"Presents!"

Dell woke up to a yell in her ear and a sound of things clattering to the floor. She looked up disoriented to see James sitting on the floor in his pajamas, with his presents still wrapped around him. With a glance to the clock she saw it to be but six o'clock.

"I know you told me not to wake you up early any more, but I thought it might be different on Christmas," James said with a goofy grin as he eyed the presents around him, obviously not going to start opening them until she said it was OK to have woken her up.

"Yes, it's different when presents are involved," Dell said sitting up to see her pile at the end of the bed. James smiled, the past days forgotten. Ever since Dell had overheard the conversation between the siblings the relationship between Dell and James had been strained, and it hadn't helped when Fred came. He knew something was up, but James said nothing, and when Fred gave him a questioning look, he just shook his head. Dell had seen the surprised look on both Albus and Lily's face, but both had followed James lead and note mentioned anything to Rose or Hugo.

But, as it was Christmas, and they would later be heading over to James grandparents place where all the Weasley's would be, the tense days between the two were forgotten as though they hadn't happened, and it helped that James hadn't said a word about it to Fred. Plus, it would be enough with all the Weasley's gathered in one house. Oh, Victoire and Lucy would be in the same place once more – the insanity.

First though – presents. James and Dell presents as they began to open their presents. "Thanks for the magazine subscription Dell, I've never heard of it, but it looks awesome!" Lily said as she paced the room, eating chocolate and messing with something in her hand. "I thought you'd like it," Dell said with a smile. James looked at her with a questioning look midway pulling on his Weasley jumper (since it was a rule for them to wear them).

"A gossip magazine," Dell said in explanation. James nodded in understanding, before saying, "I didn't know there was one in the wizarding world." "Me neither, but I was reading a muggle one and I saw the smallest ad for a magazine – nobody would have noticed it but wizards, because it had a couple of wizarding words there, just to catch wizards eyes. Apparently they're partners – the one who runs the wizard one is muggle born, has a sibling that runs the muggle run. So, ya," Dell said with a slight shrug

Dell opened the present James had gotten her – more dung bombs and some chocolate. That's what it usually was – James usually either got her chocolate or Quidditch stuff, Fred something from the joke shop. Tyler was the only one who she could never be sure of – sometimes it was something like the other two, a couple of times it had actually been like he'd thought about it. When they went shopping for her they really didn't like thinking her as a girl, because that would be really hard to shop for. So chocolate, jokes, and Quidditch, just like another guy.

By the time they were finished with their presents it was seven thirty and they got up. Dell kicked out, pushing his presents out, and looked through her clothes to see what to wear. She pulled out a pair of pants, and decided she wanted to wear a sweater, but she didn't have many. Her favorite one wasn't actually hers – Dell pulled out the sweater Fred had given her, one of his old Weasley sweaters. She looked at it, imagining the scene that would happen if she wore it. Dell smiled slightly and shook her head at that image.

"Hey Dell, you should come down soon, we're just gust going to grab something quickly to eat then head straight off – what's that?" Dell twirled around hiding the sweater behind her back. "Nothing," She said quickly pushing it under the bed covers looking up at Ginny Potter. James mom looked her up and down, and Dell was afraid she had seen the sweater. But she just nodded her head and turned around. "You better hurry up and get dressed hun," Mrs. Potter said as she closed the door.

Dell sighed, leaning against her bed. She pulled the sweater out from underneath, and picked fuzz off of it. Yes, she could never wear it. She quickly put it back in the bag she had it in, and to the bottom of her trunk before picking out a dark red sweater top that she wasn't the fondest of but didn't mind, and hung to the side of her shoulders, before getting dressed and heading out.

***

"Remember the time when…." "Oh, and the time when…." "How 'bout when…" "Then he said…" "…and we were all…" "OMG, I've got a cramp I'm laughing so hard!" The Burrow was filled with noise and laughter. Cooking food could be smelt throughout the house making everybody hungry, and the happiness of family could be felt. And Dell felt out of place.

Dell slipped out of the house unnoticed by anybody or to her knowing. She walked across the yard, snuggling deep within the coat she had grabbed, wishing she had grabbed her hat. The snow was pure white except for her clear footsteps. She stared out not knowing why she had thought she could fit in that day. Sure, she fit in at the Potters, but that was so much less. The people at The Burrow, they all were there, and they had all grown up together. Sure, she'd known them at Hogwarts, but not like family.

