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Chapter Three: Holiday Cheer

Hello everybody! You're probably thinking that I dropped off the face of the Earth, and I'm so sorry about that. My computer is finally fixed though! And I'm back and ready to write! I've been doing a lot of writing on notebook paper though, so as soon as I type it up, the next chapters will be ready for you to read! Thanks for being patient, and even if you weren't, thanks anyway!

A piece of advice for my readers: Read this chapter and then go back and read Ch.3 of "In This Journal". It's what I do when I write each chapter and I think that it will help things make sense and also give an interesting perspective of the same event.

Christmas Day is one of my favorite days of the year.

Of course, my favorite day of the year will be the day that Lily Evans agrees to go out with me. I'm thinking sometime in the spring when the trees are starting to bloom and the birds are singing.

Anyway, today is Christmas and I gave Evans a love potion. Well...she thought it was a love potion in any case. I'm not thick enough to think that she'd actually drink a love potion from me.

In actuality, the potion was no more than a weak, sleeping draft. However, I enchanted the steam from the draft to rise into the air when the bottle was uncorked and form the words: "Go out with me, Evans?"

Emmeline told me later that Evans poured the mixture down the drain in the girls' bathroom. Oh well, it's not like I put a lot of hard work into it. Sleeping drafts are about as simple as they come and I'm not a bad hand at potion making if I do say so myself.

This opens up a whole new avenue to me. I can now ask Evans out without having to be in the same room! She can't escape from me.

James Potter knows no limits! He will go to any lengths to get what he wants! No setback will hurt him!

Besides any kind of lily, (especially lilies-of-the-valley) mistletoe is my favorite plant. Three guesses why: Evans, Evans, and Evans.

Putting my earlier idea to good use, I charmed a sprig of mistletoe to float above Evans' head at lunch and then took the opportunity to kiss her.

It was just as good as I remembered. ...I can still taste her lip-gloss. (Strawberry flavor)

As I said before, Evans was my first kiss, and I'm going to make it a point that she's the last one, too. I'm never going to kiss another woman as long as I live. Except my mother of course, and even so, that's on the cheek.

Sirius was talking to me this afternoon about Evans.

Sirius: "Why her, Prongs?"

Prongs is my nickname, don't ask.

Me: "Why?"

Sirius: "Yeah, why Lily? What's so special about her?"

I didn't know what to tell Sirius...I'm not sure really. I just know that I like her and I want to date her. Isn't that enough?

Sirius: "Ah."

Me: "What?"

Sirius: "Nothing."

Nothing? If that was nothing then Peter's a star quidditch player. Not to put down my friend, but poor Wormtail isn't exactly the most athletic person. Quite the opposite, in fact.

But, Sirius had got me wondering, what is so special about Lily?

Today, I waited, as I do ever every day, for Evans outside of my Muggle Studies classroom. Like I said, I wait for her everyday and say hello or comment on how stunning she looks. Just more chivalrous acts on my part.

As she passed, I greeted her with a friendly "hello" and a smile.

Evans: "Don't you have something better to do? Like hexing innocent first years who can't defend themselves?"

Okay, first off, first years are not as innocent as they appear. I would know, I was one once. Never underestimate a first year.

And secondly, it was a third year and he'll be out of the hospital wing in a couple of hours. He'll live.

I've been planning New Years Eve for nearly a week now. The guys helped me construct a sign with the words, "Happy New Year!" on it to hang in the common room.

They don't know that I've added my own personal touch to the banner. I've enchanted the banner to have my voice coming from it, doing what else, but asking Evans out.

Oh, Merlin! The look on Evans' face when she saw the sign was priceless! She started blushing so badly that her face was nearly the color of her hair, which is a pretty impressive feat since she has deep red hair.

My parents always kiss on the dot of twelve on New Years, so I decided to do the same with Evans.

Do you know what she did? She slapped me! She touched me! Her hand made contact with my face! I'm in heaven!

It did hurt a little, but I don't care because Lily Evans willingly touched me. Life is good.

Hestia told me to talk to Evans and I was going to until she saw me coming and quickly retreated to her dormitory where she knows full well that I can't follow.

I learned that lesson the hard way back in second year. Sirius dared me to try and climb the stairs and I was dumb enough to do it.

It turns out the founders of the school thought boys were untrustworthy or something, because they placed a charm on the staircase so that boys can't get into the girls' dormitories.

Sirius and I are working on that one though...

This morning I woke up early so I could catch Evans before she left for breakfast. I waited in front of the portrait hole for nearly an hour before she finally emerged.

I was determined to have my say so I refused to let her out of the common room unless she walked to the Great Hall with me.

Last night, I rehearsed a little speech of sorts about how since it's New Year we should start over. She looked interested until I asked her out. Then she called me an arrogant pig and told me to get a life.

Get a life? Oooh that one hurt.

And I do have a life. If anyone needs a life, it's her. I could give her a good life as my girlfriend if she'd only say 'yes'. Why won't she?

Girls.

I am brilliant. Really, I am. It took me a half a week, but I did it. I enchanted every suit of armor in the whole bloody school to whistle whenever Evans walked by.

Not just any whistle, mind you, the kind that I would send a girls way if I thought she was pretty. (a.k.a Evans) What do they call it again...? Oh yeah, a wolf whistle.

