"What's his name again?" asked Arabella, applying her make-up, carefully.
"Joshua," said Lily as she watched. "Joshua Moran." Arabella had let Lily talk her into going on a date with Joshua Moran from Hufflepuff and claimed that he was EXACTLY her type. "Just remember," said Lily. "He'll be in the three broomsticks and he's the one with dark blond hair and grayish eyes. He'll know who you are anyway. He's liked you since second year." Arabella groaned. Why had she let Lily talk her into this?
"Well?" Arabella asked Lily. "How do I look?"
"Fabulous," replied Lily, eyes twinkling. She of course had picked out everything from her clothes to how she would wear her hair and the outcome was pretty good. Arabella wore a shortish blue pleated skirt, to match her eyes, and a clingy, long-sleeved pink v-neck. "He's pretty tall," Lily, reminded her, tossing her a pair of killer high-heels. Arabella rolled her eyes and added a green sparkly hair band to the outfit. "Perfect," said Lily. "Now go or you'll be late." She walked her as far as the common room and went over to join Sirius and Remus before waving goodbye to Arabella.
"Hey guys," she said, standing in front of the fire and slipping her hands into the back pockets of her worn jeans.
"Hey Lil," said Remus; looking up from the game of exploding snap they were playing.
"Where's Bella?" asked Sirius, not looking at her.
"Out," replied Lily. "On a date," she added, searching Sirius' face for any sign of disappointment. If Sirius was disappointed he did a good job of hiding it cos, search as she did, there was no emotion playing on his face. Maybe that was a good thing? "So who are you guys going to this dance with?" she asked, giving up.
"No-one yet," said Remus, shrugging.
"Um. . ." Sirius thought about it. "Oh yea; Jenny White." Lily nodded.
"Who are you going with Lil?" asked Remus.
"Well," answered Lily. "I was thinking of going stag so that I can dance with who I want when I want." She nodded.
"Good idea," said Sirius. "Wish I had thought of it."
"So has Jamsie decided who he's going with?" asked Lily, rolling his eyes.
"Um, I think so," said Sirius, nodding his head towards James who looked extremely busy with. . .Mandy. Leah was looking on, glaring. Lily made a face and walked towards Leah, waving two fingers at Sirius and Remus.
"You're better off without him," she said to Leah, from behind her. Leah jumped and whirled round to find Lily. She shrugged.
"I don't like him," she told Lily, smiling, fakely.
"Yea you do." Lily flopped down next to her. "I can tell but anyways the point is that you do like him and you shouldn't. He's the biggest player since. . .I dunno, ever," Lily told her. "I can guarantee you he'll have dumped Mandy by the end of the Halloween dance. I can read that guy like a book." Leah looked at her. "Look," said Lily, getting exasperated. "There's no point in liking him. Even if he does decide he likes you better than that Mandy one and asks you out again he'll stick with you for about a week and then he'll be chasing after someone new. 100% guarantee. It's easy money." She shrugged and looked at Leah who was staring at her. She sighed.
"I guess you're right," she said. "He may be good-looking but what a bastard!" Lily grinned.
"Now you're talking," she said, slapping her five. "C'mon over here I'll introduce you to Sirius and Remus."
"Remus is that really cute friend of James' with the sandy hair, right?" said Leah. Lily nodded. She led Leah over.
"Guys," she said to them. "This is Leah. . ?" She looked at Leah, questioningly.
"Rivers," said Leah, flashing the boys a smile.
"Hey," said the boys in monotone, not taking their eyes off their game of chess.
"Don't take it personally," Lily told her, catching her insulted look. "They have an obsession with the game."
"Ha I win!" exclaimed Remus, pointing at Sirius. "Loser!" he shouted. Sirius made a face.
"C'mon Sirius. "I'll play ya," said Lily, setting up the pieces. "You can talk to Leah, Remie," Lily told him. Remus sat on the couch next to Leah.
"Leah right?" Leah nodded and within minutes they were in deep conversation.
"I am a genius!" Lily said, to herself more than Sirius.
