It wasn't until a few days later that Melody was able to move out, and into Sirius house (much to the annoyance of James, who had a long talk with him before he was permitted to go home). However both of them still spent most their time at the Hollow. Lily made the best pancakes apparently, and lunch sandwiches, and surf and turf dinners (whenever James tried his hand at the stove the house mysteriously emptied). The good title of 'Aunt' which had been severely smudged by Petunia was quickly being swiped clean to a sparkling white by Melody. Despite being a bit depressed by recent events she was quickly pulled from that by her fun loving boyfriend, brother and her own excitement-seeking personality. Unfortunately this meant that Big Harry, recently re-dubbed Miles, often found himself nauseated by walking on Melody and Sirius kissing, passionately.
Slowly Miles found himself settling in, there was the occasional awkward moment but James and Lily both knew his memories and could steer him away from sensitive subjects and onto happier things. Still he sometimes needed time alone and also new hobbies to occupy his mind which too often traveled to unpleasant remembrances. Lily, whose maternal instincts had been in overdrive ever since she had seen her sister abuse him as a child, quickly signed him up for lessons around the town she thought he'd enjoy. First he played in a little league for quiditch, and was the best by far, naturally. Then, as he kept on finding more time that needed to be used by something he began to branch out. He found two passions, Guitar, taught by a twenty-something man with hair pink and spiky enough to remind him of Tonks, and Lacrosse, which he found was a sport that could rival quiditch in his heart (AN YaY lax! Best sport ever, though I play girls, and that's not really the same. If you don't like it you don't have to read this fic). He also gained a new appreciation for the written word, being in a struggle to learn all he could against time that always seemed to be on Tom's side he now found himself enjoying sitting down and reading a nice book on every subject, his mum was all too happy to buy them for him.
Miles found himself settling into this new version of life. It was great to grow up and not worry about when your cousin was going to get bored and go 'Harry Hunting.' It was nice to read a book without having to think whether or not any of this would ever be useful to destroy a dark and suppressive dictator. It was nice to get some physical exercise without having to go until you drop to prepare for a final battle. And it was pretty damn nice to get some positive reinforcement for a job well done from your parents, and all the other perks of having his mum and dad look out for him were well appreciated. He loved them, so much, it was weird at first with how quickly they accepted him, but he figured it out. It was quite simply really. He fit in there, he had a true family and he belonged in it.
Miles' rooms turned out to be a strange mixture of decorations. A large bookshelf went wall to wall, floor to ceiling on one side of his room, the bottom shelves filled with kiddie toys and night-time-story books. The top shelves, accessible to Miles only by a ladder, held first through seventh year books and other, more advanced readings, especially for DADA. Quiditch pictures were intermingled with Lacrosse and moving pictures of his family.
James had been a drafted auror, one who had responded in desperate times but as Voldemort's were slowly rounded up he was out looking for a more relaxing job. Lily had also done her part by becoming a healer but had quit when she had gone into hiding. Now there was no more demand for healers, ones who already had jobs were being laid off left and right as it was. She also needed a nice job, though she was pondering becoming a stay-at-home mum to take care of Miles, Harry and the new little one she had just become pregnant with. The answer to their woes came in thick envelopes with the Hogwarts seal on it with two regal owls one morning.
AN-sorry I havn't posted in awhile, I thought I had mentioned it but I was away up in NY for a bit. I spent more than a week in a lovely house on a lake but without a computer let alone a place to hook it up to… Sorry also that this is so short but I'm in the process of unpacking, laundry and re-packing to spend a bit of time with my sister and I needed to set the scene for the next chapter which I promise will be more interesting. And yes, Harry (Big) does have a very special reason to be here and now.