Christmas Break
"Here's the thing, we started out as friends" Tori sang into her microphone like brush.
"It was cool, it was all pretend." Lily joined in.
"You dedicated, took the time." Kate piped in.
"Wasn't long till I called you mine. Yeah, yeah." Alice sang using her round brush like a microphone just like the rest of the girls.
They were singing while getting ready for breakfast. It was the day of the ball and they had a lot to do.
"Since you been gone! I can breathe for the first time! I'm so moving on! Yeah, yeah! Thanks to you, now I get, I get what I want!" They were all singing together now.
"Evans, Tori, Kate, and Alice come down! We have been waiting for you guys forever!" James yelled.
"What do you want, Potter?" Lily asked.
"Frank wants to sit with Alice! Now get down here!" Sirius yelled.
"Coming, coming! Jeez can't a girl get ready?" Tori yelled back.
A couple of minutes later the girls were sitting by themselves on the Gryffindor table, doing their own things and the boys were sitting a couple seats away chatting.
"We have to hurry if we're planning on going to the dance. I say we leave in five minutes." Kate said looking at the time.
"The ball is at seven. It's 8:30 am. You have 9 and a half hours! How long does it take to take a shower and slip on your dress?" Sirius asked.
"You forgot a couple things. We have to do our hair, we have to put on make up, which take a couple hours." Tori said.
"That's only a couple of hours. Not nine hours!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Our shower takes a couple of hours, too!" Kate said.
Sirius walked away muttering something about girls and showers.
GETTING READY
"I call shower first!" Tori yelled running to the bathroom.
"Second!" Kate yelled.
"Third!" Lily said.
"I guess that means I'm fourth." Alice said sitting on her bed.
"I promise tomorrow I'll let you use the shower first." Tori said.
One hour later, Tori came out of the bathroom in her towel, soaking wet.
"Tori! I know you're a girl and all but even I don't take that long!" Kate said walking into the steam in the bathroom.
"We all want to smell good, but don't you think you might smell just a little too good?" Alice asked.
"Yeah, at least now she knows nobody will think she smells bad." Lily said looking up from her book.
"Hey! Kate! Let me in! I have to wear my dress!" Tori yelled banging on the bathroom door.
"Too late sucker! You shouldn't have come out then!" Kate replied from behind the door.
"I forgot my dress out here! I had to come out!"
"Fine. You're lucky I was to busy admiring myself in the mirror. If I was in the shower then you would have to stay like that for a long time." Kate said smiling.
Tori magically dried her hair so it wouldn't feel weird while putting on her dress. Once she put on her dress she came out looking great.
She was wearing a light pink sleeveless dress that came just below her knees. It had silvery glitter all over it. The pink became darker and darker at the very edge of her dress.
She walked towards the mirror in their dorm and started doing her hair. Kate walked into the bathroom to take a shower (or continue admiring herself).
Kate came out with her dress on (I'm not describing it because I've already done that). And went to join Tori. Lily did the same.
Alice walked into the bathroom as Tori was finishing her hair.
"There. How's that?" Tori asked examining herself in the mirror.
"You look great." Her friends replied.
Her brown hair was wavy and tied up in a half ponytail. She had to little bangs hanging down and a little glitter in her hair. Now she was ready for make up.
Kate's hair was down and straight, but it flipped at the end. It, too, had glitter and a little flower clip on the side.
Lily's hair was tied up in a high ponytail with loose strands hanging out of it. She had a pretty white lily on her ponytail. Her ponytail was wavy and had glitter on it.
Alice came out of the shower once they were all done with their hair. She was wearing a light lavender strapless dress that came just below her knees. She had done her hair in the bathroom. Her blond hair was straight and down and had a purple flower above her ear.
Now it was time for make up.
They first put powder on their faces.
Tori put black eyeliner on top and bottom, bringing out her dark brown eyes.
Lily put brown eyeliner on the bottom.
Kate put black eyeliner on the top.
Alice put brown eyeliner on the bottom like Lily.
(Sorry I have to describe the make up this way, it's really hard to do 5 people at a time.)
They all put a little mascara on.
Tori put a light pink eye shadow to match with her dress and a little blush.
Lily put white eye shadow, because it looked good with her dress and a little rose pink blush.
Kate put blue eye shadow, like her dress and put very little blush.
