Disclaimer: I only own Kelly, Chris, Izzy, Ben, Courtney and so on.
A/N: PLEASE REVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~one week later~~~~~~~~~~~~
"… and I would also like to announce that there will be a prefects meeting today at 10:00 in my office." Said Dumbledore
James groaned. He had heard non-stop teasing since last week because he was a prefect. He didn't want to have to go through it again. It was Sunday, and James just wanted to skip the meeting, but he knew that he couldn't.
Lily was excited. Her very first Prefect meeting.
At 9:45 that morning, James slowly made his way down to Dumbledore's office. He knew where it was; he had been there numerous times with Sirius and Remus when Professor McGonagall didn't know what to do with them. He was halfway there when he bumped into the girl that he had "met" on the train.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" she said immediately
"It's ok," replied James
Oh man, I would know that voice anywhere, and of all people to run into when I'm already late for my meeting! I'll guess I'll just try to be civil.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"To the prefect meeting, you?"
**laughing**"that's funny! Now, where are you REALLY going?"
"I'm serious, I'm going to the prefect's meeting!"
"You're James, and why'd they make you a prefect?"
"I have no idea, and you still haven't answered my question! Where are you going?"
"To the prefect's meeting"
"Oh, well, then I'll show you the way. Just follow me!" Well, well, well! Maybe being a prefect won't be too bad after all!!
~~~~~~~~Dumbledore's Office~~~~~~~~
"First let's go around and say a little thing about ourselves" said Dumbledore.
They had just finished when James and Lily came in.
"See! I told you that we'd get here!" said James triumphantly.
"Yeah, and we only got lost ten times!" countered Lily fiercely.
"Yeah, but we still-" they had just realized that everyone was staring at them, or at Lily.
"Uh, hi!" said Lily, blushing.
"We were just going around and saying something about ourselves, why don't you go, James" said Dumbledore, his eyes laughing.
"Uh… ok… hey everybody, my name is James Potter, and I am the BEST at quidditch, the handsomest guy in school, and prankster extroidinaire!"
Everyone laughed; they already knew how conceited James was.
"Um… I'm Lily Evans, and I'm a fifth year in Gryffindor, and I've had the unpleasant experience of being stuck with this poor excuse for a human being, A.K.A. James Potter."
Everyone laughed except for James; they all thought that these two were a good match for each other. Lily had as much wit and cleverness as James.
"Now that the introduction is over, let me discuss what I called you to discuss" said Dumbledore, laughing out loud.
"I have decided to have a Halloween Ball. It is to be held for fourth years and up, and to be held on Halloween. It is to be a costume ball, but you don't have to have a partner. John and Melinda, you will be in charge or making signs to put up, and to spread the word. James, Ben, Vanessa, and Courtney, y'all will be in charge of finding a band, and Lily, Jack, Anna, and Will, y'all will be in charge of decorations.
Lily breathed a sigh of relief that she wasn't in James's team. She went over to where Ben, Vanessa, and Courtney were standing.
"I feel incredibly sorry for you, and wish you the best of luck with that boy."
They all laughed.
As Halloween approached, Lily received many offers for dates to the ball. She turned them all down, but then accepted to go with Sirius. James had asked her at least five times, but she said no to every one of them. But, Remus asked Kelly, and Ben asked Izzy. James asked Chris, but she turned him down. She was going stag.
The night of the ball, the girls were up in Lily and Kelly's room getting ready. Lily and Sirius were doing a prince and princess theme, Kelly and Remus were also doing a medieval theme, and Izzy and Ben were doing an American. Chris was posing as a singer. After they had gotten showered and dressed, they did their hair and makeup.
At 6:55 (the ball started at seven) they guys started getting nervous. Then, someone cleared her throat. They looked up and saw Kelly; she was the first in line to come down. She had on a blue dress that was tight at the waist, but then went out very full at the bottom. It had silver trimming. She had on silver eye shadow accented with silver sparkles on her eyelids and in her hair, with was half up and curled at the bottom. Remus had on pants and a jacket to match her dress. His mouth was hanging open, and she giggled. He realized that it was, and he closed it. Next came Izzy. She had on a light blue sparkling halter-dress that came down halfway down her thigh. She had on Black knee-high boots, and a lot of black eyeliner. She had her hair in an elegant but simple ponytail, and had magically made it shine. Ben had on a light blue polyester suit with black shoes. They looked stunning together. Next came Chris, who had on a long pink, sequined dress, and high heeled shoes. Last but definitely not least was Lily. She had on a green dress that was similar in shape to Kelly's, except hers had gold designs on hers and a low V-neck. She had on gold eye shadow with gold sparkles, and red lips with clear gloss on them. Her hair was pinned up in a bun with some hair hanging down, framing her face. And to complete the outfit, she had on a fake-diamond tiara and a necklace with a gold chain and a diamond pendant. She looked stunning. James made a couple of grunting noises that were incoherent while Sirius still had his mouth hanging open. Lily laughed and said "shall we go, then?"
