Hey, dudes! 8D I'm happy to be typing up some fics again! :) LOL, this one is just a small little Christmas drabble! ;D
FEATURING: The Potters and the Weasleys! 8D
LOL well, there ARE some pairs in this one! *giggle* Such as…
*Scorpius/Rose
*Frank/Lily
DISCLAIMER: I don't own the characters…just…just Frank Xenophilius "Frankie" Longbottom. Seriously…you HAVE to love that name! XD Rowling owns everything else and the MARVELOUS stories, though! ;D
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[Frank/Rose/Albus/Scorpius = 15. Lily/Hugo = 13. James = 16.]
Frank handled the presents in his arms carefully, being sure not to drop anything. Rose and Hugo's family had been nice enough to come to the Potters' house for Christmas that year instead of sharing it with the rest of the Weasleys. The Potters invited them over for the holiday out of the kindness of their hearts. Therefore, Frank wanted to be as fragile with the gifts as possible. He almost dropped one of Albus's gifts, but, thankfully, Seamus had caught it. He sighed in relief as the wrapped-up box was settled on top of the others.
"Thanks Uncle Seamus," he smiled up at the Finnigan.
"No problem," Seamus replied with a shrug and a smirk.
Of course, it wasn't just the Longbottoms that were invited. Seamus spent every Christmas with Frank and his family, so it was only right that the Potters invite him over, too. Anyway, once Frank caught his balance again—despite his clumsy nature—he made sure he didn't skip a step on the stairs. He slowly and cautiously made it to the porch with no harm done to his body. He smiled as Seamus and his parents made it up to the aperture, knocking and waiting for a response. James came to the door, letting them enter with a smile spread across his face.
"Thank you, James," Neville, Luna and Seamus said.
"You're welcome," he replied.
After the adults came in, Frank took giant steps into the house, trying not to trip. His friend watched him set the boxes down carefully next to the Christmas tree. He leaned on the boxes, sighing in complete and utter relief. James laughed and gave his friend a pat on the back. Frank looked up at him and smiled slightly before straightening up and shaking his hand.
"Happy Christmas, James," he said in his regularly calm voice.
"Happy Christmas to you, too, Frankie," he smirked. "And you'll have to forgive me for what I'm about to do."
"A-And what's that?" Frank inquired with a gulp.
"Hey, guys!" James droned out the last word. "Frankie's here!"
"Oh no…" he uttered almost inaudibly.
Suddenly, a tidal wave of children deluged into the room, leaping at Frank with huge hugs. They all knew he could get a bit claustrophobic when it came to too many people on him. He was very shy, which they all knew, but they used it to take advantage of him, just in a good way. After everyone else leapt on him, James went ahead and jumped on him, too. Frank blushed from ear to ear. He kept squirming around, wiggling for freedom. After a good five minutes, they all laughed and let go. Once they released their grip on him, he shuddered and tried to make his blush recede.
"Don't ever do that again," he commanded.
"Sorry, but you had it coming," Rose giggled.
"And you know it's true!" Hugo added with a smirk as he crossed his arms.
Frank made something of a smile, and looked at the ceiling after a bit.
Albus sighed out, "Oh no."
"What?" Lily queried.
"He's thinking again," Rose stated. "He just looks up at the ceiling and gets lost in some deep thought after a while."
"He does it in class a lot," Albus stated, "which gets him into trouble."
"Leave the kid alone," James chimed in, waving his hand in a dismissive way.
At some point, Lily came up and looked at him closely. The other four watched her bend the upper half of her body and look up at the Longbottom. She stood up straight and giggled, causing the others to gain baffled faces. Lily lifted her fingers up in front of Frank's face and snapped them. To her surprise, it didn't drag him out of his thoughts. The others sniggered.
"You really thought that would snap him out of it?" Hugo inquired.
"What makes him stop, then?" she replied with a question.
"Usually a professor grabs a ruler and smacks his desk," Rose answered. "Sometimes, they even smack his knuckles."
"That's awful," Hugo stated.
As if on cue, Frank got out of his thoughts and came back to reality. He sheepishly scratched the back of his head and apologized. They all laughed and forgave him. Of course, Frank just about forgot whatever he was thinking about. Normally, it'd be important, but he just flat out forgot. It was one of those little quirks he had. But, of course, he and the rest of the kids began to hang out. They played video games the entire time, playing loser-passes throughout the whole thing.
At some point in the day, Rose was called to the door because she had a visitor. The other kids snuck up to the window and watched as Scorpius Malfoy handed the Weasley a red box, muttering a "Happy Christmas."
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After eating, Frank looked up at the ceiling again. Lily saw him and walked right his way, believing he was under a thinking-spell (no pun intended) again. She noticed he wasn't the second she made her way to him, because he looked down at the thirteen year old and smiled warmly. She looked at him, a baffled expression upon her complexion.
"Hi, Lily," he greeted her.
"Hello," she replied, returning his smile. "What were you looking at?"
He pointed upward, leading her into following his eyes. However, her own sockets almost busted out of her head. There, above them, was the mistletoe. Her ears turned pink and some little tints of red appeared across her cheeks. Nevertheless, the Potter girl smiled softly.
"There could be Nargles in there, you know," Frank stated calmly, his smile still plastered across his face.
Lily giggled, stood on her toes and kissed the Longbottom's nose. He bent his head down enough to tear his attention away from the mistletoe and focus fully on her. A confused look was showing up on Frank's face.
"What was that for?" he inquired. "I-I'm not trying to be rude!" he added quickly.
"It's mistletoe, Frankie," she giggled. "You kiss the person that's underneath it with you."
"Oh," he said, slowly nodding. "I never knew that."
"Really," she asked, bewildered.
"Really," he affirmed. "I just knew Nargles lived in them. We don't have mistletoe at out house."
"Oh," she replied.
"O-Oh, wait," he said as he leaned down and kissed the top of her ginger head. "Sorry, I forgot."
She giggled out, "It's ok. Happy Christmas, Frankie."
=A/N=
LOL that was probably really short. XD I planned on it being longer, but I lost my train of thought about half way through! .""
Anyways, there are more oneshots/drabbles/etc. :3 I've already got chapter 5 done, but I might need a bit of time for number 4. Maybe a day or three. D:
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