Lily and James's Best Years
Chapter 8- Christmas Presents
Lily woke up, smiling from the dream she just had, and that it was the weekend that the Hogwarts students were allowed to visit the nearest wizard's village, Hogsmid. But then reality hit her. And it hit her very hard in the head. It was also a week till Christmas Eve and she still didn't but her friends and boyfriend gifts.
Not that she worried about getting her girlfriends presents, she knew already exactly what Millicent wants for Christmas, and had an idea of what to buy Kayla (a necklace she really wanted)and she even knew what to but Remus (a nice book) but she just couldn't think of what James, Sirius and Peter would want. They were boys, but unlike Remus, didn't like books and didn't really shared what they liked.
"Lily? Are you awake?" Millicent was putting her jeans on.
"Unfortunately."
"What's wrong? It's the weekend." Kayla came running from the shower with only a towel, running, no doubt because of the cold.
"I need to buy the boys their presents."
"I know, I couldn't thing of anything to buy James, Sirius and Peter- why do we need to but Peter presents, anyway? He's just a nerd who won't leave them alone-"
"-Millicent!" Lily looked at her, Millicent hated that look. Those green eyes looking at her that way.
"Stop it!" she said, annoyed.
***
Lily, Millicent and Kayla were walking in hogsmid. Lily was looking everywhere for something to buy Sirius and James. She already had books for Remus-and Peter (with pictures and 50 pages long.)
Suddenly, a shop caught her eye. It was called "Quiddich for all" and she got in, Kayla followed her but Millicent preferred to go to a pub.
"Hello, how may I help you two ladies?" A man smiled at them as Lily and Kayla entered the shop.
"Oh, hello, we're looking for a present for a boy. He's our age. Maybe you know him. He's James Potter."
The man smiled. "I hope I know him, being his uncle and having met him more times than my own sister." He smiled, Lily smiled back.
"Wonderful! So you know what he likes?"
"Quiddich."
Kayla rolled her eyes. "We know that, but what should we buy him for Christmas?"
The seller, who Lily noticed, had the same hair and nose as James, shrugged. "Why don't you ask him yourself? James! "
Lily grinned as he came down the stairs. He grinned back when he saw her.
"Yes, Uncle Dave?" James smiled to his girlfriend again.
"Well, first, James, I would like to know who these lovely ladies are."
"Lily is my girlfriend-"He looked at Lily as if checking if he said it okay. She smirked. "And Kayla is my friend." Kayla looked up at James, the idea of her and James being friends never crossed her mind. He was just nice. Suddenly she noticed the fact that she was a lot more popular nowadays.
She mumbled something to Lily and went out of the shop. In search for Remus or somebody else as understanding as him. As she passed an extremely cute guy who she thought was a Sixth year she stopped.
"Excuse me?"
"Yes?" Kayla noticed he was even more handsome when he turned to her.
"Well, I just couldn't figure out whether you're a Gryffindor or not."
He smiled. "I'm Brad." He offered his hand for her to shake.
"Kayla." She shook it.
"Kayla, I think I've seen you before."
"Really?" Kayla blushed a little."So what year are you? Sixth?"
"Yeah, actually, and I am from Gryffindor too, right? Yeah, I thinkm we sat next to each other the last quiddich game." "Really, I didn't notice." He shrugged.
"Umm, I was just going to catch a butterbeer or something, want to come?"
"Sure." And he followed Kayla to the three broomsticks, smiling.
***
Lily and James came running and wet into the three broomsticks. They were grinning weirdly at each other.
"Wait, is that the shirt you came here with? Didn't you come here with a white shirt on? MY WHITE SHIRT?!" Millicent stood up and looked at Lily "What? No." Yes. Lily did come to Hogsmid with a white shirt on, but since it was raining outside, and white cloths and water make the cloths see- through, she had to change. Of, course, James being her partner for walking, running, and making out in the rain, he noticed this first, and gave her his jacket until she could change.
"Uh-huh." Millicent sat down, then she smiled at Brad.
"Oh, have you met Brad yet?"
"Brad?" Lily looked at him, as if asking the question 'Where did this one come from?' but Kayla answered her question before she had time to ask it.
"Yeah, we met on the street, I guess, and I just invited him for a drink."
"Brad?" James returned with their drinks, put them on the table and smiled at Brad.
"James, man, didn't see you come in! Is Sirius here?"
"Nah, he'll come in a few minutes. So how'd you end up sitting on the same sofa as my best friends?"
"Well, I met Kayla on the street-"
"BRAD! Man, it's been ages." Sirius was walking towards them. "Too long man. Where have you all been, I tried to contact you but my owl just kept coming back. What? Did you move or something?"
James ad Sirius looked at each other. "Umm, yes, actually, I did. I couldn't stand living with them anymore." Sirius looked at Brad again instead of the floor.
