Chapter 13: The Christmas Eve
"Hello Lily," said Mrs. Turner to Lily as she was there to pick them up after they got off the train. "Britney get your stuff and let's go," called out Mrs. Turner to Britney who was getting her stuff from the train. Lily was standing beside Mrs. Turner with all her baggage ready to go. Britney scowled and received her trunk to leave.
As they exited platform 9 3/4, Mrs. Turner led the two girls out of Kings Cross station and waited for the two girls who were struggling with their trunks.
"We'll be walking to the Leaky Cauldron then we'll go home," said Mrs. Turner quickly.
"Walking? Why?" Britney asked quickly as she placed her trunk on the ground for a rest.
"It's only a block away," said Mrs. Turner as she hurried down the street. Lily groaned as she continued down the street with her trunk.
"You do know James will be there?" Britney asked Lily as she threw her clothes onto the ground. Lily sighed. "I'll try and spend most of my time with you, but Dom's coming, so I don't know how much time," Britney said quietly.
Lily rolled her eyes. There came a knock at the door. It was the day before Christmas Eve, the next day would beBritney's parents annual Christmas party. Lily got up and opened the door. Haylie stood there.
"Haylie!" Britney said smiling she ran over and hugged her. "You're fat!" Britney said grinning. Lily smiled too.
Haylie nodded and looked at her belly. "I'm six months pregnant," she smiled.
"Whoa," Britney said looking at her older sister's belly. "Is it a girl or a boy?" she asked interested.
"Well, I know, but Michael doesn't, he refuses to know. But it's going to be a girl," Haylie said happily.
"Aw, that's great," Lily cooed, she watched as Britney started poking Haylie's belly.
"I'm going to have a niece and you're going to call her Britney, am I right?" Britney asked looking at her sister hopefully.
"No," Haylie said shortly, but smiling nonetheless.
"Why not?" Britney asked. "Well if not Britney, then Lily?"
Haylie smiled and shook her head. "I'm not sure what we're going to call her, Michael likes the name Sierra, but I don't know. He's convinced that we're having a boy too, he wants to name his son, after that famous Quidditch player on the German team. What was it . . . oh yeah, Matthias," Haylie said scowling. "I told him it's a terrible name, but he won't listen."
"Ew, never name your child that," Britney said. Haylie walked over to Britney's bed and sat down.
"I wasn't planning too, and we're having a girl," Haylie said.
"Well can I make a few suggestions?" Britney asked sitting excitedly down beside her sister.
"I'm not going to stop you," Haylie laughed.
Lily sat down beside Haylie on her other side. Haylie seemed very happy and content. Lily felt very happy herself.
"I've always liked the name Raven," Britney said. Haylie shook her head right away. "Fine. What about Shelby?" Britney suggested.
"No, where are you getting your names from, Michael?" Haylie chuckled. "Maybe Lily has some suggestions, hopefully there better then yours," Haylie said, Britney glared at her sister.
"Well," Lily started thinking of names. This was hard. They were naming a child, a name the child would have to live with for the rest of her life. "Mary?" Lily tried.
"To boring," Haylie said.
"Vanessa?" Lily questioned.
"No, it doesn't feel right. Vanessa Potter? No," Haylie said. "Mum wants me to name the child if it's a boy, Logon, Chase or Jayden. And if it's a girl, Isabella, Trinity or Cole," Haylie said scowling. "Those are horrible names. Mum said I was being difficult and that those were the names she wanted to call us," Haylie said frowning.
"Imagine if my name was Cole," Britney said, her brow furrowed. "So then, how did we get our names?"
"Dad," answered Haylie. "Dad has nice names, for a boy, Jacob, Dylan and Ethan. And for a girl, Lauren, Emily or Kayla," Haylie said. "Those are cute names. Then Mr. and Mrs. Potter were suggesting," Haylie rolled her eyes. "There choices weren't as bad as mum's, I'll tell you that!"
"What were they?" Britney asked.
"If it was a boy, I think they were, Kyle, Aaron, or Jack, and a girl was, Sydney, Chloe or Natalie," Haylie said. "I must say, dad picks the most obvious names."
"What do you mean?" Lily asked.
"Haylie and Britney are pretty normal," Haylie shrugged. "I like the name Lauren."
"So, what does Michael have for a girl's name?" Britney wondered.
"Oh, I forgot, I think it was Sierra," Haylie muttered. "But, no names that I really like."
