"Lily!" Marlene bounced excitedly. "C'mere!"
"What?" the redhead asked.
"We're—me and my parents—hosting a New Year's party! Can you come?"
"Umm….what day is it?" Lily asked.
Marlene stared at her. "Lily. A New Year's party."
Sheepishly, Lily grinned. "Sorry, had a little brain freeze there."
"So can you come?"
"Sure. I'll owl my parents and ask them, but I'm pretty sure they'll agree. Not before the no-drinking-nor-sex speech, mind," She added, shuddering. "Who else is coming?"
"Dunno yet. I've asked Alice, Mary, Dorcas, Remus, Frank, Sirius, James, and Peter," she said, ticking off her fingers. "So pretty much everyone, if they can."
"Did you have to ask James?" She sighed. Marlene beamed at her.
"Absolutely. I simply can't bear to watch my best friend not have anyone to kiss when the clock strikes twelve, now, could I?"
"Marlene McKinnon, you'll be the death of me," Lily groaned.
"Ah, Lily, when you make me godmother to you and James' child, you'll be thanking me then," the blonde smirked, then dodged out of reach before Lily could throw something at her.
"Why do I even bother?" Lily muttered to herself as she trudged through the thick snow to the Owlery to send her parents a letter.
As she pulled out a quill and some parchment, she found herself smiling, strangely excited for her parents' reply.
AN: istolethecookie, this is your dare! Well, part of it. It's going to be continued in the next few chapters, as I don't have the stamina to sit still to write an really long chapter xD This is very likely to become another fluffy plot, so fluff lovers, this is my gift to you. Thank you, everyone for getting this story to TWO HUNDRED REVIEWS! That calls for celebration! So I'm going to write a drunken party story for the occasion :3 Cyber-cookie to potato unicorn for having impeccable timing and being my 200th review. If you want to be a hundred-interval winner, keep on reviewing! God, I sound like one of those annoying ads. I'm shutting up now.
~Gella