They're having a gang bang, they're having a BALL.
Okay, no gang bang, just a ball. Enjoy.
Ooh, Peter makes an appearance in this chapter, for once. I always forget to include him, the little shite.
Lily and Kathy sat in the front row of the stands, beside the commentators' box, where Remus stood excitedly, clutching an enchanted microphone. Izzie was on a bench below them, with the rest of the substitute players.
"How much longer!" whined Kathy, drumming her fingers impatiently.
"James is probably boring them all to death with his captain speech," Remus pointed out.
"Oh dear, we'll be here for days," smirked Lily, looking across, to the other stands, where the Farrington boys and Northwood girls were sitting.
All of a sudden, the changing room doors on the far side were thrown open, and out marched a team, dressed in bright blue, the Northwood crest on their uniforms. The Hogwarts supporters booed and jeered, while the visiting schools clapped, happily.
"MACDONALD, CAMPBELL, MCNEIL, MCKENZIE, STEWART, MURRAY AND THE CAPTAIN, FOX!" Remus yelled, quite unenthusiastically.
Just as suddenly as before, the nearest doors flew open and James proudly led the Hogwarts team onto the pitch. It was the other team's turn to boo and hiss, but they were drowned out by the immense applause, cheering and stamping that followed.
"GO JAMES!" yelled one girl, from way above.
"MARRY ME SIRIUS!" screeched another, and Lily turned around to see many girls sporting Hogwarts banners – or James and Sirius banners, rather.
"AMOS DIGGORY, ADAM DAVIES, JESSE DAY, SIRIUS BLACK, EDWARD WALTERS, JACOB ISAACS AND YOUR ONE AND ONLY CAPTAIN, JAMES POTTER!" Remus roared, taking care to say all of their first names, as well.
James grinned and shook hands with Ronnie Fox, who stared at him, hard-faced and determined.
"THEY'RE OFF!" Remus shouted, as Lily and Kathy cheered loudly, and the players kicked off the ground.
"POTTER'S GOT THE QUAFFLE, BUT CAN HE SCORE?"
James flew up to the goalposts and threw the quaffle in, almost lazily, as the Northwood keeper failed to save it. The stands full of people, clapped and cheered, as James grinned at them all triumphantly.
"Wow, they can really play, can't they!" Lily exclaimed as she watched the game go on, and the Hogwarts chasers brutally scored goal after goal.
"They are going down," Kathy chuckled, leaning over the edge and bending her head down to where Izzie was sitting, "I wouldn't want to be you, tonight. Jack Tomkins is going to be so sore when he loses,"
"Ah never mind," Izzie said casually, before turning back to the game and muttering under breath, darkly, about Adam Davies' awful quidditch skills.
"Oh my god, he really is quite terrible as a seeker," groaned Remus, moving his mouth away from the microphone and leaning towards the two girls.
"Yeah wouldn't Izzie be so much better!" Lily exclaimed, and Izzie turned up to grin at her.
"Ooh hang on – AND POTTER'S SCORED, ONCE AGAIN. THAT BRINGS US UP TO 160-10, TO GRYFF – I MEAN, HOGWARTS!" Remus grinned.
"You do realise what this means," Kathy said, suddenly.
"After our next goal, we'll reach the point where even if the Northwood seeker catches the snitch, we'll still win, because of the point margins," Izzie called, a relieved smile spreading across her face as Isaacs scored another goal.
"Oh wow, so we might win, even with Davies and his crap seeking?" asked Lily, and they all turned to look at her, in disbelief.
"Seeking?" asked Kathy, incredulously.
"What?! I don't know all these fancy quidditch terms, okay!" she cried, and they rolled their eyes.
"OH MY GOD, FOX HAS SEEN THE SNITCH!" Remus and Izzie cried at the same time; Remus' voice amplified by the microphone, Izzie's muffled into her hands.
"Izzie, relax," Kathy sighed, as the seeker caught the snitch in her fingers.
"FOX HAS THE SNITCH, BUT THE SCORE IS 170 TO HOGWARTS, 160 TO NORTHWOOD!" Remus yelled at the top of his voice, as the Hogwarts team landed on the ground.
A bunch of people ran towards them, arms outstretched and grins on their faces.
