A/N: Hey, y'all! I HATE WORKING! Anyway, here is chapter seven, I just finished writing it two days ago (in Global History, period numero duo) and I didn't feel like going to school today because my tummy hurt :( and I decided to type this up. :-P Don't kill me after you read this! Enjoi!
Chapter Seven: Christmas and a Nasty Surprise
"JAMES! OVER HERE!"
James turned and saw his mom waving at him.
"Hey, mom!"
He led everyone over to her. "Who's coming?" Kate asked James.
"Everyone except Peter," said James. "By the way, this is Lily Evans."
"Hello, Lily," Kate said, smiling at the red-haired girl. "Call me Kate."
"Hi, Kate, how are you?" said Lily.
"I'm fine, thank you," said Kate. She clapped her hands together. "Well, lets hope all of you can fit into the car."
"We can always throw James in the trunk," said Sirius. "He's skinny.""Sirius..." Jen slapped him in the back of the head. (A/N: She does a lot of that, doesn't she?)
"He's right Jen, we've done it before," said Kate, completely seriously.
"Those are one of the other things that should *NEVER* be mentioned again!" said James.
"No way, James, I want to hear this one," said Lily.
Kate smiled. "We were coming to Kings Cross in September and Sirius thought it would be funny to lock James in the trunk of my car. I felt kind of bad about driving the whole way here with my son in the trunk, but it was quite funny."
The girls laughed.
"Home sweet home," said James as the car entered the driveway.
It was a nice house. It had two stories, the house was white with blue shutters around the windows. Lily liked it immediately.
Once inside, James showed them to their rooms. The boys were staying in James' room and the girls got the guest room across the hall.
"Okay," said Kate, "what do you guys want for lunch?""Food.""Sirius, could you be any more vague?" Jen asked.
"Sure I can!" said Sirius. "Stuff."
Jen rolled her eyes.
"What kind of food, Sirius?" Kate asked.
"OH! Why didn't you say so?" Sirius asked, waving his hands around. "I could go for a few burgers, actually."
"Sounds good," said the rest.
"Okay, I'll go put on some burgers," said Kate.
"Sirius is here," James reminded his mother.
"Right, I'll go put *a lot* of burgers on." Everyone laughed.
"IT'S CHRISTMAS!""It's also five a.m," James shouted at Sirius.
"BUT IT'S CHRISTMAS!"
"I don't celebrate Christmas," Remus mumbled sleepily.
"Yes you do! WAKE UP!"
"Go wake the girls up," Remus said into his pillow.
"They've locked their door. I can't," said Sirius.
"That's because they're smart," said James. "Go back to sleep, Padfoot.""NO! IT'S CHRISTMAS AND I WANT TO OPEN MY PRESENTS!""JAMES, JUST GET UP! YOU *KNOW* HE WON'T GIVE IN!" Kate shouted from her bedroom.
James groaned, sat up, put his glasses on, and started to look for a pair of socks. "I'm up, happy now?"
"Very."
Fifteen minutes later, everyone was under the tree, looking for their presents. When everyone had their gifts, they started to tear the paper off.
"Wow, Lily, thanks!" James said when he opened Lily's gift to him. "How did you know-?""Remus helped me shop for you," Lily told him. "He said you'd like that."
"I love it," said James. He gave her a kiss.
"One question."
"What's that, Lils?""Why a stag?" Lily asked.
"I'll explain later," said James. "Open mine!"
Lily ripped the paper off of the box. "James," Lily gasped.
James smiled. "It's real gold," he said.
It was a necklace. On a fine gold chain hung a water lily pendant.
"James, this is too much," said Lily, still staring at the necklace. "How much did you pay for this?"
"Don't worry about that," said James. "And it isn't too much. Let me put it on you."
Lily lifter her hair so that James could fasten the clasp.
"Thank you, James," said Lily.
After all of the present exchanging was done with, Sirius fell asleep.
"That little bastard," said Terry. "He wakes everyone up at the crack of dawn and then has the nerve to go back to sleep?"
"Wake him up then, Terry," said James.
"I have a better idea," said Remus. "How about we all just go to sleep instead?"
"Excellent idea!" said Jen.
Kate wandered downstairs at the somewhat decent hour of eight o'clock to find her living room was a disaster area and the kids were all asleep. So, she began to make breakfast.
Soon, the heavenly scent of home-cooked flapjacks, sausage, and bacon filled the house.
