Chapter 8: Mistletoe, Friends and Food.

A.N. I don't own anything from Harry Potter in this, it all belongs to the great, one and only J.. Oh and I am not doing anymore recap's.

James looked up and saw the mistletoe and really wanted to kiss Ash… Ash backed away and looked down… She didn't know what to do, she was either going to look like a coward in front of everyone, or she had to kiss someone she absolutely hated. She only had one choice at the moment. To run. She was so nervous she got up and ran straight past James and outside the Three Broomsticks where she bumped into two girls who were in the same year as her and in the same house. One had very blonde hair which was tied up in a ponytail and the other one had straight brownish and blondish hair who's hair was down but fringe was pinned up. 'Sorry… I.. I didn't mean to bump into you…' Said Ash.
'Oh its fine! It happens in the snow!' Replied the girl with her hair tied up.
'Ash… Ash… Where are you?' Shouted James. It was obvious all of them were looking for Ash. The other girl who's hair was pinned up said 'Your Ash? The girl their looking for?'
'Yes! Please don't call them over here!' Said Ash, but it was too late they were both shouting 'ASH IS HERE!' And they had nearly reached here. The only people who came for Ash were Rhea and Sid, they explained that James had gone back to Hogwarts, because he thought he had scared Ash away. 'Oh! Hey Charlie and Zee' Said Rhea. Charlie was the girl with her hair tied up, and Zee was the girl who had pinned up her fringe. Charlie and Zee waved and then said 'Sorry we have go to go, got to catch up with some Transfiguration work bye!'
Then both girls left and it was Rhea, Sid and Ash.
'Well, what do we do now?' Said Sid
'I think ill go back to Hogwarts, I need to find James and apologise anyways, bye!' Replied Ash
Now it was Sid and Rhea… Sid smiled at Rhea and said 'Were you okay about our kiss in the Three Broomsticks?'
'Yes, it was fine… why?' Asked Rhea.
'I thought you might have been uneasy about me! Since we had only met properly a few days before'
'No… I'm never uneasy about anyone, except Scorpious!
'So… Are we like… Urm… Actually never mind…'
'What? Tell me… Please!'
Rhea got closer to Sid and Sid had no other choice but to tell her…
'Well Rhea… I trust that you will not tell anyone… I'm telling you and only you that…' Sid stopped. But then added… 'I'm a vampire'
Rhea's eyes widened and she would have never guessed he was a Vampire. She had always heard Vampires were evil, blood- sucking idiots, but this Vampire was the best Vampire in the whole world to her. Rhea was so happy that she had found someone who liked her and trusted her and now she could understand him and fully trust him. Of course Rhea liked Sid back, if she didn't she would have walked away from the moment she met him, but she didn't, Rhea had seen Sid get sorted into his house, and since then she's always liked him, always wanted to be close to him, always wanted to be with him. Sid and Rhea's faces got close together and were about to kiss but then suddenly… Charlie was back because she had dropped something and she broke up that kiss because of her giggling and laughing in the background, she really couldn't help it because she was always that kind of person that always laughs in a 'Love matter' Now Rhea and Sid had to go back to Hogwarts for the big Christmas assembly and the big Christmas feast and assembly.

