A/N: Okay, I feel I have to apologize! I took so damn LONG getting this chapter up, I don't know how you haven't forgotten about it! But, here is my excuse: I had exams.
Pathetic excuse, isn't it?
I'm sorry!! :(
Okay, just before we start, here is the disclaimer:
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters that were in the books, and the characters you do not recognise are based on living people I know, and they pretty much own themselves. Oh, I own the plot (Plot? There's a plot to this?).
Now, just before we start, here is the dedication:
THIS STORY IS DEDICATED TO THE LOVELY PERSON SLINKIMALINKI, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS JEN!
And now, let the story begin!
I loathe you, or is it love?
Chapter Nine - Christmas!
Life was good for Lily. She was doing well in school, thanks to the tutoring, and she had many friends; Remus understood her points of view, Sirius and Lily got on enormously, and James... James and Lily were soul mates. No one could remember when he or she had seen a happier couple. The Gryffindors were the favourites for the house and quidditch cup, and Lily was very contented. Except from the occasional "James Potter fan-club member" trying to beat her up, Lily was very pleased.
One morning, near to Christmas, Lily rose early. She wrote in her diary,
("Life is good, now, diary. I'm really starting to love The Marauders like they are my brothers, apart from James of course!)
and wandered down slowly to the common room. There she found Remus, James Sirius and Peter.
"Hi, guys!" she said brightly.
"LILY!!!" cried Sirius, as if he was seeing Lily for the first time in years, instead of hours. "Lily! How are you?" Sirius hugged her fiercely, and she laughed, and hugged him back. They sat down, and Lily turned to James, who gave her a good morning kiss.
"What are you doing," asked Lily curiously. The boys were huddled round an old piece of parchment, and were examining it carefully.
"Planning our Christmas escapades," said Remus, looking up and smiling at Lily warmly. All of the Marauders except Peter were staying for the Christmas holidays. (A/n: Well, would you have let him stay, huh?)
"I see," replied Lily, nodding. James had shown her the Marauders Map a few weeks ago, when they had just started going out. Lily, although disapproving at first, had soon warmed up to the idea of the Marauders Map.
The boys rolled up the parchment, and all five of them began to talk. Lily and James whispered to each other quietly, and Remus, Sirius and Peter started yet another heated discussion on quidditch, this time on World - Wide teams. Before they knew it, it was breakfast, and the common room had began to fill up. Arabella joined them, and she and Sirius, who were now officially going out, kissed good morning. The group set off for breakfast, which, as usual, was a very noisy affair.
The remainder of the day was very tedious. As it was only a couple of days before the Christmas holidays, everyone was in high spirits, and no one wanted to work. They had Potions last, and the Professor didn't seem to believe in "holidays" or "not working". The class brewed potions in silence, not daring to cross the Professor. One long lesson later, the group emerged, elated. James, so happy that the term was finally over, shouted in ecstasy, and was seen by Professor McGonagall, who gave him detention. This, unfortunately for Professor McGonagall, pleased James even more - he was trying to achieve "The most detentions a Hogwarts student has ever and will ever get" along with Sirius. So far they were doing very well - they had already managed to beat the James, so happy that the term was finally over, shouted in ecstasy, and was seen by Professor McGonagall, who gave him detention. This, unfortunately for Professor McGonagall, pleased James even more - he was trying to achieve "The most detentions a Hogwarts student has ever and will ever get" along with Sirius. So far they were doing very well - they had already managed to beat the school record of 512.
"Lily!" cried a voice, bringing Lily abruptly back to consciousness. "Lily!! Lily, get out of bed now!" The voice, though still loud, sounded distant.
Lily opened her eyes, and sat up, groggily. She rubbed her eyes, trying to get rid of the sleep, and then she remembered. It was Christmas! Shaking her head vigorously, still trying to rid the sleep from her mind, Lily spied a fairly large pile of presents at the bottom of her bed. Grabbing both the dressing gown and the pile of presents, all bleariness gone, she tore down the stairs. There she met James, who was looking impatient.
"Come on, up to my dormitory!" he cried, and before Lily had time even to react he had hoisted her up into his strong arms, and was carrying her into his dormitory.
Lily was dropped onto James' bed, half screaming - half laughing, and she sat up and looked around. Remus was unwrapping a present carefully, while Sirius, being Sirius, was characteristically tearing a piece of wrapping to shreds, surrounded by masses of the stuff. He looked up and grinned at Lily, and exclaimed "Happy Christmas Lily - Pilly!" loud enough for the whole castle to hear.
Lily just grinned right back at him, feeling the happiest she had done in ages. She stared at her pile of presents, and began to unwrap them, in a Sirius fashion.
Remus, Sirius and Peter had all joined together, and got Lily a top broom.
"Oh my god!!" cried Lily, not sounding unlike James' phoney fan club.
She beamed at Remus and Sirius, thanking each of them hundreds of times.
Then, Lily turned to her last present. It was a small box, and Lily immediately knew whom it was from - she had received presents from her family, and all of her friends. Only James was left. She carefully unwrapped it this time, opened the box, and uncovered a minute chain. It was gold, and had a heart locket resting at the bottom of the chain. Cautiously, Lily opened the heart, and saw a tiny photo frame. She looked up, quizzically, at James.
