Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plot. Sigh. If only, if only.

Lily Evans groaned as she looked at the notice board in the Gryffindor common room. It clearly stated the end of the world.

SPRING DANCE

Ladies' Choice

Open to Sixth Years and Above

Tickets Go On Sale This Week

Purchase them for 1 Galleon Each in the Great Hall

The only thing that didn't necessarily mean her doom was that Jam- Potter! She mentally corrected herself. Potter didn't get to pester her about the dance! Ha! She skipped out of the portrait hole to the Great Hall for breakfast, feeling much better.

At breakfast, Lily sat at the Gryffindor table, determinedly avoiding the stare that was boring into the side of her head. James Potter was sitting down the table from her, and was trying to catch her eye. Across the table from Lily, her two best friends Alice and Mary were talking about the Spring Dance. Lily gratefully immersed herself in their conversation.

"So, Alice, are you going to ask Frank to the dance?" asked Mary, rather loudly. "After all, we all know how much you fancy him." Mary was a tall black girl, with rather fierce looking black eyes. She did not fear much, and was not learned in the art of subtlety.

"Shh! He might hear you!" whispered Alice, who, unlike Mary, was rather timid when it came to boys. Alice was short with a round face, but was still very pretty with blue eyes and shoulder-length brown hair. Alice glanced fearfully over at the neighboring Hufflepuff table, but Frank Longbottom did not seem to have heard Mary's loud inquiry.

"How about you, Lily?" asked Mary. "Fancy confessing your undying love for James and begging him to come to the dance with you?"

Lily raised her wand threateningly. "If you ever even imply that I fancy Potter again, I will hex you bald." Mary raised her hands in surrender and Lily helped herself to some bacon.

"What about you, Mary?" asked Alice. "You must have some idea of who you would like to ask."

"Of course," said Mary. "I plan on asking- well, never mind. You'll find out soon enough."

As much as Lily and Alice begged, they could not get Mary to tell them who she was going to ask. Soon, Lily had to go to Potions, and Alice and Mary had a free period. On the way to the dungeons, she caught the rather unpleasant of Narcissa Black and Lucius Malfoy making out behind a statue. Malfoy was groping black, and it was obvious that one of them had just been asked to the dance. Lily snorted in disgust. Luckily, Malfoy didn't notice, or she would have been hit with an Unforgivable before she could blink.

Lily sat down in her usual spot in the potions classroom. She saw Snape enter the room behind her and quickly started unpacking her bag, and consequentially, was surprised to hear a soft voice say from next to her, "Hello, Lily."

Lily jumped, looked around, and her eyes fell on Remus, one of her best friends. "Oh, hello, Remus. How are you?"

"All right, I suppose. Have you asked anyone to the dance yet?"

Lily groaned. Was the dance ALL that anyone could talk about?

"I'll take that as a no," said Remus, with a small smile on his face. "You had better hurry, you know. The dance is only a week and a half away."

"But there's not anyone that I want to ask!" exclaimed Lily.

Remus looked like he wanted to say something, but at that moment Slughorn bounced in, and all chance to talk was extinguished.

Later, during a free period that Lily shared with Mary, Alice, and, unfortunately, the Marauders, Lily and Alice were pestering Mary, still trying to figure out who she wanted to ask.

"Do you really want to know?" asked Mary, with a sort of smirk on her face. Lily and Alice nodded vigorously. "All right, then," said Mary, and she promptly stood up and marched over to the Marauders.

All four of them looked up. "Sirius," stated Mary rather loudly, "I want you to go to the dance with me."

Sirius took a moment and looked her up and down. "Was that a request or a demand?" he asked.

"Do I take that as a yes?"

"That depends on if I can snog you right here, right now."

At that, Mary promptly took his hand, dragged him over to an empty couch in the corner, and proceeded to make out with him rather intensely.

Rolling her eyes, Lily turned back to Alice. "Of course," she said. "We should have guessed.

Alice looked at Lily rather curiously. "Lily, who ARE you going to ask?"

"You know, I don't really fancy anyone, but I think I'll ask Remus. After all, he is my best friend, and I can trust him not to grope me or otherwise take advantage of me." At that, Lily got up, walked by the Marauders and said, "Remus, can you come over here for a minute? There's something I need your help with."

Remus, curious, got up and followed her out of earshot of the others in the common room (not that Mary and Sirius were listening very closely). "Remus, will you go to the Spring Dance with me?"

Remus' eyes widened and a pink tinge crept on to his usually pale cheeks. "Um… Uh… Well…" he stammered. Finally, he was able to say, "Sure! Of course!"

"Oh, thank you, Remus!" squealed Lily, and with a kiss on the cheek, she left a rather dazed Remus in the corner and skipped back over to Alice, who had been watching from her spot by the fire.

A/N: Two pages long! I don't know how this is going to develop, but I can promise that it will be exciting! Please, please, PLEASE review! This is only my third fanfic for Harry Potter, so I want to know what you all think.