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Tweak says, "Love me some pie!"

Harry Potter (ab_harry) wrote in hogwarts_dawn,
@ 2021-06-09 17:31:00

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character: harry potter, character: james potter, character: lily evans potter

RP: Dinner with the parents
Who: Harry, James and Lily
When: evening, 9th June
Where: Harry's room
What: They have dinner and possibly news is shared

They had decided to have dinner in his room. The food was all the same, because of the house-elves, but they would have privacy that the common room couldn't afford, although from what he could see Remus spent plenty of time with Regulus, leaving only Sirius to interrupt. Still, they'd eat here, and Draco knew as well and mentioned that he'd have dinner with Scorpius instead.

When his parents arrived, Harry opened the door, grinning. "Come on in." He let them in before closing the door. "The house-elves will serve dinner soon, but do you want something to drink while we wait? I have firewhiskey and some wine." He kept that for Draco since he was terrible with whiskey. "And feel free to get comfortable," he said, while he went to the cupboard where he kept his bottles. "So what will it be?"

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ab_harry
2021-06-10 02:36 pm UTC (link)

Harry laughed. "I guess I'll have to keep an eye out at Christmas. Even with no Three Broomstick, we do have plenty of alcohol here." Still, a part of him wished that he could have seen them doing mundane stuff like going to the pub. He had missed so much, but now he got a second chance.

"Glad you like it. Draco has a much better palate than I do, but he seems to like it. It's nice to see that he's not humouring me." Harry would never know otherwise, but he didn't think that his mother would lie.

Harry chuckled. "I think Dad's version is a lot more accurate about the situation. We now have teams searching into the Forest while we have a troll stuck in there, eating whatever comes his way. We need to find a home for him and quite soon." He shook his head. "I'm never too busy for you. As for the troll-" He shrugged. "It might be the one Ron and I stopped in first year, but honestly they look alike so I can't be sure."

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_cervus_
2021-06-10 09:40 pm UTC (link)

James accepted the light smack on the arm with an exaggerated look of shock, although his eyes remained bright and amused behind his glasses. Settling back, he stretched out on the sofa, making himself comfortable. If only Filch's office had been like this when they'd been at school... Detentions would have been much more pleasant.

"Whenever it was from, i think it's a good bet that it arrived like we all did. It seems a bit unlikely that it would have got all the way to the seventh floor if he'd just wandered in." James bit back another smile, absently pushing his glasses up his nose. "I don't think subtlety was really his strong point, to be honest."

Of course, that bought with it a whole new host of problems. He and Lily had talked about whether it was safe enough to bring a baby into their situation, and what happened as soon as they found out they had one on the way? They had a troll dropped on their heads. It wasn't exactly reassuring.

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lovingsacrifice
2021-06-11 07:38 pm UTC (link)

Lily reached for her glass to take another sip of the wine, listening to Harry and James conversing. Subconsciously, one hand drifted down to rest on her stomach, a pang of fear welling up. A quick glance at her husband had her questioning if she was being silly, or if he possibly felt the same way.

"Other than the troll, has there been any other reports of noteworthy or odd sightings? I suppose we can count the spiders that have been harassing the mandrakes in the Greenhouse..." Lily let her voice trail off. "Remus said you don't generally see species of that size outside of the Forest."

All things considered, she hadn't even thought about what could have happened if a spider bit her. Other than James most likely overreacting, but then again Lily was certain regardless of what a spider of that size might be capable of, Marlene could cure it.

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ab_harry
2021-06-11 08:47 pm UTC (link)

"I'm pretty sure that he's from the past as well, but we're not discounting any possibility. I'm doing an investigation with the house-elves and portraits, but everything indicates that he just appeared," Harry admitted. "People will need to be careful because we don't know what else could come through. As I told Nott, imagine the things that could have been in this school in the last millenium ,things we don't even know that exist." And it was still not what worried him.

He looked at his mother. "If they are like us, it'll be random and nothing that we can predict. They do seem to come in clusters, though. At least that's what happened with us."

He grinned. "Those spiders have been at Hogwarts before. Just don't tell Ron that they are back." He rubbed the back of his neck. "Nott wasn't completely wrong. Our years were eventful. If that's what the magic is concentrating on, we can expect all sorts of things."

