Note: I do not own Harry Potter.
I would really appriciate it if you would review this and in the review tell me if you would rather want James to grow up in the next Chapter or stay the smae? Eventually I will have him grow up but I am not sure if it should be now or later. :)
Harry got back in the car and looked at Ginny, who was bouncing his new son up and down in her arms gently. She was calming him down. It made Harry grin watching Albus's tears fade away from the comfort of Ginny's arms. Ginny looked up at Harry and smiled, "How long till we get home? Albus is getting hungry." She stated.
"Not longer then fifteen minutes." Harry told her. "Want to put Albus back in the car seat so we can get home and you can feed him quicker?" He added after he buckled himself in.
"Yes, I think that will be the best plan."
Ginny placed Albus's fragile body down in the car seat and buckled him in snug. He closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep. Ginny and Harry both smiled down at their sleeping child it was purely amazing. He was so innocent and made from pure love. Ginny then grinned up at James who was frowning at Albus. She chuckled lightly to herself upon seeing his face.
"Whats wrong Jamie?" She asked as she got her self situated in her seat. The engine began to pure happily when Harry turned it on. He began to drive out of the small gas station and back on to the main street.
"Why ish Awl hewe? He no go bye?" James looked up at his mother with saddened brown eyes. This was getting old with Ginny fast. She was feeling rather irritated at the moment. Still filled with hormones from the pregnancy, Ginny tried herself not to yell. She looked over at Harry for a desperate need for help.
"Albus is not going to leave James. He is here from now on until forever." Harry responding to Ginny's pleads. He kept his eyes on the road trying to make a safe trip home for the family.
James took a deep breath and folded his arms. He remembered how Albus cried and got actually what he wanted. Soon out of aggravation and wanting more attention on him, small tears swarmed up in his brown eyes. Soon they were falling out. At first they were light tears but then they began to get heavier and soon it turned into sobbing.
"M-Mwe no w-wan A-Awl h-hewe." James pouted began tears.
Ginny's heart melted by the sounds of her son crying and she turned to James. "James, awe, baby, you really don't like Albus?" Her voice was filled with emotion as well. James shook his head. Pain scattered across Ginny's heart. Why did James hate Albus? She hated knowing James didn't like Albus. It made her ache inside. She bit her lip and sighed. She closed her brown eyes to keep from her own tears coming out. All of this and hormones weren't working out with her at that moment.
Harry placed a hand on Ginny's thigh to let her know he was feeling the same. It was a dreadful feeling for them to know James wasn't pleased with Albus. They just wanted their kids to get along. It was too much to ask for apparently.
Fifteen minutes past and James's crying stopped for the most. His eyes were red now. As Harry parked in their garage, James sucked on his thumb and his eyes half open. Albus was now the one screaming pretty much. The newborn needed food and wanted it now. Ginny jumped out of the car and got Albus out and took him inside to feed him. James normally would be anger with the loudness but all his crying had made him a bit sleepy.
Harry opened James's door and unbuckled him. James reached up at his Dad as a sign for Harry to hold him. Harry grinned as he picked up the sleepy one-year-old. Harry kissed the side of James's face and shut the car's door. He then slowly walked inside the house and into Ginny and his bedroom where he knew he would find Ginny breastfeeding the tiny Albus.
Harry opened the door and grinned at Ginny. Ginny's eyes widened at Harry caring James. She took a deep breath when Harry gave her a what look. She looked down at Albus in her arms and watched him as he softly tugged on her nipple drinking the warm milk and vitamins her own body made for loved the feeling of breastfeeding, loved it.
"You're bringing James in here when I am breastfeeding Albus?" She asked. "Harry, I am half naked!" She exclaimed rather quietly still.
Harry rolled his eyes. "He is half asleep, plus you feed him like that until he was nine months old. He is only a couple of months older now." Harry stated. He sat down on the end of the bed still holding James in his arms. "Maybe we will be able to get him more fond of Albus by this… somehow…" Harry told Ginny with hope in his voice.
Ginny let out a half-sigh half-laugh thing. Harry really couldn't make out which one it was. He scooted closer to Ginny. James chewed on his fingers as his head rested against his dad's strong shoulder.
"Yeah, maybe we can." Ginny said after awhile. She grinned up at Harry and planted a kiss on his lips. Harry smiled as she did so. "I love you Ginny." Harry said softly under his breath. "I love you too." Ginny replied with a grin on her face.
James heard Ginny's voice and warmness entered him. "Mummy…" James mumbled it so softly into Harry's shoulder that it was barely heardable. Ginny smiled when she heard his voice and smiled at him. Harry rearranged the way he was holding James so he could see Ginny. James smiled a bit as he saw her.
