A/N, since you guys only managed to confuse me a bit more in your reviews about the '12 Days of Christmas' song, I took a vote.
The rest of the story will proceed as follows (happily, this is how *I* always sang it too)
10 lords a leaping
11 pipers piping
12 drummers drumming
AND also, a note to RavenAngel don't worry, you didn't make a fool of yourself. I am who Victoria Weasley thinks I am!! Tell her I said "HI!!!!" I really miss the 'Storming Stags!' we never did get around to getting organized though... I don't get on HOL anymore (err...She'll understand what it is I'm talking about) because I couldn't ever figure out the new message boards *smiles sheepishly* well...I liked the old ones better--I understood them!
That really brought back old memories! I can't believe she's your sister! (Um...to both of you that is, I guess--I'm confused at who I'm addressing this to!) Well, anyway, that just brought a bunch of memories back to the--front of my head? The whole team ...Brittany, Rubeus, Victoria (of course), Fatmeh...err, I'll stop listing! If she wants she can email me--actually, anybody can, because I don't--well, I have no life, and I'm bored a lot! My email (to any of you who just want to talk too) is SierraSitruc@hotmail.com
Sorry for all you reviewers who have NO clue what I'm talking about...
What a small world this is...
A fast note, since chapter 9--or 10 you might say, this has been un-beta-ed so, bear with me here! Look out for grammar mistakes in the next chapter (unless my beta-reader and I can work it out fast enough...I'm rushing you know)
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Mr. Grinch
James Vs. Christmas. Will James Potter Finally Get In the Christmas Spirit?
By
Sierra Sitruc
Oh the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
It doesn't show signs of stopping
And I've bought some corn for popping
The lights are turned way down low
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
When we finally kiss goodnight
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold me tight
All the way home I'll be warm
The fire is slowly dying
And, my dear, we're still goodbying
But as long as you love me so
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Chapter 10
3 Days Until Christmas
Lily woke up feeling...invigorated, but thought it best to keep her eyes closed, in case it had all been a dream. She couldn't believe that she'd actually made James 'get into' to the Christmas spirit! She'd been floating on air since he'd told her--of course, afterwards, she'd had the urge to yell "I told you so!", but she controlled herself, and...only whispered it to the door after he dropped her off at her dorm, last night.
Her eyes flew open though, as she felt something bounce on her bed. "Wha--?" She gasped, as she spotted a miniature sized group of 10 lords, leaping around on her bed. "How cute!" She squealed, picking one of them up. She took in briefly what it looked like, because it quickly leapt off.
They each had black hair, and carved noses--transfigured from wooden things, she assumed. There small outfits were gold and red--either, the boy sending her the gifts was from Gryffindor or was just supporting her house, in honor of herself.
Lily felt an enormous ego lift, Lily knew that at times she was rather...egotistical. Most people don't believe girls even can be egotistical, but Lily Evans was.
She was flattered beyond belief, too bad James wasn't this nice to her. James was starting to be quite friendly to her--but still she knew he didn't like her that way, so why did it matter?
Lily giggled as one of the lords bowed to her, and made quite the show of it too--trying to impress her, she believed. Then it strolled up to her finger, and held it in his tiny hand, and kissed it.
"How very sweet of you--but, it would never work out." Lily said, grinning at the gentleman.
The lord looked depressed, and did a very drastic thing--he jumped off the bed. There was a loud crack, and Lily winced. "Oops."
Lily crawled out of her covers and leaned over the edge, to observe the damage. The nine other lords peered over the edge too.
"Reparo!" She pointed at the three piece wooden man with her wand (thankfully, it had been beside her bed), and it instantly put itself back together. "Sorry little guy." She said, and picked him up gently, and kissed the top of his head.
She gathered up the lords and set them on the ground, before starting to get dressed--then thought better of it, as she witnessed the way the wooden lords were staring at her. "Excuse me a moment." She said quietly, and went to her bathroom to change.
Moments later she came out and saw James lying on his back, on the floor, playing with the 10 lords. They were leaping over him, in patterns.
"I think they like me!" James exclaimed, as one repeatedly jumped on his head.
"They're another gift from--well, I don't know who, but I think I'm going to go insane if I don't find out!" Lily grumbled, lying down beside James.
James didn't say anything for a moment, "Whoever they are, they must really, really like you or something." The lords nodded vigorously in agreement.
"Oh my!" Lily shouted out suddenly.
"What?" James said, as a lord stuck it's hand up his nose. "Argh!" James stood up slowly, knocking away all the wooden 'toys', his face a very bright red.
"Look at all the snow!" Lily exclaimed, pointing out the window. There had been a blizzard that night, it appeared--because the snow was so deep, that the trees from the Forbidden Forest, were buried under several feet of snow. "I love snow! I can't believe we've had so much snow! It's amazing!" Lily said, her bells jingling about in her red hair.
Suddenly, Remus and Sirius burst into the room. It was a good thing, that Lily didn't have a fetish for privacy, because everyone seemed to enjoy walking into her dorm unannounced.
"Happy Birthday James!" Sirius and Remus cried. James rolled his eyes.
"It's not my birthday." James growled.
