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At the girls dormitory the twins had Lily sitting down on one of the girls beds, and were scrutinizing Lily, wondering what look they should give her.
Lily was just sitting there, hands clutched anxiously on her lap, andwhen she caught a glimpse of the twins extensive make-up bag,her hands gripped even tighter. It appeared to have everything a girl needed, plus a lot more.
Emma and Alexis sat together on Emma's bed. Both of them had a smile at their faces. They both traded a look, Alexis' amused look was also reflected on Emma's They traded a look, their faces mirroring each other's smiles of amusement. At the moment they- as in the twins- were arguing whether Lily should be wearing clear mascara or charcoal black. Why the twins were arguing over the merits of different shades of mascara was beyond everyone else.
"I also think we should curl her eyelashes," said Danielle as she held an eyelash curler, suggestively. Lily looked at the familiar object. She had seen Petunia use it often. Lily looked at it tentatively,feeling unsure of whether it would actually work on her.
Gabrielle appraised Lily, raising her chin upwards and turning it gently as she examinedher eyelashes.
"Perfect," she announced, satisfied. "Definitely long enough to curl."
Danielle was about place the curler on her eyelids when Emma protested.
"I don't think it's necessary, the mascara should be enough," said Emma from her bed. The twins looked at them and glared.
"Mascara goes very nicely with curled eyelashes," said Danielle defensively.
"True, but the mascara clumps," informed Alexis as she looked at Lily, who was familiar with mascara, butavoided it because it did get rather messy.
Alexis got off the bed and grabbed the twins make-up bag, which was big, and had different compartments. Alexis pulled out a little black tube, opened it up and looked at Lily.
"Lily, mascara can be a rather messy thing to work with if you don't have a steady hand, or if your eye twitches,"informed Alexis.
Lily nodded. "I knowI've had personal experience."
Alexis smiled as Lily revealed this piece of information.She drew Lily off the bed and toward the mirror, telling her, "You have to be very careful. Just watch what I do."
She then raised Lily's eyelid and informed her to look down. With every brush Alexis gave to Lily's eyelashes, the eyelashes would lengthen and darken.She repeated the process, her hand firm and gentle – she didn't want to hurt Lily.
After that Emma got up and joined Alexis and Lily. She already had an eyeliner pencilshe had taken from the twins oversized make-up bag.
"Lily, you know how to use an eyeliner, right?"
Lily looked at the pencil. She had once poked her eye with one of those, when she had stolen Petunia's eyeliner when she was younger. Not wanting to repeat the accident,Lily winced at the memory.
"Em, I trust you. You can do it. I once again had a bad experience with that little pencil, and let me tell you it wasn't pretty."
Emma smiled.
She did her eyeliner, slightly pulling down Lily's lower eyelid and applying a black line gently. She did this to both eyes.
Emma and Alexis stepped back to admire their handiwork.
Combined, the eyeliner and mascara made Lily's eyes not only greener, but larger.She looked astonishing.
Danielle got a very pale pink blush and just put a tad on each cheek.
Gabrielle pursed her lips, carefully applying a clear gloss to Lily's lips.
"Just to moisten your lips before the lipstick," she explained gently, grinning at Lily's bewildered expression.
This finished up Lily's new look. She looked a little bit more alluring.
Lily stood up andgazed at the mirror. Her eyes opened in shock. She knew that they hadn't applied a considerate amount of make up, but they had applied enough for it to become a big change.
Gabrielle stood back, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Much better, don't you think?"
From around the room, Lily heard the varied murmurs of assent from her friends. It was odd, considering she didn't feel any different.
"Well go on," Emma prompted.
Lily turned back to the mirror apprehensively. She frowned, noting first her hair, and shook those critical thoughts away. Pursing her lips, she examined her eyes, her cheeks, her nose…
"Hmmm….I look like an owl," she said as she looked at her friends expressions through the mirror. Her friends looked taken aback by the comment on their handiwork.
Lily smiled, and faced her friends.
"I'm just messing around you guys, I like it. It makes me look….interesting looking. " She then went and hugged her helpers.
"You guys did a good job. And you munchkinsdidn't even poke my eye out!" Lily said as she hugged Emma and Alexis.
X
Lily had gone back to her room and she was looking at her reflection. The make up did enhance the fact that she has very pretty and alluring eyes. The twins had given her a whole kit of make up. Eye shadows that compliment her eye color, Foundations and blush. She didn't want to look like come sort of scarlet woman, but she did want to look a bit provocative just so she could win that bet with Sirius. She was now studying her hair. It was long, it reached her ribs. She got one of her hair brushes and she made a hair crease a little bit left than the middle of her scalp. She got her wand and started layering her hair. She cut her bangs using her wand; it now reached her mid cheek, instead of her chin. Her shortest layer reached her shoulder. The longest reached her ribs. She looked at her reflection and she thought she looked good. She started playing with her uniform shirt buttons, and left 3 buttons undone. She left her skirt the same decent length. She let her bangs cover her left eye.
