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Author's Note: Here's the next chapter. The chapter after this should be the last one for 5th year. But not for the story. Just the Girl will continue till the end of their 6th year.

Also,on another note,I am going to start a new story that I've been wanting to start for a long time. I'll start that soon. And I have a Christmas one-shot with L/J in mind,coming soon as well! Look out for them!

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I'd like to apologize to everyone for my lateness. If you haven't read my account page(that's where I put when I'll update,etc.)I couldn't update because I was stressed out over my semester tests I had to do in all 7 of my classes. I tried to update earlier,but I just couldn't concentrate. So,in a way,you should be happy I didn't update till now. If I'd updated earlier,the chapter would probably be crappy,lol. Thanks for being patient.

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Chapter 11-And He Said. . .

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"Did you hear?"

"I can't believe it!"

"When is it?"

"Oooohhhhhhh!"

"I can't wait!"

"What is with the females today?" Sirius asked,craning his neck around,watching the female species giggle and chatter away as if there was no tomorrow.

"What do you mean,Sirius?" Remus asked.

"Oh,come on. You know what I mean. Their more. . ." Sirius trailed off searching for the right word.

"More. . .feminine than usual?" James asked,also looking around.

Sirius snapped his fingers,"Yeah. That's it. Their more. . .girly than usual. Kind of creepy actually. This can't be something good."

It was the weekend. No classes. O.W.L's were in two weeks. The Marauders decided to sit around in the common room for the day. To have a calm day inside. Just sitting around watching other people stress out over O.W.L's. To read(or at least for Remus to read). To pig out over a new candy that was all the rage those days,chocolate gober scrumptious ultrasour super duper sour sweet candy. Yes,it was all the rage those days.

Remus turned the page of his book,"Oh,I doubt it's that bad." He stated calmly,not looking up from his book.

A loud series of squeals were heard.

"Dancing!" A girl added.

"Ballroom dancing!" Some else added.

Remus looked up from his book. Sirius looked pointedly at him,"Not that bad,eh?"

"Well. . ." Remus trailed off.

"Dancing?" Peter moaned. "I can't dance! Much less ballroom dance." He depressingly stuffed a chocolate gober scrumptious ultrasour super duper sour sweet candy in his mouth.

"Well,no one said we had to dance,did they? Just the girls have been talking about dancing." James pointed out.

Peter looked a little bit better now.

"Yeah,but if the girls dance,they'll need dance partners. And you know who they'll want to have as partners,don't you?" Sirius asked,but didn't wait for anyone to answer. "Us. The men." He stated solemnly.

Peter looked a little sick now.

"Oh,come on,Sirius,stop trying to scare Peter." Remus scolded.

Sirius looked at Remus with a raised eyebrow,"Who said I was trying to scare him? Besides,Peter shouldn't get scared just because of a little dancing."

"You'd be suprised." Peter stated.

"Anyways,I wasn't kidding. I mean,who else are they going to have as dance partners? Trolls?" Sirius asked.

"Maybe they'll dance with each other." James put in helplessly. He had paled some over Sirius' information. He figured a rock could dance better than he could.

Of course if the girls wanted to dance,that meant Lily Evans. Which would mean a dancing session with her,maybe. He didn't get to dance with her at the Christmas Ball last year(Don't worry if you don't remember the ball. I didn't actually write out the ball,I just mentioned it in FAAFIL). Well,he didn't exactly want to dance with her then. He kind of despised her back then. . .

"Yeah right." Sirius exclaimed."Girls would never pass up an opportunity to make us feel uncomfortable."

"I doubt they do it on purpose,Sirius." Remus reasoned.

"That's what they want us to think! But I know better. . ." Sirius trailed off,glancing suspiously at a 5th year girl writing an essay nearby.

Remus rolled his eyes.

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"Hello,boys. How are you today?" Emma asked carelessly as herself,Alice,and Lily sat down on couch next to the Marauders.

The boys heads snapped up from what they were doing. "What?"

"Don't make me dance!" Peter begged.

"I know all about your precious little scheme,girls." Sirius stated in triumphantly.

The girls looked at the boys funnily.

"Have you four been sniffing floo powder?" Alice asked in concern.

"No! But we do know that your going to make us dance!" Peter exclaimed.

"Oh. You mean the ballroom dancing lessons?" Lily asked.

"Yeah." James answered.

"Well,it's not us making you dance. It's Mcgongall." Emma said.

"What?"

"All 5th years and 6th years are suppose to go to dance lessons tomorrow night. The flyer said it was for future balls Hogwarts will have." Alice said.

