I Will Always Love You

Chapter 13 - Christmas decorations

1st Dec

Rosetta's POV:

"Morning love" I move James' hair out of his face as he opens his eyes whispering huskily in his morning voice
"Good morning gorgeous" still to this day his morning voice sends shivers down my spine
"It's the first of December" I whisper and he quickly sits up "woah, excited?" I chuckle, when it comes to Christmas he is still pretty much a child.
"Come on get up" he demands as he swings his legs off the bed about to stand up
"Five more minutes" I moan as I close my eyes but a second later I start shivering and I notice James had whipped the cover off of me "James" I complain
"Christmas decorations won't put up themselves" he states
"They will if I utter a spell, which I could do from here" i contradict
"Nu uh, you know I love putting up the decs, me and you; without magic" he pouts
"Fine" i huff as I sit up "but I'm taking a shower first"
"Or are we taking a shower?" I shake my head
"Nope I am, your going to make breakfast" i stick my tongue out at him childishly
"Alright" he chuckles throwing his hands up in surrender before turning on his heels and heading for his wardrobe.

Once I've showered I grab an emerald knee length dress out of my wardrobe and put it on, after brushing my hair and having a quick look in the mirror I head downstairs to see my husband has already gathered all the decorations from the basement.

"Breakfast" I remind him and he quickly scoots to the kitchen with me following closely behind
"How about pancakes with strawberries?" He asks
"Yum!" I sit at the counter and watch him as he cheerfully hums whilst mixing the batter.
"Could you grab me a pan my love?" I quickly get up and get a frying pan which I place on the stove "thank you Rose Petal" I slap his head as I go to sit back down "ow calm down"
"You know I hate it when you call me that" I glare at him as he simply chuckles to himself.
He flips the pancakes and eventually we have two each, I cover both of mine with the strawberries and syrup "This is amazing" I kiss him lightly.

We finish up and head into the living room to start on the decorating.
"Where should we start?" I wonder aloud as I look at all the decorations but I turn around hearing a noise and I see my husbands one step ahead already. He's putting up the tree, I roll my eyes before I help him stand it up. Once it's standing he grabs the bag of baubles and I roll my eyes at his eagerness. I take a step back just watching him having so much fun putting the baubles on.

He turns around once he's done and grabs the star for on top of the tree and hands it to me.
"Haha, I can't reach that" I snort but the minute the sentence falls from my lips I regret it as I see a smirk form on James' face and in a flash he's behind me picking me up "put me down!"
"Not until that stars up" I try fighting out of his grip but it's no use his muscles from quidditch coming in handy, I huff in defeat and place the star on top, I cross my arms over my chest. "Oh come on flower" I shake my head unimpressed and send another slap to his head "ow, come on it's not that bad" he chuckles
"Yes it is, it's embarrassing" he rolls his eyes mockingly
"My love embarrasses you?"
"No the nicknames do" I raise an eye brow
"Aww" he taps my nose, "your adorable"
"Shut up" I shake my head chuckling.

He grabs some tinsel and starts hanging it up everywhere, over almost every picture that's hung up and on every mantle piece as I place a few stuffed Christmas toys and statues near the tree.

"Looks great" James beams
"Sure does" I mock him lightly but he doesn't take notice. I check the time and realise I have to start thinking about going as I'm going out with the boys; Reg and Rem of course.

"Go get ready, the decs are up now so you can do something else"
"Wasn't aware I needed your permission" I laugh
"Hey it's the first of December the decs come first" I roll my eyes
"I won't be long, a couple of hours; maybe more" i tell him
"Take your time, I know how much you've been looking forward to spending time with just the two of them" I quickly hug him and give him a quick kiss before heading out "I love you!" He calls after me
"I love you too" and I'm gone

I head into the muggle bar, since deatheaters are breaking down buildings at the minute we thought it safer to come to a muggle one.

"Hi" I quickly make my way over to them making sure not to fall, I hug Rem and then Reg "it's been a while since just the three of us hung out"
"That's because we're usually always with our other halves" Reg points out "but tonight it's just us"
"I cannot believe how long it's been" Rem looks into space "feels like a lifetime ago since we were playing twenty questions or board games in my dorm"

Flashback

"Twenty questions is exactly as it sounds Reg, one of us asks someone a question and you have to answer honestly" I explain

"Alright, who's going first?" Reg asks nodding
"I will" I raise my hand which Reg forcibly pushes down
"Your not in class" he laughs
"Okay, okay, Remus what's your best subject?" I ask
"Not really a juicy secret that is it?" Reg wonders aloud
"Doesn't have to be"
"Probably Defence against the dark arts"
"Really?" I ask "can you help me with my homework?" I ask him
"Sure" he nods amused "okay Reg what's your favourite colour?"
"Really? Boring!" He calls "but it's Green"
"Typical Slytherin!" I cough
"Yeah, yeah" he waves the comment off "Rose who was your first crush?"
"You jerk!" I chuckle, I can imagine how red my face is "fine it was this boy called Mathew, a muggle I went to school with in the muggle world, he used to stick up for me when I was being bullied"
"Aww" Reg and Rem chorus
"Shut up" I huff "fine if that's how we're playing Rem what's your ideal first date?" Said boy, who had been laughing and mocking me two seconds earlier, goes bright red himself
"Candlelit dinner maybe, or, or like a picnic maybe"
"Awww" me and Reg chorus
"Reg what's your perfect type?" Reg doesn't even blink
"Dark hair, enticing eyes, feisty personality, witty. I like a girl who can take control" he winks not phased
"So Kayla?" I question, now that trips him up
"I....er.......you...shut up"
"Awwww" I pull my bottom lip out pretending to feel bad for him as I grin on the inside.

Back to present

"Yeah feels like forever ago" I comment
"Imagine if someone told us back then where we'd be now" Remus laughs
"Huh?" I tilt my head
"I mean your married to Kayla" he points at Reg and he shrugs "I'm married to Sirius" he points to himself "and you, who said you hated Potter so many times, are now married to him"
The three of us burst out laughing
"It's funny how life turns out"