Chapter 4 "Making Plans and Realizations "

Severus wasn't paying that much attention in class. He was beginning to worry that if he asked Lily to the dance if she would even say yes. The teachers next statement brought him out of his thoughts.

"To really make this a muggle dance, I've decided to add a twist. I will make this a Sadie Hawkins type of dance." the muggle teacher said. "For those of you who don't know what that is it is quite simply when instead of the guy asking the girl, this time the girl asks the guy.

Oh great, Severus thought, this is going to make me worry a lot more now. What if she asks someone else, and I am left going alone?

"I want one roll of parchment on the differences between a muggle dance and a wizard one. Also include the similarities . Use books for research if you never been to or seen a muggle dance. Oh, I almost forgot to add that since this is a muggle dance, I want to see everyone wearing muggle clothes there. I am sure most of you have something that will do, if not talk to me and we can have the house elves make you some. One more thing, the dance is in 2 weeks." said the muggle studies teacher.

She dismissed the class. Severus saw Lily waiting by the door for him.

Lily smiled when she saw him. "Hey Sev! That was a neat assignment. The best part is I can finally wear this dress my mother insisted on getting be before school started."

"You are lucky you are going to get to use it. " Severus said. "I have to ask, what made your mother think that you would need it?"

"She always heard me talking about how Hogwarts sometimes have dances and at some of them we wear muggle clothes to, and she thought it might come in handy." said Lily, as they began walking down to get to their next classes.

"Smart woman" said Severus. Lily smiled at him for that comment. They now arrived at Severus' next class, which was Transfiguration.

"I'll see you later, ok?" Lily asked. Sev nodded and went inside his classroom, and Lily went to her next class, Ancient Ruins.

While Severus was in his class, all he could think about was if Lily was going to ask him to this dance or not. If he didn't go it would effect his grade, which he didn't want, but he also didn't want to go alone.

Their classes then ended and they then had another class together, which was charms. Before class had gotten underway…

"Hey Evans!" called Potter from a few desks away. Lily just rolled her eyes at him once she heard him. "Have you decided when you were going to ask me to the dance?"

"What makes you think you were even on the list of people I would even consider asking?" Lily asked with a sigh.

"Because we all know you have a thing for me" James said with a smile.

"Don't flatter yourself, Potter" said Lily.

She must be annoyed with him, thought Severus who was sitting in the desk beside her, as she only calls him Potter when he really gets to her.

Soon the teacher was in the room and the class began. Later when class ended…

Lily was walking out the door, with Severus walking beside her.

"I can't stand when Potter says things like he does. I know he didn't say much, but it is just all the little things that he does that bother me." Lily said as she began her rant. "How many times do I have to say no to him? When will be finally realize that I never, and will never have any interest in him?"

"It sometimes takes others longer to get that fact, but in Potter's case, I doubt he will ever learn" said Severus.

Soon, they came to the entrance to her house.

"Thanks for listening to me, Sev." Lily said

"Not a problem. I could listen to you all day You are one of the very people in my life that has never and will never bug me. I just feel calm around you." Severus said, and he truly meant it. Severus smiled at her quickly and turned to head to his house.

At that point, Lily came to a realization with what Severus has just said. And she thought of all the moments they shared. She felt the same way.

"Sev, wait a second!" she called after him. He stopped and turned and she ran up to him. "I was wondering if maybe you would like to go to the dance with me?" She looked him straight in the eyes when she asked.

Severus looked at her at first, with a bit of shock on his face, then a flash of relief came across it. He thought that she would never ask.

"Sure, that would be great" said Severus.

"Good. We will talk later.?" asked Lily

"Yeah, we will talk more later" said Severus, still on cloud 9 that she asked him. Lily then waved good-bye and smiled and headed back to her house. Severus turned and smiled and headed towards his house.

The next day was Saturday, and they didn't have class. They saw each other earlier in the day in passing and decide to meet down at their spot by the lake.

Severus made his way down to the lake. He saw Lily sitting their waiting for him. He went and sat beside her. She smiled at him when he did so.

"Thanks again for inviting me to the dance." Severus said after a long pause from both of them.

"Sure. You were the first person I thought of when the dance was announced." said Lily with a smile.

