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Christmas Bliss Part II(I wanna see if I can get you people to understand the POV from the dialogue and thoughts)
"What could it be?" I thought. My gift to Lils was an heirloom, passed down the Potter line. More than anything, I owe my mum and dad. They helped me get this far. I also had to tell Lils that they existed. (A/N: Lily thinks they are dead from chapter 5, a fact James has tried to convince all students and the teachers that weren't in the Order of the Pheonix or Marauders. ) I also had to tell her about the prophecy. The one that let me get away with so much, and wouldn't let me get away with one thing.
I couldn't continue thinking. Moony and Padfoot and the Flowas had left. I kept thinking only about "What the hell is this?" I decided the one place I would be totally safe was in the Head's dorm, since the only two that know the password are Lils and I. I carried the box carefully to the dorm that was across 7th floor from Gryffindor. I decided to make the visit more special and used Lils amusing password. "Head boy is a git," I said proudly.
"NO ADMITTANCE!" the lion roared.
"WHAT?" I cried in disbelief, "That was Lily's password… did she change it?"
"YES. To "James is my man,"" the lion said, sniggering.
Lils, gotta love her. "Ok, Lily is my princess," I said, believing my words.
The lion moved out of the way, it's eyes immediately changing color from a silvery blue to amber. I was still suspicious, but I had present matters to attend.
I placed the box on the coffee table in the middle, dividing room between our empty sleeping quarters, and a note, I could have sworn wasn't on the box a minute ago, fell to the ground.
The note read:
Prongsie-muffin:
This is a special gift. I unwinded in my time machine, and I realized we have no photographs of you and me, together. I wanna be with you forever, so I made this to remember those days, and the ones to come.
Love you,
Lils
Intrigued I was, to say the least. I took the box in my hands. It was heavier than before as well. Charming Lils I thought to myself. I ripped the wrapping paper off and opened the box. Inside was a picture frame, collapsed to one photo. I expanded it. The expanding-collapsing wasn't the astonishing part. It was what was in the frame.
Hundreds of pictures moved within the frame and within themselves, moving, and showing more underneath. All of them showed Lily and I, our relationship in all its wonders. In all its memories. The snow, Quidditch, talks, laughs, anger, sadness. Life as it grew and became more. And as I watched, the middle picture moved revealing one more note that I grasped.
Prongsie-muffin:
You are smiling, I can tell. Don't worry, this ain't it, hun. As long as we are together, it will run. And as long as you keep making me laugh. It runs on our thoughts and memories. You are thinking of me. So the memory wheel shows just us. Now, do something hard. Stop thinking JUST of me. Think of Quidditch.
I thought. As I did, the pictures changed and became ones of Lils and me playing Quidditch, lauaghing. I went back to reading.
See how it works? Forever we're together. No matter what.
I love you,
Lils
This was the best present I ever got. I decided to place it on the wall for us to enjoy. I placed a semi permenant sticking charm on it so we could take it once we graduated. As I finished, and sat down on the couch. I thought, I need you, Lils.
And she appeared, as though she knew what I was thinking.
"I knew you'd keep it in here!" she exclaimed.
"Yeah, I'm not THAT selfish!" I joked. She laughed, and as she laughed, I thought of how that laugh controlled me. The pictures dissolved into moments of Lily laughing at me. She glanced at the frame, I didn't even notice the change.
"I love you," she said softly. The frame transformed again to moments of love we had experienced. The kiss that our friends walked in on that morning and others. I kissed her passionately, hugging her to me. She was my life.
"I love YOU, Lily."
"Wanna 'round up the gang and watch a movie?" she asked playfully, kissing my cheek.
"Sure, what movie?" I agreed, though it could be a chick flick.
"Titanic," she stated. The biggest chick flick on the planet.
"Okay, but we better watch a comedy after!" I joked, chick flicks are easier when you agree, with your own terms.
"Will Monty Python do?" Lily asked, knowing I loved them for their quirkiness.
"Monty and the Holy Grail sound good?" I asked her.
"LOVE IT!" she said, jumping.
"Wait! Lily, don't we have to get permission to use muggle items?" my love could be so mysterious at times.
"Nope, I'm perfectly capable of overriding all charmable boundaries," she said in a calmly mocking tone.
"I love you," I said, heading for the door.
"Go get those crazy cats!" She yelled, laughing.
"You mean our friends?" I laughed, too.
"You say tom-a-toe, I say tom-ah-to…" she murmured.
"you become more like me every day," I laughed.
"Glad to hear it, Prongsie!" she laughed, shaking.
"See ya in a bit!" I yelled.
