Logan had never been one to care about money, but, over his long life, he had quite a nest egg set aside for himself most of it; he had converted into gold. So, the day he decided to buy Lily her engagement ring Logan went to the bank and turned some of his gold to dollars and went to Tiffany's. He ended up picking a Novo Round engagement ring with a wedding band. It was simple but elegant, something that reflected his taste.
Logan decided he would wait and give it to Lily as a Christmas present then ask her to marry him. Christmas was only a month away, so he could wait until then to ask Lily. In the meantime, Logan decided to get a bigger apartment to accommodate them for when they did get married. Right now, Logan was living in a studio apartment in a dangerous neighborhood. He didn't care about where he was living, but it was not a place that Logan wanted Lily to live. So, Logan found an apartment close to Lily's school so he wouldn't inconvenience her.
As the holidays got closer, Lily would go Christmas shopping with her Susan and Marilyn in New York and Liberty Lane. She was looking for the perfect gift for Logan, but she wasn't sure what to get him. On one of their trips to Liberty Lane, Lily past by a clothing store and saw the perfect gift for Logan. A dragonhide biker jacket. Lily went into the store to inquire about the coat.
"Excuse me, sir, could I see that jacket in the window?"
The clerk looked at Lily and smiled, "Of course, Miss," The clerk went and got the jacket down for Lily.
"What can you tell me about this jacket?"
"This is jacket was for broom racing. It's made from Hungarian Horntail and has several charms in place. Warming and cooling charms. Cushioning charms just in case a rider falls off his broom. The jacket is also charmed to return to its owner if lost. The dragonhide makes it waterproof and resistant to tears. It will also automatically size to fit the wearer perfectly."
"How much is it?"
"You're in luck; we're having a Christmas special today. The jacket is only 75 galleons."
Lily smiled, "I'll take it."
The clerk smiled at Lily, "Excellent choice, your boyfriend will love it." He tells Lily as the clerk waves his wand and puts the jacket in a box and wraps it for Lily.
Lily blushes, "Thank you," She then takes the box, shrinks it down and puts it in her purse.
After that, Lily did a little more Christmas shopping for her friends from school and her friends that she still kept in contact with in England. Namely, Marlene McKinnon and Alice Longbottom. After buying her gifts, Lily buys some magical decorations to decorate Logan's apartment and the Christmas tree that they were going to get that afternoon. Once she's finished shopping, Lily turns on her heel and disapparates to Logan's apartment.
Logan is in the middle of getting dressed when he hears a quiet pop come from the living room. He smiles when Lily's scent drifts into his room, "I'll be out in a minute, Darlin'," Logan yells.
"Take your time, Logan," Lily tells him.
While Lily waited for Logan, she decided to decorate the apartment with the magical decorations she had bought earlier. With a wave of her wand, Lily started stringing up garland and putting up mistletoe around the apartment. She also put up some nutcracker figurines around the fireplace.
When Logan came out of his bedroom, he was surprised to see that Lily had already decorated the apartment. Then he realized that Lily must have used her magic to decorate everything. Logan walked up to Lily and kissed her.
"Very nice, Darlin', very festive. I like it."
"Do you?"
"Yeah I do, it's not something I would normally do, but for our first Christmas together, it's perfect."
"Thank you now, let's go get a tree."
Logan took Lily by the hand and led her out to his truck, "Where are we going, Logan," Lily asked.
"We're going to a place called Emmerich Tree Farm in Orange County. Where we can pick our tree and cut it down."
"That sounds like fun."
"I'm sure it will be, Darlin', I've never done this before."
It takes them an hour and eighteen minutes to get to Emmerich Tree Farm. When they arrive, Lily and Logan see a lot of couples and families wandering around looking at trees trying to pick the right one. Lily and Logan go inside the store where a friendly clerk greets them. Logan tells him they want to get a Fraser Fir tree, and the clerk directs them out to where they are. He hands Logan a saw so he can cut down the tree when they find it.
