Holy crap this story has more words than the original Legacy story : /

And we aren't through yet…And I just thought of more stuff so we aren't through for a while.

This is ALL FLUFF! ALL of it! It's a Fluffsplosion!

And I think it may be one of my favorite fluffy scenes I have ever written.

Chapter 35

Christmas Shenanigans

"Hey!" Several students shouted as James knocked them to and fro in the train's corridor.

He was trying his hardest to catch up with the amazing red head he had just seen walk slowly past his window. That meant throwing first and second years unceremoniously into the floor, and flinging a few fifth years into walls. He leapt over the steps and ran to where she stood beside her mother, her back to him. In his haste he hadn't even noticed his own mother and father standing there talking to them. He finally reached her and gripped her elbow and spun her around to face him making her squeal as she unexpectedly spun on a dime. He gripped her shoulders and stopped her spin holding her face to face with himself.

"You…Me…Ball…Together…Yes…No…I'll die." He panted, letting her go to clutch a horrible stitch in his side.

Lily was gaping at him, Sirius was standing beside of her, amusement dancing in his eyes. Her mum and his both were smiling softly and his father burst into laughter.

"Lily dear, I think what my son was so eloquently trying to say was that he wants you to come to our annual Christmas Eve Ball with him." He said chuckling.

James stood nodding frantically.

"Yes, yes, that. Say yes. Please, say yes. If you say no to me I am going to die." He added still trying to breathe normally.

"Well I mean I can't let you die now can I?" she said with a grin. He scowled at her Joke.

"Er James I think that was a yes." Sirius muttered from beside him.

His whole face changed, he grabbed her by the waist and pulled her against him.

"Yes? Was that a yes?" he nearly whispered.

She nodded and smiled.

"Oi, Yes Potter I'll come with you." she giggled

'You said yes! Holy crap you said yes!" he yelled picking her up and spinning her in a circle causing her to squeal some more and the others standing in close vicinity to laugh at his excitement.

He very nearly kissed her but realized last second that their parents were standing right there with them so instead he blushed furiously and sat her back on her own two feet.

"Well Lily, you are welcome to come that morning if you like, that is when Remus and Miss McKinnon will be there, and of course you are both welcome over for tea or dinner anytime." His mother said with huge smile.

James rolled his eyes and finally let go of Lily's waist, letting his fingers gently slide off of her, making her shiver and flush.

He let his hands fall to his sides before his mother wrapped him in a hug and squeezed him tightly.

"I guess it is a good thing I got your trunk for you, seeing as you would have left it on there" Sirius joked as they walked to the apparition station.

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"She said yes. Sirius she really said yes." He said again, laying on his back on his bed.

"I am very aware, I was nearly knocked over by you spinning her around like a loon. And you have told me about 20 times in the last three days."

"Sorry." James muttered only a bit embarrassed.

"No worries mate. I am glad she finally gave in."

"So, did you ask someone? I figured you would ask Hestia since Allie and Marleen were already coming. And you two are friends and all."

"Well I was going to but actually, and I hope you don't mind…I asked Morgan."

James' mouth dropped and he started laughing.

"Well, it won't be the first time you took the girl off my arm…When did she tell you?" he said with a smile.

"On the train, when she yelled at us for making you feel awful. Wait you knew she liked me? And you didn't say anything?"

"Well you were dating Soryn, and I didn't want to make it anymore difficult, not to mention you practically threw her at me and I didn't want to get her hopes up and her feelings hurt. But if it helps, she didn't tell me until November, after we beat Ravenclaw and you picked her up and hugged her. I saw her face. I asked her about it and she was honest. We haven't been together since about two weeks before I knew."

"I am a bit freaked out that you have slept with my date." Sirius said self- consciously.

"I never slept with her." James said eyes wide.

"Same thing." Sirius argued.

"It isn't I can promise, actually sleeping with someone is entirely different than hooking up with them. And I can erase her memory of it if you want, and you can erase mine, we will know we did it but not remember it." James said with a smirk.

Sirius rolled his eyes.

"I'll deal, this is Morgan after all, I have been waiting 4 years for this. It is just weird."

James laughed.

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It was noon at Potter Manor on Christmas Eve. There were dozens of help staff running around in the kitchen, the grand dining hall, the grand hall, the great room and the gardens. They were all preparing for the 75-100 wizards that were going to be attending this evening. Sirius was in his room with Morgan, last James knew they had been messing with his crystal covered quidditch replica pitch. Remus and Marleen had arrived, holding hands no less and were sitting in the library discussing something that James found awfully boring. So he was left to his own devices, practically bouncing off the walls, waiting for 7:00 when Lily would get here for the dinner that was being served at 7:30. He didn't know what he was going to do to keep himself occupied until then.

