Woo-hoo! Sorry about how this chapter turned out, but I've had writers' block, and let me tell you that writers' block is not all that merciful. Please, please, please review, it doesn't take that long to just hit go and write about the chapter. A simple 'love it' or 'hate it' doesn't take all that long, does it?

Here's what happened last chapter:

Remus shrugged half-heartedly, though on the inside, he really would rather have laughed. "I suppose," he said, as though unsure. But he knew exactly that he was sure. Acting hesitant was his specialty.

Lily and Alice were in the girls' dormitory, looking through clothes to wear to the Halloween dance. "So, Lily, do you have a necklace for me to borrow?" Alice asked as she hung up a jacket in the wardrobe.

"Why?"

Alice looked at Lily exasperatedly "You don't have any idea?" she asked. Lily shook her head.

"No. Should I?" she asked, as at that very moment, Serindra and Sandra walked in.

"Well, have you told her yet?" Sandra asked impatiently. Alice shook her head.

"No, I haven't, but believe it or not I was about to," she said. Lily was looking between Sandra and Alice with a puzzled frown, and Serindra was laughing quietly behind her hand.

Alice shook her head, but at a quick glare from Sandra, she said, "Frank asked me to the ball yesterday."

Lily stopped frowning and squealed, "Really? Wow!" and she hugged Alice exuberantly. Every body at Hogwarts knew that Alice and Frank were meant for each other, including Alice.

"Uh, guys can I ask you what you're wearing to the dance the day after tomorrow? Because I heard that there's going to be a masquerade and that the Head-Boy and Girl are going to be handing out two prizes for both the best costumes," Serindra said hesitantly and grinned.

"Y-you know a-about the party? How is that?" Lily asked, well, stuttered is the right word.

Serindra shook her head in amazement. "Lily, dear, I go out with a Prefect, remember? Anyways," and she looked at the other girls, "Remus says that they had only just decided on a masquerade party last night. And back to my original question: what are you guys wearing to the ball?"

Lily shrugged, making a noncommittal sound in her throat. Sandra looked at Lily, and a twinkle entered her gray eyes. Lily knew that look right away. "Mope, don't even try it," she said, "I'm not going to tell you what I'm wearing."

"Ah, why not?" Alice begged, having seen the twinkle in Sandra's eyes and having gotten one herself.

"Nope, I'm not saying," Lily repeated. She had seen the same twinkle in Alice's blue-green eyes.

"Mmm, I guess we'll have to wait till the Halloween party, huh, girls?" Serindra said with a laugh. The other girls agreed. Then Sandra walked over to the other side of the room, where Lily had accidentally left her costume. "Is this yours, Lily?" she asked.

"Oh, damn, I left it out when I was going to hide it," Lily said with a groan. Her costume, it turned out, was a fairy queen, and she was going to definitely look like one. She didn't want James to see what she was going to dress up as until the day in question. "Don't you dare tell James," she hissed at Alice and the other two.

"Our lips are sealed," Alice said and giggled. Lily looked confused while the other girls cracked up and tried to smother the giggles.

"Hilary Duff?" Lily asked, as Serindra shook her head in amusement.

"Yeah, you haven't heard that song for a while, have you?" Sandra said and looked rather disapproving, as the giggles grew louder.

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He's everything you want

He's everything you need

He's everything inside

That you wish you could be

He says all the right things

At exactly the right time

But he means nothing to you

And he don't know why

Lily was in the Great Hall, listening to the music playing and turning down every person who asked her to dance, everyone but James, who had asked her to this stupid thing anyways.

I'm everything you want

I'm everything you need

I'm everything inside

That you wish you could be

I say all the right things

At exactly the right time

But I mean nothing to you

And I don't know why

Doesn't know why is right, Lily thought as she walked to the middle of the room with James. He wasn't listening to the song, so he didn't see the conflict the song brought to Lily's thoughts.

She was wearing her Fairy Queen costume, with one accessory that Serindra and the rest of the girls had missed: a pair of butterfly wings. Her girlfriends had complimented her on her costume and even James had been slightly surprised, exactly the way she had wanted him to be. She looked up as the song changed. "I'd like to go sit down now," she said, on the spur of the moment. Liar, she thought, you would much rather keep dancing. She ignored the voice however and said, her voice far stronger then she was feeling, "I really need to sit down."

"Okay," James agreed, again not noticing her conflicting emotions. He led her to the table they were sitting at, and decided to sit too. "Too many girls trying to get their hands on me," he explained, making Lily laugh. It wasn't mean, it was contagious and soon James was laughing too.

Really, he's not such an arrogant idiot, she found herself thinking. Stop it, she ordered herself silently. You're not supposed to think that. Really? Then why are you blushing?

Lily was getting tired of second-guessing herself, but nothing she told herself would make her stop. Her feelings were so messed up from that song, that she didn't know what else to think.

"Are you ok? You look annoyed," James said. Lily shook herself and tried to smile.

"No, I'm fine. Really, look at Sirius," she said, trying to change the subject before it got too deep, "Can he eat all that by himself?"

James shrugged. "He's eaten more then that before, so I'm guessing he can. Sometimes he reminds me of Shaggy from Scooby-Doo," and his expression grew mischievous, "just don't tell him I said that, he wouldn't appreciate it."

Lily made a zipping gesture with her hand and burst out laughing. James looked at her worriedly, wondering if she'd lost her mind. A few seconds later, Lily had calmed down enough to tell him what was so funny.

"You were trying to surprise me with your costume? Why?" James asked, when she told him about it.

Lily shrugged. She didn't want to get into it. James kept persisting, but nothing could drag it out of her. "Are you ready to dance again?" she asked as the band started playing one of her favorite songs.

"Sure, why? I was just waiting for you," James said with another of his killer smiles. I doubt that he knew that he was making one girl slowly die when he did it.

Sorry it took me so long to update, I've been pretty busy. I promise to have chapter up sometime this week. I've just got to add some things to it. That song isn't mine, it's Vertical Horizons, and I don't own the Harry Potter characters. For all I care, J.K. Rowling can have my characters too. Thanks to all who reviewed, now here's a question for you to answer: should I keep going into seventh year or write another fic? Just let me know, thanks again!

Serindraxx