The Christmas Lily
The Christmas Lily
Lily Evans lay asleep in her dorm room on Christmas morning. The grounds outside were covered with newly fallen snow.
"Lily, wake up!" A loud voice came from the door. The door opened and Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and James Potter stepped in.
"Lily Evans, get your but up now!" Sirius yelled yet again. Lily groaned.
"Go away. I'm sleeping!" She pulled the covers over her head and snuggled into the warmth. Sirius transformed into a big, black dog and jumped onto her bed. Lily peeked out and yelled at him.
"Sirius Black, if you do not get off my bed in the five seconds I will personally hex you into the next century!" Sirius jumped off the bed and transformed into a human, rolling around on the floor laughing. Lily sat up and.
"I hate you." She grumbled. She pushed the covers off and pulled on her robe.
"Now, you are going to tell me why in the name of Father Christmas you woke me up at…6:00 on Christmas morning?" Lily growled. James, Remus, and Sirius looked slightly scared.
"Because every year the Maurders open presents together and this year James refused to open presents without his girlfriend." Remus explained. Lily sighed and waked into the Head Common Room.
She plopped down on the couch and the Maurders sat down beside her, except for Sirius, who was digging through the pile of presents. Remus opened his presents next, and James went after (while thanking her for the new Seeker gloves she had given him).
Finally it was Lily's turn to open her presents. From Remus she got a new set of books and Sirius got her candy from Honeydukes (Peter was celebrating Christmas with his mom who was "sick"). At last James handed her his present. It was wrapped in white wrapping paper and had a red ribbon around it. Lily pulled the string unwrapped the paper. She gasped at the oak box that lay in her hands.
"Open it." James said in her ear. Lily tenderly lifted the lid up. A soft music filled the room but Lily paid it no mind. All of her attention was on the white lily that was inside the box. A piece of parchment was attached to the stem, she carefully un-scrolled it.
Will you marry me?
Lily gasped and turned around to face James, who was on one knee on the ground. His hand was outstretched holding a beautiful diamond ring.
"Lily Evans. I love you more then anything. Will you marry me?" James asked. Lily could feel the tears well up in her eyes. She looked straight into the hazel eyes that captured her own.
"James Potter. Yes. Yes I will marry you!" Lily exclaimed. James' face lit up as he swung Lily around the room.
"Lily Evans, you just made me the happiest man on the planet!" he yelled. Lily reached down and kissed him passionately on the lips (he was still holding her). They heard cheering behind them and turned to see Remus and Sirius cheering. Lily smiled.
"You knew about this, didn't you?" she asked. They both nodded.
"Of course, we're the Maurders, we're brothers. We know everything about each other." Lily just smiled again and whispered to James.
"I love you James Potter, and I love my Christmas Lily."