"Lils! Oi, Lily! Hey, yes, look! My parents want you to come for Christmas!" James exclaimed, waving a letter through the air in the Heads' common room.
"James! James! Hey, yeah, look! My parents said it's ok for you to come for Christmas! Lily exclaimed at the same time as her boyfriend of 2 months.
They both hugged and kiss excitedly, and passionately more, falling onto the couch, becoming entangled in each other.
"How about this, love?" Lily started. "You come with me to meet my parents for Christmas, and then we go to yours for New Years Eve. How's that?"
He looked at his beautiful girl with such love that she blushed uncontrollably.
"Fabulous, baby. Listen, I – uh – am not too good with dads…"
Lily laughed her boyfriend's comment off.
"My dad is an old softie! You'll love him! I'm so excited…come on! Let's go pack!"
Lily and James went upstairs to the Heads' room, doubtfully, to pack their belongings for the trip.
The snow glistened as it fell off of the rooftop and onto the heads of the families waiting for their children to come home for the Christmas holidays. Lily and James were particularly excited, and the same with Skye, Sirius, Remus, and Ariel. Peter had yet to appear hardly all year.
"So, it's all agreed?" James asked the five before him.
"We all go our separate ways and then return to James' for 3 days of break there, yes, James, we got it!" Skye pushed.
Lily and James looked at each other, knowing that there would be two days of just James and Lily time before all of their friends arrived. Lily had yet to think where everyone was going to sleep. She didn't even think to ask.
"The train's stopped," Ariel said. They all looked at each other, and everyone gave everyone else a hug goodbye.
"We'll see you soon!" they all called out to each other.
Lily's parents were waiting in their usual spot to hug and kiss their beautiful 17 year old daughter. They also wanted to meet this James Potter, the one Lily had always complained about, and was now dating!
"Lily! Darling, over here!" Mrs. Evans called to her daughter as she got her bags. Lily ran up and jumped into her mother, and the same with her father.
"Where's Petunia, I thought she was coming-" Lily's face suddenly became rather worried.
Her father looked to his daughter, and explained, "Oh, honey, she's fine. You know her; one day she'll come around. She's out with Vernon right now, should be back tonight for dinner."
Lily wrinkled her nose in disgust at the name of Vernon. He was a tall, big boned, beefy man with very little neck and prune-ish skin.
"Oh! Mom, Dad! I'm sorry James! This…This is James Potter, my boyfriend." James stuck out his hand for Mr. and Mrs. Evans to shake. They both took it politely and immediately fell in love with him.
"It's great to see you. Lily talks about you both all of the time, it's great that you all have such a close relationship. It really is a pleasure to be able to come and stay with you for the holidays, thank you so much!"
As James beamed up at the Evans family, and Lily's mother found herself thinking, 'Oh, he's good. Lily's in for quite a treat with this one!'
The car ride home was a pleasant one, much talk about school, James, life, James, James, etc. Back at the Evans home, Petunia and Vernon were sitting in the den, reading the newspaper and waiting for Lily to get home. Petunia had no idea that James would be coming too, and let out a small gasp when she saw the hunk of wizard standing in her kitchen.
"PETUNIA!" Lily screamed as she went to hug her sister. She barely returned the hug, then pushed her sister off of her, seeing James.
"Who is that?" She said nastily.
"Oh! Vernon. Sorry Petunia. James, this is my sister, Petunia and her boyfriend, Vernon. Petunia, this is my boyfriend, James."
Petunia looked at the both in complete disgust, "Boyfriend? Well that's a first. It's about time you found someone that liked you."
James looked like someone had just bit him in the arse. He walked up, with sheer confidence to Petunia Evans. He looked her straight in the eye.
"You don't have to be jealous because Lily is more talented than you, in every single way. Don't worry, I'm sure he won't completely crush you-"
James and Lily ran laughingly upstairs to Lily's bedroom, leaving Petunia in shock, and Vernon in a rage. He called up the stairs to James and Lily, "DON'T YOU DARE TALK ABOUT MY FIANCE LIKE THAT!"
The rest of the stay at the Evans household went fairly well. Lily's parents absolutely adored James, and Petunia stayed out of the way. When it was time for Lily and James to go to James' house, Mr. and Mrs. Evans were crying. They loved their daughter, who they hardly ever got to see, and now, they loved their new son-in-law. Of course, James had not proposed to Lily, but Mr. Evans could see how much they loved each other in their eyes. He chuckled to himself as he let the kids go.
"POTTER MANSION!" James called into the fire, clutching Lily's hand. She looked at him, right before they left, not sure if she really heard the word mansion.