Hope you guys weren't disappointed with the last chapter coz there was not a whole lot in it. And I'm sorry that it was a little short but I honestly thought that there was a hell of a lot more in it. Anyway hope ya like chapter 20 coz here it is!

"What do you mean a confrontation?" Lily asked anxiously as Sirius was making her a strong coffee in the kitchen while she was sitting at the table.

"It was no big deal Lils." Sirius answered calmly as he brought their coffees over to the table.

"No big deal? Sirius for god sake tell me what the hell happened will you?"

"Ok Lils just please keep it cool ya?"

Lily was running her fingers through the front of her hair as she stared severely at Sirius and said;

"Tell me what happened Black before I brain damage you!"

Sirius knew when Lily called him Black that it was not a good sign. Danger was ahead so he felt he had better tell her what happened and fast.

"We were in Leos and Malfoy was starring over at Harry……."

"So he recognised Harry before anything happened?"

"Yes. But he saw a kid with James and me so he just put two and two together I guess Lils."

"Go on."

"Well he came over and he was just slagging us off as usual……"

"What did he say?"

"Does it matter?"

"What did he say?" Lily asked through grinded teeth.

"Just that he realises that I have improved health wise….."

"But it has been three years."

"Ya I know."

"Go on."

"Well then he turned his attention to Harry by offering to shake his hand but Harry refused….."

"Refused? Why?"

"I was getting to that."

"Sorry. Go on then."

"Well he said to Malfoy that he wouldn't shake his hand coz he hurt me."

"He said that?" Lily asked with a small smile.

"Ya he sure did. And then Malfoy got frustrated and started saying how he was like James….so courageous, energetic and….foolish. So Harry then said that James wasn't foolish and he got up and kicked Malfoy twice on either shin!"

Lily clasped her hands over her mouth as she gasped and began shaking her head in disbelief.

"Please tell me he didn't do that Sirius."

"Sorry Lily. I can't do that. But don't go and lecture him about it love."

"What else happened?"

"Well nothing much after that to tell you the truth. Malfoy was in agony for a while though after Harry kicked him. Harry really socked it to him!" Sirius said while laughing at the last remark.

"This is not a laughing matter Sirius! What else happened?" Lily asked firmly.

"Nothing much except for Malfoy making a threat…."

"At Harry?" Lily asked in exasperation.

"Ya. He said that he would meet a very sticky end soon!"

Lily, who was holding her cup of coffee, dropped it and it smashed into smithereens on the floor. Lily then broke down into tears as she shook her head and muttered "no" several times. Sirius removed himself from opposite Lily and moved to the chair next to her as he cradled her in a tight embrace while she cried on to his shoulder.

"Shhhh Lils. Come on stop crying now. Everything will be fine darling." Sirius soothed as he massaged her back in circles.

"No it won't Sirius." Lily muttered into Sirius shoulder.

"Yes it will sweetheart. It will love. You have to believe that darling."

Lily looked up at Sirius with tear stained eyes as he smiled tenderly back at her.

"I….I don't want to loose my little boy Sirius."

"Oh hey come on Lils. You won't loose him."

"How do you know?"

"Because I'm here. And James is here as well as Remus. Lily there are a load of witches and wizards out there who are involved in protecting Harry. There is nobody on this earth who can harm Harry once we all stick together. Harry is a very special kid. Not just because he is the one who can beat Voldemort if and when he returns to power, not because the entire wizarding world knows his name and definitely not because every single death eater is after him but because he is your son. You and James gave him life seven years ago. Now I will be damned if I am going to let someone like Malfoy rob him of his life. The only chance that he or anyone associated with him will get a one hundred yard glance of Harry again is if we surrender. Now are we going to let them live our lives for us? No Lily we are not because I will tell you something love, I lived my whole life in fear. Every single day my father beat me, cursed me, hexed me….his biggest fear was me learning advanced magic and being able to perform it on him. I swore from the day that I moved in with James and his parents that I was not going to live another day of my life in fear. Sixteen years of my life was spent in fear Lily and I don't want that for Harry. And I know you don't either. So don't tell me that it would be in Harry's best interest to cower away until he goes to Hogwarts because it is not."

