Chapter 3

"Woah, Prongs, I think you have a twin," Sirius said staring at Harry.

James blinked a couple times. "Who are you?"

"Harry Potter," Harry said. "Your son."

Lily stepped forward, with baby Harry in her arms.

"Oh, Harry, you're all grown up," she smiled. "You're such a handsome young man."

"Of course he is," James said. "He looks just like me."

"Shut up, James," she rolled her eyes.

"Mom, Dad," Harry whispered, as if he suddenly realized they were standing right in front of him for the very first time.

Lily handed baby Harry off to Sirius and threw her arms around Harry.

Harry hugged her back.

Lily stepped back and looked at him, "You do look so much like your father. But, you have my eyes. And, you're so tall."

"I get that a lot. Well, not really the tall part. My friend Ron towers over me," Harry laughed.

"Hello, son," James said stepping up next to Lily.

Harry hugged him, too. He didn't care if it wasn't the manly thing to do. He was meeting his parents for the first time. Or, at least that he could actually remember.

"Harry! Mum says dinner is ready," Ron said coming into the room. "Oh. Oops, sorry."

"Are you guys hungry?" Harry asked his parents and Sirius.

"Starving," James and Sirius announced.

"I could eat," Lily agreed.

Harry and Ginny led them into the kitchen.

Everyone was already sitting at the dinner table, and they stopped talking as the group walked into the room.

"Everyone these are my parents. You know Sirius, of course," Harry introduced.

"Shouldn't they know us, too?" James asked.

Harry froze. He hadn't thought that one through.

"Let's eat," Molly said breaking the silence.

"Wait, I want to know why everyone only knows Sirius," Lily said. "I agree with James, why wouldn't they know us as well?"

"Mom, Dad, you aren't around in this time," Harry said slowly.

"Well, where did we go?" James asked confused.

Lily however caught on.

"James, James, I think we are dead," Lily whispered to him.

Everyone averted their eyes, which pretty much confirmed Lily's fears.

Lily and James sat heavily at the table.

"Well, where am I?" Sirius asked.

"Also gone," Harry said quietly. "Though it was more recent."

"Well, how did it happen?" James asked.

"How about we save this until after dinner? This isn't dinner table conversation," Molly interrupted.

"Of course, Molly," Lily said. "How have you been? I remember you from the Order, so long ago. Is the Order still in business?"

"Well, we have it, of course, but we haven't needed it in so long," Molly said.

"Let's keep it that way," Arthur murmured.

"Hear, hear," the rest of the table, minus the newcomers, chimed in.

"So, is it safe to assume You-Know-Who is gone?" James asked.

"It is," Arthur nodded.

"So, Molly, are these all your children?" Lily asked.

"The redheads and this isn't all of them," Molly chuckled.

"The one sitting closest to Harry is Ron, his girlfriend Hermione Granger, is sitting on his right. Then are George and his wife Angelina. Next are Fred and his wife Katie. My other children are at their own homes. There are three others. Oh, and of course, my only girl, Ginny, is on Harry's other side," Molly pointed them out. "Harry and Ginny are married."

"Congratulations," Lily smiled sadly at the two. "I wish I could have been here to see it."

"We will show you our album later," Ginny smiled back. "Our friend Colin Creevy took some really nice photos."

Lily nodded.

"So, Harry, do you play Quidditch?" James asked.

"Does he play Quidditch?" Fred and George chorused. "This boy is the best seeker Hogwarts has ever seen. They wanted him to play professionally. Youngest player in a century, he was. Made the House Team in his First Year."

Harry blushed. He still wasn't used to all the praise he received.

"He was scouted by the Cannons, United, even the Harpies were considering becoming a co-ed team to accommodate him," Ron said.

"Puddlemere United is my team," James said.

"Cannons," Ron said. "They have a decent chance of winning this year, I think. Puddlemere has fallen behind. I guess when they lost Oliver, they went downhill. Too bad he had to go and get married."

"And what is wrong with marriage, Ronald?" Hermione huffed.

"Uh, nothing," Ronald said.

Hermione left the table and disappeared upstairs.

"When are you going to ask her to marry you?" Harry asked him.

"Why must we get married? We are only 19," Ron said. "Just because you and Ginny got married early does not mean we have, too."

"I am not saying you do, Ron. But, you have been together for a long time now. You can't expect her to wait around forever," Harry said.

"Seriously, by the time Harry got around to proposing I was ready to do it myself," Ginny said. "He had to be all noble and wait until I finished school."

Harry kissed Ginny's lips tenderly, "I wanted it to be a surprise."

"How did he propose?" Lily asked.

"It was my 18th birthday. He told me he had something special planned for my birthday. I thought maybe he was going to take me to a fancy restaurant or a relaxing vacation. So, I was surprised when he led me to the Gardens at Grimmauld Place. Well, we ate a nice picnic dinner. And he brought out dessert. It was a cake with 'Will you marry me?' written on it in green icing. The same color as Harry's eyes, my favorite color. When I looked up at him, he was on one knee with a ring in his hand," Ginny described. Tears were in her eyes and she was getting choked up. "It was so romantic."

"You have James beaten," Sirius said to Harry. "Let's tell them that story."

"We will save that for a later date," James said, eyes widening. "There is a child at the table."

Everyone had forgotten about baby Harry sitting on Sirius' lap.

"He is quiet," Molly said.

"You were such a cute baby, Harry," Ginny cooed.

Harry blushed, "So were you, running around the house and gardens naked."

"Mum!" Ginny exclaimed.

"Let's retire to the sitting room," was all Molly said.

When everyone was settled, Molly turned to Lily, "Why don't you let me go put Harry down in the old nursery. That way you can talk."

"Oh, thank you," Lily said gratefully to Molly.

"So, how did it happen?" James asked when Molly left the room.