"Oh. Well, where do ya live now?" "Potters's but just for holidays; I have to come back there every summer."
"May the dogs be with you, man." Brad smiled. James and Sirius laughed.
"What?" Lily, Millicent and Kayla looked at Brad as if he was crazy.
***
"Lily! It's great! Thanks!" James threw the wraps on the floor and held his miniature broomstick in his hand and then laid it down, he took his new snitch out of the wraps and started releasing it and catching it, right at the last second.
"No problem." Lily smiled. She knew that if she asked James what he wanted back then, at Hogsmid, it wouldn't be as successful, and, James wouldn't have been surprised at all, and she really liked his face when he was surprised.
"And Remus, this book is- it's the best!" Kayla hugged him and opened the book, smiling.
Peter was taking off all the wraps from his pile of gifts, which, by the way was about ahlf of James's pile.
"What did you get, Sirius?"
Sirius smiled. "Well, I got a sweater from some Ravenclaw I don't even know but she says "She admired me from far for a long time." And a really cool book about quiddich. Thanks."
James smiled and returned to his pile.
"What about you, Peter-"
"Oh, thank you so much!" Millicent was hugging Remus, almost choking him and then she turned to Sirius and James and did the same, and they laughed.
"What did you get her?" Kayla looked jealous, but the boys didn't notice.
"Well, you know those miniature dolls they make of famous quiddich players and stuff? Well, there's this new shop in Hogsmid and they make these really realistic miniature dolls of whoever you give them a picture of.it walks, eats, and everything." Remus explained, and then they smiled. "Check your pile." James said.
"They're beautiful! Oh, thank you, James! It's so cute!" Lily said
"You do know it's YOUR miniature doll, don't you?" Lily looked at him with a weird look. "Yeah."
"Well, then why are you so surprised that it's so cute?" James smile adorably and Lily giggled and turned to her next gift blushing. James and Sirius 'high-fived'.
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Short! Oh, oh-so short, but that's all I got, so don't kill me.
And I have one reviewer to answer:
Mandy-ea: CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISIM IS NOT THE SAME THING AS CRITISM! Well, all I have to say is- "Don't like it, don't read it." You know, it's interesting how all the other reviewers, including my friends, like it- but you. So before you start writing stuff like: "I think you think too much of yourself" or whatever you said, think if it's not me with the problem.
I won't tell you where I think you should go, and stick you face and attitude 'cuz I don't know if I'm allowed. I should really make this fanfic PG13.
Chapter 8- Christmas Presents
Lily woke up, smiling from the dream she just had, and that it was the weekend that the Hogwarts students were allowed to visit the nearest wizard's village, Hogsmid. But then reality hit her. And it hit her very hard in the head. It was also a week till Christmas Eve and she still didn't but her friends and boyfriend gifts.
Not that she worried about getting her girlfriends presents, she knew already exactly what Millicent wants for Christmas, and had an idea of what to buy Kayla (a necklace she really wanted)and she even knew what to but Remus (a nice book) but she just couldn't think of what James, Sirius and Peter would want. They were boys, but unlike Remus, didn't like books and didn't really shared what they liked.
"Lily? Are you awake?" Millicent was putting her jeans on.
"Unfortunately."
"What's wrong? It's the weekend." Kayla came running from the shower with only a towel, running, no doubt because of the cold.
"I need to buy the boys their presents."
"I know, I couldn't thing of anything to buy James, Sirius and Peter- why do we need to but Peter presents, anyway? He's just a nerd who won't leave them alone-"
"-Millicent!" Lily looked at her, Millicent hated that look. Those green eyes looking at her that way.
"Stop it!" she said, annoyed.
***
Lily, Millicent and Kayla were walking in hogsmid. Lily was looking everywhere for something to buy Sirius and James. She already had books for Remus-and Peter (with pictures and 50 pages long.)
Suddenly, a shop caught her eye. It was called "Quiddich for all" and she got in, Kayla followed her but Millicent preferred to go to a pub.
"Hello, how may I help you two ladies?" A man smiled at them as Lily and Kayla entered the shop.
"Oh, hello, we're looking for a present for a boy. He's our age. Maybe you know him. He's James Potter."
The man smiled. "I hope I know him, being his uncle and having met him more times than my own sister." He smiled, Lily smiled back.
"Wonderful! So you know what he likes?"
"Quiddich."
Kayla rolled her eyes. "We know that, but what should we buy him for Christmas?"
The seller, who Lily noticed, had the same hair and nose as James, shrugged. "Why don't you ask him yourself? James! "
Lily grinned as he came down the stairs. He grinned back when he saw her.
"Yes, Uncle Dave?" James smiled to his girlfriend again.
"Well, first, James, I would like to know who these lovely ladies are."