Remus, Kathy and Izzie threw themselves onto a slightly red-faced Sirius, while Lily ran up to James, who swung his arms around her waist and lifted her into the air.
"Eek," she squealed, not wanting to ruin his moment, "Well – done – James!" her voice was constricted, as he twirled her around, happily.
"Were you watching?! Wasn't I amazing! Weren't we all amazing?!" he gabbled, "Well, except for bloody Davies. I need to go find him,"
A frown had crept onto his face, and he turned to Sirius and Izzie with a pointed expression.
The three of them headed purposefully for the changing rooms, their broomsticks over their shoulders.
After exchanging confused glances, Kathy, Remus and Lily ran after them, curious as to what was going on.
"There's no denying it, you were bloody awful!" Izzie said, shrilly, pointing a finger at Davies' face, while James and Sirius stood either side of her, smirking slightly.
"Izzie I – "
"You know," Sirius cut in, "I think that Izzie should play in the final. Not you,"
"WHAT?" he yelped, his eyes bulging.
"Yeah me too," James nodded, "I'm the captain, Davies, what I say goes!"
"But Izzie – "
"You gotta admit it, you could have been better," Amos added unhelpfully, and Davies glared at him.
"Alright, that's settled," James said, winking at Lily and disappearing off towards the showers.
"Let's get out of here," Kathy said, grinning happily at Davies' dejected face, and they left the team to change out of their uniform.
"Ooh, ball tonight!" Remus said happily, and the others laughed.
"As soon as Izzie gets out, we can go get ready," Lily said to Kathy, who nodded.
"It's freaking one in the afternoon! You need six hours to get ready?!" he yelped.
"Of course," Kathy said, giving him a pitying look.
"We haven't had a ball in ages! We need to look fabulous!" Lily laughed.
"You look fabulous enough," Remus scoffed, and they chuckled at his corniness.
"Oh dear, he's not so good with the chat-up lines," Kathy smirked, and they burst into giggles.
"Ah, here come the others," Lily leapt to her feet as Izzie and the boys approached, grinning widely.
"Say hello to the newest member of the Hogwarts team!" James yelled, as he and Sirius lifted Izzie up on their shoulders.
"Hello, newest member of the Hogwarts team," chorused Remus and Kathy, while Lily laughed and hugged Izzie, with great difficulty, as she was rather high up.
"Ok, we need our friend back now," she said, pulling Izzie down to the ground, "We gotta get ready for the ball!"
"Come on, at least have some lunch first," Sirius moaned, and Kathy straightened up, interestedly.
"Oh, you have her caught between her two favourite things – food and clothes," James chuckled, and Kathy grinned sheepishly.
"Maybe we could eat something?" she asked hopefully, and Izzie and Lily rolled their eyes.
"Fine," they agreed grudgingly, and set off towards the castle.
"Okay, so wait, did you see my twelfth goal?" asked James, sitting at the table, his fork poised in mid-air, on its way to his mouth.
"Yes, for the one hundredth time, we saw every single goal you made, James," Lily sighed.
"Did you see Fox's face, when she realised we'd won?!"
"And for the two hundredth time, we saw every facial expression made by Ronnie Fox," Remus added.
"Sorry, sorry," James sighed, "That was a brilliant match,"
"The ball tonight will be better," Kathy said excitedly.
"Oh yeah, I'm going with LILYKINS!" he exclaimed, as Lily winced.
"Merlin, do you have freaking announce it?!" she moaned.
"Sorry, I'm just so happy!" he cried gleefully, "It's such an amazing day!"
"Oh Jesus," she muttered, toying with her food.
"Hey, Lily, Moony, don't you guys have to do any decorating, or something?" asked Sirius.
"Nah, Alice and Frank are making the little fifth-years do it all!" Remus said, happily.
"Aww, that's just mean!" Kathy protested.
"No, the fifth-years never do anything," Lily explained.
"It's always us!" Remus nodded, "How unfair,"
"Alright, let's GO!" Izzie yelled, as soon as Kathy had taken her last bite, and the three girls ran from the hall, hand in hand.
"Women!" Sirius sighed heavily, as a bunch of people flooded the hall.
"Oh no, a there's a bunch of them, headed this way," James groaned.
