Lucky Christmases and Long Gone Animosities.

A/N: Hey y'all! This is my first fanfic. It's a little something about Lily and James getting together. With a little bit of help from Sirius. I absolutely love those three. I'm really excited to share this with all of you as it's my first.
I thank lightningscarpotter for being my beta.
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If I owned HP I wouldn't be writing fanfiction.

Chapter 1 - Snow men, Lucky potions and Interruptions.

He glanced at her for the hundredth time that breakfast. She sat four seats away from him on the opposite side. She looked extraordinarily pretty that day. Some sort of mischievous glint in those green eyes of hers. She looked at him for a brief second and waved, her smile absolutely dazzling. James's heart skipped a beat as he waved back and ran a hand through his hair. It's been seven years and he still couldn't get over how pretty she looked. It was in third year when he really started to notice her. Till then he would just play pranks on her because she was such a stickler for rules and that was a crime according to him. He would sometimes break the rules just to get on her nerves. He loved to infuriate her mainly because she couldn't do anything about it except yell at him. But then she learnt how to hex.

It was in their third year, on the first Hogsmeade trip, that he realized how pretty she actually was.

"Hey look there's Evans," Sirius said, as he sipped his butterbeer and sat at a table at Three Broomsticks with James, Remus and Peter. Lily had just entered the inn with her friends. Her cheeks were flushed due to the cold and all them were laughing at something they had seen at Zonko's. James had been noticing her for quite some time now. Her red hair, slightly messed up due to the wind and the pink tinge on her cheeks made her look prettier than usual.

"Why don't you just leave her alone?" a sensible thirteen year old Remus said.

"Let's offer to buy her a butterbeer and put in an acid pop!" Sirius said, paying no attention to Remus who let out an exasperated sigh. "Wot say, mate?" He clapped James on his back.

"But that would probably burn a hole through her tongue."

"Er...that's the whole point? Also, she won't be able to yell at us."

Remus was slightly annoyed and conveniently didn't point out that she could still use her wand.

"But then the hole in her tongue would get in the way of her….pretty face," James said. Three pairs of eyes looked at him incredulously.

"Pretty face? James, Care to explain?" Remus asked.

"Well, you know… if you examine her face, she's actually pretty." Remus raised his eyebrows and smiled slightly. Sirius' eyebrows shot up into his hairline.

"You should ask her out mate," Sirius said after a couple of minutes.

"Ask her out? What do I say?"

"Ask her to go with you -"

"You really think she'll agree?" Remus asked disbelievingly.

"Why, of course! It's Jamesy. He's the second best looking guy in Hogwarts," Sirius said patting James on the back."The first being me, of course."

So he asked her out or rather demanded her to go out with him. She was shocked but she quickly recovered and flatly refused. Ever since, he'd pester her to go out with him and she would simply hex him.

Something then smacked him on the back of his head and brought him back from his trance.

"Are you listening mate?" Sirius asked, obviously irritated.

"Uh huh," James replied, his voice distant.

"Oh yeah? What did I just say then?"

"You...were talking about Madam Rosmerta ogling you when you went to get this week's supplies," James replied with a triumphant smile.

"Merlin Prongs! That was last night. But yeah, she couldn't keep her eyes off my devilishly handsome face," Sirius said with a smirk.

James rolled his eyes at that. He returned to his potatoes as his thoughts wandered again. He suddenly felt a cold breath on the back of his neck. He freaked out and spun around on his seat to see a snowman standing right behind him. He stared at it, dumbstruck. It suddenly lunged forward and hugged James tightly, pushing him on Peter who was on his left. Everyone was watching now and slowly the whole great hall (especially the Slytherins) erupted in laughter. James couldn't breathe. All he could hear was Lily's loud and clear laugh. The snowman held him for a good sixty seconds before letting go and vanishing with a "Poof!" The sudden disappearance of the snowman made James fall down. His sweater was wet and he was shivering from the cold.

"Padfoot! That. Was. Not. Cool." he said crossly, his teeth chattering as he picked himself up.

"I swear, Prongs. It was not me," Sirius said between laughs. He was on Remus, who was almost on the floor. Remus got a grip on himself, shoved Sirius away (who fell on the floor with a loud thud, clutching his stomach) and cast a heating charm on James, who gave him a look of gratitude.

The laughter in the Hall slowly died down after a couple of minutes.

"I know it was you Padfoot. We all know it was you," James said, still slightly shivering.

"I want to say yes-because that was hilarious-but no. Here, ask Remus. He can vouch for me. We were debating about the Goblin wars. You would have known if you had been listening to me earlier instead of gawking at-"

"Okay! I believe you," James said, panicking slightly. Man, Sirius was really insensitive sometimes. He looked at Lily through his peripherals, hoping she hadn't heard. Sirius, Remus and Peter were sniggering.

"I wonder who did it though," Remus said.

"It could be one of the Slytherins," Peter said.

"Slytherins? This was a harmless prank. They would only go for bloody…ones," Sirius said as he noticed a certain red head grinning evilly at a certain messy haired, hazel eyed, bespectacled best friend of his.

"Or maybe it WAS you, Sirius," James said crossly.

"Don't worry my mate!" Sirius said, ignoring James and clapping him on the back. "We shall find out who set a snowman on you and we shall punish him—or her—greatly!"

"What...you think it was a girl?" Peter asked.

"We must consider all possibilities, Wormy. All possibilities."

