I looked back to see Robert silently asking me where to park. I shrugged and looked around. The 2 Bentleys, and the Lamborghini, were parked neatly next to each other. There was only one space available, though it was blocking the gates and I didn't know if Harry or someone would want to leave, or maybe someone would want to enter. I heard a lock click, and I turned around to see Ginny at the door.

"Hi Katie, you alright?" she called, walking over to me.

"I'm great thanks, but where can we park?" I asked her. She pointed to the spot in front of the gates, and gestured to Robert to park there. He backed into the gap and stopped the engine, starting to get out. I walked forwards to help Mabel out, but Liam burst out instead, nearly making me topple over.

"Careful, Liam" I cried, balancing myself on the side of the car. He giggled before continuing to clamber out the car. I lifted him onto the ground, and reached into retrieve Mabel.

"I'm glad you could make it" Ginny smiled, as we walked back to the front door. I smiled back, letting go of Mabel's hand as we entered the house. It was very nice. The front hall had two staircases winding up to the next floor, and I saw doors leading of into different rooms along the level I was on. I took of my shoes and put them carefully by the front door, and I leaned over to take of Mabel's as well, as Robert was dealing with Liam.

"Does James live here?" I heard Liam ask Robert.

"I hope so," I heard Robert reply, "otherwise we turned up at some random house" he joked. Ginny grinned and called to James.

"James! Liam's here!"

At once, footsteps were heard along the hallway, and James appeared, running as fast as he could go. I realised he was extremely muddy, as if he had just been playing outside, which, I reminded myself, he probably had. Ginny sighed, and reached towards James before he embraced Liam.

"Go to Daddy, James," she told him, "Tell him that Mummy says you need to be cleaned quickly" James huffed, but ran up one of the staircases, and disappeared into one of the rooms.

"Sorry about him" Ginny grinned, "He was outside looking for woodlice. He's been obsessed with them after what happened on his first day of school"

I laughed as I remembered all the woodlice flowing out of my own sons' pocket.

"Sorry about that" I laughed back, ruffling Liam's hair, as he giggled in glee. A second later, James reappeared, looking as clean as a whistle. How had Harry got of the mud that fast? And James didn't look like he was hosed down either, on the contrary, he was completely dry.

"Liam!" he screeched, jumping the last few steps on the stairs. He ran up to him and they hugged.

"Where Al?" asked Mabel, looking around.

"Al's probably curled up on the chair in Harry's office, let me go and check" Ginny replied, turning on heel and disappearing into the same room James had just been in. She returned a second later, with Albus in her arms. He looked slightly sleepy, but he perked up when he saw Mabel standing there. He wriggled to be free and when he was released, he came up to Mabel and smiled at her.

"Play?" he asked, extending a hand. Mabel giggled, and walked away with him.

"Will she be OK?" Robert asked Ginny. She nodded.

"He'll just take her to the play room, where he'll show her his building blocks."

"Cool" he replied.

"Albus and Mabel sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" shrieked James, and Liam laughed too.

"No. James, please don't say that" Ginny said, frowning at James. The corner of his mouth twitched as he tried to keep a serious face.

"Where's Harry?" I asked.

"Upstairs in his office, though he's not really working. When I went into retrieve Al, he was lying on the ground with him and Lily, showing them patterns on the ceiling" she grinned, shaking her head. I grinned too, imaging Harry with Al and Lily, heads together, all of them looking up at the roof of the room.

"I was working, I just got distracted" a voice said, from the top of the stairs. I turned around to see Harry there, hanging over the banister.

"Well, seeing as you're not at the moment," Ginny called up to him, "you might as well come down" Harry grinned, and walked down the stairs to greet the visitors.

"Where's Lily?" Ginny frowned again, looking at Harry's empty arms.

"I put her in her crib" he said, walking past James, and handing him something small. James looked at it I delight and beckoned Liam out the room.

"So where's Al then?" he asked.

"Wandered off with Mabel, by the looks of it" I said. Harry smirked, and Ginny stood on his foot.

"Harry Potter, nice to meet you" Harry said, leaving a hand for my husband to shake. I had completely forgotten that Harry and Robert hadn't met before, and apparently so had Ginny as a look of realisation swept over her. Robert shook it.

"You too. Robert Williams, though I go by Rob, or Daddy or well, anything that's directed at me" Harry grinned.

"Shall we go into the living room?" suggested Ginny. I nodded, and followed her into the door directly next to us. It was a big spacious room, though it had a very cosy feeling about it. Harry sat down on a sofa, and lifted one leg over the other; he looked impeccably comfortable. Ginny sat next to him, so Rob and I took the other sofa that was opposite the first. We were just getting started on talking, before Lily was heard from upstairs, and Harry instantly uncurled his legs and trundled out of the room. Ginny had just opened her mouth to speak, before we heard Harry yell,

"No! James!"

Ginny dashed up, and I thought It necessary to follow. So the lot of us ran up the stairs to where Harry had yelled, and saw James and Liam crouching on the floor with a wooden train set. I wondered for a moment why Harry had yelled, but when I saw baby Lily in Harry's arms, I understood why. The baby was squirming widely as a few bits if loose string fell into the floor from her clothes. Ginny rushed up to Harry, and took the crying baby from him. Harry looked stunned at James, appalled that he would do such a thing, and James looked sadly at the floor.

