Chapter 23: Christmas Drama


It was now early November. Adelaine and Lee had just gotten out of Charms. Adelaine had Defense next.

"Let me walk you to Defense, love." Lee said.

Adelaine smiled.

Lee walked her to the Defense classroom and gave her another kiss.

"Ms. Romero, say goodbye to Mr. Jordan. If you please." Snape drawled.

Adelaine was surprised. What happened to Professor Lupin? The couple said goodbye. She didn't like Snape even more now.

It was now time for Lee's birthday. Adelaine padded up to her boyfriend's dorm.

The door creaked open and she walked in. The twins were dead to the world like always. She walked over to Lee's bed and softly kissed him.

"Mum, don't kiss me like that." He groaned.

Adelaine giggled and said, "It's not your mum, silly."

Lee's brown eyes opened and stared up sleepily at his girlfriend.

"Hey birthday boy." She smiled.

Lee smiled sleepily at her and moved over slightly. She crawled into bed next to her boyfriend. He pulled her to his chest and they fell back asleep. It was Monday so the couple didn't have much spooning time.

"I don't want to go." Lee mumbled into her hair, sleepily.

Adelaine said. "At least we have Charms, first."

"That's true."

Adelaine got out of bed first and smirked looking at her boyfriend's pajama pants from their short spooning session.

"What you smirking at, Lainey?"

Adelaine sat next to him on his bed and said. "I'm not as innocent as I look, Lee." she said gesturing towards the small circus forming in his pants.

He wasn't even ashamed as he got up and replied. "I'll meet you outside your common room in twenty."

"Alright." Adelaine said kissing him, briefly and leaving.

At the slight slam of the door George woke up.

"Morning mate." Lee greeted his ginger friend.

"Morning, happy birthday. I take it that Adelaine was just here." He smirked, knowingly.

Lee grinned and said, "Yeah, she was."

George nodded. Lee went to go take a shower. By the time he got out, Fred was awake.

"Well, I'm going to go meet Adelaine ." Lee said.

Fred and George nodded and Fred said, "I got to go meet Angie."

"You know it's sad when your own brother and best mate ditch you for their girlfriends."

Fred and Lee looked sympathetically at George before they went to go meet their respective girlfriends.

"Hey love." Lee greeted, Adelaine with another kiss.

She smiled and said, "Hey Lee."

He took her hand and they walked to the Great Hall. Adelaine sat at the Gryffindor table. They ate and talked.

After breakfast it was time for Charms. It was a good class. After that Adelaine had Defense.

Today, they were getting their papers back. Adelaine was nervously waiting for her result but she didn't receive it.

"Professor, is there a reason why I didn't get my paper back?" She asked worriedly.

He turned to her and said, "Yes, I wanted to talk to you about it with you."

"Was it that bad?"

Professor Lupin shook his head and said. "No, on the contrary actually. It was quite good. You're a great writer."

"Thanks professor, I've always been good at writing." She blushed at the compliment.

He handed her back the paper and said, "You know you very vaguely remind me of an old friend of mine."

"Thanks, I suppose." Adelaine said awkwardly.

She didn't know how to respond to that. Before Professor Lupin could respond Lee walked in.

"Buttering up the professor even more, love." He smirked at her.

Adelaine half-heartedly glared at her boyfriend and said, "Well, I'll see you next class Professor."

Lee took her hand and they left the classroom. Lupin watched them leave.

It was a few days later Adelaine was in the Gryffindor common room with the twins and Lee. The twins were looking at the map they've had since their first year. It was called the 'Marauder's Map.' She always had been curious about the map and why it showed the name 'Peter Petigrew' every now and then.

"Oh, bugger. I forgot that it's almost time for my rounds." Adelaine said, shooting up from the Gryffindor couch and rushing out of the common room.

Lee chuckled, ran his hand through his hair and said, "The curse of dating a prefect, she forgets to kiss you goodbye when she almost forgets about her rounds."

"I'm just glad she hasn't confiscated our precious map." Fred remarked, hovering over the map protectively.

"Adelaine would never confiscate the map she knows how much it means to you two." Lee said.

Fred and George nodded.

It was now about two weeks before Christmas, Adelaine was sitting at the Gryffindor table when an all too familiar owl flew over to her. Only Lee saw her reaction to the owl. She untied the letter from the owl and it flew away. Her hands were shaking as she opened the letter.

"I suddenly don't have an appetite." Adelaine said pushing away her plate, getting up and leaving the Great Hall much to the twins confusion but Lee knew she would only react that dramatically to one letter.

He quickly finished his food and followed his best mate and girlfriend. He found her sitting down on the front steps.

"Hey love." he said, gently.

Adelaine turned to her best friend and boyfriend. Lee walked over, sat down and wrapped his arm around her.

"My mum wants me to go with her for Christmas to visit my grandparents when I was planning on staying for Christmas." Adelaine sighed, burying her head into Lee's shoulder.

"Tell McGonagall, she'll help." Lee said.

Adelaine shook her head and said, "It's not that I don't doubt she can help, I know she can but my mum said McGonagall's hands are tied."

"How so?"

"She said that my grandpa was sick when I know he's not."

Lee kissed her temple and said. "With all do respect, I understand that they're your family and everything but why do you visit them when all they do is put you down."

"Do you actually think I'm dying to go, I'm just doing it out of respect."

Lee nodded and said. "What did they do to deserve your respect, nothing."

Although he's never witnessed the way they treated his beloved Lainey he still would give them a few choice words if he met them.

"Don't you think I know that, Paddy," She said.

Lee nodded letting the fact that she called him 'Paddy' slide. Secretly, he liked it when she used the nickname. She's the only one who can, actually.

"I'm getting a little cold, let's go inside."

Without a second thought, Lee handed his girlfriend his Gryffindor scarf.

"Thanks Lee," She said, wrapping it around her neck.

"It looks good on you, love." He smiled.

Adelaine took Lee's hand and they walked back inside. Lee walked Adelaine to her common room and kissed her goodnight.

It was now the day Adelaine was leaving with her mum to her grandparents house.

"It sucks that our first Christmas as a couple, we'll be apart." Lee said, holding Adelaine to his chest.

She sighed sadly against her best mate and boyfriend's chest.

"You can keep my scarf until you get back." He told her.

"Thanks Lee, take care of Diamond while I'm gone."

He kissed her temple and she left. His heart ached for her as she walked away.

Christmas wasn't the same without Adelaine. Lee was quiet most of the exchange of presents. Everyone knew Lee missed her terribly especially the twins. They've written a few letters but not many. She was practically cut off from her friends for 'family'.

"Look on the bright side Lee, she'll be back in a few days." Fred said his arm around Angelina.

Lee snapped. "That's easy for you to say, Fred. Your girlfriend is sitting next to you."

There was no response from Fred. George looked sympathetically at Lee.