Lily and Logan wander around hand in hand, looking at the trees. They finally find a seven-foot Fraser Fir tree. Logan is about to start cutting it down when Lily stops him. She looks around to make sure there's no one around and pulls out her wand.
"Diffindo," Lily says, pointing her wand at the base of the tree, cutting it precisely.
Logan looks at her and raises an eyebrow, "Neat trick."
Lily smiles brightly, "Thank you."
Once the tree has been cut, one and Lily puts her wand away. Logan calls over one of the workers so that they can bale the tree for them and take it to Logan's truck. He would have carried it himself, but that would draw too much attention. They make a wagon back to the parking lot, where two workers load the tree into Logan's truck. After that, Logan pays for the tree then he and Lily go into the shop to drink some hot chocolate and look at some ornaments. Lily ends up buying a few ornaments, a tree stand, and a wreath for the door.
After making their purchases, Lily and Logan leave. As soon as they get far enough away from the farm, Lily, has Logan pull over. She takes out her wand and puts a stasis charm on the tree, then shrinks it down and puts it in her purse. When she's finished, they head back to New York.
When they get back to Logan's apartment, Lily unshrinks the tree, and Logan sets it up in the corner of the living room. They begin to decorate the tree with magical and non-magical ornaments. Using her wand, Lily wraps fairy lights around the tree. She's about to use her wand to put the topper on the tree when Logan stops her.
"No, Darlin', this we'll do the old fashion way."
Logan kneels and tells Lily to get on his shoulders. He lifts her so that she can put the topper on the tree. Once they're finished, Lily conjures two butterbeers; then, she sits down by the fire. Logan plugs in the lights then joins Lily so that they can admire their handy work. Lily smiles up at Logan.
"It came out beautifully, Logan."
"Yeah, it did, Darlin'."
"I can't wait until Christmas. This is going to be the best Christmas." Lily tells Logan.
"Yeah, it is, Darlin'."
A few days before Christmas, Lily went shopping with the girls to buy what she needed for Christmas dinner. Even though it was only going to be Lily and Logan for Christmas, Lily wanted Logan to have a traditional Christmas dinner. She would have invited her friends to come over, but they were all going home for the holidays.
After Lily bought everything, she took it back to Logan's apartment. Using the key that Logan had given her, she let herself in. At that moment, Lily heard a tapping at the window. She looked up and noticed that there were two owls there with gifts for her. Knowing exactly who they were from, she let the owls. Lily took the packages then gave the birds some food and water. As the owls were resting, Logan comes home. He raises an eyebrow at the sight of the two owls but shrugs. Logan was getting used to the weird way wizards delivered mail. Lily had explained to him that in Britain, the Wizarding World used owls, while in the United States, they used hawks.
Logan walked up to Lily and kissed her, "I see you got some gifts from your friends back home."
Lily smiled up at Logan, "Yes, their from my friends, Marlene and Alice. They're the only ones I've stayed in contact with since I left Hogwarts."
"Do you miss your home," Logan asked.
"No, and my home is wherever you are, Love."
Logan kissed Lily again, "Thanks, Darlin'. So, I see you went shopping today."
"Yes, I have decided to make you a traditional Christmas dinner."
"Darlin', you don't have to do that; we could always go out for Chinese that day."
"I want to, Logan, I want to make you a nice home-cooked meal. I'm sure it's been a long time since you've had something like this."
"I haven't had Christmas dinner since I was a child."
"You see, it's time to change that."
Logan hugs Lily, "Whatever makes you happy, Darlin'."
Once the owls had rested, Lily gave the birds the packages she wanted to send to Marlene and Alice and sent them on their way. She then asked Logan if he wanted to go to Liberty Lane with her to send off the rest of her gifts to her friends. He agreed.
Now that Lily was on her Christmas break, she was staying over at Logan's apartment, though she was staying in one of the extra bedrooms. So, on Christmas Eve day, when Lily woke up to the smell of bacon and eggs cooking, she found Logan in the kitchen making breakfast for himself and Lily.
"Good morning, Love."
"Good morning, Darlin'," Logan says with a smile as he hands Lily her mug of hot chocolate.
