Drabble dare from LilyAndJamesAreForever: "Can kid's first names be swear words? Is that legal?" This made me laugh. And now I have to say Rest in Peace to Mad-Eye, and George's ear :(
We were sitting in the common room on the couch by the fire, Lily on my lap, leaning against me, the rest of the Marauders sprawled on the couch and various armchairs.
Suddenly Lily looked away from the fire and up at me.
"James, if we ever had a kid, what would we name it?"
I felt my eyes widen, and beside us, Sirius snorted, obviously trying not to laugh.
"W-What?" I stammered.
"A kid," Lily repeated, looking up at me as though she thought I was going senile.
"I never thought about it," I said, looking for a way to change the topic.
"Well, I think that Carson is a nice name," Lily said, ignoring my previous comment entirely.
Sirius elbowed me in the side. "Hear that, Prongs? She's got your life planned for you already. Better get out while you can."
Lily scowled. Sirius shrugged.
"You could name the kid Remus," Remus put in, not looking up from his book.
"What if it's a girl?" Lily asked.
"Whoa," I said. "You're making it sound like you're pregnant or something."
Lily shook her head and was about to say something when Sirius cut in.
"Can a kid's first name be a swear word? Is that legal?"
None of us said anything for a long moment, then we all burst out laughing.
"Are you serious, Padfoot?" Peter asked, tears in his eyes from laughing so hard.
"Only you would ever even ask something like that," Remus said, not sounding amused, but a smile on his face none the less.
"It's a legitimate question!" Sirius protested.
"Only in your world, Padfoot," I told him.
"Think we should get his head checked?" Remus asked, glancing at me.
"Damn, you're so mean!" Sirius said loudly.
This only brought on more laughter.
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