Ok, this is going to be one long chapter! Yay! Hopefully it will make up for the pathetic excuse for the previous chapter. This was like 10 pages when I wrote it. Just a recap, Sirius came back, he is staying with Harry for a few days, and then leaving, it is almost Christmas break. WaRnInG! There will be a reference to sex, but this is a PG-13 story, so it will only be a reference to them having it, it wont be descriptive at all. Just thought I should let you know in case you are totally a prude and are offended by the reference of two consenting teens having sex. One more thing, I would like to dedicate this chapter to Jimmy. (All Green Day fans should get this)

Chapter 9 Happy Christmas

The next few days in which Sirius was there were a blast. They spent almost all their time with him in the Room of Requirement. But sadly, Sunday morning came too soon it seemed for Harry. It was a sad time when he walked Sirius back to Dumbledore's office. Nikki would have come but Harry decided to let her sleep in, seeing as it was 5 o'clock in the morning. Sirius offered to have Harry come stay with him during Christmas Break, but he decided he would rather spend it with Nikki.

During the first week of Christmas Break, it snowed. Not just a little frost on the ground, but three feet of snow. The poor little first years were in so deep, some of them could hardly move outside. It was quite a funny sight to see. There were snowball fights every day, big ones too. Some days it would be a few big groups, other times it would be whole houses going up against each other, except Slytherin. No one wanted to play against them because they cheated.

The weekend before Christmas, there was a Hogsmeade weekend so the students could buy their presents. Ron and Hermione decided to go off alone so Harry and Nikki could spend some "alone time". Harry was quite thankful for this seeing as his last date was kind of a disaster. First stop was Zonko's Joke Shop so Harry and Nikki could buy a gift for Ron. Then they went to Honeydukes to buy a gift for Nikki's parents. Harry and Nikki decided to split up for about half an hour to go look for each other's presents. Nikki was heading back to Zonko's to buy Harry some prank presents seeing as he loved those. As she passed the jewelry store, her eyes caught a glimpse of something. She turned to the window and gasped. On display was the most beautiful necklace she had ever seen. It was a small diamond pendant on a silver string with pearls every inch or so. She realized then that she had to have that necklace, but as soon as she saw the price, all her dreams were dashed. There was no way she would ever be able to afford it. Sadly, she turned and walked away.

A shadowed figure stood watching her as she admired the necklace from an alleyway. As soon as she was gone, the figure walked into the jewelry store and purchased that very necklace. Nikki was on her way to Zonko's when she saw the perfect store to buy a gift for Harry. She went into the shop and found exactly what Harry would love. She went up to the wizard at the front desk, a very young wizard, and told him exactly what she wanted. After she left, she headed to the Three Broomsticks to meet Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

When she arrived, she saw the trio in the back of the room so they could have some form of privacy. As soon as she sat down, Harry greeted her with a light peck on the lips. Ron and Hermione just greeted her normally. There seemed to be a problem with the so-called happy couple. Ron and Hermione were no longer speaking to each other because of something Ron supposedly said. He just hoped the present he got her would change her mind and mend the tear growing between them.

After a few more Butterbeers and a few choice words between Ron and Hermione, they headed back to the castle. The day was December 23rd. Nikki and Hermione went up to the Owlery to mail their parents the gifts they bought for them.

MEANWHILE:

Harry and Ron were sitting in the Common Room just talking when Harry asked, "So Ron, what did you get Hermione, books?"

"Nah," Ron replied, "I got her…" he began as he pulled out a box and opened it "…this." Inside was a pair of beautiful earrings and a bracelet to match.

"Whoa, this must have cost a fortune." Harry said, stunned.

"Not really, Fred and George's shop is doing quite well. They were happy to loan me some money…as long as I pay them back, with interest." Ron replied. "By the way, what did you get Nikki?"

"Well, I was walking down High Street when I saw Nikki looking in a window. She looked like she was in a trance. So, when she left, I went up to the window and saw what she was looking at. I went in the store and spent nearly half of the money I brought to spend, but I hope it'll be worth it. I just had to get her…" Harry was cut off by the girls returning. Luckily Ron had already put his gift away.

