-1Chapter Ten

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Lily walked into her apartment, and hung up her light jacket. It was very quiet, which she wasn't used to anymore. She immediately went into the kitchen, setting the many bags of groceries on the table. She got food for the next two weeks, which was way into when she would get paid by her new job.

"All ready." Lily set the milk in the icebox. "We can eat better, finally."

She put away all the food, gathered up all the bags, set them in the cupboards under the sink, and smiled at her kitchen. It felt like a kitchen again filled to its capacity. With everything going on the way it had been going, she was happy to feel relived again. No worries.

That was until one hyper boy crashed into her leg.

"Mom!"

"Sirius!"

Sirius smiled up at her, making her worry slightly increase. Slowly the other two boys came into the room. Dumbledore came into the room after, sunglasses over his eyes, and a smile on his face.

"What happened?" Lily had them all sit in a chair before they spoke.

"We went to the beach!" Sirius exclaimed.

"The beach?" Lily looked up at Dumbledore, who was twiddling his thumbs. "Isn't it a little too cold for the beach today?"

"No! Not the beach!" James pulled up one of their bags with a label in the front. "The Beach!"

Lily watched as they pulled out all sorts of things. These including books, parchment and quills, ink, a fish tank and a fish. Lily looked at the last two things quizzically. "Fish?"

"His name is Goldie-Henry!" Remus said.

"I named him!" Sirius said with a proud smile.

Lily smiled back at him, patting his head. She looked back up at Dumbledore, who still had his sunglasses on, and a little smile on his face. She turned to the three talking boys. "Can I talk to…er…your grandfather alone?" she asked.

The boys left the room, carrying the bags with them, and stepped into their room. Dumbledore took off the sunglasses, replacing them with his regular half-moon spectacles. "Now Miss Evans, don't be angry."

"Oh, no! I'm not angry. Just a little shocked and confused," Lily replied. Looking at the fish, reminded her of the promise she had made the Marauders for their birthday. "I'm very grateful that you did all of this, but…why did you do it?"

Dumbledore smiled. He got up, brining out his wand. With a flick of it, a piece of folded paper came popped out of thin air and landed in his hands. He handed it to her, saying, "It's just the receipt so you can tell what they got. That wasn't all they got in those few bags." He gave her a wink, then waved his wand again. With another pop, he was gone.

Lily unfolded the receipt and glanced at all the things they got at 'The Beach'. It was quite a lot, and most of it was just things to keep the boys busy during her days at work. At the end of the list was a handwritten note. "Don't worry about anything. These events that have befallen you weren't your fault. It'll all be okay." -Dumbledore.

Lily wiped at her eyes and cheeks, making sure there were no tears at all, and set the receipt in her kitchen drawer. She took the fish tank, that they didn't take, and read the instructions about how to fill it up and put the fish in. As she did this, the boys came back.

"Grandpa have to leave?" James asked a little sadly.

"Yes, he had to go," Lily replied, carefully setting the fish into place. It swam around in a few circles. Sirius jumped, and ran back into their room. He was back in a few moments with the fish food they would need.

"Can I feed him?" he asked.

Lily set the fish tank on the table, and Sirius dropped a few pieces of food in for the fish. Goldie-Henry ate the few pieces, then went about with his swimming again. "I like him," Lily said, watching the little gold fish.

"I like his name!" Sirius added.

"I like fish!" Remus said.

"To eat?" James asked.

"They're really good!"

Sirius and James put protective arms around the tank. "You can't eat him!" they yelled.

"I won't!" Remus cried, making a face to go with it. "I don't like raw fish!"

Lily listened to the boys for a few more minutes before taking the fish bowl and placing it in the living room. She then went back into the kitchen, ushering the boys out, to make lunch. This lunch, she promised herself, was going to be a good lunch, with all the right foods.

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"So why did the dinosaur…is that what it is?" Lily nodded her head. "Why did the dinosaur think he could just win and eat everyone?"

"Well you see, James," Lily said, pointing to the dinosaur on the page. "That is the biggest of all dinosaurs. Okay, maybe not the biggest, but he was the strongest. The Tyrannosaurus-Rex, or the T-Rex. He was a big bully that liked to eat other meaty things."

James shook his head at this. He stomped his foot against Lily's couch, and glared at the picture at the page. "But he shouldn't be allowed to just do what he wants to do!"

"Life wasn't fair back then, James. You have to understand that," Lily responded, turning the page. "Here is a herbivore--"

"A what?"

"A plant eater."

"Oh."

"I'm a plant eater!"

"Yes you are, Sirius."

Sirius smiled then went back to the card game he was losing to Remus in. Lily turned back to the book of reptiles, mainly dinosaurs, and continued teaching James about the 'plant-eaters' for a little while longer. It was nearing dinner time, and Lily had to eventually excuse herself to go and check on what she had in the oven.

Today had been a pleasant day. She spent time with the Marauders, playing games and reading to them. Lily taught Remus the game Goldfish, which they found really ironic, and they've been hooked on it for a little longer then an hour. James quit after he lost again, and brought a book they got to Lily for her to read. It was the Dinosaur book.

Lily opened the over, and pulled out the dish they were to have for dinner. Tonight was a good night. She felt her stomach growl as she smelled the food. Inside was some baked chicken and rice. It had been her own mothers recipe, and she loved it. The rice and chicken was mixed with mushrooms and other little things, and was baked until the chicken was done, and the rice was nice and fluffy.

The boys followed Lily out, who in turn, sent them to wash their hands. She had her wand make a little fan she owned blow on the hot food, as she got some plates and spoons. Just as the boys got back, she had everything set on the table.

"Ooh!" Remus climbed onto a chair to peer down into the chicken and rice. "I love chicken!"

"You're a carnivore!" James said excitedly, loving the use of his new words.

Remus scrunched his face up. "I'm not a carnivore!"

"If you like chicken you are!" James argued.

Remembering the time Remus hit Sirius, Lily stepped into the middle and told them there was no arguing at the dinner table. Sirius sat in between the two, and Lily sat across. She then made the fan stop waving, and dished everyone up a plate.

The boys gobbled it down at once, loving every bite. Remus even asked for seconds. Lily laughed as she gave him another spoonful. She herself had seconds, she couldn't get enough. She had the boys help her put everything away, and she set the leftovers in the icebox. There would be their lunch for the next day.

She sighed, remembering she got a notice today that she had to come back to work the next day. She set the dishes in the sink, not feeling up to washing anything, she went into the living room and turned on the TV. Muggle news, nothing new, but there was a movie on. She called the boys into the room, for she knew they were fascinated with the moving picture box.

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