Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
Day Twelve
December 24th
The Christmas Eve feast at Hogwarts had proven to be quite the extravaganza, as always. Their stomachs filled with food, their thoughts heavy and sleepy, the Gryffindor's began to clamber up the stairs and to their dormitories.
James Potter stayed behind, waiting for a certain redhead to come back from her late night Prefect's patrol before Christmas. He wasn't disappointed.
Her glare was enough to stop any man dead in his tracks, but poor James seemed to be immune to it.
"Peppermint Snaps."
The Fat Lady merely snored loudly once before falling silent again, an empty wine bottle held tight in her hand, Lily sighed.
"What do you want, Potter?" she turned to him with a hand poised on her hip, staring at him with malice in her eyes.
"Nothing," he smiled brightly, causing her stomach to churn. He suddenly looked up and smiled even bigger.
She followed his gaze above their heads to see a lone sprig of mistletoe hanging innocently in midair. She groaned inwardly as she went to sidestep him.
His arm found her waist as his lips lowered to hers, and she instantly froze, her mind suddenly crawling with fuzzy thoughts as it seemed to detach from her body, and she kissed him back. His lips were soft and warm against hers, tasting softly of Firewhiskey and peppermint, causing her head to spin rapidly as his tongue played gently with her bottom lip, creating goose bumps along her neck where his hand held her tightly against him.
And then, just as sudden as it started, it ended. He pulled away, a goofy, rather blushing smile creeping upon his glistening lips before they brushed across her cheek, and gently to her ear,
"Happy Christmas, Evans."
They both entered the Common Room with flushed cheeks, each retiring to their dormitories to dream randomly of Mistletoe and Firewhiskey.
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Author's Note: Although I wanted this to turn out differently, I still love it, for it fits James and Lily's true relationship. This little ficcy goes to the boy who holds my heart, Justin. For we are the modern recreation of this very pair, all of my love, for eternity and infinity. And this concludes, thank goodness, this little fic. Hopefully you all enjoyed it, for Rafael and I loved writing it. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and I'm sorry for missing it. All of my love to all of you who've kept with me this past year, hopefully we have an even better one this year. Review! --Delta
