Author's note! Must READ!: I changed a couple things in the last chapter. One was a rule for the War, they no longer have to limit their pranks to one hour long. It was too limiting for some of my ideas. *evil grin* The second thing is Fleur is no longer pregnant! I was a year off in the time line and instead of having her miscarry the baby later (which is really mean), I chose to fix it now. Bill and Fleur are NOT PREGNANT! Thanks for your patience, I now return you to your scheduled programming.

Chapter 52

Harry woke to his alarm and sat up and stretched. When he remembered the night before and declaring a prank war on his father and godfather, he grinned widely. He finished his morning ritual, shower and a shave, getting dressed before heading to the drawing room to check his mail before breakfast. He quickly found the letter from Andromeda that included a list of items he should have for his weekend of parenting.

Dear Harry,

Here's the list of things you shall need. I will be sending food and several nappies but I'm actually running low myself so you'll find nappies on the list as well. He'll have clothes in his nappy bag and you know how where his clothes are located at my house, should you find yourself in need of more. I'm shrinking several of his favourite toys that he needs to sleep. Otherwise, you should be okay once you get the things on the list.

Ta and thank you again,

Andromeda Tonks

List:
1. Nappies size 3 (I think you'll probably need three packages from Magic Mama's Baby Haven. They're located about 4 stores from Twilfit and Tattings and you can find everything on this list there.)
2. Simulation Breast Milk Potion (you can find this in the baby food aisle. It comes in powdered form and all you do is add water. He drinks 3-4 ounces of formula every 3 hours.

Now these next things you don't have to get, but it'll make it easier for you if you want him to stay often.

3. Cot for sleeping.
4. Changing table
5. Play mat
6. Bouncer chair

Harry chuckled. He had been planning to set up a nursery for his godson and this was the perfect opportunity. He had no idea what several of the things on the list were, like the Bouncer chair or the play mat, but he was excited to go shopping on his lunch hour for all of it. He checked the time and saw he had a little bit of time for breakfast still so he headed down to the kitchen.

He had Kreacher start his toast while he made tea. Just as he was sitting down to eat, the Floo flared up and Ron stepped into the kitchen.

"Oi! Mate, I had a great idea last night. Are your parents or Sirius up?" he asked quietly.

"No, not that I know of, why?" asked Harry. Ron sat down at the table and accepted a cup of tea from Kreacher.

"I think we should enlist Kreacher here to help us out with some of our pranks," Ron said with a grin. Harry looked at his friend with a confused look. "Oh, come on, Harry. Kreacher hates Sirius. He'd be willing to help prank his old master." Harry glanced over at the elf and saw he was quietly working at cooking bacon for later when everyone else woke up. Harry also noticed that Kreacher's large ears were turned so as to hear Ron speaking.

"I don't know Ron. Would that be fair? Mum and Molly both said that the teams had to be equal and if we add Kreacher it would be uneven," Harry said cautiously.

"No it wouldn't, mate. Kreacher wouldn't be a teammate; he'd be part of a prank. It's not like we're getting suggestions from him or even asking him to help on the other pranks, just the one on Sirius. It'll work and Sirius would never expect it, it's perfect!" Ron said with a grin. Harry hesitated.

"Hermione will kill us," he added weakly.

"Oh posh, she wants to win this as much as we do. You and I both know that once Hermione is in something, she's just as competitive as the Slytherin Quidditch Team. Just make sure that you ask Kreacher to help and not order him and Hermione will be just fine," Ron said as he stood up. "Mum's making breakfast at home, so I'd best be off. Have a good day and ask him now so we can get started!" Ron threw the powder into the fire and disappeared to the Burrow before Harry could retort so he rolled his eyes and looked over at his elf.

"Kreacher, why don't you grab a cup of tea for yourself and join me for a moment," he said. Kreacher ran for a cup and the teapot and took Ron's empty chair.

