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Meeting Santa Clause: Chapter Five
Part Three: Getting Away? 24-25 December, 1971 James watched through his cloak. It was awful! Lily was looking around, scared. Was she looking for him or was she looking to see where Filch was? Had she even had the misfortune of meeting him before? All that James knew was that he couldn't let Filch see him otherwise he would probably be expelled. He tried to step closer to Lily but heard an unbelievably unpleasant screech from Mrs. Norris.
"Oh hell," he muttered quietly. He looked up in terror, hoping nobody had heard him, but it didn't appear as though they had. He was watching Lily pant in fear.
"Well who do we have here?" James heard. It was his most disliked voice on EARTH!
"I..." Lily stuttered, but couldn't get the words out. Her mouth was open and moving as if she were talking, but no words were coming out.
Oh no, thought James.
"Student out of bed!" Filch said, "Well well, it does look like Christmas my love," he drawled.
YUCK! James thought. Was he saying that about Lily or the Cat? Either way it was gross.
"Come with me, you, Oh yes we are in trouble," he said.
James couldn't keep looking at Lily's face. It was falling in horror and he was sure she was about to start crying. Wasn't that what all girls did?
Filch grabbed her around the wrist and pulled her off in the direction he knew so well as his office. James stood there staring after her for a while. He heard Filch asking who else was with her, but she kept saying "Nobody, nobody, I was alone," and James felt even worse. But.... if he DID jump out and tell Filch it was him, then Lily would get in trouble. He turned around and ran back up to the common room. When he entered the boys dormitories he woke Sirius up.
"Oi Potter, bugger off I'm getting my beauty sleep," Sirius said, whacking James on the shoulder.
"FILCH HAS LILY!" he yelled, loud enough to wake up the rest of the boys.
"WHAT? James how could you let him take her?" Remus said, getting out of bed. He put his slippers and gown on and paced. What to do?
Peter kept sleeping, the big sloth.
"What were you doing?" Frank asked, getting up to give James a mock punch.
"We were planning on going for a walk in the grounds! I was going to tell her what I thought of her but she didn't realise how many rules we were breaking. She just ran out of the common room without getting under the cloak. I think she thought she was being a rebel or something but Mrs. Norris was there, and then Lily started patting her," he said.
"SHE WHAT? Why didn't she kick it?" Sirius interrupted.
"And then Filch came and I didn't have time to sneak her under the cloak and run back up. I had to stand there and watch her lie to save me and... Oh, James heard the portrait door open and close. "Must be her," he said, and threw the invisibility cloak on his bed. He almost flew down the stairs.
Lily had been crying, that much was obvious. She was also holding a red piece of paper in her hand.
"Oh Lily I'm so sorry," James said, giving her a hug.
"Bugger off Potter, you didn't even try and save me!" Lily said, still sobbing.
"Lily if he had known I was there after you told him you were alone... well do you know how much trouble you would get? He knows he can give liars more punishment! I didn't want that to happen to you," he explained. He was being honest too.
"Potter I just don't think we can be friends. I need to be good, and you make me into a bad person."
"Oh come on Evans, I don't mean to. I did want us to have a fun day but... well you ran off!"
"I ran off because I wanted you to catch me, not because I wanted to be CAUGHT by Filch," she yelled.
"I'm sorry Lily, I just didn't have time to catch up with you, and... if I did take it off and show Filch I was there he would expel me. He told me if I got any more detentions I would get expelled!
"I don't care Potter, do whatever you like but DON'T involve me in it," she said, turned around and walked up to her bed.
"Sorry mate," Sirius said when he came back up to the boys dormitories and got into bed.
"Thanks.. it will all blow over he said," doubting it as soon as it exited his mouth.
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