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You don't have to think about when, why, and how love comes, it will definitely come in a time and way you didn't expect.Just as Harry had never expected to receive a letter from Snape that night.

James finished talking with Harry, and the two brothers lay side by side on the bed.The two of them who had been busy all day soon fell asleep, especially Harry, who slept very deeply.

James was woken up by the owl.

A large dark gray owl stood outside the window, pecking at the glass, hoping to wake one of them.

That dark gray rogue owl is just like its owner.It has an unflattering color, but it is obviously a female bird, but it looks serious and serious. A pair of big black round eyeballs stares at you coldly and silently, as if it will make a weird laugh at any time①.

The broken bird belonged to Snape, and of course James recognized it.He rubbed his eyes, opened the window and reached out and grabbed Gave. Gave let out a scream, but Harry just turned sideways and didn't wake up.With a grinning grin, James tore off the letter tied to Miss Owl's foot, threw it out of the window, and closed the window tightly.

James sat at the end of the bed and opened the letter furtively.

It was a scrawled letter that seemed urgent.James lit his wand and read the contents of the letter carefully.

The letterhead read: Potter,—James curled his lips very dissatisfied with this title.

Tomorrow I'll go to Diagon Alley to do some shopping, and I'll pay you back for your suitcase and clothes.

If it is convenient, you can choose with me.

PS: I think I owe you a kind word. ——James shivered violently and rubbed the goosebumps on his arms, his face was wrinkled and his facial features were squeezed together.

Signed: SS

James frowned, and he got off the bed lightly and walked out of his bedroom.He went into Harry's room next door and found the quill and letter paper from his desk.

James sat in a chair, thinking about how to reply to the letter.

On a whim, he cast a spell at the quill, which immediately stood up, stained with ink, and wrote in Harry's handwriting: Snotty, - James covered his mouth and started snickering, as a quill test When Tu wrote his snicker, James gave it a hard wand.

You don't owe me anything, the whole world owes you, and your cold and mean face.I won't accept your apology unless you pay me a dragonhide chest.

PS: I'm very busy tomorrow, so I can't answer your call.

Signed: HP

James picked up the letter and dried the ink, looked at it close to his eyes, and snickered as if he had stolen a chicken.He freed the fat girl Hedwig, tied the letter to its foot, opened the window and let it out.

James stretched his muscles, and walked back to his bedroom contentedly, lay down on the bed again, and covered himself and Harry with the quilt.

Harry was soundly asleep. He rolled over and hugged James who was lying next to him. At this time, Hedwig was bringing the letter to Snape.

About an hour later, Snape, who was in a state of trepidation, finally got a reply.The little chubby girl, Hedwig, continued her flattering life, as if she knew that this gloomy little bat had a lot to do with its master, standing on Snape's shoulder and twisting vigorously.Gave stood on the window sill, looking at Hedwig coldly, with endless contempt in his eyes.

Snape didn't have time to talk to an owl at all, he opened the letter quickly, and when he read the first sentence, his heart sank suddenly.But fortunately, Harry didn't say anything unfeeling, he just didn't calm down.

But... the dragon skin box.To others, a dragonhide chest may not be a big deal, but to Snape, even the price of a small dragonhide chest can bring him close to bankruptcy, which is his food expenses for two full months .

Snape folded the letter, put it in the desk drawer, and lay back on the bed with a droopy face.

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The weather on Christmas Day was unbelievably fine, clear and cloudless, and the warm winter sun rose into the vast expanses of the sky, illuminating this beautiful world covered in silver—

Harry stared at James, who kept praising the weather with wide eyes and mouth open. The seemingly endless adjectives popped out of James' mouth one by one, which made Harry lose his appetite.

Doria planned to go out with the whole family for Christmas and make a big purchase. The Potters hadn't been out for a long time.Just to be on the safe side, Doria got Polyjuice Potion, as well as Remus and Sirius' hair.

Remus spent Christmas with his family at home, and Sirius, Doria sent Sirius back to his small bedroom in Potter Manor early and warned him not to go out.

The fearless Sirius fears only one person, Mrs. Doria Black Potter.This lady will take revenge if she has a grudge. She is as hot as fire one second and as cold as ice the next. She has never been polite to you if she turns her back on you.Mrs. Potter waved her hand and left. The puppy Sirius stood in front of the door aggrieved, not daring to take a step out.

Harry was forced to go shopping by James, otherwise he would have found various excuses to stay at home, and then sneaked to find Snape.As Mrs. Potter's eldest son, James is definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp.

"Do you want to spend the Christmas holiday with Snape? Do you want to spend the Christmas holiday with Snape without being suspected by Doria? Do you want to spend the Christmas holiday with Snape without being suspected or even questioned by Doria?" James looked at Harry with his incomparably sinister face, "Then come with me, as long as you stay with us for a day today, I will help you cover." He bared his teeth and showed a ferocious smile .

