A/N: Sorry i took so long to update! Hope you like this chapter :)
"GINNY!" "LILY!" Two people ran into my room shouting at Lily & I
I felt someone jump on my bed "GINNY! GET UP!" Sirius shouted
"Alright.." I mumbled sitting up, looking up to see Lily being dragged out of bed by James, trust these two to get this excited on Christmas Day
"What time is it?" Lily asked, now standing up as James had literally dragged her out of bed…
"Half 7" James replied
"You woke me up at half 7?!" I shouted
"Shh! Don't wake Mr & Mrs P up!" Sirius said
"You were just shouting your head off"
"Yeah, we were excited, but we're not allowed to wake Mr & Mrs P up till at least 8"
"Oh okay, where's Remus?" I asked
"I'm here" He mumbled, James dragging him in, with a bag in his hand
"What's all that?" Lily asked
"Before Mum & Dad get up, we always open the presents we got each other" James replied
"Oh, I'll get my ones then" I said "Everyone close your eyes so you don't know where I hid them" They all turned around and I reached under my bed, and pulled out a box. Even if they looked here they wouldn't find them, I hid them under my invisibility cloak. I pulled out the 4 presents I had bought, and put them on the bed, and quickly shoved the box back under the bed. Lily and I had gone to Diagon Alley last week and bought presents for everyone, it took a lot of convincing to let Dad let us go on our own.
"Alright you can look now" They all turned around, and Lily quickly went to her trunk and got out her presents.
"Who's going to open their presents first?" I asked, as everyone came and sat on my bed
Nobody said anything, not wanting to say they wanted to open their own presents first…
"Remus? Why don't you go first?" Lily said
"Okay" He replied, picking up his present from James, he got him loads of Zonko's products, some I'd never even seen before. "Thanks James" he smiled at him, before picking up his next present, which was from me, I didn't have any idea what to get him, so instead settled on something he gave me a lot of during my time at Grimmauld Place. He opened it up, and saw his big box of chocolate and laughed "Thanks Ginny"
"Chocolate always makes you feel better" I smiled at him, thinking of when he always said that to me at Grimmauld Place.
Picking up his present from Lily, everyone could tell what it was by the big square shape. He opened up a book, which I couldn't see the name of, "Oh, wow. Thanks Lily, I haven't got this one yet"
Last, he opened up Sirius' present, which was also a bunch of Zonko's products.
"Thanks Sirius"
"Ginny, you go next" James said,
I didn't need telling twice, I quickly grabbed a present and they all laughed at me
"What? It's Christmas!" I looked at the label on the present and saw it said James & Lily
"Oh yeah, we got you a joint present" Lily explained
"And your not even marred yet" I joked
Ripping off the wrapping paper, I saw a photo album, it had sequins all round the edge, in little swirls "Oh wow, thanks guys"
"Open it then!" James said
Oh… there's pictures in it…
I opened it and there was pictures of me and the others,
There was one of me, James, Sirius & Remus laughing at something, one of me & Lily, and one of me, James and mum and dad, and lots more
"Oh, so that's what you took all them pictures for" I said to Lily
"Yeah. There's something else too" She replied, moving closer to me, "It's something only we'll know how to open" She took the book of me and opened a page that I originally thought was attached to the front cover "We can't lock it with magic yet, but when we get to Hogwarts then I'll show you the spell" She said, handing me the book back.
There was pictures of me and my family. The Weasley's. There was one of me, Harry & Hermione, one of me & Luna, one of just Harry, Ron & Hermione, and one of me & Fred & George.
"Where did you get these?" I asked Lily
"Last night, I got them out your draw, I didn't want to do it before in case you noticed. That bit's just for when your missing them all, and it's hidden so nobody will know. And then you can fill up the rest of the album with whatever you want"
"Wow. Thanks guys."
I put it down, and picked up another present, reading the label it said Remus
I ripped off the wrapping paper and saw a box of chocolates
"Chocolate always makes you feel better" We said at the same time, then started laughing. I guess Remus & I think the same way.
