Chapter 7
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James could not believe what had just happened, nor could he believe that she had just left him like that. After taking a cold shower, he laid down and tried to get some sleep, but he couldn't. He kept on thinking that he was in a dream at that moment, especially after what had just happened. He didn't just kiss Lily, he almost had sex with her. And probably would have if she didn't get up like that and leave him hanging. He had mixed emotions about this. On one hand he was completely thrilled that he had finally kissed her, and on the other hand, completely pissed that she had left him.
He stayed awake the whole night thinking about this, and when it came time for breakfast, he got up early, so he could avoid her and tell Sirius and Fess what had happened before Lily did.
Lily woke up late for breakfast the next morning, and then remembered what had happened the night before. She got dressed quickly, running down to the Great Hall in search of Fess.
When she arrived in the Great Hall, she saw Fess sitting with the Marauders as usual. Trying to look innocent, she walked to a seat beside Fess.
"You evil little whore!" Fess said with the biggest grin Lily had ever seen on her face.
"Let me guess, he's already told you what happened?" Lily said helping herself to blueberry pancakes.
"Of course, what kind of a friend would he be if he hadn't?" Fess said, still smiling.
"Did he say anything else? Is he mad at me?" Lily asked.
"I don't think so. Just a little disappointed. Maybe you should go slow next time instead of being overly-aggressive" Fess said laughing.
"It was your idea! You and Sirius and your evil minds!" Lily said throwing a biscuit at her.
"Hey! You didn't have to follow our instructions!" Fess said throwing a pancake back at her.
"Well, maybe I wanted to!" Lily said laughing and threw eggs at Fess.
Fess's eyes grew wide and she looked at Lily, shocked. "FOOD FIGHT!" she yelled before throwing custard at Lily.
The whole hall erupted in people throwing their food. The Marauders were the first to join in, throwing their cups of orange juice on each other. One of them even 'accidentally' hit Professor Dumbledore in the face with a syrup covered waffle.
After about five minutes of food being thrown on every person in the Great Hall, Professor Dumbledore stood up. Seeing him stand, everyone progressively stopped throwing to hear what their headmaster had to say.
He was laughing. "Now that everyone, I think, is covered in their own breakfast, I suggest we find a stopping point until lunch. I daresay the chocolate pudding will look brilliant in your hair, Ms. Riddle. Oh, and thank you for the waffle Mr. Potter, but I wish you had thrown a few extra muffins up here, we seem to be running short this morning. Now, everyone go get cleaned up and report to your first classes" he said and sat down once again.
"I swear the man is mental" James said to no one in particular.
"Yes, I think he is. I've got a free period now so I think I'll go get cleaned up before potions" Lily said catching James's eye before walking away to her common room.
"Oh Merlin, I think I'm going to die" James said crashing into the bench he was sitting on.
"Calm down mate, at least you're getting more action than I am these days." Sirius said sitting beside him.
"Yea, how is that working out for you exactly?" Fess said laughing.
Sirius looked up at Fess, "Depends on the day of the week actually" he said with a wink. He took a towel he had conjured up and wiped off his face, which was covered in confectioner's sugar.
"Sirius you look like a ghost mate!" Remus said laughing.
"What?" he asked.
"Don't wipe it off! You're going to smear it in! You're making it worse, stop!" Fess said rolling with laughter.
"Well if I cant just wipe it off, I guess I'm going to take a shower then" Sirius said standing up.
"What's wrong Padfoot? Got eggs in your hair?" James said laughing.
"Atleast I didn't have to take a cold shower last night. By the way, Fess, you have cheese in your hair" Sirius said before walking out of the Great Hall.
"Oh no! I do have cheese in my hair! Damn you Black!" Fess said yelling the last part to him. He looked back at her and smiled.
"Well, I think I'm going to go take a shower also. Free period too. See you guys in potions" Fess said leaving the Great Hall and heading towards Lily's dorm.
"Hey Evans, did you get the memo about Dumbledore wanting to see us tonight?" James asked Lily at supper that night.
"Nope. Do you know what it's about?" Lily asked, trying to make the conversation casual.
"No idea. He wants to see us at 8, so I guess we'll find out then" James said finishing his chicken.
"Hey Fess, why are you just eating fruit?" Sirius asked her in between bites of his steak.
"I don't know, don't much feel like eating a whole meal tonight I guess" Fess said picking at her grapes.
"Whoa, what's wrong with you?" James asked her.
"Homework. And just stupid stuff" Fess said gloomily.
"What stupid stuff?" Remus asked.
"Nothing, it's nothing. I'm going on up to bed. I'll see you guys tomorrow" Fess said getting up and leaving the Great Hall.
