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Chapter 10

Today is the last day of school before Christmas break. Everyone is leaving me and I have a week of boredom ahead of me. I have no idea what I am going to do. I know all my presents will be sent here so I have that to look forward to.

I walked with James Jess and Jake to the front of the castle where they would get on carriages and go to the train to go home.

"Bye Nolez." Jess said with a sigh. "I'm going to miss you. And I will make sure my dad notifies Mrs. McGonagall right when we get back so you can come over right away." She gave me a big hug and got on the carriage.

"Bye little Nat." Said Jake. "Cant wait to have a blast at James New Years Eve party. It will be awesome." He hugged me and got on the carriage with Jess.

"Bye Noelle." Said James looking sad. "Sorry you have to stay here alone. But I will write you so you feel a little less lonely. See you in a week."He hugged me. It was longer then Jess and Jakes, And probably the the best hug I have ever gotten.

When they were all on the carriage they left. I was sad, but if I kept busy and keep looking forward to Christmas and then next week. Hopefully this week will fly by. As I was walking back to the common room, I saw a lot more people then I thought I would. And when I got into the common room I was surprised to see so many Gryffindors. I guess this week is the week to make new friends.

For some reason Ifelt really confident and felt like I could easily fit in with anyone. So I went to the biggest group of people which looked like they were fourth years. I heard them talking about quidditch and I just started talking and after a while we all hit it off. We were talking and laughing and before I knew it, it was time for dinner. We all went down together and I sat next to this guy, Chris, who reminded me a lot of James. He was cute but not as crazy as James but I still really liked him. He was nice to me and fun to talk to.

Over the next few days, I mostly hung out with Abby, Sarah, Mark, and Chris. I have already gotten a letter from Jess, Jake, and James. Jess and Jakes were kind of the same, saying they are already bored without all of us together, and they cant write that much due to traveling, and they cant wait till the party. I wrote them back saying I miss them too and cant wait till the party either. James letter was very long, telling me every detail about the train ride home and how is family is so big and annoying and how he cant wait for me to meet everyone and how he feels bad that I have to be here all alone. I told him how excited I was to meet everyone and how not to worry about me that there were a bunch of people keeping me company. I got my second letter from James the night before Christmas morning. It said:

Dear Noelle,

Its almost Christmas! I cant wait to get all my presents. And I bet you cant wait either. So tomorrow is the 25th which means that we have only 5 days until the party! I'm so excited. Even though there is a ton of people here to keep me company, its just not the same without you, Jake, and Jess. And you better not leave the three of us for your new friends. it would make me very sad. Well, write back. And I will make sure you have a letter from me tomorrow morning while you are opening all of your presents.

Love,

James

That dork. How could he think I would leave my three best friends for my back up friends. I wrote him a letter saying that and how I'm so excited for the party, then headed to bed so I could wake up early tomorrow morning.

When I woke up I quickly jumped out of bed and saw the pile of presents at the foot of my bed. I quickly ran to the bathroom washed my face and pulled my hair into a messy bun, then ran back to my presents and began opening them. I opened the ones from my parents first. From mom I got some clothes and makeup and from dad I got some books. Both were equally amazing and I cant wait to read the books and show off my new clothes. Then from the camp my brothers and sisters from the Athena and Aphrodite cabin sent me some cool nic-nacs and some letters about how they miss me and what not. I didn't feel like writing them all back separately so I would write a letter for each cabin and tell them I miss them too and I will have special gifts for all of them when I get back.

After I wrote my letters to the cabins, I went back to my pile of presents the next one I picked up was from my three best friends from camp, Levi, Hazel, and Alec. They weren't from my cabins. Levi and Hazel were twins from Persephones cabin, And Alec was from Ares cabin. They wrote me a letter saying they miss me and cant wait for me to come back and all that stuff like in all the other letters. But this one was different, it meant more then the other letters. It seemed real. They have been my best friends for 5 years and this is the longest we have been apart. They all chipped in and got me a matching jewelry set. Hazel said she picked the earrings, Levi, the necklace and Alec, the pinky ring. It was all beautiful. The chains were bronze and on the charms were diamonds, citrines, and emeralds all our birthstones. I loved it.

