~*~GREEN EYES~*~
Chapter 41- Christmas Carols and Mistletoe
Lily woke up on Christmas morning feeling excited and almost giddy. Her stay at the Potters' house had been like heaven: the Potters' were wonderful, interesting people, she had shared so much fun with James and Sirius, who was a frequent visitor, and everything from the meals to the rose that the house elves placed on her pillow every morning after they made her bed made her feel like a princess. Lily jumped out of bed, fixed her green silk sleeping gown that fell all the way to the floor, and then made her way to James' room, pouncing on his bed and waking him up.
"Wake up James wake up wake up wake up! It's Christmas!" Lily exclaimed. The sudden realization of why Lily was waking him up so early struck James and, with the exuberence that only Christmas could give him, he too jumped out of his bed and together he and Lily ran down stairs to the massive tree and the mountain of presents that laid under it. Lily's friends and family had all sent her presents to James' house, so she had a fair amount of gifts. Everyone sat under the tree and took turns unwraping their presents. Among James' presents were loads of transfiguration books, new midnight blue dress robes and a Clean Sweep Five broomstick. Lily had recieved The New Definitive Book of Charms, a new caulderon (her old one had been getting quite leaky), and a model of the galaxy that would really aid her in Astronomy.
"Merry Christmas," said James, handing Lily his present to her. It was wrapped in metallic green paper with an elaborate red bow, and Lily excitedly tore the paper off of it to reveal a silver jewelry box decorated with rubies, emeralds and other such precious stones. Lily opened the box and her breath was taken away when she saw a silver moon amulet. It was in the shape of a cresent moon, with a small blue stone in the shape of a star at the bottom of it. It seemed to emit a light blue glow, and the silver chain, upon closer inspection, was a tiny vine, with the most intricate leaves and flowers on it.
"It's beautiful," said Lily, fastening the chain around her neck.
"The legends say that it is useful for divine intervention. I don't know if I would say that, but I'm sure that it is useful for something," explained James, winking at Lily. Lily smiled, then handed James her present to him, which was wrapped in blue with white snowflakes, topped with a white bow. "Wow, this looks big!" he exclaimed, pulling off the wrapping.
The present proved to be a carrying bag for a broomstick, complete with pockets for a quaffle, polishers, instruction manuals, and many other things. James pulled Lily into a tight hug when he had finished examining the many pouches and pockets, and then he went back to looking at the pockets again.
This has to be the best Christmas ever! thought Lily as Mrs. Potter brought out a plate of blueberry pankcakes and set them in front of Lily and James. They were all enjoying the pancakes and Christmas presents when they heard the doorbell, a magical tune which at this time of year played a version of "Silent Night." James got up to answer the door and Lily followed him through the entry hall and to the front door. James threw it open and was greeted with the sound of-
"Jingle bells, batman smells, Robin laid an egg..." started Sirius. Remus, who was behind him, pushed him out of the way and started singing.
"Frosty the snowman, la la la la la la la with a corn cob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal. Frosty the snowman," Remus seemed to search for the words and, upon realizing that he was unable to do so, finished the song "Frosty the snowman melted and died and that is the end." Lily threw herself at Sirius and Remus in turn, shouting merry Christmas to the both of them, and then she and James led them inside.
"Merry Christmas!" yelled Sirius, much more loudly than necessary, handing Lily and James each a present wrapped in gold paper. Lily opened hers to see a beautifully framed picture of her and Sirius hanging out in front of the lake. They were throwing rocks at each other and seemed to be play fighting, and the picture seemed to caputure the spontinaity of their friendship.
"Oh, this is great!" exclaimed Lily, hugging Sirius tightly. They were still embracing when-
"The Quidditch Magazine Swimsuit Edition Calender?" James asked, looking at a calender where a beautiful witch was wearing nothing but a tiny bikini and a witch's hat. "Sirius, what the hell is this?"
