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Lily tried to brush off the snow from her hair as she was walking up to Gryffindor Tower. When she had finished her work in the library she had gone to meet Hagrid because she had promised to have tea with him. On her way back from Hagrid's hut Potter had thrown a snowball at her head and had knocked her down.
Stupid Potter, she thought. That self centred, immature, annoying bully. She muttered the password to the Fat Lady and climbed through the portrait hole. Her rotten mood completely changed when she saw the beautifully decorated Christmas Tree.
She settled herself in front of the fire, beside Alice and Marlene who were playing a game of exploding snap.
"Where's Mary?" Lily asked.
"Sleeping," Marlene replied, without looking up.
"Right now? But it's too early! And she hasn't even had dinner yet." Lily exclaimed.
"According to her the earlier she sleeps, the faster tomorrow will come," Marlene smiled. Lily loved her friends and their odd habits. They were amazing people and she couldn't imagine her life, let alone Hogwarts, without them.
Lily stood up and motioned the other two to follow her.
"What are we doing?" Alice asked, a little confused.
"Waking up Mary of course," Lily replied as if that was very obvious. The three girls climbed up the staircase and entered their dormitory without a sound. Plan two, Marlene mouthed to them. Alice and Lily nodded, evil grins spreading across each of their faces. Alice took her position next to Mary's bed, Lily took out a spoon and pan from under her bed. They had stolen it from the kitchen in their second year because it was then when they had formed Plan Two.
Alice counted down from three using her fingers, and as the last finger went down all three of them simultaneously began their part. Alice hopped onto Mary's bed and began jumping on it, Marlene began yelling out her lungs and Lily was banging the spoon against the pan as hard as she could. Immediately Mary sat up looking very shaken and confused. Alice, Marlene and Lily couldn't stop laughing at the frightened expression on their friends face.
At seven that evening they went down to the Great Hall for dinner, with a very furious Mary. It was emptier than usual since quite a few students had gone home for the break, and as every year it was decorated with twelve large Christmas Trees. The hall, like the rest of the school, was also decorated with mistletoe and wreaths.
Lily began helping herself to the exceptionally brilliant Christmas feast but her glorious time was cut short when her group was joined by the Marauders along with Frank, though Lily didn't mind the latter.
To Lily's utter dismay, big-headed Potter took the seat beside her. To avoid any contact with him, Lily looked anywhere but at him and that was when she noticed the dirty looks almost every girl in the hall was giving her. She quickly looked back at her plate, not liking the unwanted attention.
Lily felt the prat watching her and she just had to find out what his problem was. She looked at him and instantly regretted it because his face broke into a grin.
"I'm sorry about earlier, Evans," he said. "Sirius threw the snowball and I moved out of the way. I didn't know you were behind me." Lily risked another look at him and she saw that he looked genuinely apologetic.
"It's alright, Potter," she replied stiffly. His grin grew wider.