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James- 8 Albus- 7 Lily- 5

"You're it!" Albus shrieked as he tagged Lily.

"No fair!" She exclaimed and she stomped her foot. "No tag backs!"

"Well you tagged me back last time!" Albus yelled back.

"You meanies run too fast!" Lily exclaimed and she put her hands on her little hips in a perfect imitation of their mum.

"You run too slow." James smirked.

"Shut up, James!" Lily yelled. "I can never catch you!"

"Well then run faster." James said mischievously.

"I can't!" Lily looked genuinely angry now, her eyes holding a deep fire. "I don't wanna play anymore!"

"You have to!" James' eyes and whole appearance changed at that. "We need you! Two people can't just play!"

"No!" Lily stood defiantly.

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Lily, please!" Albus cut in before anymore screaming could go on.

"No!" Lily glared at both of her brothers. "You don't play nice!"

"We'll play nice." Albus told her and James nodded. "Just play!"

Lily looked between her two brothers for a few agonizing moments, before smiling.

"You swear?" Lily asked.

"Yes, we swear." Albus and James agreed.

"Okay! Not it!" Lily shrieked and James quickly caught on and yelled,

"Not it!" And Albus seconds later,

"Not it!"

"Haha!" James mocked his little brother, before he and Lily raced off.

"Ugh!" Albus moaned before he too raced off.

The three kids chased around for a while. Albus quickly caught Lily who whined in protest, but because of the promise, she soon caught up to James, who easily got Albus again.

They continued their game, and they soon made it down to the main floor.

"Stop chasing!" Ginny scolded, but none of them cared to.

As time went on, they got tired of the game and started to slow down.

James stopped in their fancy front room, hands on knees and panting. Albus sped in after him and knocked right into him and Lily too came rushing in. though, when Albus crashed into James, he fell over and into the side table that held the priceless lamp of their mothers. The knock into the lamp caused it to fall onto the ground and shatter.

"You idiot!" James exclaimed, though he had not yet noticed the broken lamp. "That hurt! Watch where you're going!"

"Don't just stop then!" Albus yelled, he too hadn't noticed the lamp.

"James! Albus!" Lily exclaimed urgently, but neither brother paid her any attention.

"It's not my fault! Watch where you're bloody going!" James yelled.

"You're so stupid!" Albus shot back.

"No you are!"

"No!" Lily cut in. "You're both stupid!" But again, no one noticed her. Lily sighed, before a thought entered her head. She smiled wickedly and silently slipped out of the room. Neither Albus nor James saw her leave, and they continued their fight.

"How would you like me to shove you into a table?" James asked sarcastically.

"It was an accident!" Albus yelled. "And it was your fault!"

"No it wasn't!"

"Yes it was!"

"Stupid!"

"Stupider!"

"Me-" James started, but a new voice cut them off.

"James Sirius! Albus Severus!" Their mother yelled. "You two are in huge trouble!"

-finished-