"Open it!" demanded Sirius happily. James unwrapped the calender and out fell-
"A gift certificate to Zonkos! Thanks!" exclaimed James. They talked for awhile about how Christmas had gone and then Sirius had a brilliant beyond brilliant idea.
"Hey you guys, we should go Christmas caroling!" he exclaimed.
"I don't want to hear you murder all of the Christmas carols Sirius," said Remus. However, no one else seemed to care. In fact, everyone agreed that it was a good idea.
"We can go to Lauren's house first, she lives right next door," suggested James, who also seemed to be excited. The all went to Lauren's house, wrapped up in brightly colored coats. After about an hour of non stop caroling, they poured back into the Potter's house to see that it was all ready for the party. There were already people there, drinking egg-nog around the tree. Jamie had arrived, and so had Peter. Jamie practically threw herself at Remus and Peter just smiled nervously.
"Well what kind of a party is this?" asked Sirius, motioning to all the adults that were sitting around the living room. "We need to liven things up."
"As long as there's none of your ridiculous singing," sneered a voice from behind them. Sirius turned to see Snape smirking at them.
"What are you doing here?" asked Sirius.
"Why I was invited of course!" exclaimed Snape in a sarcastic voice. "I don't want to be here as much as you don't want me here," he added in an undertone.
"We'll leave you alone if you leave us alone," said James. Snape shook his hand as if he had just made a business deal.
"Good idea. I'll just be going now," said Snape, turning to leave.
"Slimy git," Sirius muttered in Snape's direction, then turned back to his friends with a smirk on his face. "Well don't just sit there, let's do something!"
Lily took her wand out of her pocket and music started playing from no where. They started to dance, dancing through song after song. The other people got up and started to dance also, until the entire party was dancing and enjoying themselves. The music became part of them, they could no long distinguish themselevs from the rhymatic notes that came pouring through the invisible speakers. Before anyone knew it, it was past midnight. James' friends got picked up one by one, until only Sirius and Lily remained. Sirius had decided that he would sleep over, and, as everyone else was tired, they decided to go back to James room. Sirius bolted to the room first. He was sitting on the bed, and giggled as James and Lily walked in. They both stopped and looked over at Sirius.
"Look up you guys. You're stuck under the mistletoe, you're stuck under the mistletoe!" Sirius exclaimed excitedly. A James briefly thought that Sirius had put it there, but he was abruptly suprised at what Lily did next.
"Well, I guess it's all in good fun," said Lily, leaning forward to give James a kiss. James pecked her, but it seemed as if she wanted something more, and as they parted her eyes were still closed.
"Lily, I need to talk to you," said James, not giving her time to respond as he lead her outside. Oh my God, he wants to start things back up with me again!" Lily thought happily. The truth was that she had wanted James back since the dance, and she seriously regreted breaking things off with him.
"James, I know what you're thinking and-" she started, but James cut her off.
"Look Lil, I don't think you know what I'm thinking. That kiss meant something to you, I can tell. And I don't want it to mean anything to you. I just want to be friends," he said. It took awhile for the words to register in Lily's mind, and he watched her eyes well up with tears. "Don't cry Lily, please don't cry," he said, giving her a kiss on the forehead and hugging her.
"I just want you to love me again," Lily sobbed.
"Lily, I do love you. I will always love you."
"Then why didn't you want the kiss to mean anything?"
"Lily, I hurt you. A lot. I tried to give you everything you wanted and I just broke your heart. I can't do that to you. I don't want to start things back up because I love you and I don't want to hurt you more."
"You're hurting me now."
"I'm sorry Lily. I'm really sorry," said James, but Lily pulled away from his comforting hug and ran into her bedroom, slamming the door behind her without a merry christmas or even a good night.
A/N-I really am sorry for how late this is. I worked on it for quite awhile and I wanted to get it up but then life happened, I had writer's block and I didn't have enough time to work on it. But here it is now, thank you to everyone that kept on reading it even when it seemed like I would never update. It's people like you that make me feel really special.