"Feel like an outsider?" Even though the voice was whispered behind her back it still made Dell jump. She looked back to see the green and red striped hair and blue eyes of Teddy Lupin. It was in 'the spirit of Christmas' he said. Del had never understood how he and Victoire ended up together, he'd always been so lean back and easy going; fun. Victoire, on the other hand, had been always one too follow the rules, always been one to get the highest grades, everything had to be right. It was only ever Teddy who could get her to relax; he could even get her to break the rules. But then, Dell had been told that Teddy's dad had kind of been like Vic, and his mom like Teddy, so that might have had something to do with it.

"Kind of," Dell said with a shrug, starring at her feet at she rubbed her ears. "I mean, their all family, and me….." "I'm not family. Technically, you're more family than I am, since you're related to the Potters," Teddy said with a small smile. "Maybe, but you grew up with them, they've know each other forever, me, I haven't," Dell tried to show her point. Teddy put an arm around her and his hair turned to the blond of hers and his eyes changed just slightly to match the same blue. "They think I've spent every Christmas here, and I've almost had, except one. The only one who remembers besides the adults is Vic. I was 5, and by then I was used to not having my parents, I was used to having Grandma and all the Potters and Weasley's. I thought they were my family – I could them Uncle and Aunt, not just Harry and Ginny, but all, and I still call them that. But I thought they were my family. But when I was five, just before Christmas, I thought, what about my parents? So I asked, and learned they were dead, and then that the others weren't my family, just Grandma. I was upset, and hated them. I didn't go to Christmas."

"For weeks after they came over to see me but I wouldn't see them. One day, they brought Victoire. Though they'd often stuck me and her together to play, we never were really friends. She was already uptight and stuck to the rules, and I already got into trouble. I again wouldn't see them. Victoire went off wandering and found me hiding in the basement. She asked what I why I was hiding, and why I hadn't come to Christmas. I told her my parents were dead and they weren't my family. She asked so what? I looked at her as though she was insane and said she was too young, she wouldn't understand. She rolled her eyes and said that I'd been friends with many of them, hadn't I? I knew them enough, I had history with them. So what if I wasn't family – so what if I wasn't with them all the time. I was with them enough."

"That was the day we became friends. I went out and they were shocked to see Victoire come out leading me, and me come out looking ashamed apologizing for my behavior. They've never known what happened, but they know I and Vic have become friends, and I've never missed a Weasley Christmas since." Teddy finished his story looking at Dell. Dell looked down.

"So what you are saying is because I've been friends with many of you guys for a while that I should fit enough and it's just because that I think myself as an outsider that I've become an outsider," Dell said summing the 5 minute story up into one sentence. Teddy winked at her as a door closing was heard and footsteps were heard. Now why hadn't Teddy made that sound?

"There you are Dell." Dell turned around to see James and Fred standing side by side in the snow. "Hey, Dell said. "Here, I brought you your hat," Fred said holding out her hat. "Thanks," Dell could see her breath as she spoke. She took her hat from Fred with a small smile and pulled it on her head, her ears instantly warming up.

"Well, I'm going back in," Teddy said as he pulled his arm out from around Dell. He started walking back towards the house, turning his hair and eyes back to the way they had been before. "You know Aunt Fleur doesn't like that!" James yelled just making Teddy laugh. Both turned back around to face Dell and each received a snowball in the face.

"What the-" Whipping the snow off his face with James. Once able to see again both saw nothing but Dell's back as she ran away. "Oh, you're going to get it!" James yelled. Each made a snow ball before running after Dell. Then, a yell was heard.

"Hey everybody, Dell, James and Fred have started a snowball fight if anyone wants to join." The three paused and looked back to see Teddy standing in the doorway of The Burrow with a smile on his face. "Oh, you've got to be kidding me; you aren't going to join, are you?" Victoire asked, looking at Teddy. "Hell ya," He said with a smile making a snowball. Soon all the cousins were outside and a snowball were was on, basically everybody for themselves, sometimes people claiming partners, though jumping it every few minutes. It had to be the most fun snowball fight ever, with 14 people and all, two of them able to do magic (Dom and Lucy couldn't wait – they would soon be able to do magic).

Soon they were called in to get cleaned up for supper. Supper was a very messy affair – the parents ate at the kitchen, and the kids had a table set up in the living room. It would have been the other way around, but being more kids, who was messier really didn't matter; they needed more room for the kids.

Eventually supper was over and in packs, they dispersed. Dell had to admit, Tyler had been right, the Weasley Christmas was like a hazard zone – a time bomb waiting to happen. But, it had been better than what she would have gone too. Hmmm….Dell hadn't really talked to Roxanne there.

Dell fell asleep wondering what Roxanne could have been up to.