"So what do you suggest we do?"

"We speak to Dumbledore but Lily there is not a snowballs chance in hell that I am prepared to let Harry hibernate on these grounds until he is eleven years old."

"I don't want that either for him Sirius but we may not have a choice."

"Lily, there is always a choice."

A few minutes later and Sirius found himself standing in front of Dumbledore himself. Dumbledore was busying himself with paper work when he heard someone stumble out of his fire place. He looked up to find Sirius standing before him.

"Ah Sirius what brings you here at this time of the day?"

"Well Sir, we have a problem."

"Oh I see. Well then please take a seat Sirius." Albus replied as he gestured at the chair.

After Sirius was seated he once again recounted the events of this morning for a nobler candidate.

…."So now Lily is completely freaked out."

"And what exactly have you said to restore calmness within her Sirius?"

"Well I just spoke from the heart you could say sir. I told her that I spent sixteen years of my life in fear and that I didn't want the same for Harry. Obviously Harry's situation is a little different to mine, I appreciate that but if Lily had her way she would hide Harry away forever."

"That is a mothers instincts Sirius. You cannot relate unfortunately because your mother didn't love you any more than your father. However you are correct in one aspect Sirius."

"Oh? And what is that sir?"

"Well Harry cannot stay hidden away forever because it is not natural and also it would not do him any favours to attend Hogwarts inexperienced to the world of magic. It would make him innocent, vulnerable and unprepared for the adult world. None of these are quality traits to possess."

"Well I agree sir but how to make Lily see that is the biggest challenge."

"No Sirius. Our biggest challenge is how to ensure Harry's safety yet allow him to enjoy a world outside of the home."

"Now that is a challenge sir. Quite frankly Albus that is impossible."

"Nothing is impossible to those who are prepared to venture, Sirius. Emigration is out of the question because there are death eaters in every country unfortunately. So that leaves us with two choices."

"No no no! Sirius that is crazy! Have you completely lost your mind?" Lily shouted.

"Well I think that it could be fun. How about you James and Remus?"

"Sirius mate it is a bit bizarre like. I mean ya sure it would be fun but are you really prepared for it?"

"I unlike you have a sense of adventure mate! How about you Remus?"

"Can we all just sit down and talk about this rationally?"

"Oh ya sure Remus except that Sirius does not do rational as you can see."

James, who was leaning against the counter next to the sink, went over to Lily who was standing in front of the oven and put his arm around her shoulder and brought her over to the table.

Once they all were seated, Remus started by asking Sirius….

"What exactly did Dumbledore say Sirius?"

"He said we have two choices since we couldn't emigrate due to the increasing population of death eaters in the world. Firstly we could change our identity each time we left the house which our little Lily flower has ruled out." James and Sirius sniggered at this.

"What would it actually involve though mate? The polyjuice potion?"

"Well no actually. Apparently some old magic that would enable us to have two hour minimum of a secret identity but up to six hours max. It is a liquid formula but not polyjuice potion."

"So what's the second idea?" Lily asked.

"Well we have an escort of up to six witches and wizards. I mean….."

"So that would be the case each time we wanted to go to Diagon Alley or Hogsmeade?"

"Ya Prongs. According to Dumbledore he can sort it out immediately if we give him the go ahead."

"Well would they actually be going everywhere with us or watching us or what……"

"Well if we don't want to draw too much attention to ourselves Lily, we can arrange for them to be inconspicuous. They would be able to keep an eye on us from long distances but not be in our company all the time if we prefer. Then if we need them we could contact them discreetly by using a portable alarm system or something. Albus has not thought that far ahead yet."

"Well at least it's better than having over 300 identities a year." Droned Lily who made James and Remus laugh a little.

"Now ya see Lils, we could just use the one identity each time we left the house darling."

"Shut up Sirius!" Retorted Lily smiling a little which made the others laugh.

"Hey mom is dinner ready?" asked Harry as he entered the house.

Everyone turned to face him and Arielle who was holding his hand.

