Hey! You all probably hate me! Sorry I haven't updated in a while but I've been busy, March is a hectic month for me! Sorry, next weekend is gonna be busy too! I'm going to a pageant! Well, I'm also sorta in a writer's block!

I'm trying really I am!

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"I was so looking forward to a nice warm, snow less Christmas." Sami sighed glancing out the window at the blizzard out there. Dawn looked at her with questioning eyes.

"A snow less Christmas? Why? I've only had one white Christmas." Dawn said.

"Every Christmas I've been buried in cold, white snow. I was just looking forward to being warm and not having to shovel snow." Sami replied.

"Oh, well you don't have to shovel, they do that magically here." Hermione said.

"I'm hungry." Ana complained.

"Tell me something I don't know." Sami joked. She knew that she could say anything to Ana and they'd still be the best of friends. "Let's go down for breakfast."

"Don't you wanna open your presents?" Dawn asked having already leaped into her bed and was ripping open one package. Sami laughed slightly, she hadn't slept much that night and had completely forgot about the tiny pile of packages that lay at the foot of the bed she'd been sleeping in.

"I guess so." Sami sighed and flopped onto her bed. She grabbed the first package. Ana joined her, as well as Hermione, the other girls in the dorm remained sleeping.

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The four girls sat at the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall and Ana was doing the thing she did best, complain. "I'm the only one out of us without a date tonight. Not fair." She whined.

"You have Frankie back home." Dawn pointed out.

"I don't have Frankie, he's not technically my boyfriend, I just like him. He probably doesn't like me though." Ana pouted.

"No, Sami said that he told her that he likes you, he just wishes you were more available and less secretive about stuff. Right Sam?" Dawn said trying her best to cheer her friend up. She was completely making this up but a little white lie was in order this time. Sami stared off into space, her eyes glossed over, and didn't acknowledge that she was spoken to. "Sam? Are you with us here?" Dawn asked and poked her forearm.

"What? Huh? Yea, sure." Sami said snapping to attention.

"I was just telling Ana what Frankie told you, that he likes her." Dawn explained, her eyes widening, pleading Sami to play along.

"Right." Sami said, her voice sounded distant.

"What's wrong?" Ana asked.

"Nothing." Sami answered.

"Something is wrong." Ana insisted.

"I just didn't sleep well, that's all. I'm just tired." Sami said. She didn't feel good about lying but none of them would have understood. It wasn't just one thing, it was a whole bunch of things. She knew she was being selfish by thinking about it at a time like this but she hadn't received anything from Matt. You would think her boyfriend would get you a little something for Christmas. It could be really stupid, but it would still be something. She was also thinking a lot about this wizard guy. She wished she'd have done something better, like try to hurt him.

"When do you think we should start getting ready for the ball?" Hermione asked. She was planning on starting early.

"Around four-ish." Dawn said.

"Hey, Ana, don't frown about being dateless, if worse comes to worse, I heard Crabbe and Goyle are free." 'Mione joked. All the girls started cracking up.

"What's so funny?" Matt asked. He came and smiled at Sami.

"Oh, Ana's so desperate, she's gonna go with Crabbe or Goyle." Sami laughed. Matt smiled slightly and sat next to Sami.

"Don't worry Ana, I'm sure you can do better. Plus there's nothing wrong with going stag." He said. Ana just humphed and crossed her arms across her chest.

Harry and Ron came and sat down. They all had breakfast and then remained in the Great Hall to argue over what to do until it was time for the ball.

"Let's just go back to the tower and talk." Hermione offered.

"No, let's go have a snow fight." Ron opposed. You'd never guess that these two were going to be each other's date. Hermione turned her nose up at the idea but everyone else, excluding Sami, agreed. They all started up to the tower, Sami and Matt in the back, a few steps away from the rest.

"Do you wanna go have a snow fight? I didn't hear you speak when we were talking about it, you've been quiet lately." Matt asked sweetly.

"No, I think I'm gonna go train for a while."

"TODAY? It's Christmas. You should have some fun, you're not just the Slayer, you're a fifteen year old girl also." He argued.

"I know, it's just I wanna. Is that ok?" Sami snapped.

Matt backed off a little, "Yea, sorry."

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap. I'm just tired, maybe I'll just nap instead so I can be all rested for tonight." She said, "Forgive me?"

"Yea, you should rest." Matt said. They got to the tower and went in. "Have a good rest." Matt whispered and kissed Sami softly on her cheek.

"You have fun and don't get to cold." Sami warned.

"Yes mother." Matt joked. Sami just smiled and climbed the stairs to the dorm. She explained to the girls and laid down. She closed her eyes and waited for the sounds of everyone leaving. She then got out of bed, changed into work out clothes underneath a closed duster. She then slipped out of the tower and was on her way.