The whistling was only effective for today, but it was well worth it.

I waited for Evans out side of my Muggle Studies classroom, (boring class, that one) and whistled at her as she and her friends walked by on their way to Divination.

Evans looked more than irked by the whole thing, but I was having fun. She looked so confused. It was great!

Sirius and I decided to whistle at her in addition to the suits or armor. Unfortunately, some other blokes got it into their heads to whistle at her too, but I put a stop to that, (do I really need to say how?) which she seemed to appreciate. I couldn't have random guys eyeing my girl, now could I?

Defiantly not. She's mine.

Wow! I got so many reviews! I'm in shock! Thank you so much, I never expected my story to be this popular. It means a lot to me, that there are people out there who want to read something that I wrote. Thank you, to all who read my story.

J.E.A.R.K.Potter: Thanks! I liked that part too! James is a pretty fun character to write!

alexpotter: Thanks, I hope you liked my other story! And I hope that you continue to enjoy this one!

Lillianna-Rose: I agree with you about Lily sometimes seeming snobbish. I think she's that way in this story too even if you don't. Later when they become friends, I'm going to they really hard to make her seem nice. I don't want to give the impression that she's not making an effort to like him when she is. Please keep reading!

dragonzflame: Don't worry, I didn't forget about your idea! I'm still going to use it! I have a place for it, although it won't show up for a while. Be patient! It'll be in my story and I will give you full credit for it. As for your other idea, I was already going to do something of that nature! You're way ahead of me! :-)

Angul-gurl: Glad to know that James's cluelessness (is that a word?) amuses you. It amuses me too.

Sakura Moon: There will be more detail as things go along. It will all tie in with James maturing. So, while it won't be for a little bit, it will come. It'll be a gradual process, just like his growing up.

Cherry: I'm sorry, but I won't be able to e-mail you because of my e-mail settings. Parental controls and what-not keep me from doing that sort of thing. I am sorry. I'm glad that you like my story though and want to know when I've updated. Please keep reading!

misschickapee: Of course I reviewed! I try to review most things I read, even if it's not under this name. Glad to hear your chicken pox are gone! I had mine so long ago...I think I was in third grade, but I remember that it wasn't much fun. Thanks, I will keep writing!

rosepetal13: Well, my computer is fixed! Yeah, it is a journal, but James doesn't know that. Well, he does, he's just in denial. Maybe he'll admit it later in the story, I haven't decided yet. I might just make him deny it through the entire thing....that would be fun.

Ildreen Love: A third part? I've thought about it, but I haven't given it too much though. I don't know yet if I will or not. Once I get closer to the end I'll give it some more thought.

DOJ: Well, things are supposed to relate to the last story! :-) We're seeing the same things (or most of them anyway) as last time, but with a different writer and a way different perspective. James is so much fun to write. Even when he gets more mature, he'll still be fun because he'll still have his sense of humor, just not his naïve-ness.

Arabella: I'm glad that one of your first Lily/James stories could be a good one. I was unfortunate enough to read some really bad ones. Good thing I found some better ones, or I wouldn't have thought about writing my own.

bluestar: I'm glad you like my portrayal of James. I want to make him as true to character as I can, which is pretty hard since we don't know to much about him. The Hogsmeade part was my favorite entry of that chapter too. If you remember, in "In This Journal", it seemed like he was butting in and being rude, but this kind of cleared that up. To answer your question about James's new use for his cloak: Lily only wrote about what she knew, but if she didn't know that James was following her, she wouldn't write about it, now would she? :-) Yeah, James is being sneaky again.
Well, my computer is working again! I'm so happy! My mom wouldn't call tech-support, she said that it would just break again since the last time we called them, it broke down a couple of days later. Thanks for reading!

child-of-scorpio: Wow, everybody's computer is breaking down! But mine is fixed now, so it's okay! I'm glad that the whole curtain thing with Sirius seems like something that he'd do. I was kind of apprehensive about that for some reason. What's an IT lesson? Sorry if I sound nosy, I'm just curious. I don't think we have that where I live...

PriBAngel: I did have fun on vacation and camp! And here I am, updating this! I hope this makes you happy! :-)

Loves to Read: It is interesting to see things from James's point of view. I love writing this so much.

certified-weirdo: Thanks, I did have fun on vacation. I hope that you had fun at Alice Springs. What is the Uluru? I honestly don't know... That's neat that you're Australian. At camp, I had a counselor from Queensland!

Ginny05: Thanks, I'm always glad to see new people reviewing and enjoying my stories. Please continue to read!

ArtemisiaQuill: Everybody seemed to like the part about Sirius and the bedcurtains. I did too for that matter.

MPPSexxySiriusJamesRemus: Thanks, glad to know that you like it.

little-angel123452000: Well, James isn't coming around quite yet. It's a gradual process, just like his growing up and becoming more mature. It can't just happen over night. That wouldn't be very realistic.

browneyedgirl2004: I will keep writing this! I love writing this! It's very self satisfying. Please keep reading and reviewing!

Spikora: As I told another reviewer, Lily only wrote about the stuff that she knew about. James could have followed her under his cloak and she wouldn't have known about it, and therefore wouldn't have written about it. Sneaky little thing, isn't he?

Fury of Chaos: Sorry it took me so long to update, I promise, the next chapter will be coming a lot sooner.