Chapter Thirteen: A Very Weasley Christmas
The next few months flew by. James' mood fade away and Mya and Lily started to feel like he was back to normal. He still hadn't found a girlfriend though, which was odd for James. The Gryffindor Quidditch team won their game against Ravenclaw. Their new seeker was Kaylee who tried to tackle James off of his broom during the last few seconds of the game. Delilah smacked a bludger into her though causing her to let James out of her sight and catch the snitch. The Slytherins also won their first game against Hufflepuff. Teddy wrote a letter to James telling him to crème Albus during the next game of Slytherin vs. Gryffindor once the Christmas break was over.
Harry and Ginny kept their kids home during the first few days of their break. James spent most of his time working on his homework, which was a first. Lily and Albus played a bunch of games both wizarding and muggle. When Christmas day came Ginny and Harry took their kids to the Burrow, where the rest of their family was.
"Ginny, Harry! How are you two? James, Al, Lilly, my dears! Having a good Christmas?" Molly gushed as she rushed around the kitchen. She kissed both Ginny and Harry on the cheeks. "The other kids are in the back room. Ron and Hermione haven't arrived yet. They should be here soon though-"
James stopped listening and walked into the back room where the rest of his family was. Louis and Fred were busy playing Wizard's chess while Dominique lectured them about plays. She still had the purple tips in her hair that she had Lucy put in. James had a feeling Fleur wouldn't be a big fan of the streaks, and that she would have them taking out at once. Teddy was flirting with Victoire and trying to pull her underneath the mistletoe. Fred and Roxanne taking candy canes off of the Christmas tree and working on eating them. Lucy was flipping through a Quidditch magazine while her older sister Molly was reading a new history book that her parents had insisted getting her.
"The fun has arrived." James sung as he walked into the room
Louis, Dominique and Fred looked up from their game and smiled at James. He took Victoire's attention and allowed Teddy to lean in and steal a kiss. Dominique motioned her cousin over and he plopped down next to him. Dominique and James watched as Fred made a move towards one of Louis' queen. Panicking Louis looked to his cousin for support, but it was Dominique who spoke up.
"Knight to C5"
The knight slid across the board and smashed Fred's pawn. Louis and James stared in admiration. She blew a bubble and smiled up at her older cousin and younger brother.
"You know Dom, I questioned if you really had what it takes to be a Slytherin, but that was darn right cunning." James said
Dominique was the only Slytherin out of the Weasley family, besides Albus. Percy wasn't that happy when he found out his baby girl was in Slytherin. She and Albus were close and bonded against some of the nastier Slytherins, although not all of the Slytherins are bad.
"Thank you James. You two should learn not to doubt me. I've got a brain in here. It's not like Rosie or Vic's brain, but it's a brain." Dominique smirked
"JAMES! PIGGY BACK"
James whipped his head around and saw Hazel run into the room. She was the youngest of the Weasley and Potter clan. Rose and Hugo entered behind their sister and went over to Lily and Albus, who were with Lucy. Little by little the cousin's started to leak out of the room leaving Lily and Albus watching their brother and younger cousin.
"Please James! Please!" Little Hazel shouted jumping on her older cousin's back
"Hey Hazel. Did you have a good Christmas?" He asked picking the small nine year old off of his back
" You missed it James. Rose got one of Uncle Fred and Uncle George's pygmy puffs for Christmas. Daddy said that Aunt Ginny got one when she was in school and it annoyed the bloody 'ell out of him as he put it."
James laughed at his little cousin trying to quote her father. His Uncle Ron had an interesting way of putting things. All of his family joked around about Ron's humor. Besides George, Ron was considered the funniest adult.
"Did you get anything Hazel?" he asked
"A lot of candy! Mummy told me not to eat any, but I already had some. How's your girlfriend James?" She asked
"Who Bailey? I dumped her." James said snorting
"No not Bailey." Hazel laughed "I meant Mya."
"Mya, but I never dated Mya." James said kneeling down so he was face to face with the small girl
"But Albus and Lily call her your girlfriend. And they say that you really really really like her." Hazel insisted
"But Haz, we're not dating. Mya's just my really good friend. She's like my sister." He said standing up
"No! You love her and you know you do!" Hazel snapped stomping her foot. The young Weasley was quite proud in what she believed in. "I see the way you look it her. It's the way dad looks at mummy. He told me that mummy was his best friend and he always loved her he just didn't always know it!"
James was taken back but what she said. He didn't notice that all eyes were on him and that the room had fallen quiet. Hazel stood before him with her hands on her hips and she was the only one that James realized was there. Albus looked in-between his older brother and cousin and knew she was onto something. He wanted to stay, but Rose dragged him out of the room so they didn't over hear what was about to happen. Albus didn't know what was about to happen, but he had a feeling he wasn't going to like it.
"Hazel..."
"Don't deny it James Potter. You love Mya. You love Mya." The nine year old sang skipping around her cousin
"No I don't!" James snapped groaning as Lily looked on smiling
"I told you so James. That dream means something." She said as Hazel continued to skip around singing
"That dream meant nothing. Mya's my best friend of course I wouldn't want to lose her."
"There was something else though. I could see it in your eyes James. Something happened in that dream that you didn't tell me." Lily said softly "It was a potion that brought your worst fears to life. Your worst fear is losing Mya."
James opened his mouth to talk, but Dominique popped her head in saying that dinner was ready and all of the grown-ups were ready for them.
Psh, I couldn't wait. I love the Weasley family and I'm going to start adding more of them throughout the rest of the book. Dominique is my favorite. Yeah I passed a lot of time, but I'm getting this story moving along. I didn't really want anything with James still denying in school. Oh Hazel is another one of my O.C.s, I know that Ron and Hermione only have two kids, but I really liked Hazel and thought she was a sweet little girl, she loves James and looks up to him. Here's the ages and houses I figured for the kids. Teddy-19 (Hufflepuff), Victoire-18 (Ravenclaw), Molly-17 (Hufflepuff), Fred-16 (Gryffindor), Lucy-16 (Gryffindor), James-15 (Gryffindor), Dominique-14 (Slytherin), Albus-13 (Slytherin), Rose-13 (Ravenclaw), Roxanne-12 (Gryffindor), Louis-12 (Gryffindor), Lily-11 (Gryffindor), Hugo-11 (Gryffindor), Hazel-9 (Not in Hogwarts yet)