Alice put purple eye shadow and a light orange blush.
Now for the lip gloss…
Tori put on pink lip gloss.
Lily put on clear lip gloss.
Kate put on bronze lip gloss.
Alice put on clear/orange lip gloss.
While they were doing all this, the boys were sitting and waiting. Very impatiently I might add. Sirius was waiting for Megan Traven, another girl in their year, James was waiting with his two mates and Remus was waiting for Kate. Peter was waiting for a fifth year.
"How long does it take them to get ready?" Remus asked.
"We just started getting ready 30 minutes ago." Sirius said.
"We would have finished in 10 minutes if Sirius hadn't decided to use the shower first and take one of his girly showers." James said giving Sirius a mock glare.
"Girly showers?" Peter asked.
"Yeah. It's when he takes shower for 20 minutes or more. You know how girls take long showers, like that." Remus said, adding the last sentence after seeing Peter's confused face.
A girl named Erin Johnson came down first. She was in fifth year and left with Peter.
Next came Alice. Frank got up, whispered something in her ear, causing her to blush, and left.
Kate came after Alice. Remus couldn't take his eyes off of her. Sirius had to literally slap his face to get his attention.
"I want to wait for Tori and Lily. They'll be down in a second. They're arguing over which blush looks better with a turquoise dress." Kate said holding Remus's hand.
"It's okay. I was going to wait for James and Sirius anyways." Remus said.
Tori came down next. Sirius sat there staring at her, his jaw almost touching the ground, until his girlfriend started snapping her fingers in front of his face.
"Hey Megan. You never told us you were going out with Sirius." Tori said smiling.
"Sorry." Megan said blushing.
Lily came down after Megan. James did a double take on her. He felt like holding her in his arms. He blushed when he saw Lily staring back at him with a confused look on her face.
"Alright I'm ready. Brian should be waiting outside." Lily said.
"So should Chris." Tori said walking out the door, only to be greeted by her boyfriend.
"Hey, you look great in that dress I bought you." Chris said.
"Thank you." Tori said blushing and holding onto Chris's arm as they walked towards the Great Hall.
Sirius couldn't help but feel a slight pang of jealousy run through him.
James walked away before he could see Lily and Brian together.
They all walked towards the Great Hall.
"Do you want some punch?" Brian asked.
"Sure. I'll meet you at that table over there." Lily said pointing at a table.
At that moment James walked in with one of Hogwart's snobbiest girl in their year. The couple walked towards Sirius and Megan.
"Hey Padfoot." James said.
"Prongs." Sirius said nodding his head.
"Let's go grab a seat with Remus, Kate, and Tori." James said.
They walked over to the table to be greeted by their friends.
Sirius sat down next to Tori throwing daggers at Chris. Chris just returned them with the same look while pulling Tori closer to him.
Tori seemed to notice all this and wanted to cut the tension.
"Chris, I'm really thirsty. Will you get me some punch?" Tori asked sweetly.
"Anything for you, Tori." Chris said walking away.
Tori turned to Sirius with a serious look on her face.
"Why do you keep doing that?" She asked.
"Doing what?" Sirius asked innocently.
"I'm serious Sirius." Tori said sternly.
"No you're not. I am." Sirius grinned.
Tori sighed.
"Just…just please try to be a little nicer to him. I'm sure you'll like him if you even tried to get to know him. Or just do it for me." Tori said, a pleading look on her face.
"Alright. But I'm only doing it for you." Sirius said.
"Thank you!" Tori said hugging Sirius.
At that moment Chris walked back with two cups in his hand.
"Tori, you want to go dance?" Chris asked still glaring at Sirius.
"Sure, bye guys!" Tori walked off with Chris.
They decided to go dance near James and his girlfriend.
"Hey James. Hey Emily." Tori said, saying the last part with complete disgust.
James was staring at Lily and Brian.
"Where did he come from?" James asked glaring.
"Well, you see, when a mommy and a daddy—"
"I know that part. I mean, since when was he with her?" James asked cutting Tori off.
"Why does it matter, honey? You still have me." Emily cooed.
James went back to dancing and Tori did the same.
"Tori, I'll be right back. I have to use the restroom." Chris said after a couple of songs.
"Okay, I'll go hang out with Remus and Kate." Tori said, careful not to mention Sirius, seeing as they hate each other.