"Yes, Master Harry Potter, sir?" asked the elf once he was sitting.

"Kreacher, how do you feel about Sirius being back?" asked Harry.

"Oh, Kreacher is never going back to his old Master Sirius, Kreacher will never leave Master Harry Potter sir!" cried Kreacher vehemently. Harry put up his hand to stay the elf's cries.

"No, Kreacher that's not what I meant. I know you're bound to me now, what I was asking was, do you still hate Sirius like you did? Do you feel bad about being part of the reason he died? Or if given the chance would you do it again?" he asked Kreacher.

Kreacher thought for a little while and then looked up. "Kreacher does not hate old Master Sirius, Kreacher just does not like old Master. I is not sorry he died because that made Master Harry Potter sir Kreacher's new Master, but Kreacher is feeling bad about wanting old Master dead. 'Tis not the way of the House Elf to wish our Masters dead and Kreacher should have been punished most severely for betraying old Master Sirius. I is sorry for what I did, Master Harry Potter, sir," Kreacher finished with a repentant glance at Harry.

"Okay, that was a good answer Kreacher. You were honest and I like that. How would you like to be given a task? The lot of us are having a prank war right now and Ron had an idea of having you follow Sirius around, unseen, and pranking him for us." Kreacher's ears perked up and his eyes shone. "You cannot hurt him, or permanently do anything to him, just annoy or embarrass him. Alright?" asked Harry. Kreacher nodded his head emphatically with a wide grin.

"May Kreacher get started right away, Great Master Harry Potter sir?" Harry smiled and nodded.

"Yes, but he can't find out you're doing this okay? So if it gets in the way of whatever you do during a usual day, he might notice," he added.

"Kreacher knows. Kreacher will finish the breakfast and then get on with the Pranking," said Kreacher as he jumped up and grabbed the cold cup of tea and rushed it to the sink. Harry chuckled and finished his toast before Flooing to work.

Meanwhile, at the Burrow, Ron was sitting at the table eating his way through a hearty Molly Weasley Breakfast with his parents when Ginny walked into the room and to her seat. As she walked past Ron he smelled an awful smell.

"Ugh! What is that? Ginny when was the last time you showered?" he howled. Ginny stopped mid sit and looked at Ron with an abashed stare.

"Excuse me? I just showered. My hair is still damp you twit," she said angrily.

"Ginevra, don't call your brother names at the table," reprimanded Molly. She leaned over to scope some oatmeal into a bowl for her daughter and suddenly got a whiff of, "Limburger cheese? We don't have any Limburger cheese here," she said. Everyone looked at her strangely, but she looked over at Ron, then to Ginny and frowned.

"Ginny stand up and walk by me," she said. Ginny huffed and stood up and did what her mother said.

"Oh! Ginny, I think you need another shower," Molly said in surprise as her daughter walked by.

"I do not sme—" Ginny said loudly as she waved her arms around. She stopped midsentence and, eyes wide, sniffed near her armpit. "Who did it? Who pranked my soap?" she started yelling.

"Ginny, go upstairs and shower. Use my soap, and we'll replace yours later if we need to. I'll save you some breakfast," Molly said consolingly, while trying not to laugh with her daughter in the room. Ginny stormed out after grabbing a piece of toast and stomped loudly up the stairs. The three remaining in the kitchen burst out into quiet chuckles.

"Dad was that you that pranked her?" asked Ron finally.

"Unfortunately, no, this one was not my idea. It might have been Bill, I remember him once saying how much he hated the smell of limburger cheese," said Arthur. Molly tisked at the two but when they heard the shower go on they all giggled.

"So what is everyone up to today?" asked Molly.

"Well, Kingsley asked me to come with to the Prime Minister's office today to finish up some discussion. Then I'll be in the office the rest of the day. How about you two?" Arthur said.

"I think I'll probably be going over and visiting Hermione. She wants to take me to a Muggle Cinema to see a movie, something about a girl named Mary. She said it's gotten good reviews, whatever that means," Ron said.

