Settling Renata in didn't seem very challenging enough as she had packed everything she had needed in her trunk, reminding James of his times at Hogwarts when his mother would practically overstuff with all the things she believed he "needed." But while Renata didn't complain about her room, James honestly found himself feeling quite guilty at the set up. Never thinking that he would put the third room to use outside of storage or something along those lines, he had taken the largest room and have given Harry the second largest room of the place. Leaving Renata with the smallest, which he felt was in poor taste since she had agreed to drop her own life to help them.

"Um, I'm so sorry about these arrangements, " he confessed to her that very same evening as she had been unpacking her trunk with the use of her wand, placing her clothes away. He stood in the doorway, wearing a frown that confused Renata because she didn't quite understand why he was apologising to her. He had done nothing wrong, at least, to her knowledge up until that point.

"I do not understand, " she replied, " what are you apologising about exactly, Mr Potter?"

"Well, it's just that your room is the smallest and that's just not right. Tomorrow I can switch you over to Harry's room, or if you'd be more comfortable, you could always switch rooms with me-"

He was cut off by the sound of her laughter and she obviously didn't think it was the appropriate response as she quickly covered her mouth with her hands and just peered up at him for a moment.

"Mr Potter, please, " she began after slowly dropping her hands back down, " you do not have to make such drastic changes. I am more than comfortable in this room. Size isn't an issue, it's just me, why would I need a bigger room? Besides, I am sure that you have situated your room to your liking and Harry has his set up the way he likes, I am more than fine with this layout. Please, don't trouble yourself over miniscule things."

James lifted his hand and rubbed the back of his head, suddenly feeling silly that he had offered it in the first place, even if it had felt like the right thing to do at the time.

"Right, well...goodnight," he said to her rather quickly, with an awkward wave of his head before he retreated to his room.

In passing Harry's room on the way, James stopped and poked his head in to see that Harry was sound asleep, curled up with several of his toys placed all around him. He had fallen asleep shortly after dinner and dessert, cuddling into Renata's side on the sofa after requesting that she read Babbitty Rabbitty again to him.

She had only made it to the third or fourth page before Harry fell into a light snoring.

Knowing that Harry had a tendency to fall asleep early into the evening and wake up early in the morning, James went back to Renata's room, to find her just finishing putting her belongings away. She was collecting her pyjamas to get ready for bed but as she looked towards the door, she jumped and gasped in fright at his sudden appearance.

With her hand resting over her heart, Renata looked slightly annoyed with the fact that he had scared her, even if it wasn't on purpose. It also probably didn't help that it brought James to laugh as much it did when he used to jump around corners of the castle to scare other students and professors.

Yet, Renata kept herself professional as she lowered her hand and straightened herself as if she hadn't been fazed in the slightest.

"Can I help you with something else, Mr Potter?"

"Well, it's just that Harry sometimes gets up in the middle of the night and sometimes he gets up really early in the morning. If you want to sleep in tomorrow, you can always wake me up-"

"I'm sure I'll be fine," she reassured him, a smile returning to her face. "When I was potty training Enzo, I was up almost every hour on the hour to bring him to the garden, I never had a problem with it. And I think the busier we keep Harry during the day, the more prone he will be to sleep through the night. Time will tell, but really, I'll be fine if he wakes me up. You should get some sleep, Mr Potter. Proper sleep."

He nodded his head, feeling as though he had something else to say to her at the time, but not quite sure what there was to say. She was making it quite clear that she was ready for bed and he was just getting in the way of that, no matter how polite her smile was. He wished her a good night again before leaving to his room and this time, he didn't take any detours as he made his way to his bed.

And with the reassurance that Renata would be there for Harry if his son was getting up in the middle of the night, he was actually able to relax.

Of course, there was still the bit of guilt that he passing on the responsibilities of fatherhood onto someone else, but at the same time, he was trying to play it as him splitting up the responsibilities of parenthood, just as he and Lily did when she was alive. So in a way, Renata was just sharing in the responsibilities that Lily normally would have overseen if she was around.

However, before he could think of the nightmare where Lily had accused him of replacing her with Renata, he distracted himself with a book. It wasn't the most entertaining to read up on the old wizarding stock market, but it was exactly what he needed to fall right to sleep. And for the first time in a long time, James was able to get a good night's rest.

