Chapter 7: Christmas
Christmas was an enjoyable one this year for Lily. They often went outside in the show and had heated snowball fights. It would often be Lily and James against Sirius and Remus, but it was hilarious when Sirius and Lily were in the same team. They'd have a mutiny and battle each other, while James and Remus had given up hope for them. They also built the hugest snow-wizard in history. Lily still couldn't figure out how Remus had managed to make the wizard's hat so pointy. They used some stones for buttons and Sirius had the glorious job of carving out the wizard's face. The eyes were mismatched, the nose was abnormally long and Sirius had intentionally left out some of the teeth. They had decided to call their wizard 'Gunther.'
After building the snow-wizard they headed out for a walk in the woods. They played Hide-and-Seek in the woods and it was virtually impossible to find Remus, because he blended in well with the woods. Lily was the easiest to find as her flaming red curls were easy to spot amidst the woods. Sirius suggested that they head for his cottage, which wasn't too far off. There Lily met up with Sirius' parents. They were nothing like him. He was loud and boisterous, while they were very calm and collected. Sirius had a striking resemblance to his dad. They both had the same type of face. Sirius had inherited his mother's blue sapphire eyes. The one thing that Sirius had inherited from both his parents was his love for pranks. All through out the house, a prank was pulled on one of the children. Sirius' parents were gentle and subtle with there pranks, whereas Sirius like to show off his pranks more. Lily like his parents, they were nice.
The four friends then headed back to James' cottage. And waiting outside for them were Nancy and a man standing beside here. He was very tall, and he had messy jet-black hair. Lily guessed that he was James' father. She had guessed right, because as they approached them, James received a hug and a noogie from his dad.
"Dad, this is Lily Evans, a friend of mines from school," James pointed to Lily. James' dad held out his hand for Lily to shake. Lily shook it.
"Nice to meet you Lily, I'm George, George Hamilton." he said. George then grinned at his son.
"So, James has got himself a girlfriend, you should have written to me about this!" he chuckled as James blushed a deep red.
"Dad, Lily's not my girlfriend. She's just a friend," James managed to say.
"Honestly, Georgie. You think James could pick up a girl as cute as Lily is? She's my girlfriend!" Sirius proclaimed putting his arm around Lily.
"In your dreams," Lily elbowed him, "You honestly think you can pick up a hot girl like me? Please!" Lily commented in her best prissy girl voice. She pulled Remus towards her and hugged him from behind.
"Remy here is MY boyfriend!" she said grinning.
"You heard her, I'M her boyfriend!" Remus laughed as he saw the fake hurt plague Sirius' face. But he then grinned.
"So 'Remy.' I never knew you had it in you." Sirius said with a suggestive wink.
"Oh…but there are a lot of things you don't know about me." Remus replied grinning. As soon as Sirius laughed and turned away, Lily noticed a saddened passive look that swept across Remus' features, but in a blink of an eye, it was gone. She thought it was strange. She always noticed these little differences in Remus. But he was so subtle about it; it was really hard to tell when these moments happened. It was one of those rare times Lily noticed it. Then again she was hugging Remus, so it was only natural for her to notice.
That evening was spent playing games with all of the family joining in. Lily had learned to play the Magical Christmas games which were a lot of fun. In this one game, you could either compliment your opponent or insult them, but it ha a catch. Your compliments or insults had to rhyme. It was hilarious for the onlookers as they watched Sirius and Lily play. It was always a heated debate on who would win. In the end, they decided to call it a draw. Ending it in a bone crushing handshake which Sirius was more than prepared for.
The next morning, Lily's slumber was disturbed by her falling off the hammock, again.
"What the hell?!" Lily shouted groggily and saw the three boys laughing at her.
"Lily! It's Christmas! Presents!" Sirius said excitedly. Lily moaned.
"God you sound like Petty. Honestly, all three of you are acting like girls, all excited about presents," Lily snapped half heartedly and then yawned.
"Hey! That's just mean." James said in mock anger.
"And tilting my hammock and making me fall isn't?" Lily asked, almost snapping at them.
"I told you to use the bucket of water! She wouldn't be all snappy at us then. And she'd more awake." Remus commented.
"I'd have throttled you if you had done that." She warned them.
The three boys laughed and half dragged her to the living room. There underneath the Christmas tree were a pile of presents for all of them. As Lily opened hers she saw some from her parents, her Aunt Maple, and from Gladys. The whole day was enjoyed admiring presents and testing them out. They had to say goodbye to George who had to leave that day. The friends and Nancy enjoyed a Christmas dinner and they all shared jokes and cracked the Christmas Crackers. Christmas was well spent at Godric's Hollow, but soon enough it ended, and the four friends headed back to Hogwarts.
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A/N: Hi! Ok, firstly, sorry for the shortness of this chapter! I wanted to base it all on Christmas, but, I'm more excited about my birthday coming up then Christmas right now! So this chapter was kinda hard to make it good. This is for Kirina who wanted a fluffy kinda Christmas! Sorry if it wasn't fluffy enough, but I tried! Ok, I've got a few important things to say now, so please hear me out!
Lis: Yes, I totally agree with you. Lily and James are acting way too old for their age! It's kinda hard to make all the chapters as flashbacks so, I'm just going to leave it the way it was. Actually, as I wrote that chapter about Lily leaving home, I had my doubts in posting it because I have never seen 11 year old s act like that. Most people don't have the guts to say 'Merry fucking Christmas' in a spiteful manner to their parents! But here is my explanation for Lily using such words as that. Well one reason is, that she is a rebel, a full blown out one. And I know that when I was 11, I knew all these rude swear words but didn't use them because I knew they were rude. Whereas Lily has a wild streak, and since she knows these words, she'll use them. I'm making this Lily a freedom of speech Lily! I know it's hard to believe that 11 year olds would say that…but hey, this is the fan fiction world, and my warped little mind is letting her say that stuff. So I hope you'll forgive me when Lily continues acting like this!
Pippin: I don't know how many aliases you go under! To anyone who doesn't know, she's my best friend, and she keeps reviewing under different names. It gets kinda confusing! But I liked your review! I'm just waiting for Poppy to review again ::hint hint to Poppy::
Gary Skinner: Where have you been? Hunting through H/H I see! But I can't talk, I've been away for months with writer's block and I am VERY sorry for that. I hope you and all my older readers will accept my apologies! About most of the Marauders being Scottish ::blushes:: I couldn't help it! What can I say, Scots blood runs through my veins! I love my homeland too much! And I'm sure you'd like to take a stroll through the Scottish highlands again with my descriptive descriptions! Plus, I went to the west of Scotland for my holidays, so my brain is filled with new visions of Scotland, that are just waiting to be released onto paper! Plus, I was listening to some Celtic music as I wrote that chapter…so it was the only conscious thing for me to do! And, you see through my plot again! That's just typical you! Yes, there are going to be hints of Lily/Sirius before the Lily/James kicks in! I've missed reading your interesting reviews, so please review again! ^_^ And if you do, I might just concoct another H/H that has been in my mind for a while!