Rachel walked down towards the Great Hall, intending on grabbing some food before retiring to the common room and plunging into her HUGE pile of homework. Just the thought of the pile made her head spin so she figured some food would do her good.

Plus she needed to see a few people - namely her best friend and her boyfriend. She STILL hadn't found time to give them both their Christmas presents OR tell them about Christmas itself (which would take HOURS) and the sixth year felt slightly guilty about it.

"REID!" Rachel yelled, suddenly noticing him standing on her right. Grinning like mad, she changed course and ran towards him, feeling his present (that was in her shirt pocket) bump against her chest. Breathless, she skidded to a stop millimeters from his figure and threw her arms around her boyfriend. "Heya!" she greeted him, letting go rather quickly as she was excited to FINALLY give him what she had gotten for him.

Hope he likes it...