AN: Yeah, yeah, I know it's a little late to post a Thanksgiving chapter, but I had no time to work on this lately. The winter holiday chapter is coming up soon so just deal. Also I am excited that the name of the seventh book is now out and that gave me incentive to finish this chapter.

Thanks as always to my beta looneyli.

A Late Thanksgiving

It was the Friday night after Thanksgiving Day. Allie's friends had decided to celebrate with her on Saturday so that they had the entire day to cook, eat, be together, and play games. At first, they had been wary of celebrating an American holiday, but when Allie had explained what it meant to her and her family, they agreed it was a good tradition to have, especially since they would be separated for most of the Christmas holidays. Everyone was in the common room, unwinding from the stress of classes.

Sirius approached Allie, who was sitting and staring out of the window of the common room, watching as snow fell and covered the ground. "Allie what are you looking at?"

"It's snowing Sirius."

"Yeah, so?"

"It's snowing in November."

"Yes, it usually snows in November, sometimes earlier."

"Not where I'm from. This is so weird to me."

"Really? When does it snow in Georgia?"

"The middle or end of December, if we're lucky. Sometimes we get almost no snow- just lots of ice."

"Wow, no white Christmases for you then I guess."

Allie shook her head and chuckled, "Not usually."

"That sucks. Well all of us are heading up to bed, you coming?" he asked waggling his eyebrows suggestively.

Laughing outright at her outrageous boyfriend, Allie stood and stretched, following the boys up to the dorm. Tonight they all just fell asleep rather quickly, with no extra activities to distract Allie and her lovers.

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The next morning Allie maneuvered herself out from between her two lovers without waking them, got dressed, and snuck into the girls' dorms. She woke up her friends, and after explaining her wake-up call to them, Allie and the other three girls made their way up to the boys' room. Each positioned herself by a boy, and on Lily's count of three, they sprayed conjured cans of whipped cream all over the peacefully sleeping boys (AN: If you've ever been sprayed by cold whipped cream you will know its not a pleasant experience).

One of the boys shot straight up into bed, completely surprised, and James looked like he was having a heart attack. That was not helped by the fact that his crush was standing over his bed, smirking at his boxer-clad, whipped cream covered body. Seeing the looks on the boys' faces, alternating between shock, embarrassment, and vindictive smiles that promised revenge, the girls ran quickly to the Room of Requirements, where the house-elves had promised to send up supplies for them to cook.

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In the boys' dorm, the four Marauders were slowing making their way out of bed, grumbling about malicious females and the fact that they had to get up at 7 am. They got dressed in jeans and t-shirts, knowing that from what Allie told them they needed to be in clothes that were comfortable and could get dirty.

After making their way to the Room of Requirements, they opened the door and entered the kitchen they saw with caution. Allie immediately saw them and gestured that she would be with them in a minute. For now, they watched as Allie stuffed and basted the turkey. When she was done, Allie walked over and plopped a bag of potatoes on the table in the middle of the four boys, along with a pot of water. She gave Peter and Remus knives, Sirius and James peelers, telling them to have fun.

The day proceeded with some well-needed fun. The teens dancing and singing along with the music that permeated the room as they chopped and cooked. Finally the group sat down to enjoy the feast they had been preparing all day. And it was a feast, turkey, stuffing, casseroles, and vegetables all out for the teens to enjoy.

Allie said grace over the meal, "We thank you, whatever is out there, for our wonderful feast. Today we gather to celebrate the good fortune we have in our friends and chosen families. All of us are truly lucky to have people who care surrounding us. Amen."

After dinner, Elizabeth and Alice left. Both had dates that night, and wanted to get ready for them. The teens that were left draped themselves over the chairs and couches that the room provided them with.

Lily was flipping through a book, while the rest were content to just lay there and listen to the music. Allie and Sirius were both singing along with the band playing, and the others were content to listen in silence.

"So Lily what are you reading?" James queried.

"Oh, a book on different jobs in the Wizarding world and what qualifications I need to apply."

"So what do you want to do after school Lily? What jobs look good to you?"

Lily was startled by the fact that James was asking about her, instead of bragging about how he could get any job that he wanted. "Well I guess that I want to be an auror or work in the Research and development areas of the Ministry. What about you?"

"Well I've always wanted to be an auror like my father."

"Sirius, Remus, Allie what do you guys want to do after we graduate." Lily let her curiosity through.

"I'm also going to be an auror. James and I will be the best out there," Sirius bragged causing the rest to role their eyes at him.

"Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall have volunteered me for an apprenticeship with the school as a future Defense professor," Remus answered blushing.

Peter just shrugged and said he didn't know what he wanted to do at the moment.

"I'm going into healer training after graduation. I'm not cut out to be an auror," Allie answered last.

At midnight the group headed back to the dorms and to bed. Still chatting as they walked and got ready to sleep.