A/N: I probably won't have a chance to update again for a few weeks, so…yeah….that's kinda it…
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"James is an idiot."
"Come on, Jess, he's not that bad!"
"Shut up, Danica, you're just saying that cause you like him!"
"So?"
Lily and Sabrine sighed. Danica and Jessi fought for a bit, and Lily finally decided to intervene.
"Why are you mad at James, Jess?"
Jessi stopped arguing with Danica and turned to Lily.
"He-he just IS! We used to plan pranks TOGETHER, but he doesn't even TELL me about them anymore! Him, Remus, Sirius, and Peter are just so-ARG!" She flopped down on a nearby chair and buried her face in a gold satin pillow.
Sabrine patted her friend on the back absent-mindedly. She glanced out the window. Everything was covered in a thick white sheet of snow. James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter were engaged in a violent snowball fight out on the Quidditch pitch, and older students returning from their last shopping trip to Hogsmeade before Christmas rushed past them nervously.
"I wish we could go to Hogsmeade," Danica said wistfully, "I mean, I had to order ALL my Christmas presents by owl order, and that costs more than in the store."
"Ooh, what did ya get me?" Jessi exclaimed, bouncing up from her chair.
Lily laughed. "Jess, you do know that Christmas presents are supposed to be a surprise, right?"
Jessi blinked. "O.K… so what did YOU get me?"
"Trying to get your gifts two weeks early, Jess?"
James and his friends stood in the doorway. Sabrine jumped and looked back to the window.
"How…I just saw you guys outside five minutes ago! How'd you get up here so fast?" She asked.
Sirius smirked. "We have our ways."
"So, James! My favorite twin in the world, Jamesie James James…"
"Forget it, Jess. I'm not telling you anything."
Jessi pouted and buried her face in the pillow once more.
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"Jessi, can I ask you a question?" Danica asked that night.
"Hm?"
"Does-does your brother ever talk about me?"
Lily and Sabrine sighed and headed into the bathroom to brush their teeth.
"You really like him, don't you Dani?"
Danica nodded and picked a loose thread from her skirt.
"Well, he usually doesn't talk to me about stuff like that, but I'll tell you what: we're both heading home for Christmas break tomorrow. I'll ask him over break, and owl you if I find out anything."
"Thanks, Jessi!" Danica hugged her friend. "You're the best!"
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The next morning, James, Jessi, Remus, Peter, Danica, Sabrine, and Lily dragged their trunks down to the carriages. They were all going home for the two-week Christmas break.
"I can't BELIEVE this!" Sirius yelled. "You're all leaving me all alone, in a cold, dark castle! I'll be stuck with all the FILTHY Slytherins, with NOBODY to talk to, and I'll have NO friends, and I'll slowly STARVE to death!"
James grinned. "Come on, Sirius, don't be such a drama queen!"
Danica laughed loudly.
"Anyways," Jessi said, trying to save Danica from any further embarrassment, "If you had told us you were staying here, we would have invited you to our house!"
Sirius blinked. "Shoot."
The seven friends boarded the carriages. Remus, James, Peter, and Jessi took one, and Lily, Sabrine and Danica the other.
"Have a Happy Christmas, you backstabbing, evil little deserters, and-"
"BYE, SIRIUS!"
"So, James, what do you think of my DEAR friend Danica?"
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A/N: Now review, my loyal little minions-er, I mean, um, FRIENDS!