Lily looked at herself. The whole package. She looked good, but she did feel a bit awkward in this new skin of hers'. The new look had made her alluring, but she still felt like she had the same morals, and same beliefs. She was still the muggle-born Head Girl, the girl that adored being with her friends, and didn't need of a man to defend her. She had never relied on her looks to get her anything. She knew that her charm, and her wit was enough for anyone. But the fact that now she was much more interesting looking, would people be intimidated by her? She hoped she wouldn't be treated differently. She then looked at the door.
She wanted to take her new look for a test drive,especially since she knew that James was downstairs studying for their charms test. But Lily knew that she had to resist, and wait until tomorrow morning when everyone would see that the new and improved Lily Evans, even if it was temporary.
She got out of her uniform and took off the make up, tied up her hair into a bun and went to bed.
X
James and the Marauders were having breakfast when out of nowhere they heard people cat calling someone. James looked up curiously and dropped his spoon, mouth falling open in shock.
Lily was walking into the Great Hall with her friends – but she looked different.
Her eyes seemed to sparkle in her face, and her hair was framing her face, and she looked decidedly beautiful. James' eyes scanned down her body and gulped. Her shirt was open more than usual, and it seemed that all he could see was skin…. Sirius nudged him in the ribs, jolting him out of his thoughts.
It seemed that James wasn't the only one to notice Lily's transformation. Her friends walked behind her, proud of their handiwork, as they watched the school admire her. Sirius looked shocked, while Remus merely smiled. Peter was, much to James' further surprise, oddly frowning.
"Is… is that Lily?"
Sirius rolled his eyes, seeming oddly bitter. "Of course it is, Wormtail."
They sat down across from them. Lily smiled at Sirius.
"Hey there, Black," she said, giving him a little wave.
James tensed, watching Sirius smile back.
"Hello Lily, my do you look rather dashing this morning," he said, winking.
James was completely lost.
Since when do Lily and Sirius flirt? Didn't Sirius like Gabrielle? What the bloody hell was going on?
James glared at Sirius and Lily. They were ignoring him completely. He gazed into his lumpy, brown porridge, feeling rather sulky.
X
"Oi Potter!!!!" Lily was running after James after their DADA class.
"What?" he asked, glancing sideways at her once she had caught up to him.
"We still have to have that Prefect meeting, we only have half a week to come up with an idea for the Halloween Ball before our dead line," she informed him.
James rolled his eyes. "Ugh. Lets hold a meeting tomorrow because I have too much to do as it is with trying to schedule Quidditch tryouts," he told her.
Lily watched, astonished, as James simply turned around and left her standing there, with a slightly annoyed expression on her face.
Lily turned around, heading back toward the Gryffindor Tower when Oliver Thompson approached her.
"Hey Lily," he greeted her as he reached for her hand and kissed it, smiling suavely.
Lily raised an eyebrow. Oliver Thompson was the type of boy that would only pursue girls that he thought may be easy - his one and only goal being to get those girls into bed.
"Hello Thompson," she said, withdrawing her hand from his grip. Thompson was looking at her with an unreadable glint in his eye. His mouth formed into a seductive smirk. Lily stood her ground.
"What are you up to?" Lily sighed, feeling it was the polite thing to ask - although in fact, she had a very clear idea onabout what he was up to.
"I was just going up to the Astronomy Tower – look at the stars, you know? Fancy joining me?"
His studied indifference didn't fool Lily, who replied with a tight-lipped, "No, thank you. Unfortunately for you I wasn't born yesterday."
Thompson frowned – he didn't usually have this much trouble, after all.
"Just a little walk?" he tried, coaxingly, moving a little closer.
Lily felt her back bump against the wall: it was closer than she had expected. The next thing she knew, Thompson was also closer than she expected. Too close…
Lily acted quickly. Wand out, she sent a quick non-verbal spell that sent Thompson howling away from her. Lily watched as he crashed into the wall and landed on the floor.
Lily walked towards him, and said, "Detention, I think. Try this on any other girl, and I guarantee I won't rest until you're suspended," She glared, voice cold, before walking away. She then turned back and smiled.
"Oh yeah, I forgot. 60 points away from Ravenclaw," she turned her back on him.
She was going to turn the corner when she bumped into Sirius.
"God, Black, don't do that. You scared me!" Lily exclaimed.
Sirius smiled at her.
"I saw what happened with Thompson. I'm quite impressed," Sirius said as he gave her one of his charming smiles.