James cracked an eye when he smelled something really good. He woke everyone up as Kate yelled, "TIME TO EAT!"
The six teenagers all scrambled for a seat at the kitchen table and began to pile food on their plates.
The doorbell rang.
"I wonder who that is..." Kate said, getting up and making her way to the front door.
(A/N: Who *could* it be?)
There stood John Potter with two wrapped gifts in his hands.
"What are you doing here, John?" Kate asked shakily.
John smiled. "It's Christmas, Kate. I brought gifts for you and James."
"Go away, John."
"Aw, come on, Kate. I won't stay long if that's what you're worried about. Just let me give James his present." John tried to get in.
Kate didn't move. "No, John," she said.
"Who is it, mom?" James was walking down the hallway.
"James," said John, this time successfully pushing his way passed Kate and walking towards James. "I brought you a Christmas gift." He held out the package for James to take.
"I don't want a gift from *you*," James spat. "Get out."
The ever curious Marauders, Terry, Lily, and Jen were listening in with their heads poking out into the hall, their food forgotten.
"You shouldn't talk to you father like that, James," John said, walking closer to James.
"John, stay away from him," said Kate in a warning tone.
He didn't listen though.
"What's your problem, son?""You are," said James. "Get away from me! I hate you!"
"You hate me?" John repeated. He dropped the presents. "Do you hate me too, Kate?""Yes," Kate said firmly. "Get out of my house."
"Fine," said John. He left without another word.
"Do you guys want to go snowboarding?" James asked. (A/N: I was going to say skiing, but snowboarding is *SO* much better!)
"Snowboarding?" Jen and Lily repeated nervously.
"Yeah. There's a huge hill perfect for boarding about ten minutes away from here," said James.
"Lets go!" Terry exclaimed.
"Isn't snowboarding a bit dangerous?" Jen asked shakily.
"Yeah, but it is *so* much fun!" Remus said.
"I don't know, guys," said Lily.
"We won't take 'no' for an answer!" Sirius exclaimed.
Jen and Lily groaned.
"You guys are crazy!" Jen said as the six of them walked up the hill.
"We are not," said Terry. "Listen, all you have to do is go with it. Just keep your balance and you'll be fine."
Jen refused to put her feet into the bindings.
Lily just shrugged and started to strap her feet in. "Jen, you know that they're going to make you do it."
"There you go, Lils!" said Remus. "Do you want me to go down with you on your first ever run? I would usually suggest you ask James, but he's already on his way down.""I'd love the help!" Lily said immediately. Remus smiled his good-natured smile and helped Lily up before strapping himself in.
Remus held Lily's hands and stood in a goofy stance. "Ready?" he asked. Lily nodded.
And down they went. Remus let go of Lily's hands about halfway down and showed her how to turn and stuff.
When they reached the bottom, Remus gave Lily a high-five. "Lils, you're a natural," he said.
"Great job, Lily!" James and Sirius said, they had waited for the two of them at the bottom.
"Thanks," said Lily. "You're right, Rem, that was pretty fun."Remus gave her an 'I told you so' look.
"Tell that to Jen," said Sirius.
The four of them trudged back up the hill. Terry was trying to get Jen onto a snowboard still.
"Jen, it's a lot of fun," said Lily. "Just try it."
"No way," said Jen.
"That's it!" said Terry. "Sirius, hold her down."
Sirius tacked Jen to the ground and held her there. Terry strapped Jen's feet in. Sirius then picked up Jen and did what Remus did for Lily.
She loved it.
Yeah, so the Marauders and the girls had a most enjoyable day snowboarding. If I felt like recapping the entire day, I would...but I don't, so there!
As they walked back into the house and shed their jackets and snow pants to reveal they were all still in their pajamas, James asked, "Who wants hot cocoa?"
"Me!" exclaimed the rest.
"To the kitchen!" said Sirius.
"We just got some of those tiny marshmallows from th-" James' voice died in his throat as he flipped the kitchen light on.
(A/N: Should I leave you here? I think it would make for a good cliffy...hmm...alright, I'll give you a few more lines. I feel nice today...)
"HOLY SHIT!" Sirius yelled.
Kate was lying on the kitchen floor in a pool of blood. She was dead.