"Remus and Leah, Lil?" Lily nodded.
"Brilliant, eh?" She beamed.
"I dunno," said Sirius. "James will probably go ape," he warned her.
"F*** James," swore Lily. "They're perfect for each other and that's all that matters. NOT what the hell James thinks about it."
"Okay," Sirius said, giving Lily a weird look. James materialized about three or four games of chess later.
"What are you doing here?" he asked Leah rudely. Leah closed her eyes, obviously still not over James but not wanting him back." Lily caught her look.
"What does it look like, Potter?" she said coldly. "She's talking to us." James gave his ex a look and Lily shot her an I-told-you-so glance. Mandy appeared behind James and wrapped her arm around his waist. James shot Leah a triumphant glance. Mandy sneered at her and Leah looked like she was about to cry.
"Excuse me," she whispered, slipping away. Remus rolled his eyes and glared at James before hurrying after her. Lily walked forward and stopped at James and Mandy.
"On second thoughts," she said to James. "I think you should have stuck with Leah who is an absolute dote compared to this cow," she told him. She continued walking and peered out the common room portrait hole. She squealed.
"Sirius," she called. She beckoned to him. Sirius sauntered over to her and peeked out. Lily pointed to Remus who was kissing Leah out in the hall and shut the portrait hole. "Job well done," she congratulated herself, jumping up and down and then hugging Sirius. "Potter!" she called joyfully. James looked at her, an eyebrow raised. "Up yours," she called laughing and lifting her middle finger. Mandy glared at her, looked at James and shook her head when he shrugged. Arabella walked into the common room, smiling.
"Bella!" roared Lily. "How did it go?" Arabella smiled an even wider smile. Lily looked at her. "Well?"
"Great!" said Arabella. "He's fantastic. Thanks so much," she said to her friend, hugging her. She watched as Remus and Leah walked in, holding hands. Leah threw James a defiant look.
"WHAT did I miss?" asked Arabella, watching the scene unfold. Lily shrugged as she too watched.
"Nothing much," she told Arabella. "Just a minor soap opera. Nothing major."
Arabella was filled in on every detail she had missed and presently Friday rolled around and all third years and above began to look forward to the dance the next evening.
"Did Joshua ask you to the dance yet?" Lily asked her friend, as they walked to potions together.
"No," wailed Arabella. "And it's Friday already."
"He'll ask you," promised Lily. Arabella shrugged.
"I hope so cos he's so wonderful." Lily rolled her eyes. For the past three days Arabella had spoken of little else and, although she was glad she had set them up, Lily knew enough about "Josh" to write a book. And a long one at that.
"So does this mean that you don't like Sirius anymore?" Lily asked.
"I'll always like Sirius," she told Lily. "But I like Josh as well, y'know?" Lily nodded, gravely. She was thinking about the whole situation when Joshua came up behind them.
"Ara?" he said. Arabella turned around and hugged him tightly, as if she hadn't just spoken to him at breakfast. "Listen," he said. "I gotta got to History of magic but I just wanted to ask you to the ball tomorrow. That is if you don't already have a date."
"Sure I'll go with you," Arabella told him. He smiled before leaning down and kissing her softly on the lips." Arabella smiled as he sauntered away.
"Ugh get a room," said Lily, smiling. "I have to admit you do make a cute couple," she said. Arabella practically floated to the dungeons." She was still smiling after class.
"That's the first time I've ever seen anyone come out of Professor Cary's class looking happy," commented a passer by.
"Maybe he's out sick," said his friend.
"God I hope so," said the first person.
"So how do I look?" Lily asked her roommates the next evening. They gasped as she did a little twirl in front of them.
"Lily!" exclaimed Leah. "You look gorgeous," she said. And she did. She wore a low-cut, extremely short black dress with two straps crisscrossed and joining at the back. The rest of her back was bare. A pair of black wedge sandals supported her. Her long fiery red hair (which had been straightened) was tied up loosely with a silver clip and a pair of big silver hoop earrings matched it. She had applied the tiniest bit of make-up; black eyeliner silvery eye shadow, lip-gloss and black nail varnish covered her long nails.