"Tough luck, I guess you'll have to call your daughter, Baby Girl," Britney said sarcastically, while Haylie glared.
"Why don't you come with us Lily?" asked Mrs. Turner.
"For lunch?" Lily questioned.
"Yes, Britney doesn't want to come," Mrs. Turner said eyeing her daughter. Britney looked at her innocently.
"Oh, well, sure," Lily said hesitant.
"Great!" Mrs. Turner said happily. "We'll be back in time so we can all get ready for the party," said Mrs. Turner.
Britney was behind her mother mimicking her silently, Lily stifled a laugh. "When will we be leaving?" Lily asked.
"Right now," she said looking at her watch. "BRADLY!" Mrs. Turner called out from the dining room out for Mr. Turner.
"Coming!" he called out as he came rushing to the dining room.
"We're leaving now," she said. Mr. Turner nodded his head.
"Let's go," he said to Britney.
"Britney isn't going," Mrs. Turner said snootily.
"Why not?" Mr. Turner asked Britney.
"She doesn't want to be seen in public with us obviously," Mrs. Turner answered for Britney, who rolled her eyes. Mr. Turner gave Britney a warning look but smiled. "But Lily will join us," Mrs. Turner.
"Great!" Mr. Turner said enthusiastically clapping his hands together. "Let's get going then!" he said as he led them out of the dining room and to the entrance hall. He opened up the cupboard door and put on Mrs. Turner and Lily's cloak's.
"Good Luck," Britney mouthed to Lily. Mr. Turner smiled at Lily and Britney.
"See you later kid," he said to Britney. Britney smiled and waved to her dad and Lily. Once they closed the door, Britney headed for the kitchen to get something to eat.
She opened up the refrigerator door and pulled out a carton of orange juice, when Britney heard the doorbell ring and put the orange juice carton in, closing the fridge door. She walked to the front doors, and opened them. Immediately, Dom walked in quickly.
"What are you doing here?" Britney asked with a small smile.
"What time is it?" he asked quickly.
"About 1, you're not supposed to be here till 5," Britney said. Dom seemed uneasy, and was looking everywhere but at Britney. Britney frowned. "What are you doing here?" she asked again.
"Are your parents here?" he asked.
"No – Dom, answer me," Britney said impatiently. But he didn't, instead he quickly turned around and headed up the stairs to Britney's room. Britney let out an exasperated sigh, and followed him to her room. Britney opened the door and stopped.
Dom was standing in the middle of the room, with his back facing her. Britney stood at the door way.
"Dom!" Britney snapped.
Dom quickly turned around. He stood there staring at the ground, silent for a while. He then quickly looked up.
"You know that I love you," Dom said.
"Yes," Britney said.
"You love me?" Dom asked.
"Yes!" Britney was getting quite impatient, and could not see where this conversation was going.
"Well," Dom started, but it seemed as if he could not finish what he was about to say.
"Dom!" Britney nearly yelled.
"Er . . . I can't," Dom muttered.
"You're not saying anything," Britney snapped. "Answer my first question!"
"I can't," Dom said. "But- I have something to say," he said uncertainly. He looked confused. "I need you, right now," he said quietly.
"You're being stupid," Britney said, rolling her eyes and crossing her arms over her chest. Dom was being an absolute idiot at the moment.
"No- No, I'm not," Dom said quickly. "I'm not! I've been stupider," he said more to himself.
"Yeah – well ok," Britney said, she walked across to him. "Dom –" She was immediately cut off, Dom put his lips hard against her lips, and soon slipped his tongue into her mouth.
Britney was quite confused, but retaliated. Dom moved her over to the bed, without breaking the kiss. He lay on top of her, his hand wandering over her chest. Britney tensed a bit, but relaxed. Dom reached for the bottom of her shirt, and he pulled it off. Britney froze.
She couldn't get her body to agree with her mind, as Dom moved his hand up her skirt. Britney pulled back from the kiss. "Dom?" she breathed heavily.
Dom smiled. "I love you," he said, and he moved in to continue.
Damn, I hate him, Britney thought. He was taking control of her body, she had no control with what was happening.
Dom got to the top of her skirt and slid it off her legs, leaving her in just her bra and underwear. She felt the coldness of Dom's jacket on her skin. Britney grabbed Dom's jacket, and un-did the zipper. She slid off his jacket as it fell to the ground. Britney pulled off his sweater, revealing his chest. Dom started to kiss her neck, as he moved his kisses down to her chest. He moved the position of both of them, so Britney was on top of him. Britney hesitated, and broke away.
