinglsey being in charge of the search for Sirius Black, and James wanted to thank him for all his work at keeping Sirius safe.

Once everyone was settled into the kitchen, they socialized for a while and had afternoon tea. Remus had pulled Harry aside while he was talking to Ron and Hermione. Harry, though a bit irritated by this, kept his opinion to himself. Remus was one person he respected.

"I'm proud of you, Harry." he said.

Harry raised a questioning eyebrow. What had he done this time?

"For giving you dad a chance, Harry." Remus responded to Harry's look.

"Oh,"

"You don't know how much that meant to him... He loves you so much and it hurt him badly when you were pushing him away."

"I didn't think he cared. No one ever cared before."

"No one? Harry, lots of people care about you. Me, your dad, Ron, Hermione, Sirius, even Ginny. The whole Weasley clan cares about you. I'm sure deep down even the Dursley's cared."

"No, the Dursley's didn't."

"Well, then why are you taking the ones who do care for granted? Why do you just push us all away?

"I don't push anyone away."

"Yes, you do. Are you denying that you kept avoiding your dad when he just wanted to help?"

"I... no... that's different. What about you Remus? Why shouldn't I push you away? It's not like you were here for me all those years. My only connection to my family all those years, and I didn't even know you until my third year at Hogwarts. If you care so much about me, where were you all those years?"

"Harry," Remus reasoned. "I wasn't allowed near you. The-Boy-Who-Lived talking to a werewolf. Fudge would have never allowed it. Too much of a safety precaution to him. Do you honestly think I didn't want to come and see you or take you in?"

"I don't really know anymore."

"I would have loved to take you in or go see you at the very least. I tried, but it was useless. Not to mention I could barely live with myself at the time. All my friends were gone in the blink of an eye.

"I came inside from my transformation one day and picked up the Daily Prophet to read the headline, 'Potters betrayed by Black'. I read on to hear Lily and James were dead, Sirius betrayed them and killed Peter and then Sirius was sent off to Azkaban. Then, you were left as an orphan and sent to live with your relatives. I was crushed. Everyone was gone and I never had a chance to say goodbye. Everyone, except you Harry. Going to see you would have been going to far. You just looked so much like James... but now I know you are both very different." Remus added hurriedly.

The glare Harry gave at this could have frightened Voldemort even. He wasn't even sure why he was so mad at Remus. There really were laws against it and Harry knew them quite well for being still a bit new to the wizarding world. He was being pretty inconsiderate, but he didn't care.

"Always compared to my dad, aren't I? Do you even care about me? Or do you think of me as another James?"

Remus' expression changed from disappointment to sadness. Did Harry really feel that way? Harry didn't even know he felt that way himself. His outburst surprised himself a little.

"Harry, no! Of course I care about you!"

"Just drop it." Harry said and went off to go get his Firebolt.

Remus just stood there for a moment, thunderstruck. Was Harry mad at him? What was going on? He never thought anything of this before, unless he just never said anything. He'd have to go ask James about it ...after the game at least.

Both teams were assembled in the backyard waiting for the match to start. The teams would be the Bolts: Harry, Ron, James, Remus, Ginny, Fred and George against the Blazers: Charlie, Luna, Hermione, Bill, Neville, Kingsley and Tonks. Lily decided to sit and keep score. James stood up and began to tell everyone the rules.

"This is just a friendly match. It doesn't matter who wins or loses. Just do your best and have fun."

Charlie, the other teams captain for the match nodded and both teams mounted their brooms. Lily released the bludgers and the snitch, then counted to three and released the quaffle, starting the match. James immediately gained possession of the scarlet colored ball as Harry soared up out of the way to look for the snitch. He caught Charlie's eye from across the pitch and knew he had a challenging opponent. He could honestly say he wasn't sure if he'd win this one.

Harry looked around more and saw Luna was soaring in front of the Blazers' goal, staring dreamily as usual. Hermione and Neville, who were playing against there better judgment, were wobbling around trying to keep hold of their brooms. Bill was trailing closely behind James, trying to obtain the quaffle, while Kingsley and Tonks were hitting the bludgers towards him. Harry soared up quickly and just managed to miss the hit. He needed to be much more alert.

