Chapter 10! Party btw sorry if the dresses don't sound nice, but they are. Haha
And i know their pretty muggle. But who cares?
Effie Pov
Lily, Alice, Hazel and I were all sitting in my room in the Potter Manor. They had arrived early and we had gone shopping for dresses and accessories. It had took us all day to get ready, putting on makeup and doing our hair turned out to be extremely difficult when you couldn't do any magic. Finally we had to get Dorea and mum to help us, only Lily could really make her hair look half decent.
We finally finished getting ready at about six o'clock. We all looked at eachother in my oversized mirror.
Lily was wearing a short silver dress that finished about mid-thigh. It showed a bit of cleavage and had thin straps. Her hair was out and Dorea had done a special spell to make her darker red streaks show more in the light. Her make-up looked natural, only a bit of mascara, eyeliner and lipgloss. She wore a charm bracelet with a small stag on it and a necklace with a silver chain and an emerald hanging off it.
Alice also wore a simple black dress. It had a white belt type thing just below her chest; it was strapless and finished about three inches above her knee. Her thick, black hair was out with two thin strands pulled back into a tiny plait. She had a thick black bangle and wore no other jewellery except for two diamond stud earrings.
Hazel went all out there in a floor length black dress, with an extremely low back. Her black hair shimmered in the light and her skin glowed. He had silver earrings that sparkled in the light. She wore quite heavy eyeliner that brought out her big, brown eyes. Her dress tightened slightly below her chest, then fell elegantly to the floor, hugging her curves. She looked stunning.
I was wearing a grey dress that shimmered in the light. It finished at about mid-thigh and had a black band below my chest. The back finished about halfway down my back and the front showed a bit of cleavage. My blonde hair was down and just had soft curls in it. I had a few silver bangles and my make up was kept to a minimum.
I didn't really want to go to this party. But I couldn't really stay locked up in my room while my friends were here. I knew the Riley's were coming and I was a bit nervous about that, but I also hadn't really seen Sirius since Christmas.
"We look amazing!" Hazel squealed "Wait til Zachary sees you Effie, he's going to regret ever dumping you!" I smiled. Tonight I'm going to have fun and completely forgot about Zach. Who cares about him anyway? I'll show him I don't give a shit that he dumped me.
"Yeh, let's go downstairs."
Sirius Pov
People were starting to arrive and the girls still hadn't come down. They started to get ready three hours ago! What could they possibly be doing? It seemed like the entire wizarding population had come to the party. I loved New Years. It was the best, the girls wore shorter dresses then usual and there was always tons more alcohol, which meant the parents would be too drunk to realise half of their booze are missing and all the teenagers have disappeared.
Finally the girls came down the stairs. They looked hot.
"Whoa, they look hot" I muttered to James, who nodded, staring up at Lily in awe. Remus started to fidget with his collar and Peter... Peter had disappeared somewhere.
Effie looked the prettiest out of the four. I could tell she was nervous, she kept glancing around the area. I wanted her to know that we were still friends and what happened didn't matter.
"Hey Effie, you look great." I smiled at her. She mumbled thanks and hurried off, disappearing into the crowd.
"What was that about?" James looked at me suspiciously, that guy has no trust!
"No idea." I said, trying to sound calm.
Remus and Hazel were dancing together. Remus looked like he couldn't believe his luck. Hazel looked up at him in awe. I rolled my eyes, I hated sappy stuff. It was so corny. James was trying to make conversation with Lily, he looked nervous. Lily wasn't trying to hide she didn't want to talk to him. She kept yawning and rolling her eyes. Bitch.
I strolled around the room. Saying hello to a few people I knew, earning a few looks from others. I sighed. People thought I was like my family. There were two types of purebloods, the good ones, the people at this party and the muggle hating, power obsessive ones, like my family. People thought I was like them and I hated it. There were a group of giggling girls in a corner, I smirked and strolled up to them.
"Hello ladies, having a good time?" I grinned. They giggled.
"Now you're here." A girl with dark features battered eye eyelashes at me. Too easy.