"We know, we know! But still...What we came to tell you, was look at all the snow! There's so much--Dumbledore's not letting anyone outside, because he thinks they'll fall straight through and get stuck!"
"Oh! Well, that just ruins my fun." Lily pouted childishly.
"Not to worry Lily, we have our ways of--sneaking out." Sirius said, with a quick wiggle of his eyebrows, pulling out the invisibility cloak.
"I shouldn't have said anything..." Lily said pretending to be annoyed, but was secretly pleased--she couldn't wait to get outside. "Hmm...James, do you think Harry is still out there?" James snorted with laughter.
"We'll have to see--but I'm sure that the snow's gotten him covered by now, either way--that wall will give him away." James said, as he and Lily ignored Remus and Sirius's odd glances.
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Once out in the snow, the four searched out Harry, finding only his head. "He's alive!" James yelled, and began to unbury him.
"James, don't worry so much--it's just a snowman." Remus said, shaking his head.
"Just a snowman?!" Lily and James asked in disbelief.
"This is not just any snowman!" Lily said, putting on a show.
"No, it's not." James agreed enthusiastically. "It's Harry Potter."
"Harry Potter, eh?" Sirius asked, "So, Lily--this is the result of you befriending our dear James here." Suggestiveness filling his voice.
Lily blushed, but didn't stop the game. "Yes, I just threw myself at James as soon as we were alone! Right here in the snow too!" Remus and James snickered, and Sirius burst out into loud laughs.
"Lily! I didn't know you--" James started to say.
"Could even think of myself in that situation?" Lily asked, with a raised eyebrow.
"Not what I was going to say, but good enough." James said with a shrug. Lily smirked at him.
"So...We're in the snow...But we're not doing anything." Remus said calculatingly. Suddenly, Remus was hit by a rather large snowball.
"Now we're doing something!" Sirius shouted, as he dodged Remus handful of snow dust.
"Black! Get your arse back here!" Remus called after Sirius, as Sirius ran like the dickens out of Remus' path--it was difficult to do, because they would sink down to their thighs at times as they ran through the snow. It was a clumsy affair, but altogether amusing.
Lily and James shook their heads, "I've said this many times, but I don't mind saying to again--James, your friends are weird." James didn't get the chance to reply, because Lily had just picked up a loose pile of snow and thrown it at him. James tried to retaliate, but ended up falling backwards in the snow--sinking quite far.
A muffled noise was heard, and Lily carefully walked over to where James was stuck. "What was that, James?"
James spluttered a bit, before saying. "I'm stuck! Give me a lift up!"
"Fine, fine--keep your trousers on." Lily groused. She held out a hand for James to get a hold of, but as soon as their hands clasped together, and Lily gave a tug, she sank in the snow too. James found it rather annoying, as he couldn't see much of what was going on from his spot deep in the snow--but he could definitely hear Lily's giggles.
"Lily! This isn't funny!" James snapped, not as angry as he sounded--which Lily knew.
"I know! But--It is!" Lily said, laughing some more. (A/N I had a complaint, that Lily was too giggly. Well--this aspect of Lily is held also by me...I'm rather giggly...To the point that people find it annoying sometimes, when I can't stop...Ah, getting in trouble in class--what a pleasant memory...Not.)
"How are we going to get up?"
"Hm...Where's my wand?" Lily said, soothing her giggles down. "Oh here it is!" Lily exclaimed, giddily.
"Lily! Your acting like some--ditz!" James moaned in despair.
"Oh, don't be silly! I only act like this when you're around." Lily mumbled to herself.
"What was that?" James asked.
"I SAID, 'oh don't be silly! I only act like this when you're bound--up." Lily said nervously, but trying to sound convincing anyway--that could have come out quite badly for her.
"Whatever." James muttered. "Help me out of here!"
"Well, I have to get myself free first, you know." Lily said derisively.
"Hurry it up then! I'm cold! Where's Sirius and Remus when you need them?"
Lily did a quick melting charm, and got up, finding herself in a waist high hole, she peered around, looking for the two missing Marauders. "It seems they disappeared."
"I bet they're stuck too." James said, laughing shortly.
"You're probably right." Lily then turned and began melting the snow around James off. "It's a good thing our robes are charmed to repel water, or else we'd be ice cubes by now."
"Yeah." James said, his teeth chattering as he stood up finally, wiping snow slush of his bum. "Now I'm just a cold cube."
Lily giggled, "James--that wasn't very funny of you."
"I'm not up to my normal standards today am I?" James said uninterestedly.
"Hm...We better go look for Remus and Sirius, I do expect they're trapped some where in the snow." Lily and James headed off, both blasting melting charms to walk through the deep snow.
"Sirius! Remus!" James called. "Siri--." James stopped mid-yell because he'd just caught sight of--
Professor McGonagall.
"Duck!" Lily shrieked, tugging James down in their snow path. McGonagall couldn't see them, but she might stumbled upon their little mole tunnel like path.
"Crawl Lily! Crawl!" James ordered, as they started retracing their path on their hands and knees.