Tori walked up to the two talking couples.
"Hey, mind if I hang out with you lot for a while? My partner's got some business to do." Tori said smiling.
"Sure." They all said simultaneously.
After a while Megan went off to hang out with her friends. A slow song started playing.
"Tori, will you dance with me?" Sirius asked.
"I don't know if I should—"
"Just as friends?" Sirius pouted.
Tori sighed. "Only as friends."
They went to the dance floor, Tori feeling a little guilty, but she shrugged it off.
Sirius put his arms on her waist and pulled her closer. Tori put her arms on his neck and they started dancing.
"So, are you excited?" Sirius asked.
"Huh?" Tori said.
"About your birthday. It's in two weeks."
"Oh yeah. I can't wait. I'm going to be 17!" Tori said grinning.
After two minutes of dancing, Chris enters the Great Hall.
After scanning the place for Tori, he finally finds her. And he isn't very happy. Actually he's fuming.
"Tori." Tori heard a familiar voice and froze. She turned around.
"Look, we were just dancing as friends. There's no need to get mad." The teenager said.
"Go dance with your own girlfriend, Black." Chris said, taking Tori away.
Sirius just smiled politely and walked away.
"Are you going home for Christmas?" Kate asked Remus.
"Yeah. You?"
"I'm going to France with Tori. She's only staying there for a day though. Then when she goes back home, I'll go to Egypt. That's where I'm spending my Christmas and New Years." Kate replied.
A song started.
"I thought love was only true in fairy tales."
"I love this song! Let's go dance!" Kate said grabbing Remus's hand. She joined the rest of the group on the dance floor and started dancing.
(Sorry can't put song lyrics)
Once the song finished, people started leaving.
Tori, Chris, Kate, and Remus walked together, exhausted.
James had gone to drop Emily off.
Sirius and Megan were somewhere else, doing god knows what.
And Lily and Brian were walking a little behind Kate.
"Bye Chris!" Tori said, giving him a quick peck on the cheek and entered the common room.
"Night Remus." Kate said mimicking Tori with the kiss.
"Night, love." Remus said heading to his dorm.
Lily and Brian entered.
"I had a great time Brian. I hope I see you again." Lily said.
"Yeah, well it's getting late. Bye Lily." Brian said.
They leaned in to kiss and at that moment James walked in.
He just glared at him and walked by.
"Great timing Potter." Tori said with a smirk and walked up the stairs.
James just scowled.
While Tori was walking up, Megan came through, crying, and ran up to her bed. Tori rushed up to see what happened. When she entered her dorm, Kate was sitting on Megan's bed comforting her. Lily had just entered with Tori.
"What happened?" Lily asked with a concern look on her face.
"Sirius just dumped her." Kate said.
"It's okay, he's an idiot anyway." Tori said walking over to Megan and putting an arm around her shoulder.
"Why don't we find another boyfriend for you, to get Sirius off your mind?" Lily suggested.
"Yeah. I have a list of all the boys in Hogwarts." Tori said.
"Why am I not surprised? You've dated everyone of them." Kate said.
Tori ignored her comment.
"They are categorized by house, then age, then cuteness. We can skip the Slytherin part and the ages 15 and below. It's kind of wrong dating someone younger than you." Tori said.
She got out her list and gave it to the girls.
"How about Daniel Owers from Ravenclaw? He's in our year. And he's classified as 'cute'." Lily said looking over the list.
"Nah. He's a really bad kisser. You won't like him." Tori said.
"Tom Jabert?" Kate suggested.
"Too overly protective." Tori said.
"Robert Fiscia?" Lily asked.
"Gets jealous really easily."
"Paul Hencemen?"
"Too nerdy."
"John Dillard?"
"Neat freak."
"Sean Ellinoi?"
"Doesn't have a brain."
They kept this going until…
"Ian Krept? That's the last one on our list." Lily suggested exhausted.
"Too…err…actually not that bad. I think you'll like him." Tori said.
"YES!" Kate yelled.
Tori, Lily, and Megan looked at her like she had just grown an extra head.
"Sorry, I thought I was going to go mad if this kept going." Kate said sheepishly.
SUNDAY MORNING
"Tori! Kate! Wake up! We're going to miss the train!" Lily yelled.