"Oh really? You'll tell me all about the Muggle Cimina tonight when you get back?" Arthur asked excitedly. Ron nodded his head as he rolled his eyes.

"I invited Lily to go shopping with me later but we might get together earlier than suggested. I was thinking of getting a new owl, Arthur. Errol is almost useless now and we can't keep borrowing Pig from Ron. Now that we have the extra money since your raise, I think it's time to retire poor Errol," Molly said. The three continued their small talk as they ate. Arthur read the Prophet and rolled his eyes frequently. Soon enough Ginny returned to the table and sat down. Molly passed a bowl to her and when Ginny reached her arm up to take it, she dropped the bowl with a growl and stood up abruptly.

"What is the matter with you, young lady?" Molly asked angrily.

"I still smell! What is wrong with our soap in this house? Mu-um!" Ginny whined. Molly clucked and guided her daughter upstairs once they were out of the room Ron burst out laughing. Arthur chuckled as well as he stood up and put his plate in the sink where a scrub brush promptly started scrubbing it clean.

"Tell your mum that I had to leave. I'll see you all later. Have fun at the Cimina," he added with a jealous smile.

"Yep, thanks dad. We'll see you later," Ron said. Arthur Flooed away and Ron stood up chuckling to himself as he put his dishes in the sink also and then ran up the stairs.

"What do you mean none of the soap has been spelled?" he heard Ginny howl.

"That's what I said, and knock off the whining young lady, what if Harry were here to hear you acting like a four year old?" Molly said with a stern voice.

"Knowing how sappy Harry can get he'd probably think it was cute," Ron said as he passed the bathroom. A bottle of shampoo came flying out at him and he took off up the stairs to his room laughing.

He got ready for his date in his best Muggle outfit. He looked at himself in his mirror and combed his hair down and took one final look. His jeans and new polo shirt Hermione had gotten him really helped show his Quidditch build and slim but muscular physique and the mirror ended up wolf whistling at him as he finished his hair. He grinned at the ego boost as he turned and ran back down the stairs.

As he neared Ginny's room he heard his mum and Ginny talking.

"I think…it must be your deodorant, Ginny dear. That's the only other thing you've put on today."

Ron fought back a laugh, Limburger Cheese scented Deodorant. It was a classic but still hilarious, even to his own teammate.

"Mum, I'm going to go meet Hermione. I'll be back later, okay?" he said at the door to his sisters' room.

"Alright dear, have fun!" Molly said distractedly. He said, "Yep, bye!" as he ran down the stairs and out the door.

Upstairs, Ginny huffed. Only the first day and she was the first one to be pranked, and she couldn't even be comforted by her boyfriend until after he was off work. Her day was not turning out well so far and she was starving to boot and still couldn't eat because the smell of herself was so offending it made her loose her appetite every time she moved her body. When she found out who messed with her lovely Olive Leaf and Pink Pepper deodorant they were going to pay.

"Now dear, since we've found the problem, go shower off one more time, and then come down and eat," Molly said. Ginny grumbled and headed for the shower for the third time in two hours. Fifteen minutes later, Ginny finally got her oatmeal and toast.

"What do you have planned for today, dear," Molly asked.

"I'm going over to the shop and helping George with a couple new products," Ginny started when an owl flew into the room.

"Oh, hello, Burta," she said to Harry's new owl as she took the note off her leg and fed her a piece of bacon fat before she flew out the window.

Gin- I'm going shopping today on my lunch hour for some things for my weekend with Teddy. If you can, meet me in front of Twilfit and Tattings at noon. If it's possible maybe you could help me out and bring the things back home for me as well? (Imagine my insanely cute puppy eyes and pouty lip right now. Ha!) I love you, HP

"It seems I'm going shopping with Harry today as well, at noon for baby things. He has Teddy this weekend and needs some things apparently. He's been thinking of setting up a nursery in Grimmauld Place for a while now and since Andromeda has a full weekend, he's finally getting the chance," Ginny said with a smile as she handed the note to her mum. Molly read the note with a smile and handed it back.