"Oh great, the usual post-match horde of fangirl freaks!" Remus exclaimed, running out of the hall, closely followed by a terrified James and Sirius.
"Quick, behind here," yelped Sirius, dragging the boys behind a statue as the giggling gang ran past.
"Ugh, you do realise we're standing in a spot where Sirius has probably done it numerous times," James groaned.
"It's true, this is one of my favourite spots," he agreed, grinning.
"That is disgusting," Remus shuddered, stepping away from it.
"I didn't think you'd mind too much," Sirius said, "I mean, you sit in the armchairs, you work on the tables, you sit on my bed, you sleep in yours – "
"OH MY GOD, TOO MUCH INFORMATION!" Remus yelled, covering his ears, as James and Sirius burst into laughter.
"I'm so bored without my Lilykins," James sighed.
"Yeah, you and Evans are gonna get it on tonight," Sirius winked.
"I wish," James grinned, "She still seems to hate me, though not as much as before,"
"Are you kidding?" Remus raised an eyebrow, "She absolutely fancies you,"
"Excuse me?!" he gasped.
"James, you are so blind," Sirius sighed.
"Don't make fun of me! I can't help my awful vision!" he protested, and Sirius rolled his eyes.
"You know what I mean!"
"Do I?"
"Yes,"
"But do I?"
"Yes!"
"Ah, but do I?"
"Oh my god, shuddup!" moaned Remus, rubbing his head.
"What are you two wearing tonight?" asked James.
"You'll have to wait and see," Sirius winked, and Remus smiled mysteriously.
All of a sudden, a short figure arrived in the corridor, smiling weakly.
"Peter!" they all exclaimed, "We haven't hung out with you in ages!"
"Hey," he said, raising a hand.
"You got a date for the night?" asked James.
"Nope," Peter sighed, glumly.
"Aw, that's a shame," Remus said, patting Peter on the back, while James and Sirius snorted.
Before either of them could say anything, a gang of Northwood girls came strutting down the corridor, Annabel Venus leading the pack.
"Remus," she called seductively, and Remus groaned.
"Hi," Remus replied wearily, and she smiled at him.
"Where's your blonde?"
"She's – "
"So listen," she cut in, before Remus could answer, "Have you got a date for the ball tonight?"
"Erm I would, but I've already got a date," he said, not meeting her eyes.
"Yeah that doesn't matter," she insisted, and Remus sighed heavily. She doesn't seem to want to take no for an answer.
"Annabel," James grinned suddenly, "How would you like to go to the ball with Peter?"
"Erm..."
"Ah come on! Remus will love you for it!"
"Ok," she said, raising an eyebrow at Peter, "I'll meet you in the entrance hall, at seven,"
"Yep," Peter squealed excitedly, as she left, "D'ya hear that James! I'm such a stud!"
"Sure you are Pete," James smirked, and Remus looked at him gratefully.
"You saved the day Pete," he grinned.
*
"Let's go then," Lily said finally, after the girls had spent an excruciatingly long time, admiring themselves in the mirror.
Izzie was dressed as Audrey Hepburn alias Holly Golightly, in Breakfast at Tiffany's, complete with a long black Givenchy dress, slit all the way up one leg, elbow-length black gloves and a pearl choker. Her black hair was swept up into an elegant french twist, and with Lily's help, she'd made it lie flat for once. She wore a pair of oversize Chanel sunglasses over her eyes.
Kathy donned a tiny blue and white checkered dress with ruby-red high heels, in the style of Dorothy, from the Wizard of Oz. She had dyed her hair the deep brown of Judy Garland, and it was pulled into bunches, tied by little blue ribbons. She carried a little basket, carrying a toy stuffed dog belonging to Izzie, who was not pleased about having to die him black and rename him Toto.
Lily wore a pair of tight leather trousers and a white tank top, covered up by a hot pink jacket, with 'Pink Ladies' printed on the back. She also had sunglasses, but not elegant ones like Izzie, cheesy white-rimmed ones that fit the role perfectly. Her crimson hair was fluffed up, twice as big as normal, and her lips were a deep red.
"Yeah," Izzie agreed, tearing her eyes away from the mirror.
"Ok," nodded Kathy, opening the door.
They walked down the stairs, knowing full well how amazing they looked, and walked into the common room where the boys waited.