"Why? We've already went to a ball here. We didn't need dumb dance lessons then. Have they come up with some new dance moves or something?" Sirius asked.

"Do you even remember how awful. . .some of us danced at that ball?" Lily asked.

"Yeah! I had two broken toes just by dancing with Edgar Dodson." Emma said,unconciously rubbing her foot.

"I was dizzy for 6 hours after the ball." Alice put in,a pained expression on her face as she remember last year.

"It's not just the men-"

The girls snorted.

Sirius glared,but continued,"-It's not just the men who have problems dancing. Try dancing with Ellis Wigbee. Right after she ate 10 cheese sticks. Woah. She had horrible gas. I tried to dip her while dancing,but she'd only give a rather large 'tut'-"

Lily cut Sirius off,"That's a horrible thing to say,Black!"

"Well. . .it's true! She could probably rival Peter!"

The girls turned to the rest of the Marauders glaring.

They shrugged.

"Well,er,he is kind of right." James added unhelpfully.

Peter nodded.

Remus intelligently remained silent and didn't move. Smart move.

"Come on,girls. We wouldn't want to upset the boys ,would we? They are delicate creatures." Lily stated,standing up.

Emma and Alice also stood up.

With one final 'humph!' the girls stormed off.

"Way to go." Remus blamed.

"Hey! I was just stating the truth,Remus. Ellis Wigbee does have terrible g-ow,Remus!"

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"Welcome,5th and 6th years. Tonight you will be learning how to dance. How to actually dance. Not the stiff trotting on each others feet movement you did at last years Christmas Ball." Mcgongall informed the 5th and 6th years the next night with tight lips.

"I didn't see her dancing." James whispered to some of the boys surrounding him.

Filch had set up chairs for the 5th and 6th years in a big circle around Mcgongall. That's the way it was. Until the students actually came in. The boys and girls had slowly migrated their chairs away from each other there was two c shaped groups facing Mcgongall instead of one big circle.

Professor Sprout,Madame Pomfrey,and Madame Pince had volunteered to help Professor Mcgongall teach the students to dance.

"Her leg was broken,James." Remus pointed out in a whisper.

James didn't reply.

"-Now,let's demostrate. Let's see. . .Pettigrew. . .and. . .Wigbee come to the front here." Professor Mcgongall stated as she searched the crowd for victims-er,dance partners.

Sirius and James bent their heads over,snickering quietly. "Just hope Ellis hasn't eatten any cheese sticks,Pete."

That sent them snickering louder. Even Remus had to chuckle some.

Peter shoulders sagged as he slowly dragged himself towards the front. Ellis didn't look to pleased to dance with Peter either.

Ellis was a pretty girl. Shiny,long,golden hair. Sky blue eyes. Fair skin. Slim. Pretty smile. Even rumored to have veela in her blood. If only she didn't have gas problems. . .

They fit well together,it seemed. Lots in common. Gas problems and. . .er,well that's about it. . .

"Alright." Mcgongall said once Peter and Ellis had got to the front. "Pettigrew put your hand on her waist-not her shoulder!" Mcgongall sighed,"That's right,and then take her other hand in yours. Good."

Snickers were heard from the crowd.

"Wigbee you put your hand on his shoulder-your other hand. That's right. Good. Now Peter I want to you to put your right foot forward-"

"OW!"

"Not on top of Ms.Wigbee's toe,Pettigrew!-. . ."

And so the dance lessons began. . .

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"Alright,that should do." Mcgongall stated tiredly after 30 minutes of tutoring Peter and Ellis.

Luckily,it seemed Ellis hadn't eaten any cheese sticks.

"Madame Pomfrey could you help them?"Mcgongall called. Peter and Ellis were already limping over to Pomfrey moaning and groaning. Their feet sore from being stomped on for half an hour.

Mcgongall sighed and turned her attention back to the audience. "Now,you will try. Find a partner and when a bell sounds,you will find a new partner. Go." She said.

No one moved.

"Well,move it."

No one moved still.

"Come on,now. We don't have all night." She urged again.

No movement.

Someone coughed.

"Detention in 10. . .9. . .8. . .7. . .-good." Everyone began to slowly stand up from their chairs and walk out to the center,searching shyly for partner.

"Remus! Will you dance with me?" Remus heard in the crowd. He looked around until he found no other than Mary Harris. He groaned inwardly.

"Hello,Mary." He greeted.

"Hello,Remus! Would you like to dance with me?" She asked.

