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On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me: three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree.

It was later that same day, and Lily and Robbin were walking around the beautiful frozen lake. Others were skating, building snowizards, and sledding. The giant squid had gone into hibernation under the icy lake, but you could still feel his snores shake the ground every so often. Lily was just commenting on one of the more prominent tremors when a snowball came whizzing out of no-where, smacking her green stocking cap and sending slushy debris flying into Robbin's hair. Lily spun on the spot, looking to jinx the pitcher, but couldn't locate the source. Then, from behind a tree whizzed a second snowball, hitting a little blonde second-year in the ear. "Oops," called James, ducking out from behind the tree.

"You!" Lily hurled a snowball at him, knocking his glasses askew. James laughed and pelted another snowball. Before they knew it, snowballs were flying everywhere. Sirius had appeared out of no-where, flinging balls of icy mush at everyone. Severus seemed intent on smacking James in the face with a rock filled one, but James got to him first, coming up behind him and shoving quite a bit of slush down his back while Sirius distracted him. Lily accidentally laughed with everyone else for a while, stopping mid-giggle when she remembered she was supposed to side with Severus.

The battle raged on for over an hour, everyone's spirits remained high until the sun began to set, dropping the temperature drastically. It was only then that the grounds trooped into the great hall, red nosed and chilly, eager for some hot steak and kidney pie. Lily was so intent on getting to her hot chocolate, she didn't notice who sat down next to her until a voice said in her ear, "Enjoy the snowball fight, Lils?"

"Oh!" gasped Lily, "I can't believe you- ahhchooo!" she sneezed abruptly. She then proceeded to sneeze several more times.

"Bless you," James said, "maybe you should head to the hospital wing, get that checked out. Madam Pomfrey makes some strong pepperup potion that cures colds in a jiffy."

"Maybe you should," chimed in Robbin.

"I'll take you up after dinner," offered James.

"You would, thanks!" agreed Robin before Lily could say anything. Lily glared at them, not pleased by the double teaming.

"Oh all right," she grumpily agreed.

James grinned.

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James walked Lily up the hospital wing as promised. "You know, this is strictly unnecessary!" complained Lily as they walked up the steps, but she sneezed again, rather ruining her rant. James gave her a doubtful look.

"There you are Lily," said Severus, stepping out from behind a suite of armor at the head of the staircase, "off to have a good snog with Potter?"

"Sev," began Lily, but James interjected.

"Leave Lily alone, Snivellous," James defended.

"Or what?" he asked sarcastically, "gunna beat my ass are you?"

"Yes," agreed James, "That sounds like a good idea."

"I'd like to see you try," challenged Severus, as his hand clenched on his wand. James stood in utter ease.

"I'll prove it to you any time you'd like, with both hands tied behind my back. But there are ladies present, so I suggest you get out of our way," suggested James, "why don't you go wash your hair, slimeball."

Severus gave them both a murderous stare, then walked away, "You havn't seen the last of me, Potter!"

"Oooh," said James sarcasticly.

"Why are you so mean to him?" asked Lily reproachfully, but still she walked with him.

James gave her an incredulous look, "he offended you first, I defended you! But I'll say I'm sorry if you'll forgive me."

"You're hopeless," said Lily, as they entered the hospital wing. Madam Pomfrey shooed James away as she ushered Lily in. James walked back to the common room, ready to get to work on the three French hens. This, he determined, was his best idea yet.

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Lily woke up late again the next morning. Her throat was burning, she wished she was home right now so her mom could make her some fruit juice and soup; she fumbled on her nightstand for a pitcher of water. What her hand met was not water, however, and she sat up in confusion.

On her bedside table was a bowl- shaped like a hen. Holding soup. Hot chicken noodle soup. It didn't make sense.

Then her mind seemed to go on fast forward, and she remembered that the third gift of Christmas were three French hens. Sure enough, the other two were hanging on the tree. Lily was more interested in the savory smelling chicken noodle soup though, and tasted a spoonful. It was delicious. Soon she had gobbled down the whole bowl, and felt much better for it. After rinsing out the bowl, she set it under her Christmas tree with her other gifts from her secret admirer, and looked at the lot fondly for a few moments. She was still intrigued by the whole ordeal, but wasn't bothered at the moment. Since there was no need to go down to breakfast now, she settled back into bed, and drifted off at once. She couldn't wait to see tomorrows gifts.

A/N- What did you think? I tried to make this chapter a little more interesting, and I hope you liked the change. Tell me in your reviews!

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~LU