Chapter 6- The Beatles and Bonding.

After James and Lily had walked Harry to bed they went back to their room and got ready for bed.

"I think that went well today." James said.

"I hope that we get to know Harry a bit more though." Lily said.

"It's ok I feel like he'll warm up to us eventually. We just need to gain his trust." James told Lily.

"I hope so." Lily responded

"We will Lils, we will." James said as they both drifted off to sleep excited to continue to get to know their son.

James and Lily were early to get up they generally were the first ones to rise while they were still at Hogwarts because alone time for them came few and far in between at school. They always enjoyed getting up early so they could have alone time together those times came few and far in between with their friends. So, they always had breakfast early. No one else was up when they got to the kitchen, so they decided to make breakfast for everyone. It was nice to make breakfast as when they were stuck in Potter Manor Percy and Daphne were insistent that they cook for them. It hadn't been since they were in hiding that they had cooked for themselves, and it had been a long time since they had cooked for others too. It was hard for James to do these things as Lily insisted on making breakfast the muggle way which meant James couldn't use magic. Lily loved watching James do things the muggle way and even though James hated doing things the muggle way but, he loved spending quality time with Lily. They had finished making breakfast when people started to come downstairs for breakfast.

It was the adults to come downstairs first and enjoy the breakfast that James and Lily had made. Since the kids were still sleeping it was the perfect time to have an order meeting without the kids trying to eavesdrop on it. James and Lily would now be taking custody of Harry but, would be living at Grimmuald place for the rest of the summer and then they would take Harry to live there until he moves out. The kids started to get up when they finished up the order meeting. James and Lily were yet to meet any of the kids who were staying at Grimmuald place. The first ones to come down were the girls.

"Thank you for the excellent breakfast, Mrs. Weasley." Hermione said.

"Actually Hermione, I didn't cook breakfast this morning. James and Lily made breakfast thus morning." Mrs. Weasley told Hermione as the sound of metal hit the floor as both Hermione and Ginny had dropped their forks and knives and their jaws hanging open as they saw James and Lily.

"Good morning." James said.

"You're James and Lily Potter aren't you Harry's parents." Hermione said slowly recovering from her shock. "How is this even possible?"

"Well, some old magic brought us back to life." Lily said.

"So, you guys are back for good then?" Ginny asked.

"Yes, we are back for good." James responded.

"Harry must be so happy he always talks about how much he wished he knew you two and wished that you were alive." Hermione said.

"Friends of Harry I assume." Lily said as Ginny blushed a bit when Lily said that they were friends of Harry.

"Yes, we're friends of Harry." Hermione responded. "My name is Hermione Granger." As James and Lily reached out to shake her hand.

"And I am Ginny Weasley." Ginny added and shook James and Lily's hand.

It was at this point that Ron had gotten up and come down for breakfast.

"Harry must be really out of it I tried getting him up but he's out cold." Ron said.

"Well not surprising he faced dementors and stayed up pretty late last night." Lily said.

Ron turned to see who spoke that as he didn't recognize that voice and was shocked at who he saw.

"You guys are Harry's parents." Ron said astonished.

"Yes, we are indeed." James responded.

"I'm Ron, Ron Weasley." Ron said as he shook James and Lily's hand.

"Another of Harry's friend?" Lily asked.

"Yes, Hermione and I are Harry's best friends." Ron responded.

"No wonder he's out cold must have stayed up all night catching up with you." Hermione said.

"Not really he kind of went to bed early last night." James said.

"Yeah, I feel like he was kind of leaving something out." Lily said kind of upset.

"It's alright Harry has a bad habit of blaming himself for things that aren't his fault. So, he's probably leaving some of the story out because he feels guilty about it. But don't worry he'll warm up to you guys soon. There's nothing in the world that he wanted more then to have you two in his life." Ron said.

James and Lily got to know the rest of the Weasley kids that were there at the moment while they waited for Harry to wake up. When the twins came downstairs James and Lily introduced themselves and Sirius, and Remus also joined them.

"How was your night Prongs?" Sirius asked.

"Not bad Padfoot how about you and Moony." James asked.

"It was good." Sirius responded.

"Same." Remus said.

"Wait are you guys the Marauders?" George asked.

"Well yes we are." Sirius responded.

Fred and George dropped from their chairs and bowed before them saying "We are not worthy."