Mary Harris was in Hufflepuff. Brown hair. Green eyes. Tall. Very tall. She seemed to have a rather,cough,small crush on Remus.

Remus,being the gentleman he was,accepted.

And so began his lesson. . .

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Sirius looked around searching for someone to dance with. Hmmm. . .

There was someone-no,taken. Nevermind.

Of course,Sirius looked only for the pretty ones. Which is exactly what he did at the Christmas Ball. Which is exactly why he got stuck with Ellis Wigbee the Gaseous.

He finally ran into a pretty girl,who was from Ravenclaw.

"Hello." He drawled with grin.

"Hi." She smiled back at him.

"Would you like to be my partner?" He asked.

"Sure."

Oh,Sirius. Lesson 1. Looks can be deceiving. When will you ever learn?

And so his lessons began. . .

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James already had his eyes on someone in particular. He couldn't find her though.

He knew he had to find her soon before someone else did.

"Where is she?" He asked himself.

There she was!

"Evans! Hey Evans!"

She couldn't hear him.

"Evans-oh great." He finished unenthusiastically. Someone already asked.

"Wonderful. Now who do I asked,since Evans has been whisked away by a complete prick."

Almost everyone had a partner now.

He began to search frantically.

Oh no. Oh Merlin!

It was Mcgongall!

She was coming over and she definitely didn't look like she was in a good mood.

"Er,hello,professor." He greet.

"Potter,where is your partner?" She asked wearily.

"I,er,they got sick and had to leave." He lied. Even if she was a professor,it was still embarressing to say he didn't have a partner.

The professor sighed. "Alright,I dance with you then."

"What?" He asked quickly. He was not going to dance with Mcgongall! "You know what? I think I'm catching what my partner had. Maybe I should just-"

"Oh no you don't Potter. Your not going to get yourself in trouble. Your going to learn how to dance,Potter. You are."

James gulped. He couldn't dance with her! She was. . .old. And his professor. And not to mention,cranky.

"Alright,Madame Pince,start the music." Mcgongall called.

Madame Pince nodded in understanding and waved her wand. Classical music started playing.

James looked around frantically,searching for an escape. Then he them.

There was Frank Longbottom. He was dancing with Professor Sprout. Frank looked uncomfortable.That made him feel better. And there was Snape! He snickered. Snape was dancing with Madame Pomfrey. He was scowling to no end.

"-Potter,pay attention!" Mcgongall knocked him out of his thoughts.

"Oh right." James said miserablely. He snuck one last look at Lily. He sighed. Why couldn't he have found her first? She looked like she was having a good time. Unlike some people. There she was smiling and chatting away with some git.

"Potter!"

"Okay,okay." James replied and faced Mcgongall.

And so his lesson began. . .

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Peter and Ellis were lucky enough to take a break from dancing and were watching from the side lines.

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"-And she said,'Well,I guess we aren't friends anymore.'. And I said,'I guess we aren't.'. And she said,'He's my boyfriend. Not yours.'. And I said,'I don't want your boyfriend,because I like someone else.'. . .do you know who,Remus?" Mary asked slyly,leaning against his shoulder.

Remus pushed Mary away gently,"Oh,uh,no. Not at all." He said in alarm.

He had went in dream land while Mary began gossiping like there was no tomorrow. Even though Mary was an annoying girl,she turned out to be an excellent dancer. He had even gotten hang of it.

"You,silly!" Mary giggled.

Remus weakly chuckled with her.

When will the bell ring. . .

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"This is nice,isn't it?" Claire stated pleasantly to Sirius. That's what her name was. Claire.

Sirius nodded grimly.

He had learned his lesson.

Claire was pretty. She was nice to be around. She was a good dancer too. Didn't talk too much either. . .if only she didn't talk at all.

Everytime Mary spoke,she spit. Right in his face.

"Oh yes,this is lovely." Sirius replied.

"Your a very good dancer." Claire complimented.

Sirius winced. "Thanks. You too."

When will the bell ring. . .

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"That's it,Potter. You've got it!" Mcgongall exclaimed,still somewhat moodily.

"Great." James muttered.

He bet Remus and Sirius had pretty,young dance partners. Oh well. At least his partner could dance.

They passed Lily and her git of a partner for a moment. She looked between him and Mcgongall in amusement. He glared back and mouthed 'Git' while looking pointedly at her partner. She 'humph' and began to dance away from James and Mcgongall.

James sighed.

When will the bell ring. . .

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Peter was having a jolly good time now.

