Chp. 25- Happy Christmas

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They decided to forgo the Great Hall, and headed up to their common room. Lily and James went their separate ways to change their clothes and drop their presents off.

They met back up in the common room, where James pulled out his wand, and lit a fire in the fireplace. They settled down in front of it, silence falling over them but they didn't mind it.

Lily was sitting between James's legs, and leaning back against his chest. They talked about future plans and what they wanted to do after school.

They both wanted to be Aurors.

Lily felt warmth wash over her from the fireplace, and yawned. She fell asleep in James's embrace, content with the comfort she felt around her boyfriend...her protector.

Now:

Lily woke up, smiling when she remembered what day it was. She sat up, looking around James's room. She stood up and made her way over to the window to look outside. Snow was falling at this very minute, adding to the layer of snow already on the ground.

She shivered even though she was wearing navy blue flannel pants and a long sleeve white shirt.

Lily looked over at James, who was still asleep. She walked over to him, shaking him softly. She leaned down so her mouth was next to his ear.

"James wake up. It's Christmas darling."

He opened his eyes slowly at this, offering her a sleepy smile before yawning.

"Happy Christmas Lily."

"Happy Christmas James."

James grabbed her face in his hands, and place a soft kiss upon her lips before pulling back. Lily slowly opened her eyes, smiling like a fool. He was smiling back at her before getting out of bed and grabbing her hand.

They walked out to the common room where a tree was set up for the Head Boy and Girl. There was a fair amount of presents around the tree. Lily was filled with glee. Christmas was her favorite holiday of them all. She loved snow, and she loved spending time with family and friends. Everyone got together with their relatives to celebrate the wonderful holiday.

She had already sent her presents to her parents since she was spending this Christmas at Hogwarts. She didn't want to be away from James for their first Christmas together, and he was staying at the castle since his parents had decided to go on a trip to America during the vacation to get away.

They settled down on the floor, next to the tree with Lily sitting in between James's open legs. She reached for a present, and looked at the tag. She leaned back against her boyfriend's chest before handing the present to him.

There were about five presents a piece for each of them, but that was only the gifts they had gotten for each other. They would exchange with the rest of their friends after eating breakfast.

James ripped open the paper with excitement, and his custom Quidditch robes fell out of the package. He felt the fabric and turned them around to see his name in big bold letters. He kissed Lily's cheek, whispering his thanks.

"These are wonderful."

Lily blushed and took the package James handed to her. She unwrapped it and smiled when she saw it was a beautiful emerald green winter cloak. It felt so soft against her fingers and it was thick. She hugged James before handing another package to him.

They exchanged gifts till Lily had gotten a couple books, a thing of wonderful smelling perfume, a beautiful necklace with a emerald heart hanging from it, and several other things from James. He had loved every one of her gifts, especially the necklace. He had slipped it on immediately after he had opened the gift.

Now they were sitting by the fireplace, warming up before they would get dressed to head down to the Great Hall. Lily basked in the warmth that the fire placed over her, and she sighed with content.

This was the perfect day.

"Lily?"

She looked up at James, her eyes meeting his.

"Yes James?"

James sat up straight, and Lily turned around to stare at him curiously. He looked nervous...He grabbed out a black velvet ring case from his pocket and Lily's breath caught in her throat. He smiled at her, placing his right hand on her cheek.

"I've known that you were the one I wanted to marry for a long time Lily Evans. I love you with all my heart, and I want you in my life always. I know we are still young, but I also know we're perfect together. You would make me so happy if you would say yes. I want you to become Lily Potter in the near future, and for us to start a family together."

James took a deep breath before staring directly into Lily's tear filled eyes that were threatening to let a flood of tears loose.

"Will you marry me Lily," James asked softly, popping the ring case open.

Lily gasped and placed a hand over her racing heart. She would have never imagined James to be proposing so soon...yet it felt right. She nodded her head.

"Yes James."

James grinned, slipping the huge ring upon her finger. Lily let her tears fall, happy as could be. She wrapped her arms around James's neck, kissing him soundly on the lips.