James passed the quaffle to Remus who quickly tossed in into the middle hoop of Luna's goal earning the Bolts 10 points. Luna snapped out of her dreamy state and threw to ball back to Bill who caught it and jolted back towards Ron's goal as fast as his Cleansweep 6 could take him. Fred was ready for this and hit a bludger his way. It smacked Bill on his left side and he dropped the quaffle. Ginny, who had been under Bill caught it and turned 180 degrees flying back towards Luna's goal. Neville, who was losing control of his broom almost slammed into her and she threw the quaffle sideways. James caught it and continued the path to Luna's goal. He tossed in through the right hoop and scored the Bolts another 10 points, making the score 20-0.

Luna stared off in Ron's direction before tossing the quaffle to Bill once again. Bill passed it to Hermione who had finally gained control of her broom. She hovered for a moment before taking off toward Ron. A bludger came hurtling her way and she tossed the quaffle back to Bill. Bill caught it and threw it in. Ron barely missed the save, but still, the Blazers earned their first ten points. The score was now 20-10.

Ron threw the ball to James. He passed it to Remus who passed it to Ginny and then Ginny passed back to James. James attempted a goal through the middle hoops, but then Luna saved it. James took on a look of disappointment as Bill cheered.

That's when Harry saw it. The golden snitch was hovering just a few feet above George. He charged towards it, but soon Charlie caught on and flew towards it as well. Harry reached out his arm. Just a few more feet... Charlie was trailing less than an inch behind him. They were soon neck and neck, both arms extended. Harry gave a huge leap, falling off his broom. He landed on the grass and stretched out his arm, revealing the wings of a golden snitch. Lily blew a whistle and the game ended 170-10.

Everyone flew down and congratulated each other on a good game. The Bolts all praised Harry's catch. Harry got up and congratulated Charlie on his skills. He had to admit the game was close.
Once everyone had finished talking about the game, they heading home. Everyone except Remus who James had insisted stay for dinner and overnight to discuss some plans for the Order. Harry had quickly headed to his room, insisting that he wasn't hungry yet. James didn't quite buy it, and asked Remus what was up with his son. He had seen them talking before the game.

"He just started accusing me of not caring about him out of the middle of nowhere. I didn't even realize he was bothered by it before then." Remus explained.

"Did you explain to him that you couldn't see him, because of your 'condition'?" James checked.

"Yeah, and then he just got angrier. Said I could have seen him anyway." said Remus.

James nodded in understanding. "He did that kind of stuff to me too at first."

"So... should I just wait on him to talk to me again then?"

James furrowed his brow for a moment, then replied, "No, I think we should teach him a lesson."

"What do you mean, Prongs?"

"I mean, we need to teach Harry that we do care about him."

"And how do you expect us to do that?"

"Ignore him for a while."

"And that would work how, Prongs? Sounds more like it would make him think we hate him."

"Because, Moony, he is so used to us fussing over him, that if we don't do it, he'll realize how much we really do care for him when we do it."

"Are you sure that will work?"

"It's worth a try. I'm not quite sure how his mind works, but if he's anything like me, it'll work."

"I just hope you know what you're doing."

Dinner was a fairly quiet affair. Minus the small talk going between Lily, Remus and James, the table was quiet. Harry had excused himself from the table without saying a single word. This wasn't that unusual seeing that no one had asked him anything to get him to talk in the first place.

After dinner, Remus and James headed into the living room. They had a quick discussion of what they'd be doing for the Order this week, before getting back onto the topic of Harry. They were careful to keep their voices down so that Lily and Harry wouldn't hear.

Meanwhile, Harry was upstairs in his room stroking Hedwig's white feathers. There wasn't much else to do. He was so used to spending his whole day cleaning and his nights doing homework, but that wasn't an option anymore. He had a mother that cleaned everything and a family that let him do he homework ahead of time. A family... He never thought that term would describe his life. It's crazy how fast his life had changed. One day he was mourning the death of Sirius and the next day he was moving in with his parents. It was almost too good to be true.