I picked up my last present, from Sirius. Ripping off the paper, I saw a small square box.
I opened it up and saw the most beautiful necklace I'd ever seen. It was a long chain, and hanging off the end was a big silver square, and in the middle, a green stone.
"Wow"
"It's your birthstone. In the middle" Sirius said, suddenly embarrassed.
"It's beautiful. Thank you Sirius" I said, leaning over and giving him one of them awkward sitting down hugs. "Yeah… I kind of got you a shit present compared to this…"
"I'm sure it's a great present, whatever it is"
"Who's going next then?" Remus asked
"I will" James said picking up his present from Remus, he opened it, and just like what he got Remus, it was a bunch of Zonko's products "Cheers Remus" putting it to one side and picking up his present from Sirius, which was also Zonko's products "Cheers mate"
"Is this some kind of tradition or something? You've all got each other Zonko's things" I asked
"Yeah, the first Christmas we knew each other we all got Zonko's products for one another and it wasn't planned or anything, and since then it's just kind of stuck" Sirius replied
"Oh right, that's cool" I looked back at James, who was picking up his last present, which was from me "Have you opened Lily's already?" I asked
"No, we're opening them later, we want to be alone when we open them" James replied, ripping off the wrapping paper, I had got him a Broomstick Servicing Kit, like the one Hermione got Harry one year, except obviously it didn't have some of the things Harry's had "Oh wow, thanks Gin" James said, smiling at me & putting it to one side. He then picked up his present from Sirius, which we all knew would be Zonko's products "Thanks Sirius" He said, putting them to one side.
"Your turn then, Sirius" I said, as Sirius grabbed one of his presents and tore of the wrapping paper, it was his present from Remus, which was Zonko's products. "Thanks Remus"
Then he picked up his present from me, I got him a Broomstick Servicing Kit, like I got James & some Zonko's products, "Thanks Ginny"
"Hey! Why'd he get two presents?!" James jokingly pouted
"Because he got me an amazing present" I replied
"You didn't know that before though" James said
"I know. I just couldn't think of anything else to say" I laughed
Sirius picked up his last present from Lily, which was Quidditch Through The Ages, which he had lost when he moved from Grimmauld Place to here "Thanks Lily"
"Well, it is the only book you've ever read" She joked, as Sirius put the last of his presents on the bed
"Lily, it's your turn" I said
Lily lent forward and grabbed her present from Remus, which like she got him, was a book "Oh, thanks Remus, I haven't got this one yet!"
"Shocker" Sirius said, jokingly under his breath, leaving me sitting there trying not to burst out laughing, he looked up at me biting lip trying to stop laughing and he burst out laughing
"What?" James said, looking between me and Sirius
"Nothing" I replied, James looked at me and Sirius again, before turning back to Lily "Shut up Sirius" I whispered to him
Lily then picked up her present from me which was a dress she'd seen in a shop when we went to muggle London, we wanted to get dresses for the New Year's Eve party, Mum and Dad was doing, but Mum didn't want us to go to Diagon Alley on our own as it could be dangerous because of Voldemort wanting us, so we went to muggle London instead. She saw a dress in a shop, but couldn't afford it, so I gave Mum the money, and she changed my Galleon's into muggle money, and went to the shop and bought if for me to give to Lily. "Oh my god. Ginny! This dress is amazing! I can't believe you went back to get it!" She said, touching it, but not wanting to get it out the box yet. "Thank you!" She said, hugging me & jumping up and down on the bed.
"Come on, let's go wake up Mr & Mrs P" Sirius said, grabbing my hand and dragging me off the bed as James did the same to Lily, I grabbed Remus' hand and we all ran out towards mum & dad's room.
We had opened our presents from mum and dad, and were now sitting eating our Christmas Dinner. Mum & Dad had got James a new broomstick & some robes for the party on New Years Eve, me a dress for the party and lots of clothes, as I still haven't got many from coming here, Sirius some robes for the party, Remus some robes for the party & Lily got some diamond earrings.