"All you do is keep pictures of whoever you want to talk to in it!" He said, grinning broadly.
"You mean all I have to do is put a picture of you in it and I could be miles away and I could still talk to you?" cried Lily, in amazement.
"Yup!!" exclaimed James, looking proud. Lily jumped off the bed, and hugged Sirius, Remus and James fiercely.
"Thank - you!" she squealed, still holding them very tight. After she had let go, Remus noticed that she had tears in her eyes.
"Lily?" he asked in alarm. "What's the matter? Are you okay?" Lily sniffed and nodded.
"I've just never had so many nice presents!" she said.
James laughed, and hugged her again.
"Come on, troopers!" shouted Sirius, making them all jump. "It's Christmas day!! I want to see everybody showered, dressed and ready in 10 minutes. Meet you here in the common room!"
Everyone ran to get ready, and in precisely 10 minutes, they were all ready. Since it was already 8:30, the group went down to breakfast. There was only one table set, the staff table, so the Marauders and Lily sat down next to some Ravenclaw, who they knew relatively well. Breakfast was the same as usual; it was the dinner everyone in the castle was looking forward to.
After, breakfast, James, Remus, Sirius and Lily decided to have a snowball fight. Snow as falling thick and fast, and, surprisingly, Remus won, after Lily had surrendered, and James and Sirius started making a snow - man. When they were all shivering, the group went inside to the warm common room, and played many games. Lily introduced the Marauders to the wonders of "Charades", and they had a great evening. Soon, it was time to go down to dinner, and when they had just reached the corridor leading to the Great Hall, delicious wafts of the Christmas Dinner smelt their way into the Marauders' (and Lily's) nostrils.
They reached the hall, and sat down. There were masses and masses of food; the house elves had really outdone themselves. The group piled their plates high, pulled crackers, and had a great time.
"Happy Christmas" said Lily, softly to James.
He lent over and kissed her on the cheek, and they smiled at each other.
"Awwww..." sighed Sirius happily, "Young love."
"Doesn't it make you sick?" said a Ravenclaw 6th year, sourly.
"Now, now, Eric" reprimanded Sirius loudly. "Lily and James are in love!"
And with that, nearly everyone on the table burst into laughter, including Lily and James, who both looked embarrassed.
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And there you have it...
You see that button at the bottom of the screen? Well, why don't click it, type some nice words... and, I swear, you'll be AMAZED at what it does!
(Please give me some reviews... you can even mention some plot ideas, I promise I'll take them into account! :))
Pathetic excuse, isn't it?
I'm sorry!! :(
Okay, just before we start, here is the disclaimer:
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters that were in the books, and the characters you do not recognise are based on living people I know, and they pretty much own themselves. Oh, I own the plot (Plot? There's a plot to this?).
Now, just before we start, here is the dedication:
THIS STORY IS DEDICATED TO THE LOVELY PERSON SLINKIMALINKI, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS JEN!
And now, let the story begin!
I loathe you, or is it love?
Chapter Nine - Christmas!
Life was good for Lily. She was doing well in school, thanks to the tutoring, and she had many friends; Remus understood her points of view, Sirius and Lily got on enormously, and James... James and Lily were soul mates. No one could remember when he or she had seen a happier couple. The Gryffindors were the favourites for the house and quidditch cup, and Lily was very contented. Except from the occasional "James Potter fan-club member" trying to beat her up, Lily was very pleased.
One morning, near to Christmas, Lily rose early. She wrote in her diary,
("Life is good, now, diary. I'm really starting to love The Marauders like they are my brothers, apart from James of course!)
and wandered down slowly to the common room. There she found Remus, James Sirius and Peter.
"Hi, guys!" she said brightly.
"LILY!!!" cried Sirius, as if he was seeing Lily for the first time in years, instead of hours. "Lily! How are you?" Sirius hugged her fiercely, and she laughed, and hugged him back. They sat down, and Lily turned to James, who gave her a good morning kiss.
"What are you doing," asked Lily curiously. The boys were huddled round an old piece of parchment, and were examining it carefully.
"Planning our Christmas escapades," said Remus, looking up and smiling at Lily warmly. All of the Marauders except Peter were staying for the Christmas holidays. (A/n: Well, would you have let him stay, huh?)
"I see," replied Lily, nodding. James had shown her the Marauders Map a few weeks ago, when they had just started going out. Lily, although disapproving at first, had soon warmed up to the idea of the Marauders Map.
The boys rolled up the parchment, and all five of them began to talk. Lily and James whispered to each other quietly, and Remus, Sirius and Peter started yet another heated discussion on quidditch, this time on World - Wide teams. Before they knew it, it was breakfast, and the common room had began to fill up. Arabella joined them, and she and Sirius, who were now officially going out, kissed good morning. The group set off for breakfast, which, as usual, was a very noisy affair.
