"Hey isn't that Lily, over there?" said Sirius to James. They were at the England Vs Poland, Quidditch match.
James looked over and there was Lily with Alice Longbottom, and Harry was sitting on her knee.
"Yeah," said James then he walked towards Lily and Harry.
"James, hi" said Lily slightly surprised to see him.
"Hi, I didn't expect to you here. You hate Quidditch," said James.
"Yeah I do, but this little guy here loves it. 4 months old and he can cheer for England," said Lily fondly patting Harry's head.
"Seriously, I didn't know that" James had been seeing Harry twice a week for a month.
"You're not there at bedtime, he scream bloody murder until I put the Chudley Cannons over the ages next to him in his crib," laughed Lily.
'Yeah I'm not there. I should be there, I should be with him at his first Quidditch match. What else am I going to miss? His first words, first step…everything'
"Uh… James, the game is starting," said Lily, James had zoned out absorbed in his own thoughts.
"Oh right, I'll uh come and see him at half time, okay?"
"Okay," said Lily.
James didn't watch the game at all. He couldn't help but stare over where Lily and Harry were. She wasn't kidding, Harry seemed to know exactly what was going on, he cheered and clapped his little hands when England scored. His little lungs must have been exhausted.
"Wow that was a great first half, wasn't it?" said Sirius at half time.
"Uh… yeah," said James.
"You weren't even watching"
"Sorry I can't help it, I'm going to go and see Harry," said James.
"Well, I think I had the loudest fan here on my lap," laughed Lily when she saw James.
"Yeah I saw him," said James, "at least he was cheering for the right team. Can I?"
"Yeah, here" said Lily handing James Harry.
"Hey, little guy I've missed you," said James gently jiggling Harry in his arm. Harry squealed in delight.
"You're great with him," commented Lily.
"I must be a natural"
"Yeah you must be," said Lily, "Could you do me a favour?"
"Yeah, what is it?"
"Can you watch him? I really do hate this, I think both you will enjoy the game more with each other"
"Uh yeah of course, I'd love to"
"Thanks, can you just bring him back after the game?"
"Yeah great. Thank you"
"Okay, here is his bag, there is nappies and everything he'll need in here, but if he needs me I'll be at home"
"We'll be fine," said James. This was the first time, he had been left alone with Harry.
"I'm sure you will. You love spending time with your daddy don't you Harry," said Lily then she kissed the top of his head, "Thank you"
"You're welcome," said James then he lowered his head so he was eye level with Lily, "and stop worrying, we'll be fine"
"I know, I trust you. It's still the first time I've left him since the hospital…"
"I'd never let anything happen to him, I'd die before I let anything hurt him"
"I know, but I'm his mother it's my job to worry about him"
"I know, but he'll fine I promise"
"Okay, I'll see you both later. Have fun."
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"Hey you two, how was the game?" said Lily when James appeared with Harry.
"We won, and you were right, he was definitely the loudest England fan there," said James as he handed Harry back to Lily.
"Yeah… mummy's little screamer. I missed you so much," said Lily kissing Harry's mop of wild raven hair. "Was he okay?"
"He was fine, an absolute angel. Although I think he was a bad influence on Sirius," said James.
"What do you mean he was a bad influence on Sirius? What did you let him inflict upon my baby?" said Lily with a raised eyebrow at James.
"Lily, don't tell James your nickname for me, he might get jealous," said Sirius dramatically as he appeared in the kitchen.
"Of course, you're my baby," said Lily rolling her eyes.
"Don't! James will be unspeakably jealous, and Harry too"
"Yeah yeah. You two go in the living room, I'm going to put Harry down for his nap," said Lily.
"I'll do it," said James taking Harry.
"Thanks"
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"Shhhhhhh baby, it's time to sleep," said James as he gently rocked Harry to sleep.
"Do you want a bedtime story? Let's see… What about how I proposed to your mum? Do you want to hear that? I'll take that as a yes; Well it was the night before graduation, we'd only been going out 8 months. See I had adored her for years, she hated me I won't tell you why, but then she grew to love me. I took her out to the lake, it was great the moon was out the stars were shining. I didn't even know what I was about to do, I just turned to look at her and I…I just knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. I got down on one knee, told her how much I loved her, and asked her to marry me and she said yes. I couldn't believe she actually wanted to marry me, she was so out of my league. Your mum she's the most beautiful woman in the world, I still haven't seen or meet anyone that even comes close to your mum." James looked down and saw that Harry was fast asleep, "Alright I get the hint, you don't want to hear me getting all slushy over her, fine" then he gently put him down in his crib.
Down in the kitchen Lily had heard everything.