1 Chapter 28-Christmas Could Be Fun…right?
(No ones P.O.V)
Christmas came faster then anyone was expecting. It was the day before everyone was leaving. Tara and Amber were up in their dorm packing.
"Hey, while your at James' you have to pop over and say. After all, your family and its Christmas…" said Amber
"I will. If I don't then…do something cause I don't know." Said Tara flailing her arms around.
"Ok, come on Christmas, I can give you you're present in person."
"Alright."
~**~
The next day, Tara, James, Amber, Chester and Malcolm got a compartment on the Hogwarts express to themselves. They were playing Exploding Snap and James taught them a muggle sort of like 'I spy' just with cards.
The train started to slow down and stopped at Platform 9¾. James and Tara said goodbye to Chester, Malcolm and Amber and went over to Harry and Hermione.
"Hi you two. How was school?" asked Harry.
"Great Dad." Said James
"Really good, Mr. Potter."
"Come on, I'm sure you guys want to get home and just rest." Said Hermione.
"You bet I do." Said James.
"Yea, me too." Said Tara.
~**~
Tara made plans with Amber to go over to her house on Christmas Eve. Apparently Harry and Hermione had something planned. Criança McMullen had made their pool indoor and heated for the winter holidays so that's what they were going to do. James was going cause he wanted to swim…some more.
On Christmas eve James and Tara said bye to Harry and Hermione and jumped their back fence to the McMullens.
"Hey guys!" said Amber when she opened her back door.
"Hey." Said Tara back.
"Hey, how you doin'." Said James. Tara and Amber looked at him funny. "What, I've always wanted to do that." He said sheepishly.
"Right. Come on in. Its cold out and I don't feel like getting sick." Said Amber.
James and Tara walked into their kitchen and sat down at the table.
"You want some hot chocolate before we go swimming." Asked Amber
"Yes please." Said Tara and James at the same time.
"Marshmallows?"
"Yes please." Said James.
"If you want me hyper…yes. If you want me calm…no. Surprise me." Said Tara.
"Marshmallows it is!"
During drinking their hot chocolate…
"Oh, before I forget cause while we're swimming I KNOW I'll forget…I'll be right back." Said Amber.
"Alright…" said a confused Tara.
Amber ran to her room then back down again. "Presents!"
"What! You'd forget PRESENTS!" said an offended James.
"…Umm, no I wouldn't…forget them." Said Amber. "Here you go Tara, and here you go James."
Tara ripped through the paper. "Sweet!" It was a gift bag from Honeydukes with all sorts of candies…she even got…"MARSHMALLOWS!" yelled Tara.
"Its for those boring times like that time after James and Dumbledore went to go find Finny."
After Tara opened her present James opened his. "Nice." It was, of course, another Quiddich book. 'Broomsticks and more!'.
"Yea, I got something for you too." Said Tara.
"Me too."
They got the boxes out of their bags and handed them over to their new owner. Amber opened Tara's first. It was a new type of candy. It was like Bertie Botts Every Flavour Bean, but in jawbreaker form. It changed flavours with the colours.
"Cool! I've seen these but I've never tried them." Said Amber.
She opened James' next. It was…"Heh, James. Always with the Quiddich. The autographed snitch from the Cup. Very nice."
After they drank all their hot chocolate they got into their bathing suits and ran to the swimming pool and jumped in. It was quite warm. They splashed around for nearly 2 hours!
After swimming James and Tara said their good-byes and merry Christmas' went back to the Potters house for dinner.
That night it was quite throughout the house. Tara and James were in bed since they were so tired from swimming.
~**~
It was finally Christmas day, much to James' delight. He knocked on Tara's room door until she came out in her housecoat.
"Thanks for waking me up out of my nice sleep." She said tiredly.
"Your welcome and happy Christmas!"
"OH YEA! Its Christmas today isn't it."
"No it's Easter." Said James trying to be sarcastic.
"No, its Christmas. See you can't be sarcastic cause I am." Said Tara.
"Fine be that way."
"Fine, I will."
They got down the stairs and to the presents. They didn't bother waiting for Harry or Hermione, they just started to open them gifts. Harry and Hermione came down around eight and joined them in opening the presents. There was a big box for Harry, it didn't say who it was from. He started to open it and started to shake. He ripped off the rest of the paper and opened the box to reveal…
(No ones P.O.V)
Christmas came faster then anyone was expecting. It was the day before everyone was leaving. Tara and Amber were up in their dorm packing.
