Adeline woke up a little before lunch time. She went and took a shower and then put on the Christmas sweater she knitted herself and a pair of pajama pants.
Adeline loved Christmas when she was younger. Her parents always went all out with decorating and getting her gifts. But now they didn't want her coming home over break. And they refused to send mail by owl. But Adeline wouldn't let that get her down. She celebrated Christmas by herself and made sure it was just as merry as her childhood.
She has knitted a sweater for Dorcas every Christmas since the second year when she taught herself how the summer before, and then started to for Marlene, and now Lily and Mary too. For her teachers she would knit scarfs, and for Winky she'd bake cookies with her (Winky is a big quality time girl).
Adeline's parents paid for her school supplies when she was younger but now she had to work summers to afford it. They also never gave her extra cash because they don't want her to "bring any more of the Devil home." So she has always had to rely on homemade gifts.
Adeline decided she would open her gifts from her friends after lunch, she already missed breakfast after all.
Adeline arrived to the Great Hall and sat alone at the end of Hufflepuff table. The only other Hufflepuffs that stayed were fourth years or lower, and she didn't talk much to the Hufflepuffs in her year let alone those younger. She looked around and saw Xenophilius sitting with Pandora and Regulus at the Slytherin table. Dorcas must've been right about them.
"Hi, Adeline right?"
Adeline looked up to see Emmeline Vance. "Oh uh yes"
"Hi, I'm Emmeline, we wanted to know if you wanted to sit with us" Emmeline gestured to the Prewetts. "We know you usually sit with Lily and them at our table."
Normally Adeline would've declined an offer like this, but it's Christmas after all, "Sure, that would be nice."
Adeline got up and made her way over to the Gryffindor table and sat next to Emmeline.
"Adeline, this is Gideon and Fabian." Emmeline pointed them out as she spoke.
"Hi" the boys said at once.
"Did you knit that?" Gideon asked.
"Oh, yes I did."
Fabian pointed at his own sweater, "Our sister, Molly, always knits a sweater for us."
Adeline looked to see a giant F and G on each of their sweaters, "I knit sweaters for my friends as well"
"You'd like Molly then, she is a knitting fiend." Gideon responded.
"Oh yeah, she wants to have ten kids and knit sweaters for them all, and then for her grandkids as well." Fabian added.
"That sounds like a lot of work," Adeline laughed.
The three Gryffindors and the Hufflepuff spoke for the entirety of lunch, only stopping once they realized everyone else had already left.
"I should get going," Adeline said. "I have some cookies to go bake."
"It was nice meeting you Adeline," Emmeline said, "Merry Christmas."
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a sheep in wolf's clothing// remus
Fanfiction"remus, i think you are self righteous and full of yourself, but i would never call you a monster" in which Adeline Wilson has hated Remus Lupin since the third year, but with a war on the horizon and prejudice all around her, she'll learn that he m...