He wandered into his mum's parlor where she was sitting reading over some work reports.

"Hello my love, what are you doing running about in here?" she asked.

James shrugged and sat down on the floor at her feet, just like he used to do when he was younger.

"Ah Sirius and Remus are with their dates? And you are nervous about Lily." She said as if she had read his mind.

"I'm not nervous." He replied, laying his head in her lap.

She started running her fingers through his frumpled hair.

"I am sure you aren't, she is a very pretty one, isn't she?"

He nodded his head slightly.

"She is perfect." He said softly, a smile playing on his lips as he recalled the minute she said yes.

"Well, tell us about her." A jovial voice said from above him.

James raised his eyes to see his father sit on the armrest of the grey wingback chair, his arm draped over his mother's shoulder.

"Uhm, what do you want to know?"

"Whatever you want to tell us. Why do you like her so much, it is obvious you do." Charles said with a wink.

James settled his head back into his mum's lap and she resumed playing with his hair.

"She is amazing. I can't even describe it. She makes me laugh and she pisses me off. She calls me on my crap and doesn't let me get away with anything." He said with a grin as his parents exchanged knowing looks.

"She is gorgeous, sometimes I will catch her eyes and I can't move, it is like I am trapped there just looking at her. She is smart, really smart and she doesn't even realize it, she studies more than Remus and when she does she pokes her tongue through her lips like this." He demonstrated.

"When she is sad it feels like someone is trying to rip me out of my body, it physically hurts becasue I can't make it better. She got sick, really sick a few weeks ago. Watching her in pain was terrible. I would have taken it and been sick myself if I knew a spell that worked that way. All I could to was hold onto her and tell her that I was there. She found out about Remus right before she got sick. Watching her work through the fear was debilitating, seeing fear and terror on her face...I would stop anyone from putting it there again."

"She knows about our Remus? What did she say?" His mum asked nervously, "How did she react."

"She said that she is friends with Remus not the wolf so it didn't much matter to her about that one day a month because she wasn't planning on hanging out with his alter ego anyways." James said with a laugh.

"What was her initial reaction?" his father said, curious.

"Well, to her credit, she found out because he almost attacked her. So needless to say, the first night after she was petrified. Not of Remus but of the actual wolf, she kept having nightmares about it. I would move the earth to stop her from being scared ever again. I don't know how not to be around her, I just have to be, she is like a drug. When she laughs I feel it. It is the weirdest thing, it is like I want to laugh too just because she is happy, and when she isn't paying attention to what is going on around her she plays with my hair, just like you. Or when she hugs me, she always twirls the hair at the back of my neck. I feel like I am home when she hugs me. It is just like being home." He finished, shrugging his shoulders.

His mum's hand had gone still so he looked up to see why she stopped, only to see tears falling down her cheeks.

"What did I say? Why are you crying?" he said panicked, trying to remember if he had accidentally mentioned shagging her last year or sleeping with her.

"You love her very much." His mother said.

"I—I don't know- we aren't even dating."

Charles looked at his son, every memory of he and Maddie as a young couple playing through his head.

"My son, you do, you know you do. You might can lie to everyone else but I know what it is to be a man in love. I am one every single day."

His mum started crying harder and James blushed a bit.

"I don't think she feels the same way." He muttered.

"I think you may be surprised." Madeline said in response going back to fluffing the uncontrollable mop on her son's head. "Now tell us about this girl that Sirius has in his room. Is she well behaved or should we worry."

James turned scarlet to his toes.

"Why Jamie I haven't seen you blush like that in ages." His father laughed.

"Er, she is fine, I am sure they are fine. Sirius is pretty nervous about being alone with her so I don't think you need to worry about that just yet." He mumbled.

"Our Siri, nervous around girls? Why ever would that be?" Madeline said with a grin.

"Oh well uhm." If it was at all possible James turned redder.

"James why is Sirius nervous about a girl for the first time ever?" Charles asked amusement clear in his tone.

"Well he has liked her for a really long time." James said, trying not to lie.

"And James snogged her first and dated her for two months!" Remus said from the doorway.

Maddie smacked the back of James' head.

"When I told you two to share in second year I didn't mean girls too!" she shrieked. Causing Charles to fall off the chair from laughter.

