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Chapter 8 – Christmas is here!
Remus, Lisa and Maddi had all gone home for Christmas, Maddi to recover, and Remus and Lisa to visit their families.
James, Lily, Sirius and Pan were all by the fire in the Gryffindor common room. Lily and James were holding hands, and her head was on his shoulder, Sirius and Pan were just curled up together. It was the night of Christmas Eve.
"I can't believe it's Christmas tomorrow!" squeaked Pan,
"I know," murmured Lily, "half the year, gone, already!"
They sat and gazed into the flames, unsure of what to say, they had all been tense, and awkward since Maddi's 'accident'.
"OhmygodIreallyhopeMaddi'salright!" said Pan, all in one go.
They had all been waiting for someone to say it, and the others eagerly joined in. Once they had got all their worries off their chests, the atmosphere was considerably lighter.
"Let's play a game!" squealed Pan, pushing Sirius upright so she could sit on his lap, her like moonbeams in the flickering firelight, her dark eyes dancing with excitement. Sirius began to wonder if someone had put an energising spell on her.
"OK," Lily said, snuggling closer to James, who put an arm around her, "What game shall we play?"
Sirius and Pan exchanged mad grins, "Truth or Dare!" they recited
"Oh no..." groaned Lily
"Yeah!" cried James, who, like Pan and Sirius, seemed to have been bitten by the happy bug.
"Oh... OK" sighed Lily "But you owe me!" she said, poking James in the side and pouting. But her eyes gave her away, they were smiling, even if her mouth wasn't.
James smirked, "I'll remember that!" he said
"RIGHT!" grinned Pan "Let's star-" she was interrupted by a tapping on the window. She turned and saw an elegant, dark coloured owl, sitting outside the window.
"Hey! That's Delano, my mother's owl!" cried James in surprise.
He went to the window and let it in. It only paused to give him the letter, then flew straight away again, disappearing into the falling snow.
James read the letter, then grinned,
"Mum and Dad want us all to go to our New Year's Eve celebration party!" he said happily, "That'll be brilliant!"
"Dude" said Sirius, describing the situation in one word,
"Yay!" Pan cried, reading the rest of the letter over James' shoulder, "Your mum says that she'll make sure we're back here the next day, so we can throw the annual Gryffindor New Year party, on New Year's day!"
"James, your mum is ACE!" Lily laughed
Lily was sinking into a false sense of security, thinking that the others had forgotten the game... she was wrong.
"Back to Truth or Dare!" Sirius said, now even more hyper, "Jamiepoo, I believe you are first!"
"OK!" James looked around scheming "Padfoot, truth or dare?"
"Erm, dare!" grinned Sirius
James smirked evilly, "I dare you to call McGonagall 'my goddess' for a whole day, and keep flattering her, lay it on thick!"
"Ah... that's getting old Jamie darling! I always have to do something to Minnie!"
"That's 'cause it's so funny when you do!" James laughed.
"OK! Lily, truth or dare?" Sirius smiled dangerously at her
"Truth" Lily said without hesitation
"OK... what's the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to you?"
Lily blushed "I was walking down my road in the middle of the summer, reading. I couldn't see ahead of me and walked into a little kid, I closed the book. I was about to help him up and try to stop him crying when this old crone, who was going shopping I suppose, saw me standing over a crying child, holding a large book. She attacked me with her handbag, and chased me all the way home... all the neighbours saw!"
"I remember that!" exclaimed James, interrupting her.
"Yeah, I had just developed a crush on you, I was starting to enjoy all the attention you gave me. Then you saw me being chased by a mad old woman, you were actually at my house! Do you remember why you were there though?" Lily smirked
"What? You liked me then? Why were you so horrible to me then? No, I don't remember why I was there though" James said, thinking hard
"You were 'serenading' me at 2am, then followed me for the whole day, apparently unaware that I could see you!"
James blushed "Oh yeah..."
Lily, Sirius and Pan all burst out laughing... James grinned sheepishly.
"Pan!" Lily said suddenly serious
"What?" Pan asked in alarm
Lily paused dramatically for a moment, then said "Truth... or Dare?"
"You idiot Lily," Pan laughed "We all thought you were going to say something really important!"
Lily smirked
"Truth" said Pan, after some consideration.
"Ooook..." Lily thought hard "When did you first like Sirius?"
Sirius was trying to look as if this question did not interest him at all, but Lily could tell he was listening intently.
"Oh!" Pan's face flushed "Do you remember those notes, in History of Magic?"
"No" Lily said shortly
"Why not?" asked Pan in surprise, "You were there!"
"I was taking notes at the time darling, not passing them"
"Oh yeah... well basically Maddi and I were arguing about whether or not I liked Sirius, the more I said I didn't, the more I realised I did, and had since September!" Pan laughed, her cheeks still tinted with pink
Sirius chuckled, "Ah yes, Maddi, such a sweet, good natured girl"
They all burst out laughing.
Several hours later, they finished the game and went up to bed. By this time Sirius had on a face pack and red nail polish, and James was in drag. The girls were in hysterics.
When they woke up on Christmas morning, the girls took their presents to the boys' dorm.
Pan leapt on the lump that was Sirius,
"Wake up, it's Christmas!"
He ignored her.
She called him several more times, then turned to drastic measures. She pulled the bed covers off his head and kissed him soundly. This woke him up!
Eventually they all sat on the rug in the middle of the room, and opened their presents.
Pan got a book about Quidditch from James, he was determined that she would completely understand the game. She got another book from Lisa, a beautifully decorated diary. From Maddi she got a complete makeover kit, including spot removing potion, hairstyle charms, un-smudgable make-up... you get the idea. From Lily she got a long, stripy scarf, all different colours. From Remus she received a black school satchel, covered in badges and appliques. On the outside it looked normal, but it actually could fit loads of things inside as it was magically charmed. Sirius had given her a silver necklace with a ring threaded onto it. An engraving on the ring read: "I will always love you", and the parts of the ring that weren't engraved had tiny diamonds on them. It was so simple, yet it meant more to Pan than any of her other presents. She leant against him, looked up into his silver eyes, muttered
"Thank you" and closed her eyes as he kissed her.
"OI!" said Lily indignantly, "No snogging in front of us!"
"Yeah," agreed James, "You'll scar us for life!"
"Spoilsports, as if you have any room to talk!" muttered Pan under her breath.
Sirius snickered at the look on Lily's face.
"It's true," he grinned "You have no room to talk, whatsoever!"
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