"Do you want to dance with me?" I asked
"Dance?"
"Or we could inspect that dark corner over there?" I said seductively, she laughed and let me lead her away from her friends.
Effie Pov
I saw Sirius disappear with a pretty, black haired girl. I couldn't believe I acted like that with him. It could have completely destroyed our friendship. I was scared it had until he came and talked to me earlier, but I still couldn't face him after how I acted. I had seen Zach twice. He was with some girl, already over me apparently. I'll show him. There was a good-looking boy standing alone watching couples dance. I walked up to him and started to flirt with him, making sure Zach could see me. He stared at me, stunned.
"Do you want to dance Effie?" The boy (Jake) asked.
"I'd love to." He led me to the dance floor and we started to dance closely together. Zach brought his slut to the dance floor as well.
"So Effie, how are you here tonight?" Jake asked.
"James is my cousin. What about you?"
"Family friends."
"Oh good, I was hoping we weren't related." I whispered in his ear. He looked at me surprised, then leant in to kiss me.
"Me too" he murmured. I pulled me closer to him. He kissed my cheek softly, then my lips.
"Ah! Effie, I see you've met dear Jake here." I groaned and pulled away.
"What do you want James?"
"Just saying hello, you look beautiful tonight." He said. I rolled my eyes.
"Thanks. Where's Lily, weren't you interrogating her?" I asked.
"Yeh, I asked her to dance and she just walked away. It was pretty upsetting." He shrugged.
"Ok, good. See you later James."
"Where am I going?" IDIOT!
"I don't know."
"Hey guys, what's up?" Josh walked up to us, I groaned.
"James was just leaving, so were you."
"I dunno, Dad was giving you guys a look. Maybe you shouldn't be so public."
"Ok fine, we'll go then" I pulled on Jakes arm and led him away to a corner, only to find Sirius and that girl practically on top of him. How could he do that to Jenny? After what he did to me? Didn't he realise how much he could hurt somebody by cheating on them?
"Oh, hey Effie" Sirius tried to smile. "Jake" he nodded.
"I'll see you later Sirius." The girl walked away quickly, pulling her short dress down.
"Effie! You scared her away." Sirius complained.
"Don't you have to be somewhere?" I whined. Sirius rolled his eyes and walked away.
"Finally! Now where were we?" I smiled. "Oh that's right."
Lily Pov
"So are you enjoying the party?" James asked, running his fingers through his hair nervously. I rolled my eyes.
"Yeh"
"Great!"
"So" He said slowly "You want to dance with me?" I walked away. Prick. Great! I was all alone. Hazel was with Remus, Effie had disappeared, and so had Alice. I quickly grabbed a shot of Icevodka and headed out the courtyard. I didn't really want to remember this night, I just wanted to let go while I was away from school and James Potter.
I sat alone, refilling my shot glass every now and then. By the fifth shot I was pretty drunk, the stuff was strong.
"Hey there." A male voice came from behind me. I spun around to see Owen Wilfred was looking at me up and down. He had just graduated last year.
"Hey Owen." I said.
"Lily right?"
"Yep." I didn't really expect him to know me, but he was the school sex god before Sirius realised 'what girls are for' so it was natural I knew him.
He sat down next to me and conjured another shot glass and a bottle of vodka. He poured himself a shot and shivered as it ran down his throat.
"That stuff is strong, how many shots have you taken." He asked me.
"I dunno, four or five." I shrugged. Everything was becoming pretty hazy and I knew I had taken a few too many. Owen grinned and poured me another shot. I downed it quickly.
"You in sixth year?" He asked.
"Dunno, probably."I mumbled. His grin widened.
"Got a boyfriend?"
"What do you want?" I slurred.
"This." He leant down and kissed me softly, I kissed him back, tangling my fingers in his blonde hair. Everything was getting pretty heated up, his hand wandered up my thigh. I slapped it away.
"Don't" I mumbled.
"Lily, you know you want to."
"No." I said firmly.
"Fine, whatever." He got up and walked away. I fell asleep on the bench.