Part of James still anticipated waking up early the next morning to Harry climbing into his bed and demanding that he get up so that they could go play. But James didn't wake up early the next morning, in fact, he didn't wake up during the morning hours at all. When he finally lifted his head from his pillow and looked over at the clock that hung on his wall, he could see that it was going on two in the afternoon. Immediately, he jumped out of bed, feeling terrible that he had slept in so late.

He had completely neglected the fact that Renata had moved in the night before as he believed that Harry had been up and running around the home while he just slept the day away. But as he raced outside of his room without so much of a second thought, he didn't hear anything inside the household. Running to Harry's room, he saw that the room was empty and he just entered a state of panic as he believed that Harry had either wandered somewhere or he had been taken.

There was no such thing as rational thought especially as he came back out and saw that kitchen door leading out to the garden was cracked open. With his heart about to burst out of his chest out of pure fear, James raced outside, only to find Renata and Harry crawling through the flower beds.

Several gnomes were running away from the scene as their peaceful afternoon was interrupted by the two playing their game. James couldn't believe that he had forgotten that Renata was there, that he wasn't alone and that Harry wasn't alone. He felt like such a fool at the moment as he stood outside, but if he didn't feel foolish enough, there was an added factor that he neglected.

Harry and Renata had stopped their game as soon as James had made his presence known outside and immediately, Renata had turned quite red in the face and Harry had taken to covering her eyes with his little hands.

James didn't know, he didn't understand what the issue was as he continued to approach where they were.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to burst out like that," he told Renata, " I completely forgot that you were here. I guess I just haven't let it register in my head yet and I-....why are you looking at me ...or rather, why aren't you looking at me?"

"Er..no offence, Mr Potter, but there seems to have been one other thing you've forgotten," Renata squeaked out, " by chance, do you normally sleep in the nude?"

Suddenly, it was like time had stopped and all eyes were on James, except for Renata's, even the gnomes were getting in on the action as they had all come to a sudden halt to observe James in all his glory. Quickly, he peered down to see that during the night, he had obviously grown hot under his sheets and had stripped off his clothing and he was currently standing outside in the gardens, enjoying the breeze.

Harry giggled and pointed at his father, leaving James to turn extremely red and then dart back into the home.

He could have died of embarrassment right then and there, but at least he had made it back to his room where he slammed the door closed and then raced off to find a pair of pants and trousers. What sort of impression was he giving to his son's new nanny by running out into the garden stark naked? If she didn't think he was unstable before, she was more than likely convinced at that point.

With a shameful expression, James got dressed and then made his way back out to where Renata was bringing Harry back inside. The situation had called for a cloud of awkwardness to come over them as Renata didn't greet him as she normally did, instead, she was still red in the face and was avoiding eye contact with him as she was focusing all of her attention on cleaning the dirt off of Harry by hand.

James didn't know what to do, he had apologised for racing out into the garden in a panic, but was a second apology due because he had exposed himself? Oh sweet Merlin, he really hoped that she didn't think that he was a pervert of some sort.

"I'm really sorry," he said, standing still and keeping his distance as she was already feeling quite uncomfortable, he didn't want to make it worse. "I would never do something like that. I wasn't thinking properly because I completely forgot that you were here and I saw the time. I haven't slept in that late since...since I was a boy back in school."

"I can only imagine that you were tired, Mr Potter, " Renata said, " I thought it would be best to actually let you sleep. By the sounds of your snoring, it sounded like you really entered a deep sleep. That's a good thing."

She was definitely doing everything not to look at him, even though she kept her voice steady, but James only picked up on one piece of the conversation.

"I don't snore."

"Oooh, that's a bold statement," Renata laughed, " especially since you couldn't possibly know. You're asleep when it happens."

James looked around the room in confusion, as it was the first time he had ever been told he snored.

"The boys never said anything about it back when we shared a dorm, Sirius never said anything when he stayed at our house, and Lily never said anything."

Renata wasn't trying to stir up any harsh feelings if James was that against the idea that he snored, it was just something she had come to hear when she had woken up that morning. Harry, as James had warned her, woke up very early nearing around six and walked right into her room. He jumped on her bed until she woke up and then the two of them started off the day. He was fed, bathed, dressed, and then they decided to play outside to make sure that James was able to get his rest.

She didn't expect him to sleep in that long either but it was a good sign to her that he was actually able to sleep.

And while she didn't expect to see him naked, it was also a good sign that he came rushing out after waking up, rather than him being stuck in another dissociative state.