Speaking of family though... where had James gone to? Isn't it about time he came to bother Harry? Maybe he was just busy discussing the Order with Remus still. But he hadn't talked to Harry all over dinner either. Same with Remus, not that he was surprised by Remus' quietness.
He had been yelling at him.

But what about James? Was he mad or something? Harry needed to find out. Something was not right. If he was mad at Harry, he would have came and scolded him by now.

Harry got up and let Hedwig outside to hunt. He'd worry about this is the morning. The match had really worn him out and he didn't want to go intruding on his father and Remus while they were working on something important. He was probably just being stupid anyway. Maybe nothing had changed and he was a bit paranoid. He thought about this as he laid down and drifted off to sleep.

Meanwhile, James and Remus were downstairs discussing different Order plans. They were currently debating whether of not they wanted to try and convince Dumbledore to let Harry to join. Remus was sadly losing the argument badly.

"He's too young!" James said repeatedly.

"He wouldn't be doing any missions, just listening in on meeting." Remus countered.

"He'll want to go fight!"

"Then we won't let him."

"You know how Harry is. He'll go anyway."

Remus rubbed his temples in agitation. This was going nowhere. James just wouldn't give in, would he? Harry was already sixteen years old. He could join soon enough anyway.

"Fine, it's your choice Prongs. But consider it at least. You heard the prophecy. Harry needs to know what Voldemort is up to now more than ever."

James nodded.

"Not to mention, Harry has a lot of information to offer."

"I guess, but couldn't we just get that without having him in the Order?"

"He'd be reluctant to give it out."

James silently agreed. Harry could be so stubborn sometimes. 'He must get it from Lily' he mused. She certainly could be extremely stubborn sometimes. James thought back to when he asked her out in 4th year.

James held out a lily flower and stood in front of the entire Great Hall. Lily barely glanced at him. He got in front of her and handed her the flower. The whole Hall grew quiet.

"Evans, you're so beautiful. I- I love you so much. Will you go out with me?" young James stuttered. The passion was evident in his voice though.

Lily just glared at him. "You love me like you loved the last six girls, Potter? I'm not that stupid. I'm not going to fall for your trick. You think your so great, but you're just an arrogant prat to me!"

"It's not like that, Evans! I've never felt this way about anyone else before! I love you!"

"I'm sure you do." Lily said sarcastically. She picked up her books and marched out of the Great Hall.

James frowned and sat back down beside Sirius as chatter broke out in the Great Hall again. It would take a while for him to live through this one.

"I don't understand her!" James fumed. "Any other girl would have be dying to go out with me."

"She's not any other girl though, Prongs." Sirius said sympathetically.

"What does she want from me? I'm trying so hard!"

"Just give it time."

James smiled at the memory. Sirius was always there for him. Especially after he was turned down by Lily. And that was quite often too.

"Prongs?" Remus asked. "Are you listening?"

"What? Oh... sorry, I was thinking."

"I was talking about what we're going to do about Harry."

"Oh," said James. "about what?"

"Joining the Order."

James shook his head, "He's not joining."

"You're hopeless, you know that?"

James shrugged, "I just don't want him joining yet. Maybe another time."

"Fine, we'll talk about this another time." Remus agreed. "I think I'm going to turn in for the night now anyway."

"'Night, Moony." James yawned.

Remus went upstairs to the guest bedroom. He frowned a bit as he passed Harry's door. He just didn't understand that kid. He was very tempted to go against the plan and go talk to Harry, but quickly put that thought aside. 'Maybe tomorrow though' Remus thought as he got ready for bed.

The next morning Harry was up bright and early. He starred out the window a moment watching the sunrise. He could hear Lily downstairs already starting the bacon and eggs for breakfast. Hopping off the bed, he made his way downstairs. He was surprised to see James already at the table sipping a mug of coffee.

"You're up early today." Harry mused.

"Mmmhmm" James responded.

Just then, a thump was heard from upstairs. James laughed before setting down his coffee and going to see if Remus was alright. Before he made it Remus came down the steps rubbing his side.

"Fall off the bed again, Moony?" James teased.

Remus glared at him, but his smile gave him away. "Well, the bed was awfully high up... Forgot I wasn't at my own house."