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"It is 7:05 where can she possibly be? She has to be coming, she promised. She said yes, what if she changed her mind. What if she only said yes because so many people were around?"

"James! She's going to be here, dinner isn't until 7:30, calm down." Remus said after listening to the same sentence every 45 seconds.

Marleen, Sirius and Morgan all laughed at his antics, but James was in full out panic mode. He didn't notice the girls of the other politicians and aurors that were eyeing him in his dress robes, he hadn't picked up on the offers to sit with them or the attempts at conversation, it was now 7:20 and his heart was pounding. He had turned away from the door to shake hands with Alastor Moody, one of the top aurors on his father's team.

"I hear you are considering following in your father's footsteps." He said

James shrugged.

"I guess, that is the only practical thing to do sir."

"I hear from reliable sources that you will make a fantastic auror."

"I hear from reliable sources that he would make an incredible professional quidditch player." He heard Lily say from behind him

He felt a small hand on his arm and he turned to smile at her, simply relieved that she was finally there. But when he turned and saw her the air left him in a woosh, it was replaced with tingles from his feet to his head. He knew he couldn't speak so he just stared.

Her hair was half up in twists and then hung down her back in intricate braids and curls, with beads and crystals adorning it. Her off the shoulder satin dress robes flowed elegantly over her curves the color blending from a small bit of light pink into a deep purple and then dark blue, crystals shimmered all over, it was like she had been robed in the sunset. He lifted his hand and brushed the strand of hair off of her bare shoulder still not trusting his voice.

Moody chuckled lightly.

"I am going to let you be with this lovely young distraction here. Have a good night Mr. Potter."

James just nodded, never taking his eyes away from Lily's.

Sirius stepped up with a huge grin and kissed her cheek.

"I believe what your date is attempting to say is you look amazing and thank you for coming and saving our friends from my hyperventilating."

James just nodded. Lily giggled.

"James have you even spoken to the poor girl yet?"

"Hi Mr. Potter." Lily said as he took her hand and hugged her.

"Show her to your places son, the banquet is starting."

James held out his arm to her, and directed her to the table at the very front to the side, he pulled out the chair beside Alice, who was here with Frank. Before she sat down he ran a single finger down her cheek.

"You look…Wow."

She smiled and took her seat.

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It was nearing midnight and most of the others were still dancing when James pulled Lily away from the dance floor towards the door in the glass wall and out into the fairy lit garden. He pulled out his wand and placed a warming spell on them both as she watched as the snow fell. It was everybit a girl's fantasy. A place where magic becomes reality, where your dreams become life.

"Dance with me." He said softly

"I have been dancing with you all night." She answered with a grin.

"Dance with me all alone. Just us, me and you."

She stepped into his arms and felt herself melt into him. His arms encompassed her completely, holding her firmly against himself, his face buried in her hair. It didn't matter that everyone in the ballroom could see them, that several pairs of eyes had followed them as he pulled her away from everyone, all that mattered was that for them, everyone else seemed to dissapear.

"Thank you Lily, for saying yes. This was…"he stalled, trying to find the right word.

"Wow?" she supplied for him.

He chuckled at her borrowed line.

"Absolutely incredible, it has been perfect. I am actually almost glad you waited for this to be our first date."

"Thank you for asking me." She said shyly.

"You are beautiful Lily Evans." He pulled her closer to him, his lips were resting on her forehead.

"You look pretty fantastic yourself Potter." She replied breathless.

"Say yes." He whispered.

"To what." Her voice cracked

"Can I kiss you?" he murmured, lips now on her temple.

He put one finger under her chin and pulled her face up towards his. Her face was full of expression, he could see her every thought written there, her happiness, and joy, nerves and even fear. She parted her lips to speak but nothing came out, he took it as a yes and pulled her into a star shattering kiss. It wasn't their first kiss but it was the one they would both never forget. It was the one that his parents saw, that confirmed for them that their son was a goner. It was the kiss that made Sirius high five Remus in the middle of a slow dance. It was the first kiss that both of them let their everything flow into. As he kissed her deeper, magic exploded from him causing the snow to swirl around them in a whirlwind of glittery flakes, fairy dust and fairy lights. She pulled away laughing as she watched the display spiral around them, he never let her go, holding her tight.

She looked up and gave him a smile that made his heart skip a beat. Placing her lips on the palm of his hand she spoke softly

"Kiss me forever."

Pulling her up into his arms he swore he would try.