This was definitely not well-written. It's just an explanation. Hope it clears stuff up!

Lily Potter felt something tickling the back of her neck. 'Must be James,' she thought sleepily.

"Merry Christmas, Lily!" she head her mother's voice saying. Then she remembered.

Two years ago she had gone into the future and spent time with her future husband. Lily smiled at the memory. Poor James! They had speculated that she had come to the past while her seventeen-year-old self was in the future. They had been correct, apparently.

She sighed as she swung her legs down over the side of her bed. The bed creaked and Lily felt the seams on her pyjama bottoms stretch slightly.

She had been preparing herself for this last night. She had debated whether or not to warn James but decided against; it was rather confusing and besides, her husband loved surprises. Her husband. Her husband! She absolutely loved her life with James and thought that he was the most perfect guy she could have ended up with. But she remembered that she hadn't seen it that way at the beginning of seventh year. Of course, she had known she was pregnant but she knew that if it hadn't been for the baby, she probably wouldn't have fallen in love with James. That wasn't the only thing that changed her mind, obviously but she knew that it had changed her terrible opinion of him a lot. The thing that had made her truly certain that she loved him was That. Lily didn't like recalling the memory and had almost told James that it was going to happen so that he could put a stop to it, so it never happened. But she hadn't; she knew how important it had been to make her see James clearly. To see that he loved her.

Her dad poked his head around her door; "Morning, sleepy-head. Merry Christmas!"

He engulfed her in a hug and Lily smiled to herself, tears forming in her eyes. In her future, they were both dead, killed in a car accident. Lily never saw Petunia since the two sisters were not on good terms. Her life was with James and he was closer to her than any family.

She closed the door as her father left, charming some clothes on and then sending her friends' presents to them. She smiled at the irony; she had been waiting to do this for about two years. She looked at herself in the mirror. She was young and innocent in this body. She was Lily Evans, not Lily Potter who had fought Voldemort and lived. Innocent little Lily Evans who (annoyingly) hated James.

She had wanted to spend Christmas with James so much; life wasn't fair! She seriously debated owling him and asking if she could go to his house. She decided against it; she didn't want people to think she sick, it would only draw attention to herself and she wanted it to be kept secret that she was Mrs. Potter. She sighed, thinking about today would bring. Vernon Dursley; her sister's future husband. The urge to owl James was even stronger.

A tawny owl came fluttering in through the window. Lily smiled as she recognized it. "Hello, Merlin." It was James' owl.

A small parcel was tied around his legs and Lily carefully removed it. The note on top of it read: "Dear Lily, Please don't throw this away! I just wanted to say 'Merry Christmas'. You don't have to respond but I wanted you to know that I care. I've changed for you, Lily. Please give me a chance. -James. PS. I love you."

"And I love you, too," Lily said sadly and opened the parcel. She knew what was inside because when she had gotten back from the future, she had been wearing it. A beautiful charm bracelet with charmed charms that sparkled in different colours. She put it on, smiling ruefully. She knew she couldn't reply, as much as she wanted to.

"So, Petunia tells me that you work at Grunnings," Mr Evans said politely to Vernon, "Do you enjoy your job?"

"Yes, we make drills and I have to take orders..." Vernon droned on.

Lily tuned him out. She had seen him enough to know that drills were his favourite subject and that he could go on for ages. She studied her lunch, thinking about James' meals and how excited he always was at Christmas. Her last Christmas had been the best in her life. Now she felt lonely.

The topic turned towards Petunia and Lily caught a snippet.

"... Petunia is the first of our girls to have a boyfriend."

"Nobody will ever love Lily, mother, she's too strange."

Lily snorted, who was James then? 'The love of your life, your husband, best friend-'

"Lily?" Her mother looked at her strangely, "Are you alright, dear?"

She was tempted to shake her head but she nodded anyway. This was going to be a long day.

She had opened her presents earlier that morning; thinking jealously of Lily Evans, who got to see James reaction from all her hard work, present picking and wrapping. And all the stuff she was getting! This attitude put Lily in a rather bad mood.

She finally sat back on her bed, wishing that it was her soft one in Godric's Hollow. She sighed as she turned over onto her side, feeling cold through the thin blanket. The pyjamas had been loosened with a charm. Lily laid a hand over her abdomen, thinking about her family. Her real family in Godric's Hollow. She felt alone. Lily thought over her day again. She remembered tea time when Petunia had mentioned Lily's "stupid" secret admirer who didn't actually like her but was just annoying her. Lily knew it was a lie and she could stand Petunia insulting her but she wished that Petunia wouldn't mention such a painful subject. She had grown angry, accidentally turning Petunia's teacup into a rat. She had quickly changed it back but not in time to avoid seeing the scared look on her sister's face. Vernon had been in the bathroom so had thankfully missed the ordeal.

She shivered again, turning instinctively to her left, where James would normally be. She wanted to feel his warm arms around her, telling her it was going to be fine. She was met with the rustling of the breeze. She groaned; she would be alone tonight.

I know: short. It was really more of an explanation than anything but I tried to make it interesting. Please review anyway!

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