"Wow," they breathed simultaneously, looking at the three girls.
"Ah, now I understand why you needed all that time," Remus grinned, looking very impressive, dressed as The Godfather, in a grey pinstriped tux with black bowtie. He wore a large trilby hat on his head, which he tipped towards the girls.
"Well, you guys look lovely too," chuckled Izzie, admiring Sirius' expensive black tux, the jacket of which he had slung lazily over his shoulder, displaying his white shirt. He had slicked back his dark hair, so it didn't fall into his eyes, and he had a fake gun, tucked into his back pocket. He took it out and weighed it in his hands, looking thoroughly confused by it.
"Tell me again James, why do I need this hunk of junk?" he asked, stupidly.
"It's a gun. It's like a muggle wand, but it doesn't do much," James explained, looking quite sexy in his far-too-tight leather trousers, plain white t-shirt and leather jacket, which had 'T-birds' printed on the back. His messy hair was slicked back, although the occasional strand was threatening to break loose from the excessive amount of hair gel, and he held a cigarette between his teeth. [A/N – Okay, don't sue me, I know Grease was made a year after this, but it was just too cute]
Lily took one look at him, up and down, before turning on her friends angrily.
"What bigmouth told James about my costume?!" she demanded, and Kathy and Izzie blushed.
"Sorry Lil, it just slipped out," Kathy grinned sheepishly, and Izzie laughed uneasily. Lily just rolled her eyes, turning back to James.
"Aw come on, you know it's adorable, eh Lily," James smiled, and Lily laughed.
"Oh yes definitely," she teased, hooking her arm in his.
They walked down to the entrance hall, where Sirius and Izzie were meeting their dates.
"Izzie!" Jack yelled, running towards Izzie, and Sirius smiled at Ronnie Fox, who was still looking rather bitter about her epic failure in the match.
They all walked into the hall, arm in arm with their dates, looking around at the elaborate decorations.
There were Hogwarts banners all around, in celebration of the latest victory, and many of the Northwood quidditch team stood sourly in the corners, their dates looking bored. The Farrington boys however, were dancing and talking with as many girls as they could find, along to the upbeat music.
"Kathy, would you like to dance with me?" asked Remus, taking his date's hand.
"I would love to," she said, curtseying mockingly.
They ran to the dance floor, where they began dancing straight away, wildly and out of control.
"Can we go find a table or something?" asked Lily awkwardly, and James nodded.
They found a large round table for eight, and placed Lily's purse on it, reserving it.
"I'll get us some drinks," James smiled, disappearing towards the bar.
As soon as he'd left, some others arrived.
"Are you actually here with James Potter?!" sneered Antonia Dali, looking down at Lily, who was sitting on a chair. She was dressed as an infamous Bond-girl - as was the rest of her group of fan-girls - in a slinky distasteful cocktail dress.
"Yep," she replied, cocking an eyebrow, "Jealous?"
"No!" she spat, grabbing the arm of her uncomfortable-looking date.
"Bye now!" Lily called sweetly.
"What was all that about?" asked James, arriving with two butterbeers.
"Jealous whore," Lily muttered, sipping her drink.
"Oh, how – erm - awkward," he laughed nervously.
"Where've the others got to?" she asked.
"Err, they're all dancing," he said hopefully, and she turned to look at him.
"Ok, ok, let's dance," she groaned.
"Really?!" his face lit up, "Okay come with me Lilykins,"
He took her hand in his and led her onto the dance floor, which was covered with couples dressed as all sorts of muggle filmstars.
As he put one hand on her back, she placed her arm around his waist, still holding hands.
"It's easy as pie," he chuckled and Lily laughed uneasily.
"I have no idea what to do!" she admitted.
"Follow my lead," he swayed slowly, stepping from one side to another, and Lily did as he did, powerless in his strong arms.
He spun her outwards, and she rolled back in to him, leaning into his chest, catching a whiff of his light cologne.
"See, no problem," he whispered, and she nodded, her head still in his chest.
For what seemed like a century, they swayed back and forth, side to side, holding on to each other.
"Ok, we're gonna play a fast song now," came a voice, and the music suddenly changed to fast rock, completely different from the soft melodies that were playing a moment before.
