Chapter 7

Ok I know I just updated but I wanna update again…I like this story and this is like the only one of my stories that I'm getting constant floods of ideas for.

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Sabrina's parents were out buying last minute snacks for the party so Sabrina had Sirius help her put up decorations.

"Not that I'm trying to…insult your house." Sirius said. Sabrina, who was standing on a chair to put up streamers, looked at him. Her hands were still up to hold the streamer in place and her shirt was showing off some stomach. "How you gonna fit all these people in the den?"

"Oh…" Sabrina said, grinning. "Open that sliding door." Sirius looked at the door and opened it. On the other side was a huge room practically twice the size of the den.

"Well…that explains how your house is so big on the outside but seemed small on the inside." Sirius said.

"Tape." Sabrina said, holding her hand down to Sirius. He ripped off a piece of tape and handed it to her. Sabrina taped the last bit of streamer to the wall. "Now all we gotta do is balloons."

"Yep…and you gotta get down off that chair." Sirius said. Sabrina jumped down but didn't land so gracefully and wound up falling over, bringing Sirius down with her. He landed under her and Sabrina looked down at him before laughing.

"Happy Christmas eve." She said before kissing him. Just as he started kissing back she pulled away and started getting the balloons up. They heard footsteps coming onto the porch and Sirius turned into a dog before the door opened to show her parents. Sabrina hurried and took the snacks from her parents then brought them into the kitchen.

"Hurry up and put them in bowls…Janine and Mark should be here soon." Sabrina's mom said. (FYI: Don't know Lilly's parents' real names so that's their names in this story.)

"Yeah yeah yeah…you guys did get all the presents wrapped right?" Sabrina asked.

"Yeah." Her dad said.

"OK well…you guys put the snacks in bowls…I gotta get changed…come on boy." Sabrina said, running up the stairs. Sirius barked and followed her. They went into her room and Sabrina closed the door.

"So what are you wearing?" Sirius asked quietly. "Oh…are you gonna wear that little red dress?"

"What little red dress?" Sabrina asked.

"You know…the one with the fur around the top and bottom and the see-through straps." Sirius said.

"Sirius…I got that two years ago…for a play." Sabrina said.

"You could probably still fit in it." Sirius said. Sabrina rolled her eyes and looked through her closet before finding the dress he meant.

"Turn around." She said. Sirius looked at her. "I'm so not letting you see me change." Sirius sighed and turned around. Sabrina kept her eyes on him while she changed out of her jeans and orange t-shirt and into the dress. It was a little tight but still fit well. "Uh…Sirius…"

"Yeah?" Sirius asked, not turning around.

"Can you help with the zipper…it's on the back." Sabrina said. Sirius turned around just as Sabrina turned around. She moved her hair so that it didn't get caught in the zipper. Sirius slowly did up the zipper. He took a few steps back and Sabrina turned around. "What do you think?" She did a full turn. The dress went just to above her knees and top of it, just above her chest. The straps only stood out because of them reflecting the light.

Sirius opened and closed his mouth a few times like a fish out of water but he couldn't say anything.

"Oh…forgot something." Sabrina said. She went back to her closet and looked through the bottom of it before pulling out red boots that matched the dress and went have way up her calves. Sabrina put them on and this time Sirius was able to speak.

"Oh bloody hell." He said. Sabrina looked at him. "You look amazing."

"Thanks." Sabrina said, going to her make-up table and adding light green eye shadow and red lipstick. She then kissed Sirius before hearing the doorbell ring. "Dog time." Sirius turned into a dog and they left Sabrina's room.

"Hey Sas!" Lilly said, meeting Sabrina half way up the stairs and hugging her.

"Happy Christmas Lil." Sabrina said.

"And this must be Snuffles." Lilly said, petting Sirius and scratching him behind the ear. He looked like he enjoyed the attention a lot. Sabrina laughed.

If only she knew who you really were…Snuffles…she wouldn't be so friendly. She thought before speaking. "Hi Mr. and Mrs. Evans. Happy Christmas"

"Happy Christmas to you too dear." Mrs. Evans said.

"There are snacks in the kitchen." Sabrina said, taking the coats. She, Lilly and Sirius went up to Sabrina's room and Sabrina threw the coats on the couch. About 10 minutes later the rest of the guests were there and Molly was with them in Sabrina's room. The couch was covered with coats so Sabrina was lying on her bed with Sirius next to her and Lilly and Molly were on the floor.

"So…can he do tricks?" Molly asked.

"Sure." Sabrina said, smirking at Sirius. They got off the bed and Sabrina picked up a cheesie. Sirius sniffed it gingerly. "Snuffles…sit." Sirius sat. "Lie down." He lied down. "Shake paw." He sat up and shook Sabrina's hand. "Beg." He begged. "Play dead." Sirius fell over with a slight thud. The girls all laughed. "Here ya go." Sabrina threw the cheesie and Sirius caught it in his mouth and ate it.

"GIRLS!!" Sabrina's mom called up. "PRESENT TIME!!"

"COMING MOM!!" All three girls said. They all called each other's moms…mom. The moms didn't care. This was the same as every Christmas eve party: The girls spent the time in Sabrina's room while the adults mingled downstairs. It didn't change much after Molly became friends with them…all they did was add three more people to the list.