"Thanks mum, this is really nice" I said
"That's okay dear, did you like your presents?" She asked me
"Yeah, thanks mum, I love the dress!" Mum and dad had gotten me a turquoise dress that had sequins like a belt across the dress.
"Good, Lily helped me out with that, she told me you'd seen a dress you liked" Mum said, smiling at Lily
"Lily, I did get the right dress didn't I?" I asked her
"Yeah, oh my god I love that dress"
I couldn't help laughing at her, and soon she was laughing too.
After dinner, while mum and dad was clearing away the plates, James, Remus, Sirius, Lily & I went to sit in the living room while we waited for Regulus to turn up, at the start of the holidays, Dumbledore told us he'll be coming on Christmas Day now.
"Where is he?" Sirius said, walking up to the window again, "He was supposed to get here 20 minutes ago "Maybe he can't get through the wards, I'll go out and have a look"
"No, Sirius. Dad changed it so he can get in, maybe he's just late packing" James said, even though he looked a bit worried too
Dad walked in, looking upset and worried, and looked at Sirius
"Dad what's wrong?" I asked, standing up quickly
"I think you're all going to want to sit down" He said, rubbing his forehead, and running his hand through his hair, just like James does
I sat back down like he said, but Sirius stayed standing up,
"Dumbledore just sent a Patronus and… Regulus isn't coming. He's going back home"
"What do you mean home?! His home is here now!" Sirius was shouting
"There's been a change of plan, Dumbledore said he can't tell us to much, but he has chosen to go back to Grimmauld Place"
Sirius ran upstairs, and Dad sat down, "Dad what aren't you telling us?" James asked
"I'm telling you everything I know. If I knew something else I would of told Sirius"
"What about Regulus' stuff? It's all here already" I said
"Dumbledore's coming to collect it later today. Maybe we should keep Sirius out the way for that. Look, I need to go to the Ministry to sort out things now, someone keep an eye on Sirius"
"Why are you going to work? James said "It's Christmas Day"
"Because we'd filled out lots of paperwork about Regulus staying here, and now he's not we have to change it all, and Dumbledore wants it done now"
"Oh" James replied, as Dad walked out the room
"I think you two need to go and see Sirius, he'll need you both right now" I said to James & Remus
"No he doesn't" James said
"I know what you're going to say, he needs his brother, but his brother isn't here, so he needs you two"
"That wasn't what I was going to say" James said, oh my god, his best friend is upstairs upset and he's acting like this…
"What are you going on about?!"
"I think what James is trying to say is that Sirius needs you right now" Lily said
"Why would he need me?"
"You know why" I felt my cheeks redden when Lily said that
"Okay"
I walked upstairs, and towards Sirius' room, I'm crap at making people feel better…
I knocked on the door, and opened it without waiting for a reply
"Hey" I said, Sirius was sitting on his bed, facing away from the door
"Go away, James"
"Do I really sound like a boy?" I joked, closing the door behind me
He turned around when I spoke and I could see he'd been crying "I'm fine. Nobody had to come up and check on me"
I walked over and sat next to Sirius "Yeah, I can see your fine" I said, as another tear rolled down his cheek, I put my arm around him, trying to hug him
"Reg doesn't want to go back. I know he doesn't"
"I know. But he'll be fine"
"No he won't, you don't know what she's like. And now he tried to leave her, she's going to be even worse" I could feel Sirius shaking before he stood up and kicked his wardrobe
"Hey!" I said, standing up and grabbing his hand, but he pulled it away "Sirius!" I stood in front of him, and put my hands on either side of his face, so he was looking straight at me "He'll be fine. Dumbledore wouldn't send him back otherwise"
"Dumbledore doesn't know her… Reg.." Sirius started crying again, and we walked over to his bed, he layed down, I was still holding him "I thought he was finally getting him back Ginny. When we were younger we were so close, and that bitch turned him against me"
"It'll be okay."
