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Chapter 6—Home For Christmas
Before everyone knew it, it was already the end of December. The castle was decorated and excitement was in the air. Lily was in her room, packing her trunk to go home. As much as she wanted to stay at Hogwarts, she would hurt her mother's feelings if she didn't go. There was a knock, and Lily figured it was James, but Katie stepped through and shut the door.
"Why are you shutting the door?" Lily asked, sitting back on her heels because she was kneeling next to her trunk.
"I don't want James to hear this." Katie responded.
"This must be great." Lily said sarcastically.
"Okay anyways. What did you get James for Christmas?" Katie asked. Lily bit her lip.
"I was supposed to?" Lily asked.
"I figured you wouldn't, but Sirius told me James got you something really nice." Katie told her. Lily groaned and leaned back on her trunk. Katie grinned and continued, "Which is why, I picked up something for you to give him." She handed Lily a package. Lily opened it, figuring she could re-wrap it.
"Broomstick Servicing Kit." Lily read the box. "Something to make his head even bigger?" She joked.
"He'll love it, Lils, don't worry. Now, hand over 4 Galleons and 5 Sickles." Katie smiled innocently. Lily rolled her eyes but dug through her bag for the money.
"Thanks for getting it. When should I give it to him?"
"Erm, whenever. It's James, he'll take anything from you anytime." Katie smiled and Lily did too.
"Guess so. Where do we bring our trunks when they're packed?" Lily wondered aloud.
"Entrance Hall. I've got to bring mine too, so meet me at the Gryffindor common room." Katie said, walking out. Once Lily put James's gift in her trunk, and struggled to shut it, she put a levitating charm on it to make it float, and headed to the Gryffindor dorm to meet Katie. After carrying their trunks to the Entrance Hall, they met the guys at dinner. Sirius was filling his plate with everything possible, as if he wouldn't eat for months.
"Padfoot? We do feed you at my house." James told him.
"Well yeah, but tomorrow I don't get to eat a good lunch, so I must eat twice as much." Sirius said, with his mouth full of food. Katie shuddered and looked away. James continued.
"You buy almost everything on the trolley when it comes." He pointed out. Sirius just shrugged because his mouth was almost too full to utter any sound.
"When are you guys leaving tomorrow?" Peter asked.
"One. Aren't you going home?" Lily asked.
"No, I don't feel like going home." He explained.
"Remus, what are you doing for the holidays?" Lily asked politely.
"Going home, but I'll probably spend most of the time at James's place." He informed her.
"Lily, are you staying home all holiday?" James asked.
"Well, I'll be at home, I'm not going France again, if that's what you mean. Why?" Lily replied, wondering why he was asking.
"Oh, just wondering if you're doing anything interesting, that's all." James told her, but didn't meet her eyes. Katie nudged Lily under the table, with a knowing smile on her face. Lily just stuck her tongue out at her.
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Back at the common room, most people were just relaxing around, ready for the holidays. A warm fire lit up the room and The Marauders, Lily, and Katie were sitting in the couches and armchairs around it. James and Remus were playing wizards' chess once more. (It seemed to be their favorite game.) Sirius and Peter were engaged in a battle of Exploding Snap, in which Peter was of course losing terribly. Lily was curled up in a chair, reading Hogwarts, A History for the millionth time and Katie was writing to her parents, letting them know she was coming back tomorrow.
"Haven't you read that book enough, Lils?" Katie asked, as she wrote her letter.
"Well, I'm trying to read between the lines, learn something else that I didn't know." Lily explained, smiling at Katie, who rolled her eyes.
"Fine, I'll stop." Lily told her, shutting the book. She rested her head on the palm of her hand and watched the guys play their games. After a while, she felt herself getting sleepy and dozing off. The common room was empty except for them.
"What time is it?" Katie was apparently tired too, as she said it with her eyes closed.
"Almost half one." (1:30) Remus replied, looking at his watch.