"Yes sweetheart. Your father picked it up on the way home. Il just get it sorted now okay?"

"Sure mom." Harry said smiling.

"What is it?" asked Arielle.

"It is pasta dish my darling. It has all your favourite sauces in it and ham and cheese and….Harry why are you giving me that look?"

"What look mom?"

"The look that means that sounds disgusting mom! Don't worry there are six different dishes okay so you can chooses whichever one you want."

"Cool. Thanks mom." Harry smiled and Lily reciprocated it.

James and Remus were talking while Arielle was up on her dad's knee so Sirius called Harry over to him. As soon as Harry approached him, Sirius picked him up and sat Harry on his lap.

Wow my god. You are getting heavy dude!"

"No I am not. You are just getting old Sirius!" Harry said grinning at his Godfather.

"You are some cheeky git mate!" Sirius remarked as he ruffled his hair.

"Hey can we go flying after dinner Padfoot?"

"Ya sure we can bud. I challenge you to a game of quiddtich!"

"Well the challenge is on and I am so gona beat ya dude!"

Oh ya well we will just see….."

Padfoot! Padfoot!" shrieked Arielle. She was standing next to Sirius on the opposite side of Harry.

Sirius looked down and saw her. He smiled at her compassionately as he said.

"Hey there Princess. How are you darling?"

"I'm ok Padfoot."

"Well that is good sweetheart……."

"Harry can you come over here for a minute please?" called Lily.

Sirius relinquished his grip around Harry's waist so he jumped down and went over to Lily.

"Which dish do you want……"

"Padfoot pick me up please." Asked Arielle sweetly. Sirius smiled down at her and reached down to pick her up. Unlike Harry she was a lighter load to have resting on top of him. However Sirius loved his godson far too much to tell him this. Besides it was Sirius idea for Harry to sit on his lap. Sirius knew that he wouldn't have Harry forever. In a few years he would be off to Hogwarts and would make loads of friends there that when the holidays came he may not even come home. But when the summer came, Sirius would only have two months with him, if even that. What Sirius really wanted to do was to savour every single moment, every single day with Harry like it was his last. Because soon the time would come when Harry would be too big to sit on Sirius lap. Who knows, maybe some day Harry wouldn't even want to be seen with Sirius. He knew that he had to prepare himself for those days but right now he couldn't be thinking that far ahead. Although if truth be told, time was passing by far too quickly for Sirius.

"Hello earth to Sirius!" called Remus.

Sirius jerked back to reality as he said;

"What? Sorry mate what were you saying?"

"I said that I hope you are not trying to exploit my god daughter like you did your godson!"

"Remus that is an awful thing to say! I would never exploit Harry! I cannot believe you would think that!"

"Sirius mate cool it ya? Remus was only having a laugh!"

"Ya I know. Sorry Moony." Sirius said as he smiled sympathetically.

"Its ok mate. What's up with you though?"

"Nothing I'm fine really."

"You sure?" James asked. Sirius just nodded.

"Ok dinner is ready so take as much as you want coz there is plenty."

"Thanks Lils." Sirius and Remus replied in unison. Arielle jumped off of Sirius lap and sat next to her mom while Harry took the seat in between Sirius and James.

Once dinner was over and the kitchen was cleaned up Harry called out to Sirius at the back door;

"Come on Padfoot lets go we got some quiddtich to play!"

"Hold it Harry. There is something we need to tell you." Sirius said as he resumed his seat at the table.

"Well can't it wait?"

"No champ it can't. We have been postponing it for too long as it is. Take a seat son."

""But dad….."

"Harry! Sit down now please." Lily ordered.

"Well what is it then?" Harry asked taking a seat next to Remus.

"Remember today in Hogsmeade when you were asking how come so many people know your name? You said it was weird and I kept saying how that I couldn't tell you then because all four of us agreed to tell you together? Do you remember all that Prongslet?"

"Yes Sirius I do but we agreed to play quiddtich……"

"Quiddtich can wait Harry! What we are about to tell you is far more important than any quiddtich match!" James said firmly.