Sirius didn't reply, we just sat in silence for a while
"Do you want to go downstairs?" I asked him, there was no reply for a while, oh great he's ignoring me now… "Sirius come on, come see James & Remus" no reply…
I sat up a bit, and saw that he had fallen asleep, aww he looked cute when he was asleep…
Slowly, I got up and walked out the room, quietly closing the door behind me. When I got downstairs, James, Remus & Lily were all were they were when I went upstairs, but were now talking & messing around
"Is dad back yet?" I asked, sitting down with them
"No, mum's had to go now too, where's Sirius?" James asked
"He's asleep, that's really fucked him up James"
"What do you mean?"
"He thought he finally got his brother back on his side, but that bitch got to him again" Using the same name that Sirius called his mother
"She always does"
"When's Dumbledore getting here? I don't want him here when Sirius is awake, otherwise he'll go mental"
Nobody answered, but a 'POP' in the kitchen answered for me
"Professor?" James called
"Ahh, hello. Is Mr & Mrs Potter at the Ministry?" Dumbledore asked, walking into the living room
"Yes" James replied
"Where's Mr Black?"
"He's in his room" I said, trying not to get to pissed off with Dumbledore. I mean seriously how could he do that?! How could he let Regulus go back there even though he knows what there mother is like, and Sirius thought he was getting his brother back…
"I take it he took the news bad, how is he holding up?"
"He's not"
"Ahh. I think I will go have a chat with him"
"He's asleep, I wouldn't wake him up"
"Okay then, could somebody show me to Regulus' room so I can get all the stuff out?" Dumbledore asked, nobody moved for a couple of seconds, then James got up and showed Dumbledore the way
"I think you're being a bit harsh Ginny" Remus said
"No I'm not. Dumbledore knows what Sirius' mother is like, so why the fuck would he let Regulus go back there?!"
"He knows what he's doing Ginny"
"Well then I want him to fucking tell us then, rather then let us think he's not doing anything! I mean look what it's done to Sirius!"
"He'll tell Mr Potter soon enough what's going on, and he's already said he'll tell Sirius when he finds out"
"Yeah you're right. Sorry guys. I'm going to make sure Sirius is still asleep"
I walked up the stairs, and saw James outside Sirius' door, deciding whether to go in or not
"Hey" I whispered, being careful not to wake Sirius up
"Is Dumbledore still here? I want to go say sorry to him, I was kinda rude"
"He already said to tell you not to worry about it and that your just sticking up for your friend. Although he actually said boyfriend" James laughed and I felt my face redden "How comes you always get embarrassed when I say things like that?"
"Because it's embarrassing. I'm gonna go in there" I said pointing towards Sirius' door, "Are you coming in or not?"
"No, I'll go see if Dumbledore is still here"
"Alright, tell me when he's gone, I don't want Sirius near him for a while"
James nodded his head and walked off, as I walked into Sirius' room.
He was still asleep, so I quietly walked over and sat back where I was before, with Sirius leaning on me again
"So who don't you want me near?" Sirius whispered, causing me to jump up
"Fucking hell Sirius! You scared the shit out of me!"
"Sorry" He laughed "So who aren't I allowed near?"
"Oh no one, it doesn't matter" I lied, where's James?! He's supposed to come in when Dumbledore's left… he can't be taking this long
"Good… I'm gonna go downstairs, you coming?" Sirius said standing up, no no no no no!
"Wait!" I said dragging him back down on the bed
"What?"
"Erm…I just wanted to say thank you for my necklace"
"Do you really like it?" He smiled
"Yeah, I'm gonna wear it for the party"
"Awesome, are you going with anyone?"
"No, are you?" Ohh this is awkward… I might ask him to come with me, but that might be awkward…
"Nope"
"Oh" should I ask him? I want to! But that might be awkward..
"Do you want to come with me? I mean we haven't got anybody else to go with, so why don't we go together, just as friends" just as friends… I don't want to go just as friends..
"Yeah okay, I take it James & Lily are going together?"
"Yeah, and me & James tried to get Remus to ask someone, but he didn't want to because he felt rude"
"He felt rude?"