"Thanks," said Lily. "You look great too. Remus is gonna flip when he sees you." Leah was wearing a bright red mini-dress with long flared arms and straps crisscrossing across her back. With it she wore a pair of knee-high black boots and long dangly silver earrings. Her hair had been pulled into a long plait, several pieces escaping at the front. "You guys look great," Arabella told them, grinning.
"ARRRGGGGGHHHHH!" yelled Lily. "Bella you look bootylicious," Lily screamed at her. Arabella was wearing an ice blue, extremely low-cut halter dress which came to a stop about 5 inches above her knee. It was held up with spaghetti straps. She wore a pair of boots similar to Leah's and her hair fell down in natural curls. The three linked arms and made their way downstairs, leaving the two other members of their dorm, Grace and Lauren, staring after them, open-mouthedly.
"Joshua," said Lily as she watched. "Joshua Moran." Arabella had let Lily talk her into going on a date with Joshua Moran from Hufflepuff and claimed that he was EXACTLY her type. "Just remember," said Lily. "He'll be in the three broomsticks and he's the one with dark blond hair and grayish eyes. He'll know who you are anyway. He's liked you since second year." Arabella groaned. Why had she let Lily talk her into this?
"Well?" Arabella asked Lily. "How do I look?"
"Fabulous," replied Lily, eyes twinkling. She of course had picked out everything from her clothes to how she would wear her hair and the outcome was pretty good. Arabella wore a shortish blue pleated skirt, to match her eyes, and a clingy, long-sleeved pink v-neck. "He's pretty tall," Lily, reminded her, tossing her a pair of killer high-heels. Arabella rolled her eyes and added a green sparkly hair band to the outfit. "Perfect," said Lily. "Now go or you'll be late." She walked her as far as the common room and went over to join Sirius and Remus before waving goodbye to Arabella.
"Hey guys," she said, standing in front of the fire and slipping her hands into the back pockets of her worn jeans.
"Hey Lil," said Remus; looking up from the game of exploding snap they were playing.
"Where's Bella?" asked Sirius, not looking at her.
"Out," replied Lily. "On a date," she added, searching Sirius' face for any sign of disappointment. If Sirius was disappointed he did a good job of hiding it cos, search as she did, there was no emotion playing on his face. Maybe that was a good thing? "So who are you guys going to this dance with?" she asked, giving up.
"No-one yet," said Remus, shrugging.
"Um. . ." Sirius thought about it. "Oh yea; Jenny White." Lily nodded.
"Who are you going with Lil?" asked Remus.
"Well," answered Lily. "I was thinking of going stag so that I can dance with who I want when I want." She nodded.
"Good idea," said Sirius. "Wish I had thought of it."
"So has Jamsie decided who he's going with?" asked Lily, rolling his eyes.
"Um, I think so," said Sirius, nodding his head towards James who looked extremely busy with. . .Mandy. Leah was looking on, glaring. Lily made a face and walked towards Leah, waving two fingers at Sirius and Remus.
"You're better off without him," she said to Leah, from behind her. Leah jumped and whirled round to find Lily. She shrugged.
"I don't like him," she told Lily, smiling, fakely.
"Yea you do." Lily flopped down next to her. "I can tell but anyways the point is that you do like him and you shouldn't. He's the biggest player since. . .I dunno, ever," Lily told her. "I can guarantee you he'll have dumped Mandy by the end of the Halloween dance. I can read that guy like a book." Leah looked at her. "Look," said Lily, getting exasperated. "There's no point in liking him. Even if he does decide he likes you better than that Mandy one and asks you out again he'll stick with you for about a week and then he'll be chasing after someone new. 100% guarantee. It's easy money." She shrugged and looked at Leah who was staring at her. She sighed.
"I guess you're right," she said. "He may be good-looking but what a bastard!" Lily grinned.
"Now you're talking," she said, slapping her five. "C'mon over here I'll introduce you to Sirius and Remus."
"Remus is that really cute friend of James' with the sandy hair, right?" said Leah. Lily nodded. She led Leah over.
