"It's fine, I've known them since I was eleven. I'm used to them. Sirius will always love James, it's cute in an annoying way." With a playful smile, he gave a thumbs up back and then shook his head, rolling his eyes as he chose to focus on his darling little nephew. Yes, nephew. Harry belonged to them. Like family.

As James hurried off to show Sirius his magazine collection, stepping over several baby toys to get there, Remus looked at Lily with a small, unsure smile.

He hated getting into these talks. "I'm really fine, we both are. I know everyone is worried but I don't care what job I take. As long as I have some money for us two and my friends around, it can't go too badly, can it?" He had Sirius, his best mates and little Harry - he felt he was luckier than he should be, honestly.

"Besides, Sirius would be an incredible stripper but I think he'd get bored of it eventually." Short attention span and all. "He's thinking of forming a rock band."