Remus rolled his eyes at these imbeciles he called friends. He checked his watch and realized they had only few minutes left before class started. "Can we discuss this later? We've a class that starts in five minutes."

The Gryffindors had double potions first with the Slytherins. Lily and her best friends, Alice Anderson, Mary McDonald and Erica Cole made their way to the dungeons laughing at the "snowman incident" that breakfast. They sat in their usual places at the front. Slowly, the room filled up.

"Good morning class," Professor Slughorn walked in with his big belly jiggling and a smile plastered to his face. "How are you all today? A fine day for potion brewing don't you think?" Lily resisted the urge to roll her eyes at that. Every day was a fine day to brew potions for Slughorn. "So how about a test today?"

The whole class groaned. Nobody liked a test in the very first hour of the day. Except maybe Lily. She was excited.

"All of you," Slughorn continued, ignoring the protests, "will brew Elixir to induce Euphoria. And it has to be a perfect sunshine yellow. The first one to brew the potion correctly shall be rewarded with a little something. A little bit of luck. Felix Felicis," He said, his eyes gleaming and smiling widely.

This was the cause for Lily's excitement. She immediately began to set up her cauldron and collect all the necessary ingredients.

"Psst. Lily!" Mary whispered from behind her about half an hour later.

"What?"

"Sshh! Why are you so loud? Are you trying to get me caught? Anyway, what do I do after adding the shrivelfigg? Should I stir clockwise or add the wormwood?"

"Neither. Add the porcupine quills," Lily said.

"Okay. Thanks! I owe you one."

Lily smirked and waited for a minute and BOOM! Mary's potion exploded and was now splattered all over her. Lily turned around to look at her and joined in the laughter. Mary was covered in green goo and she was scowling at Lily for telling her the wrong ingredient. Slughorn walked over and tutted at the sight. With a wave of his wand, he cleared up the place and asked Mary to stop as he didn't want anymore "explosions".

About three quarters of an hour later, Lily was madly gleaming at her potion. She was almost done. Her potion was now a midnight blue. She just had to add her last ingredient - Castor beans and two clockwise stirs. And lo! A perfect sunshine yellow. She immediately bottled up a small quantity and presented it to Slughorn.

"Ah. Impressive, my dear. Very impressive. Didn't expect any less from you," He beamed at his favorite student. He handed over a small vial. It was a beautiful molten gold. Lily smiled and accepted it gracefully while Mary threw her dirty looks from across the room.

Soon it was dinner time and everyone was stuffing themselves. Lily and her friends were admiring the vial filled with luck.

"It looks amazing," an excited Alice said.

"I don't know what I could use it for though."

"Oh Lily, you're just so good at everything. I don't think you'll ever need it. On the other hand, your best friend-namely me-who just manages to get an A in her tests could definitely do with a bit of luck," Erica said, batting her eyelashes.

"Hey! If anyone should get it, it should be me. I'll forgive you your betrayal if you give me that potion," Mary huffed.

Lily laughed. "Mary, you were trying to cheat!"

"Aw, come on don't be such a goody two shoes," Mary was now pouting.

"I can't help it. That's who I am," Lily replied with a smug smile.

"So when's the next the next 'Attack'?" Erica asked, grinning at Lily.

"Attack?" Sirius interrupted from behind them."Oh Lily flower! If someone plans to attack you, I shall don my cape and come to your rescue! Don't you worry m'lady."

"The only thing we've got to worry about is your endless speeches about how every girl in the castle secretly wants you," Erica said with a smirk. Alice and Mary giggled and Lily was trying very hard not to laugh.

"Aw, don't be like that. Although that IS true, you know," He replied, feigning hurt which quickly turned into a smirk. Erica rolled her eyes. "That is a pretty little vial you've got there Evans."

"What do you want Sirius?" Erica asked with an exasperated sigh while Lily held her vial protectively.

"Jeez can't a guy hang out with his friends without wanting something?" Erica narrowed her eyes at that. "What? You don't trust me? No? Well, can't blame a guy for trying," and with a wink at her, he walked away.

"What was all that about?" Alice asked, shaking her head as Mary piled treacle tarts on hers and Lily's plates. Those two could live on them!

"I don't know. But he's definitely up to something," Erica said, narrowing her eyes and staring after him.

"Or...Sirius is just being Sirius," Lily said looking at Erica with a slight smile. "You exaggerate everything when it comes to him."

"No I don't!"

"Yes you do. Just like Slughorn does when it comes to Lily," Alice said smirking at Lily. Mary nodded in agreement, her mouth full of dessert.

"He doesn't exaggerate about me! He just knows pure brilliance when he sees it," Lily huffed as she bit into a treacle tart.

Soon the topic turned to how much Slughorn adores Lily and they pointlessly argued about it throughout dinner and even on the way back to the Gryffindor tower. But they were interrupted just as they were about to enter through the portrait hole by someone calling out Lily's name. Lily turned around and saw James sprinting towards them.

"Hey Lily," James smiled as he finally caught up. "Ready for patrols?"

"I completely forgot! I'm coming now," she turned to her friends and said, "I'll see you guys later." Her friends nodded and waved her good-bye before disappearing through the portrait hole. Lily joined James as they set off into the fire lit corridor to start their patrols.

A/N: So there ya go! I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it! Whaddya think? Let me know! If I get a good response - I'm praying I will - I shall upload the next chapter immediately! It's ready. So are 4 more chapters. Don't forget to tell me your thoughts so I can do a better job next time and provide you with something better. Please review!
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