Once I was outside, I met Alice and Mary under the big oak tree by the great lake. They were chatting about something, but stopped once I got there.
"Hey, guys. What were you talking about?"
"Hey Lils. Nothing important, just wondering what we'll be getting for Christmas tomorrow. And is it okay if Frank joins us?" replied Alice.
"Oh, okay. And of course Frank can join us." Frank had been Alice's boyfriend since halfway through fourth year. He was like a brother to Mary and me. "And I invited Potter and his gang." I added, silently hoping that I wouldn't regret that decision later today.
"Ohh, really? Let's hide and attack them with snowballs when they come out!" Mary squealed.
"Really. And sounds awesome, let's go!" We ran towards the doors of the great hall, erasing our footprints as we went. Luckily for us, there was a giant pile of snow right beside them. We climbed on top of the mound of snow. Mary and I began making snowballs at top speed, while Alice was on lookout.
"Here they are, here they are!" Alice whispered, her voice frantic. "And Frank's with them; hurry up and hand me a snowball!" There was a mischievous grin on her lips and happy glint in her eyes. Mary handed her two snowballs, so that we were all armed. Then, the five seventh years came out the door.
"On the count of three… One… Two… Three!" she shouted the last number. The three of us jumped into a standing position, screaming, yelling, and hurtling the snowballs at them; trying to hit their faces. It was hilarious. The boys' eyes widened to the size of baseballs. They tried running, but most of them slipped. Then they got covered with another round of snowballs. The ones that hadn't slipped were making their own snowballs. I wasn't paying attention to them until I got hit with one of them.
"Mwahahah!" I cried, flinging a snowball at Remus; then another on at Frank. Just then, James finally stood up, giant snowball- about the size of an average snowman's head- in his hands, evil-looking grin on his face. His arm drew back, in what seemed like slow-motion. It absolutely flew forwards, though. The snowman's head hurtled through the air, and just a second too late, I noticed it was headed towards me. After that, it seemed to advance in slower, like a frame-by-frame in a movie. Then, BAM! It was in my face, hair, and going down the back and front of my clothes. My face was turning red, I could tell. I got down on my knees, making another snowball. Once it had gotten to the size of an average snowman's middle, I drew out my wand, muttered a charm to make sure it wouldn't fall apart until it needed to, then shouted, "wingardium leviosa!" now, James face got a look of terror on it. He began to run across the grounds. Holding my wand like a baton, I chased after him as fast as I could, laughing.
"You can run, but you can't hide!"
"You think so?" he flung over his shoulder, panting slightly. He took a hairpin turn, and I slipped while doing the same. I sprung back up, running at full speed. I moved my arm like I was cracking a whip. I watched as my snowman middle drew backwards, then grinned as it flew forwards and smooshed its target. James popped out, shaking the snow out of his hair. He dug around in the snow, then shoved his glasses back onto his face/p
"Lily! What was that for?" he shouted.
"For throwing a snowman's head at me," I replied, in my I'm-so-sweet-and-innocent voice. He growled, grabbed a handful of snow, and began to run towards me.
"Ahhh!" my feet carried me as fast as possible back towards my friends. Scooping up a handful of snow, it formed a snowball as fast as I possibly could; then tossed it behind me, hoping it would hit its target.
"Nice try, Lily!" James yelled. Stupid snowball, not hitting its target like it's supposed to. Gosh. I reached Mary and Alice, jumping into the little bird's-nest hiding place thingy. Peeking back over the top of the bird's nest fort, I saw James bent over, creating a snowball. Alice tapped my shoulder, then handed me a snowball.
"Ready… Aim… Fire!" She whispered in my ear. I obeyed, hitting James square in the face as he stood back up. The look that crossed his face was priceless. He fake-threw the snowball in his hands at us, and the three of us giggled and ducked back into the fort. Next time I looked over the top he was right. There. I hadn't expected that, and was so surprised that I shouted.
"AHHHHHHHH YIIIII YII YII YIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" He screamed, scaring the three of us even more, and tossing a giant snowball down on us. I heard Sirius, Remus, and Frank laughing in the background. I guess that Peter had gone back inside. Or actually, he hadn't come outside at all… But anyway, the boys were rolling around in the snow giggling. I walked over to James, and then sat on him while he was lying on his tummy.
"Oofffh!" went his breath, fwooshing out of his lungs. "Get offa me!" he grunted.
"Will you stop laughing at us?" I asked him. He paused, trying to take a deep breath, and actually succeeding. Then, he rolled over, pushing me off of him, then pinning me down in the slushy snow. He had a mischievous expression on his face.
"Then, his face got all serious, and he looked like he was at a funeral for a second. "HA!" he went then busted into laughter again. He got off of me from where he had pinned me down and laid back into the snow. "You should have seen the look on your face!"
"What look?" I asked, blushing. I didn't think that my expression had changed.
"At first, when I pinned you down, you looked mad and surprised at the same time. And then you blushed a little, but not as much as you are now. And after that, you looked all confused, until I started laughing again. And now you're blushing and looking irritated."
"Oh, okay." That's when I noticed that everyone else was staring at the two of us.
"What?" James and me asked at the same time.
"Alice and Mary just made 'awwwww' faces, and Frank, Remus, and Sirius just raised one of their eyebrows and started laughing again.
"Are you trying to insinuate something?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow. James looked at me from the corner of his eye, with a 'what-the-world?' look on his face.
"No, we aren't. Why are you insinuating that we were insinuating something?" Sirius asked.
"Are you serious, Sirius?" James asked.
"Why yes, I am! It's my name, isn't it? No one is more serious than I, Sirius Black!" Everyone rolled their eyes.
"That joke was old as soon as it started, Sirius," Mary said.
"Whatever."
"It's cold. Let's go inside and get some hot to eat or drink. Because I'm hungry. And cold. So we should go inside and do something, if the rest of you feel like I do," Frank announced.
"Everyone was hungry or cold to some degree, so we all went inside, pink-faced, shivering slightly, and damp.