Chapter 2- The ball and cheerleaders

"That's harsh..." Said Sirius. "I can't believe I was such an idiot! Here we are, finding more about Lily. Why would a smart, girl prankster, fun, pretty girl like a stupid messy haired prankster like me?" James said to Sirius, though not to loud because he wasn't sure if Lily and Remus were still there.

"Well...you never know. Maybe Remus and Lily are just going as friends. Because she found out he saved her life." Sirius said, trying ro comfort James. "Yeah."

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The next morning, Lily and Remus kept asking questions about last night. They kept ignoring them.

Finally, after about an hour, they stopped asking questions. That hour was spent at breakfast and they had classes. Remus and Sirius went to their class, while Lily and James went to theirs. (Which meant that Sirius and Remus had Transfiguration while Lily and James had Aritmatic.)

Sirius sat down at a table and Remus sat down beside him. He (Sirius) started to scribble down something on a ripped parchment. After he was done, he handed it to Remus who read it, shocked. "You never told me James like Lily!" He whispered. "Yes I did, right now!!" Sirius whispered back, hoping no one was listening to their conversation.

Remus rolled his eyes. "Well...I asked Lily to go to the ball with me and she agreed. We'll leave it up to Lily to decide who she likes." Snape, who was sitting in the table in front of them, heard it all. "This is going to be perfect..."
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The next weekend, they were at Hogsmeade, buying robes and dresses for the ball that was being held on Tuesday. The Marauders went to buy dress robes without their dates. James was taking Fredalyn Fernandez, a Ravenclaw in fifth year, and Sirius, like he said, was taking Jen Somby.
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Lily walked into the new Hogmeade's shop, Florecent Robes and Dresses. "Wow..." She gasped to herself as she saw one side with so many racks of dresses, the other side with so many racks of tuxes and robes. There were a few counters making a square in the middle of the room, with someone standing in the square by a cashier.

"Hello, ma'am." Said the person by the cashier and Lily replied, "Hello." Then, she went and looked at all the dresses. There were other girls in there, too. Arthur Weasly and Molly Somber were in there. After a search through one rack, Molly tapped her on the shoulder. "Psst. Lily? James is outside the door, staring at you."

Lily turned her head and, indeed, saw James staring at her. But he quickly shook his head and continued walking past the shop. "He was staring at you, for like, 20 seconds." Said Molly, giggling. "I'm going with Remus. Not him. So...it's ok if he saw what dress I'm looking at. If he tells Remus, tough luck. I'm not even buying it." Said Lily, walking to a different rack.

Molly lifted her red eyebrow in confusion and left the store. Lily continued her search, and finally she found the perfect dress. A red dress that went to her knees, V-cut, sleevless and some glitter fabric. She grabbed it, payed for it and kept it well hidden in her bag as she went around Hogsmeade, just in case she ran into The Marauders.

Lily went to Honeydukes to buy some sweets for herself and the marauders. She turned around and, right there, in her face was James. "Ah! Sorry." She said, stuffing the sweets in her bag with her dress. (They were both in different bags, but the sweet bag was in the dress bag...sorry, can't really explain.)

"Uh...that's ok." He replied and went to a shelf of candy while she headed out. "That's strange...he's usually with Remus and Sirius, isn't he?" She muttered. Lily continued her little exploration, until she decided to stop for a drink at the Three Broomsticks. That's where she found Remus and Sirius at a table.

"I've told you many times already, Sirius!! Let Lily decide!" Remus said, a little irritated at Sirius. "Let me decide what?" Lily asked, popping her head inbetween the two of them. "Woah!!" Both boys explained, falling back into their seats.

"Well?" She asked. "Oh. We were going to let you decide..uh--" Sirius started to think of something until there was the ringing of the beel attatched to the door. James started to walk towards them. "Hey. What's up?" He asked them. Lily could see him avoiding her gaze and so were the other boys. "Ok! That's it! Spill it, Marauders! What is going on?!" She said, angry, but not loud enough to attract attention. Sirius and Remus glared at each other and then James' eyes widened, starting to mouth something to Sirius, jerking his head towards Remus at the end.

Sirius did a nervous shrug until Lily shoved James out of the way, grabbed Sirius by the collar and dragged him outside, pinning him to the wall by the door of Three Broomsticks. "Ok, mister, tell me what you're up to! You just glared at Remus, then James mouthed something! Tell me what's going on!!!" She hissed. The people walked passed them, a little freaked out by Lily.

"U-uh...n-nothing." He said and Lily let go of his collar. "I want those answers eventually." She said, but Sirius opened his mouth to speak, and again, she interrupted him. "I know you're going to say that you'll never give them to me, but believe me, I'll get them. It happens all the time." She said and walked off, a smirk on her face.

Sirius wiped his forehead. "Whew!"

Lily continued to walk, but she wanted to know what they were hiding. Like on cue, Snape walked in front of her, his huge black cape blowing madly in the wind. "Ah! Snape! Don't do that or--" "If you hex me you won't know what Remus and Sirius are hiding from you. Because I heard everything in class." Snape said. "Well...Remus asked you to the dance, right?" She nodded slightly. "But how did you--" "I have a source. Now shush. But it seems that James likes you. But...unfortunately...you like Remus. And now James is calling himself names and it goes like this." He said and then he took out his wand, muttered words and a globe appeared.

They moved into an alley, where they couldn't see the globe. "Play." Snape said and something appeared in the globe. Sirius and James, in their dormitory. "I can't believe I was such an idiot! Here we are, finding more about Lily. Why would a smart, girl prankster, fun, pretty girl like a stupid messy haired prankster like me?" James said, and then they disappeared while Snape smirked. "Lucky, lucky, mudblood. Actually...bit of a waste. A mudblood being fought over by two purebloods. One's a werewolf and the other's a loser. But then again, you're all losers to me."

Lily growled and slapped Snape. "Serpentsautia!" Lily yelled after taking her wand out. A snake slithered out of her wand and she ran, looking for James, Sirius and Remus. Lily checked Three Broomsticks, but they weren't there. Sure, she liked Remus and James, but only as friends. This was wierd. This was really, really wierd.

She continued to run, but --*snap* woah, woah! Sorry, but I can't continue this story. It's not working out.