Lily and James approached the table, where a few of their friends were already sitting, talking and laughing.
"What are we talking about?" asked James, pulling up chairs for himself and Lily.
"Ronnie Fox," laughed Remus, nodding towards Sirius and his date, who was jumping up and down wildly, much to Sirius' joy. His eyes were fixated somewhere south of her happy face.
"Oh, she is a sight," Lily chuckled.
"Sirius is enjoying himself though," Kathy said, watching their friend's excited face.
"Everyone's staring at me," James grinned, "Must be the whole quidditch thingy. It's gonna be even better when we win the whole tournament!"
"Shh... Jack's coming back," Izzie hissed as Jack appeared with drinks for everyone.
"Cheers," they all chorused, knocking their bottles together.
"Hey, what's up," Sirius said, as the song ended and the two of them approached the table.
"Not much," Lily said, "James made me dance!"
"You?!" Sirius and Izzie gasped, simultaneously.
"And she loves it, don't you?" James chuckled.
"Well, I wouldn't go that far," she smirked, pulling off her shoes and rubbing her feet.
"Let's go outside," James said suddenly, pushing his chair back and grabbing Lily's hand.
"James!" she cried, "No! We're not allowed!"
"Course we are," he said, flashing her a smile and yanking her out of her seat.
"James, stop it, we not allowed!" she moaned, as her shoes tumbled out of her hands.
"Lily, shut up will you!" he grinned, dragging her out of the hall.
"Fine," she relented, and gave into him. He put an arm around her, laughing, as they turned out into the courtyard.
"Come on," James grinned, picking Lily up and throwing her over his shoulder, and she squealed in protest.
"ARGH, JAMES PUT ME DOWN, YOU – " she yelled a stream of curses, and James simply laughed.
"Who knew you had such a wide vocabulary," he chuckled.
"You idiot," she said, pushing him on the chest slightly.
He raised his eyebrow and laughed at her annoyed expression.
"What's so funny Potter?" she asked, shivering slightly.
"Hey, are you cold?" James asked, his expression changing from amused to worried.
"I'm fine," she rolled her eyes, "Nice trousers, you look like you've cut off the circulation from your legs,"
"Yeah, they're kinda on fire right now,"
"Ouch,"
"Yeah I... ah, for goodness sake, come here!" he replied, pulling her closer and wrapping himself around her.
"James, I'm fine!" she moaned, pulling away.
"No. I insist," he said firmly, and she relented, snuggling into his warm leather jacket as they sat by the edge of the lake, watching the light of the crescent moon ripple over the lake.
Lily felt butterflies in her stomach, something eating away on her mind, a hole in her heart, all the old sayings. What was going on?
James ran his fingers through Lily's hair, his arm around her lovingly.
She turned to him suddenly, looking into his twinkling hazel eyes. She'd never noticed how sparkly they were before. Placing her hand on his back, she leaned towards him slowly, her heart thumping beyond belief.
She half-closed her eyes, taking a deep breath.
"Erm Lily I – " he mumbled.
"Shut up James," she whispered.
"Okay," he grinned cheekily before kissing her softly on the lips, one hand stroking her hair gently. He couldn't believe it, was it just another dream? Another pointless dream, to add to all the others?
After what seemed like a century, instincts took over, and he pulled away slightly.
"Are you - "
"Yes," she interrupted, smiling widely and pressing her lips against his, wrapping her arms around his neck.
No, it most definitely wasn't a dream.
They are too adorable for words. --Audrey Hepburn playing Holly Golightly, in Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961
Btw, all the costumes are picked from movies that were made BEFORE 1977, except for the Grease ones, cos Grease was made in 1978, which SUCKS.
I hate it when things don't go my way.
Anyway, I guess I should give credits to the movies, so...
--Judy Garland playing Dorothy Gale, in Wizard of Oz, 1939
--The Godfather, 1972 - never watched the movie or anything, so I don't know much.
--Various actors playing James Bond, in various movies, first of which was in 1962.
--And of course, The T-Birds and the Pink Ladies in Grease, 1978.
If anyone really cares. I just thought I'd put that there in case I get sued. Plus, I kinda wanna show off that I know that stuff. Even though I just googled it.
Whatevs. I'm exhausted. Five essays today :|
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