Lily opened her eyes to a bright, breezy July morning. The large white window was open in the corner of the room, letting in a bit of air. On Lily's side, Jaime was nestled into her. Lily stroked her red curls, already falling past her ears. Jaime woke up to her mother's touch, looking up into her eyes and gurgling happily.

Lily smiled and lifted her up, then walked downstairs into the kitchen. Her own red hair was falling out of the messy bun she had slept in, and Jaime attempted to grab the falling pieces. They walked into the kitchen, and Lily placed Jaime in her pink padded high chair while she started making a special breakfast. Today was Harry's second birthday.

Upstairs, Harry woke up about a half hour later. He clambered out of his brand-new big boy bed, and walked into Sirius's room. "Padfo'!" He called, running to the bed. His little blue blanket trailed behind him, making him look like a superhero as he bounced onto the bed.

"Ah, Harry…" Sirius smiled and rolled over. "Happy birthday."

Harry smiled and bounced some more. "Up! Up! Up!" He shouted. Sirius groaned and rolled out of bed, and Harry climbed onto his back. They walked down to the kitchen, Harry laughing the whole way.

"Happy birthday!" Everyone chorused as they entered the room.

"All for me?" Sirius said jokingly. He plastered a huge, cartoon-like grin on his face and became mock-surprised. "You shouldn't have…"

"We didn't" Lupin said, taking Harry and setting him down in his high chair. Lily brought out a big white cake, frosted and saying Happy Birthday Harry in big blue letters.

"Whoa Lily, did you do all this yourself?" Sirius asked, staring at the cake hungrily.

"If you count using my wand for everything, then yeah, I did." Lily smiled and set down the cake. She cut out five pieces, and sent them to everyone in the room. Paige sat in the corner, sucking on a bottle happily. Aden brought out pancakes, giving Harry extra whipped cream on his. Remus ran into the other room and grabbed the camera he had bought a week ago. He had become the family's photographer, taking pictures of everything that went on in the house. Everyone ate hungrily, talking and laughing.

"Post's here!" Sirius called, running to the door. His dishes flew behind him and into the sink, where they started washing themselves.

"How did he hear that?" Lily whispered to Aden.

"I married a dog." Aden rolled her eyes and ate another bite of cake.

Sirius walked in, throwing the mail onto the counter. "Muggle magazines, more magazines, bills-Why are we getting bills?" He asked Lily. Lily shrugged, and he frowned and went back to sorting. "We shouldn't be getting bills, we're wizards…."

"Yeah, being a wizard should get us special privileges." Lily said sarcastically.

Sirius frowned, stopping at a letter. He slid it over to Lily, and Lily looked confused. She opened it up slowly, as though it was a bomb about to go off.

Lily,

I heard about what happened. I'm visiting on Harry's birthday.

~Petunia

Lily made a sour expression. "Who is it?" Aden asked, sending her plate to the sink.

"Petunia."

"Why?"

"I don't know. Her letter was two sentences long." Lily said, looking annoyed.

"Well, here's another letter." Sirius said, looking up from the one he was reading. Lily grabbed it and started to read.

Dear Lily, Remus, Sirius, and Aden,

I haven't heard from any of you in the longest time, but now I have an excuse to write. I realize, Lily, you might not want to speak to your sister. I however took the liberty of telling her your situation and convincing her to visit. You two need to keep in contact, as she is your only family left.

Also, please keep in touch. I would love to see how to family is doing. I wish Harry a happy birthday.

~Dumbledore

Lily finished reading it to everyone, and Aden groaned.

"Just what we need," She started. "House guests!"

Lily rolled her eyes. "Petunia isn't a house guest. She's a monster."

Aden ignored her, waving her wand into the playroom and making all the toys put themselves away. "You take Jaime, and I'll take Harry. We'll get them dressed and ready to go."

"What, are we trying to impress Petunia?"

"Uh, yeah."

"Why?"

"She's your sister." Aden grinned evilly. "She just has to be jealous."

Lily rolled her eyes at this and walked upstairs with Jaime, secretly agreeing.

The next half hour was spent cleaning and getting ready, everyone trying to make themselves look presentable.

"Sirius let me cut your hair." Aden had begged him.

"No."

"But I could make it look so cute and-"

"Aden, no."

Aden had glared at him, and when he left she muttered, "I'll get my way."

