All Comes Down to Love:

The new existence of both Harry and Neville had brought a renewed sense of happiness to everyone. The war had stripped away so much good in their lives that it had felt for awhile if nothing would be good again, but the new life among them had put everyone, even sours like Mundungus, in good spirits.

Lily and James, and Alice and Frank, had both taken time off from work to spend time with their sons. Though, they still showed up to Order meetings with the babies. Now the first ten minutes of every order meeting was spent cooing over both of the little boys.

Both James and Lily had taken wonderfully to parenthood. They loved Harry. He was lucky to have such devoted parents. Doe doubted anyone would make as good parents as Lily and James were.

Surprisingly, Sirius had taken his job as Godfather almost equally as well. He adored Harry and was constantly talking about him. It was sweet.

He had even canceled a date the other night, so he could go to dinner ar Lily and James' to see Harry.

Doe suggested they take their lunch break on Tuesday and go see Lily and Harry. Sirius and Doe were overjoyed at the thought of getting to see them both. So at lunch, they left the ministry and apparated over to Godric's Hollow.

Lily and James' little house was covered with Tulips in the front yard. Making it look like it was nestled on a purple blanket.

" How does she have time to garden while she has a newborn?" she asked Sirius in disbelief.

" Uh, I don't know, magic?" Sirius asked, laughing slightly.

" Good point" she told him as they walked over to the front door and knocked lightly.

The little window on the door opened and Lily's green eye looked through it.

" Sirius? Doe?" she asked.

" It's us, Lily" she told her.

Lily blinked, " Umm, what did I ask you two to be at the hospital?" she asked questioning them to see if they were who they said they were.

" Harry's godparents" Sirius told her quickly.

Lily closed the little window and opened the door. She stood in the doorway with an apron on. Her long red hair was pulled into a ponytail and she had a few flyaways around her face. She looked like an ad for motherhood.

" Come in" she said happily, hugging both of them, " Harry's in the living room and I've just made some sandwiches"

" You can do everything, can't you?" Doe asked her as she walked into her house.

Lily rolled her eyes, " Oh come on, I'm not at work, I might as well do my household job well"

Sirius and Doe followed her into the living room, where Harry was lying on a blanket, looking up at the mobile hanging above his head.

" Aw. hi cutie" she said picking him up in her arms. He smiled and kicked his legs happily.

" How's my little godson?" Sirius asked, stroking Harry's arm as she held him.

" He likes you two" Lily said watching them, " he only ever smiles like that for me or James"

" Good" Sirius said happily, " We're his godparents, he should like us"

Harry smiled again and started to eat his own fingers.

" He likes me more" Sirius told her, grinning happily.

Doe eyed him in disbelief, " No way, he definitely likes me better"

Sirius looked at her like she was the giant squid, " Come on, Doe. He's a mini marauder. He responds to me. He knows I'll be able to teach him all the tips and tricks of ruling Hogwarts!"

Doe rolled her eyes, " And he knows I'll be the one to help stay out of detention"

Sirius rolled his eyes at her and took Harry from her arms, " It's okay Harry, I know your god mom is a little boring, but she gets more fun, I promise"

Doe stood up, ignoring Sirius' comment.

" Come on, " Lily said laughing slightly, " let's go have some tea, Sirius be careful with Harry"

" Oh come off it, Lily" Sirius said, " he's fine with me"

Lily and Doe laughed and walked over to the kitchen where she had put on a kettle for tea.

" So how has it been?" she asked Lily as they sat down at the table in her kitchen.

Lily smiled, " Harry's wonderful" she said, her eyes glistening slightly, " It's just, I get bored sometimes"

" Wrestling Harry's diapers not quite as thrilling as wrestling Death Eaters" Doe asked.

Lily laughed, " Not quite, though it's you I should be asking, how are you?"

Doe rolled her eyes, " Lily, Sirius and I's attack was almost a month ago"

Lily frowned, " it doesn't matter, I've been attacked, I know it takes a few months to shake the feeling"

" I'm good" Dpe told her.

Across the room, Sirius was bouncing Harry in her arms and he was looking at him with a look of pure happiness.

It was strange to see him like that. Doe spent a ridiculous amount of time with Sirius, and he had told her a hundred times that he was the perpetual bachelor, but looking at him right now, she saw that he didn't have to be.

Sirius could do the domestic life if he wanted too. If he found the right person, she could picture Sirius in the same position one day but holding his own child. She realized that she had been staring.

" Like what you see, Meadowes?" Sirius asked with a grin.

" If you're talking about Harry, then yes" she snapped back cheekily.

Lily laughed, " You two are too much, sometimes"

" We know" she told her taking a bite out of the sandwich in front of her.

Sirius turned back to Harry, playing with him again.

" Doe, I need to talk to you about something" Lily said quietly. She had dropped her voice to below a whisper, so that only she could hear her.

" Sure Lily, what's up?" Dpe asked her.

Lily frowned slightly, " You know that You-Know-Who wants me and James and no matter how hard everyone tries to protect us there is a possibility that we could be killed, yes Doe stop shaking your head"

Doe had been shaking her head so furiously at her words that Lily had noticed.