"I'm going to bed." Lily and Katie announced at the same time, both getting up, eyes hardly open. Katie ended up tripping on the stairs for walking with them closed.
"I'm okay." She said and eventually made it up to the dorm.
Lily collapsed onto her bed, after somehow managing to change into her pajamas. She must have fallen asleep in the common room before because she asked what time it was around 10:00 and then Remus just said it was half one. Before she could think anymore, she fell into a deep, peaceful sleep.
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Lily awoke the next morning to see snow falling lightly outside. She smiled and buried herself deeper in the covers. It was only seven in the morning, so she didn't have to get up yet. Her bed was warm and soft and Lily loved watching the snow all warm and cozy. As she lay in bed, she heard a shuffling on the other side. A tiny house elf came in carrying a small try with hot cocoa, sherbet lemons and a note. The elf noticed she was awake.
"I'm so sorry to wake you miss!" She squeaked, placing the tray on Lily's night table.
"Oh no, it's fine you didn't." Lily told her and she walked out of her room. Wondering who it was from, Lily picked up the card and opened it.
Happy Christmas, Lily, it read. Lily recognized James's handwriting and smiled as she sipped the cocoa and sat up in bed, looking out at the beautiful snow falling.
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James and Sirius bought tons of food from the trolley when it came by. They shared it with everyone in the compartment. It was still snowing outside and everyone going home seemed happy and bundled up in warm clothing. The train ride went by fast and before they knew it, students were meeting their parents in Kings Cross. Lily said good bye to her friends and looked for her parents, but only saw her limo driver instead. Sighing, she grabbed her trunk and met him.
"Hello, Miss Lily. How are you today?" He asked politely.
"Fine. Let me guess...my mum was too busy to take 20 minutes to pick up her daughter, right?" Lily answered.
"Ah, well she and your stepfather were invited to a Christmas party." The driver replied and lifted her trunk into the limo. Lily climbed into the car and watched the snow fall during the drive home.
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James and Sirius arrived at the Potter's house. Mrs. Potter was magically hanging decorations in the foyer.
"Hello boys!" She said cheerfully as they walked in the door.
"Hey, Mum." James gave her a hug. "Are we doing the annual Potter Christmas party this year?"
"Of course, dear. I need you and Sirius to send all these with the owls." She handed James a pile of letters.
"But we have 3 owls." Sirius pointed it out. Mrs. Potter laughed.
"Which is why you wait until it comes back to deliver the next one. Also, I left some blank ones you can fill out if there's friends from school you want to invite." She told him.
"Oh. So where's Daisy, I'm hungry." Sirius asked (about food of course).
"She's already made you something to eat in the kitchen, dears." Sirius and James headed toward the kitchen and brought the food upstairs so they could eat while mailing the letters.
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The day before Christmas, Lily was sitting on a stool next to the counter island in the sunny kitchen, munching on her favorite cereal. Her house looked amazing with all the decorations. Her mum and stepdad hired professionals to do it. Lily was wearing her favorite jeans and a soft, long-sleeved shirt that hugged her body nicely, and she left her hair down. As she ate her cereal, the doorbell rang and the butler called, "Miss Evans! It's for you!" Considering, Petunia was out with her stupid boyfriend, Vernon, and her mum was Mrs. Evans, Lily assumed it was for her. She wiped her hands and walked into the large entryway of her home.
It was none other than James Potter standing there, glancing up at the tall ceiling.
"James?" She spoke. He snapped out of his reverie and grinned at her.
"Hey, Lily. Your house is amazing." He told her and she smiled back.
"Thanks."
"Oh, I brought your Christmas present." He handed her a small, neatly wrapped package. She tore the paper off and opened the box.
"Oh." She breathed, in awe. It was a sparkly silver bracelet, the kind you can put charms on and it had a heart dangling on it that read, Lily, in beautiful writing. "Thank you so much. It's so beautiful." She slipped it on and gave him a quick hug.