Nothing happened.
Lily sighed.
"Here we go again." She said.
In the other dorm Remus was attempting to wake Sirius up.
"Five more minutes, mommy." Sirius said through his pillow.
"No honey. We have to get up now." Remus said with a fake smile, his voice was like one when talking to a baby.
"But I don't wanna get up." Sirius said.
James sat on him.
Hard.
Crushing him.
"Get off!" Sirius said pushing James down.
They started to fight.
Remus smiled and thought this was a good time to head for the shower before anyone else uses it. James and Sirius always tried to be the first to use it. Not this time.
James and Sirius froze when they heard the door slam shut. James's arm was in mid-air ready to hit Sirius square in the face.
They looked over to the bathroom door and realized Remus had just gone in. They ran to the door and started banging on it.
They suddenly heard screams coming from two girls in the girl's dorm.
"LILY EVANS! I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" They heard Tori yell.
"JUST WAIT UNTIL I GET MY HANDS ON YOU!" Kate yelled.
"HOW DARE YOU GET ME WET!" Tori yelled.
An hour later, the Gryffindor common room was packed with people and their bags.
Tori and James were sitting on a couch talking about whom to invite to the New Years party.
Remus and Lily were trying to explain to Sirius what a television is. They weren't doing to well. (Remus knew what a television was from his uncle.)
Frank Longbottom was teaching Kate how to say telephone and not fellytone.
Alice Prewitt was telling Peter how to tell her two older twin brothers, Gideon and Fabian Prewitt, apart.
"Lily I think we should start escorting everyone to the train." Remus said turning to Lily after giving up on explaining what a television is to his friend.
"What do you mean there are people in the box but they are not really there? They're either there or they're not. You're making my head hurt!" Sirius said, his hand on his head, still totally lost.
"Yeah, let's go." Lily said ignoring Sirius.
"Hey Evans! Wait up!" James said running after them.
"What now Potter?" Lily said irritated.
"Will you go out with me?" James said grinning.
"No." Lily said and went back to her duty.
The way she said it, James could tell she was trying real hard to not explode in front of the first years.
"I bet she'll get Head Girl next year." Sirius said walking up next to James.
James shook his head.
"You're so random." He said and walked away.
TRAIN RIDE HOME
Lily, Tori, and Kate found an empty apartment.
"So Kate, I'm coming with you to France right?" Tori asked.
"Yep. And then I'll go to Egypt while you go back home for Christmas with the Potters." Kate said.
"You have to spend Christmas with them every year?" Lily asked.
"Yeah. It's like this traditional thing I guess. I can't remember not spending Christmas or New Years without them." Tori said trying to remember her past.
"Lily?" Tori asked.
"Yeah?"
"What are you doing for New Years?" Tori asked.
"I don't know. I just hope I don't get to see Petunia." Lily said.
Tori made a disgusted face remembering her friend's older sister.
"Well, do you want to come with me for New Years?" Tori asked.
"What are you doing?" Lily asked.
"Party with the Potters." Tori smiled.
"NO!" Lily said immediately.
"Why not? I don't want to be lonely there! Kate isn't going to be there. Alice and Megan are going to Rome. I have nobody with me. Please?" Tori pouted.
Lily sighed. (She does that a lot.)
"Fine." She said at last.
"Yes!" Tori said.
Their compartment door opened. Four teenage boys were standing there grinning.
"Mind if we join you, ladies?" Sirius asked walking in and sitting in between Kate and Tori.
"I don't mind." Kate said smiling at Remus.
"Go away Sirius. We don't want you here." Lily said in a harsh tone.
"Gee, I feel loved." Sirius said.
TWO HOURS LATER
"I'm bored!" Sirius cried.
"I know! Let's play I Spy!" Sirius said.
Everyone groaned.
"There is nothing anywhere near us. What are you going to spy?" Remus asked.
Sirius shrugged.
"Ooh I know!" He said suddenly.
"I spy something…green." Sirius said.
"My pants!" Peter said.
Everyone looked at his pants.
"Your pants aren't green." Kate said.
Peter just shrugged.
"A tree." Remus said.
"You got it! Your turn." Sirius said.
"I spy something—"
"My pants!" Peter said.
"I wasn't even finished! I spy something brown." Remus said.
"A tree." Lily said.