They got back to Hogwarts and Ash was already in her robes ready for the big feast and she was reading a book that she got from the library downstairs when she heard someone come down from the Boys Dormitory, she wasn't sure who it was so she hid under the covers for a moment, as the person came down she saw it was James. She first didn't recognise him, as he had a new hairstyle which was a side fringe and was quite long… James had completely changed his look, but what was it for?
James came down with Hugo behind him and then they started to talk…
'Well what are you going to do?' Asked Hugo
'About what?' Replied James
'About Ash! Where are you going to find her?'
'Oh… I think I can find out EVERYWHERE she goes to be honest.'
'Well find her!'
'No I cant, because… Well I cant'
'WHY JAMES WHY?'
'Because its nearly time for assembly that's why!'
'Oh and James when are you going to tell her about the bracelet and the snow?'
'I'm not going to tell her, she's going to find out herself…'
Hugo's eyes widened and then he walked off to the Great Hall, James just stood still for a while, thinking, and then followed after Hugo to the Great Hall.
Ash took the covers off her and then looked at the bracelet she got. 'All this time it was James?' She thought. Her hair wasn't as tidy as before, but then luckily Charlie came down with a brush and she shouted 'Oh My God Ash, your hair is a mess, let me just tidy it for you' and she brushed all the knots out of Ash's hair and it was looking as good as new. Ash didn't say anything to Charlie, Charlie didn't know what was wrong with her so she called down Rachel, Zee, Rhea, Fi, Rose to help.
'Come on Ash say something!' Said Fi
'She's not going to say anything until we go!' Said Rhea
'Yeah, but she really needs to say something to explain it all to us!' Whispered Charlie
'She wont spit it out yet!' Said Zee
'COME ON ASH SPIT IT OUT NOW!' Screamed Rachel
'Shhh… Calm down… ASH SAY SOMETHING!' Shouted Rose
Then Ash murmured a small word, no one could hear anything so they got closer and kind of heard what Ash was trying to say… 'J….Ja….James!' Ash suddenly came back to life and shouted 'JAMES!' And then suddenly realised all her friends were around her.
'JAMES?' All of the girls said together.
'YES! James, he was the person who gave me the bracelet, he was the one who wrote my name in snow!' Replied Ash.
Ash's face went from happy to sad again, as she thought about what he had done before, maybe this was another way to get closer to one of her other friends and then she said 'Actually. No, he didn't. Never mind, come on, lets go down otherwise we will be late for the feast'
Everyone got confused and then started going to the assembly. They were in houses and the bad thing for Ash was that when they were in alphabetical order and James was opposite Ash but the good thing was that Charlie and Rhea were next to her. Then Professor McGonagall stood up and hit her goblet three times until everyone had become quiet and made a short announcement.
'Thank you, now before the feast I would like to make an announcement, the third floor is currently unavailable as there are many things in there you would not like to face in your life. Secondly, Boys now have permission to go into Girls common room but only between the times of 2:30pm and 4pm. Also now we have a very old teacher coming back to this school as the first and second years Defence against the Dark Arts teacher, please put your hands together for Professor Gilderoy Lockhart. Years and years ago, he was a teacher here at Hogwarts, but he lost his memory and now he back to teach all of you first and second years, good luck professor! Lastly, I would not like any more fights between houses, especially Gryffindor, Professor Slughorn quoted you were behaving like a babbling bumbling band of baboons. Thank you, let the feast begin'
Then all of a sudden different sorts of food came up on the tables, just like it did at the beginning of the year, Ash had quite a lot to eat, Hugo was just like his father, eating all the roast chicken and roast potatoes and turkey with stuffing and gravy. James had something pretty simple for his starters but when he got onto his main course he ate a lot. The rest of the other girls ate like they were dining with the Queen, just like the Beauxbatons whenever they came to Hogwarts for the Twiwizard tournament. So everyone was having a really good time chatting and talking but Ash, she was talking and chatting the problem was Ash was looking at James because James was looking at her, so it seemed like they were trying to communicate using telekinesis! Fi was craving for Butterbeer but as much as she wanted it, McGonagall only permitted Butterbeer outside of Hogwarts and you were only allowed to have simple things like Pumpkin Juice or Water inside of Hogwarts. James was always staring at Ash at every chance he got, he had never got a proper glance at her, he really wanted to apologise too, in case he had scared her because of what happened that same day. After the feast, everyone had eaten properly and it was time to go to sleep now. Now once again they had to wait another 365 days until Christmas and of course for another Christmas dinner! Ash had a good day, but the problem was that night, she couldn't sleep, neither could Rhea, Zee, Charlie, Rachel and Fi. Fi was thinking about Albus, trying to think how she would get closer to him, Rachel was just wondering about her pets that she had left back at home and how much they would miss her because she was gone for ages. Charlie was thinking about when all of them were in their forth year at Hogwarts and how they would cope with the Triwizard Tournament and a ball and a big feast. Zee was just thinking about her family because usually she would spend the night playing with her sister or maybe even sit down for dessert with her family. Rhea was thinking about Sid, about him being a Vampire about being someone she loved, someone she had only met a few months before, someone who she just saw and thought 'I like him!'. Ash was thinking about the snow, the bracelet and of course James, with his new hair and what he had said that day to Hugo in the common room, she just couldn't believe it was James all along! After a while everyone had dozed off and finally went to sleep ready for another working time at Hogwarts.