Disclaimer- I don't own anything.
Chapter 41- Christmas Carols and Mistletoe
Lily woke up on Christmas morning feeling excited and almost giddy. Her stay at the Potters' house had been like heaven: the Potters' were wonderful, interesting people, she had shared so much fun with James and Sirius, who was a frequent visitor, and everything from the meals to the rose that the house elves placed on her pillow every morning after they made her bed made her feel like a princess. Lily jumped out of bed, fixed her green silk sleeping gown that fell all the way to the floor, and then made her way to James' room, pouncing on his bed and waking him up.
"Wake up James wake up wake up wake up! It's Christmas!" Lily exclaimed. The sudden realization of why Lily was waking him up so early struck James and, with the exuberence that only Christmas could give him, he too jumped out of his bed and together he and Lily ran down stairs to the massive tree and the mountain of presents that laid under it. Lily's friends and family had all sent her presents to James' house, so she had a fair amount of gifts. Everyone sat under the tree and took turns unwraping their presents. Among James' presents were loads of transfiguration books, new midnight blue dress robes and a Clean Sweep Five broomstick. Lily had recieved The New Definitive Book of Charms, a new caulderon (her old one had been getting quite leaky), and a model of the galaxy that would really aid her in Astronomy.
"Merry Christmas," said James, handing Lily his present to her. It was wrapped in metallic green paper with an elaborate red bow, and Lily excitedly tore the paper off of it to reveal a silver jewelry box decorated with rubies, emeralds and other such precious stones. Lily opened the box and her breath was taken away when she saw a silver moon amulet. It was in the shape of a cresent moon, with a small blue stone in the shape of a star at the bottom of it. It seemed to emit a light blue glow, and the silver chain, upon closer inspection, was a tiny vine, with the most intricate leaves and flowers on it.
"It's beautiful," said Lily, fastening the chain around her neck.
"The legends say that it is useful for divine intervention. I don't know if I would say that, but I'm sure that it is useful for something," explained James, winking at Lily. Lily smiled, then handed James her present to him, which was wrapped in blue with white snowflakes, topped with a white bow. "Wow, this looks big!" he exclaimed, pulling off the wrapping.
The present proved to be a carrying bag for a broomstick, complete with pockets for a quaffle, polishers, instruction manuals, and many other things. James pulled Lily into a tight hug when he had finished examining the many pouches and pockets, and then he went back to looking at the pockets again.
This has to be the best Christmas ever! thought Lily as Mrs. Potter brought out a plate of blueberry pankcakes and set them in front of Lily and James. They were all enjoying the pancakes and Christmas presents when they heard the doorbell, a magical tune which at this time of year played a version of "Silent Night." James got up to answer the door and Lily followed him through the entry hall and to the front door. James threw it open and was greeted with the sound of-
"Jingle bells, batman smells, Robin laid an egg..." started Sirius. Remus, who was behind him, pushed him out of the way and started singing.
"Frosty the snowman, la la la la la la la with a corn cob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal. Frosty the snowman," Remus seemed to search for the words and, upon realizing that he was unable to do so, finished the song "Frosty the snowman melted and died and that is the end." Lily threw herself at Sirius and Remus in turn, shouting merry Christmas to the both of them, and then she and James led them inside.
"Merry Christmas!" yelled Sirius, much more loudly than necessary, handing Lily and James each a present wrapped in gold paper. Lily opened hers to see a beautifully framed picture of her and Sirius hanging out in front of the lake. They were throwing rocks at each other and seemed to be play fighting, and the picture seemed to caputure the spontinaity of their friendship.
"Oh, this is great!" exclaimed Lily, hugging Sirius tightly. They were still embracing when-
"The Quidditch Magazine Swimsuit Edition Calender?" James asked, looking at a calender where a beautiful witch was wearing nothing but a tiny bikini and a witch's hat. "Sirius, what the hell is this?"