"I didn't know you knew how to cook."
"Yeah, I don't do it often, but I do know how to cook. And I wanted to make you breakfast since you're going to made Christmas dinner tomorrow."
Lily smiles and kisses Logan, "Thank you, Logan, that's so sweet."
"You're welcome, Lils," Logan then places a plate of bacon, eggs, and toast in front of Lily. She waits for Logan to serve himself then they begin to eat their breakfast.
"After breakfast, Lily, I'd like to go to Richford and pick up the boss's kid. I got a call from Old Jarvis this morning, and he told me that the kid's alone today, his parents went out of town for the day. So I figured you and I could bring Anthony into the city and take him ice skating at Rockefeller Center."
Lily smiles and takes Logan by the hand, "That sound like a wonderful idea, Logan. I'm sure Anthony will have a lot of fun with us."
"Great, as soon as you're ready we'll head out."
They finished their breakfast; then Lily went to shower and change. She quickly showered, used a drying spell to dry her hair then got dressed. Lily used her wand to style her hair, then grabbed her coat and went to wait for Logan in the living room. A little while later, Logan came out with two pairs of ice skates in his hand.
"Alright, Darlin, I went out yesterday and bought us some ice skates, so we're all set."
Logan takes Lily by the hand, and they leave the apartment. They drive up to Richford to the Stark mansion. Lily is amazed to see how large the estate is; she had only ever seen something that large in the English countryside. Logan and Lily got out of Logan's truck and went to the door. Ringing the doorbell, they wait for Jarvis to open the door.
"Ah, Mr. Howlett, it's so good of you to come. I told Anthony that you were going to be coming by, and he's very excited to see you."
At that moment, Logan and Lily hear a shout from upstairs, "Hi, Logan!" Then Tony comes running down the stairs; he throws himself in Logan's arms.
"Hey, squirt, how you are doing."
"Good, I'm glad you're here, Logan, Jarvis told me that you're taking me out for the day, is that true?"
"Yeah, we thought we'd take you ice skating."
"Cool, who's she?" Tony asked when he sees Lily.
"This is my girlfriend, Lily Evans, squirt."
"Oh, hi, Lily, it's nice to meet you," Tony says then kisses her hand.
Lily smiles down at the little boy, "It's nice to meet you too, Anthony."
"Oh geez, please call me Tony. Nobody calls me Anthony unless I'm in trouble."
Lily and Jarvis laugh and Logan rolls his eyes, "It's the same with me, Kid, Lily only calls me James when I'm in trouble."
"Really?"
"Yes, I do," Lily says, then hugs Logan from the side.
Tony pulls on Logan's jacket. Logan kneels, and Tony whispers, "She's pretty."
"Yeah, I think so, too, kid." Lily smiles at the comment.
"Okay, kid, grab your skates and let's get going."
Jarvis hands Tony his skates, "Thanks, Jarvis, I'll see you later!"
Tony runs to Logan's truck and jumps in, "Come on, Logan, let's go!"
The adults laugh, and Logan and Lily follow Tony to the truck. They head back to New York and go straight to Rockefeller Center. Logan gets out of the truck, and Tony jumps out after him. He goes to the other side to open the door for Lily. Lily gets out and immediately starts fussing over Tony.
"Tony, it's cold out here you need a hat and a scarf, here I have some in my bag."
Lily pulls out her Gryffindor scarf and beanie and puts it on, Tony. He looks at the scarf, "I like these colors."
"Thank you; it's from my house from the boarding school I went to in Scotland," Lily tells Tony as she leads him over to a bench to help Tony put on his skates.
"Really? I go to boarding school too."
"I know, Logan told me, do you like boarding school?"
"It's okay, did you like your boarding school?"
"Yes I did, I had a great deal of fun there and learned a lot," Lily tells Tony as she puts on her skates and leads him out onto the ice.
"Will you tell me about your school," Tony asked.
"Well, let's see. There were four houses at school; they were called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin."
"How are you sorted into the houses," Tony asked as they skated.
Lily thought for a moment, "The student takes a sort of test, and the decision is made on several traits you have of a certain house."