"I'm glad you like it."
"Let me go get yours." Lily jogged up her stairs and down the hall to her room. She grabbed James's present and brought it back to him. He opened it up and grinned.
"Thanks, Lily! This is great. My broom needs some repair!" He told her.
"You're welcome." She smiled at him. He glanced at his watch.
"I better go. I promised my mum I would help the elf with cleaning. It's too much for our house elf now to clean the whole house, but we can't let her go. My mum loves her too much." James explained.
"Okay. Thanks so much for coming, and for the present." She walked him to the door and opened it for him.
"Oh, here." He slipped a card in her hand and walked out into the cold outside. After he was gone, Lily opened it.
Dear Miss Lily Evans,
You have been cordially invited to an elegant party at the Potter Manor.
Christmas Day, beginning at 7 p.m.
We hope you can attend.
Lily smiled. Of course she would go! She would have to wear a dress she already had though, since it was such short notice. Out of excitement, she ran up to her room to look for a dress. In the back of her closet, she found a dress that was supposed to be for her mum's friend's wedding but it got called off. It was a mint green dress that fell off her shoulders and fit her top-half perfectly. It came out slightly at the waist-down, and was the perfect size for her. It made her look sexy and beautiful.
A couple of hours before the party, Katie came over to get ready with Lily. She was carrying a light pink dress and lots of make up and jewelry. Katie's dress was a tube-top dress that fit her body's small, thin form until about knee-length, where it got looser. It was long and looked so amazing on her.
"Lily your dress is perfect!" Katie exclaimed once Lily put it on. "I just love how it falls off your shoulders so elegantly!" Lily could tell Katie was very excited too.
"Well, Sirius is going to absolutely die when he sees you!" Lily told her friend, who laughed.
Lily had curled her red hair into big, loose curls that fell beautifully to the sleeves of her dress, which were on her mid-upper arm. She had a cute and sparkly butterfly clip on the side of her head that was the same green as her dress. She had a pretty necklace that also had a green butterfly dangling on it.
Katie's shiny blonde hair was down perfectly straight, but some was put back into a tiny messy bun, keeping it out of her gorgeous ocean blue eyes. Both girls looked amazing as they got into Lily's limousine to drive to the party.
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James and Sirius were standing by the stairs, watching people arrive. They were both wearing black dress trousers and white button up shirts, but left the top two undone. They were also wearing black suit jackets over the shirt.
Their breath caught as Lily and Katie stepped though the door. They both looked so beautiful. Sirius walked up to Katie and wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her deeply. James stepped over to Lily.
"You look beautiful, Lily." He told her and she blushed and smiled.
"Thank you. You look nice yourself." She replied.
"Is Remus coming?" She asked, after an awkward silence.
"Sure, he'll be here. Peter too. Would you like a drink? Butterbeer, yeah?" James asked.
"Yes, thanks." He disappeared into the kitchen to get them drinks. Lily smiled at Katie and Sirius as they walked over to Lily.
"You look pretty, Lily." Sirius said politely, nodding to her.
"Thank you." Lily said again. James returned with some butterbeers and the four found a place to sit.
After a while, they walked to the ballroom and Sirius and Katie began to dance. James offered Lily his hand.
"Would you like to join me?" He asked her and she accepted. After dancing to fast and slow songs, James look Lily out to the backyard. The pool was glittering from the lights outside, and it was very cold out. Near the mini Quidditch field, there was a pond with flowers and benches surrounding the water.
"This is so pretty, James." Lily looked at everything outside.
"So are you." He replied, looking at her. Lily blushed and looked down, but finally looked up, smiled at James and gazed at the stars. James saw her shiver from the cold and gathered her in his arms. Lily didn't protest, and James grinned to himself.
"Thanks for inviting me. It's been fun." Lily looked at him.
"I'm glad you came." He looked into her emerald eyes. "I really like you, Lily." He said before pressing his lips upon hers.
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