"Hello Harry." Hermione said as she walked right past Ron, ignoring him completely. "I think I am going to go to bed now. Good night Harry, Nikki." And with that, Hermione went up to her room. Moments later, Ron also went upstairs after mumbling something about not feeling well. Harry and Nikki were once again, all alone. This time, though, there were no meetings to stop them. Harry noticed this first by said nothing. He didn't want Nikki to think he was being to forward. A moment later, after she decided Harry was going to do nothing, she gently grabbed his chin and pulled his lips to hers. He was stunned for a moment at her sudden aggressiveness. He quickly regained himself and began to kiss her back with a fierce passion. She slid under him so that he was lying on top of her and she was lying on the couch. She slipped her tongue in his mouth. Harry was wearing a collard shirt with a t-shirt underneath; in minutes, the collard shirt was on the floor. Nikki had on a short-sleeved over a long-sleeved shirt. Not long after Harry's shirt came off, her top shirt was on the floor also and her sleeves were pushed up because both of them were becoming very warm. Nikki moved her hands from his shoulders down over his Quidditch toned abs to the hem of his shirt. She grasped it and yanked it off of him. She then began moving her hands over his flat, firm stomach and nicely toned abs. Slowly she brought her hands back up to his shoulders and broke away from the kiss and moved her lips down to his neck and began to give him little love bites. He reached down and pulled her face up to his and attacked her lips once again. Harry slowly began to move his hands down her front to the hem of her shirt and slipped them inside. There were no outside interruptions or signs of Nikki not wanting to go farther. His hand continued up to her chest and he snaked his hand around behind her back and unclasped her bra. He removed it with little difficulty. For the most part, their lips never broke apart except for the annoying need of air. Harry moved his hands back down her front and grasped the hem of her second shirt. He began to remove her shirt when Nikki suddenly came to her senses and sat up.

"No Harry, not yet" Nikki broke the kiss to say. "It's late and I just don't think I'm ready to go farther. It's just not the right time." She said as she stood up and began to gather her clothes.

"Well," Harry began, "do you know when the right time might be?"

"When I feel as though I am ready." She replied as she made her way upstairs to go to sleep.

Harry just sat there, trying to cool off but the fire wasn't helping so he, also, picked up his clothes and went upstairs to take a nice long cold shower.

The next day was Christmas Eve. There was a fresh blanket of snow and the air was crisp. Harry and Nikki decided, for some insane reason, to go flying. That morning, right after breakfast, they went up to their rooms to put on many more layers and to get their brooms.

Before they even reached the Quidditch Pitch, they mounted their brooms and took off. They flew up over the stands and began circling it like hawks. Nikki wanted so badly to give Harry his present right then, but she knew she had to wait. Harry suddenly began speeding away and Nikki was trying to catch up. Suddenly, he stopped.

"Harry, what are you doing?" Nikki asked.

"We race. Three laps around the Pitch, starting at the Gold Hoops." He replied as he flew over to the Hoops. Nikki followed him closely, anxious to see how she would do against a Firebolt with her Nimbus 2002. "Alright, Nikki, we are gonna do this fair. When I say 'Go' we take off. Three times, first one back here wins, loser buys Butterbeers."

"Ok, deal." Nikki replied, eager to begin.

"One…Two…Three…GO!"

And they were off. Nikki was not far behind Harry, urging her broom to go faster. As they rounded the North Hoops, Nikki took the lead. Shortly after, Harry took over once again. After the first lap, Harry was about 20 feet ahead of Nikki. She gained speed and began closing the gap halfway through the second lap. One-fourth of the way through the last lap, Nikki was right on Harry's tail. Three-fourths of the way through, Harry began decreasing speed yet made it look like he was trying to keep up. He was letting Nikki win. When they crossed the finish line, Nikki flew down and landed, followed shortly by Harry. Before he could even properly dismount his broom, Nikki swung hers at his head.

"Wha-Holy Shit! You almost knocked my head off!" he shouted as he ducked before she swung again.

"YOU LET ME WIN! I don't want you taking pity on me because I am a girl" she said through clenched teeth as she swung her broom again, a little too low for Harry's comfort.

"Ok, ok. I admit it how about duck we do a re jump race. One lap" Harry offered.

"Fine, and I will beat you. Fair and square." She replied as she mounted her broom. Harry followed right behind her. When they got to the goal post, Nikki counted to three and they were off. Harry was in the lead until they reached the other goal post. Somehow Nikki's broom began going faster and faster. Harry was trying to catch up but couldn't. She had won, fair and square. She flew down and landed lightly on the snow. Harry landed right after her but stumbled a bit.

"Ok - you won - fair and square" Harry replied, panting.

"Yeah" She replied simply.

"You wanna go inside and warm up? It's quite chilly out here," Harry asked.

"I thought you'd never ask." She answered. With that, they jumped back on their brooms and flew them up to the castle. When they reached the Entrance Hall, they leapt off their brooms and ran all the way back to the Common Room.

As they bolted through the Portrait Hole, they glanced around to make sure it was empty. Upon seeing it so, Nikki threw off her hat, cloak, gloves, scarf, etc. As did Harry. Then their lips collided with each other's. Harry's tongue found its way to Nikki's mouth. They made their way over to the couch and, once again, Nikki was on the bottom. Her top shirt seemed to be ripped off to reveal a revealing tank top. Harry's hands made their way up her shirt to remove her bra. He knew she was not likely to go all the way, but he knew she would go for this. The bra was thrown to the floor along with Harry's shirts. Harry slid his hand up her shirt to her breast while his lips made their way down to her neck. Nikki began to moan quite a bit before grabbing his face and pulling his lips back up to hers.