"Yep." Remus said.
"I spy something with leaves." Lily said.
"My—"
"No!" Everyone yelled cutting Peter off.
"A tree." James said.
"Your turn." Lily said.
"I spy something with wood." He said.
"A tree." Kate said.
"Yep." James replied.
"I spy—"
"A tree." Remus said cutting Kate off.
"I wasn't done!" Kate said.
"It's a tree, isn't it?" Remus said his arms crossed.
"Yeah." Kate said sheepishly.
"I never got to go!" Peter squeaked.
"Fine you can take my turn Wormtail." Remus said.
"I spy—"
"Your pants!" Everyone said at once.
"How did you know?" Peter asked.
Remus shrugged. "Lucky guess."
"Oh my gosh!" Tori cried.
"What?" Sirius asked.
"I haven't seen Chris all day today! And we're almost there! I hope he isn't mad." Tori said running out of the compartment.
Tori didn't come back till the train stopped.
"Was he mad?" Lily asked.
"He said he was 'slightly disappointed'." Tori answered back.
"Oh. Well, see you on New Years! Owl me! Have fun in France!" Lily yelled walking away.
"You too! Good luck with Petunia!" Tori said walking towards James's parents.
"Mrs. Potter, will I be going with you or Kate?" Tori asked.
"Well, your mother hasn't told me anything about picking you up, so I think you should go with Kate. Bye dear!" Mrs. Potter said rushing towards James and Sirius.
"Hello dear! I'm sorry your father couldn't come, he's too busy signing papers. Oh and hello Sirius. How are you sweetie?" Mary Potter asked.
"I'm fine, Mrs. P. I see you're still looking as beautiful as ever." Sirius said putting the Black charm on.
"Oh Sirius, go pick on someone your own age." She said, though she was smiling.
"Will do m'dear." Sirius said and went to go find Tori.
"Hello mum. I'll go get Sirius and then we can leave." James said.
James found Sirius cowering in a corner with Tori yelling at him.
"HOW DARE YOU FLIRT WITH ME! YOU KNOW I HAVE A BOYFRIEND! STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Tori yelled and walked off.
"Good job Padfoot. Let's go now. Mum is waiting for us." James said patting Sirius on his back.
CHRISTMAS EVE
Tori had just come back home from France and decided to go hang out with James and Sirius the next day. Well she didn't really have that much of a choice. Her parents had work to do and wouldn't let her stay alone with the huge Voldemort thing going around.
"So how was France?" Sirius asked trying to start a conversation.
They were sitting on the sofa, Tori reading a book and James and Sirius playing exploding snap.
Tori looked up from her book.
"It was great! I loved the view!" Tori said.
"I know. I love the view there too. It's so peaceful." James said.
"I was talking about the boys there, dufus." Tori said.
"Oh." James said sheepishly.
"But I thought you were dating Chris?" Sirius asked.
"So? Just because I'm dating doesn't mean I'm immune to all the cute guys." Tori said.
LILY'S HOUSE
"Mum, Tori wants to know if I could go over to her house for New Years." Lily said.
"When does she want you to leave?" Her mother asked.
"The day after Christmas." Lily said smiling.
"That's when your sister is coming back. Are you sure?" Daisy Evans asked.
Lily stared at her.
Silence.
"Yeah, maybe you should go." Mrs. Evans said after a second thought.
"Thank you!" Lily said hugging her mother. She went upstairs to owl Tori.
CHRISTMAS
"IT'S CHRISTMAS! HAPPY CHRISTMAS PRONGS! LET'S OPEN PRESENTS! IT'S CHRISTMAS, IT'S CHRISTMAS, IT'S CHRISTMAS!" Sirius yelled jumping on James's bed.
"Oy Padfoot! It's bloody 7 in the morning! Can't you wait just a couple hours?" James said sleepily.
"NO! I WANT TO OPEN PRESENTS NOW!" Sirius said like a five year old.
He pushed James into the shower and then they both went down to get Tori and open presents.
Sirius hopped onto Tori's bed and started jumping on it. Since James was also awake and excited, he joined his mate.
"Five more minutes. I'm having a good dream." Tori mumbled.
Sirius took a bucket of water and poured it on her.
She screamed.
Obviously.
"Great! Thanks to you I never got to find out that cute guy's name!" Tori said grumpily.