"Yeah, he said it's because he's a guest at the house so he'll feel rude bringing somebody else"
Before I could answer, I heard voices in the hallway
"Is that everything Professor?" James asked, I saw Sirius stiffen when James said Professor
"Yes, is Sirius still sleeping? I would like to talk to him" Dumbledore said
Sirius jumped up, and I quickly ran in front of him before he got to the door
"Move out the way Ginny"
"No. He did what he thought was right Sirius"
"How is that right!" He shouted, trying to open the door with me in the way
I pushed against the door so it stayed closed. Hurry up James…Hurry up…
"I don't know Sirius, Dumbledore knows what he's doing"
"You keep saying that, but he really doesn't"
Someone knocked at the door, and Sirius pulled it open before I could stop him… Shit.
"Hey buddy" James said, walking in the room, "I thought you were asleep?"
"Where's Dumbledore?" Sirius said
"Dumbledore?" James laughed nervously "He's not been here"
"Give it up James, he heard him outside" I said
"Oh, well he's left now, he's taking Re-" I elbowed James in the stomach before he said Dumbledore took Regulus' stuff "He's taking Remus shopping"
Sirius & I looked at James with raised eyebrows, and then Sirius burst out laughing, James started laughing after a while too, and I just stared at them with a raised eyebrow
"I'm gonna go downstairs and see Remus & Lily"
I went downstairs and Remus & Lily were looking at the books they got each other
"Hey" I sat down and grabbed the box with my dress in and took it out, holding it up against me "Lily, does this look okay?" I asked
"Yeah! It will look so good with your necklace"
"That's what I thought! That necklace is so nice, I can't believe Sirius bought it for me! Did you help him pick it or something?" I asked Lily
"No, I didn't even know he bought it"
"He picked it himself, we all went to London and he went into a shop & found it" Remus said
"Nobody helped him decide? He actually picked it himself?" I said, shocked. He picked something that beautiful himself…
"Yeah, James was off somewhere looking at something for Lily & I was with him but didn't help him pick it, neither did the shopkeeper" wow. He picked it himself!
"Ginny, are you taking anybody to the party?" Lily asked
"Yeah. Sirius asked me" I saw Remus & Lily's shocked faces "We're going as friends!" I added quickly
Remus & Lily looked at each other and smirked "What?" I said
"Your just going as friends?" Lily asked
"Yes. Sirius asked me if I wanted to go as friends and we are. Remus, what's this I hear about you not bringing anybody?"
"I didn't want to bring anybody when I'm a guest here. I feel rude"
"All the people coming to the party are guests, they're still bringing people" I said
"I just don't want to bring anyone"
"Oh okay"
We all sat in a comfortable silence, Remus & Lily reading they're new books, while I was looking through my photo album. There was the picture of me, James, Remus & Sirius laughing in the Great Hall, I think Lily took it. Sirius had said something funny, I can't remember what it was now…
"Hey guys, is mum & dad back yet?" James asked, as him & Sirius walked in the room
"Nope, they should be back soon though" I said, still looking at the photo album, Sirius came and sat next to me, looking at the photo album too "Do you want to see pictures from where I'm from?" I asked him, he could see me, and Harry, Remus, himself…
"Yeah alright"
I opened up the hidden cover & looked at a picture of me & the Weasley's
"Which one's are Bill & Charlie?" Sirius asked, I pointed at them, and then showed him the rest of the boys, telling him how Fred & George are a lot like him & James
"Are they like Gideon & Fabian?
"Yeah they are" I decided not to tell Sirius that I didn't actually know them, and just told him from stories I've been told about them
"Oh, which one's Harry's friend?" I pointed at Ron, and Sirius nodded his head
We then looked at a picture of me, Harry & Hermione
"They're like twins!" Sirius gasped
"Except his eyes, he has his mothers eyes" I said, a line I've heard a million times…
"Who has?" James jumped up and ran over, knowing I was talking about Harry "Wow" James said, speechless after seeing his son
"Guys I really don't think I should show you these photos" I said, thinking about how it will affect the future "It will ruin the surprise of everything
"Have you got one of me when I'm older?" Sirius asked
I looked through the pictures & saw one of the whole of the Order, Moody, Remus, Sirius, my other mum & dad, Tonks, Bill and all the others…
"Yeah. This is the last picture I'm letting you see!" I said, before pointing at Sirius in the picture "You're that one"
"I'm hot!" He said, laughing at himself, which made me laugh, I closed the photo album, and put it back on my pile of presents.