"Hey, while your at James' you have to pop over and say. After all, your family and its Christmas…" said Amber
"I will. If I don't then…do something cause I don't know." Said Tara flailing her arms around.
"Ok, come on Christmas, I can give you you're present in person."
"Alright."
~**~
The next day, Tara, James, Amber, Chester and Malcolm got a compartment on the Hogwarts express to themselves. They were playing Exploding Snap and James taught them a muggle sort of like 'I spy' just with cards.
The train started to slow down and stopped at Platform 9¾. James and Tara said goodbye to Chester, Malcolm and Amber and went over to Harry and Hermione.
"Hi you two. How was school?" asked Harry.
"Great Dad." Said James
"Really good, Mr. Potter."
"Come on, I'm sure you guys want to get home and just rest." Said Hermione.
"You bet I do." Said James.
"Yea, me too." Said Tara.
~**~
Tara made plans with Amber to go over to her house on Christmas Eve. Apparently Harry and Hermione had something planned. Criança McMullen had made their pool indoor and heated for the winter holidays so that's what they were going to do. James was going cause he wanted to swim…some more.
On Christmas eve James and Tara said bye to Harry and Hermione and jumped their back fence to the McMullens.
"Hey guys!" said Amber when she opened her back door.
"Hey." Said Tara back.
"Hey, how you doin'." Said James. Tara and Amber looked at him funny. "What, I've always wanted to do that." He said sheepishly.
"Right. Come on in. Its cold out and I don't feel like getting sick." Said Amber.
James and Tara walked into their kitchen and sat down at the table.
"You want some hot chocolate before we go swimming." Asked Amber
"Yes please." Said Tara and James at the same time.
"Marshmallows?"
"Yes please." Said James.
"If you want me hyper…yes. If you want me calm…no. Surprise me." Said Tara.
"Marshmallows it is!"
During drinking their hot chocolate…
"Oh, before I forget cause while we're swimming I KNOW I'll forget…I'll be right back." Said Amber.
"Alright…" said a confused Tara.
Amber ran to her room then back down again. "Presents!"
"What! You'd forget PRESENTS!" said an offended James.
"…Umm, no I wouldn't…forget them." Said Amber. "Here you go Tara, and here you go James."
Tara ripped through the paper. "Sweet!" It was a gift bag from Honeydukes with all sorts of candies…she even got…"MARSHMALLOWS!" yelled Tara.
"Its for those boring times like that time after James and Dumbledore went to go find Finny."
After Tara opened her present James opened his. "Nice." It was, of course, another Quiddich book. 'Broomsticks and more!'.
"Yea, I got something for you too." Said Tara.
"Me too."
They got the boxes out of their bags and handed them over to their new owner. Amber opened Tara's first. It was a new type of candy. It was like Bertie Botts Every Flavour Bean, but in jawbreaker form. It changed flavours with the colours.
"Cool! I've seen these but I've never tried them." Said Amber.
She opened James' next. It was…"Heh, James. Always with the Quiddich. The autographed snitch from the Cup. Very nice."
After they drank all their hot chocolate they got into their bathing suits and ran to the swimming pool and jumped in. It was quite warm. They splashed around for nearly 2 hours!
After swimming James and Tara said their good-byes and merry Christmas' went back to the Potters house for dinner.
That night it was quite throughout the house. Tara and James were in bed since they were so tired from swimming.
~**~
It was finally Christmas day, much to James' delight. He knocked on Tara's room door until she came out in her housecoat.
"Thanks for waking me up out of my nice sleep." She said tiredly.
"Your welcome and happy Christmas!"
"OH YEA! Its Christmas today isn't it."
"No it's Easter." Said James trying to be sarcastic.
"No, its Christmas. See you can't be sarcastic cause I am." Said Tara.
"Fine be that way."
"Fine, I will."
They got down the stairs and to the presents. They didn't bother waiting for Harry or Hermione, they just started to open them gifts. Harry and Hermione came down around eight and joined them in opening the presents. There was a big box for Harry, it didn't say who it was from. He started to open it and started to shake. He ripped off the rest of the paper and opened the box to reveal…