The girls and Sirius ran downstairs. It was Sabrina's job to hand out gifts so she did that. Gifts from everyone to everyone, instead of opening them on Christmas, they opened them around the ones that gave them the gifts so that they could give proper thanks.

Sabrina's Gifts: A dark blue dress from Molly, Make-up and a charm bracelet and 12 charms from Lilly, a book from Lilly's parents, a purple sweater from Molly's parents and lots of sweets from someone that works with her mother (She never quite figured out the name of this woman.)

Lilly's Presents: a dark red dress from Molly, Friendship bracelet material and instruction book from Sabrina, sweets from Sabrina's parents and a pink sweater from Molly's parents (see the pattern yet?).

Molly's Presents: A charm bracelet and 12 charms from Lilly, knitting stuff and an instruction book from Sabrina, a star pendant necklace from Sabrina's parents and a book from Lilly's parents.

"Thanks everyone." The girls chorused. After the adults opened their presents, the teens retreated to Sabrina's room.

A few minutes later all three girls were making bracelets for each other using the instructions from Lilly's new book. Sabrina and Molly had put on their charm bracelets from Lilly and found out that Lilly had one of her own and she was using them as friendship bracelets.

"I'm not surprised Sas is fast at this." Molly said. Sabrina was already on the bracelet she was making for herself. All three of the bracelets she made were red, gold and pink. The ones Lilly was making were red, gold and blue. The ones Molly was making were red, gold and purple.

"Not really…she always was the artsy one." Lilly said. "Damn…should have gotten her a sketchpad."

"Yeah well I wouldn't have used it but for doodles…I'd rather draw on myself." Sabrina said. None of them seemed to notice that Sirius was eating the snacks that they had for themselves. Only when Sabrina went to grab some chips and noticed the bowl was empty did she notice. "Damn it Si…Snuffles." Sirius barked and wagged his tail.

"We'll get more snacks if you finish our bracelets for us." Lilly offered.

"Ok." Sabrina said. Lilly and Molly took the bowls and left and Sabrina got to work on their bracelets since hers were done.

"Well…this is a fun night." Sirius said. Sabrina jumped.

"You can't turn into yourself." She hissed.

"Why not? Got at least a minute before they get back." Sirius said.

"Uh…because someone could hear you." Sabrina said.

"Fine." Sirius said. He looked upset before turning into a dog and curling up on his dog bed. Sabrina didn't mean to get him mad at her…she knew it was hard being an animal for a long time without many breaks. She gave him as many breaks as possible but tomorrow would be hard…he'd have to be a dog all day.

"Sirius…" Sabrina said, slightly whining. Sirius looked away from her and closed his eyes. Sabrina didn't know if he had fallen asleep or not but she didn't have time to think about it because Lilly and Molly had come back with bowls full of chips and sweets and also some drinks. Sabrina pretended nothing had really happened. They exchanged bracelets then Molly had to leave. Shortly after Lilly left.

About half an hour later Sabrina's mom came to her room.

"Good night honey." She said.

"Night mom…happy Christmas." Sabrina said, lying down on her bed under the covers. She had spent the last half hour thinking and she finally came up with an idea that could make Sirius happy again and not be mad at her.

"I don't want to hear you snooping around the gifts before 8 o'clock." Her mom said.

"Mom…that's like 8 hours away." Sabrina said. Her mom laughed then left. Sabrina waited a few minutes before throwing the covers off and hurrying over to Sirius. She shook him slightly and he growled. "Oh give it up…I know your not asleep." Sirius looked at her. "Come on…be human…I wanna show you something…pretty please?" Sabrina gave him the pouty look that she knew he could never resist.

"Fine." Sirius said after turning human. Sabrina smiled and hugged him. He grinned a bit.

"Come on." Sabrina said. She opened her window and climbed out onto the ledge before disappearing onto the roof. Sirius followed. Sabrina brushed some snow off the roof and sat down. Sirius sat next to her.

"What did you wanna show me?" He asked.

"Look up." Sabrina said, smiling. Sirius raised an eyebrow. "Just do it." Sirius looked up and Sabrina's smile grew at the look of amazement in his eyes. "Not everything in the muggle world is as different as stuff in the magical world."

What Sabrina did next shocked Sirius. She moved to sit between his legs then leaned back against him before taking his hands and wrapping his arms around her.

"Not that I'm complaining Sabs…but what are you doing?" Sirius asked.

"Not really sure…but I'm comfy." Sabrina said. "Besides…just by the way…if you tell anyone what I'm about to tell you I will totally deny it then kill you…"

"Ok…" Sirius said, used to that threat by now.

"I don't know…I just really feel safe right now." Sabrina said, looking Where Sirius' hands were rested on her stomach and her hands were above him. "With your arms around me…I just have the feeling that everything will be ok and stuff." Sirius didn't say anything but he did pull Sabrina closer to him.

After a while they got cold and went back inside where Sabrina gave Sirius a kiss before getting under the covers. She felt Sirius, as a dog, jump on the bed next to her and lie down really close to her. She patted him a few times before falling asleep.

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So what do you think? Good Christmas Eve chapter? Should I do Christmas in the next chapter or should I just skip right to when their going back to school?