Lily knew she would, but didn't dare ask how. She went back to attempting to put Jaime's hair up in pigtails. Harry ran in, his black hair sticking straight up. He looked around, presumably for somewhere to hide, but then Lupin ran in behind him.

"Harry, I need to brush your hair." He said calmly. Harry ducked behind Lily.

"No!" He put his hands on top of his head, trying to flatten it.

Lupin sighed. "I swear he's more like James than we give him credit for."

"No, James would be making it messier."

"I think that's his goal."

Harry had crawled under the crib now, hiding from the hairbrush. Lupin gave up and walked out of the room, Lily giggling as he left.

"Aden!"

Lily looked up and saw Sirius chasing Aden down the hall. She waved her wand, tying two bows around the pigtails, and followed them out.

Sirius had Aden pinned up against the wall, and she was giggling madly. Lily laughed. Sirius's hair was cut, and although it had been done well, he seemed upset. It fell over his ears, and it was definitely a good three inches shorter than it was before.

"Sirius, come on, it looks good!" She protested her wand in front of her.

"Yeah, sure. Grow it back."

"Never." Aden laughed, and ducked under him. Even though she was pregnant, she was still small and petite, and she ran quickly away from him.

Sirius turned towards Lily. "How does it look? Honestly?"

"Good." Lily said. Sirius turned towards the mirror in the hallway, and groaned.

"Come on. I can't make this work!"

"You've never made anything work, Padfoot." Lily laughed. Harry ran out and jumped on Sirius's leg.

"No brush! No brush!" He yelled, clinging onto him.

Sirius looked at Lily. "We've entered 'the James' stage, I think."

All of a sudden, the doorbell rang. Aden yelped and rushed downstairs, and told all of them to follow. Sirius walked down behind her, Harry still on his leg. He rubbed his hand through his hair uncomfortably. Remus followed him, going through recently developed pictures. Lily smacked them out of his hand, saying Aden would kill him for being distracted. She carried Jaime in one arm while fixing her hair with the other.

Lily pushed to the front of the crowd, handing Jaime to Aden. Then she opened the door, where Petunia stood uncomfortably.

She had her wispy brown hair down, and it fell to her shoulders blandly. Her big brown eyes looked worried, and almost frightened. She was wearing a flowery dress, and in her hands she held a little box.

"Hello Petunia." Lily said, a bit stiffly. Petunia mumbled something that sounded somewhat like a greeting back, and Lily ushered her inside. She stepped in, observing everyone nervously.

"Hello." Aden said, slightly hiding Jaime behind her. Petunia shook her hand silently, then turned to Lupin. She shook his hand silently also, looking even unhappier.

"Hey." He grinned at her, awkwardly holding out his hand. She looked at it as though it was something putrid, but shook it unwillingly. She looked down at Harry, who grinned at her.

"Hello!" He said excitedly, not letting go of Sirius's leg. Petunia grinned a little at him, and held out the little box.

"I brought you something." She said. Harry untangled himself, and stretched up to get the box.

"Mama! Open it!" He said, bouncing up and down excitedly. Lily opened it slowly, and inside the wrappings was a little stuffed bear.

"Ooh," Harry's eyes widened, and he grabbed the bear.

"Well, I know what he'll be playing with for the next week." Lily said, smiling at Petunia. She grinned a little bit back, still looking uncomfortable.

"Who's this?" She asked, looking at Jaime. Jaime peeked out at her, studying her with big green eyes. Petunia gasped, and looked at Lily. "Is she-"

"Yes." Lily nodded slowly. Petunia's eyes widened, and she looked at Lily with a questioning expression.

"I guess you have a lot of questions." Aden said, sitting on the couch and patting the space next to her. "Come on, and we'll answer them."

Petunia sat down next to Aden, relaxing a little.

"Ask away." Lupin said, clasping his hands together. Lily sat next to him, holding Jaime in her lap.

"What happened?" Petunia said quickly, as though she had just been waiting to ask this.

Lily looked towards Sirius, and sighed.

"It's a long story."

AN: Okay, no more of the scene with Petunia because I'm a lazy butt and have no urge to write about her. I really don't enjoy Petunia at all.
Anyways, don't expect super frequent chapter updates. I might have them, I might not. Also it's going to be basically skipping ahead to just important dates for about two years :P
Please review! Xoxo.