Alice gasped as she fell over the threshold and saw the ground heading toward her, when strong arms caught her and lifted her into a standing position again. She looked up in surprise to a pair of crystal clear blue eyes. Frank looked completely surprised as well, but he felt like the world had stopped. He was finally holding Alice Prewett in his arms, and she looked beautiful. Her curly brown hair was framed perfectly around her face, and her blue eyes were wide with surprise, but he could stare into them forever.

They stood there just staring at each other, Frank still holding Alice in his arms, until a small cough sounded behind them, and they jumped apart, looking around, finally seeing the actual room. James stood next to the little candle lit table dressed as a waiter and still sporting the curly mustache.

"What is going on James?" Frank asked, looking confused. Alice couldn't find her voice to ask her own questions though, because she was staring in awe at the amazing room they stood in.

"I would like to welcome you to dinner this evening," James said, bowing and gesturing them towards the table, "Please take a seat."

Alice looked hesitantly over at Frank, just as he was glancing at her. He finally offered her his arm, looking nervous. His expression changed to joy when she lightly took it, smiling shyly up at him. He led her to the table and pulled her chair out for her, and made sure she was seated comfortably before he took his own seat across from her.

"I will be your server tonight," James said, smiling down at the couple, "We already have your food prepared, and we have, from a reliable source, made sure they were all your favorites, miss," he winked at Alice who smiled back and made a mental note to thank Raea for this someday.

James disappeared through a door on the other side of the room, leaving Alice and Frank in an awkward silence. Alice was the first to break it.

"I knew they were up to something," she giggled, shaking her head in disbelief, "I just didn't think it had anything to do with me."

"I've been completely confused all day," Frank admitted quietly, "They got me out of bed this morning with matching grins. I thought they were going to pull something on me. Lupin never let me out of his sight till a few hours ago after he asked me to help him with a herbology assignment here."

"But you are okay with being here, right?" Alice asked nervously, "I mean, you don't have to be here. They aren't making you stay."

Frank let out a deep sigh, and Alice was afraid he was going to leave. She still didn't know what exactly was going on, but she wanted him to stay.

"No, I want to stay here with you," Frank said boldly, even though he was completely terrified on the inside.

"You do?" Alice asked, surprised, but a small smile was slowly lighting up her face.

Frank nodded, "You are okay staying here?" he asked.

"Yes," she said, a full smile on her face now. She was feeling happier than she had in a very long time.

Suddenly James came back into the room with two drinks on a tray. When he set the drinks down Alice felt like she could die happy right that second. They were huge glasses of a red drink, but the thing that made Alice almost die from joy was the stick of cotton candy that was propped up on the top of the glass.

"Oh my gosh!" Alice squealed so loudly that Frank jumped about a foot off his chair looking thoroughly alarmed. "I haven't had one of these in years!" she pulled off a bit of the cotton candy, closing her eyes contently as the pink sugar dissolved on her tongue.

"What is it?" Frank asked, staring curiously at his own drink.

"It's a Shirley Temple, a popular muggle drink. Though it's not usually made like this, as Alice can probably tell you," James said smiling at Alice before returning to the kitchen. "Are you ready for me to take the salad out?"

Remus looked up from where he was talking to a house elf who wore the traditional Hogwarts tea cozy, wrapped like a toga around his little body. The elf jumped when James walked in and bowed low for him.

"Nipsy has made the salads for you, Head Boy, sir," he squeaked, gesturing to the two perfectly made salads that sat on the counter top.

"Thank you Nipsy," James said, sighing, "And please, stop bowing for me every time I come in the room." Remus laughed in the background.

Nipsy nervously twisted his ears in his hands, "But Nipsy must bow, sir. You are the Head Boy. You are ranked as high as the Professors to the house elves," he squeaked.

"Oh really?" James asked, looking thoughtful.

"Don't even think about it Prongs," Remus laughed, knowing exactly where James thoughts were taking him, "Come on! Salad time!" and Remus sang, grabbing the salads off the counter and thrust them into James' arms before shoving him out the door.

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"Your roommates sure are overly zealous," Alice laughed, looking up at Frank who sat next to her on the stone bench on the balcony. James and Remus had finally taken their leave as soon as Frank and Alice finished their dinner, leaving the two of them alone in the magical room. They had moved over to the bench when it got dark enough to see the stars reflecting in the lake and shining over the castle grounds.

"Tell me about it," Frank said, shaking his head, "They are all completely crazy, but they're good guys."

"Yeah they are," Alice agreed, "James is a very nice guy, I wonder why Lily still hates him so? Same with Sirius and Raea."

"Who knows," Frank said, and then he looked down at Alice, her blue eyes sparkled in the light of the stars.

"Well I'm happy they did this," Alice smiled, "I had a lot of fun tonight."

"Me too," Frank said softly, "I'm sorry that I never had the courage to ask you out earlier. I'm not as brave as James," he looked down at the lake, avoiding Alice's eyes. He muttered under his breath, "Some Gryffindor I am."

Suddenly he felt a small warm hand on his cheek, turning his face toward her. "Frank, don't say that. You are the most wonderful person I know. To me you are just as brave as James, and just as strong as Sirius, and just as smart as Remus, but you are also much more special to me," Alice said, blushing scarlet, but still staring boldly up at him.

"Alice, you are the kindest witch I know," Franks smiled, reaching down and taking her small hand in his, "You were the only one to see through my shield. You are amazing. And you look beautiful tonight," he reached up with his free hand and tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear.

They didn't know how long they just sat there and looked into each others eyes. It could have been hours, days, months, years, they didn't care. They felt like they could stay like this forever. Hand in hand, the happiest they had ever been.

Then Alice slowly pulled his head closer to hers. His eyes flew wide, but he didn't stop her. Their lips met in a kiss as sweet as sugar, and the boy flying over them under a disillusionment charm breathed a sigh of relief.

One down, two to go. James thought, as he soared away into the starlit sky.

I know, I know. I am the worst person ever, and I feel horrible! I am so sorry I haven't updated this story in months, but life has been crazy. Starting college and saying goodbye to friends and siblings has been taking a lot out of me. But I'm back now! Life has slowed down, and hopefully I will be able to write more and update faster. I haven't abandoned this story at all! So don't worry!

That drink I talked about up there is the most amazing drink ever! haha Ya, they really do make a drink that has a stick of cotton candy coming out the top. I got it for my birthday and it seriously made my day! They sell it at a restaurant called Spark here in Provo, UT. Best place ever for fun food. I just had to throw that drink into the story.

Thanks so much to all the people who have commented on this story, and my other stories. You guys are amazing and you keep me going! If nobody would have commented I would have stopped writing a long time ago. Please leave a comment on this chapter, and give me feedback on what you liked or didnt like. Or even if you just want to yell at me for taking so long to update. Anything is fine! :)

-Yvonne