"That's fine by me. But I think I'll stay here a little longer. Goodnight, Harry." James smiled up at Harry.

"Goodnight, Jacob." Harry smiled back as he walked back to his dormitory.

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Day 1, 25/12/1998

Harry woke up early the following day. Not that he ever woke up late with the nightmares.

After the war, Harry distanced himself from everyone. Nobody except Andromeda knew where he was. They asked her about his whereabouts but she never gave them a single information. She respected his decision about it. She knew he needed to get away from everything. But that didn't mean she didn't force him to eat. When Harry came back to Hogwarts looking like death, everyone was worried. He had bags under his emerald green eyes and he didn't have a healthy weight. Everyone who looked carefully could've seen his ribs poking out. Even after coming back to Hogwarts, he made sure there was a distance between himself and his friends.

When Ron first saw his best friend after 3 months, he had to blink back his tears. It had been 3 months. 3. He had already lost a brother. He wasn't going to lose another. He had missed him dearly. The only time he had missed Harry that much was when he was throwing a fit about the Triwizard Tournament. He could remember promising himself after making up with Harry that he wasn't going to let anything or anyone get between himself and Harry again. The way he missed his best friend was nothing like he had ever before. So when he left him again while hunting for Horcruxes, he knew he could never forgive himself again. He was really glad that Harry was a forgiving person. The first thing he did when he saw Harry was to squeeze the life out of him by hugging him. Hermione had to pull him back from him.

Hermione was just like Ron. Harry was her best friend and brother. He was there for her when no one else was. He never insulted her knowledge and never called her a know-it-all. Hermione knew a lot of people called her names behind her back. Even if they weren't insults, it still hurt her. But Harry always had her back, front and side. She just wished that she could do the same for him. But she knew better. Harry has always been a closed person. He never liked sharing his feelings. She didn't blamed him for it. After a childhood like his, she didn't expect any less. Harry didn't like other people touching him too, but never once complained when Hermione hugged him or kissed his cheek. So when Hermione saw him for the first time after 3 months, she didn't scold him. She simply hugged him as tears poured down her face. She had to hold back more tears when Harry wiped her tears and attempted to comfort her.

Neville tried reaching out for him too. He felt like he owed Harry. Not that it was the only reason he tried to contact him. Harry was his friend. Perhaps Harry didn't consider Neville as close as Ron and Hermione, but for Neville, Harry was one of his best friends. He felt worried about Harry. After a month, he decided to give up on trying to contact him and listened to Luna's advice. "He will come when he will heal." She had said. "Time and patience are the most valuable gifts we can give him at the moment. That's the least we can do."

Everyone was worried when Harry continued distancing himself from everyone. Even the staff began to notice. They didn't understand. Why was Harry distancing himself? They understood that he needed time to heal. But why come back to Hogwarts if not properly healed? At the time, Harry was like a ticking bomb. The way his body tensed everytime someone tried to talk to him was worrying.

So when Draco Malfoy found Harry at the Astronomy Tower, sitting on the floor and leaning against a wall, Harry exploded. Draco was trying to find Harry to apologize. He had searched the whole school, so his hopes were high when he was on his was to the Astronomy Tower. At the same time, he didn't want to face Harry. He wasn't put in Gryffindor for a reason. When Draco sat down next to Harry, apologized for everything and told him about his side of the story, Harry knew he was close to exploding. He quickly forgave him and when he apologized and told his own side of the story, he exploded. He felt so ashamed as he cried in front of his new friend. He was waiting for Draco to laugh at him. But when Draco pulled Harry close and let him cry onto his chest, he was shocked, but let the tears come.

After crying like that, Harry had changed. Yes, he was still grieving but he was smiling a lot more and eating again. When Hermione and Ron asked him what had changed, his answer was 'Draco Malfoy'. Knowing that it was Malfoy that made Harry feel better was shocking but anyone who helped Harry was someone Ron and Hermione wanted to be around. So they offered him a truce. Not a friendship. Maybe in 20 years.