Sirius came to his senses and said, "of course, milady. And may I say that you look stunning!"
Everyone's heads turned as Lily, Sirius, Kelly, and Remus walked in. It was true. They were the prettiest girls at the ball (Lily and Kelly). Remus and Sirius couldn't take their eyes off of them.
The band, the Wacky Witches, struck up a fast song, and Sirius and Lily made their way out onto the dance floor.
Lily danced almost every song until the band took a break. Then she went over to the refreshment table to get some pumpkin juice and received many compliments on her decorations. They had 100 live bats as usual, but also had massive pumpkins, and skeletons that talked to you. Almost everything was orange or black. (I know that I should have told you about the decorations when they first walked in, but I forgot.)
At the refreshment table James came over and talked to her.
"Hey lily! You can Sirius have been dancing like crazy! But y'all are both great dancers!"
"Thanks, and good band." lily replied
James almost couldn't believe that he had gotten a compliment out of Lily.
"May I have this dance?" he asked, for the band had come back.
"Sure… let's go, but just let me give this drink to Sirius."
Once they got on the dance floor, she put her arms around his neck, and he put his around her waist. He tried to pull her closer, but she didn't want to.
"Hold it Romeo. Just because I agreed to dance with you doesn't mean that you can expect me to be a millimeter apart from you."
From behind them, they heard Sirius laugh. He came over to them.
"May I cut in?" he asked, his eyes still full of laughter
"Of course!" said Lily, and she turned away from James, and into Sirius's arms.
"I saw what you did to him." Said Sirius, "and I think that you just made his ego shrink a lot by refusing him!"
"Good! Even through that it needs to be deflated a lot more in order to fit inside his head!"
Sirius just laughed, but then he became serious.
"Lily, why do you hate him so much?"
"I don't hate him, in fact, I was going to ask him if we could be friends to night in the common room."
"Then why do you treat him to cruelly?"
"I guess I'm just giving him a taste of what it was like to be me for four years. Trying my hardest to be noticed, but him totally ignoring me. Now that I'm over him, I need him to know what it felt like. Except, in my case it was ten times worse because he didn't even know that I existed!"
"Oh… well, I was just wondering."
"Don't tell him that I really don't hate him, in fact, don't tell him anything that I just told you. Ok?"
"Fine"
"Promise? Because I won't ever speak to you again if you tell him!"
"Promise, I won't tell him"
"Good, thanks Sirius."
"Are you still going to tell him tonight that you want to be his friend?"
"Nah, what he just pulled on me made me realize that he still thinks that he can get any girl, so I'm going to wait. Maybe it'll be his Christmas present."
"That would be great!"
After the ball ended at 11:00, everybody was tired from dancing, and they went up to their rooms to sleep.
The next day, nobody did anything but talk about the ball, and Sirius kept on looking at Lily, as if trying to get a message through to her. Finally, she went over to him.
"Sirius Black, if you're going to keep looking at me like you need to talk to me, then let's talk. I'm sick of trying to find out what you're saying!" said an angered Lily.
"Fine, let's talk." Said Sirius.
They went outside of the common room, and Sirius asked her his question.
"Are you still going to be friends with James?" (Haha I bet you thought the was going to ask her out!)
"Is that what was bugging you? Yes, I told you that at 10:00 last night why would I change my mind from then until now?"
"I was just wondering because you might've thought about it and changed your mind."
"Well, that's going to be one of his Christmas presents, so don't tell him!"
"I said last night that I wouldn't, and I won't."
"Ok, well, if that was the only thing you wanted to ask me, then I'm going back inside. Bye bye"
When they walked back inside the common room, people were shooting them glances, as if wondering if they were now a couple.
After about ten minutes of being back in the common room, Lily got up and went to the front of it, and asked for everybody's attention.
"To all you nosy people who might start rumors, Sirius did NOT and may I repeat DID NOT just ask me out, and we remain friends, so you can stop shooting me glances as if wondering what he needed to talk to me about. Thank you" said Lily, who got aggravated with people looking at her.
The Marauders just started laughing, as did everybody else in the common room, but they did stopped looking at Sirius and Lily.