Ellis Wigbee had wander away to do something. He couldn't remember why.

Peter had eatten about 15 of the all-the-rage chocolate gober scrumptious ultra sour super duper sour sweet candy things in the past few minutes.

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"And then she said,'No I didn't.' And then I said,'Yes,you did.' And she said,"No I didn't.' And I said-"

"Yes,you did." Remus guessed.

"How did you know?" Mary asked.

Remus didn't know if she said that jokingly or not.

He shrugged and look around them,already tuning Mary out again.

He smirked as he saw James dancing with Professor Mcgongall. He was glancing around helplessly.

"-And she said 'No way.' And I said,'Yes,way.' And she said-. . ."

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"Your in Gryffindor,right?" Claire asked,spit flying everywhere.

Sirius was now dancing as far from Claire as possible. About two feet. Not enough to be out of her range.

"Yeah." He replied,and turned his head,avoiding any other spit as she replied.

For the first time sicne he started dancing with Claire he smirked. There was James looking miserable with Mcgongall. Hahaha. He got stuck with her.

Sirius began to dance toward James and Mcgongall,all the while getting a spit shower.

"Well! Hello,James,Mcgongall!" He greeted happily.

Claire greeted them politely.

James greeted them graciously.

"It's Professor Mcgongall to you,Black." Professor Mcgongall stated professionally.

"Yes,yes. Sorry,McG." Sirius said mischeviously,before hurridly dancing Claire in the opposite direction.

"Black,come back here!" He heard being yelled from 'McG'.

He cackled as Claire laughed.

He winced as spit flyed again.

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James tried to hold back laughter as Mcgongall called after Sirius' retreating back.

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"Oh no!" Peter exclaimed as one of his the all-the-rage chocolate gober scrumptious ultra sour super duper sour sweet candy things fell out of his hands and rolled next to the bell that was to be rang soon.

He quickly walked over to the bell and grabbed the all-rage chocolate gober scrumptious ultra sour super duper sour sweet candy thing.

He sighed in relief and tried to stand up. Peter put one hand against the bell to lean against as he stood up. And just as he stood up. . .the bell went toppling over,ringing very loudly.

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"And I said,'I dont' care if he's your boyfriend-"

Dong!

Remus came back from his land without Mary at the sound of the bell being rang. He sighed in relief. Remus pulled away from Mary and began to walk away,only to be grabbed by the hand. Mary.

Mary groaned in annoyance. "Oh,darn. It's over. Maybe we could be partners again." Mary asked hopefully.

Remus eyes buldged. "Uh,no thank you. . .your a very good dancer. I'm not. Maybe I should let go find a better partner. I feel as though I'm holding you back."

"Oh,Remus! Never!" Mary exclaimed and hugged him.

Remus' shoulder sagged as he realized this was his dance partner. Again.

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Sirius winced again.

Dong!

"Yes!. . .I mean,darn! It's over!" Sirius covered up,breaking away from Claire,readying to find a new partner.

He heard a sigh behind him. "Okay,bye,Sirius." Claire sounded sad. He stopped. "Oh,Sirius,what are you doing?" He asked himself.

He felt sorry for Claire. Maybe he'd hurt her feelings. He didn't want to hurt her feelings.

Sirius slowly turned around and walked back to Claire. "Hey,Claire?"

Claire looked at him curiously,"Yes?"

"Would you like to dance again?" Sirius asked reluctantly.

A pretty smile came across Claire's face,"Okay."

Sirius sighed.

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"Potter that was my foot-"

Dong!

"Oh,geez,it's over. Time just flew by,Professor. I best be going." James called already 5 feet away from 'McG'.

He faintly heard Mcgongall talking with Madame Pince about the bell.

"Who rang the bell?"

"I don't know,Minerva. I just don't understand. . ." Pince trailed off.

There she was! And she was alone. Thank Merlin.

"Hey,Evans! Evans!" He yelled as he pushed people to get throught the crowd. Almost there.

She heard him. He could tell. Lily was frowning.

"Hey,Evans. Didn't get to you last time. Someone else did." James said somewhat bitterly.

Lily didn't answer. Instead she looked around desperately trying to find another partner. Everyone else had a partner. Well,Snape didn't. . .but Potter was better than Snape. . .she had to admit that. . .never to anyone but herself,of course.

She sighed,"Alright,Potter."

James grinned and started towards her.

"The music hasn't started yet!" Lily exclaimed backing up. She crossed her arms stubbornly.

James rolled his eyes and stood awkwardly in front of Lily,waiting for the music to start.