"Just, why?" Harry said finally, still looking at James.

"She was the prisoner and she had to be all tied up, so we could save her" James explained. Liam dropped his head to the floor as well.

"But… how did you get her from her bed?" Harry asked, stunned.

"We jump on your bed and got her out"

I saw out of the corner of my eye, Ginny quickly look Lily up and down, and gently moving her head from side to side, to see if it was still stable.

"How, how did you get her out?" Harry asked James gently.

"I copied you and Mummy. I got her back, then her head, and I put her in the side of my arm" James pointed to the crook of his right arm, "Just there"

"And…" egged on Harry.

"I got some string and we tied her up on the bed"

"We?" Robert interrupted, looking at Liam, "Liam were you in on this?"

"'twas my idea. I said we needed a prisoner" whispered Liam shamefully. Robert sighed and picked up our son. Harry imitated him, and James clung onto his Dad's neck. Harry whispered into his hair as fat wet tears poured out of James' usually happy eyes. Liam's eyes were also foggy with tears as Robert kissed him and assured him it was alright. James was nodding to something Harry was saying into his ear, and he clung on to Harry tightly. Lily's cries started to subside as she realised she was in her Mother's arms, but a second later, she started to wail again. Harry put James down and gently raised Lily from Ginny, inspecting her as he did it.

"She's fine" Ginny said, bending low to hug James. As soon as Lily was placed in her Daddy's arms, her wails once again stopped, and her eyes started to droop slowly.

"Mummy and Daddy are going to go back downstairs, James." Ginny told her eldest son. He nodded, slightly perkier, and waved his parents off. I followed suit, waving to Liam, and telling him we'd be just downstairs. He nodded, and we left. As we entered back into the living room, we all sat down in our original spaces, but this time, Harry was holding Lily.

"I have no idea what just happened" Ginny said, eyes blazing, "James has never tried to pick up Lily without us being there"

"I feel like this was all Liam then" I started, but Harry held up a comforting hand to stop me going on,

"No, I honestly don't think it was. I think James' was trying to show off in some manner, but he didn't know how, so he decided to use Lily instead."

Robert nodded, and I blinked hard.

"Actually, Gin, it's a bit like that time I caught James covering baby Al in flour" he chuckled, as Ginny grinned.

"At least Lily had the guts to scream as loud as she possibly could, James could have been covering Al in flour for ages. He looked like a snow baby" Harry laughed. Ginny turned back to me, and we started chatting about memories, children, family, and, at one point, how we met each other.

"Very boring, stereotypical." I started, "We met through work. His brother worked with me, and one day, Robert turned up and we started to talk. We dated for a couple of years, before marrying 7 years ago" I said, smiling as I spoke. Robert was smiling too, obviously remembering like me.

"So, what about you too?" I asked. Harry and Ginny glanced at each other, grinning, before Harry started talking.

"I started boarding school when I was 11, and I became best friends with Ginny's older brother. Oh Ginny simply, adored me back then." Ginny rolled her eyes, and playfully swatted his arm, before asking him to continue, "A couple of years later, when I was 16, and Ginny was 15, we started dating. Over the course of the next year, we had to split up due too, umm, certain… problematic, uh… anyway, we had to split up, but after that, we started dating again. Got married 7 years ago as well" he said, bouncing Lily on his chest.

"Married your best mate's younger sister. Bit cliché mate" snorted Robert, "How'd he cope?"

"Ron was fine, it was Charlie, one of Ginny's other brothers, I had to watch out for" Harry smirked. Ginny sighed as she said,

"I haven't seen Charlie in ages, hasn't seen Lily yet either"

"He'll come soon" Harry said, pulling her in closer.

"I hope so" Ginny replied, a hand resting on Lily's as she let the babies small fist clutch her finger.

That evening, after enjoying a delicious meal Ginny had cooked, it was time to head home. Mabel had fallen asleep on my shoulder, having been worn out playing with Al, but Liam was sobbing hysterically as he waved goodbye to James. James was sobbing into Ginny as well, equally upset.

"I'll see you on Monday!" I called out the window, waving at the family of 5 in the doorway (I say 5, but only 4 of them were there, seeing as Lily was sleeping in her cot again). They waved back as our car pulled out of their driveway, and turned round the corner.

When we arrived at our own house, I picked up a sleeping Mabel and gently got her ready for bed. I put her in a nightdress and tucked her in. Robert was doing Liam, so I crept across the hallway and into our own room, undressing and putting on some Pyjamas.

Robert appeared 10 minutes later, and hopped into bed beside me.

"How did you find Harry?" I asked him.

"Brilliant. He's decent, like you said, and he seems really pleasant. The whole families a joy to spend time with"

I cringed at this last sentence.

"Its true" he protested, "You can't pretend you didn't have a good time"

"No," I sighed, closing my eyes, "I suppose I can't" And I was instantly asleep.