A/N: PLEASE REVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~one week later~~~~~~~~~~~~
"… and I would also like to announce that there will be a prefects meeting today at 10:00 in my office." Said Dumbledore
James groaned. He had heard non-stop teasing since last week because he was a prefect. He didn't want to have to go through it again. It was Sunday, and James just wanted to skip the meeting, but he knew that he couldn't.
Lily was excited. Her very first Prefect meeting.
At 9:45 that morning, James slowly made his way down to Dumbledore's office. He knew where it was; he had been there numerous times with Sirius and Remus when Professor McGonagall didn't know what to do with them. He was halfway there when he bumped into the girl that he had "met" on the train.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" she said immediately
"It's ok," replied James
Oh man, I would know that voice anywhere, and of all people to run into when I'm already late for my meeting! I'll guess I'll just try to be civil.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"To the prefect meeting, you?"
**laughing**"that's funny! Now, where are you REALLY going?"
"I'm serious, I'm going to the prefect's meeting!"
"You're James, and why'd they make you a prefect?"
"I have no idea, and you still haven't answered my question! Where are you going?"
"To the prefect's meeting"
"Oh, well, then I'll show you the way. Just follow me!" Well, well, well! Maybe being a prefect won't be too bad after all!!
~~~~~~~~Dumbledore's Office~~~~~~~~
"First let's go around and say a little thing about ourselves" said Dumbledore.
They had just finished when James and Lily came in.
"See! I told you that we'd get here!" said James triumphantly.
"Yeah, and we only got lost ten times!" countered Lily fiercely.
"Yeah, but we still-" they had just realized that everyone was staring at them, or at Lily.
"Uh, hi!" said Lily, blushing.
"We were just going around and saying something about ourselves, why don't you go, James" said Dumbledore, his eyes laughing.
"Uh… ok… hey everybody, my name is James Potter, and I am the BEST at quidditch, the handsomest guy in school, and prankster extroidinaire!"
Everyone laughed; they already knew how conceited James was.
"Um… I'm Lily Evans, and I'm a fifth year in Gryffindor, and I've had the unpleasant experience of being stuck with this poor excuse for a human being, A.K.A. James Potter."
Everyone laughed except for James; they all thought that these two were a good match for each other. Lily had as much wit and cleverness as James.
"Now that the introduction is over, let me discuss what I called you to discuss" said Dumbledore, laughing out loud.
"I have decided to have a Halloween Ball. It is to be held for fourth years and up, and to be held on Halloween. It is to be a costume ball, but you don't have to have a partner. John and Melinda, you will be in charge or making signs to put up, and to spread the word. James, Ben, Vanessa, and Courtney, y'all will be in charge of finding a band, and Lily, Jack, Anna, and Will, y'all will be in charge of decorations.
Lily breathed a sigh of relief that she wasn't in James's team. She went over to where Ben, Vanessa, and Courtney were standing.
"I feel incredibly sorry for you, and wish you the best of luck with that boy."
They all laughed.
As Halloween approached, Lily received many offers for dates to the ball. She turned them all down, but then accepted to go with Sirius. James had asked her at least five times, but she said no to every one of them. But, Remus asked Kelly, and Ben asked Izzy. James asked Chris, but she turned him down. She was going stag.
The night of the ball, the girls were up in Lily and Kelly's room getting ready. Lily and Sirius were doing a prince and princess theme, Kelly and Remus were also doing a medieval theme, and Izzy and Ben were doing an American. Chris was posing as a singer. After they had gotten showered and dressed, they did their hair and makeup.
At 6:55 (the ball started at seven) they guys started getting nervous. Then, someone cleared her throat. They looked up and saw Kelly; she was the first in line to come down. She had on a blue dress that was tight at the waist, but then went out very full at the bottom. It had silver trimming. She had on silver eye shadow accented with silver sparkles on her eyelids and in her hair, with was half up and curled at the bottom. Remus had on pants and a jacket to match her dress. His mouth was hanging open, and she giggled. He realized that it was, and he closed it. Next came Izzy. She had on a light blue sparkling halter-dress that came down halfway down her thigh. She had on Black knee-high boots, and a lot of black eyeliner. She had her hair in an elegant but simple ponytail, and had magically made it shine. Ben had on a light blue polyester suit with black shoes. They looked stunning together. Next came Chris, who had on a long pink, sequined dress, and high heeled shoes. Last but definitely not least was Lily. She had on a green dress that was similar in shape to Kelly's, except hers had gold designs on hers and a low V-neck. She had on gold eye shadow with gold sparkles, and red lips with clear gloss on them. Her hair was pinned up in a bun with some hair hanging down, framing her face. And to complete the outfit, she had on a fake-diamond tiara and a necklace with a gold chain and a diamond pendant. She looked stunning. James made a couple of grunting noises that were incoherent while Sirius still had his mouth hanging open. Lily laughed and said "shall we go, then?"
