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Chapter Title: The Piercing
Rating: PG
Summary: "A person should realize that the tattoo or piercing is not just being placed on your body; it is becoming a part of you, an extension of yourself." - Daemon Rowanchilde
Beta: No Beta, but if you want to volunteer, I'd be very grateful!

Godric's Hollow

April 23, 1990

"Daddy? Are you busy?" Rose innocently peeked her head into her father's study and watched as James tried to finish up his paperwork.

"It's nothing important princess, did you need something?" Smiling, James waved his daughter to a seat.

"Yeah, I wanted to ask you a question."

"Go ahead."

"Um, do you remember Sirius' girlfriend, from last week?"

Since Sirius averaged one new girlfriend every three to four days James could be forgiven for asking, "Which one?"

"Uh, the one from Tuesday night? With her ears pierced twice and-"

"And the belly button piercing?"

"Um yeah."

"Yes. I remember her. Why?"

"Uhm, well, " Deep breath, "pleasepleasepleasegetonetoo?" Another deep breath, then, "?" She finished with a big smile and a pleading look directed at her father.

"What? Repeat that, slowly." She sighed, put on her most pitiful, innocent, little girl expression, and asked,

"I thought her belly button piercing was really, really neat and can I please, please, please, please get one too? And also could I get a second hole in my ears? Please!"

His face blank, James impassively asked, "Did you talk to your mother about this yet?"

"Yeah, she told me to ask you."

"I see."

"Daddy? So can I? Pleaseeeee!" She gave him her cutest daddy's-little-girl look.

"No." James turned away from her and began to work on his paperwork again.

"But daddy-"

"No. Absolutely not. Over my dead body. Not in a million years." He looked away from his paperwork just long enough to give her an angry look.

"But dadddddy! I really, really want itttt!" When all else fails, whine!

"Rose!" James rarely raised his voice at her but when he did she knew not to argue. "I said NO! That's the end of it. Now stop whining." Pouting, she walked out of the study.

"Well? He said no, right?" Rose turned and glared at a highly amused Sirius.

"Oh stop smirking Mr. I-already-know-everything." Sirius laughed and replied,

"Stop pouting darling! You're only nine right now! You have a whole 8 years to convince him to let you get them."

"Eight years? He said not in a million years!"

"Well, in eight years you're going to graduate and be considered a fully qualified witch; he can't exactly stop you then."

Rose's pout disappeared and she grinned widely, before replying, "Good point!" Smiling, she went back to her room to plan how to convince her dad within the next eight years to let her get the piercings. Or if that didn't work, how to get him to forgive her for getting it done behind his back after she graduated. Smiling, Sirius turned to head back down the stairs, but standing right behind him was a displeased Lily Potter.

"Uh, Lily. How are you?"

"8 years and she won't have to listen to us anymore? Is that what you're teaching my little girl?"

"What? No! I was just trying to distract her...so she wouldn't be sad!" Sirius tried to give Lily his most earnest, truthful look. Judging by her mocking smirk, it didn't work. Shaking her head, bemused, Lily brushed by him and headed for her husband's study,

"Just make sure James doesn't find out you were the one who gave her the idea!" Sirius' eyes went wide as he realized what his best friend would do to him, when he found out who helped Rose realize she could get the piercings without parental approval after turning seventeen.

"Yeah, I'm just…going to go back to work now. Bye!" Lily smirked as Sirius beat a hasty retreat.

A/N: Very short I know - but as always, read and review please!

Posted: 08/05/11