"Open it!" demanded Sirius happily. James unwrapped the calender and out fell-
"A gift certificate to Zonkos! Thanks!" exclaimed James. They talked for awhile about how Christmas had gone and then Sirius had a brilliant beyond brilliant idea.
"Hey you guys, we should go Christmas caroling!" he exclaimed.
"I don't want to hear you murder all of the Christmas carols Sirius," said Remus. However, no one else seemed to care. In fact, everyone agreed that it was a good idea.
"We can go to Lauren's house first, she lives right next door," suggested James, who also seemed to be excited. The all went to Lauren's house, wrapped up in brightly colored coats. After about an hour of non stop caroling, they poured back into the Potter's house to see that it was all ready for the party. There were already people there, drinking egg-nog around the tree. Jamie had arrived, and so had Peter. Jamie practically threw herself at Remus and Peter just smiled nervously.
"Well what kind of a party is this?" asked Sirius, motioning to all the adults that were sitting around the living room. "We need to liven things up."
"As long as there's none of your ridiculous singing," sneered a voice from behind them. Sirius turned to see Snape smirking at them.
"What are you doing here?" asked Sirius.
"Why I was invited of course!" exclaimed Snape in a sarcastic voice. "I don't want to be here as much as you don't want me here," he added in an undertone.
"We'll leave you alone if you leave us alone," said James. Snape shook his hand as if he had just made a business deal.
"Good idea. I'll just be going now," said Snape, turning to leave.
"Slimy git," Sirius muttered in Snape's direction, then turned back to his friends with a smirk on his face. "Well don't just sit there, let's do something!"
Lily took her wand out of her pocket and music started playing from no where. They started to dance, dancing through song after song. The other people got up and started to dance also, until the entire party was dancing and enjoying themselves. The music became part of them, they could no long distinguish themselevs from the rhymatic notes that came pouring through the invisible speakers. Before anyone knew it, it was past midnight. James' friends got picked up one by one, until only Sirius and Lily remained. Sirius had decided that he would sleep over, and, as everyone else was tired, they decided to go back to James room. Sirius bolted to the room first. He was sitting on the bed, and giggled as James and Lily walked in. They both stopped and looked over at Sirius.
"Look up you guys. You're stuck under the mistletoe, you're stuck under the mistletoe!" Sirius exclaimed excitedly. A James briefly thought that Sirius had put it there, but he was abruptly suprised at what Lily did next.
"Well, I guess it's all in good fun," said Lily, leaning forward to give James a kiss. James pecked her, but it seemed as if she wanted something more, and as they parted her eyes were still closed.
"Lily, I need to talk to you," said James, not giving her time to respond as he lead her outside. Oh my God, he wants to start things back up with me again!" Lily thought happily. The truth was that she had wanted James back since the dance, and she seriously regreted breaking things off with him.
"James, I know what you're thinking and-" she started, but James cut her off.
"Look Lil, I don't think you know what I'm thinking. That kiss meant something to you, I can tell. And I don't want it to mean anything to you. I just want to be friends," he said. It took awhile for the words to register in Lily's mind, and he watched her eyes well up with tears. "Don't cry Lily, please don't cry," he said, giving her a kiss on the forehead and hugging her.
"I just want you to love me again," Lily sobbed.
"Lily, I do love you. I will always love you."
"Then why didn't you want the kiss to mean anything?"
"Lily, I hurt you. A lot. I tried to give you everything you wanted and I just broke your heart. I can't do that to you. I don't want to start things back up because I love you and I don't want to hurt you more."
"You're hurting me now."
"I'm sorry Lily. I'm really sorry," said James, but Lily pulled away from his comforting hug and ran into her bedroom, slamming the door behind her without a merry christmas or even a good night.
A/N-I really am sorry for how late this is. I worked on it for quite awhile and I wanted to get it up but then life happened, I had writer's block and I didn't have enough time to work on it. But here it is now, thank you to everyone that kept on reading it even when it seemed like I would never update. It's people like you that make me feel really special.
Disclaimer- I don't own anything.