"It's so nice to see that boy loosening up and acting his age finally. You're good for him Ginny," she said.

"I better get going, who knew George would be a stickler for being on time," Ginny said while she rolled her eyes. She left through the Floo since, technically, she wasn't allowed to Apparate yet for another four days.

Molly puttered about the house, finally concluding that she didn't have anything to do, so she went to the Floo and called Grimmauld Place.

"Hello?" she called out. She heard feet coming down the stairs and waited patiently.

"Is someone there?" Lily asked looking around as she entered the kitchen.

"Down here dear," Molly said from the fireplace. "I was wondering if you wanted to, as the kids would say, 'hang out' today. Maybe visit Diagon Alley and get a cup of tea and people watch? Harry and Ginny are going to meet up at noon and go shopping for baby things for little Teddy and I thought if we were there, we could join them," Molly said with a smile. Lily smiled as well and agreed so Molly Flooed over and they left for the Alley.

"Oh, I should check with Slug and Jiggers and see if they're hiring for a Potions Lady. See if I can get my old job back," Lily said as they passed the Apothecary.

"You worked as a Potions Lady?" Molly asked.

"Yes, I was planning on getting my Mastery and being a Potions Mistress and…well, and compete with Severus in the Potions industry. But since he's…gone now, I don't know. A potions job seems a little bit like an old dream now. I actually was thinking a little about Healing after seeing the last several memories of Harry's third year. Even after only three years of memories I wonder how he's still alive right now and since he's going into a dangerous career he could use a Healer in the family," Lily chuckled.

"I think you would make a lovely Healer dear. You have the perfect bed side manner and, if I remember correctly, you're smart as a whip also. We can stop by Mungo's today and get an Apprentice Application and I can help you write up a CV if you like?" said Molly helpfully. Lily thought about it and smiled.

"I think that's a lovely idea. I know James is so focused on Godric's Hollow and from what he says it'll be a while before it's habitable again, and I really need something to occupy my time with for now. Let's do it!" Lily said bouncing up and down with excitement. Molly laughed and they both Apparated to St. Mungo's, picked up an application, and headed back to Diagon Alley and found a table at the newly re-opened Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour.

"This feels right. I'll worry less about Harry this way knowing that if he's hurt, I can take care of him." Lily stopped and thought for a moment, then spoke again. "But I think I want to keep it all a secret for now until I actually get accepted into the program, alright Molly?" she said. Molly nodded as her mouth was full of Double Choco-Fudge with nuts and sprinkles. Lily laughed.

Soon enough she had filled out the extensive five page application and had it stowed away safely in her handbag and they realized it was just about noon.

"Harry told her to meet her at noon in front of Twilfit and Tattings for some reason, why don't we head over there now, so we don't miss them," Molly said. They arrived just as Ginny did and the three laughed and chatted until Harry showed up, breathless, five minutes later.

"Mum, Molly, what are you two doing here?" he asked once he could breathe and speak at the same time again.

"We were just walking around Diagon Alley and Molly remembered that you two were going to meet up and shop for baby things, so we thought maybe you wouldn't mind a couple of mums tagging along to help out," Lily said.

"Yeah sure, that's no problem. I don't know what some of these things are anyway and you both have done this before so you could probably help out a lot," Harry said.

"Why were you so out of breath just now?" asked Ginny. She was slightly upset it wasn't just her and Harry shopping, but knew Harry would never turn away his mum or hers for that matter, so she accepted the extra company.

"I had to stop at Gringotts and get some money. Merlin, those Goblins are still angry with me for May first. Doesn't matter we got them a brand new baby dragon fresh from the reserve, they still hate me," Harry said with a laugh and a shake of his head.