After I was done admiring this present I still had a few more. From Jess, Jake, and James. And one other present. I didn't know from who. I picked up the present and saw a name tag on it To: Noelle From: Harry and Ginny Potter This is a present from us to you for dealing with James and his crazy antics. We hope you enjoy. I opened it up and it had to be the biggest candy supply I have ever had. On the package it said The finest candy from Honeydukes to cure your sweet tooth. I have heard my friends talk about Honeydukes and how amazing it was and couldn't wait to taste it.

I put it aside and when I write my letter to James I will tell him to thank his parents for the present. Next I opened Jakes present. The name tag said, To: Noelle This is the worlds best gag gifts from Weasleys. Hope you enjoy. Love, Jake. The gifts were great and cant wait to try them out on people. Next I opened Jessicas present and and she got me This really pretty outfit. It was a sparkly white tube top dress with a matching throw-over. The dress was short so there was a pair of black leggings that fit me perfectly with matching black high heels with diamonds on them. There was a magazine with a small letter on it. I subscribed you for witches fashion magazine so while you are in America it can get to you so you can stay caught up with what all the witches are wearing here in the wizarding world. I hope you like you new years eve party dress. Love, Jess. This was a great present and I really do like fashion magazines and cant wait to look at it.

Last but defiantly not least was James, there was a letter but I had to know what was in the present. So I ripped open the present. What I saw caught my breath. There was a bracelet with my name on it in diamonds. it was beautiful. I put it on and then all of a sudden the diamonds changed to rubies. That confused me, which turned it back to diamonds. I started opening the letter from James, and it turned back to rubies. I had to know what was going on and I hoped it would explain in the letter. It said: Dear Noelle, I hope you like the bracelet. It's a friendship bracelet. All four of us have one with our name in it. If you think of one of us it will change to our birthstone. If you think of me, it will be rubies. If you think of Jake, it will be sapphire. If you think of Jessica it will be amethyst. And if you aren't thinking of any of us then it will go to your birthstone, diamond. I really hope you like it. It shows our true friendships. Love, James.

This bracelet was amazing, and I tested it out, I thought of Jessica and the stones turned purple. Then I thought of Jake, and they turned blue. Next I thought of James, and they were red again. Then I thought of myself and they were back to diamonds. I loved this bracelet. It was extremely magical. Literally. And I will wear it all the time.

I wrote everyone else back, telling them thank you and how everything was amazing. By the time I was over, it was lunch time and I was tired. So I went to the great hall for a quick lunch then headed back upstairs for a nap. When I laid on my bed, I was out.

I woke up around 6, feeling really hungry and still sleepy. But before I went down for dinner, I noticed I had letters on the foot of my bed. From Jake, Jess and James. They were basically all the same saying they had a wonderful Christmas and they are glad I liked their gifts they got me and they cant wait to see me at the party. The only thing different was in James letter. He also added that his parents were happy that I liked the chocolate.

I decided I would write them all back tomorrow. I was still sleepy and starving. So I went down for dinner and then went back upstairs to sleep some more.

Over the next few days I didn't do much. I hung out with the people I met at the beginning of the week, tried on my new clothes and read some of the new books. And my jewelry, I am always wearing the ring and James bracelet. The earrings and necklace I wear out, but not all the time.

Today is the day I leave to go to Jessicas house. I will be leaving soon, we are going to Diagon alley to do some shopping which is great so I can get Jake and James a present for Christmas.

I went to McGonagall office at 8 in the morning so I could floo over to Jessicas house. Flooing is the weirdest experience I have ever had. You step into a chimney with a handful of powder you say your destination and then you throw your powder down and it engulfs you in warm green flames. You feel that warmth for a second, then you travel really fast for about ten seconds, and in those ten seconds, it feels like you are being stretched out. When it is all over you land very unbalanced in your new destinations chimney.