The marauders just looked at Lily. She took a deep breath, "Did you not see the Prophet this morning?" They all shook their heads.
Lily rummaged through her bag and pulled out a folded newspaper. She slapped it in the middle of the table. James immediately knew what was wrong. He got up without another word and went to find Fess.
"I don't get it. What's wrong?" Sirius asked looking over the newspaper.
"If you don't know, I'd rather she tell you" Lily said beginning to stand up.
"I don't get it. What does this Voldemort guy have to do with Fess?" Sirius asked as Lily left the Great Hall.
James met Lily outside of their dorm to go meet Dumbledore. "Ready?" he asked her.
"Yep" she said and they walked down to his office in silence. Upon reaching it, James discovered that he did not know the password.
"Umm… do you-?" he started to ask. "Chocolate frog" Lily said before James could even finish his sentence. The spiral staircase started moving as they jumped onto the first step. James knocked on the door to the headmaster's office.
"Come in" said Dumbledore from inside. Pushing open the door, they saw him clad in a violent green robe that, for even Dumbledore, was eccentric. Lily began to laugh immediately.
"Do you not like my attire, dear Ms. Evans?" Dumbledore said smiling.
"I'm sorry, sir. It's just a little bright is all" she said still laughing. James smirked, entranced by Lily's laugh.
"Well I must tell you that I thought about wearing it to our Halloween Ball, what do you think?" Dumbledore said showing off and twirling in his brilliant robes.
"Halloween Ball, sir?" James said, snapping out of his daydream.
"Yes, yes. I think it is time for Hogwarts to let loose a little and have a bit of fun. And I think a ball would be one of the best ways to do it. That is what I called this meeting for. I am putting you two in charge of all decorations, entertainment, and anything else that you may need. Just bill the expenses to me and I will take care of it" he said casually.
"So, you mean, no budget?" Lily asked getting excited.
"Well, Ms. Evans, let's not go overboard, but let us also have fun in planning this and not have to worry about the hassle of a strict budget. How is that?" he asked sitting down behind his desk.
"That sounds great, sir" Lily said smiling.
"What do you think James?" Dumbledore asked him, who was staring off in space, as if in deep thought.
"Oh, right, it sounds great. But I was just thinking that maybe we should do like a whole week long festival type deal. You know, have game nights, karaoke night, get to dress in a different attire each day, something like that. Just something to get everyone involved instead of excluding some of the younger kids with just the ball" James said thoughtfully.
"James, I love the way your mind works! This is exactly why I made you head boy!" Dumbledore said standing up once more and clapping his hands together. He walked up to James and put his hand on his shoulder. "I trust the two of you can work out who does which part of the festival? Or maybe both of you should collaborate evenly on it. I'm sure you can work that out. By all means, get your friends to help. I think they would be of great use to you" he added with a wink.
Lily and James looked at each other, wondering what their headmaster had up his sleeve. "Sir, you said this would be a Halloween carnival? Do we need to run everything by you or can we just start on it this week and handle it ourselves?" Lily asked.
"I think you can handle it yourselves. Get the other professors involved would be good I think. Goodness! Is that the time? I'm sorry you two but I'm afraid I promised Professor Slughorn I would meet him and I am already late! I know I can trust you two on this project, and cant wait to see the finished product! Good-bye now!" Dumbledore said, practically shoving them out of his office.
"Shut UP! You're serious? A festival? Like a muggle carnival slash festival thing? With a ball? You're bloody JOKING!" Fess said astonished when Lily told her of the news back in the common room later that night.
"Yes! I'm serious! He told us that we could do whatever we wanted with it" Lily explained.
"No way! That is so awesome! You guys should do karaoke night so we call all get up onstage and be complete dorks" Fess said laughing.
"I hadn't thought about that actually! That would be really fun! I'm still trying to think of who to get to perform at the ball" Lily said staring off into space.
"Well, you and James can think about that BUT….. Next Saturday is a Hogsmeade day! We can go shopping for our dresses! Seeing as there isn't another one until November" Fess added thoughtfully.
"Yeah, I guess we can go shopping then" Lily said
"What's wrong? You suddenly got depressing" Fess asked, wondering what had happened to the bubbly Lily 5 minutes before.
"I was just thinking that were going to have to get dates" Lily said slowly.
"Ok, you shouldn't be worried about getting a date, James will more than likely ask you, and if he doesn't, he did it because he's just trying to make you jealous. Why don't you ask him?" Fess said.
"Me? Ask James Potter out? I don't think so. I'm already going to be spending a lot of time with him on this project" Lily said, still depressed.
"Well, we will just have to see what the magnificent James H. Potter has in store for you, wont we?" Fess said with a wink.
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