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Remus had forced Padfoot, Wormtail and Prongs to go to the library with him so that they could finish all their pending homework on time. James thought that Moony simply wanted to torture the others but his mind instantly changed when he saw a flash of red disappear behind a bookshelf. Evans... James thought, smiling to himself.

Just then as if on cue the red-head came trudging into view. She sat next to Remus but didn't acknowledge anyone else. James looked at the others and found they were as surprised by her arrival. He couldn't help but grin. Just then she looked up and their eyes met but she quickly looked away. James realised that he was still grinning goofily.

After half an hour of awkward silence during which Wormtail kept darting his eyes towards Evans as if scared she might explode, She got up and left without a word. All of a sudden James didn't feel like wasting his time in the library anymore. He began to work out strategies for their upcoming Quidditch match against Hufflepuff. James liked the Hufflepuff team because they always played fair but that didn't mean that they were easy to defeat.

All the Marauders finished a chunk of their homework and went back to Gryffindor Tower.

"Password," asked The Fat Lady once they were there.

"Mistletoe," Remus said and the portrait swung forward to let them in. After staying cooped up inside the walls of the castle for so long, James was itching to go out and get some fresh air although it was very cold.

The four of them went down to the open courtyard and something extremely cold and wet hit James on the back of his head, making him shiver. He spun around to see Sirius doubled over with laughter. James bent down, picked up a massive lump of snow from the ground, patted it into a ball and flung it towards Sirius, who was standing straight but still smiling , hitting him square in the face.

It was James turn to laugh and he received a mouthful of snow in return. He aimed a snowball at Peter who was trying to make snowman and hit his target. Remus stood watching with amusement as his three immature friends throw ice at each other. He was shaking his head at their childish behaviour and then all together he was hit with three snowballs. He couldn't help but join in on their snowball war.

"Nice one Padfoot," James laughed as he watched Peter fall over with the force of Sirius' last snowball. It was then when he realised that his best friend hurled a rather large ball of ice at him. He ducked just in time and it hit something behind James knocking that person down.

"POTTER!" Lily bellowed looking furious. James cursed silently as he went over to help her up but she refused to take any help from him.

"What is wrong with you?" she asked, her head half covered with snow.

"Sorry. I didn't mean- Sirius threw- I duck-" he tried to say but she glared at him with such hatred that he fell silent. His heart sank.

She turned on her heel and stomped off leaving James staring after her. Suddenly it didn't feel like Christmas Eve anymore.