The remainder of the day was very tedious. As it was only a couple of days before the Christmas holidays, everyone was in high spirits, and no one wanted to work. They had Potions last, and the Professor didn't seem to believe in "holidays" or "not working". The class brewed potions in silence, not daring to cross the Professor. One long lesson later, the group emerged, elated. James, so happy that the term was finally over, shouted in ecstasy, and was seen by Professor McGonagall, who gave him detention. This, unfortunately for Professor McGonagall, pleased James even more - he was trying to achieve "The most detentions a Hogwarts student has ever and will ever get" along with Sirius. So far they were doing very well - they had already managed to beat the James, so happy that the term was finally over, shouted in ecstasy, and was seen by Professor McGonagall, who gave him detention. This, unfortunately for Professor McGonagall, pleased James even more - he was trying to achieve "The most detentions a Hogwarts student has ever and will ever get" along with Sirius. So far they were doing very well - they had already managed to beat the school record of 512.
"Lily!" cried a voice, bringing Lily abruptly back to consciousness. "Lily!! Lily, get out of bed now!" The voice, though still loud, sounded distant.
Lily opened her eyes, and sat up, groggily. She rubbed her eyes, trying to get rid of the sleep, and then she remembered. It was Christmas! Shaking her head vigorously, still trying to rid the sleep from her mind, Lily spied a fairly large pile of presents at the bottom of her bed. Grabbing both the dressing gown and the pile of presents, all bleariness gone, she tore down the stairs. There she met James, who was looking impatient.
"Come on, up to my dormitory!" he cried, and before Lily had time even to react he had hoisted her up into his strong arms, and was carrying her into his dormitory.
Lily was dropped onto James' bed, half screaming - half laughing, and she sat up and looked around. Remus was unwrapping a present carefully, while Sirius, being Sirius, was characteristically tearing a piece of wrapping to shreds, surrounded by masses of the stuff. He looked up and grinned at Lily, and exclaimed "Happy Christmas Lily - Pilly!" loud enough for the whole castle to hear.
Lily just grinned right back at him, feeling the happiest she had done in ages. She stared at her pile of presents, and began to unwrap them, in a Sirius fashion.
Remus, Sirius and Peter had all joined together, and got Lily a top broom.
"Oh my god!!" cried Lily, not sounding unlike James' phoney fan club.
She beamed at Remus and Sirius, thanking each of them hundreds of times.
Then, Lily turned to her last present. It was a small box, and Lily immediately knew whom it was from - she had received presents from her family, and all of her friends. Only James was left. She carefully unwrapped it this time, opened the box, and uncovered a minute chain. It was gold, and had a heart locket resting at the bottom of the chain. Cautiously, Lily opened the heart, and saw a tiny photo frame. She looked up, quizzically, at James.
"All you do is keep pictures of whoever you want to talk to in it!" He said, grinning broadly.
"You mean all I have to do is put a picture of you in it and I could be miles away and I could still talk to you?" cried Lily, in amazement.
"Yup!!" exclaimed James, looking proud. Lily jumped off the bed, and hugged Sirius, Remus and James fiercely.
"Thank - you!" she squealed, still holding them very tight. After she had let go, Remus noticed that she had tears in her eyes.
"Lily?" he asked in alarm. "What's the matter? Are you okay?" Lily sniffed and nodded.
"I've just never had so many nice presents!" she said.
James laughed, and hugged her again.
"Come on, troopers!" shouted Sirius, making them all jump. "It's Christmas day!! I want to see everybody showered, dressed and ready in 10 minutes. Meet you here in the common room!"
Everyone ran to get ready, and in precisely 10 minutes, they were all ready. Since it was already 8:30, the group went down to breakfast. There was only one table set, the staff table, so the Marauders and Lily sat down next to some Ravenclaw, who they knew relatively well. Breakfast was the same as usual; it was the dinner everyone in the castle was looking forward to.
After, breakfast, James, Remus, Sirius and Lily decided to have a snowball fight. Snow as falling thick and fast, and, surprisingly, Remus won, after Lily had surrendered, and James and Sirius started making a snow - man. When they were all shivering, the group went inside to the warm common room, and played many games. Lily introduced the Marauders to the wonders of "Charades", and they had a great evening. Soon, it was time to go down to dinner, and when they had just reached the corridor leading to the Great Hall, delicious wafts of the Christmas Dinner smelt their way into the Marauders' (and Lily's) nostrils.
They reached the hall, and sat down. There were masses and masses of food; the house elves had really outdone themselves. The group piled their plates high, pulled crackers, and had a great time.
"Happy Christmas" said Lily, softly to James.
He lent over and kissed her on the cheek, and they smiled at each other.
"Awwww..." sighed Sirius happily, "Young love."
"Doesn't it make you sick?" said a Ravenclaw 6th year, sourly.
"Now, now, Eric" reprimanded Sirius loudly. "Lily and James are in love!"
And with that, nearly everyone on the table burst into laughter, including Lily and James, who both looked embarrassed.
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And there you have it...
You see that button at the bottom of the screen? Well, why don't click it, type some nice words... and, I swear, you'll be AMAZED at what it does!
(Please give me some reviews... you can even mention some plot ideas, I promise I'll take them into account! :))
