Sirius sat patiently at the bottom of the staircase that led to the girls' dormitories as James paced nervously and Remus watched the two from an armchair near the fire.
Suddenly, a rat came skittering down the stairs and across the common room, coming to rest next to Remus' chair, where it turned into Peter.
A few seconds later, footsteps thundered down the staircase and Sirius moved hastily out of the way as Lily came running down the stairs. "What the bloody hell was Peter doing in my dorm? Better yet, why was he in my bed, whiskers tickling my face when I woke up?" she shouted.
Peter shifted uncomfortably at the look James shot him, but Sirius bounded up to Lily, hugging her and giving her a loud kiss on the cheek. "Morning, Lilypad, and happy Christmas to you, too!" She struggled out of his grip and glared at him. Sirius rolled his eyes, muttering to himself. "Merlin, am I the only person in the Christmas spirit anymore?" He raised his voice to normal level and addressed Lily. "We needed to wake you up so that we could give you your gifts."
Lily brightened considerably at this. "Gifts?" She asked, looking at each of the boys before her eyes landed back on Sirius.
"Yes, gifts. Only if you're a good girl, though." Lily rolled her eyes at the comment.
"Can you give me a minute to run upstairs and get your gifts?" Lily asked. Sirius grinned happily. "There's the Christmas spirit! Of course, just be quick." Lily turned to dash back upstairs and Sirius all but skipped to sit on the sofa across from Remus, James following him. Peter opted for the other armchair and they waited patiently for Lily.
She returned a minute later, slightly out of breath and with a dressing gown on over the pyjamas, presents cradled in her arms. She handed them out to each of the boys before sitting in between James and Sirius on the sofa.
Sirius tore into his gift quickly and before Lily knew what was going on, she was pushed over into James' lap with Sirius' entire body weight on top of her. Her face was buried in Sirius hair and his arms were wrapped tightly around her middle while he repeated "thank you, thank you, thank you!"
Lily struggled for breath while Peter and Remus burst into laughter. James looked torn between laughter and concern, but his mirth seemed to win as he coughed out a poorly-concealed chuckle.
After a few more thank you's and a wet kisses to Lily's cheek, James took pity on her and said, "Er, Padfoot, maybe let her breathe a bit, yeah?"
Sirius immediately sat back up, pulling a bemused-looking Lily with him. "So, you like it then?" she asked, smiling at him.
"I love it!" he exclaimed, looking close to knocking her over with another hug. He settled for bouncing excited and pulling the leather jacket on over his pyjamas. The look wasn't the best, but Sirius didn't care.
"What are the rest of you waiting for?" he asked excitedly. "Open your gifts from Lilyflower so that she can open mine to her!"
Remus rolled his eyes but tore into the paper that covered his gift. Peter quickly followed suit and soon both were grinning widely and thanking Lily just as vigorously as Sirius had.
Lily had hand-knit Remus a matching scarf and hat and bought Peter a new Gobstones set. Lily turned to watch James open his gift, which he unwrapped carefully. Sirius rolled his eyes at this, pretending to yawn and check the time.
James unwrapped it, exclaimed, "Bloody hell!" and set the framed and autographed picture of his favorite chaser from the Catapults down before wrapping Lily in a hug. "You're amazing," he said, kissing her.
Sirius coughed no-so-politely, but the couple ignored him for the most part, save for James making a rude gesture at him. "Lily, don't you want your presents?" Sirius asked loudly. James groaned and shot Sirius a dirty look as Lily pulled away from him and turned to grin at Sirius. "I'm last." James let out a noise of protest. "Fine, Prongs can go last since he's your boyfriend and apparently that means his gifts are the best. I'll go second-to-last."
Lily just shook her head and accepted the small package that Peter handed to her.
Next, Lily opened her gift from Remus. She smiled brightly and thanked him, setting the book she had been given next to her as Sirius shoved his gift into her lap. Lily laughed at his antics, but he just motioned for her to open it. She ripped into it eagerly, letting out a small shriek and turning to wrap Sirius in a tight hug.
"Sirius Black, if I had known you were so good at gift-giving I would have become friends with you much sooner!" Sirius laughed at that and hugged Lily back. She pulled away, still grinning, to look at the pair of leather boots he had gotten her.
"I saw you looking at them in Hogsmeade the other weekend, and suggested to James that he get them for you, but he had already gotten you a gift, so I thought I might as well buy them," he explained smugly. Lily hugged him again, thanking him with a kiss on the cheek before she turned to James.
He awkward ran a hand his hair and handed her a package. He watched nervously as she opened it and gasped. Sirius was peering into her lap and his eyes lit up. He shot James a grin and a quick thumbs up and James relaxed slightly.
Lily turned to him, hugging him tightly and thanking him, quietly exclaiming, "They're gorgeous!"
She took the simple silver bracelet out first, fastening it around her wrist before holding the necklace up for James. The silver pendent sparkled prettily, a doe and a stag engraved on one side, and a lily engraved on the other.
He fumbled slightly while fastening the necklace and she let her hair down, turning to face him and asking, "How does it look?" He smiled in response and she grinned back.
"Wait, wait, I have one more thing for you, Lilypad!" Lily turned to Sirius curiously while James left out a soft groan, knowing what was coming. Sirius dropped another package into Lily's lap and she unwrapped it, pulling out a Christmas jumper that was as hideous as the ones that all of the boys were wearing. She giggled and thanked Sirius, promising to wear it later that day and he grinned widely, wishing her a happy Christmas.
A/N: This chapter was supposed to be more of a drabble, but it got away from me. There was also more Lily/James than I wanted, but that also got away from me. Whoops. I didn't have a beta, so feel free to point out any errors in this. Reviews and that are all lovely. Thanks for reading!