A/N: And there I leave you. Please, don't hurt me! I was getting bored and *someone* needed to die. I was going to kill Terry, but I decided not to. Okay, anyways, PLEASE REVIEW! Once again, **puppy-dog face**. Thanks so much for reading!LyL,
-Kristin-
Chapter Seven: Christmas and a Nasty Surprise
"JAMES! OVER HERE!"
James turned and saw his mom waving at him.
"Hey, mom!"
He led everyone over to her. "Who's coming?" Kate asked James.
"Everyone except Peter," said James. "By the way, this is Lily Evans."
"Hello, Lily," Kate said, smiling at the red-haired girl. "Call me Kate."
"Hi, Kate, how are you?" said Lily.
"I'm fine, thank you," said Kate. She clapped her hands together. "Well, lets hope all of you can fit into the car."
"We can always throw James in the trunk," said Sirius. "He's skinny.""Sirius..." Jen slapped him in the back of the head. (A/N: She does a lot of that, doesn't she?)
"He's right Jen, we've done it before," said Kate, completely seriously.
"Those are one of the other things that should *NEVER* be mentioned again!" said James.
"No way, James, I want to hear this one," said Lily.
Kate smiled. "We were coming to Kings Cross in September and Sirius thought it would be funny to lock James in the trunk of my car. I felt kind of bad about driving the whole way here with my son in the trunk, but it was quite funny."
The girls laughed.
"Home sweet home," said James as the car entered the driveway.
It was a nice house. It had two stories, the house was white with blue shutters around the windows. Lily liked it immediately.
Once inside, James showed them to their rooms. The boys were staying in James' room and the girls got the guest room across the hall.
"Okay," said Kate, "what do you guys want for lunch?""Food.""Sirius, could you be any more vague?" Jen asked.
"Sure I can!" said Sirius. "Stuff."
Jen rolled her eyes.
"What kind of food, Sirius?" Kate asked.
"OH! Why didn't you say so?" Sirius asked, waving his hands around. "I could go for a few burgers, actually."
"Sounds good," said the rest.
"Okay, I'll go put on some burgers," said Kate.
"Sirius is here," James reminded his mother.
"Right, I'll go put *a lot* of burgers on." Everyone laughed.
"IT'S CHRISTMAS!""It's also five a.m," James shouted at Sirius.
"BUT IT'S CHRISTMAS!"
"I don't celebrate Christmas," Remus mumbled sleepily.
"Yes you do! WAKE UP!"
"Go wake the girls up," Remus said into his pillow.
"They've locked their door. I can't," said Sirius.
"That's because they're smart," said James. "Go back to sleep, Padfoot.""NO! IT'S CHRISTMAS AND I WANT TO OPEN MY PRESENTS!""JAMES, JUST GET UP! YOU *KNOW* HE WON'T GIVE IN!" Kate shouted from her bedroom.
James groaned, sat up, put his glasses on, and started to look for a pair of socks. "I'm up, happy now?"
"Very."
Fifteen minutes later, everyone was under the tree, looking for their presents. When everyone had their gifts, they started to tear the paper off.
"Wow, Lily, thanks!" James said when he opened Lily's gift to him. "How did you know-?""Remus helped me shop for you," Lily told him. "He said you'd like that."
"I love it," said James. He gave her a kiss.
"One question."
"What's that, Lils?""Why a stag?" Lily asked.
"I'll explain later," said James. "Open mine!"
Lily ripped the paper off of the box. "James," Lily gasped.
James smiled. "It's real gold," he said.
It was a necklace. On a fine gold chain hung a water lily pendant.
"James, this is too much," said Lily, still staring at the necklace. "How much did you pay for this?"
"Don't worry about that," said James. "And it isn't too much. Let me put it on you."
Lily lifter her hair so that James could fasten the clasp.
"Thank you, James," said Lily.
After all of the present exchanging was done with, Sirius fell asleep.
"That little bastard," said Terry. "He wakes everyone up at the crack of dawn and then has the nerve to go back to sleep?"
"Wake him up then, Terry," said James.
"I have a better idea," said Remus. "How about we all just go to sleep instead?"
"Excellent idea!" said Jen.
Kate wandered downstairs at the somewhat decent hour of eight o'clock to find her living room was a disaster area and the kids were all asleep. So, she began to make breakfast.
Soon, the heavenly scent of home-cooked flapjacks, sausage, and bacon filled the house.
James cracked an eye when he smelled something really good. He woke everyone up as Kate yelled, "TIME TO EAT!"