Doria chose Diagon Alley as the place to go shopping. Both she and Charles drank the compound potion, and Charles chose the identity of Remus. After all, Charles didn't talk much, and he didn't want to meet him. Acquaintances are seen through.And Doria naturally transformed into Sirius, her nephew.

"It feels good to have legs." Chales walked in the crowded Diagon Alley, whispering to Doria beside him.

Doria, who had transformed into Sirius, looked back at her husband, stretched out her hand to hold his hand, and she laughed, "It doesn't matter if you don't, you can always lean on me. Although you are absolutely Not a beautiful and virtuous wife, but I don't mind being your husband."

Charles laughed, and he pulled his wife hard, pulling her in front of him, and kissing her.

James and Harry walked behind them, and their expressions were all so...subtle without exception.

But they forgot one thing -

"Oh Merlin! Sirius and Remus... you, you... oh-!"

Even though Doria and Charlus left each other immediately, the scene left a deep impression on Alec Vanney who met by chance.

The brothers immediately walked up to Alec, put their arms around their shoulders, chatted and took him away.James thought that his way of changing the subject was extremely clever, but it was not very clever that Alec Vanney only had two hobbies, one was saving money, and the other was spreading rumors.What's even more unfortunate is that he is currently an intern at the Ministry of Magic's Floo Network System Maintenance Department.According to statistics in 1978, the Floo Network Maintenance Department is the busiest and busiest department in the entire Ministry of Magic with the largest number of passengers. Complaints and riots.

Another disaster is about to strike.But nothing is more important than Christmas right now.Harry said goodbye to Alec and turned to meet his parents.

But fate is so wonderful, and life is so wonderful, before James can be rampant for a while, Merlin has already calculated how unlucky he will be.

Severus Snape walked towards him with a not-so-big box in his arms.He had to hold the suitcase in his arms, otherwise the crowded flow of people would probably separate him from the suitcase.

James gave Harry a hard push, pushing him next to Santa Claus, who was handing out Santa hats, pretending to be interested, and managed to prevent them from meeting each other.

Santa Claus is surrounded by a group of ten-year-old children, who are vying to get a Santa hat or a gift from Santa Claus, which contains newly released candies.Standing alone among a group of children, James and Harry looked so... stand out.

But that was fine, as long as Harry and Snape didn't see each other and his little lie didn't get caught.

Santa Claus was distributing presents. When he turned to Harry, he froze for a moment and said, "Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to ask for gifts at your age?" Santa Claus laughed, his His voice was a little shrill, and he was not tall. He pulled his fake beard to reveal his true face, and immediately put it back on.He put a hat on each of Harry and James, and exclaimed excitedly and happily: "Harry! James! Merry Christmas—!"

Snape, who brushed past them, stopped abruptly.

James looked at Peter with a twitching corner of his mouth.

"Mr. Potter—" Snape pulled the hat off Harry's head, and the black hair immediately fluffed up again, returning to its upturned state.Snape had a bad expression, and looked at Harry Potter angrily, "What a coincidence."

He is very busy?He has no time?He can't make it to Diagon Alley?Then who exactly did he see? !

Snape grabbed Harry's Santa hat and slammed it back into Peter's arms.He looked at Harry Potter with a surprised expression, squeezed through the crowd without saying a word, and strode towards Knockturn Alley.

Harry watched Snape's leaving figure, but soon, his sight was blocked by the crowd.He looked at Peter blankly and then at James, "What's going on?"

James picked up the candy in Peter's hand and studied it carefully. He shrugged, "...how would I know."

It seems that it is only a matter of time before the distance is exposed, James thought pessimistically, but he immediately laughed again, but anyway, Harry had no little bat, no snot, and no Snape today.

But no matter how much James coaxed his younger brother to play, Harry's mood still deteriorated. He always wanted to catch up with Snape and ask him for clarification, but he could only restrain himself. Now that there are too many people talking, the less extraneous issues the better. good.

Snape was also in a bad mood.He always felt that the distance between him and Harry was very close and very far, and that subtle distance made him uneasy.

Snape carried the dragon leather box angrily, he wandered around the alley, and left without buying anything.

The author has something to say: Notes: ① There is a saying that if you are not afraid of a night owl crying, you are afraid of a night owl laughing.It is an owl. It is said that when an owl smiles, nothing good happens.

Complement the previous note:

①The paragraph that touched Doria was adapted from a Muggle article, which came from the German priest Martin.

② According to Rowling's official data, the Potters died in 1977. Due to the appearance of Xiao Hu, the death eaters' ambush was changed to April 1978, 4, and they did not die.

It seems like this~