Chapter Ten
Christmas morning came quickly. Lily was awakened by James running in and jumping on her bed like a small child, though he was quite the contrary. Lily was a pretty heavy sleeper and was used to having her little cousin jumping on her on Christmas morning. Normally if it was a child she probably would have turned over and gone back to sleep, but having an almost fully grown man jumping on her was a completely different story.

"Mmmf!" Lily groaned.

"Wake up, wake up! It's Christmas!" Lily rolled over and looked at the clock.

"James its 6:30! Why are you waking me up at this ungodly hour!" She mumbled, barely coherent. James on the other hand was wide awake, bouncing on her bed with childlike enthusiasm.

"Come on Lily! You can go back to sleep after presents!" Lily groaned again and dragged herself out of bed. James grabbed her hand and pulled her down the maze of hallways to the den where his parents already resided, looking just as disgruntled as Lily. She sank down into one of the overstuffed chairs and rested her chin in her hand. James dove under the Christmas tree and pulled out a random present. It was for his mother from him. Diane unwrapped the present and smiled. It was a frame that held many pictures. James had already placed some pictures in it. Many of them were of him and his parents waving up at them. After Diane kissed him, he dove back under the tree and pulled out another present. This one was from Lily to James' father. It was a muggle boombox. He seemed to be fascinated by all of the buttons and dials. He thanked Lily for the present. The next gift that James pulled out was from James' parents to Lily. She unwrapped the present to find a book on unusual charms. Lily figured that James must have told them that charms was her favorite subject. James dug out the present for him from his parents. He eagerly unwrapped it to find a Zonko's Ultimate Pranking Kit. James' whole face lit up as he started to open the box. James' father cleared his throat, reminding James to finish with the presents first. James put down the kit, disappointedly and pulled out another present. This one was for Diane from Lily. It was a muggle nail care set. James pulled out one last present for his father from him. It was a pack of different cd's that he knew his father would like. After recieving all of their presents, James' parents left the room. Lily and James gave each other their presents.

"We'll open them on the count of three. One, two, three!" Lily said as she ripped open the small box. James' face absolutely glowed. Lily had gotten him the top of the line, broom maintenance kit. Lily pulled a necklace out of the box. it was silver with small diamonds surrounding an emerald. Her eyes teared. As she looked at James.

"James, this must have cost you a fortune!"

"You're worth it," James told her. Lily threw her arms around his neck in a bone breaking hug. She pulled away and kissed him on the lips.

"I love it! I love you!" James fastened the necklace around her neck. "Thank you so much James!"

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New Years came and went quickly in the Potter Manor. It was very soon that they were on platform nine and three quarters, ready to go back to school. James and Lily said goodbye to his parents as they left the platform. James took his and Lily's trunk and headed to the bagage compartment. Lily headed to the doors when she locked eyes with a certain ex-boyfriend. Lily and Sirius stared at each other unblinkingly for a moment. Lily broke the gaze when James came behind her.

When the train was about an hour away from Hogwarts, Lily left the heads compartment to go change into her robes. On her way back from the bathroom, she was stopped in the hallway, by non other than Sirius.

"What do you want Sirius?" Lily demanded.

"Lily I love you, and I miss you. I know you miss me too, I could tell by the way you looked at me on the platform," Lily looked away from his gaze.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Lily said. Sirius lifted her chin and brought his gaze to his.

"I know you do," Sirius said softly. He leaned down and kissed her softly on the lips. Surprisingly she didn't push him away, she kissed him back.

"I knew it was too good to be true," Lily pushed Sirius away at this.

"James wait!" She called, but it was too late, James was gone.