"Same here." said Severus. "I will be talking to the muggle studies teacher today, and have her help me get a muggle outfit. I just need to know what the color the dress you are wearing is so that I don't clash."

"It's a light tan color with pink daisies on it." said Lily as Severus nodded at her response.

They both looked up as they heard a noise. The noise was Potter and his friend Sirius coming towards them.

"Do you want to have some fun with Potter?" Lily asked Severus quickly. He nodded. "Then play along."

"Well, well, what do we have here?" asked Potter

"Well Severus and I were just discussing whom I should ask to the dance." said Lily

James looked at his friend with a knowing smile. "Would one of those names happen to be mine?"

"Possibly, your name is in the running. I might be able to make my decision better if you can do something for me?" Lily asked innocently.

"I would do anything for you" Potter said quickly

"Watch it Prong. It could be a trap." said Sirius

"Nah, I don't think that it would be, Padfoot. " said Potter "For some reason I think that she is sincere about this. What is it you want me to do?"

"I know how you guys like to play pranks, and I was wondering if perhaps you could do one to the headmaster. Now I know he said no more pranks, but this one is harmless. So are you in?" Lily asked.

James looked at Sirius and they talked amongst themselves for a minute. "I am always up for a prank. What did you have in mind?"

"Well, I have heard of guys trying this prank in the past and never succeeding, but I thought just maybe the you could pull it off. It involves turning the headmaster blue. How you do it is up to you. If you could pull it off, your name will be the name I most likely will consider to go to the dance with. You have a week to pull it off." said Lily. Meanwhile, Severus was smirking beside her.

'Your on" said James. "Come on Padfoot, let's get working on this" They then headed back to the castle.

After James and Sirius left, Lily and Severus looked at each other then burst out laughing. Once they regained their composure…

"I can't believe that you came up with that plan, it's brilliant." said Severus

"Yeah, and the best part is, I already told the headmaster about it. He knows what to expect." said Lily

"You told him? Wow, the funny part is going to being able to get them to watch them try." said Severus smirking at the thought.

"True, because we know that Potter would want us to watch to be able to prove that he did it." said Lily

"Why did the headmaster agree to this? It thought he said no more pranks?" asked Severus

"He said when he said that he was mostly talking to them." Lily explained. "But he told me he always told them that when they would get caught. He told me was sometimes amused by the creativity of some of their pranks."

Severus just nodded at the response.

About a week later in the Great Hall…

It was lunch time and everybody was sitting at their tables. Potter and Sirius were huddled real close together a few seats down. Lily could hear that they were whispering and they would look up at the headmaster a few times. Lily knew what they were planning. She looked up and could see Severus at his table, and he was watching them too. Then the owls came in for the noon post. She saw that an owl was heading towards the headmaster.

The headmaster noticed this as well. He then said a spell in his head and the bird that was heading towards him, was now going towards Slughorn. Slughorn picked up the package, which was now addressed to him (which was part of the spell), and opened it. Inside was some candy, which of course the headmaster knew was his favorite, and he popped the candy in his mouth. After a few seconds, he turned a dark shade of blue.

Once one of the students saw this and soon the entire Great Hall burst out laughing. Slughorn looked around, then looked down at himself and then quickly exited the Great Hall. All while this was happening, Lily and Severus watched as Potter's and Sirius' eyes grew to around 3 times their normal size. By this time, lunch was over. Lily quickly looked up at the headmaster and gave him a quick wink, and he did the same.

"I could of sworn that it was addressed right" said Sirius

"Next time, I'll do the addressing." said James, with an irritated tone. The two boys then left the hall.

Lily then got out of her seat and went to talk to Severus.

"That was great. Did you see the look in their eyes once the package was diverted? " asked Severus laughing.

"I was happy with the outcome. The boys should of know that the headmaster never gets mail!" said Lily sarcastically.

"I can't believe that they took the whole week and that's all they came up with." said Severus

"Well," Lily grinned, "I guess I better go tell Potter the bad news."

"How will he ever find a date in this short of notice?" said Severus in a sarcastic tone.

"That's his problem. See you tomorrow at 7pm for the dance." said Lily, smiling. She then left to go find Potter and tell him the news.