I'M SO SORRY I DIDN'T UPDATE LAST WEEK! Or yesterday for that matter. But in my defense I was at a party all of the previous night and didn't get home until seven yesterday evening. And last weekend it was just because of my extreme laziness that I did not update.

Anyway, I just wanted to thank everyone who reviews/alerted/favorited. They all made me so happy!

Due to the fact that Christmas falls on a Sunday and I won't be able to update this coming Saturday, I thought I would make this chapter a Christmas chapter! Enjoy!

P.S-This one is a lot shorter than the others. I don't know why.

James smiled at the Christmas lights that Sirius had enchanted to blink above the fireplace. He held a small wrapped box in his hands, and was nervously twirling it around while he waited for her to come.

Girls passed him by. Evaline Ellaine, a sixth year he had spent the night before with, eventually took a seat on the couch next to him and smiled at the gift. "Is that for me?" she giggled, inching towards him and looking hopefully into his eyes.

"Oh, Evaline, n-no. Last night was just…just for fun."

She raised an eyebrow, then pushed herself off of the couch and glared at him. "I'll remember this, Potter."

Sirius came over, laughing quietly when he saw Evaline storm away, and then took her seat. He eyes the box sympathetically, then patted his friend on the shoulder. "Please tell me you're going to use that to seduce some innocent girl."

James shook his head. "It's Christmas, Padfoot, I wanted to do something special."

"Yes, but you're going to ruin the whole plan. You've got to let Evans admit that she loves you before you can go around buying her presents."

"Go away."

Sirius took a deep breath, then shook his head and got to his feet. "Alright, if you're going to be stubborn, then I might as well show you now. Come along, mate."

"What are you talking about? I can't leave; I've got to wait for Lily."

"She isn't coming."

"What are you talking about?"

"Get up. I'll show you what I'm talking about."

James reluctantly stood up. "Is she sick? Did something happen?"

"Oh, something happened all right. Something you're not going to be very fond of."

"What's going on?"

"Just come on." Sirius led him away from the couch and up the stairs leading to the boys' dormitories. He pushed open their door and let James walk ahead of him.

Lily was snogging David McLaggen-the fifth boy in their year-on his bed. Her shirt was half unbuttoned and her pants were unzipped, while her hair was a mess and his shirt was off. They didn't seem to notice the two boys standing in the doorway, though, until James dropped the box on the floor and the necklace spilled out.

The pairing leaped apart and stared at the intruders. Lily quickly covered up her exposed chest and gaped at James. "J-James, what are you doing up here? What's that?"

"What are you doing up here, Lily?" James whispered.

"I was just…er…nothing."

James turned his gaze on David, who cringed and looked at him out of the corner of his eye. "Get out of here, McLaggen."

Without any words of protest, David picked up his shirt from the floor and ran down the stairs, leaving James, Sirius and Lily alone.

"James, is that a diamond necklace?" Lily asked quietly, her eyes locked on the jewelry lying in the middle of the floor.

James picked it up and stuffed it inside of his pocket. "It was supposed to be for you. But I can tell that you don't want it. I'll just return it then."

Lily got to her feet, quickly buttoning up her shirt and zipping her pants, then slowly walked over to him. "James, you didn't have to get me a gift. And that…that wasn't what it looked like."

"Then what was it? Because it looked a hell of a lot like you were just snogging that prat McLaggen!"'

She looked at the ground. "I was trying to get back at you."

"Get back at me?"

Her eyes met his again, and she looked a bit angry. "Yes, James, get back at you. Do you know what it's been like for me, having to watch you snog random girls every night? I was just trying to give you a taste of your own medicine."

"Well, thanks, because now I know that it feels like shit." He looked away from her. "I'll see you around, Evans."

She grabbed his hands. "James, no, please, you have to understand-"

He ripped his hands free from her grasp and turned to leave. "Get your stuff together. Unless you'd like me to tell McLaggen to come back up so you two can finish."

"James!"

"I'm sorry, Lily," he replied shakily, pulling the necklace back out of his pocket and thrusting it into her hand. "Here, you deserve it. Merry Christmas."

She watched him walk away with her mouth still open, thinking that it wasn't really that merry of a Christmas.

Awh, sad! Please leave me some feedback, and any ideas that you have for the upcoming chapters will be highly appreciated! Thanks so much!

And I hope you all have a very fun, safe, very Merry Christmas!