The week flew by quickly and the weekend came. Lily and James were going out to the three broomsticks. So were Sirius and Lauren. Remus and Rebecca were going to Madam Puddifoot's.
"Lily," James asked on the way to Hogsmeade. "Do you want to come stay at my flat over Christmas break? I know it's not much…"
"I'd love to, James." Lily said, kissing him.
"One flaw." James said, gesturing to Sirius. Lily laughed.
"It's alright, James. Sirius isn't too bad. I'm actually getting attached to him."
"Should I be jealous?" James asked playfully.
"Very." She said.
James laughed and bent over to tie his shoes.
Perfect. Lily thought, grabbing a handful of snow and shoving it down the back of his sweater.
"COLD!" He screamed.
Lily rolled in the snow, laughing. James made a snowball and threw it at her. She made a snowball and chucked it back at him.
"SNOWBALL FIGHT!" Sirius and Lauren screamed, joining in the fight. After the fight was over, they made a giant snowman.
Lily used a special enchantment on the snowman and it came to life, chasing James around. James grew tired and slowed down. The snowman grabbed him and fell apart, covering him in powdery whiteness.
He chased Lily the rest of the way to Hogsmeade.
When they arrived at the three broomsticks, they sat down at a table closest to the fireplace.
"Madam Rosmerta!" James called, teeth chattering. "Can we get four butterbeers?"
"Anything for you, dear." Rosmerta replied, flicking her wand.
They finished up their butterbeers and Lily said,
"Excuse me a minute, I have to use the restroom." Lauren followed her to the bathroom.
"So?" Lauren asked queasily.
"I'm staying with him over Christmas." Lily said.
"Sirius asked me to, but I said no because my aunt Roberta invited me in October." Lauren explained.
"Oh. I guess I'm going to be cleaning up after Hogwarts' biggest slobs on my own, then." Lily said.
"I'm coming for Boxing Day, don't worry." Lauren said.
Lily nodded and they returned to the table.
"So, Lauren." Sirius said. "Are we going to the shrieking shack?"
"Yeah. I'll see you later, Lily." Lauren said, leaving with Sirius.
"Lily? Do you want to go to Zonko's?" James asked.
"Yeah. I have to get presents for a few more people." Lily said.
"Me too. Sirius doesn't know what he wants. He has almost everything, anyways." James said, laughing.
"He already has a million things to prank people with, though. He must be the hardest to shop for." Lily said.
"Not really. I'm going to buy him some muggle things this year. The thing he wants is one of those T.B's. I'm going to get him one." James said.
"You mean a T.V." Lily said. "A television?"
"Yes, a television. He likes the idea of watching broadcastings from other places. The only thing similar to that is floo powder."
"Yeah, at my house we have three televisions." Lily explained. "And I have one in my room. Petunia used to, but she sold it to buy her boyfriend, Vernon, a new bedspread. How lame is that?" Lily said. James looked offended.
"I see… you fancy your television more than me…" He said.
"Exactly! You're so smart." She said jokingly.
He kissed her.
"What was that for?" She asked.
"Mistletoe." He said, pointing to the mistletoe hanging above their heads.
"Oh. Wow! James, look at this!" She said, showing him a self heating tea set. "It's so nice."
"Yeah it is." James said, looking at it and taking mental note of what Lily wanted.
"What do you want for Christmas?" Lily asked.
"I don't know." James said. He laughed. "A gallon of firewhiskey."
"Alright. A gallon of firewhiskey, then." Lily said.
"No offense, but Lily, where are you going to get it?" He asked curiously.
"I don't know. But I guarantee I can get it if that's what you want." She said.
He smiled at her.
"You're so spontaneous." He said, laughing heartily.
"Like this?" She asked, kissing him softly.
"Like that." He replied, laughing harder.
"James!" Remus called, sporting Rebecca under his arm.
"Hey there, Moony, Rebecca." James said.
"Hi. Guess what? Sirius and Lauren were just inside of the shrieking shack!" Rebecca cried.
"It's not that surprising." James said, a glint of mischief in his eyes.
"That's what I said." Remus said.
"So, how is Madam Puddifoot doing?" Lily asked.
Remus and Rebecca looked at each other and blushed.
"Is business HOT?" James asked, laughing.
"Shut up, Prongs." Remus muttered.
"Okay… enough, enough." Lily said. "Remus and Rebecca are tired. They had a busy day snogging and I'm sure they didn't want to do that at all." Lily said.
"Just like I don't want to do this," James said, pulling Lily down into the snow with him, kissing her.
"Just like I didn't want that either." She said sarcastically.
The rest of the school days went by in a snap. It was Christmas Eve, and Lily, James and Sirius were seated in front of the fire drinking butterbeer. They had just come inside from a huge snowball fight and Lily was curled up in James' arms on the couch while Sirius was seated in his favorite armchair.
"It's a quarter to midnight." Sirius said, half drunk on butterbeer.
"I think we can see that, Sirius." Lily said, giggling slightly.
"I love it when you do that." James said.
"Do what?" She asked.
"Giggle. It's so- cute. I just want to kiss you." He said, smiling.
"Then do it already." She said.
He embraced her in a large kiss and they broke apart when Sirius shouted,
"Merry Christmas, one and all!"
"Merry Christmas!" Lily shouted.
"Merry Christmas." James chorused in.
"Let's hit the hay, tomorrow is a big day." James said.
"You mean today." Lily corrected.
"Whatever." James said, dozing off.
Sirius went upstairs into his room while Lily cozied up next to James and fell asleep.
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