"Perhaps it was a rare occassion, Mr Potter, " she said, " I know my brother only snores when he's extremely exhausted after working double shifts. So maybe it was just a sign that you were getting the sleep you needed, that's all."

She continued to rub at a smudge of Harry's cheek until she realised it was a small freckle, knowing very well that she could have had him cleaned within seconds if she just used her wand. However, it was left on the table behind her and James was currently standing behind her. She found herself blushing like mad at the idea of seeing her employer naked, and it was difficult to just face him head on.

"Are you going to look at me any time soon?" James asked quietly. "I really didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable. I understand if you don't want to look at me but...but..."

He sounded like a child that didn't wish to be ignored but Renata couldn't judge him because she was acting quite child-like herself. After all, it wasn't like it was the first naked body she had encountered in her lifetime, they were just body parts, nothing for her to get so worked up over.

"Um, can I be excused, Mr Potter?" she answered his question with a question of her own. "I would very much like to head to the market and pick up a few things. I can take Harry with me or if you're not comfortable with him leaving with me on my own-"

"No, that's fine," he told her, " you can go and you can bring Harry if you'd like. But if you wish to have some time to yourself, you can leave him here, I can watch over him. I'm awake and well-rested, we'll be fine."

She nodded her head and it seemed she was going to go with the second option of leaving Harry behind with him while she went out by herself. It certainly didn't take her long to gather what she needed before she left in a hurry.

"Naked!" Harry laughed as soon as the front door closed over. "Daddy was nakey!"

"Don't rub it in, Harry, please."

"NAKED!"

"HARRY!"

"NAKED! NAKED! NAKED!"

Thankfully after Renata's departure from the home, Sirius showed up to see how the first night had gone, only to walk into the house and hear Harry screaming the word "Naked" while James was chasing him around.

"Eventful afternoon in the Potter household as usual," he said walking into the living room where James and Harry came to a halt and looked over at him, " what's today's drama, gentlemen?"

Before Harry could start screaming again, James took advantage of Harry's stillness and grabbed him, to keep him quiet so that he could give a proper explanation. Of course, Sirius had not expected such a story and seeing that Renata was not around that afternoon, he definitely put two and two together quickly.

"Well, well, well, Mr Stag, showing off why they call you Prongs, are you?" Sirius teased, earning a deadly glare from James.

"It wasn't like that, I told you-"

"Yes, yes, I heard the story, I'm only having a laugh, James, relax. I doubt she's going to hold it against you, she's probably just feeling a bit embarrassed. After all, most people go throughout their lives working a job without ever seeing their boss naked."

"Naked," Harry chimed in, bringing him and Sirius to giggle while James just rolled his eyes and buried his face into his hands.

"Oh, I hate myself. She's never going to come back now unless she comes back to get her trunk."

"Don't get worked up over it, James, it's not a big deal, " Sirius reassured him, " if anything you were just-"

The two were interrupted when they heard a knock at the door.

"See?" Sirius said to him. "That's probably her. She came right back."

Leaving Harry and James in the kitchen, Sirius went to answer the door, possibly give Renata the warning that James was feeling terrible over the ordeal, but as he opened the door, he found that it was not Renata on the other side of the door, but it was a member of the Abate family.

"Sweet Merlin," Sirius muttered under his breath as he opened the door and found Healer from St Mungo's and Renata's older brother, Adelmo Abate standing across from him, " why is everyone in this family so damn attractive?"

"I beg your pardon?" Adelmo said leaning in. "Sorry, I've been dealing with screaming children all day, can't really hear all that well in this ear. Is Renata here or Mr Potter?"

James was summoned by his surname that the Abate family seemed to rely on calling him and he was surprised to see Adelmo, but at the same time, fretful. He assumed that Renata had gone home to her brother and told him about what had happened and now Adelmo was there to kick his arse.

"Mr Abate, I swear I can explain," he said as he approached the door, " I honestly had no intentions of making your sister uncomfortable. I was just in a panic earlier and I wasn't thinking straight, I would never think to expose myself to her-"

"YOU DID WHAT?!"

Sirius quickly backed away from the chiseled statue of a man at the door and moved James in front of him.

"Uh I...didn't Renata tell you, isn't that why you're here?" James whispered. "Oh no..."

"No, " Adelmo growled, " I came here to deliver your draughts that will help you sleep better at night. Now I come here and find out that you've exposed yourself to my little sister?!"

James and Sirius exchanged glances with each other as they watched Adelmo roll up his sleeves and go for his wand.

"Close the door, James, close the door!"