"I'm gonna take these upstairs, I'll be back in a minute" I said, stacking all my presents onto the box that my dress is in, then picked them up and walked towards the stairs
"Wait, I'm taking mine up too" Lily said, picking up her presents, and walking up the stairs with me.
We walked into my room, and put all the stuff on my bed, then sat down,
"So why didn't you want to look at the pictures?" I asked Lily,
"Well I looked at them when I put them in the photo album, but I'm trying to forget what they all looked like. I want it all to be a surprise, I already know I'm going to have a son called Harry, I want the rest to be a surprise"
"Oh. Sorry I kind of ruined it, telling you all that"
"It's fine, I've always wanted to name my son Harry anyway, so that would of happened whether you told me or not" Lily smiled, probably thinking about her future…
"You're going to the party with James right?" I asked, even though that was obvious
"Yeah, and your going with Sirius" She said, and while sitting down, starting jumping on the bed out of excitement
"As friends!" I reminded her, even though I really wanted it to be more than friends…
"Do you want to go as JUST friends though?"
"No" I said truthfully "Don't tell anyone that!"
"I won't don't worry. Why don't you just ask him to go as more than friends?"
"Because he's the one that wants to go as just friends, so we will"
"What if he wants to go as more than friends but thinks you don't? then you can go together like you both want!"
"I don't want to ask him. He might not want to go as more than friends and that'll be awkward. Shall we try our dresses on?" I asked, trying to change the subject.
"Okay!" Lily replied, jumping off the bed and running over to close the door.
We both quickly changed into our dresses and looked in the mirror
"Oh my god, you look amazing Lily!" I said, the dress complimented her whole body, and well she just looked amazing, the colour of the dress matched her eyes, and with her earrings, she would look beautiful!
"You're going to look so beautiful Ginny! Lily said, my dress was blue, and a strip of diamonds, which, when I'm wearing the dress, will be just above my waist, it didn't have any sleeves, but it tied up round the back of my neck.
"You know mum will kill us if she found out we're wearing these right now?" I said, mum told us not to where them in case they get ruined
"Yep, but I got excited, we should take them off" Lily said, taking one last look in the mirror, before starting to take her dress of.
Someone knocked on the door, and we both looked at each other
"WAIT!" I shouted, quickly taking of my dress lying it on the bed, and changing into what I was wearing before, Lily was still getting changed, so I went and opened the door just a bit, so they couldn't see her
"Yes?" I said to James, who had been standing outside
"Why aren't you opening the door properly, what are you two doing?" He asked suspiciously
"Nothing, Lily's just getting changed"
"Why? Did you try on your dresses?" James asked
"Yes, but don't tell mum"
"Why?"
"Because we're not actually allowed to try them on, in case we ruin them"
James smiled and I realised he is going to hold that against me for a very long time…
"Anyway, what did you want?"
"Mum & Dad's home, they told me to come and get you two"
"Oh alright" I said, turning around "Lily you coming?" I shouted as she was in the bathroom,
"Yep" She replied, coming out the bathroom, and followed me & James down the stairs.
Laying in bed, I thought about the day, it started off really good, then it got bad, then good again, when mum & dad came downstairs they told us we're not allowed to owl Regulus or anything. Sirius' mum doesn't want him speaking to us anymore after we 'convinced Regulus to leave home' when he actually decided to stay here. So Sirius obviously didn't take that news to well, but he didn't show it, we carried on the night like nothing happened, and I had one of the best Christmas' I've ever had.
A/N: Hope you like this chapter :) i'm not really to sure about it, but i knew i had to update, it's been a month! Sorry!:)
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