"How are you hunnie?" Ginny asked. She gave Harry a weird look as he began to rub Albus's hand gently, which was located on her breast so of course his hand brushed against that too. She let out a laugh under her breath and directed her attention back to James.
James leant against Harry more and mumbled, "Twiwed."
"You tired?"
James nodded and then caught a sight of Albus in Ginny's arms. He didn't have much energy left in him so he just pointed at Albus and mumbled quietly, "Awl…" Ginny sighed. She knew he was going to notice him eventually. Ginny didn't say anything but she did give a small nod to James. He was clearly unhappy but too tired to do anything about it.
After a few minutes James was out. He was sleeping soundly in Harry's lap. Ginny finally finished breastfeeding Albus and began burping him. She felt like she knew what she was doing now unlike when James was born. Everything was so new to her then, and she was glad that now everything seemed like her usual daily routine.
After burping Albus, she took him to his room and placed him in his crib where he began to sleep peacefully. She smiled at her him and then left the room quietly making sure she didn't wake him up. She carefully crept back to her room. It was only two in the afternoon but it felt as if it was midnight. Ginny yawned and slipped into more comfortable clothes and lay down in her bed. The feel of the soft pillow beneath her head and the warmness of the blankets lying on top of her felt perfect. The only thing missing was the warm body lying next to her that belonged to Harry James Potter.
It only took seconds before Harry's warm body took its place on the bed. He cuddled up next to his tired wife and kissed her neck softly. "I put James in bed." He mumbled it in Ginny's ear. Chills ran down her spine. She smiled and mumbled, "I love you." And with that she was asleep.
Two hours later cries out of the baby monitor let Ginny know Albus was awake. She drugged herself out of bed and into his room. She opened the door and walked inside. Ginny let out a gasp as the scene in front of her played out. James was inside Albus's crib kicking and hitting the baby. "James Sirius!" Ginny yelled strictly at James. He looked at her but continued with his rough housing. She ran over to the crib and yanked him out of it and placed him on the ground. She then picked out Albus and began to care for him in her arms. James sat on the floor at Ginny's feet.
Harry ran into the room after hearing Ginny yell James's name. Never before had either of did that before. Ever. He walked in as Ginny bounced Albus up and down calming him down. Harry walked over to her. Wet tears streamed down her cheeks. She was either sad about something or dangerously angry at something. "What's wrong Babe?" Harry asked laying a hand on her shoulder. This set Ginny off.
She placed Albus down in his crib and turned around to Harry. She whipped some of the tears from her face and lost it. "I woke up to the sound of Albus's cries in the baby monitor and I came in here and I found James in Albus's crib hitting and kicking him." James looked up when he heard his name. Ginny continued. "First off, I have no idea how he managed to even get into the crib and second off he could of hurt Albus badly!" Ginny began pacing back and forth. "How did he get out of his crib in the first place?"
Harry's jaw dropped. "He did what?"
Ginny walked over to him and laid on her on his shoulders and began sobbing. Hormones were attacking her. Harry wrapped his arms around her and began to rub her back gently. "I'll talk to him okay? Just go lay back down Gin." Harry mumbled. Ginny's crying softened and she nodded. Before she left she asked, "What are we going to do with him?"
Harry noticed James in the corner of the room playing with some toys. James was only one, well, almost two, how did he get into the crib and out of his? Harry rubbed his temples as he walked over and knelled down beside James. When James saw him James handed him a toy and continued the game he was in.
"Woo pay twoo?" James asked Harry when he noticed he didn't join into his game.
Harry shook his head and looked at James, "No, I am not going to play. Daddy is going to talk to you, James." James cocked his head to the side. "Come with me." Harry said as he picked James up into his arms and carried him into his own room. Once in James's room, Harry set James down and sat on the floor next to him.
"James, how did you get out of your crib?" Harry asked kind of wanting to know that first. He was new to the whole discipline thing. He never had to do it to James before. He was usually pretty well behaved.
"Mwe cwimb ou!" James giggled apparently proud of himself.
"Ah, I see." Harry said. "So I am guessing that's how you got into Albus's crib as well." Harry said raising his eyebrow. James's giggling quit and he backed away a bit. James knew he was in trouble. Not any trouble. He was in big trouble. James kept his attention to his fingers. "James, you do not kick or hit Albus. I already told you that." Harry said sternly. "You could hurt him." He added.
James gave a small glare at Harry. He placed his small hands on his hips and replied, "Mwe no cawe."
"You don't care about hurting your brother?" Harry asked his toddler. James gave a huge nod. Harry's eyes widened. He grabbed a hold of James's hand but James yanked them away and started yelling all kinds of gibberish. Harry rubbed his temples again and took a deep breath before looking James straight in the eyes. "James Sirius, if you don't quit yelling you are going into time out." James continued his yelling as if Harry hadn't even spoken. This made Harry have to give his son his first of many, many time outs.