Cannot Sleep

James- 10 Albus- 9 Lily- 7

Lily turned over again in her bed. It was late, but for the life of herself, she couldn't fall to sleep.

She tried counting sheep, thinking about Honeydukes chocolate, and she even tried to play out a Quidditch game in her mind, but nothing worked.

Tonight was Christmas Eve, and Lily knew Father Christmas wouldn't come unless she went to sleep, but that only kept her up longer, worrying about missing out on presents.

Finally, when Lily thought she might go mad from waiting, she got a brilliant idea.

Quietly, she slipped out of her bed. Her festive red and green nightdress fell to her knees and she slowly padded through the dark room, trying not to trip on one of her many toys.

As she reached her door, she slid it open a tad, and looked out into the hallway. Seeing it as dark as her own room and completely empty, she stepped out.

She silently crept down the hall and she stopped at the door to her big brother Albus' room. Quietly as ever, she slid the door open and slipped inside.

Lily quietly walked over to her brother's bed, before the sound of his voice startled her.

"Hey Lils." Albus murmured. "Can't sleep either?"

"No." Lily whispered. "It's Christmas Eve!"

"What should we do?" Albus asked.

"Go to sleep." Lily said simply. "That's what Mummy and Daddy would say."

"So? They're asleep." Albus pointed out.

"What do you think?" Lily asked curiously.

"I think we should go to sleep if we want presents." Albus told her.

"But we can't fall asleep!" Lily stressed.

"Calm down, Lils. I've got an idea."

"What?" Lily looked at him with her warm brown eyes.

"We make James up." Albus said.

"What? Why?" Lily asked. "James would be so mad if we woke him up."

"Well I bet he'd wanna be up anyway." Albus said and his tone made the idea seem perfectly logic.

"Well…" Lily worried her bottom lip in her teeth.

"Come on, Lils."

"I guess so…" Lily wasn't set on the plan. She just knew James would yell at them, but agreed with Albus somewhat.

"Okay, let's go!" Albus jumped out of bed and grabbed his little sisters hand. He too work a red and green set of pajamas, but his hair was sticking up all over the place, opposed to Lily's neatly plaited hair.

"You're hair is always funny when you wake up!" Lily laughed.

"Lily, be quiet!" Albus shushed her as they stepped into the dark hallway.

They quietly tip-toed down the hall and to James' bedroom door. Albus gently pushed the door open and the two Potter kids slipped in. They shut the door behind themselves, and walked over to James' bed.

They saw James peacefully sleeping, the covers kicked down at his feet and his pillow was laying on the ground. His hair too was sticking up all over the place. Albus barely covered up a laugh, but Lily couldn't helped herself and she burst into giggles.

As she giggled uncontrollably and Albus tried to shush her, James was awoken.

"Albus! Lily!" James moaned as he stretched his arms and sat up. "What are you two doing in here?" James demanded.

"We couldn't sleep." Lily told him as she stopped giggling, and gasped for proper air.

"So?"

"So we came to be with you." Lily answered, her voice in check now.

"Why?"

"Because." Albus spoke this time.

"Yeah, because." Lily nodded her head in agreement.

"That's not a good reason!" James exclaimed.

"Yeah it is!" Lily and Albus defended themselves.

"Fine, whatever!" James rolled his eyes. "So what do you want?"

"To be with you." Lily smiled her smile, and James felt his attitude slip away.

"Well I want to sleep, so that Father Christmas comes." James said. "So you guys can come and sleep with me."

"Yeah!" Lily and Albus exclaimed and they quickly climbed into James' bed. The three young Potter's snuggled up together and within no time at all, they all were asleep.

They next morning, Harry and Ginny were surprised to find that their little ones never woke them up to open presents.

Surprised, they first went into Lily's room, but she wasn't in there. Fearing the worst, they quickly went to Albus' and saw the same thing; nothing. Completely worried, they rushed into James' room.

The sight they saw in James' room made them stop in awe. Curled up in his bed, were James, Albus and Lily all sound asleep.

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