"Well you did break into a high security vault and stole a dragon from them," Ginny said with a roll of her eyes and a tinkling laugh.

"You broke into Gringotts?" Lily asked weakly.

"Oops," Ginny muttered. Harry chuckled.

"It's okay," he muttered to her quietly. Turning to his mother he replied, "Yeah, that was only a couple months ago though. I swear it was strictly to end the war, not get rich fast or anything. And the dragon was half blind and really old anyway, so really, the Goblins got the better deal out of it all, they're just really good at holding a grudge. I'll explain it all soon enough, I promise," he assured her.

Lily nodded and muttered something that sounded vaguely like, "He's still alive." Harry fought off a chuckle and grabbed his mum's hand and gave it a squeeze. She smiled at him and squeezed back just as they came to the store Magic Mama's Baby Haven. Harry pulled out his list.

"Okay, I have to get back to the Ministry in forty-five minutes, but I want to try and get a full nursery out of this trip. You ladies ready to spend a lot of my money?" he flashed a grin at them and they all smiled back.

"Harry, Harry, Harry, do you even have to ask if three women are ready to spend a lot of money? Not to mention money that's not even ours? Of course we're ready, let's go girls…and guy," Ginny added.

The four walked into the store and immediately all three women were cooing and awing over stuffed piglets with wings, tiny little cots, Krup and Kneazle mobiles, and any number of pastel things. Harry rolled his eyes and smiled as he found a sales lady.

"Hello, I need several items and I have no idea if these ladies are going to be any help today for me. Could you point me in the right direction?" he asked. The sales lady's eyes went wide when she saw who was asking her questions.

"You're—"

"Harry Potter, yes. Can you help me? My godson is spending the weekend and I've got nothing at home for him, and I only have…forty minutes to finish this list before I must return to work," he handed her the list and she nodded dumbly before handing it back.

"Could I have your autograph?" she asked. Harry held back a groan and felt it took a tremendous effort to not roll his eyes, as he nodded his head yes.

"Yeah sure what's your name?" he asked.

"Martha Boer," she replied. Her eyes were still wide and her mouth slightly open in an O of awe.

"Here you are Martha," he said as he handed a scrap of paper back to her. "It looks like my girls have gathered their senses again, so I think they will be able to help me after all. Sorry to inconvenience you," he finished as he turned and walked back to Ginny, Molly, and his mum. They saw his frown and all guiltily started helping him. In ten minutes they were finished with the simple things and were working on getting matching furniture for the new nursery.

"Oh, look at this one; it has flying Hippogriffs moving all over!"

"This one is Quidditch themed Harry! Look, a Balls of Quidditch Mobile for the cot!"

"Oh, this is just darling! Look at the little Unicorns and Pegasus all flying around these sheets!"

Harry groaned.

"Which one do you like, Harry? This one has a blonde wood, that looks good with this colour, but the dark cherry wood looks more distinguished and has an overall better look."

"Oh, look, this set is painted with a special paint that changes colour every hour!"

"Oh that wouldn't work very well, what if it changes and the colours clash with the walls?"

"Oh, good point."

"Wait! It says that there's a charm where you can choose the colours it rotates!"

Harry reached up and put his wand to his temple and mimed a gruesome gesture and Ginny reached over and slapped the back of his head.

"What? This is so boring! Why can't we just pick one? He's only going to use this furniture like once a month maybe. And he's a baby, he doesn't care. That one looks just fine," he said pointing at a random piece of furniture.

"Harry that will never work for Teddy!" Lily said,

"Why not?" he asked,

"Maybe because it's got little Kneazle kittens with pink bows around their necks all over it?" said Ginny with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh. Well the Quidditch one works great! Let's get that one," he said pointing to the mini snitch flying in a circle around the head of the cot.

"Okay, do you want a blonde wood, or a dark wood?" asked Molly.