"Lily is my girlfriend-"He looked at Lily as if checking if he said it okay. She smirked. "And Kayla is my friend." Kayla looked up at James, the idea of her and James being friends never crossed her mind. He was just nice. Suddenly she noticed the fact that she was a lot more popular nowadays.
She mumbled something to Lily and went out of the shop. In search for Remus or somebody else as understanding as him. As she passed an extremely cute guy who she thought was a Sixth year she stopped.
"Excuse me?"
"Yes?" Kayla noticed he was even more handsome when he turned to her.
"Well, I just couldn't figure out whether you're a Gryffindor or not."
He smiled. "I'm Brad." He offered his hand for her to shake.
"Kayla." She shook it.
"Kayla, I think I've seen you before."
"Really?" Kayla blushed a little."So what year are you? Sixth?"
"Yeah, actually, and I am from Gryffindor too, right? Yeah, I thinkm we sat next to each other the last quiddich game." "Really, I didn't notice." He shrugged.
"Umm, I was just going to catch a butterbeer or something, want to come?"
"Sure." And he followed Kayla to the three broomsticks, smiling.
***
Lily and James came running and wet into the three broomsticks. They were grinning weirdly at each other.
"Wait, is that the shirt you came here with? Didn't you come here with a white shirt on? MY WHITE SHIRT?!" Millicent stood up and looked at Lily "What? No." Yes. Lily did come to Hogsmid with a white shirt on, but since it was raining outside, and white cloths and water make the cloths see- through, she had to change. Of, course, James being her partner for walking, running, and making out in the rain, he noticed this first, and gave her his jacket until she could change.
"Uh-huh." Millicent sat down, then she smiled at Brad.
"Oh, have you met Brad yet?"
"Brad?" Lily looked at him, as if asking the question 'Where did this one come from?' but Kayla answered her question before she had time to ask it.
"Yeah, we met on the street, I guess, and I just invited him for a drink."
"Brad?" James returned with their drinks, put them on the table and smiled at Brad.
"James, man, didn't see you come in! Is Sirius here?"
"Nah, he'll come in a few minutes. So how'd you end up sitting on the same sofa as my best friends?"
"Well, I met Kayla on the street-"
"BRAD! Man, it's been ages." Sirius was walking towards them. "Too long man. Where have you all been, I tried to contact you but my owl just kept coming back. What? Did you move or something?"
James ad Sirius looked at each other. "Umm, yes, actually, I did. I couldn't stand living with them anymore." Sirius looked at Brad again instead of the floor.
"Oh. Well, where do ya live now?" "Potters's but just for holidays; I have to come back there every summer."
"May the dogs be with you, man." Brad smiled. James and Sirius laughed.
"What?" Lily, Millicent and Kayla looked at Brad as if he was crazy.
***
"Lily! It's great! Thanks!" James threw the wraps on the floor and held his miniature broomstick in his hand and then laid it down, he took his new snitch out of the wraps and started releasing it and catching it, right at the last second.
"No problem." Lily smiled. She knew that if she asked James what he wanted back then, at Hogsmid, it wouldn't be as successful, and, James wouldn't have been surprised at all, and she really liked his face when he was surprised.
"And Remus, this book is- it's the best!" Kayla hugged him and opened the book, smiling.
Peter was taking off all the wraps from his pile of gifts, which, by the way was about ahlf of James's pile.
"What did you get, Sirius?"
Sirius smiled. "Well, I got a sweater from some Ravenclaw I don't even know but she says "She admired me from far for a long time." And a really cool book about quiddich. Thanks."
James smiled and returned to his pile.
"What about you, Peter-"
"Oh, thank you so much!" Millicent was hugging Remus, almost choking him and then she turned to Sirius and James and did the same, and they laughed.
"What did you get her?" Kayla looked jealous, but the boys didn't notice.
"Well, you know those miniature dolls they make of famous quiddich players and stuff? Well, there's this new shop in Hogsmid and they make these really realistic miniature dolls of whoever you give them a picture of.it walks, eats, and everything." Remus explained, and then they smiled. "Check your pile." James said.
"They're beautiful! Oh, thank you, James! It's so cute!" Lily said
"You do know it's YOUR miniature doll, don't you?" Lily looked at him with a weird look. "Yeah."
"Well, then why are you so surprised that it's so cute?" James smile adorably and Lily giggled and turned to her next gift blushing. James and Sirius 'high-fived'.
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Short! Oh, oh-so short, but that's all I got, so don't kill me.
And I have one reviewer to answer:
Mandy-ea: CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISIM IS NOT THE SAME THING AS CRITISM! Well, all I have to say is- "Don't like it, don't read it." You know, it's interesting how all the other reviewers, including my friends, like it- but you. So before you start writing stuff like: "I think you think too much of yourself" or whatever you said, think if it's not me with the problem.
I won't tell you where I think you should go, and stick you face and attitude 'cuz I don't know if I'm allowed. I should really make this fanfic PG13.