A/N: Hello :D Here's a new chapter for you all. I only got three reviews last chapter :( Oh well they made me happy anways :D Hope you like this one xD

RIP Great-Grandad. This one if for you :) xx

Christmas was approaching quickly and there was soon the happy festive cheer erupting all over the castle. Decorations were beginning to pop up everywhere and a week before term was due to end, the twelve giant Christmas trees that decorated the Great Hall were put up by Hagrid. It was a shame that some of the teachers weren't too into the Christmas spirit as some had set them a lot of homework to do over the holidays, something most of the class moaned about. How were you meant to enjoy a break if you had to do homework as well?

Professor McGonagall had come around with a list of whoever was starting at Hogwarts over the holidays. Sirius, James, Peter, Lily, Beth and Zoe were and after many owls of persuasion to their parents (their mum mainly), Lizzie and Remus were allowed to stay as well. The only reason she had wanted them back (after Lizzie had pointed out that the full moon was two days after the holiday had started and so there was no point in them going back for that) was that as their dad was out of the country with his job for most of Christmas, their mum didn't want to be alone. But after Lizzie had told Remus that dad would come home around Christmas Eve to Boxing Day there was no point in going home.

Remus knew his sister would try and stay at Hogwarts as much as she could and so he gave in to her once again. He too didn't mind staying at the school; at least he would be with his friends. So as term ended the eight Gryffindors could be in seen in the common room playing a massive game of Exploding Snap together. It seemed that with Christmas just around the corner, everyone was being nice to everyone else. Lily had not once shouted at James, but then that might have been for the fact that James hadn't even tried to ask her out yet. Maybe he was taking the advice that he had been given a long time ago; leave her alone, deflate your bloody big head and grow up. Yet it could just be a one off seeing at it was Christmas.

Lily had noticed something different about Lizzie but she didn't know what it was. She was still slightly downcast from what happened with Severus, but there would be times when she was seem to brighten up a lot. After a while Lily noticed that these times were normally when she was around Sirius and so Lily came up with the idea that her best friend was starting to fall for him. Which was exactly right. It seemed that she wasn't the only person who had noticed the sudden change in their friend either.

Having a chat in the dorm one evening were Lily, Beth, Zoe, Sophia and Mary. Lizzie was downstairs with the boys as she hadn't really seen them all day. They had just finished a topic on who was the cutest boy in Hogwarts with all of them apart from Lily saying Sirius, there was a silence before Beth spoke.

''I think Lizzie has a crush on someone you know.'' She said popping a piece of chocolate into her mouth and brushing her strawberry blonde hair out of her face.

All of a sudden it seemed the other girls where all ears and they wanted to eagerly know any gossip.

''Me too. She keeps going off in a daydream which she only does if she's thinking of some guy.'' Zoe said grinning. The last time she had remembered her friend going off into a daydream was with Sam Riley, both before and when she was going out with him. She was happy that Lizzie had hopefully, finally found someone who wasn't a complete and utter idiot to her; she seemed to have had far too many in her life so far.

There was more silence as the girls tried to think who it might be. Lily already had her suspicions and was trying to think of a way to make her best friend voice them without her knowing that she was onto her. ''I think its Sirius.'' She said watching as the other four girls' eyes opened wide.

''I thought she hated him?'' Mary asked confused.

''She did hate him, but lately she's gotten friendly with all four of the boys. I really have no idea why though. '' Sophie said.

''I think you might be right Lils. I think I've seen her blush quite a few times over the past couple of weeks if they brush by or something.'' Beth said grinning for ear to ear. She knew her best friend would always be destined to fall for Sirius. They seemed the perfect couple even with all the arguments and fights they had. If you looked under all of that however you could see that she liked him. It was the same with Lily and James. They were destined to be with one another.

''I think we should go and see if anything happens.'' Lily said grinning as well. This was really the opportune moment to see if she was right about the whole thing. Looking around the room she saw Zoe was the only one not looking happy at the thought. ''Oh stop being such an idiot Zoe. You had your chance to ask him out and you never did. Let Lizzie have the limelight for a change. Merlin, if what her past relationships are to go by, Sirius will be amazing for her. Stop thinking the world revolves around you all the time.'' She said glaring at the blonde. Lily wasn't about to let her spoil things for Lizzie. ''If you ruin this for her I will not be happy. Understood?'' She saw Zoe glare back at her but Lily ignored it. Getting up from her bed, she, Beth, Sophie and Mary left the dormitory leaving Zoe on her own.

Xoxox

Down in the common room, the four Marauders and Lizzie were all sat in the seats closest near the fire as usual. They all seemed to be laughing about something as the four girl's approached them. They settled themselves down around the others hoping to be able to join in the conversation quickly and not seem like they were up to something. On the sofa sat Lizzie and Sirius who seemed to be trying to see how close they could actually get without touching each other. Lily and Beth shared quick glances at each other, trying to keep their grins concealed. It was at the moment when Sirius brushed a strand of Lizzie hair behind her ear which made their friend blush the colour of the Hogwarts Express that the two girls could not keep their smiles hidden any longer.

''What are you two grinning at?'' Lizzie asked frowning at them. This just made Beth burst out laughing and Lily mutter 'well their goes our cover'.

