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Chapter 16—The Year with Harry

James rubbed his sleepy eyes as he grabbed a bottle from the kitchen. He trudged back to Harry's nursery and lifted his crying son out of his crib. He sat in the rocking chair with Harry in his arms, sucking on the bottle and looking innocently at James. It was two in the morning and James's turn to feed Harry. Once Harry was finished, James rested Harry on his shoulder and patted his back as the little baby fell asleep.

Lily smiled as she stepped into Harry's room to check on her baby. She saw James asleep in the rocking chair and Harry asleep on his shoulder. Harry's eyes fluttered open and Lily walked quietly and gently took Harry off James's shoulder. He kissed the baby's temple as she walked into the kitchen. About an hour later, while Lily was playing on the couch with Harry, James walked in.

"Sleep well?" She grinned at him. James laughed.

"I was tired." James said and walked over to take Harry out of Lily's arms. "Go shower, I'll watch him."

"Thanks." Lily kissed him and walked to the bathroom.

"Come see Uncle Sirius!" Sirius yelled and grabbed Harry, who giggled.

"Lily! He's soooooo cute!" Katie said, looking at Harry. "His eyes are gorgeous." She added.

"Because they're Lily's." James said, smiling.

"Awwww." Sirius and Katie said in unison.

"Poor kid, he looks just like you, Prongs." Sirius joked. Katie and Lily laughed.

"Thanks, Padfoot. I really appreciate it." James said sarcastically.

"No problem, mate." Sirius put Harry on the floor and let him move around a little bit.

"Okay, we better get going, don't want to be late for the meeting." Lily told them. They were leaving Sirius and Katie in charge of Harry, while they had to run to the Ministry for the night. Once they were outside the door, James looked at Lily.

"Are you sure we can trust Sirius with him?"

"I think he knows what the difference between fun and responsibility is. Besides, Katie's there, too."

"Okay." James sounded unconvinced.

"It will be fine." Lily kissed his cheek to reassure him.

"Sirius?" Katie called.

"What?" He responded.

"Did you feed Harry?"

"Yes. He's asleep right now." Sirius told him. Katie came out into the living room and sighed, exhausted. Harry was completely out on one of his soft blankets Lily brought over.

"Harry is definitely a feisty baby." She laughed.

"I'll say." Sirius agreed.

"I'm going to go shower. Keep an eye out for him, okay?" Katie said and Sirius nodded. After what felt like two minutes, Sirius woke up. He looked at the clock, which read 10:30. Shit. Last time he looked it was 9:00. He heard a blast and jumped off the couch. He followed the sound of the blast and reached for his wand, but it wasn't in his pocket or on the table. He slowly walked into the kitchen, but no one was there. He heard a giggle and spun around to see Harry, sitting on the floor with Sirius's wand, the chair next to him split in half. Sirius snatched the wand away.

"I told you to keep an eye out for him." Sirius yelled out in surprise and turned to see Katie leaning against the doorframe, her arms crossed and lips pursed.

"Sorry. I-I fell asleep." Sirius said lamely.

"Sirius, he could have really hurt himself."

"I know." He said.

"You're lucky."

"I know."

"James and Lily will be back soon. Keep your wand away from him!" Katie instructed. Once Katie was gone, Sirius turned to face baby Harry.

"Geez, Potter, you could've killed me then." Sirius told him. "Did you see Katie's face? She was ready to murder." Harry giggled as Sirius picked him up. "I can only imagine if Lily were here. I'd be dead. Hands of the wand, buddy." Sirius told Harry, who looked at him questionably.

"Hey, Padfoot, how'd you do?" James came through the door.

"Er, fine." Sirius blinked. "He's feisty."

"What did you let him do, Padfoot?" James knew Sirius too well.

"I, er, nothing." He said.

"What did you do?"

"Nothing!" Sirius answered.

"Padfoot!"

"H-He got a hold of my wand earlier, but er, it was okay."

"Why didn't you just say that in the first place?"

"I figured you'd kill me."

"Lily would. But it's fine, he's okay. He has a toy wand, you know? In the bag of toys we brought."

"Oh." Sirius said and James laughed.

"Where's Katie? Didn't she watch him too?" James asked.

"Earlier, but she went to bed already."

"Is she okay?"

"Yeah, just tired I suppose."

"I better get back with this little guy." James looked at Harry. "Lily went straight home after the meeting. Thanks for watching Harry."

Sirius leaned back on the couch, his hands behind his head. "No problem."

When James reached the door, he looked back at Sirius, who was falling asleep already. He shook his head. "We're so finding a new babysitter."

"They caught another one." Remus said as he walked into the office they all shared at work.

"A Death Eater?" Katie asked, turning to face him.

"Yeah. Moody tracked him down."

"He's caught a lot of them." Lily stated.

"Who was it?" James asked.

"Regulas."

"My brother?" Sirius spat.

"Yes."

"Good. I knew he was an idiot." Sirius answered.

"Well, yeah, obviously, seeing as how he was dead when Moody found him." Remus told him.

"He's dead?"

"You-Know-Who murdered him."

"Well, again, he was idiot."

"You're not the least bit sad, Sirius?" Katie asked.

"No. I hated him. He hated me. The end." Sirius replied.

"Oh."

"Katie, you're forgetting that I ran away and moved in with the Potters. My family loathed me because I wasn't a muggle-born hating and I wasn't in Slytherin."

"True. I understand."

"There was another attack." James told Lily when she came out to the living room with Harry.

"What?"

"Yeah, Death Eaters murdered 4 people last night." James folded the Daily Prophet closed.

"This is getting scary, James."

"I know. There's always some attack each week."

"We'll probably be called on soon. To, you know, help fight." Lily said nervously.

"Most likely. We've been working as Aurors for a few years now."

"I'm scared." Lily confessed. "I'm so scared."

"Me too, Lils." James pulled her into a hug and kissed her forehead.

"What if something happened to us? What will Harry do?" Lily worried.

"I know Sirius and Katie would take care of him. Sirius is like my brother, Lily, he's got my back. Katie's got yours. They could both handle it. That won't happen anyway. We're going to watch out son start school, make friends, have girlfriends, (though hopefully not as many as Sirius) graduate Hogwarts, start a career, and meet the one for him. We'll watch him live a full, happy life." James assured her. She smiled and watched baby Harry giggle as he played with his toy wand.

Hey! I know it's really short…sorry! I have ideas but I need them for the final chapter. So, I'm sorry! The next chapter is the last one! Hope you liked this one though. Leave lots of reviews for the ending!

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