Before either of them knew it, dawn came. And they were surprised to find they had fallen asleep. Even more a surprise came to Lily when she found her head leaning on James' right shoulder. She lifted it slowly, not wanting to cause a head rush, and yawned. Looking around the room, she noticed the baby sleeping in a small comfortable basket that, she assumed, James had conjured after she had fallen asleep.
She looked to him and saw a small smile creep onto that ever famous face. She returned the smile uncertainly and looked out the window. Snowflakes were falling from the Grey clouds and covering the formally green grounds in fluffy white powder. It was the first day of the Christmas holidays and the castle have few people left in it. 'This' Lily thought 'is perfect'. Perfect because there were no funny looks when carrying a small baby doll around the snow covered castle. Perfect because she could spend time alone in the Library. Perfect because Christmas was a time of relaxation and joy.
"First day of break" James said quietly. Lily jumped, only just realizing he was awake.
"Yeah." she murmured and looked at the baby. "We have yet to name it" she added.
"Yea. Is it a girl or boy?" he asked, eying it weirdly.
"No clue." she replied and stood up. She walked over to the baby, picked it up and walked back to her seat. Sitting down, she passed the baby to James. "You can find out"
"Erm, I don't think so." she said and pushed the doll back to her. "You check"
Lily sighed and an exasperated expression appeared on her face. "Please?" she pleaded and handed it back to him.
James sighed and took the doll back. "Fine" he said and checked. "Congratz, its a boy."
"Thank you" Lily smiled "Name. name. name." she murmured and wracked her brain for a suitable name. "How 'bout 'Harry'?"
"Hmmm, 'Harry Potter'. Ugh. I hate it." he replied and thought of a better name. "What about 'James Jr.'?"
Lily pretended to think for a second. "Hmmm. I still like Harry better." she said.
Felling like it was a lost cause, James said "Fine. Harry it is." reluctantly. "Suppose we should get down to breakfast."
"Yeah. I suppose." She replied and picked Harry up. "Don't you want to wait for your friends?"
"I would, but then I would be waiting for a very long time. They all went home for break." James said and stood up. Walking over to the portrait hole, he looked back to her. 'How beautiful she is' he thought and a smile appeared on his face.
"All of my friends left too." Lily said "I think were the only Gryffindor 7th years left." she added and looked around the deserted common room. A shiver ran though her spine, as if a draft went though the room. "Lets go" she said and walked out the portrait hole.
Together they walked down through the many floors of Hogwarts. James made a few attempts to talk to Lily, but it was no use. She wasn't exactly in what you would call the 'talkative' mood. After a few failed attempts, James stopped trying to talk to her.
Five minutes and six floors later, they reached the Great Hall. Instead of the four long house tables, there was one single table. Twelve seats lined it and only two were open.
"Ahh. Good. Good. The last two, or I should say three, have arrived." said Albus Dumbledore, referring to Harry as the third person. He, along with a few other teachers, were all sitting at the table. "Do sit down" he added and gestured to the two empty seats. Without question, Lily and James obeyed and sat down in the seats. Once Lily had placed Harry on her lap, she turned her attention to Dumbledore. 'Must be a reason for seating us like this' she thought as Dumbledore cleared his thought, preparing to speak again.
"As you many have noticed, there are very few of us staying at Hogwarts for out Christmas break" he continued and looked at each person seated around the table. "It seem such a waist to set up the house tables, so we will be using this single table until our fellows return." he finished and encouraged everyone to start eating.
With a shrug, Lily picked up a piece of toast and started buttering it. James, having not payed Dumbledore one bit of attention, was now digging into a huge mound of syrup covered pancakes. Lily looked over to him and a disgusted look appeared on her face. "How can you eat that much?" she asked.
James gulped the pancakes that were in his mouth down and opened it to say something. But just at the moment, Dumbledore called to them. "Lily, James. Do stay when your finished. I must speak with both of you." he said, which brought strange looks to them from the others. Lily nodded once. James only shrugged and continued eating.