"What cute guy?" James asked.
"The guy in my dreams! We were at the beach. He was shirtless and soaking wet. I really have to go to the beach more often. " Tori said, a dreamy look in her eyes.
"But I thought you were—"
"I am dating Chris! I'm just keeping this guy in mind if Chris ever dumps me. You always have to be prepared." Tori said walking to James's house.
"I have a surprise for little Jamsie." Tori said smiling.
"What?" James asked.
"You'll just have to wait and see." Tori grinned and began opening presents.
"You always do that." James said.
LILY'S HOUSE
Lily was opening her presents when she saw a small one in the corner. It had a tag on it saying To Lily Evans.
It was for her.
She opened.
There was a card inside. She opened it hoping to see whom it was from. It said:
Dear Lily,
Happy Christmas!
James
She was pretty surprised he would send her something, and even though she despised him, she was still curious to see what he gave her.
Inside the tiny box, was a little necklace with a lily on it. Lily couldn't help but smile.
Lily woke up the next morning and took a shower. She couldn't wait to get out of her house. It's not that she doesn't like it, it's just that she's getting pretty bored of it.
She rushed out of the door to and went to the cab in front of her house. She got in and they left.
After 30 seconds of driving the redhead realized she had forgotten something.
Well, actually, she forgot everything.
Lily rushed back to get everything and then headed to Tori's house. She told the taxi driver to drop her off a couple blocks away from her friend's house. When she finally reached there, she went up to the door and knocked. Immediately she heard loud footsteps and once the door was opened, she was tackled to the ground by Tori.
"Lily! You made it! I'm so happy! I've had to hang out with them all day!" Tori said emphasizing "them".
"Can't…breathe…need…oxygen…" Lily managed to choke out.
"Here, I'll show you your room and then we can go to my pool. I'll tell you all that's happened here, though it's nothing much." Tori said taking her to her room.
About an hour later, Lily was all unpacked and ready to go swimming. She was wearing a green bikini and Tori was wearing a pink one.
At first, they just dipped their feet in the water.
"Do Potter and Black know I'm here?" Lily asked sitting on the edge of the pool.
"Nope. At least I think they don't. They shouldn't find out until the party." Tori said staring at her reflection in the water.
"But don't you think they will find out? I mean they live right next door and the party isn't until 5 days." Lily said.
"That's why we will be shopping and going around to muggle stores the whole time. I told them that I want these five days to be boy-free."
"And they fell for that?"
"Well, I told them that it was a girl thing and I needed to spend some time being a girl. Then they agreed."
"And they still fell for that?"
"They're idiots remember? This is James and Sirius we're talking about here." Tori said grinning.
They played in the pool for a while and then went to watch movies. Tori had a lot of muggle things because her mom's brother loved muggle things and after he died, her mother thought that would be the best way to remember him.
The next day, they woke up at around 9 and went shopping. They only bought a few clothes, but they tried on the whole store.
Tori bought a couple t-shirts and a pair of jeans and Lily bought something similar to that.
They got back home exhausted. That same routine happened for about three days until it was the day of the party.
First, they went shopping for dress robes. Lily got a nice green one and Tori got a pink one.
Tori and Lily both went to get their hair done and a makeover. (Nothing too dramatic)
Tori's hair was wavy and down, and her make up was the same as the ball, because she was wearing the same color. Lily's hair was straight and tied up in a half ponytail. She put a diamond butterfly clip on it. Her make up was the same too.
Once they finished, it was about time for the party.
The two girls knocked on the door. James went to open it. But as soon as he did, he froze.
Lily was here.
Lily Evans was here.
His Lily was here, at his house.
"Are you going to let us in or remain goggling at Lily all night?" Tori asked interrupting him from his thoughts.
"Oh yeah. Party's straight ahead." He said.
Before they could do anything else, Sirius came running in.
"Oy Prongsie! I just finished spiking the—"
He looked at Tori and Lily.
"The…dog." Sirius finally said.
"The dog?" Lily asked.
"Yes the dog." James replied.
"What dog?" Tori asked.
"You know, the dog that James has." Sirius said nervously.
"Oh really. What's his name?" Tori asked.
"Who said it was a male?" James asked.
"Okay then. What's her name?" Tori asked.
