Threads of Family

"You just smiling at me is all I ever need" Harry took her hands in his own "and as for why, it's because you nearly killed yourself for me" Lily blinked "when dad told you to go upstairs, he fought Voldemort for the both of us. When Voldemort told you to step aside, you didn't do it, you offered your own life instead, you in my eyes are nothing less than a hero. My hero, and you will never be anything less in my eyes."

"Harry!" Lily cried "I don't deserve a son like you!"

"You deserve better" Harry said and Lily looked at him like he was crazy "I'm not perfect mum, believe it or not. I've done some bad things in my life, things I'm not proud of"

"What things?" Lily asked, curiosity creeping into her voice

"Nothing I want to admit" Harry's eyes went teary "I'm…I'm afraid mum. I'm scared…I'm terrified, I dread to think what would happen if you found out. I'm worried…I'm worried you'll find out and not love me anymore"

"No, baby" Lily took her hands out of his and grabbed his shoulders "I will always love you, always! No matter what!"

"I know that, bloody hell you nearly died to save me" Harry lowered his head "you deserve better than me"

"No baby" Lily raised Harry's chin with one hand "you are my son. My perfect, sweet, kind, caring and loving son and I am proud of you and I wouldn't swap you with anyone. I love you, you are my life and I would gladly jump in front of Voldemort again if it meant that you were safe"

"I…I believe you mum" Harry replied, holding back the tears that threatened to escape from his eyes "I love you too, and I know you won't like me saying this…but I would gladly give my life if it meant keeping you happy."

"Sweetheart, you never have to do that"

"Mum, I'm not like other kids. I know the true values of a mother, a father, a family. I will do whatever it takes to keep you all safe and happy"

"Oh, Harry!" Lily pulled him into a hug, Harry hugged her back. Neither willing to let the other go, they didn't know how long they stayed like that, seconds, minutes or maybe even an hour. But it was enough for Lily to start feeling sleepy.

Harry gently removed one hand from her back and placed that hand under her legs and picked her up. He carried her out of the kitchen.

"Harry" Lily whispered

"Shush" Harry whispered back as he carried her up the stairs "go to sleep mum, we'll talk tomorrow. Promise" Harry carried her into her room, his dad was already asleep in his bed. He gently placed her on the bed and then put the covers over her.

"Harry" Lily grabbed his hand "I love you, I love you"

"I know mum" Harry kissed her on the forehead "I love you too" He slowly removed his hand from hers "I love you too" He whispered as he left the room.

He stood in the hallway, he looked to his right and saw a window at the end. He removed his wand and fired a spell to open the window, he put his wand back in his holster and ran. He ran and jumped out the window, he jumped far enough to reach the tall grey lamppost in front of the house. He grabbed it and slid down to the floor, he walked away, into the night.

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The next morning, Lily woke up and went downstairs. She was feeling so much better after her talk with Harry, Merlin she loved that boy. If he was this great without her then she wondered what he could've been like with her. She really wanted to talk to him about his life before she woke up, but decided against that, she'd wait for Harry to get more comfortable and talk to him when he's ready.

She went downstairs when she found Remus's head in the fireplace, talking to someone on the floo network. Harry was currently engaged in a game of chess with Sirius while James was next to them, cheering them on while Rose was sitting behind Harry.

"Come on Padfoot!" James said encouragingly "You got this!"

"Damn right Prongs!" Padfoot nodded as he moved his knight "Ha! Take that Prongslet! You may have won all of our other games but this time you have met your match! Me! Kneel before the glory of Padfoot! If you give up now you will not be harmed! This I swear! Kneel and surrender to the genius that is Sirius 'Padfoot' Black!"

"Checkmate" Harry said in a bored tone after he moved his queen, a second later Sirius had flipped the board and began stalking away.

"You're son's as smart as you!" Sirius said to Lily "And I hate you both for that fact!" He dramatically walked away

"I love you too Sirius" Lily called out

"Sirius! Get your arse back in here! I ain't picking that shit up" Harry gestured to the chess pieces on the floor

"Why not?!" Sirius's voice called from the hallway

"Because you tossed it you colossal prat!" Harry called back, Sirius walked back in.

"Brat" He said

"Fat" Harry replied

"Little git"

"Bigger git"

"Scamp"

"Twat"

"Jerk"

"Infantile pillock"

"Mummy's boy"

"Prong's bitch"

"Ooh, he got you there" Lily laughed

"What? Is this national 'pick on Padfoot day'?" Sirius demanded

"No, that's tomorrow" James replied "now pick up the pieces bitch"

"You Potters are going to be the death of me" Sirius sighed as he began picking the pieces up

"Oh please" Harry scoffed "you'll outlive us all just out of spite"

"True" Sirius said as he put all the pieces back on

"Alright, who wants to face me next?" Harry asked "Rose?"

"Uh…okay Harry" She whispered and took the seat opposite him and the game began, once they started Remus walked through the fireplace to somewhere while Lily had the elves start making breakfast.

A few minutes later everyone watched as Rose had just barley beaten Harry.

"She won?!" Sirius blurted out in shock

"Yes she has!" James clapped "She beat him!"

"Ignore those prats" Lily said to Rose "well done dear, that was a good match"

"T…thank you" Rose whispered back

"You're welcome sweetie" Lily slowly came closer to Rose and gently placed a kiss on the girls forehead, Rose blushed and looked down.

"Hey Rose" Harry said, causing the girl to look slightly up "you're as brilliant as always"

"Thank you Harry" Rose mumbled

"Remus" Lily said when Remus came back in "where did you go?"

"I had a little talk with Dumbledore" Remus answered

"What did the asshole want?" Harry asked

"Harry" Lily said

"Fine, what did the stupid fucking idiotic old asshole want?" Harry amended

"He takes after his mother" James told Rose proudly

"Apparently the Weasley family home was damaged last night" Remus answered Harry "and they requested permission to come here"

"Does this mean that they're bringing Adrian?" Lily asked hopefully

"Yes" Remus nodded, he smiled as Lily's face brightened "Adrian is coming here"

"Yay!" Sirius and James cheered

"Harry, can I talk to you for a moment?" Lily said to Harry

"Sure thing mum" Harry got up and followed her out into the hallway where Lily put up some privacy charms

"Did you have anything to do with this?" Lily asked

"I don't know what you mean" Harry said with an emotionless face

"Harry, yesterday I'm missing Adrian then he ends up coming over the next day" Lily looked at him and a small smile made its way on his face

"Well, it's not like anyone could prove anything" Harry shrugged

"You did that for me?" Lily asked with disbelief

"Yes" Harry nodded "it made you happy and I'd gladly do it again if that's what you wanted"

"Oh, Harry" She pulled him into a hug which he returned, after a minute or so she let go of him and looked him in the eye "am I happy that you've performed vandalism? The answer is no, but you got me my son back and you did it with good intentions, so I'm going to let it go this one time. One time! Understood?"

"Crystal" Harry nodded.

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