James kissed her back, wiping away her tears at the same time. They didn't pull back till they were breathless. Lily smiled at James before looking down at her left hand. The ring was absolutely perfect.

It had a rectangular shaped diamond in the middle that was quite big, and the band had surrounding diamonds around it, the entire length.

"Do you like the ring?"

Lily looked up at James before replying, "Yes. It's beautiful James."

He nodded in agreement.

"I thought you'd like it."

"Are we going to tell everyone that we're engaged, or do you want to wait?"

"We might as well tell them. They're going to find out sooner or later."

"You're right."

They finally got up after sitting there for a couple more minutes, deciding they'd better get moving if they wanted to eat breakfast. Lily kissed James softly before heading to her bedroom. She slipped on a pair of faded jeans, cream sweater, and a pair of black boots. She brushed her hair before putting on some light make-up and heading into the common room.

She was only waiting for James for several minutes before he appeared in front of her, looking amazing. He grinned at her, pulling her close to his body and planting a kiss upon her warm lips.

Lily moaned softly and felt James's smile widen. He slipped his hand inside her's and they headed down to the Great Hall.

Once they got there, they saw it was practically empty. They found their friends at the end of their table, and went over to join them. Instantly they were greeted, and James pulled Lily down to sit between himself and De. De smiled over at her.

Lily grinned back at her and she started eating. As she finished her first plate, she was grabbing for another waffle. Her ring caught the light, and De gasped as she stared down at Lily's hand.

"Oh my god! Let me see that."

De grabbed Lily's hand and inspected the ring. She looked up from Lily to James with a smile. Lily was blushing and James was grinning like an idiot. They now had the attention of the entire group.

"I proposed to Lily this morning," James explained, "and she said yes."

Everyone congragulated them, and De hugged Lily, excitedly.

"This is wonderful. So when do you plan on getting married?"

Lily looked over at James, who shrugged.

"We haven't decided yet, but we're going to wait till we're done with school of course. Perhaps in the summer or fall."

They all nodded in agreement, chatting with excitement about this news. Lily Evans and James Potter were engaged! Finally after they were all finished eating, they headed up to the Gryffindor tower to exchange some more gifts.

The rest of the afternoon was spent laughing and joking around. Sirius had kissed Lily on the lips quickly when he had opened her presents, and James proceeded to punch him in the arm, and De smacked him in the back of his head but it was all in good joke.

The teenagers were having tons of fun on their Christmas day, spending time with their friends. Lily remained close to James, and he smiled over at her every time she looked over at him.

This was definitely the perfect day...

After they had grown bored of staying inside, they went outside after dressing up in warm clothes to have a snowball fight. It was boys versus the girls, which was interesting.

Lily found herself cornered by James, and he gave her an evil grin, coming at her with a snowball. She used her charms to her advantage, and once he forgot about his snowball, dropping it to the ground, she smashed her own snowball over his head. She ran away laughing, and it didn't take long for James to catch up with her.

His cold breath fell upon her freezing face, and he kissed her passionately for several minutes, enjoying the feel of his fiance in his arms. Lily leaned closer to him, seeking his body heat since she was freezing her bum off.

They didn't go inside till it was getting too dark to see. Lily and James undressed from their clothes once up in the common room, and laying them near the fire to dry. Lily got dressed in a pair of pajama bottoms, a sweater, and a pair of socks before going out into the common room and sitting down on James's lap.

He wrapped his arms around her, and they sat there, cuddling for several hours before they finally went to bed in James's room. Lily glanced down as James's hands were wrapped around her waist as she fell asleep. The last thing she saw was her hands over his, her ring in plain view. She fell asleep with a smile on her face.

Well that's it. James proposed! Yay. I hope you all enjoyed it. There's going to be one more chapter probably and then the epilogue. So what did everyone think of it? It was pretty short, and it was sort of a filler chapter, but I needed to have James propose and I wanted that to be the main focal point of this chapter. Please leave me a review!