I'm A Father

Author: Leli1013

Disclaimer: Don't own Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling does.

I'm A Father

I can't help but watch as my daughter sleeps in her crib, so peacefully, completely unaware of the dangers the world around her holds; sucking contentedly on her pacifier as she holds onto her red and gold blanket, her tiny fingers flexing, in and out. They say that baby's this young can't smile but I swear on everything that I hold dear to me that the moment the nurse placed her in my arms, when she looked up at me with those big brown eyes of hers, she smiled. And at that moment I became eternally hers.

Her eyes gaze up at me; I can see a hint of familiarity in the semi-darkness of the nursery. She turns her head slightly, her eyes resting on the picture of my parents we had placed by her crib. “Those are your grandparents. See, their waving at you.” I whisper and she gurgles in reply. This must be what Dumbledore had said; when he told me that I would come to realize why my parents had sacrificed themselves for me, for all of us, once I was old enough. This minute, helpless creature lying before me is the reason why so many sacrificed themselves to save our world. The future. Our future. It is only now, when I have become a father that I realize the full weight of responsibility my parents had been both burdened and blessed with.

I'm a father.

For my Papi,

Thank you for everything you have given me, from my genes, my love of reading, the roof over my head, the food in my tummy, to the money in my wallet. Thank You!!

Forever your little girl,

Lelia Cecilia