James and Lily were confused by this, but they discovered that the twins were much like the marauders back in the day pulling pranks on anyone they wanted. They were also pretty sure that Ginny had a crush on Harry because whenever Ginny would talk of Harry a small blush would appear on her face. The twins were very interested in the marauders work as they hailed the ground that they walked on in Hogwarts and the marauders map attributed to a lot of their success as pranksters. It wasn't till about mid-morning that Harry had woken up and joined everyone for breakfast. After everyone had finished breakfast Mrs. Weasley had sent around chores for everyone to do. Harry would normally team up with Hermione and Ron but, he wanted to know more about his parents, so he went and cleaned up with his parents.

While Harry and his parents were cleaning the drawing room, they continued to tell Harry about their lives until, they asked Harry a bit more general questions.

"So, Harry what music did you listen to when you were growing up?" James asked.

"Umm, I didn't really grow up listening to music Dad." Harry responded.

"What!?" Lily screamed.

"This simply will not do." James said.

"Do you mind Harry dear if we go get something from Potter Manor and you go clean with your friends until we're back?" Lily asked.

"It's ok you can go." Harry responded.

"We'll be back soon." James said

James and Lily exited the house and apparated to Potter Manor to find a record player for Harry. They also wanted to find their records that they wanted to play for Harry. It was pretty easy to find them as the house elves helped them find those things. It was no longer than 15 minutes that James and Lily had found everything that they needed when they apparated back to Grimmuald place. James and Lily had set up the record player in the drawing room and then brought Harry back into the room.

While his parents were gone Harry had gone to the room that Hermione and Ron were cleaning and like normal, he could hear arguing between the two. Harry smiled a bit as he heard the arguing it was a sense of normalcy and it was reassuring that this indeed was not a dream.

"Hermione, Ron how are you guys?" Harry asked excitedly.

"Harry!" They both said in unison.

"How are you, Harry?" Hermione asked.

"I'm good a bit weird to have my parents back but, I couldn't be happier that they are back." Harry responded.

"Speaking of your parents where are they?" Ron asked.

"They went back to Potter Manor to get something there." Harry said.

"What's it like having your parents back Harry?" Hermione asked.

"It's nice to have them back. I mean this is what I always wanted to have my parents back it's what I saw in the Mirror of Erised all those years ago." Harry responded.

"It must be pretty weird for you though the fact that your only six years younger than them now." Ron said.

"Yeah, it is pretty strange." Harry admitted.

They continued to clean the room in silence each working on a certain part of the room until James and Lily had returned and found Harry to show him what they had gotten at Potter Manor.

"Why did you go to Potter Manor?" Harry asked.

"We wanted to show you what it is like to listen to the best band that has ever lived." James responded.

They went back into the drawing room where they had set up a record player and Lily turned on the record player and music started playing.

Hey Jude, don't make it bad take a sad song and make it better. Remember to let her into your heart then you can start to make it better.

"Oh my gosh The Beatles. I love the Beatles." Hermione said as she poked her head in the door.

"The best band ever." Lily responded.

"Of course." Hermione doubled down.

"Who are The Beatles?" Harry asked

"Harry, you don't know who The Beatles are?" Hermione asked

"Right." James responded. "The Beatles are a band from Liverpool consisting of four members John, Paul, George, and Ringo."

And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude refrain don't carry the world upon your shoulders. For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder.

"Who's playing The Beatles?" Ron asked now entering the room.

"We're playing The Beatles because Harry didn't know who they were." Hermione responded.

"Harry, you don't know who The Beatles are?" Ron asked.

"Apparently I'm the only one who doesn't know who The Beatles are." Harry responded.

So let it out and let it in hey Jude begin you're waiting for someone to perform with. And don't you know that it's just you hey Jude you'll do the movement you need is on your shoulder.

"So, Harry what's your opinion on them?" James asked.

"You guys are right they are really good." Harry responded.

After the song had finished Hermione and Ron went back to the other room to finish cleaning. The Potters continued to clean out the drawing room and listening to more Beatles hits. They talked about what it was like being head boy and girl. In return Harry started to tell his parents more about himself and what school was like for him. While cleaning Harry felt like he was really bonding with his parents now and that he got to really know what they were like. The day ended with the Potters finally finished cleaning out the drawing room and the bond between Harry and his parents growing feeling like he finally had the family that he always wanted.

James and Lily that night in bed had finally felt that they had made a breakthrough with Harry and that they would finally be able to be the parents to him that he had missed for the last fourteen years. All that was left for them to decide was what to do for Harry's birthday that was quickly approaching.