Lily looked at him reproachfully, approaching him and poking his chest with her finger.
"I told you Black, I don't need a body guard," she said, glaring at him.
Sirius let out a laugh. Lily smacked his stomach and walked off, nose in the air.
Sirius held his stomach grudgingly, but couldn't help but grin as he watched Lily walk off. "She's one tough munchkin."
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James was alone in the Heads Tower attempting to schedule the Quidditch try outs. He hadn't seen Lily in hours: he was sure she was probably off somewhere, thinking horrible thoughts about him. James ran his fingers through his hair, frustrated.
James looked up from the piece of parchment and glanced at the clock; it was 7:40.
James sighed. The whole business about being 'mature' had proved to be more difficult than he had expected. What James really needed was someone to talk about it with. Sirius was as immature as James himself, so he was no help. Peter, James knew, could be relied upon to try and help, but as Peter wasn't overly mature himself, James didn't really like to ask so much of him. On the other hand… Remus.
Perfect.
Perhaps Remus would know where he was going wrong?
James made his way up the boy's staircase in the Gryffindor Tower, stopping before the familiar sight of the door to his old room. He was going to reach for the door-handle, butpaused, hearing Sirius' laughter from inside.
"Yeah, there's no way Lily will be able to win the bet," said Sirius, grinning. "I bet you she'll lose the bet."
"I wouldn't underestimate her," Remus murmured thoughtfully. "She's already defended herself, twice, without your help, Paddy."
"So let me get this straight. You made a bet with Lily that she would get raped by 5 guys?" asked Peter.
James's mouth fell open in disbelief. His heart pounded rapidly in his chest, each angry thud sending a fresh wave of pain through his body. He barged in the room, wand pointed at Sirius, looking utterly mad.
"Hey there, James," Sirius greeted him calmly.
James narrowed his eyes.
"What is this about a bet involving Lily getting raped?" he demanded, furiously.
Remus looked between Sirius and James, lips pursed thoughtfully. Peter, on the other hand, had been so startled by James' sudden entrance he appeared to have fallen off his bed.
"It's not what is sounds like, James," said Remus, slowly and calmly as he attempted to lower James' wand arm.
"Padfoot, explain the bet to James. I think you should inform him on this little bet you have made with Miss. Evans. "
Succeeding in directing James' wand away from Sirius, Remus breathed a sigh of relief. James stepped back reluctantly and eyed Sirius suspiciously, as though still considering jinxing him to oblivion. For his part, Sirius looked rather calm.
"Well James. I saw Jerry Fields trying to take advantage of Lily. Of course Lily did try to handle the situation by herself, but let's face it,Lily's no match for Fields, strength wise, and he had her wand arm - so I stepped in and told Fields to back off if he knew what was best for him."
Sirius paused to give James a significant look. Remus nodded his head in approval. James' frown, however, deepened.
"Of course Miss. Evans took my rescue as an insult and was telling me off, like usual. So I offered her a bet – that she wouldn't be able to handle those guys without my help. Five guys, actually," explained Sirius, as James' face softened.
"What do you win?" he asked softly, before shaking his head in disbelief at his own question.
Sirius grinned. "I win, I get a favor. She wins, she gets a favor. Nothing special. Don't worry mate, I've been keeping a close eye on her," he added, his voice reassuring.
"So is that the reason why she suddenly decided to change her look? For this bet?" James mused.
Sirius nodded thoughtfully. "I think so."
"So it isn't as bad as Peter made it sound, in other words," Remus concluded, looking thoroughly relieved at the fact James hadn't hexed them.
James nodded, then paused, turning once more to his best friend. "So what does Lily get if she wins?"
Sirius gave James one of his knowing smiles. "She wants to know why you've been acting so strangely."
James' spirits lifted when he heard that. So Lily did care for him, after all…
"And if she loses?" Remus prompted.
Sirius gave them his trademark mischievous grin. "She has to go out with Jamie here," he said, patting James' back.
James didn't know what to say. Reading James' face, Remus frowned.
"You know I don't think James would want his first date with Lily be a forced one, " Remus explained as he paced the room, looking really thoughtful and yet a little bit disturbed.
James was just about to agree when he caught sight of his watch. Two minutes until the Prefect Meeting! James mentally swore. He was quite sure Lily would castrate him if he were late. Grabbing Remus' arm, he hurried toward the door. His voice carried back inside from the stairwell:
"We got to go – Prefect Meeting!"
Authors Note: I apologize that I havn't updated for over 2 months. I am deeply ashamed for it. But I want to thank my lovely Beta, Lexie, for putting me back on track. I am already working on my new chapter. My lovely beta would be editing sometime this week and hope to have up by next weekend! Please Read and Review!!! Thank you!!