"Bella." James said.
"Ginger." Sirius said.
Tori just looked at them.
"Ginger." James said.
"Bella." Sirius said.
"Make up your mind already!" Tori said getting a little frustrated.
"His name is Tobo." James said at last.
"But I thought it was a she?" Sirius asked.
"Well you were wrong it's a he." James said.
They kept arguing and walked away.
"Don't have any punch." Tori said.
"I know." Lily said smiling.
A couple minutes later, Gideon Prewitt and Fabian Prewitt arrived.
"I thought Alice said she was going to Rome." Tori asked the twins.
"She went. We didn't go. We wanted to stay back and celebrate Christmas here." Gideon said.
Soon many guests started to come. One of them was Chris.
As soon as he entered, Tori went to him and they talked for sometime. That is, until she realized what time it was.
It took her a couple of minutes to decide whether she should go or not, but in the end, she decided to go.
"Um, Chris? I have to do something. I'll be back though. Okay?" Tori said.
"Okay." Chris said looking at her suspiciously.
Tori walked outside and went to the backyard. She went through the woods when she saw two figures standing a little ahead of her.
Every New Years, since they first discovered this place, she, James and Sirius would come here. There was a beautiful lake here, where they would stay here for five minutes before countdown. They all knew it was kind of corny, but it was like a traditional thing. They would just sit there and talk.
"Hey. Sorry I'm a little late." Tori said walking up to the boys.
(There is a reason to this corny event thing.)
Sirius looked at her and couldn't help but smile. The memories of their first kiss was coming to his mind.
FlashbackSirius was Tori's first boyfriend (and vice versa). They were in their second year. (they aren't dating anymore.)
They were walking by the lake in the evening and asking each other questions.
"First word?" Sirius asked.
"Mama. You?" Tori replied.
"Pranks." Sirius said smiling.
Tori giggled throwing her head back.
"First hair cut? If you ever had one." Tori asked looking at the 12-year-old boy.
"Um, I think when I was like 2. I don't know this stuff. But I'm pretty sure I was around that age. Most parents give haircuts earlier, but my parents weren't exactly the normal type. First kiss?" Sirius said.
"Never." Tori said turning a little red.
"Never?" Sirius repeated.
"Yes never. I've never had a boyfriend other than you." Tori said getting even redder.
"It's okay." Sirius said as he stopped walking and turned to face her. "It's nothing to be embarrassed about."
Tori looked down at her feet. When she looked back up, she saw him leaning towards her. She was about to hesitate, but then she thought, "What the heck, just go for it". She leaned in to until their lips met. Once out of oxygen, they regained themselves. When they pulled back, they were both bright red.
"Wow." Was all Tori could say. She was speechless.
Sirius laughed. "I didn't tell you this before, but that was my first kiss too." he said.
Tori scowled.
"If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have been so embarrassed." She said as they walked back to the school.
End of flashback"Padfoot?"
"Padfoot?"
"OY PADFOOT!" James yelled.
"What? Sirius said coming back to reality.
"Come on! They're going to start counting down!" Tori yelled grabbing his arm and dragging him.
They came back to the party as the people started counting down.
"10"
"Where were you?" Chris asked.
"9"
"I was doing something. Nothing important." Tori said.
"8"
"7"
"6"
"5"
"4"
"3"
"2"
"1"
"Happy New Year!" Tori yelled giving Chris a kissed.
Tori smiled at Sirius. She had a feeling of what he was thinking about earlier.
Sirius smiled back feeling his heart leap.
"Lily! Happy New Year!" Tori yelled.
"Happy New Year!" Lily yelled giving Tori a hug and jumping up and down.
"Boy, you're hyper. What did you eat?" Tori asked watching her jumping up and down.
"Some guy gave me this HUGE chocolate bar! It was good!" The redhead yelled back.
"Oh no. Let's go wish Remus, James and Sirius." Tori said walking through the crowd.
I finally finished this chapter! Sorry it took so long! It took forever to write! And I had a lot of homework. Thanks for the reviews! I have more than 15! I want to see if I can get 30. PLEASE REVIEW! I edited the last chapter because I accidentally messed up on it.
This chapter was 26 pages long! (I know I sorta combined a lot of chapters together. Hehe.) This is more than 3 times my last chapter! I'm so proud of myself!