A/N: Hey guys! I'm back! Yay! Just so you know I am writing another story as well. This one is obviously top priority. It's called Nothing is Impossible. It's kind of like an alternate ending to this. I pretty much know the ending I want for this, but I had the idea for NiI (Nothing is Impossible) so I figured I would make it into a story. It would be really cool if you read it! Love you guys! -Rena
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Chapter Twenty-one
When we get home we say hello to my grandparents and then head straight upstairs. I walk over to my desk and pull the chair out. I open my laptop and start searching for nearby places we can go sledding at. My friends crowd around as I scroll down the page.
"Found one!" I say excitedly. "It's about twenty minutes from here."
"Awesome."
After that we just hang around and talk. At around seven Nana asks if we want some dinner. We all head downstairs and happily eat our pizza. Afterwards we go back upstairs to wait for midnight to come around.
I jump onto my bed and lay down with my head at the end so I can see everyone. They all get onto their own beds completing our little circle. I yawn. "I'm so tired."
"Me too," says Louis.
"Maybe we should sleep for a bit first," says Katherine.
I nod. I sit up and reach over to the table beside my bed and I set my alarm clock for eleven forty-five, that should give us enough time to be out of here by midnight. I put the alarm back on the table and lie down. Within minutes we are all asleep.
I roll over to the sound of my alarm clock beeping. I moan and reach over to shut it off. I sit up and see the others stirring. "Everyone up!" I say. "We can't go sledding if you don't get upppppppppppppppp!" I jump up and head over to my closet to get a warmer shirt to wear. I take off my t-shirt so I am just in a tank top and then pull my sweatshirt over my head. I turn around and see the others getting up and stretching.
"Ready?" I ask grinning.
They nod and we all head downstairs quietly. We go into the basement and put our snow stuff on. I grab the car keys and off we go.
When we get there we practically sprint up the hill with our sleds. Once at the top we stare down the hill and the field below.
"So...who wants to go first?" asks Louis.
"I think Serena should. She found this gigantic hill," says Fred.
"Aw is Fweddie scared of a wittle hill?" I tease.
"No. I just think that you should go first," he says, trying to defend his pride.
"Fine. Move then."
He moves out of the way and I set my red sled down on the ground. I carefully sit down on it so it won't move. Then I shove off and down the hill I go. "WHEEEEEEEEEEE!" I yell as I speed down the hill. I raise my hands in the air and laugh as I get closer to the bottom. At the bottom I crash into a snowbank. I spit the snow out of my mouth and roll onto my back laughing.
"Serena are you okay?" yells Mandi.
"I'm good!" I yell back giving them a thumbs up. "Come on down! The snow is quite lovely!"
"YEAHH!" I hear James laugh as he jumps on his sled. I hear him crash next to me and I sit up and look at him. He is laying on the ground laughing silently. He looks at me and meets my eyes and slowly his laughter dies away. We sit there, just looking at each other. I'm the first one to turn away. I look down at the ground blushing. I brush the snow off of my lap and stand up. I pick my sled up and start walking up the hill. "You coming?" I yell over my shoulder.
"Yes," he says in my ear, I spin around so fast I land on the ground. He looks at me for a second before he starts laughing.
"I hate you."
"No you don't." He offers me a hand and pulls me out of the snow.
"You're right. I don't."
We continue walking until we get to the top of the hill. We didn't notice, but everyone else was at the bottom walking back up.
"I didn't even hear or see them go down the hill," says James frowning.
"Neither did I." I laugh. "I guess we just weren't paying very good attention."
"Apparently not."
When they get to the top Fred suggests a race.
"A six person race?" asks Katherine. "This may be a big hill, but there isn't really enough space for six of us to spread out and have it be fair."
"Then we can go in pairs!" he suggests eagerly.
We all agree and we pick partners. Louis and Fred, Mandi and Katherine, James and I.
We put the sleds we aren't using in a pile on the side. We line up the sleds.
"On three!" says Mandi. "One, two, three!" she yells and we all push off. I wrap my arms tightly around James and we lean forward so we can go faster. Katherine and Mandi are the first ones to the bottom. We don't really know who came in second.
"Yeah!" the two girls cheer, high-fiving. Fred pouts. "No fair! You cheated!"
"How could they have cheated Fred," sighs Louis.
"I don't know, but they did it!"
"Yes Freddie we cheated," says Mandi sarcastically.
"See they admitted it!" he yells.
"Oh shut up!" says Mandi tackling him into a snowbank. The rest of us laugh as Mandi sits on Fred's stomach and shoves snow in his face. "Oi! Quit it!" Fred protests.
"Admit that we didn't cheat!" She shoves more snow in his face.
"Okay! Okay! You didn't cheat! Just stop it!" he cries.
"Thank you." She ruffles his hair and then stands up.
"Thanks for the help guys!" moans Fred standing up. "Love you too!"
"You know we love you Freddie!" says James.
An hour and a lot of yelling later we are all back at the house in my room.
"I'm really surprised we didn't get caught," I say falling onto my bed sleepily.
"Yeah," says Katherine.
"Do you remember that time we got caught sneaking back in after we had been hanging out with the boys up the street at like one in the morning?" asks Mandi.
"Yes!" I laugh. "Good times."
"There's boys up the street..." asks James suspiciously.
"Yes..." I snort. "There's also boys down the street... My neighborhood is home to people besides girls you know."
"Yeah, but I thought most of them were like five."
"Obviously not. Why do you care so much anyway?" I ask, raising an eyebrow.
"I don't," he says quickly. I get this weird feeling, like I'm upset that he doesn't care.
"Fine."
The next morning finds all exhausted and packing. We are so tired that Fred actually falls over because he fell asleep.
"Owwwww," he moans from the floor.
"Wow. I don't think I've ever seen anyone fall asleep standing up," I remark, looking down at him.
"Shut up!"
"Are you kids done packing yet?" calls Nana.
"Almost!" I yawn, putting the last of my things in my trunk. I slam it shut and fall onto my bed. "When we get to your house James, I am sleeping for the rest of my life."
He laughs. "I don't know if Fred is even going to make it to his house."
I sit up and look over at Fred's bed to find him snoring gently. "Awesome. Now I get to pack his things."
Once we are all done packing and have our things down stairs and ready to go Harry and Ginny apparate into the room.
"Hey kids!" says Ginny. "Did you have a good time?" she asks while giving us all hugs.
"Of course!" everyone replies.
"Bye Nana, bye Grampy!" I say hugging them both.
"Bye Serena!" they say before giving my friends hugs.
"I love you!" I call as we all apparate away.
Harry takes Katherine and Mandi home before taking Louis and Fred home. I'm staying at the Potters. We will all be reunited at the annual Potter Christmas Party.
James and I take our things to our bedrooms upstairs. Yes I have a bedroom here. I've only spent over half of my holidays in this house.
When I come out of my bedroom I'm met by Albus and Lily. "Hey guys!" I say cheerfully.
"Hi Serena!" they say back.
"Where's James?" I ask.
"Here!" he says coming out of his room.
"What do you guys want to do?" I ask, sitting down on the floor.
"How about a game of quidditch?" asks Lily slyly.
"I'm game," I reply.
"Let's do it!" cheers Al and James.