Hey, sorry it's been so long I've been out of the house most of the week. I was originally going to make all of Christmas Day one chapter, but then I got stuck and figured I might as well give you what I've got so. Hope you like it!

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DOJ—hehe. Her reaction? Well…

Rider-of-Rohan23—Glad to make you smile! Yeah, I don't know, I never really liked him as a womanizer. I see him in love with Lily and unable to date anybody else. Does that sound cheesy?

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Briana Marie—Thanks. As far as why Lily never dated, I kind of see her stuck up in the sense that none of the guys at the school are really good enough for her. They're all too immature. As for James, I've just got it stuck in my brain that he's had a crush on her since they met and she's hated him since they met. I've got a story in the works about their first week at Hogwarts. I just want to finish up another story or two before I post it and get clamors for updates. If you want I'll email it though. It might explain some of the weirdness in my LJ ideas.

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Chapter 4: Christmas Morning

            Lily opened her eyes blearily and blinked. She tried to remember what had happened last night. She'd been in the common room with James and…she'd kissed him. More than once. The pieces slowly came together and she wished she were more of a morning person. Finally she drew the correct conclusions. They'd been in the common room and kissed. They both fancied each other. After kissing him, she leaned her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes for just a moment and must have fallen asleep. Where was she now?

            She sat up and looked around. There was a canopy or tent over her head and she was in a lovely, warm sleeping bag. The canopy covered several chairs, a table with silver platters on it, a couch, a fireplace, and a beautifully decorated Christmas tree with presents under it!

            Then she saw them. Sirius Black and James Potter. They were curled up in sleeping bags on the floor nearby at her feet. She realized their sleeping bags were directly on the floor, but underneath her sleeping bag she was lying on at least to layers of soft pillows to keep her off of the cold, hard floor. Had they done all this for her? They must have.

            She suddenly felt a rush of gratitude and friendly feelings toward the two dark-haired boys. She quietly climbed out of her sleeping bag and tiptoed to the two boys. She knelt down and kissed Sirius and James each on the cheek.

            James's hand slowly moved toward his cheek and Sirius's eyelids fluttered.

            "Happy Christmas," she murmured. She went back to her sleeping bag and curled up and fell asleep again, waiting for them to wake up.

            Sirius nudged James in the ribs half an hour later, "Should we wake her?"

            James looked at Lily's face with a few wisps of red hair falling angelically on her forehead. "Yeah. Probably should."

            "Do you want to wake her, or should I?"

            "You get breakfast ready. I'll wake her."

            James went over and knelt by Lily's side, thinking of all the old fairytales in which a prince wakes a princess under a spell with a kiss. "My princess," he said softly. He kissed her and she soon awoke, kissing him back. When she was awake, James slowly broke off the kiss and sat back, waiting for her reaction.

            "Happy Christmas, Lily," he said, a little shyly.

            "Happy Christmas, James. Happy Christmas to you too, Bl—Sirius," turning, to Sirius.

            "How'd you know I was here?" he asked, putting his hands on his hips.

            "I woke up awhile ago, but I fell back asleep again," she admitted.

            "Darn. We were going to surprise you by having you wake up to us singing Christmas carols."

            "Thank you," she said, looking at them both.

            "It was nothing," James said, blushing.

            "Where are we?" she asked curiously.

            "Just in the common room. We couldn't return to you to your dorm and we didn't think you'd appreciated being taken to ours."

            "And we didn't want to leave you here by yourself."

            "So we set this up around you."

            "It was very sweet of you," she said.

            "We've got breakfast waiting," Sirius said. He pulled out a chair for her with a flourish and she sat down at the table with James and Sirius on either side of her. There was a splendid array of goodies set out for them to eat (omelets, bacon, juice, muffins, and all sorts of good stuff).

            They ate until they were stuffed. Then it was time to open presents.

            They each had a stack of presents (Sirius's smaller than Lily and James due to his being disowned by most of his family). He did receive presents from his great-uncle, his cousin Andromeda, Peter, Remus, the Quiditch team, and James. Lily got presents from her family (even Tuna-face sent something), some of the younger students she tutored, and Alice. She also got something from James. James had lots of presents and care-packages from home (including a handmade sweater), presents from Sirius, Remus and Peter, presents from the Quiditch team, and from a few of his "secret" admirers.

            "James," she breathed, "it's beautiful." He'd given her a locket on a thin golden chain. The locket opened to reveal a tiny model of a dancing fairy, not like a real fairy, but like the beautiful fairy from a Muggle story.

            He shrugged blushing. "It's nothing."

            She kissed him on the cheek. "I love it."

            He looked pleased.

            "Great, I'm gonna be stuck here alone with the lovebirds," muttered Sirius.

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Oooh, so what do you think? Was this kind of lame? Or sugar-coated goodness? Or what? Again, sorry for the delay in update.