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CHAPTER SIXTY:
The One With the Beatles
5th August 1980…
Lily answered the door, smiling at Sirius and giving him a hug as he came inside. Her red hair was in a messy braid down her back and she was wearing a Gryffindor Quidditch tee shirt and jean shorts.
"Sirius! Lovely to see you!"
"Hi, Lily, you're looking lovely," he told her, handing her the gift of two large Honeyduke chocolate bars that he had brought with him.
"Liar. I'm a mess right now," she told him as she put a hand to the messy braid her hair was in. "Chocolate, how sweet of you!"
He shrugged. "It was Remus' idea, so you can thank him. He said that babies get all of the attention and sometimes the mum needs a little treat for herself."
Lily's eyes welled up and she hugged him tightly. "That's the sweetest! Sorry, my hormones are still a little out of whack and sometimes I can't stop the waterworks," she told him on a laugh. "James is upstairs in the nursery with Harry. I'm going to take a shower — much needed."
Sirius smiled and watched her head off to the bath so he made his way upstairs to the nursery, smiling when he heard his friend singing. He stood outside of the door, out of view from James who was sitting in the rocking chair, holding his two-week-old-son in his arms. His finger was clasped tightly in Harry's little hand and he was smiling at his son as he sang and Harry was staring up at him wonder.
"There's nothing you can know that isn't known. Nothing you can see that isn't shown. There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be, it's easy. All you need is love, all you need is love, all you need is love, love; love is all you need."
He turned his head to kiss Harry's small head and Sirius stepped into the nursery as James looked up at him.
"Starting him off with the Beatles early on, eh Prongs?"
James smiled, standing up with the sleeping child, kissing his cheek tenderly, and gently laying him down in the bassinet. "Can never be too early. He likes it when I sing to him. So far I've been alternating between 'All You Need is Love,' 'I Will,' and 'Blackbird.' He likes to hear me sing."
He carefully crept away from the sleeping baby and gestured for Sirius to follow him down into the living room. He flicked his wand and the room suddenly filled with the soft sounds of Harry breathing.
"What the…?"
"Baby monitoring charm," James explained, grinning at his friend. "So, what have you been up to, Padfoot? It's been almost a week since I've seen you!"
Sirius shrugged, stretching out on the chesterfield and dragging his hand through his locks as they fell around his face. "Not much. Figured I'd give you and Lily some time with the new baby, get a routine down… like singing to him."
"You're just jealous because I can sing better than you."
Sirius grinned at him. "You can sing well, that's true. Probably could have been famous if you made an effort at it. Lily still love it when you play the guitar for her?"
James smiled. "Of course. I've played for Harry once too. He becomes very calm when I sing to him."
"The Beatles, every time?"
"Mostly," James said with a grin. "What did you think I was going to go all conventional and sing 'Lavender's Blue Dilly Dilly' or 'Hush Little Baby' when there are so many amazing songs by The Beatles to sing?"
Sirius laughed. Babies may change people he realized but not where it counted. "Never. You rock out to the Prongslet, Prongs."
"I will." James had said simply.