''Bethany Harriet Richards, if you don't tell me what's funny right now your punishment is torture by tickling.'' Lizzie warned but this seemed to make Beth laugh harder. ''Right that's it. I did warn you.'' Lizzie said springing off the sofa and chasing after Beth who had managed to get up and run off to the opposite end of the common room. The chasing seemed to last forever but soon enough both girls got tired out and sat back down again calling it a draw. As Lizzie sat on the sofa again, Sirius put his arm around her shoulders which caused her to blush even harder than last time.

''Don't worry.'' James whispered to Lily. ''I've noticed as well.''

Xoxox

Christmas Day had arrived and most of the Gryffindors were up nice and early. After opening all their presents (which were too many to tell) they all went down to the Great Hall for a late breakfast. Snow had fallen outside over the last two weeks and this morning the grounds had been covered again which a healthy amount of snow. In the Great Hall the house tables were set out but they were less full than they usually were. There were only nineteen Gryffindors at their table and so food wasn't hard to come by. Over the last few days, Lily, Beth and James had noticed big changes in their two fellow Lions. Both Lizzie and Sirius were becoming a lot closer and seemed to sit next to each other at every meal and also were always seen in each other's company from when they both got up to when they both went to bed.

After breakfast the fifth years made one quick journey up to the common room to get all their warm winter clothes and then rushed down and outside. It was time for the Hogwarts national snowball fight. They split themselves up into teams, waiting to see if anyone else from other houses would join them. In the end there was a mix of Gryffindor's, Hufflepuff's and Ravenclaw's out in the grounds, ready for the cue.

Three

Two

One

Go!

Suddenly the clear air was filled with flying snow that sped off in an array of different directions. There were yells, shouts and screams as well as students running in every direction to get out of the way of the snowballs. The match lasted around forty-five minutes before people started to quit. In the end it was only Sirius, James, Remus, Lizzie, Beth, two Ravenclaw's and one Hufflepuff that were still in the game. It seemed to be one on one now and so everybody was shoving snow at everybody else. The last one standing was the winner.

Soon it was only the Gryffindor's left playing and as soon as Beth conceded defeat, Lizzie stopped in her tracks. It was three against one now seeing as she was the only girl left. ''Crap.'' She said to herself as all three boys started to advance on her. She had one snowball in her hand and had to fire it at one of the three. Seeing as James was in the middle and probably the closet to her she threw it at him and it hit him in the glasses causing them to fall off. Grinning she ducked as Remus and Sirius threw their snowballs at her. In quick succession, she made two more snowballs before throwing them at both her brother and Sirius. Both lumps of snow hit the boys in the face and after a rather dramatic fall from Sirius they agreed that she had won.

''Beat by a girl. How embarrassing.'' James concluded as they made their way back to the castle. He pushed Sirius into the snow on his way past but Sirius, who had known what he was about to do dragged James down with him. Both boys had a momentary fight in the snow whilst Lizzie and Remus rolled their eyes at each other. Getting back on their feet, the two Marauders tried their hardest to make the other two fall over but it seemed the twins were much more cleverer than both Prongs and Padfoot.

As soon as they got through the portrait hole after making a quick detour to the kitchens for some hot chocolate, the four Gryffindor's slumped down in front of the fire where Peter and Lily were having a rather dismal game of chess. This was because both players were absolutely rubbish at it. In the end it was James and Lizzie who took over and after that the game seemed to liven up. Although neither were excellent at it, they weren't terrible at it either so the balanced each other out. After about an hour, James won marginally with the help from Remus. Lizzie had gone to get a book and had returned to sit in the empty armchair that James usually vacated. He however was off to find Lily before dinner. All in all it had a rather fun day.

''What you reading?'' Remus asked his sister as he sat on the arm of the chair.

''A book.'' Lizzie said in a tone of voice that meant she did not want to be disturbed.

''Oh very funny. Anyway I forgot to ask. Did you get much from mum and dad?'' Remus saw his sister look up at him in a way that he knew read 'what is the point of asking'. He was about to open his mouth to say something when Lizzie cut across him.

''There's no point in saying it Remus. They don't treat us fairly, full stop. I'm used to it by now so you don't have to worry about it. All I care about is that they treat you fairly and not like you've got a disease that they could catch or that you'll transform right in front of them and bite their heads off.'' She said returning to her book.

There was silence for a moment before Remus sighed. He knew Lizzie was right, their parents didn't treat them equally; well their mum didn't anyway. She had always favoured him ever since he had got bitten, had always given him everything he had wanted even if it had been something a little too expensive. Lizzie had been shunted to the side more than was considered favouritism and Remus hated seeing their parents treat them differently. They were twins after all so why did they have different views on what was best for one and what was best for the other? Remus would never understand the ways of his parents and he probably never wanted too.

''I know Lele. I just wish they'd stop pushing you away. I don't like it when they do that. Makes me feel like they don't care about you. '' His sister didn't say anything and Remus concluded that that was exactly what she felt as well. There was nothing he could do however. They would never listen to him not if it was concerning Lizzie anyway. 'Oh well.' He thought. 'I'll have to look after her without them. I'm sure Sirius, James, Lily and Beth will help me in being the family she needs.'

''I'll see you at dinner Lele.'' He said giving her a one armed hug before walking off to find the other Marauders.