A/N- Ok…DON'T KILL ME! I know this took FOREVER to get out, but it's here now, so let's be happy. :) Ok? Anyway, the quote has nothing to do with the story, I couldn't find one that fit, so I just picked one. Anyway hope everyone is ok and that everyone is making it though this tough time. My heart goes out to all the families who were directly affected by the recent tragedies, this chapter is dedicated to you and your families. I say directly because if you think about it, we were all affected by this, whether you believe it or not, we were. I pray for everyone everywhere, but we will get through this, together. Emily
Disclaimer- Ah, yes, the infamous disclaimer. We all know no one on this site owns any Harry Potter characters! Duh! Shesh, anyway, I still own nothing.
Chapter 6
It Is Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas
"Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say."
-Source Unknown
The girls quietly opened the door and tiptoed into the dorm. In their hands, they had honey, toilet paper, whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and cherries to add the finishing touches. Each girl went over to a bed: Rachel to Sirius's, Jenn to Remus's, and Lily to James's. (Peter was in the hospital wing.)
Lily pulled back the hangings around James's bed. She smiled at how innocence he looked. She snorted quietly. 'James Potter, innocent? Yea, right.' She thought to herself. She opened the honey and was about to pour it on James when he grabbed her hand.
"Ya sure you want to do that, Evans?" He said. Lily almost screamed. Rachel, however, did scream when Sirius did the same thing to her. Lily calmed herself down and smiled.
"How'd you know we were coming?" Lily asked.
"I have my ways." James said sitting up and grabbing his glasses.
Lily sighed. "Well, you won this one, but be careful, Potter, because I never loose without making the winner pay." She said softly.
"Is that a threat?" James asked.
"No, it's a promise." Lily said here eyes hard as stone. Sirius stopped tickling Rachel and looked over at Lily and James.
"That's enough, you two, you can admit to your 'undying love' for each other in the morning." He said. "Rach, Jenn, will you two lovely ladies," Rachel giggled causing Sirius to smirk, "escort my dearest Lil-Lil to your dorm?" Jenn looked up from talking quietly with Remus.
"But of course, King Sirius," Rachel said curtsying deeply to Sirius. Jenn laughed and hopped off Remus's bed. "Good night, Remus, Sirius, and James." She said grabbing one of Lily's arms; Rachel grabbed the other one.
"'Night, you guys," Rachel called over her shoulder.
"Undying love, yea, that'll be the day." Lily muttered under her breath.
The next few months flew by quickly. There were the pranks by Lily and James, which had now become a common thing, but as far as excitement goes, that was it. Before long, it was time for Christmas vacation.
Lily and her friends- and James, were all going home for the holidays.
"I'm so excited!" Rachel said jumping around the compartment. "Christmas has always been my favorite holiday!"
"I think it's everyone's, Rach." Lily said without looking up from the present she was wrapping.
"And why is that?" Rachel asked. She stopped jumping around and looked at Lily.
"Well, most people like it because of the presents," Six heads nodded in agreement, "but I like it because of the season." Six identical blank stares. "Ok, let me see if I can explain. Well, at Christmas, everyone seems happy and giving. Combine that with snow that makes everything looks so pure, and Christmas carols and lights, hot chocolate and marshmallows, bright hopeful eyes of children, and cold red noses, and that is what the season of Christmas is all about."
"Wow, that's deep, Lil." Jenn said.
"Yea, but it's true." Lily said.
She looked out the window at the snow-covered town they were passing by.
"Who's that present for, Lil?" Rachel asked sitting next to Lily.
"Not you." Lily said putting a bow on the present she was wrapping. Rachel faked looking hurt, but her eyes lit up as something popped into her head.
"You're going to like your present." Rachel said smiling. "Yep, yep, yep, you are, you are."
"Well, that's good." Lily said smiling.
"I mean, you'll really like it." Rachel urged.
"I'm sure I will."
"Lily!" Rachel said exasperatedly.
"What?" Lily said innocently.
"Oh, Lily, just tell her or we'll have to listen to how much you're going to like your present the whole way home." Jenn said.
"Fine, you're going to like your present too." Lily said rolling her eyes. Rachel smiled smugly.
"So, is anyone doing anything special for Christmas?" Jenn asked.
"I'm going to my aunt's house." Lily said. "All of the people from my dad's side of the family is going to be there. We go every Christmas, I guess it's kind of a tradition. There are so many people! It's crazy. There's 16 cousins, including Petunia and me, and all the aunts and uncles. It's really fun."
"How do all those people sleep in one house?" Remus asked.
"Well, all the cousins sleep, well, not really sleep until around 2 o'clock in the morning, but all the girls sleep in my cousin Lealia's room, and all the boys sleep in my cousins Jonathan and Nathan's room, except for Petunia, she doesn't really like a lot of my cousins, she thinks they're 'too childish.' Even though there are five cousins older than her and they don't think it's 'too childish.' And we open presents at midnight and eat 'dinner' after that." Lily said.
"That sounds much more exciting than my Christmas." Jenn said. "We open presents in the morning and my grandparents come over for Christmas dinner and talk about boring old people stuff. My brothers and I usually go outside and play football after dinner, that's about the best part of the whole thing."