"What are the traits?"
"Well, Gryffindor values bravery, daring, nerve, and chivalry. Its emblematic animal is the lion, and its colours are scarlet and gold. Hufflepuff values hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, and fair play. Its emblematic animal is the badger, and Yellow and Black are its colors. Ravenclaw values intelligence, knowledge, and wit. Its emblematic animal is the eagle, and its colors are blue and bronze. And Slytherin house values ambition, cunning and resourcefulness and was founded by Salazar Slytherin. Its emblematic animal is the serpent, and its colors are emerald green and silver."
"Which house do you think I would be in?"
"Well, Logan tells me you're a genius, so I think you would have been in Ravenclaw."
Tony smiles, "I think I would have been a Gryffindor. I think I'm pretty brave. And I like the red and gold colors."
Lily spins Tony around on the ice, "I think you would have made a great Gryffindor, Tony."
Tony laughs, "Yeah, me too."
While this is all going on, Logan is slowly skating behind them. He admires how Lily is interacting with Tony and can't help but think that she would make a great mother. After a while, the duo tire and head back to Logan then go to one of the vendors that are selling hot chocolate. Logan buys them hot chocolate then they go sit down on a nearby bench. Tony sits in between Lily and Logan, sipping his hot chocolate and swings his feet.
Lily looks down at Tony and puts her arm around his shoulders, "Are you having fun, Tony?"
"Yeah, this is great! Dad never has time to do this with me. What are we going to do after this?"
"How about we have lunch, then take in a movie. After that, we'll head back to Richford and go see the Christmas lights."
"That's a great idea, Logan, but can we skate a while longer?"
"Sure, kid, whatever you want."
Tony laughs, he takes Lily by the hand and starts pulling her towards the ice, "Come on, Lily, let's go."
"Alright, Tony, let's go."
Lily, Logan, and Tony skate for another hour then head to Mcdonald's for lunch. It was a treat for Tony since he rarely got to eat junk food. After they ate they go to the theatre to watch Revenge of the Pink Panther. By the time the movie was over, Tony was falling asleep. Logan carried Tony to his truck, he put Tony in between him and Lily then left for Richford. When they get to Richford, Lily wakes up Tony when they arrive at the main street in Richford.
Logan parks his truck, then the trio gets out and walk down the main street, looking at all the Christmas lights. Tony would run ahead and run back to Lily and Logan, who were walking at a leisurely pace holding hands. They would ooh and ahh at all the lights and decorations. At one point, Logan bought them all hot apple cider to chase away the chill in the air.
Once they finished their tour, the trio took a hayride back up to the main street and left. When they got to Stark mansion, Tony was asleep again. Logan carried Tony inside and took him up to his bedroom. He put the kid in bed, took off his shoe, and covered him up. At that point, Tony woke up.
"Logan, thanks for a great Christmas."
"You're welcome, kid, sorry I didn't get you anything."
"Are you kidding, this is the best present you could ever give me," Tony said with a smile, "Tell Lily I had a nice time with her and thanks for the hat and scarf. You know, Logan, I like her. You should marry her."
"I like her, too, and I think I will marry her, kid."
"Good, goodnight, Logan."
"Goodnight, kid, and Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas to you too, Logan."
With that, Tony closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Logan made his way downstairs, where Jarvis thanked him for taking Tony out, "No problem, Jarvis. If his parents aren't here tomorrow night, let me know, and you and Tony can have Christmas dinner with Lily and me,"
"We wouldn't want to impose."
"It's not an imposition, Jarvis, Logan, and I would be happy to have you and Tony over," Lily tells him then takes Logan by the hand.
"Thank you for the offer, but I'm sure Mr. and Mrs. Stark will be here tomorrow night. But just in case what time would you like us there?"
"Around six would be fine. Just give us a call to let us know you're coming," Lily says, then gives Jarvis Logan's phone number and address.
"Thank you, Miss. Evans, Mr. Howlett."
"You're welcome, Jarvis."
With that, Logan and Lily left and went back to New York.