Sirius came to his senses and said, "of course, milady. And may I say that you look stunning!"
Everyone's heads turned as Lily, Sirius, Kelly, and Remus walked in. It was true. They were the prettiest girls at the ball (Lily and Kelly). Remus and Sirius couldn't take their eyes off of them.
The band, the Wacky Witches, struck up a fast song, and Sirius and Lily made their way out onto the dance floor.
Lily danced almost every song until the band took a break. Then she went over to the refreshment table to get some pumpkin juice and received many compliments on her decorations. They had 100 live bats as usual, but also had massive pumpkins, and skeletons that talked to you. Almost everything was orange or black. (I know that I should have told you about the decorations when they first walked in, but I forgot.)
At the refreshment table James came over and talked to her.
"Hey lily! You can Sirius have been dancing like crazy! But y'all are both great dancers!"
"Thanks, and good band." lily replied
James almost couldn't believe that he had gotten a compliment out of Lily.
"May I have this dance?" he asked, for the band had come back.
"Sure… let's go, but just let me give this drink to Sirius."
Once they got on the dance floor, she put her arms around his neck, and he put his around her waist. He tried to pull her closer, but she didn't want to.
"Hold it Romeo. Just because I agreed to dance with you doesn't mean that you can expect me to be a millimeter apart from you."
From behind them, they heard Sirius laugh. He came over to them.
"May I cut in?" he asked, his eyes still full of laughter
"Of course!" said Lily, and she turned away from James, and into Sirius's arms.
"I saw what you did to him." Said Sirius, "and I think that you just made his ego shrink a lot by refusing him!"
"Good! Even through that it needs to be deflated a lot more in order to fit inside his head!"
Sirius just laughed, but then he became serious.
"Lily, why do you hate him so much?"
"I don't hate him, in fact, I was going to ask him if we could be friends to night in the common room."
"Then why do you treat him to cruelly?"
"I guess I'm just giving him a taste of what it was like to be me for four years. Trying my hardest to be noticed, but him totally ignoring me. Now that I'm over him, I need him to know what it felt like. Except, in my case it was ten times worse because he didn't even know that I existed!"
"Oh… well, I was just wondering."
"Don't tell him that I really don't hate him, in fact, don't tell him anything that I just told you. Ok?"
"Fine"
"Promise? Because I won't ever speak to you again if you tell him!"
"Promise, I won't tell him"
"Good, thanks Sirius."
"Are you still going to tell him tonight that you want to be his friend?"
"Nah, what he just pulled on me made me realize that he still thinks that he can get any girl, so I'm going to wait. Maybe it'll be his Christmas present."
"That would be great!"
After the ball ended at 11:00, everybody was tired from dancing, and they went up to their rooms to sleep.
The next day, nobody did anything but talk about the ball, and Sirius kept on looking at Lily, as if trying to get a message through to her. Finally, she went over to him.
"Sirius Black, if you're going to keep looking at me like you need to talk to me, then let's talk. I'm sick of trying to find out what you're saying!" said an angered Lily.
"Fine, let's talk." Said Sirius.
They went outside of the common room, and Sirius asked her his question.
"Are you still going to be friends with James?" (Haha I bet you thought the was going to ask her out!)
"Is that what was bugging you? Yes, I told you that at 10:00 last night why would I change my mind from then until now?"
"I was just wondering because you might've thought about it and changed your mind."
"Well, that's going to be one of his Christmas presents, so don't tell him!"
"I said last night that I wouldn't, and I won't."
"Ok, well, if that was the only thing you wanted to ask me, then I'm going back inside. Bye bye"
When they walked back inside the common room, people were shooting them glances, as if wondering if they were now a couple.
After about ten minutes of being back in the common room, Lily got up and went to the front of it, and asked for everybody's attention.
"To all you nosy people who might start rumors, Sirius did NOT and may I repeat DID NOT just ask me out, and we remain friends, so you can stop shooting me glances as if wondering what he needed to talk to me about. Thank you" said Lily, who got aggravated with people looking at her.
The Marauders just started laughing, as did everybody else in the common room, but they did stopped looking at Sirius and Lily.