"ARGH!" Harry groaned as his head fell backwards and knocked into a giant, purple, wooden panda lamp. "OW!" he yelped. The women rolled their eyes and shook their heads.

"I think if we do the Quidditch theme, since it's a lighter blue, we should go with dark wood," said Molly.

"Good! Thank you, Molly," Harry said while rubbing his head.

"Okay, now which team do you want?" asked the new sales lady who was timidly writing down the order form on the sidelines.

"Team? I have to choose a Team?" Harry moaned. Ginny giggled.

"Go with Puddlemere United, it's Oliver Wood's team, and this way you can say it's to support him," she said calmly. Harry sighed in relief.

"What is it with men and having to make furniture decisions?" Lily muttered to Molly who chuckled lightly shaking her head.

"No idea," she said back.

"Okay now all I need to know is which pieces you want. The set includes a cot, a dresser, a changing table and a rocking chair. We can give you a ten percent discount if you get the whole matching set, what do you say?" the sales lady named Teresa smiled.

"Yeah the whole set is fine, all matching and so on. Are we done now?" Harry asked hopefully. Teresa smiled and nodded.

"You aren't the first overwhelmed guy we've had in the store. Why don't you come with me and we can ring all this up for you," she said. Harry heaved a sigh of relief and followed her to the front desk. Molly, Lily and Ginny all looked a tad put out but followed along as well. Ginny picked a few toys along the way and bounced ahead.

"Harry isn't this adorable? I think little Teddy would love it, don't you?" she asked. Harry smiled and said, "Yes, I'm sure he will. Do you want to get that for him too?" he asked. She nodded and they both missed the knowing look on Teresa's face as she rang them up.

"That'll be two hundred Galleons, eight Sickles and two Knuts," she said. Harry, Ginny, and Molly's mouths dropped, and even Lily, who when Harry was born had the Potter family bank vault behind her, was shocked.

"That is absolutely ridiculous! Two hundred Galleons for four small pieces of furniture?" cried Molly.

"Actually, the furniture is only one hundred and twenty Galleons. It's the other items that add up the extra eighty Galleons. Have you changed your mind about the furniture?" she asked.

"No!" Harry practically shouted. "We'll take the furniture. It was just a surprise that it cost so much," Harry said as he dug for his money bag. "I'm just glad I went to Gringotts first," he muttered. He handed over the money and sighed. It looked like he was going without lunch for the day. Ginny frowned but remained silent as she accepted the bags of shrunken baby supplies.

"Crap," Harry muttered as he looked at the time. "If I don't go now, I'm going to be late. Mum, can you get all this back to the house by yourself?" he asked.

"I'll be fine dear; I have Molly here to help if I need it. In fact we might just head back and start decorating," she finished with excitement. Molly perked up at the sound of decorating and the amount of money Harry had just spent flew from her thoughts.

"Good. Ginny I'll walk with you back to the shop and leave from there. Bye mum, Molly," he said as he gave them each a peck on the cheek. Ginny said her goodbyes as well and took Harry's hand as they ran down the Alley.

"Thanks for coming with me today, Gin," he said when they arrived. He gave her a loving kiss that lasted longer than he intended and gave her a smile before popping out of sight. She shook her head and with a grin slid back into the shop ten minutes late.

The rest of the afternoon Harry trained, Ginny and George worked, and Lily and Molly decorated a room near Harry's as a nursery. When Harry left the Ministry he decided to go back to his house and relax. The last week had been extremely hectic for him.

When he arrived he found his mum and Molly in the room next to his that had once been the twins' room, and he was surprised at how different a coat of paint and a change in carpeting could do to the room.

"Wow," he said in awe. There were Quidditch player decals flying all over, goal post decals on opposite sides of the room that the players were using to score with, and clouds and a sun painted on the pale blue ceiling all of which were also slowly moving across the 'sky'. The walls were painted half blue and half green like a tree line with open sky above it and the floor was covered in a grass green carpet. The new furniture was set up around the room arranged with the cot in the corner, the chair near the cot and the dresser and changing table across the room near the window.