After what seemed like minutes I was being shaken awake. I opened my eyes to see James Potters face staring at me worriedly.
"Lily, what happened? Come on, it's almost count down." He said, pulling me up.
"What? But it's only 9:00 or something." I muttered. James's face grew more worried.
"No, it's almost twelve. Let's get you inside, you need to go to bed." He picked me up and carried me inside the house. I fell asleep again in his arms, I don't know why, but I felt safe.
Hazel Pov
Remus is amazing. His body is amazing. His face is amazing. His humour is amazing. His style is amazing. I actually don't think I've ever been more amazed in my life. He manages to be sensitive, gentle and sweet but manly at the same time. How does he do it?
After the little fireworks show the Potters put on in their backyard Remus took be back into the house, where it was pretty quiet. He hadn't even tried to kiss me yet, and I was seriously about to scream. But I loved how he almost teased me. He managed to do it the right way.
"You look incredible tonight Hazel." He whispered in my ear, I shuddered. He stepped back and looked at me up on down, I smiled and closed the space between us again.
"I feel really stupid saying this" He started, running his fingers through his hair. "But do you wanna be my girlfriend?" I beamed.
"Of course." He smiled, and then leaned in to kiss me, my legs turned to jelly. His lips were soft. He touched my back, sending shivers down my spine. How he managed to make me crumble was beyond me. I was usually completely in control. Jesus, since when did I get so excited about a kiss? We broke apart.
"Come on, let's go back outside." Remus held out his hand. I took it, but pulled him back.
"No way." I said. He grinned and pressed his lips to mine once more.
Sirius Pov
I was watching Effie hook up with Jake. Zach was looking at her as well, looking pretty annoyed she wasn't begging him to take her back. Lucy had disappeared before I could catch up with her after Effie shooed us out of the corner. I felt pretty bad I cheated on Jenny, making the same mistakes I always did. I really liked Jenny, she was a good person, and I loved how she was different, wasn't afraid to be herself. But I just couldn't commit. Jenny wasn't here and it was new years! I couldn't just sit here doing nothing, like I am now. James had disappeared somewhere and Remus has gone back inside with Hazel. Everybody was so wrapped up in their love lives they've forgotten about their friends.
"Hey Sirius." Effie said, I looked up at her surprised.
"Where's Jake?"
"Had to go home, curfew." She rolled her eyes.
"Aren't his parent here?"
"Nope." Jake was a sixth year Hufflepuff, his mother was a witch and his father was a muggle, maybe they were celebrating new years with their muggle friends.
"Did you have a good time tonight?" Effie asked.
"I've had better." There was a silence. I could tell she was thinking of what to say.
"Look Sirius, I'm really sorry about that night, I was just really has happened to me over and over again and I'm really glad you said no. So can we just put it behind us?" She pleaded.
"Sure." I shrugged.
"Friends?"
"Yep" She hugged me, my heart quickened a little. Egh! Too much booze!
"I can't wait to get back to school." I said.
"Why?"
"It's normal there. Everybody gets a little weird when they've got too much time." She laughed.
"Yeh, I guess. So what have you been doing all night?"
"You really want to know." I grinned. She laughed again. "Actually I just hooked up with this girl called Lucy then came out here with a glass of Firewhiskey when you walked in on us."
"That's all? I've spent all night with Jakey." She smirked. I pulled a face.
"Truth or Dare?" She said suddenly.
"Dare." I grinned mischievously.
"I dare you to.. hmm.. Stand on the table and start singing loudly like you're really, really, really drunk, holding a bottle of tequila." She whispered. I stopped smiling. Dorea would kill me if she knew I stole their booze, and she's not even tipsy!
"No way, Dorea will kill me!"
"Exactly. So are you going to do it, or chicken out?" She teased.
"I'll do it of course." I slowly got up and dragged my feet up onto the table. I started to sing "A Cauldron Full of Hot, Strong Love" loudly, swaying dangerously and tapping my foot off beat. I saw Effie laughing her head off in the back of the crowd, which were now all looking at me, shocked. Dorea narrowed her eyes, looking lethal.
