You Look Tonight
Author's Note: Yay! Another Harry Potter fanfic from me! And surprise this isn't going to be a one-shot, it'll probably be a series of one shots that are all linked together, each one has been inspired by a line out of the song 'They Way' by Clay Aiken, and this fic is going to be based on the line "The way you look tonight". Please enjoy, also R&R and I'll love you very much! Oh yeah! This is a James and Lily fic. And yes I do realise that the gap between Remus and Tonks is actually 13 years, but I didn't want to pair him with anyone else!
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from Harry Potter; they belong to J. K Rowling, and the song belongs to Clay Aiken and whoever produced/wrote it.
Tonight was a special night, a very special night. It was the night that Hogwarts would be having an end of year dance to finish off this semester with a big bang.
But that's not the only reason why this night was so special; for the famous James Potter, Gryffindor's quiditch team's captain and seeker, who also happened to be one of the sought out man in Hogwarts; along side his three best friends Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew, is finally going to go out on his first date with Lily Evans, Hogwarts' resident red headed bombshell head girl.
James was currently getting ready buttoning up his white dress shirt and trying, in vain, to fix his tie. He was quietly cursing the thing for not doing what he wanted it to do.
"I might as well spell it to fix itself" he muttered as he continued to struggle.
"But then you might accidentally strangle yourself, and therefore miss out this once in a life time chance to take out the lovely Lily Evans" Sirius' voice said.
James turned and saw his best friend, dressed in a black suit looking quite dashing, leaning against the dorm's doorway with his usual arrogant smirk on his face, James glared over at him.
"If you're only here to gloat at how inept I am in tying a tie I suggest you leave Padfoot, before I hex your ass" he snapped as he started over once more.
Sirius laughed but stopped immediately when he saw that his best friend wasn't joking about what he said.
"Okay, okay Prongs calm down I'll help you…as well as gloat at how inept you are at tying ties" he stated as he walked over to his friend and took the tie out James' hands and started to tie it properly.
James gave a small sigh "Sorry Pads, I'm just really nervous" he tried to explain.
Sirius grinned "But you've taken loads of girls out before" he stated matter-of-factly as he finished tying the tie.
James checked his refection in the mirror and saw that he did in fact look really handsome, his nervous face only making him cuter.
"Yes I have, but none of them were Lily Evans" he said simply.
Sirius smirked "That's only because she always rejected your offers" he said poking his best friend in the arm.
James laughed as he was reminded of all the times Lily had screamed out that she would never go out with a "stupid, arrogant, arse like James Potter".
"Well I guess I'm not that 'stupid, arrogant, arse' anymore" he mused rubbing his chin.
Sirius shook his head.
"No my dear, not so innocent Prongs…she just loves your 'stupid arrogant, arse' now" he said with a grin.
James laughed "I can't blame her…I mean I am really hot and all" he said.
"And that my friend, is why she rejected you so much…too much of a big head" said Remus as he entered the room, also in formal attire.
Peter soon followed Remus into the room nodding his head.
"Yes I must say I have to agree" he stated as he sat down on his bed.
James glared over at all of them "Hey you're all supposed to be my friends" he said crossing his arms.
Remus grinned "Oh we are Prongs, you just need someone to deflate that big head of your's" he said happily.
"Oh no Moony, that's what Lily is for, actually I think she wouldn't deflate his head, I think she would prick it with a pin" Sirius stated.
James threw a pillow at his best friend's head, although he must admit he could imagine Lily doing that, but he wouldn't ever admit that to his dear friends, no because then he would have to admit that he thought himself as an arrogant idiot, which he didn't.
"Anyways it's almost time to meet the girls…let's get downstairs already" Remus said before walking out of the dorm room, Peter following.
"Sirius what if things don't turn out right?" James said worriedly looking over to his friend.
Sirius stared at James; he had hardly ever seen the famous James Potter nervous, even when they were doing their N.E.W.T's. But when Lily Evans walks along he completely falls a part.
"Wow Prongs you must really love her" he stated simply.
James smiled slightly.
"Yeah I think I really do" he said, his voice turning slightly misty.
"Well you shouldn't be worried then, I don't think Lily would've ever agreed to go with you unless she really liked you…she's not that type of person" Sirius tried to reassure his friend.
James nodded his head "I hope so" he said quietly.
