Fishing
Teddy- 18 James- 11 Albus- 10 Lily- 8
"Why do we have to wear these stupid hates?" James grumbled as he pulled off the fishing hat on his head.
"Keep it on!" Teddy, Albus and Lily exclaimed.
"It's apart of fishing." Harry explained to his son.
"Well it's annoying." James grumbled again.
Harry was taking his four kids out fishing for the day, but he'd never been himself. The day was definitely going to be an interesting one.
"Can we eat the fish we catch?" Albus asked as they kept walking to the edge of the murky pond.
"Maybe." Harry looked thoughtful. "It'll depend on what we catch."
"Oh, okay." Albus nodded.
"Uncle Harry?" Teddy looked over at his godfather. "Do you even know how to fish?"
"Well, how hard can it be?" Harry asked his godson as he grabbed Lily's fishing pole that she was struggling to hold.
"Thank you, Daddy!" Lily said cheerfully, and she walked much easier.
"Do you even know how to get the pole ready?" James asked his father after a minute of silent walking.
"Really, how hard can it be?" Harry repeated his pervious words.
"Hard." James said simply as he looked over the many notches, buttons and strings on the pole. "Teddy, do you know how to do this?"
"Maybe a little." Teddy looked his own pole over. "We'll figure it out."
"Exactly." Harry said cheerfully. "It really can't be too hard."
"This is too hard!" Harry exclaimed in defeat, some long time later.
"I told you!" James exclaimed. "You can't just go fishing one day and think you can do it!"
"I really didn't think it'd be so difficult." Harry replied as he looked over the fishing pole yet again. "And there's not even an instruction manual." Harry grumbled.
"Teddy, please say you have at least some idea on what to do." James turned to his older brother.
"I'm sorry, squirt." Teddy told him. "No idea."
"Ugh." James moaned.
"Stop whining." Albus told him. "There's nothing we can do about it."
"Don't boss me around!" James exclaimed.
"Boys, boys." Harry said absentmindedly as he messed with the pole some more.
"Albus is being a jerk." James whined. "Why's he always being a jerk?"
"No!" Albus interjected before Harry had a chance to say something. "You're always being a jerk!"
"Nuh-uh!"
"Yeah-huh!"
"Nuh-uh!"
"James! Albus!" Harry exclaimed, looking up from the mess of a fish pole and gave them both looks. "Can't you two stop fighting for one second?" Harry's voice was exasperated.
"He started it." They both mumbled together.
"Well just stop." Harry told his kids, before turning back to the pole.
""I don't think you're gonna figure it out." Teddy said with a laugh.
"Yeah, Daddy." Lily said sadly. "Let's get someone to help us, like Uncle Bill."
"Uncle Bill?" Harry looked over at his daughter. "Why Uncle Bill?"
"Because he's really smart." Lily told him. "Remember when he fixed my toy for me?"
"Oh, Lily." Harry smiled. "We'll figure it out, just give me another minute."
"It's already been lots of minutes, though." Lily whined.
"Uncle Harry, I've got a better idea." Teddy quickly exclaimed and he pulled his t-shirt off.
"What is it?" Harry asked, his eyebrows furrowed.
"This!" Teddy exclaimed, and he jumped into the pond.
"Teddy!" Harry exclaimed and he quickly dropped the fishing pole. "You don't know what's in that water! Get out!"
"No, it's fine!" Teddy tried to assure his godfather.
"I'm gonna get in too!" James exclaimed, and he too pulled off his own dark blue t-shirt.
"I don't think that's a good idea!" Harry told his son, but James just jumped in anyway and Albus pulled his shirt off too.
"Oh come on, Dad!" James exclaimed as Albus too jumped in. "The waters great!"
"Here I go!" Lily yelled and she jumped in with her jean shorts and red tank top.
Harry just watched as his four kids swam around, splashing and laughing.
"Ewe, I think I felt a fish!" James exclaimed and Lily giggled.
"You whiny girl!" She exclaimed and she splashed him. "It's just a fish, what do you think it's gonna do?"
"Oh shut up!" James blushed and he splashed her back.
"I've always wanted a big sister!" Lily teased and James stuck his tongue out.
"I guess two sister is better than a James." Albus added and he and Lily giggled.
"Oh you two are so mature." James mocked them.
"'Ahh a fish'!" Albus exclaimed and he and Lily broke into a whole new fit of giggles.
"'Ewe fishies'!" Lily added between her giggles. Teddy and Harry just watched the whole exchange in amusement.
"You're gonna get it, you two!" James threatened, a look in his eyes.
"He just can't right now because he doesn't wanna break a nail!" Albus ribbed his brother.
"Good one, Al!" Lily giggled.
"Yeah, good one, Al!" James spoke in a high, fake voice, which only got Albus and Lily laughing harder.
"Oh, James." Lily giggled harder and she clutched her stomach. "Don't make me laugh so hard!"
"Ugh." James groaned. "You two are awful!" Albus and Lily were saved form responding, for they couldn't make proper words through their laughing.
Sometimes later, Albus and Lily had finally gotten control of themselves, and James was sulking to himself, although he'd throw Al and Lily glares every once in a while.
"Come on, guys." Harry ruefully called to his kids when he saw the time. "Mum will want us home for dinner."
"Do we have to go?" Lily pouted and she gave her father her best puppy dog look.
"I'm afraid so." Harry told her. "We'll have to come back another time."
"I don't wanna get out, it'll be too cold." Albus whined.
"Sorry, mate, I don't have towels for you guys." Harry told him. "I didn't think you'd all go swimming."
"Can't you just conjure some?" Albus suggested.
"I don't think so…" Harry trailed off in thought.
"Turn the fishing net into a towel." Teddy told him with a happy grin on his face. "We don't need those."
"True." Harry smiled at Teddy, before quickly doing a bit of transfiguration.
"Okay, get out." Harry urged his children. Four basic towels floated in the air, waiting for one of them to get out.
"Okay." James moodily got out and walked over to a towel.
"Calm down, son." Harry murmured to James, who only scowled at his father.
Soon enough, Teddy, Albus and Lily were too out of the pond and they were all on their way home.
"That was fun." Teddy commented idly.
"Yeah." Everyone murmured in agreement.
-finished-