James grinned, "I'm sure that's it."

They both made it into the kitchen. When they walked in Harry broke out in a fit of laughter. Remus looked questioningly at James. Soon James realized what Harry was laughing at and starting laughing himself.

"What's so funny?" Remus asked.

"Not much of a morning person these days, are you, Moony?" James joked.

"I wish I had a camera right now!" Harry exclaimed.

"What?"

"You're hair is everywhere!" said Harry. "And I thought my hair was messy."

Remus turned red, making Harry laugh harder.

"I don't think it's that funny."

"You're not the one looking at it."

Remus stomped off into the bathroom defeated. Harry could hear him laughing as well once he took a glance at himself in the mirror. Asking a good combing, his hair looked okay and he went back out to eat breakfast. Harry, he noticed had regained himself and was idly buttering a slice of toast.

"That's a lot better." James said as Remus sat down.

Remus ignored him and began buttering his own slice of toast. Breakfast continued with many conversations between Lily, James and Remus. Harry was beginning to feel left out. He knew his parents knew they were ignoring him. He just wanted to know why. He coughed loudly getting Lily and Remus' attention, but not James'.

"Would someone care to tell me why you all are ignoring me?" he asked coolly.

Remus and James exchanged glances before Remus said, "I'm not sticking to the plan anymore, Prongs. I think me and Harry should talk about this."

"Well, it's your choice, Moony." said James.

Harry just looked at him quizzically, "Talk about what, Remus?"

Remus shifted a little in his seat, "Just a few concerns of mine." he said casually.

Harry rose an eyebrow, "What kind of concerns? Why don't we just discuss it now?"

"After breakfast." Remus responded ending the conversation.

Harry impatiently tapped his foot waiting for Remus to finish eating. What did he want to talk about this time? It seemed like there was a new problem every day. It was starting to annoy Harry too. As if he didn't have to talk about enough 'concerns' with his father already.

When Remus finished, Harry practically dragged him out of the room and outside. Remus didn't really mind. Whatever made Harry happy worked for him at the moment. Harry sat down in the yard a few meters away from the house so that his parents couldn't spy on him. Remus followed suit.

"What?" Harry asked.

Remus was a bit taken aback by Harry's tone, but responded, "I want some answers."

"About what?"

"Why didn't you express your feelings about guardianship sooner? Why are you suddenly mad at me now? Why is it that every time someone makes reference to your father, you get angry?"

Harry looked down at the ground. "I don't know. I just do! I don't know why! I didn't tell you sooner, because I didn't even know it was bothering me."

"How can you not know something is bothering you?" Remus asked seriously.

"I don't know, okay?" said Harry. "I have no idea why! I just didn't."

Remus nodded in understanding. He'd had those times when he couldn't explain why he thought something before. He just wanted to make sure Harry wasn't lying, and judging by Harry's difficulty with the question, he was obviously telling the truth.

"Well, if you don't know, then I won't pressure you into answering." said Remus. "But if you ever need to clear something up with me, don't hesitate to come talk to me about it next time."

"Right," Harry nodded.

Harry got up to leave, but Remus stopped him before he made it to the door.

"Harry?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you still mad at me?"

Harry shook his head and smiled, "I do know how to forgive people you know."

With that, he walked inside and into his room. Remus followed suit a few minutes later thinking about how many mood swings Harry has. He smiled to himself at the thought of Harry as a mini-Lily. Yes, he looks like James and acts like Lily. Remus had a quick conversation with James about how it all turned out with Harry, before he flooed home.

"Your plan didn't work very well." Remus smirked.

"That was the plan. To get Harry to come to you instead of you to him."

"But he didn't really come to me."

"Yeah, but we let him realized there was a problem for once."

"Yeah, I suppose." said Remus. "Anyway, I should get going. I need to go over a few reports tonight and you know how it is when it's close to the full moon. Don't forget to think about what we talked about last night."

"I'll think about it, but my decision stands. Bye Moony."

Remus grabbed a handful of Floo Powder and threw it down, disappearing in a mass of green flames.

Next Chapter: I have no idea yet actually. I'm thinking I may want to re-do my story outline at the moment. I'll try to update soon though.