"How many brothers do you have?" Sirius asked.
"Five. And they're all older than me." Jenn said. "Ryan is 17, Michael is 15, Joe is 14, Danny is 13, and Chris is 12, and they all go to Hogwarts. I'll have to introduce you to them when we get back to Hogwarts."
"Aren't a lot of them on the Quidditch team?" James asked.
"Yea Ryan, Michael, and Joe are. Danny and Chris wanted to be on the team, but there were no spots left, my other brothers took all the spots!" Jenn said laughing.
"My Christmas is pretty exciting." Rachel said. "My aunt, uncle, and three cousins come over after church on Christmas Eve and they spend the night, even though their house is only 20 minutes away, it's fun, though. And we open presents at like 6 o'clock in the morning; the first person up wakes everyone else up, which isn't hard since we all sleep on the living room floor. All ten of us-my mom, dad, aunt, uncle, three cousins, Kirsten, Maria, and Rose, my two sisters, Rebecca and Leanna, and me."
"Like a really big slumber party." Lily said.
"Yep." Rachel said. "So what about you guys, what do you do for Christmas?" She asked the boys.
"Well, my mom, sister, Veronika, and I go to my aunt and uncle's house for dinner on Christmas. They have two kids, Nick, who's 11, and Kara, who's 10." Sirius said.
"How old is your sister?" Rachel asked.
"She's 9." Sirius said. "What about your sisters?"
"Rebecca's 13-and goes to Hogwarts-and Leanna's 8." Rachel said.
"Did your sister ever go out with my brother Danny?" Jenn asked.
"Yea, I think so, but if I remember correctly, she dumped him because they were so alike, do you believe that?" Rachel said.
"No, how could you dump someone who you were so like? That would be perfect, I think." Jenn said.
"But it would get boring always know what they were going to do or say." James put in.
"I guess." Rachel said. "But anyway, James, Remus, what do you do for Christmas?"
"Well, my mom, dad, and I stay home and have a quiet Christmas with just the three of us since dad is always away on business except for Christmas, Easter, and two weeks in the summer, so we hardly ever see him. It's not exciting, but it's nice. My mom always makes a pumpkin pie, my dad and my favorite." Remus said.
"I love pumpkin pie." Lily said licking her lips.
"I never knew you were an only child, Remus." Jenn said.
"Yep." Remus said.
"My Christmas is more like Carrots's." James said pointing at Lily, Lily scowled. "My mom, dad, brother, Stephen who's 14, and I all go to my aunt's house on Christmas Eve. My aunt and uncle have eight kids who are 16, 15, 14, 12, 10, 9, 8, and 8; the eight-year-olds are twin girls. It's really fun and there's never a dull moment when you're at that house, I can promise you that."
"Wow, that's a lot of kids. How many girls and how many boys?" Rachel asked.
"The 16 and 15 year olds are girls, and the 14, 12, and 10 year olds are boys. The 9 year old, and the twins are girls." James said.
"We will be arriving at King's Cross in five minutes." A voice said over the intercom.
"I guess we should start getting our stuff together." Lily said. They gathered their trunks, owl cages, and put their scarves, gloves, and cloaks on. Suddenly, the train came to a slow stop. They all pulled their stuff off the train.
"'Bye, everyone! See you soon! Merry Christmas!" Lily said giving everyone a hug, even James.
"Gross! Carrot germs!" James said.
"I would get mad, but it's too close to Christmas." Lily said.
Everyone wished everyone else a Merry Christmas and walked though the barrier. Everyone found his or her family. James when over to a woman with wavy shoulder length dark brown hair and honey colored eyes, and a boy with the same messy hair, chocolate brown eyes, and glasses as James.
"Your father had to work, but he'll probably be home when we get there." James's mother said. James nodded.
Remus went over to a woman with long sandy blonde hair and a balding man with dirty blonde hair.
Sirius when over to a woman with long raven black hair with curls at the bottom and mint green eyes, and a very hyper girl with the same hair and eyes as the woman. When the girl saw Sirius, she ran over and jumped on him, knocking him to the ground.
"Nice to see you too, Veronika." He said patting her on the head like you would a dog and picking her up so he could stand.
Jenn went over to a woman with the same chestnut hair and hazel eyes as Jenn who was standing with four boys with the same chestnut hair and hazel eyes. They waited for the fifth boy, obviously the oldest, to kiss his girlfriend goodbye before leaving.
Rachel went over to a woman with Rachel's dirty blonde hair, but only shorter, and light blue eyes, and two girls, one older, and one younger. They both had dirty blonde hair, the older one's was longer than Rachel's was, and the younger one's was shorter. They both also had blue eyes, the older girl's were light blue, and the younger girl's were dark blue.
Lily found her parents waiting anxiously for her. When they saw her, they ran over and hugged her.
"We miss you so much!" Rose said.
"Very much." William said.
"I missed you both!" Lily said. "Where's Petunia?" She asked, not really caring that much, but wondering.
"She didn't want to come." Rose said stiffly.
"That's ok," Lily said. Her mother smiled.
"Come on, let's get to the car, and you can tell us everything about school." William said. He picked up Lily's trunk and they all walked to the car.
Thank You's
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