Harry got up from his bed and stretched, noticing everybody else was still sleeping. He made his way to the bathroom and took a shower before dressing and picking Teddy up from his bed. He walked down to breakfast with an almost sleeping Teddy as the others woke up.

Lily woke up first in her husband's arms. She quickly untangled herself from James to wake him up. He propped herself on her right elbow as she played with his hair with the other, making James lean into her touch. She kissed his forehead as he opened his eyes. He smiled up at her which she returned.

"'Morning, James." She planted a kiss on his cheek.

"Morning, love." James hugged her back to him. "Are the others awake? I have so much to tell."

"I don't think so. But we can wake them up." Lily said with a mischievous smile.

James beamed at her. "That's my wife."

They untangled themselves from each other as they planned on how to wake the others.

Remus was dreaming about kissing a certain person when he was woken up by the feeling of cold water on his face, making his growing erection leave his body almost immediately. Almost.

He immediately gasped as he glared at the snickering married couple. He rolled his eyes. Wankers.

"Ha, ha, very funny. Now tell me. What did you plan for Sirius? I want to help."

Both Lily and James wore identical smirks as they told Remus about their plan.

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Sirius was snoring happily and peacefully when something solid nudged him. He frowned and swatted it away with his hand as he muttered something about his beauty sleep being interrupted under his breath.

That solid thing nudged him again and Sirius sat up angrily, only to become face to face with a stag.

He screamed in a high pitched voice as he fell of the couch backwards. On top of something. Something that was not the floor. He screamed again as he got onto his feet and ran with his hands up in the air, still screaming. It was only he stopped when he heard 3 people howling with laughter.

If looks could kill, they would have been dead.

He opened his mouth to yell but before he could, James talked, suddenly serious. "Before we go to breakfast, there is something we need to talk about."

Sirius walked were they were standing, still slightly angry and they all gave James confused looks before giving their full attention.

James sighed. "Last night, I couldn't sleep so I sat down in front of the fireplace. Harry came in after a while and we talked."

Sirius snorted. "That's it? You talked? I know it's a surprise that someone shagged you enough to have a son but no need to brag."

They all narrowed their eyes at him before Remus sighed and rolled his. "I'm sure that's not it. Don't get jealous about James having a cub. Green doesn't suit you."

Lily and James snickered as Sirius gasped dramatically before narrowing his eyes. "How dare you?!" He was about to rant before Lily cleared her throat, mentioning James to continue.

James grinned and kissed her forehead, ignoring the way Sirius rolled his eyes and gagged.

"When he first came and sat next to me, I was hesitant to ask questions just as he was about to answer them. But I think I learned some quite useful information."

Now, that caught Sirius' attention. "Apparently, I'm his father and Lily is his mother. We died when he was a year old because of Voldemort. He came after Harry because there was a prophecy. His godfather is Sirius. He lived with his relatives until last year. That's all I know about Harry." He explained.

They all stared silent before all the questions came at once.

"I'm the godfather?!"

"We- we died ?"

"Are you talking about Petunia and Vermin?"

"What prophecy?"

"Stop asking questions!" James yelled, making them shut up. "I said what I said. That's all I know about Harry."

Another silence. They were really making James uncomfortable.

"Uh, James?" Remus suddenly piped in.

"Hm?"

"Did you ask him about my s- son?" He asked, voice trembling.

James' eyes softened as he looked at Remus' once amber ones. "I did." He said quietly.

"What do you know about him?" Lily asked.

"Well, he is Remus' son. Obviously. His mother is Nymphadora Tonks. Yes, Sirius, your cousin Nymphadora. Honestly, how many Nymphadoras do you know? Anyways, both Remus and Nymphadora died during the war. He's staying with Andromeda until the end of Hogwarts. And like Harry said, he is the godfather of Teddy."

After another long silence, Remus wiped his tears and gave James a small smile. "Thank you for asking about him." He whispered.

James smiled back but before he could answer him, Sirius yelled. "You married my 5 years old cousin?!"