2018

                                    

                                          
A/N: Hey guys, so I'm sorry I haven't updated in a really long time but here is the next chapter :)
                          
2018
                          
28th DECEMBER 2017
                          
"So what's their house like?" Lucy asked Lily eagerly as her cousin continued to pack her bag. Lily and her family were leaving the Burrow to go and stay in Malfoy Manor for the next few days up to New Years Eve.
                          
"It's big" Lily said bluntly, desperate to shrug off her annoying cousin. She liked Lucy but sometimes she just went on and on about stuff.
                          
"How big" Lucy pushed and Lily rolled her eyes.
                          
"So big that it has a west and east wing" Lily said as she threw the last of her clothes into her bag and swung it over her shoulder, she could briefly make out the expression of awe on her cousin's face before she left the room she had been staying in and made her way downstairs to say goodbye to her grandparents.
                          
Her mum, dad, and brother's were already there when she arrived.
                          
"Hurry up Lily, we're supposed to be there for lunch and it's already half eleven"
                          
"Sorry, Lucy held me up" Lily groaned and her mother sighed before kissing her mother's cheek. 
 "Thanks for having us mum, I'll see you soon"
                          
"You too Ginny; bye Harry"
                          
"Bye Molly" Harry told his mother in law before walking out of the house so that he could load up the car with the luggage they were taking to Malfoy Manor.
                          
Each of the Potter's said goodbye to each of the Weasley's before getting into the car and driving off, now they only had a three hour drive to get to Malfoy Manor.
                          
***
                          
31st DECEMBER 2017 (1pm)
                          
"...can you hang that up there for me girls?"
                          
Lily nodded at Hermione before dragging one of the dining room chairs over so that Eva could start hanging up the paper chains that would soon be littering the ceiling. The Malfoy's and their guests had been making them for pretty much the whole of yesterday and now probably had enough to fill the Great Hall of Hogwarts.
                          
"I can't wait until the party tonight" Eva squealed as she fastened the chains to the corner of the ceiling.
                          
"I know" Lily said, still holding onto the chair that Eva was standing on so her blonde friend wouldn't topple over.
                          
"Did you know New Year's Eve was the first time my parents kissed?" Eva said as she stepped down off the chair before moving it to another corner so that they could put the other end of the chain up.
                          
"Really, that's so romantic"
                          
"Well, it was only on the cheek but still, it's pretty adorable"
                          
"My parent's first kissed when they were sixteen"
                          
Eva looked around at Lily in shock "Really, I mean, I heard your parents got together young but that means they've been together for over twenty years"
                          
"They'll be married twenty years in two years time" Lily said as Eva stepped back onto the chair "They were married for ages before they even thought about having James"
                          
"Oh, my parents had me before they were married; my mum became pregnant with Hyperion during their honeymoon. I had to live with my Aunt Pansy and Uncle Blaise for two weeks whilst they were away"
                          
The two girls were pulled from their conversation as Hermione called them both for lunch. They put up the last paper chain before disappearing into the kitchen.