"You are s-" James paused in mid-insult. "Did you just call me a son-of-a-milkshake?"
Lily nodded, shaking with her own suppressed laughter.
James looked ready to fall out of his chair, then his shoulders started shaking. "Lily, no wonder I married you!"
"You did make a rather fabulous decision, but that's only my expert opinion." Lily laughed, a light and musical sound to those who loved her. "One of your better ones, in fact." She laughed again, not able to restrain herself as she looked around the table. "Is everybody finished?"
"Uh no." "Not yet" "In a minute" "Can I have some more pie?" "Give me those mashed potatoes" "They mean they'll still eating" "Shut up, Burian!" "Too much information, Ron!" "MUM! Make him stop" "Hand me those green beans." "I'm almost finished"
"I didn't think so."
"Who wants to eat when they could watch you two hack each other off?" Sirius questioned, grinned through a mouthful of sweet potatoes.
James made a rather rude comment that caused Chessa to cover Ryan's ears and glare. "Er, my bad, sorry. I couldn't help it-"
"And I'm sure it just slipped out." Lily interrupted, and James rolled his eyes.
"Can we just eat like a normal family? And Lily, no more smart comments."
"Yes sir!" Lily snapped military style, minus the salute, resulting in a rather sarcastic response.
"So, Lillerz, what is the obvious reason James can't do anything to awful to you?" Sirius asked, making an attempt at a semi-normal conversation.
"Lily is my name. Not Lillerz. Not Lil. Not Lilykins. Not Lilac, yes, I saw you get ready to say that. Not Tiger-Lily."
"What about Foxy? How is it James can call you Foxy, but I can't call you Lillerz? That is just WRONG!"
"Why would you let ANYBODY call you Foxy? That is so degrading!" Hermione exclaimed, her eyes wide.
"They same reason I let him call me Moony." Remus explained, seeing James and Lily poking each other with forks.
"Lily's a werefox!" James exlaimed gleefully, then yelped at a particularly hurtful jab of the fork.
Butterbeer flew out of Sirius's nose. "That was a good one, too bad I didn't think of it."
"That would require the brain cells you never had." Remus said dryly.
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