10.
It took us almost 15 minutes to get the kids and their trunks gathered in the common room. Ben had to go back three times to retrieve presents he had hidden for his family. Once all of the kids were put together, Tim and I divided the trunks into two equal piles. We each stood in front of a pile and spoke the spell simultaneously, "Locomotor Trunks!". The two piles levitated and the kids gathered around us as we led them out of the common room with the trunks flying in front of us. We walked across the grounds together and then we helped the kids get their trunks into a compartment that all of them were sharing and Tim stood with his arm around me as we waved the train off from the platform. We hurried back to the castle because it was freezing and the wind made it even more so. "I'm hungry." I said when we reached the Entrance Hall. "We ate an hour ago, how can you still be hungry?" "I'm starving Tim," as I dragged him off towards the entrance to the kitchens.
When we got down there the house elves gathered around us and we left with large breakfast burritos filled with eggs, hash browns, sausage, bacon, and cheese. They also gave me a box filled with huge chocolate chip muffins. We found an empty corridor on the third floor and ate our burritos there. I tore through mine ad Tim ate his slowly and when he finished he rested his head against the wall and groaned, "Why did I eat all of that?" I pulled the box over to me and stood up, offering Tim my hand, "We haven't gone and seen Hagrid in a while, let's head down there now," He groaned, "Can't we wait? I am so full, I don't think I can move." I pulled him to his feet, "You will feel better after taking a walk. Come on you lazy bum," I got tired of how slow he was walking so I ended up running ahead to Hagrid's cabin. I knocked on the door, "Hagrid, Hagrid! Let me in! It's cold!" I heard scratching on the door and Hagrid's voice shouting, "Down Fang, Down!" He opened the door with a huge smile on his face, "Brianna! Where've you been?!" "Hey Hagrid, sorry I haven't come by, lots of schoolwork. Can I come in? Tim is somewhere behind me, he couldn't walk as fast as I wanted him to after I dragged him down for second breakfast. I brought chocolate chip muffins," I said raising up the box. He moved from the doorway and I came in shivering. I sat down in the chair closest to the fire and placed the box on the table. Hagrid opened the box and pulled out a muffin. He peeled off the wrapper and took a huge bite. Fang placed his head in my lap and I stroked it absentmindedly. I grabbed a muffin myself. Hagrid looked over at me with muffin crumbs in his beard, "How much have you eaten today?" I put my muffin back down on the table and started counting on my fingers, "Five pancakes, three slices of bacon, and two servings of eggs at breakfast and a large breakfast burrito before I came here. Oh, and this muffin now." I grinned and reached back for my muffin. Just as I took my first bite the door slammed open and Tim was standing in the doorway. He looked at me and his eyes opened wide, "How are you still hungry? I am still stuffed." He shut the door behind him and collapsed into the chair next to me, "Hey Hagrid, how've you been?" "I'm doing just fine Tim. You trying to eat as much as Brianna now?" "I tried and just made a huge mistake," he groaned and I laughed. I then settled down to eat my muffin. We all sat in silence for a few minutas and then Hagrid spoke up, "You guys doing okay, I mean after the attack last weekend?" I smiled slightly, "A little sore but otherwise fine. The people who attacked us get detention for the rest of their school lives. By the way though, if you ever take any of the girls into the forest can you try scaring them for me?" Hagrid let out a large, hearty laugh, "I'll see what I can do." We talked for a while and ended up staying for a lunch of stew. After we both finished eating, Tim and I headed back to the castle. We decided to go to the library to read. I grabbed Tales of Beedle the Bard and Tim grabbed Quidditch Through The Ages and we flopped onto the floor in front of the fireplace. I loved the stories because they were so different from the fairy tales of America. I sat down crossed legged and Tim lay down with his head in my lap. I held the book in one hand and played with his hair with the other. I loved this book but and I was comfortable. It was warm and my head began to droop. Right before my eyes closed and I fell asleep, I heard Tim snoring in my lap. I woke up to Tim shaking me and we stumbled down to dinner while rubbing the sleep out of our eyes. After dinner I stumbled to my room. I fell asleep almost immediately.
I woke up the next morning to the light glinting off of the ornaments. I jumped out of bed, wrapped a fluffy green and red robe around me, and ran to Gryffindor tower. I only paused to tell the password to the Fat Lady portrait and ran all the way to the dorm room that Tim was in. I pulled open the bed curtains and jumped onto Tim's bed. "It's Christmas Eve! It's Christmas Eve!" I shouted as I jumped up and down on the bed. Tim scrambled awake and was able to roll out of bed before I squashed him. He rubbed sleep out of his eyes and grabbed his own dark red and gold dressing gown to keep him warm. He grabbed my wrist as I turned and moved his hands to my hips to stop me from bouncing. He lifted me up off the bed and down onto the floor. He kept his hands on my hips and looked down at me with a smile glinting on his lips, "A little excited are we?" "Maybe a little," I replied as I slipped my arms around his neck and smiled. He leaned down and kissed me and we fell back down onto his bed. We kissed for a while and fell asleep in each other's arms. We slept for another hour before I sneaked back to my room to get changed. We met at breakfast and Tim marveled at how much food I was able to put away. I demolished an entire stack of pancakes smothered in butter and maple syrup and a platter of spicy sausage patties. We then hurried outside to sled and ice skate. After a quick lunch we had a snowball fight with some of the other kids who were left in the castle. We came back in and sat down for a dinner of thick stew and bread. I could barely fall asleep when I finally went down to bed.