"I'm crawling, I'm crawling, but your cute arse happens to be in my face and is keeping me from moving faster!" Lily snapped, and stopped to cover her mouth, she could NOT believe she'd just said that!! James stopped his moving so quickly, Lily almost ran straight into that 'cute arse' as Lily had so affectionately called it.
"LILY! You just said my bum was cute!" James wheezed out.
"I did...didn't I?" Lily twittered. "Oops. It just slipped out."
"I feel violated." James said, grabbing his bum and turning around to sit. "Lily--you think my bum is cute!"
"That's what I said, isn't it?" Lily said, a wicked grin on her face. James was appalled.
"I wouldn't expect that from someone like you!" James whimpered, alarmed at how Lily was acting.
"Well, when I think something or someone is cute, I normally say so." Lily said, smiling at him. "You're cute James Potter."
James gaped like a goldfish for several long moments before saying. "Um...Your pretty cute too Lily." James said, turning as red as Lily's hair.
"I know James--you didn't have to tell me. Err...I mean--I know that you think I'm cute." Lily said, shrugging.
"What--h-how?!" James spluttered, continuing to crawl as they had their conversation, Lily followed.
"I have my sources--mainly, you-- You were rather loud the other day, in talking to Remus and Sirius. And I quote--this is what you said: 'That Evans, real cute but she's a mother hen if I ever saw one!'" Lily grinned proudly. "At the time, I was very embarrassed, but it's more embarrassing for you then me."
"Right on that you are." James said, knowing he was caught. He was glad he'd got his blushing under control though.
"Hmm...So? What do we do about this?" Lily said, addressing the situation, while dusting snowflakes out of her hair with he gloved hands. Her periwinkle blue cloak was tripping her up, and the hood kept falling in her face.
"I don't know...Lily--are you still staring at my bum?" James asked uncertainly.
"Yes." Lily said, "In between looks at the inside of my hood that is." James whirled around, one arm supporting him. Lily had to admit, he look absolutely handsome in his deep scarlet robes, his hood was thrown back, and his cheeks were stained with red from the cold, his nose was pink and his eyes had a panicked look to them.
"Lily! Don't talk like that!" James said, flustered.
"Why not?" Lily asked innocently.
James looked even more uncomfortable. "It's--it's weird!"
"Why?" Lily asked, nosing up to him, getting up in his face--her heart was pounding in her chest, but Lily could be quite bold when she felt like it, and now, she just so happened to feel like it.
"B-because..." James said his voice getting lost in his throat.
"Because, it makes you feel embarrassed? Nervous? Frightened? Childish? Happy? Giddy?" Lily asked quietly.
"A little of all the above." James said, his voice cracking slightly, Lily was getting awfully close, and those feelings, plus a thousand more, were starting to attack him. James could hardly breathe.
"Me too." Lily said, with a half smile. "Me too." She repeated.
James was sure he was going to die from the closeness. Lily was embarrassing the daylights out of him--and he liked it! She smelled so nice, and looked so gorgeous--he was going to die! It was like a Veela's charm, but ten times worse.
James could hardly contain himself, Lily was just sitting there, nose to nose to him and not doing anything.
That's when James realized--he was the man in this scenario, he was supposed to initiate things.
Oh courage, where are you when I need you? James thought desperately to himself. Oh hell, courage or not--I can still be an idiot.
James closed the small distance between them, and touched his lips to Lily's. There was a small spark there--and something else. Something he wanted to get more of, he needed a bit more...James moved his position, so he had more control of what was going on.
Lily some how ended up directly underneath him, and it didn't occur to her to mind. Their lips were moving together, and slowly their tongues met for the first time. Lily and James got to know one another on a level they'd never stepped into before.
"Ahem." Lily and James were startled from the reverie by Professor McGonagall.
"Uh oh." Lily whispered, as James clambered off her, and she suddenly felt cold.
McGonagall looked furious as she spoke--well, furiously, "I'd ask you two to explain to me, what it is you've been up to--but that much is obvious."
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A/N Also, in response to a review, someone said that Lily was...well--basically, I think they said Lily was too sure of herself around James. Well...She's not really sure of herself--she's just comfortable around him. See?
Isn't it sad that my story is catching up with me...In times of events that is...
I'm hoping that snogging scene was PG acceptable. I've never been very good at those scenes, but oh well. SO--Lily and James--are more or less together...For now. I mean--don't get your hopes up folks, the fruit of love is never peachy.
Chapter 11:
Very top secret, :-D. I'll only tell you this, the song I've chosen for it is 'Blue Christmas' and that something is revealed about James...
Thanks for all the reviews!! I really appreciate it! The next chapter *might* be up tomorrow, but I'm not sure...'Let's cross our fingers and hope for the best' --The Chudley Cannons motto. I use that a lot...
I can't believe I'm getting so much positive feed back! But, we really need to work out how that song works--no, no, no, more help! LOL, I had some many people tell me how they thought it was sung...And of course, it was all different...It was nice that you guys tried to help anyway!
Review! Let's try for 20 again (err...why do I even ask? You always give me more then I asked for! :-) About 370? Please? Of course...400 would be nice...but 370 is good too!! :-D
Happy Christmas!
*~Sierra~*