Molly and Lily saw Harry's reaction and smiled giving each other pleased looks. Harry suddenly ran out of his room and down the hallway. The two women looked confused until he showed up again with a painting in his hands. They couldn't see the painting but Harry's smile made their own return.

"For a second there we were worried you'd be disappointed that we went ahead and finished the room for you. I hope you don't mind. If you have a better idea it wouldn't be too hard to redo," said Lily.

"It's perfect mum! Thank you both! I was so exhausted after training today I was worried Teddy would have to sleep in my room for the night until I could get this all ready." Harry was turning and looked at the walls slowly until finally he stopped while staring at a place above the cot. The perfect place for a painting, he thought to himself. He placed a sticking charm on the back of the frame and Molly and Lily watched as Harry looked at the picture with a sad smile and stuck it to the wall above the cot. Molly gasped.

"Remus, Tonks, this is going to be your son's room," Harry said the painting.

"Oh Harry! It's amazing!" said Tonks as she gazed about the room from her square frame. Lily's eyes were watering as she stared at her old friends face.

"Remus?" she asked as she stepped forward. Remus stopped looking about and turned toward the voice he hadn't heard in so long.

"Lily?" he asked in surprise. "Harry told me that you, James, and Sirius had returned I just…It wasn't real until now!" he said in a jovial tone. Lily was tearing up.

"How…when?" she muttered.

"Well, as we told Harry, a few days before the final battle Dora and I talked about it and we decided that we wanted a way for us to talk to the other if one of us happened to not survive the war. So we each stored the proper ingredients, some hair and a couple drops of our blood in a vial, and stored them at Dora's mum's house with a detailed plan on what should happen if one of us, or both of us, should die. Three days later…" Remus finished with a shrug.

"We remember everything up until the day we made the vial of our essence, and Harry has filled us in on what's happened since then. We haven't seen Teddy yet, since Harry hasn't told mum that the portraits were finished. There was enough of our essence to make three portraits of us. One will go to mum, Harry has this one, and then there's one for Teddy for when he grows up a bit," Tonks said with a sad smile. "We hate that we can't be there to raise our son, but between my mum and Harry, he'll have a good life."

"Of course he will dear, Harry will be the best godfather in the world," Molly said to Tonks who had started crying softly.

"The first thing I saw when I woke up was Harry changing a nappy and blowing raspberries on his little tummy," Lily chuckled sadly. "I almost had a heart attack when I thought my son had grown up and started his own family and made me a grand mum already."

"Harry told us about all that. It was quite a surprise to find out Albus had left Sirius and I out of the loop and everything that happened could have been avoided," Remus said bitterly. He then smiled unexpectedly and said, "Although Harry has said that he'll be bringing me to visit my old mentor some day, frame to frame." The wicked grin Remus had on his face made Lily shudder internally but she smiled. She wasn't one hundred percent sure what had happened to Remus after she and James had 'died' but they knew what happened to Sirius and if anyone deserved a chat with Albus is was definitely Remus Lupin.

"Mum, don't tell dad and Sirius yet about Remus and Tonks, I want to surprise them later," Harry said. She nodded and the three of them left the nursery to go start dinner. Harry invited Molly to bring Arthur with her that night as they were going to go over his fourth year and he assumed Arthur might be interested since he hadn't been able to see any of the tasks. Molly mentioned Fleur wishing to see them also, so he extended the invitation to her and Bill as well.

After Molly Flooed home, Lily and Harry got to work on making dinner with Kreacher while they waited for James and Sirius to return from Godric's Hollow. The two had been transporting boxes and furniture all day with Kreacher but they had sent the elf along to let Lily know when they'd be home. Lily and Harry talked about their favourite meals and what they knew how to make while they puttered about the kitchen.

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