Hey everyone! I'm soooooooo sorry that I didn't pot yesterday! But some stuff came up, and I didn't have time. I'm sorry, but here is the next chapter.


Chapter 12: Christmas Eve

A week before Christmas, everyone moved into the Potter mansion. Vi arrived first, with Hallie. Hallie and Harry enjoyed watching the grown-ups make a fool of themselves, trying to move the luggage.

Sirius came in, trying to carry a couch by himself. Harry saw Sirius and yelled,"PADDY!"

Sirius was so shocked that he dropped the couch on his foot, and started cursing.

The girls covered their children's ears while screaming, "Sirius! Watch your language!"

When Sirius calmed down, he asked, "Was that Harry's first word?"

"Wow Sirius, a bit full of yourself aren’t you?" Lily replied. "He has been saying shorter words for quite some time now." She turned to Violet and asked, "But isn't it a little early for him to be speaking? I mean he's only 6 months old."

"No, that's perfectly normal; wizarding children tend to start speaking at about that age," she replied.

James came into the room and said, "Padfoot! Guess what Harry's first word was?"

"Ummmm......... Daddy?"

"No," Lily replied, rolling her eyes.

"It was 'quidditch'!" James said with delight.

Sirius sighed, and looked at Lily with sympathy. "I should have known!"

"But it sounded more like 'kitt-idtch'," Lily replied.

Lily suddenly stood up, and rushed to the bathroom; the sound of her throwing up could be heard through out the house. When she came out she looked at James with the deepest loathing.

"What's the matter darling?" James inquired.

"I have morning sickness! And it's your fault!" Lily replied snappily.

"I'm sorry Lil," James said quietly.

"No, I'm sorry," Lily replied. "I shouldn't have snapped at you; it's not your fault. Uh, I hate mood swings," she mumbled.

"Well, Lily, think of it this way," Sirius said. "You have Hannah's whole life to get back at her."

"Sirius!" Lily exclaimed, "That's not nice! It's not her fault either!"

Vi said in a soothing voice, "Are you ok?"

"Yes," Lily said softly, "But, this baby is most definitely a girl!"

"How can you tell?" Sirius asked.

"Because this pregnancy is so different than my other. I'm sick more, the throwing up is more severe, and I'm having more mood swings than I did with Harry. It's just like when Vi had Hallie."

Lily groaned, and turned to James. "This is definitely going to be our last child. I can't go through this ever again."

Desperate for a change of subject, James looked around. He spotted the couch he asked, "Sirius why would you bring your couch? All of our rooms are completely furnished!"

"James! Don't you remember this couch?" Sirius asked.

"Oh my god! This isn't.............is it?" James replied.

"Yes!" Sirius said with a smirk.

"What?" Lily asked.

James returned Sirius's smirk. "We have had lots of memories on this couch."

"Yep!" Sirius said, "My first kiss"

"My first french kiss," James chimed in, "And if I remember correctly, wasn't Hallie created on this couch?"

"Yep!" Sirius said. Lily giggled, and Violet scowled at Sirius.

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Camey and Remus came in a little while later.

Harry yelled, "Lu-Lu!"

Lily picked him up, but Harry yelled, "NO MUMMY! LU- LU!"

"James, who is he calling?" Lily asked, as she handed Harry over to her husband.

"Say it again, Harry," James said.

"LU-LU!" Harry yelled.

Sirius and James smirked. "He is trying to say Lupin!" Everyone snickered.

Remus scowled at James, “Did you teach him that?”

“No, but I wish I had,” James replied, laughing.

Remus sighed and took Harry. "Now Harry, I'm not Lu-Lu. Can you say Moony?"

Harry yelled, "NO! Lu-Lu!"

Again, everyone laughed. Lupin sighed, and said to Sirius, "Well, he calls you 'Paddy'!"

"But, that's not as bad as Lu-Lu!" Sirius managed to get out through his chuckling.

All of a sudden Hallie started screaming random syllables. This worried everyone until.............. she said, "LLLLLLL...................... UUUUUU.......... LU! Lu-Lu!"

Lupin tried to teach them how to say Moony. But after two hours of failed attempts, they called it a night and went to bed.

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On Christmas Eve Day, Lily and Remus were in the kitchen. They were the only ones who could cook, so they were left to prepare the Christmas feast.

James and Sirius bundled up Harry and Hallie, and took them out to chop a tree. They let the children pick the tree, and of course they picked the biggest and the fullest.

Vi stood out in the cold, watching them and taking pictures of the boys and their children. And Camey was inside making two photo albums. One was of the Marauders and Flowers at school, and the other was of Harry and Hallie; and Hannah would be added when she was born.

Everything was prepared for the feast tomorrow, so Remus and Lily decided to help everyone else put decorations on the tree. They looked back, it was a spectacular tree! But there was one thing missing.

Lily rushed up to the attic and took out a box that had been her mothers. She lightly picked up the angel that Mr. Evans had given to Mrs. Evans, just after Lily was born. The angle greatly resembled Lily.

Lily wept at the memory of her parents; they had been killed by Voldemort, simply because they were her parents. She also began to think of her baby sister, Petunia. She hadn't seen or heard from Petunia in two years; Petunia hated her. This made Lily cry as well.

James found Lily and scooped her up into a hug. She whispered, "James, I'm so scared!"

Lily looked at his face, and it too showed fear. "Lily," he said, "I will always protect you."

He dried her tears and brought her back down stairs. Seeing Lily’s expression, they all scooped her into a big group hug; and Lily thought about how lucky she was to have all of these friends, who truly cared about her.

She handed Harry the angel. James lifted him up, and he put it on the upper most branch. When Harry came back down he pointed to the angel and said, "Mummy!"

James held his son and said, "Yes, your mother is an angel."

None of them knew how, but every one of them knew that they wouldn't be around much longer; so they decided to make the most of this Christmas, because they knew it would be the last that they all spent together.