Taking one last look in the mirror, and brushing his hand through his hair, he couldn't help it; old habits die-hard.
With his last hand comb through the hair James and Sirius walked out of the dorm and down into the common room.
James and the rest of the boys had been waiting for ten minutes and their dates still haven't shown up.
James was pacing up and down the common room with a small frown on his face; he was currently worrying that Lily wouldn't be showing up.
Sirius finally stood up having had enough of his best friend's behaviour and walked over and elbowed him roughly in the side.
"Prongs relax! She'll show" he said guessing what his best friend had been thinking.
Just then the girls' dorm opened and out stepped four girls, one happening to be a Hufflepuff, they all had beautiful dresses that made each one of them beautiful in their own way.
The four girls slowly walked down the stairs, all four marauders staring awestruck at their dates.
Although the other three girls were beautiful, James only had eyes for one girl, the red head whose beauty was so grand it was almost other worldly.
Lily blushed slightly at the look on James' face; she looked and smiled gently at him.
James stared at her hardly noticing the other three couples exiting, leaving the two head students together.
James continued to stare, he couldn't help it, Lily was wearing an emerald green strapless dress that fell to the floor in soft waves, and the dress had small diamonds sewn onto the chest area making it glitter in the fire light. Her hair was up in a bun with some curls framing her face, the make-up she chose to wear were colours that only emphasised her beauty, her pale green eye shadow made her eyes stand out with it's contrasting green to that of her dress and eye shadow, on her lips she had worn rose coloured lip stick which made her lips even more appealing,
Lily was examining James with her eyes, he looked really handsome in his suit, which showed off his muscular build, and she wondered how it would feel to touch his broad shoulders and blushed with the thought.
"You look…beautiful" he whispered finally.
Lily grinned.
'Is the famous James Potter speechless? Thanks to the power of Lily Evans' she wondered with a slight smirk playing on her lips.
"Thank you James" she said.
James grinned "You know it's best to return a compliment when someone gives one to you right?" he asked.
She laughed, some things never really changed, she thought with a smile, but that's the James Potter I fell in love with, she thought.
"Why would I do that James? When it's so obvious that I'm the one that stands out in the looks area" she said grinning.
James laughed, shaking his head.
"You're becoming more and more like me Lily" he stated while he caressed her cheek softly.
Lily's eyes widened in mock horror "NO!! I can't become like James Potter! Oh the world is truly ending" she said in a sorrowful voice, but she leaned her face into his hand, liking the way he made her feel.
James smirked before removing his hand, which caused her to make an objective sound, which only caused him to smirk.
He held out his arm for her to take, which she accepted graciously.
And together they walked out of the common room and towards the Great Hall.
The night was a blast, all the students were able to have fun, even the Slytherins who surprisingly danced like the rest of the school, but only with each other because of their whole 'I'm-too-superior-for-you' personalities.
The last song was a slow song and most of the students had already left, you could even see some couples in dark corners doing things that would be best to have been done in common rooms, or empty classrooms perhaps even broom closets.
Remus and his date in the form of the young Nymphadora Tonks, who was in Hufflepuff, had long since disappeared.
Sirius Black and his date had last been seen exiting the hall in a hurry, both having been told off for certain…inappropriate behaviour in front of other students and teachers.
Peter and his date were to one side discussing different topics.
James and Lily however, were on the dance floor slowly dancing with each other, neither of them aware of anyone else, other than each other.
She leaned her head down onto his chest and smiled as she felt the hardness of his well toned chest.
"Enjoying the feeling?" James whispered into her ear.
She laughed "Of course I am James…who could resist James Potter's rock hard chest?" she asked trying to control her laughter.
James chuckled before leaning closer to her until she could feel his warm breath on her neck, making her shiver in pleasure.
"Lily Evans you are the most beautiful girl I've ever met…you are the only one who would never let me stroke my own ego but threatened to do rather…painful actions." He told her softly.
Lily smiled to herself; she had never heard or seen James acting so sweetly nor so innocently.
Just then the last few bars of the song were being played and James leaned away from her so he could look into her eyes, warm brown meeting vibrant green.
"Lily Evans I love you" he said before leaning down and kissing her.
Lily smiled before she allowed herself to be carried away with the warmth of his kiss.
Author's Note: So how'd it go? This is really the first time I've actually tried describing things out, so please read and review and I promise I shall love you forever!