Lily POVI conjured a bigscreen, popcorn and movie reels,and another two couches, so that each couple could be comfy. The next minute, Gwyn, Dia, Sirius and Remus were at the door, knocking. Sirius being unreasonable, yelling, "LiLY! What's your password?"
I opened the door and greeted them.
"James is coming, he's just nicking some food from the kitch-" Sirius started to say as I passed him the popcorn.
Immediately, the four of them made comments about our nice dorm.
"Hey Lils, this is a nice place you got here," Gwyn exclaimed.
"Yeah, why didn't you let us come before?" Dia, being all too knowing, asked.
"I dunno. I think it felt like James and my special place. Like the homemade movie theater?"
"Yeah! It's awesome!" Remus exclaimed. They all took Muggle Studies in 3rd year together, to get to know each other better.
"I love it! Girl, you got mad skills!" Gwyn exclaimed, this being the 50th time she's watched movies with Lily.
"Hey Lils, what's THAT?" Dia pointed to the frame of memories, currently flasking pictures from Christmas Eve.
"That was my Christmas present to James. You lot like? Took me most of last month to make It responds to James's thoughts and mine. Watch! I'll think of Quidditch and getting on the Gryffindor team," the frame's photos dissolved into the moments of the day. The laughter and the sun taking the place of the Christmas Eve pictures.
"LiLS, you MADE this for Prongs?" Sirius asked. Gwyn and Dia looked a bit confused.
"Yeah, for the two of us. We had no pictures, so I made it for Prongsie-muffin." I said, coolly
"That's so cool! We need one, Padfoot, for the Marauders!"Remus said, rapt.
"And Lils, we all need them for the Flowas and our couples!" Dia laughed
"Ok, ok! You will all get them in due time!" I laughed and sat down.
Just then, James appears.
"What did I miss?" my lovable stag asked.
"Nothing!" Everyone said rather quickly, knowing if they discussed the frame, James and Lily would never let them watch the movie.
"Lils, I have movie food!" he said happily, referring to the barrels of Honeyduke's sweets he was carrying.
"Thanks, Prongsie-muffin! I love you!" I said, laughing, and kissing him quickly on the lips.
"Ok, "Titanic", we'll commence!" Dia yelled. She loved Jack Dawson aka Leonardo DiCaprio ALMOST as much as Remus The Flowas loved the movie because Leonardo was hott and the way he acted with Kate Winslet was amazing. Also, the plot was thick with other people in the way and the ship sinking and everything. The guys liked Leo's drawings, much to our dismay. By the end, the Flowas and Sirius were crying and Moony and my Prongsie-muffin were in awe at how the men were jumping off the ship, into the cold.
In sharp contrast, Monty Python was light fun we all enjoyed and got us into a happy mood. It was so hilarious. Even the picture James and me enjoyed it. The scene about the lady being a witch made us all laugh, while Sirius wondered aloud whether Gwyn was wood and weighed the same as a duck.
By the end of both movies it was time for dinner. We all skipped lunch, eating the yummy food James had gotten from Honeydukes. It was a fun day for the popular 7th year Gryffindors. Christmas was such a family thing, that the Marauders and Flowas made it so by bringing them all together.
At dinner, Dumbledore presented a knowing smile and asked, "I don't recall seeing any of you at lunch on this wondrous day. Where did you all disappear to?"
"Where were we?" Sirius repeated, scared.
"We were at the Head's Dorm playing a muggle game. Movie," Dia said, knowingly while Gwyn and Lily giggled.
"Oh! What did you see?" Dumbledore asked ignoring the impossibility of using muggle objects on grounds.
"We saw the muggle version of Titanic and then saw Monty Python and the Holy Grail. You know, the one with the funny segment on witches?" I said, and then laughed, remembering the scene, so did James.
"Oh yes! Monty Python! A fond memory," Dumbledore concluded.
We enjoyed dinner with not much talk unless you count the party poppers. It became routine as we all always stayed at Hogwarts. Then Professor Flitwick flicked the music on in the Great Hall. Nothing could stop it; everyone got paired and started to dance.
I grabbed James.
James's POV
"Can you believe it?" Lily asked.
"What? That we're together? That we love each other, that it is 7th year, that we might end up dead together because of that serial killer, that my parents are still alive…" I trailed off.
"What?" Lily looked so much like Kate Winslet. My movie star.
"ok," I started,"Lily, it might be a shock,-" I told her about the prophecy and that my parents were still alive and under what conditions she knew. She didn't move. She didn't speak. My perfect Christmas, the first I ever had with Lily where she didn't hurt me, ended with my Lily flower becoming almost lifeless. She ran.