"Dom," she breathed again. "I – can -?" Britney said, but she knew it was no use. Dom just smiled at her, he moved his hand to her face and kissed it gently. Britney weakened, she moved her hand to his pants and soon got them off.
"What's the matter?" Lily asked Britney.
The party had started about an hour ago. Many people had finally stopped arriving and the guests were all dressed up in dress robes, dancing, laughing, talking, and eating. Britney had been quiet all the evening since Lily came back from lunch with Britney's parents.
To say the least, the lunch had gone pretty good. Lily was questioned by Britney's mother about how Lily was doing in school, how her parents were and all that. But when Britney's mother got into the conversation of Dom, Mr. Turner had to get the check. Lily smiled. Britney's father was extremely nice and favoured Britney a lot.
When Lily came back from lunch, Britney was sitting on her bed reading and very silent. She didn't even ask how the lunch was like she would have done normally. Instead she kept quiet and hadn't said much.
"Nothing's the matter," Britney said quietly. She said in a way that caused Lily to not believe her in any way.
Lily looked at Britney.
"I'm fine," Britney said quickly as she turned around and leaned against the table.
"Liar," Lily muttered.
Britney let out a frustrated sigh. "Ok, I'll tell you," Britney said. Lily grinned. "After you left out for lunch," Britney said, then started whispering. "Dom came over and," after that Lily couldn't hear a thing.
"What?" Lily asked loudly.
"Shh," Britney said frantically. "Not so loud," she looked around, as if expecting people to be trying to hear her conversation with Lily, but no one was paying any attention to the two sixteen year old girls. "I," she whispered, and she was continuing to talk because Lily saw her mouth barely moving, but Lily couldn't hear.
"Just talk louder," Lily said impatiently.
"Dom and I had sex," Britney said, still whispering but Lily heard and had to do a double take.
"What?" She yelled shocked.
"DOM AND I HAD SEX!" Britney shouted. Lily stood there wide eyed. Britney froze. She looked behind her and saw a few people staring at her, but no one that she knew of that knew her or her parents. Britney smiled nervously at them before turning back to Lily, looking deeply confused.
"You know, I heard you before you yelled," Lily said weakly. Britney seemed to be very shocked and nodded.
"Well, we defiantly heard you," came a voice. Britney bit her lower lip and winced. She turned slowly to find James and Sirius standing there. James grinning ear to ear, while Sirius was just smiling, showing he didn't care. Lily frowned at Sirius' expression.
Britney laughed nervously. "I lied," she said throwing her hands up in the air and slowly dropped them to the side. "I lied, I'm a liar!" she said pointing to herself, out of pure nervousness. But she wasn't lying.
"Oh come on, Brit, no need to cover up," James said quickly, walking over to Britney and putting his arm over he shoulders. "I'll tell you all about the birds and the bees," Britney batted his hand away.
"Leave me alone James," Britney mumbled.
"So where is the man of the hour?" James said looking around for Dom. "Did he run away? Not much of a boyfriend is he?" James asked. He was teasing Britney, and Lily was getting angry, but she decided to be quiet for Britney's sake.
"Shut up James," Britney said turning away from him.
"Britney, you really need to find a new man if he runs away after he sleeps with you. For the first time too," James said tutting.
"James, go away," Britney said. "I didn't ask you for your opinion!" she snapped the last part.
"Not very happy are you?" James asked.
"James I am very close to grabbing that fork there and stabbing you," Britney said harshly, turning her gaze to a pile of forks. The forks were there for people to grab so they could eat their food.
James shook his head, as if he disapproved. "Poor Britney," James said. "I'll leave you to think about what you did," he scolded, he smiled and turned around with Sirius. They began walking up to James' room. "Why didn't you talk at all?" James asked.
Sirius shrugged. "I'm tired, that's all," he said. James looked at Sirius suspiciously.
"Do you love her?" James asked.
"No," Sirius said seriously, James wondered if that was true or not. "I don't love girls, Prongs."
"Well, you constantly have been trying to kiss her lately, getting on Dom's nerves. You love her or at least like her," James said.
"Look, Prongs, it's just something that I need to do," Sirius said shrugging, as he left James' room quickly.
James hurried after him. "What do you need to do?" James asked Sirius.
Sirius grinned. "Fuck Britney."
A/N: R/R!