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_cervus_
2021-06-11 09:48 pm UTC (link)

James frowned, leaning forward to grab his drink again, pressing his knee against Lily's as he did so. "Oh well, as long as there's nothing to worry about..."

He took a quick sip of the whiskey, holding the glass between his hands for a moment as he looked across at his wife and son. One of the most frustrating parts, at least for him, was knowing they couldn't do anything about it. Not really. It was the waiting to see what would pop out next. James had done enough sitting and waiting to last him a lifetime.

Shaking his head, he took another sip and then replaced the glass. "Maybe you should think about getting an extra pair of hands in the greenhouses, Lils."

He didn't like the idea of her working on her own, especially now. Double especially if the plave was crawling with killer spiders. Although he also had a pretty good idea about how his suggestion would go down.

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lovingsacrifice
2021-06-12 04:34 pm UTC (link)

Lily sighed, aware that she should pick her battles, lightly resting her hand on James' thigh. "I suppose I could see if someone could be spared for a few hours to help out."

She had been trying to find the best way to bring up their big reason for requesting a private dinner, and seeing how tense her husband was getting made Lily think that just going for it would probably save them all a bunch of time and fussing. Drinking a little more wine, she sat up a little straighter.

"Darling, do you remember the conversation we had recently, after your assembly?" she started, peeking at James to see his reaction before she continued.

"Your father is starting to get a little overprotective of me, because we have some news. And we wanted you to be the first person we told." She grinned enigmatically. "I'll let your father fill in the blanks."

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ab_harry
2021-06-12 04:40 pm UTC (link)

Harry could be incredibly dense at times. He had never met an emotion that he recognized without some prodding from someone, but he was a damn good Auror, after years of piecing information together to come up with a resolution to the problem, whether that problem was Voldemort or Dark wizards at large hardly mattered.

Putting the information together now was even easier. The comment about not really drinking anymore, not wanting her alone to do something that she could do easily, the reference to their discussion. It was all very easy.

Harry grinned. "Congratulations! I mean Dad can still fill the blanks, but I'm sure I know how babies are made so we can skip that discussion. I'm so happy for both of you, but yes, we can move things around again and ensure that you don't overdo it." He was used to screwing up with the schedule on a weekly basis anyway.

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_cervus_
2021-06-13 11:30 am UTC (link)

"I'm not overprotective," James objected. "If anything I'm..." But he trailed off, realising where the conversation was going with a quick glance towards Lily.

For a moment he was worried. He didn't want Harry to think they were replacing him, or anything similarly bonkers. But thankfully the other Potter seemed to have cottoned on pretty quickly and was grinning. James relaxed, his hand finding Lily's where it rested on his leg.

"You sure?" He asked him. "I can't think of a better time for a 'birds and the bees' conversation, myself..." But he gave Harry a wide, bright grin and slung a proud arm around Lily anyway. The smile only faded a fraction at the thought of Lily's work and trolls falling out of the sky - he didn't want to dwell on all that right now. At least, hopefully, he might he able to get Harry on side when it came to his really-quite-appropriate level of protectiveness.

"We'll figure something out," he agreed. "But yeah. Due early next year, we reckon, so it's early days. But like your mum said, we wanted you to know first." James quirked an eyebrow at them both, the boyish grin inching back. "Obviously, it's a slightly bigger age gap than originally planned..."

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lovingsacrifice
2021-06-14 08:22 pm UTC (link)

"Of course not honey," Lily agreed. "It's not like I helped fight a war or anything last time I was pregnant." She gave another eyeroll, more exaggerated this time, clearly amused by James.

On the other hand she wasn't worried at all. She knew Harry would understand, and was secure in his place in their family. If anything might potentially be a bother to Harry, Lily had to assume it would be that she and James might ask him to babysit.

"I'm sure everything will work out fine." She demurred. "Although I'm not sure how your father will survive my current issues with the smell of pumpkin." She refused to let anything dull the happiness she was feeling over finally telling Harry and getting his blessing on his soon-to-be sibling. James could stress himself out over the maybe's and what if's, but Lily didn't think they both needed to.

"Your father and I both agreed that we're going to try and keep it mostly quiet for now," she mentioned. "At the moment, we know, and Marlene knows since she's the one who let me know. I assume the Marauders will know soon enough as well."

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