"Get down here at once Sirius Black!" She shouted. "Embarrassing me in front of all my guests. Up to bed, now!"
"But-! Effie!" I stuttered.
"Don't try and blame this on somebody else. Go! Now!" I heaved myself up the stairs, shooting a look at Effie, who came hurrying after me, still laughing.
"You have to keep me company now!" I insisted. She stopped laughing.
"But it's a party! And it's barely even gotten started!" She moaned.
"To bad." We opened the door to James and my room to find patting Lily on the head while she lay on his bed.
"James!" Effie hissed. "What have you done to her?"
"She did it to herself. She was being molested by Owen when I found her, completely drunk." I tried not to laugh, Lily Evens! Drunk? Never would have believed it in a million years. "Why are you up here?"
"Effie dared me to sing drunkenly, Dorea was furious." I explained quickly. Effie nodded.
"What a party ay?" James smiled. "Lily drunk, Mum actually mad at Sirius, Hazel and Remus getting together officially."
"Really?" Effie asked interestedly. God, who cares?
"Who cares?" I said, jumping onto James' bed at Lily's feet. Effie clucked her tongue impatiently. She went to sit down next to James.
"How did he ask her?" She asked. James rolled his eyes.
"I don't know!" He said. "So what did you guys get up to tonight?"
"Nothing" We both said in unison.
"What about you Prongs-dog" I asked.
"Nothing much." He said. "Pretty boring new years."
"You just said it was a good party!" Effie exclaimed.
"Yeh, for some people, not for me though. Too many adults."
"Yeh, next year we should have a massive one, just sixth and seventh years, and maybe some cool fifth years, from all houses, except Slytherins." Sirius said eagerly.
"Some Slytherins are cool, I dated one from there once and he was cool." Effie said, James scowled muttering something about unacceptable boyfriends.
"Can't wait, but in the meantime, let's have a welcome back party when we get back to Hogwarts. Sixth and seventh years only, in the Astronomy Tower first night back."
"Excellent." James said.
"You guys realise your planning the next party while you're at a party right?" Effie asked, amused.
"Shut up Effie." James yawned.
"Aw, poor Jamesie is tired." Effie said, patting James on the back. He pushed her off. "Go into your own room, and take Lily with you, I wanna go to bed."
"Why don't you just leave her in there?" I asked.
"Because I want to live when she wakes up tomorrow." James said bitterly. Effie pushed Lily awake, who grumbled and rolled over and eventually Effie dragged Lily off the bed. Lily then slowly got up and stumbled out of the room with help from Effie.
"Dude, I cheated on Jenny" I said as Effie and Lily left. James looked shocked.
"Padfoot, you bastard. Why can't you just keep a girl?" James always got furious with me when I cheated on a girl. I didn't understand why though, it was in my personality.
"I dunno. I feel really bad though."
"Doesn't seem like it." James muttered.
"Well I do!" I snapped back. We got to bed in silence and turned the light off straight away.
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Hazel Pov
Lily, Remus, Alice and I all stayed at the Potter's after New Year's. It was crowded with Effie's family there as well. But the house was massive, so we fit comfortably. Everybody had the end of holiday blues, except Sirius, who couldn't wait to get back to school. Maybe it was because Dorea was still angry at him for embarrassing her. He tended to stay out of her way, but at dinner time it she made sure he knew he was being punished. He wasn't allowed outside of the house, including the Quidditch Pitch and he had to clear everybody's plate and wash up at dinner.
"What is Boo for then?" He complained loudly to her one night. Boo was the Potters house-elf, I didn't really know why she was called Boo, but I think she scared James as a child or something.
"Remus!" I hugged him when he came into the room. Lily and Effie rolled their eyes.
"Hey Hazel, how are you?" He said pleasantly.
"Good."
"School today." He said.
"Egh! Now I'm bad!" I pouted playfully.
"Yes, very bad." Sirius and James gaped at him. It was usually them who made those types of comments.
School. Let's hope this term is more exciting than last one.
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