Chapter Twenty Eight:
Never Again, and Now
"This can't be real" Harry whispered sorely, his eyes were welling up and his face was contorted with looks of disbelief.
After hearing his godson utter these words, Sirius started to think that maybe his godson had lost his memory until that is Harry spoke his next line.
"It wasn't a dream was it, they really are alive!" He exclaimed.
Sirius sighed in relief, he did not want o have to go through all that again (A.N. and neither did the author.)
Harry was among those that he had fallen unconscious to, his family. The family that he still had yet to really get to know.
He knew the basics but knowing someone wasn't by being able to tell you that they liked the color blue or their favorite quidditch team it was … more. It was knowing when they are annoyed their eyes shut slowly or when they are itching to tell you something they fidget in their seat. Yes he may not know them yet but they were a family nonetheless, a family that he had been craving for fifteen years and finally had received.
Harry sat and stared at the wall in front of him. Not terribly shocked nor upset merely stunned. He was stunned at how quickly his life had accelerated from horrible and melancholy to content and gleeful or what he thought was content and gleeful; it was the happiest he had ever felt to put it mildly. He was stunned that he would never again have to return to the life were he was raised by guardians, never again would he have to impose on other families during the summer vacations, never again would he have to live like an orphan. No Harry potter had a family now.
Sirius watched his godson from the seat next to his bed. He was glad to see that Harry was warming up to the idea of having parents and siblings. The content smile on his face made him realize how ecstatic and high Harry felt; a simple smile on Harry's face was the equivalent to having a person jumping with joy.
He was glad about this, that boy deserved only the best after going through the worst. And he knew James and Lily were the best of the best; he was lucky to have them as parents.
Sirius wondered though what would his role be now. Sure he had always been the godfather and always would be the godfather, but he had always been like a father and a brother to Harry or so he said, and now those to slots were filled would Harry have room and time for the godfather? He shook the thought, he did not want to think about being left all by himself that was silly of course he would still be in Harry's life, he hoped.
Without either knowing it a half an hour past like this. James stirred from his position the chair and opened his eyes to see that Harry was awake and Sirius was by his side. Once again he felt that small pang of jealousy why couldn't he be the one to be there when he son woke. He shook that thought out of his head and decided to alert the two dazed people in from him.
"Harry your awake" James said stating the obvious in an enthusiastic voice.
"Lily wake up Harry's awake" He said waking his wife from next to him.
Lily opened her eyes and smiled at Harry, overjoyed.
Harry watched them give him their motherly and fatherly smiles, once again stunned while he had thought of all the 'never agains' he never thought of all the 'now's'. Not only would he be getting his parents and siblings but he would be getting unconditional love, he was getting somebody to be there whenever he needed them, Sirius surely could fit those roles but when you are on the run from prison with the ministry of magic after your arse that can be quite difficult to do.
Harry stared a minute longer, while Sirius filled his parents in. Sirius told them about how Harry had been thinking it was all a dream and then how he was now only just getting used to the idea.
James and Lily smiled that mother and father smile again, and without warning Harry flung himself at his parents, ignoring the pain that coursed through his body. He just hugged them tight not even realizing that he was crying tears of happiness and sadness, he really had missed out on a lot.
James and lily eagerly and carefully replied to the hug, this was what they had been waiting for. For Harry to really come around and accept them.
Sirius smiled happy tear threatening to fall with all this happening and emotion in the air not crying was next to impossible
A.N. well there you go it was really short but I have my relatives arriving in twenty minutes so I had to type and think fast. But I hopefully will be able to get another chapter out before new years I hope. Well I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and have a happy new year as well I know that I can't wait Mmh.. alcohol… thanks to the reviewers and readers
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