She continued talking, " So if something does happen to James and I, we want you to be the one to take care of Harry"

Doe's eyes widened at her words, " Me?" she asked her in disbelief.

Lily nodded, " You and Remus. You're my best friend and your Harry's godmother, and you and Remus are getting married, so he would have both of you, two parents."

She couldn't believe what Lily was saying. Of course she would take of Harry if anything happened to James and Lily, that was a given. But she didn't like discussing it. That topic was far too morbid to think about.

" So, will you?" Lily asked, her eyes were wide with concern.

She nodded weakly, " Of course I will, Lily"

Lily smiled, " Thank you, I know it's a lot to ask, but it really makes me happy that you would do this for us"

" Lily" she said seriously, " You can always count on me, without a doubt. You don't even have to ask"

Lily smiled, " You don't know what that means to me, Doe"

" Yes, I do" she said hugging her over the table.

" Thank you" she said softly.

Sirius came over then holding Harry in his arms. He was grinning from ear to ear.

" Look. Lily." He said happily, " he's smiling again"

" That's his hungry smile" Lily said taking him from Sirius.

" How can you tell?" Sirius asked her in disbelief.

Lily smiled, " He's my son, Sirius. I can always tell"

The little grandfather clock in Lily's living room rang shrilly. Sirius and Doe looked at each other knowing they would have to go back to the office.

" Looks like we've got to go Lily" Doe said sadly.

Lily shook her head, " Don't worry about it, I have to put Harry down anyway"

She kissed Sirius on the cheek and gave Doe a quick hug before taking Harry and disappearing up the stairs.

" Come on killer" Sirius said pushing her forward, " we've got work to do"

They made their way back to the ministry and spent most of the day pouring over records again. Moody was in and out of the office for the rest of the day. He was extremely busy and it made it very difficult for them to try and find a moment to discuss their suspects with him.

Doe spent most of the day looking into Greyback's past. Remus had been mentioning a lot about him lately and asked her to see if she could find out what she could.

Greyback's file was thick, but not with anything good. His file was filled with countless reports of the victims he had bitten. There were a lot of them. And what was more disturbing was that they majority of them were children.

She stopped when she got to Remus' report. It was weathered, seeing as it was over fifteen years old.

Remus had been four and he was attacked on his front lawn.

Greyback had positioned himself near Remus on the full moon in order to attack him. It was disgusting.

Greyback was exactly the kind of person that would be on Voldemort's side.

" You going to leave at some time tonight?" Sirius asked waving his wand to turn off the lights at his cubicle.

" Yeah" she said putting the file in her desk drawer, " I should go now, or Remus will be worried"

It was late, and she knew she needed to get home.

She followed Sirius out of the ministry and onto the London street, where they both apparated.

Remus was sitting at the kitchen table. A copy of the prophet was open in front of him. She walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, kissing his cheek.

He smiled, " You're home".

Doe nodded and sat down, half in his lap, kicking off her boots.

" Long day?" Remus asked.

" Very" Doe told him, snuggling closer to him. He smelled the way he always did, like parchment.

" Sirius and I saw Harry and Lily at lunch" I told him. Remus put down the prophet and wrapped his arms around her.

" How were they?" he asked.

" They were good" she told him. She remembered her earlier conversation with Lily, " Lily asked me something serious today though?"

Remus frowned, " What did she ask?"

She turned around so they were both facing each other, " She asked me, if anything should happen to her and James that we would take care of Harry"

Remus looked confused for a moment and then regained his composure, " You told her yes, right?"

Doe nodded, " Of course I did"

Remus smiled and stroked her face with his thumb.

" You know, I still can't believe we're getting married" Doe said running her hands over his chest.

" You're going to be Mrs. Lupin" Remus said.

She let that sink in. She would be Doe Lupin. It had a nice ring to it.

" I'm beyond thrilled about that" she said curling up against him.

" You don't think it's silly, do you?" she asked him, " having a wedding in the middle of a war?"

Remus shook his head firmly, " I think that a wedding is an expression of love between two people, and that expressions like that are important even during troubled times"

She let him wrap his arms around her.

" This whole war, do you think it's going to end soon?" she asked him.

Remus ran his hands down her arms, " I hope so" he whispered in her ear.

" I hope it ends without anymore loss" she said quietly, " and no more death"

Remus turned around and looked at her seriously, " You alright?"

She nodded.

" I don't want to lose anyone else" she said sadly, " I can't"

Remus held her closer to him, pressing his lips to her head.

" I can't promise you that you won't lose anyone else" Remus said massaging her shoulders, " But I can promise you that I won't let anything to happen to you"

She felt a pit in her stomach when she remembered what Severus told her about being a target. Some things were out of Remus' and Doe's control.

" You're everything to me, Doe" Remus said, " I love you"

Doe bent down and kissed his arm, " You know I love you"

" This will all be over soon" Remus promised, " how much longer can it possibly go on"

She hugged him tighter to her and let him lead her to bed.