"Nikki" Harry gasped.

"Hmmm?" She asked.

"We have to…stop," he breathed.

"Why?"

"Because if we don't stop now, I won't be able to." He replied as he sat up.

"Ok, we'll stop. I'm gonna go take a shower." She replied, still not ready just yet.

"Me too—in my shower." He added after seeing her inquisitive glance.

The next morning Nikki woke bright and early to see a large pile of presents at the foot of her bed. She had sweets and a photo album from her parents, a book about Dragons from Hermione. (Nikki was fascinated with Dragons). And a joke pack from Ron from his brothers' shop was included in the pile. When she was done opening her presents, she noticed something was missing, Harry's gift to her. As if on cue, a bewitched red rose floated up to her with a note attached. It read:

Nikki,

At 7 o'clock sharp, a surprise will be waiting for you outside the Portrait Hole. It will lead you to your gift. Wear something nice. Please try not to leave the Common Room today; I will have lunch sent up to you. Do not go down to dinner tonight. I love you,

Harry

It was not easy but she stayed in the Common Room all day. At lunchtime, a small little house elf brought up some food. It was continually bowing for her; she barely got a word in. It kept saying how proud it was that "The Great Harry Potter chose me for this task." She did learn that its name was Dobby.

MEANWHILE:

When Harry woke up, he began to open his presents rather quickly. He had a long hard day ahead of him. He hardly paid any attention to what everyone got him because one present stood out above the rest. His present from Nikki was all he could think about. It was his very own Golden Snitch. It even had his name engraved in the side. Included was a whistle, that if you lost the Snitch and just blew on the whistle, the Snitch would come.

Harry had a lot on his mind. He had to figure out how to get Nikki food, how he was going to get her to meet him at the Room of Requirement, and what was going to be in there.

Later that night, at 7 o'clock sharp, Nikki walked down into the Common Room in a strapless black dress that fell to about her knees. She walked out and saw the little Snitch she had gotten Harry for Christmas with a small note that read:

Follow this to your surprise

All of a sudden, the Snitch took off, but it looked strained. Almost as though it were under a "slow-motion" spell (which it was). For almost fifteen minutes, she went up stairs and down stairs, through long hallways and narrow corridors.

Finally she arrived on the fifth floor in front of some weird tapestry. She looked around, but saw no one. She looked for the Snitch that brought her there, but suddenly, it disappeared in thin air. Nikki understood exactly what was going on. She walked over to where the Snitch had disappeared and felt around until she felt a cool cloth in her fingers. She grasped it and pulled an Invisibility Cloak off of Harry. Before she could even say hello, or notice how sexy he looked, he pressed his lips against hers.

"You look beautiful." Harry said as he broke away.

"You look pretty decent yourself," Nikki replied.

"Hold on." Harry stated then began thinking really hard about something and walked in front of the wall three times. Suddenly, a door appeared and Harry pulled out a scarf and tied it around Nikki's eyes and opened the door. It was perfect. Inside was a small table for two, a gourmet meal, and about fifty candles. Harry grabbed her hand and led her into the room. "Ok," he said as he untied the scarf, "open your eyes." He finished as he removed the scarf.

Nikki just stared, open-mouthed, at the room. "Oh my God. Harry, did you do this all by yourself?" Nikki asked.

"This is the Room of Requirement, I just thought it all up." Harry replied.

"Well, its beautiful."

"Shall we go and try the food?" Harry said as he led her over to the table and helped her into her seat. The dinner that night was pasta, Nikki's favorite.

After they finished eating, Harry picked up the Snitch and held it up with his thumb and middle finger. "This is, by far, the most amazing gift I have ever received. That includes my Invisibility Cloak and my Firebolt." Harry stated. "Now it's time to give you yours."

"Harry, you didn't have to, this was enough." Nikki replied. Harry didn't seem to hear her. He reached in his pocket and pulled out a black velvet box and handed it to her. Nikki reached over and took the box from him and opened it. She gasped as she saw its contents. It was the necklace she fell in love with that day in Hogsmeade. She was in such shock, she didn't notice Harry getting up and putting the necklace around her neck. She was only aware of his presence when she felt his warm lips on her neck. Suddenly, a huge bed popped into the room.

"Did you do that?" Harry asked against her neck.

"Yes. Harry, tonight, you have showed me just how much you love me. I'm ready." She replied before getting up and kissing him all the way to the king-sized bed…

FINALLY! It has taken me way too long to write this. I hope you are all happy for this extremely long chapter. The next one is kinda short, but oh well. They do get longer. Now, read and review, or…I KILL YOU! I KILL YOU ALL! (yes Caitlin, even you.)