Dum,dum,dum. . .

"Evans,the musics starting." James pointed out.

Lily didn't say anything,just stepped forward warily.

James held out his hand for her to take.

Lily looked at hesitantly. Her and slowly inched towards his. . .

. . ."Will you two start dancing! Your in the way!" Someone called as they bumped into Lily's back.

Lily whirled around,"How rude! Who was that?" She asked furiously,peering into the crowd.

James rolled his eyes and grabbed her hand,turning her around. "Evans,come on. I promise I won't bite."

"That's what they all say!" A random voice said in the crowd.

James glared in the crowd.

Lily sighed dramatically and stepped closer to James,putting her hand on his shoulder.

James slowly put his hand on her waist.

They began to dance.

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"-And he said,'I thought we were an item.' And I said,'We were never an item,Ralphodure.' And then he said,'I want to be an item.' And I said,'I don't,because I like someone else.'. . ." Mary trailed off slyly again for the 3rd time during their dance lesson.

Remus chuckled weakly. He did that alot around Mary. That and visited dream land without Mary.

He twirled Mary around,rolling his eyes when her back was turned.

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Claire and Sirius danced silently for while. Every once and a while Sirius would twirl Claire or dip her. At least she didn't pass gas,he supposed.

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"Potter,your hands sweaty." Lily pointed out.

"That's what you make me do,love." James replied calmly,although,he flushed some from her comment.

"Don't call me 'love'." Lily commanded.

"How about. . .'my vixen'."

"Whatever." Lily looked away.

James also looked away,watching other partners dance. He saw some of the boys dipping and twirling their partners. Maybe he should.

All of a sudden he twirled Lily.

And stepped on her toe.

And somehow stepped on his own toe.

"Potter! What are you doing?" Lily asked,painly holding her foot as they stopped dancing.

James also craddle his foot,"I'm trying to woo you." He said jokingly,although,pain was in his voice as he moaned about his foot.

Lily blink at him,"Well,your doing a bloody bad job at it." She pointed out.

"Your so funny,Evans." James breathed.

They continued moaning about their feet.

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Peter was having a jolly awful time now.

He had no more of the all-the-rage chocolate gober scrumptious ultra sour super duper sour sweet candy things.

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"And then I said-"

Remus was about to die.

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Claire laughed at a clever joke Sirius said.

Sirius winced as he was sprayed. This was the last time he was nice to someone.

Sirius was about to die.

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"Your hairs growing long again." James stated as he tugged at a lock of Lily's hair.

Lily slapped it away,"I know."

"Can't wait till summmer,can you?" James asked,trying again at a conversation. A normal,non-shouting conversation that is.

"Yes."

"What are you going to do?" James asked.

"Do?"

"Yeah,during summer."

"Oh,just stay home. Avoid my sister and her elephant of a fiance." Lily said.

"I'm staying home too. Go to the Quidditch World Cup." James added.

Lily rolled her eyes,"I should have known this was where the conversation was going. You just had to brag about something."

"No! I was just telling you what I was doing this summer."

"Uh,huh." Lily replied disbelievingly.

"When's your birthday?" James asked hastily changing the subject.

"Febuary."

"Mine's in January. I'm older than you. Ha."

"Good for you,Potter." Lily said.

"Thanks." James said,pulling Lily closer.

Lily's eyes flashed and she dug her finger nails into James shoulder.

James loosened his grip on her and chuckled sheepishly.

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"I am never,ever,never,ever going to do that again. Never. Ever." Sirius stated later when they had finished their lessons and gone to bed.

James sighed dreamily,"I'd do it again."

"What? Did you like dancing with Mcgongall,James?" Sirius teased.

"No,but I did enjoy dancing with Evans. Although she has sharp finger nails. . ." He muttered,rubbing his shoulder.

"I had a nice time. I only had to dance once." Peter said walking out of the bathroom.

"With Ellis Wigbee!" Sirius added,snorting.

"What about you,Sirius? How was your partner? Was she nice?" Remus asked,trying to stick up for Peter. He knew how it felt to have a not-so-great dance partner.

"Just fine." Sirius replied stiffly,somehow forgetting the fact that his face was drenched by the time they finished dancing.

"Fine,huh? Well,my date was nice too." Remus said,also forgetting the fact that he was in dream land without Mary most of the time he danced with his partner.

"I guess we all had a good time then." James stated dreamily,not really paying attention.

The others groaned inwardly and muttered 'Good Nights' to each other.

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Poor guys,lol.

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