The six teenagers all scrambled for a seat at the kitchen table and began to pile food on their plates.
The doorbell rang.
"I wonder who that is..." Kate said, getting up and making her way to the front door.
(A/N: Who *could* it be?)
There stood John Potter with two wrapped gifts in his hands.
"What are you doing here, John?" Kate asked shakily.
John smiled. "It's Christmas, Kate. I brought gifts for you and James."
"Go away, John."
"Aw, come on, Kate. I won't stay long if that's what you're worried about. Just let me give James his present." John tried to get in.
Kate didn't move. "No, John," she said.
"Who is it, mom?" James was walking down the hallway.
"James," said John, this time successfully pushing his way passed Kate and walking towards James. "I brought you a Christmas gift." He held out the package for James to take.
"I don't want a gift from *you*," James spat. "Get out."
The ever curious Marauders, Terry, Lily, and Jen were listening in with their heads poking out into the hall, their food forgotten.
"You shouldn't talk to you father like that, James," John said, walking closer to James.
"John, stay away from him," said Kate in a warning tone.
He didn't listen though.
"What's your problem, son?""You are," said James. "Get away from me! I hate you!"
"You hate me?" John repeated. He dropped the presents. "Do you hate me too, Kate?""Yes," Kate said firmly. "Get out of my house."
"Fine," said John. He left without another word.
"Do you guys want to go snowboarding?" James asked. (A/N: I was going to say skiing, but snowboarding is *SO* much better!)
"Snowboarding?" Jen and Lily repeated nervously.
"Yeah. There's a huge hill perfect for boarding about ten minutes away from here," said James.
"Lets go!" Terry exclaimed.
"Isn't snowboarding a bit dangerous?" Jen asked shakily.
"Yeah, but it is *so* much fun!" Remus said.
"I don't know, guys," said Lily.
"We won't take 'no' for an answer!" Sirius exclaimed.
Jen and Lily groaned.
"You guys are crazy!" Jen said as the six of them walked up the hill.
"We are not," said Terry. "Listen, all you have to do is go with it. Just keep your balance and you'll be fine."
Jen refused to put her feet into the bindings.
Lily just shrugged and started to strap her feet in. "Jen, you know that they're going to make you do it."
"There you go, Lils!" said Remus. "Do you want me to go down with you on your first ever run? I would usually suggest you ask James, but he's already on his way down.""I'd love the help!" Lily said immediately. Remus smiled his good-natured smile and helped Lily up before strapping himself in.
Remus held Lily's hands and stood in a goofy stance. "Ready?" he asked. Lily nodded.
And down they went. Remus let go of Lily's hands about halfway down and showed her how to turn and stuff.
When they reached the bottom, Remus gave Lily a high-five. "Lils, you're a natural," he said.
"Great job, Lily!" James and Sirius said, they had waited for the two of them at the bottom.
"Thanks," said Lily. "You're right, Rem, that was pretty fun."Remus gave her an 'I told you so' look.
"Tell that to Jen," said Sirius.
The four of them trudged back up the hill. Terry was trying to get Jen onto a snowboard still.
"Jen, it's a lot of fun," said Lily. "Just try it."
"No way," said Jen.
"That's it!" said Terry. "Sirius, hold her down."
Sirius tacked Jen to the ground and held her there. Terry strapped Jen's feet in. Sirius then picked up Jen and did what Remus did for Lily.
She loved it.
Yeah, so the Marauders and the girls had a most enjoyable day snowboarding. If I felt like recapping the entire day, I would...but I don't, so there!
As they walked back into the house and shed their jackets and snow pants to reveal they were all still in their pajamas, James asked, "Who wants hot cocoa?"
"Me!" exclaimed the rest.
"To the kitchen!" said Sirius.
"We just got some of those tiny marshmallows from th-" James' voice died in his throat as he flipped the kitchen light on.
(A/N: Should I leave you here? I think it would make for a good cliffy...hmm...alright, I'll give you a few more lines. I feel nice today...)
"HOLY SHIT!" Sirius yelled.
Kate was lying on the kitchen floor in a pool of blood. She was dead.
A/N: And there I leave you. Please, don't hurt me! I was getting bored and *someone* needed to die. I was going to kill Terry, but I decided not to. Okay, anyways, PLEASE REVIEW! Once again, **puppy-dog face**. Thanks so much for reading!LyL,
-Kristin-
