Christmas Brunch

'I love the Christmas holidays,' James declared sitting in front of the Christmas tree in the Gryffindor common room. James, Remus, Sirius, Lily and a family consisting of a third year boy and a first year girl were the only remaining Gryffindors. James was surrounded by presents. He got a broom maintenance kit, a set of dungbombs, chocolate frogs, a new set of robes. The only two presents left un-wrapped under the tree were the presents that Sirius and James were left to give to each other.

'It's breakable mate, be careful' Sirius told him as James unwrapped the gift. Inside was a mirror that at the moment only showed James's reflection. 'It's a two way mirror, I have the other one. Say my name and if I have my mirror on me, where ever I am we can talk.'

'Wow that is so cool!' James told him. 'Thanks mate! High quality magic you had to do to make this!' Sirius shrugged it off and grabbed his present from James. The present was awfully thin. A knife was held inside, Sirius waved it around for a second,

'To…' Sirius thought for a moment, 'stab people with?' James laughed.

'It's a lock-picker. It can open any door,' James told him with a grin.

'Hey! Nicely done!' Sirius told him, 'Thanks!' Lily chose that moment to come downstairs looking exhausted.

'Get much sleep last night Evans?' Sirius asked. Lily shook her head and headed out the portrait hole.

'Merry Christmas Lily,' James and Sirius heard Remus say as he headed into the common room. Lupin sat down with his friends.

'Given up on Evans James?' Remus asked him.

'For now I guess,' James said even though he knew that he would never give up on her. 'Chloe's great you know?' And he was serious, he really did enjoy Chloe's company, she was pretty and funny and played quidditch but they still didn't have that chemistry that James and Lily had.

'How 'bout Katie Sirius?' Lupin asked him. This was Lupin's first conversation with Sirius about Katie and he was really curious about how the date went.

'Blew it,' Sirius told him.

'How'd you manage that?'

'I danced with Kaycee Handley…I mean really danced with her and Katie caught me and stormed off.'

'You danced with Kaycee?' Lupin asked loudly. 'The Slytherin?'

'Ya her' Sirius told him unenthusiastically.

'She's not your type,' Lupin told him.

'She's not, not my type. She's not my first choice and all but she's not that bad.'

The trio headed down to the dining hall for a Christmas brunch. There was one large table rather than four because there were so little students. Kaycee and Christina Flemming were two of the three remaining Slytherin's, the other one was Severus Snape. Kaycee walked over to Sirius as he sat down and sat on his lap. Christina sat on the other side of Sirius. Lupin looked over at James and he shrugged. James sat down next to Sirius and Kaycee and Lupin took his other side. James and Lupin didn't talk to Sirius much considering that he had a girl sitting on his lap the whole time. Sirius barely talked for the entire duration of the brunch. Lily sat down next to Lupin in a red jumper and a pair of jeans.

'Nice jumper,' Christina said sarcastically. Lily ignored her and forked a few breakfast sausages onto her plate.

'It doesn't really go with your hair Evans,' Kaycee told her, 'It so isn't your colour.' Lily looked over at them and raised her eyebrows,

'Right, thanks for the information.'

'A gift Lily?' Lupin asked her.

'Ya, my mom made it. She's just learned how to knit.'

'That's sweet that she would make a sweater for you,' Lupin told her.

'Ya, it is. I miss her' Christina and Kaycee were eavesdropping onto the conversation.

'Oh right you're a muggle born,' Kaycee said glaring over at Lily.

'I don't know what all the boys want to do with a filthy mudblood' Christina retorted. James bolted up and walked over to Christina wand pulled out and ready,

'Don't you dare call her that! You're just jealous that she is smarter and prettier than you are and she isn't a pureblood!' James was fuming and Christina stood up from the chair.

'I wouldn't point that wand at me Potter,' Christina told him and Kaycee got up from Sirius's lap.

'We could make your life a living hell. We're Slytherin's, purebloods. Some of us know how to do things with wand that you don't even want to know about and we have connections' Kaycee told him.

'So what?' James asked, 'Your going to go get You-Know-Who to come down here during the Christmas holidays to come and curse me? You all pal-sy with him? He send you a Christmas card? Or is there somebody in the school who will come and hurt me? Like….' James laughed, 'Snivellus.' Severus Snape looked up from his breakfast. 'Just to let you know girls,' he leaned in towards them pretending to whisper, 'he's a half-blood.' Snape got up and started yelling, James flicked his wand in his direction and Snape instantly became a mute. Snape looked like he was still yelling and his arms were flailing but no sound came out. Snape took out his wand to do a silent incantation,

'Expelliarmus,' Lupin said with his own wand and Snape's wand went flying out of his hand. Snape began to run at James looking like he was going to strangle him,

'Petrificus Totalus,' Sirius incanted and Snape's arms clung to his sides and his legs shot together, he was as stiff as a board and fell straight over. Lupin got up and turned him so his face wasn't facing the ground so he could breathe.

'Don't try to mess with us,' Lupin told him. James walked up to Sirius and looked at him straight in the eye.

'I can't stand your girlfriend.' He walked away with Lupin nodding to Sirius and following him leaving Sirius behind and a shocked expression on Lily's face.