When I got there Jessica tackled me with a big hug. "Oh my goodness." She yelled. "It has been forever. Come help me pick out something to wear. We are leaving soon."

She gave me and her parents a quick introduction. Then she pulled me into her room to help her get ready. It took a matter of ten minutes for me to pick out something from her closet while she did her hair. I picked out a dark red long sleeve shirt a pair of dark denim jeans and black slide ons. It looked nice with my dark green shirt, jeans and black slide ons. So when we walked side by side, we didn't clash.

We left around 8:15. He dad said we could go off for an hour and to meet him back at the quill shop by 9:30.

"So what did you get the guys for Christmas?" I asked Jessica.

"Well I got Jake a book on star constellations. For James I got him a box of Honeydukes sweets and some quidditch books. What are you thinking of getting them."

"For Jake, he got me a bunch of Magic tricks that I don't understand, so I am going to get him some muggle tricks he doesn't understand. For James I know I am going to get him a dog tag necklace that switches from saying James to seeker then to best friend. And go to the quidditch store and find something else."

"Cool lets get going." She said.

We went to a bunch of stores looking for the necklace and I finally found it. When we went to the quidditch store, I found a golden snitch that floats around, and if the owner touches it, it will open and you can put pictures in it.

When we were done, we went to the quill shop, found her dad and left. We didn't do much the rest of the day. She showed my what she got for Christmas, and I told her what I got. I noticed that when we weren't talking, her bracelet that James got her turned blue a lot. I hope she didn't notice that mine turned red a lot. We went to bed fairly early that night.

I was then woken up by a very excited Jessica jumping up and down on my bed screaming at me to get up.

"What are you doing, its was to early. Go back to sleep Jess."

"Its not early. Its 11:30. Party starts at 6. When we are done eating breakfast, we have to wrap your presents then get ready."

"Fine. Fine. Give me a second." I got up and went to the bathroom washed my face and threw my hair up in a messy bun. We went down stairs to eat. By the time we were done eating it was 12:15.

"So, you can take a shower first Noelle. Then I will. Then we can do our hair, and you can help me with makeup and help me pick out something to wear."

"Sounds good." I took a thirty minute shower trying to make sure I look really clean. When I got out Jessica got in really quick. I'm glad I brought all my beauty supplies. I blow dried my hair, then took out the curling iron and put light curls in my hair and I had my silver barrette that I still wear everyday holding back my bangs. While I was going my hair, jess was blow drying her hair. She had really long dark hair and I knew how I wanted to style it. When she was done drying it, I put loose curls in it and then pulled it into a side pony tail with some curls still falling out. It looked great.

"You are amazing Nolez!" She said. "Help me pick out an outfit so you can match my makeup to it."

"I already know what I am going to do for your makeup." She game a look like 'how do you know what my make up is going to be?' So I told her my theory. I have noticed that when you are thinking that your bracelet has turned blue. So I was going to give you a shadowy light blue shimmer on your eyelids with very dark neat mascara, a light shimmery blush and clear gloss. And for me I was going to do something of the same, but with a light pink shadow. If I did red it will be way to much. And light pink looks really good with ruby red." So she got what I was saying I pointed to my bracelet that was indeed, rubies.

She got what I was saying, she had a small natural blush when she said it was a good idea. I think I was blushing to. I did our make up and when I was done, we both looked fantastic. It was around 4 when I was done. We went down stairs got something to eat and wrapped my presents for the guys.

It was almost 5 when we got done with that. We went into her room so I could pick out an outfit for her. I picked out a long sleeve simple black dress that came up a little below her mid thigh. Instead of leggings, she wore stockings and a pair of low black high heels. When we got dressed. I put a few more finishing touches on us. When I was done, we looked perfect.

We went down stairs and it was 5:55. But that's ok. We have to show up a little late. So then we left to what I hope would be one of the best nights of my life.