"Guys," she said to them. "This is Leah. . ?" She looked at Leah, questioningly.
"Rivers," said Leah, flashing the boys a smile.
"Hey," said the boys in monotone, not taking their eyes off their game of chess.
"Don't take it personally," Lily told her, catching her insulted look. "They have an obsession with the game."
"Ha I win!" exclaimed Remus, pointing at Sirius. "Loser!" he shouted. Sirius made a face.
"C'mon Sirius. "I'll play ya," said Lily, setting up the pieces. "You can talk to Leah, Remie," Lily told him. Remus sat on the couch next to Leah.
"Leah right?" Leah nodded and within minutes they were in deep conversation.
"I am a genius!" Lily said, to herself more than Sirius.
"Remus and Leah, Lil?" Lily nodded.
"Brilliant, eh?" She beamed.
"I dunno," said Sirius. "James will probably go ape," he warned her.
"F*** James," swore Lily. "They're perfect for each other and that's all that matters. NOT what the hell James thinks about it."
"Okay," Sirius said, giving Lily a weird look. James materialized about three or four games of chess later.
"What are you doing here?" he asked Leah rudely. Leah closed her eyes, obviously still not over James but not wanting him back." Lily caught her look.
"What does it look like, Potter?" she said coldly. "She's talking to us." James gave his ex a look and Lily shot her an I-told-you-so glance. Mandy appeared behind James and wrapped her arm around his waist. James shot Leah a triumphant glance. Mandy sneered at her and Leah looked like she was about to cry.
"Excuse me," she whispered, slipping away. Remus rolled his eyes and glared at James before hurrying after her. Lily walked forward and stopped at James and Mandy.
"On second thoughts," she said to James. "I think you should have stuck with Leah who is an absolute dote compared to this cow," she told him. She continued walking and peered out the common room portrait hole. She squealed.
"Sirius," she called. She beckoned to him. Sirius sauntered over to her and peeked out. Lily pointed to Remus who was kissing Leah out in the hall and shut the portrait hole. "Job well done," she congratulated herself, jumping up and down and then hugging Sirius. "Potter!" she called joyfully. James looked at her, an eyebrow raised. "Up yours," she called laughing and lifting her middle finger. Mandy glared at her, looked at James and shook her head when he shrugged. Arabella walked into the common room, smiling.
"Bella!" roared Lily. "How did it go?" Arabella smiled an even wider smile. Lily looked at her. "Well?"
"Great!" said Arabella. "He's fantastic. Thanks so much," she said to her friend, hugging her. She watched as Remus and Leah walked in, holding hands. Leah threw James a defiant look.
"WHAT did I miss?" asked Arabella, watching the scene unfold. Lily shrugged as she too watched.
"Nothing much," she told Arabella. "Just a minor soap opera. Nothing major."
Arabella was filled in on every detail she had missed and presently Friday rolled around and all third years and above began to look forward to the dance the next evening.
"Did Joshua ask you to the dance yet?" Lily asked her friend, as they walked to potions together.
"No," wailed Arabella. "And it's Friday already."
"He'll ask you," promised Lily. Arabella shrugged.
"I hope so cos he's so wonderful." Lily rolled her eyes. For the past three days Arabella had spoken of little else and, although she was glad she had set them up, Lily knew enough about "Josh" to write a book. And a long one at that.
"So does this mean that you don't like Sirius anymore?" Lily asked.
"I'll always like Sirius," she told Lily. "But I like Josh as well, y'know?" Lily nodded, gravely. She was thinking about the whole situation when Joshua came up behind them.
"Ara?" he said. Arabella turned around and hugged him tightly, as if she hadn't just spoken to him at breakfast. "Listen," he said. "I gotta got to History of magic but I just wanted to ask you to the ball tomorrow. That is if you don't already have a date."
"Sure I'll go with you," Arabella told him. He smiled before leaning down and kissing her softly on the lips." Arabella smiled as he sauntered away.
"Ugh get a room," said Lily, smiling. "I have to admit you do make a cute couple," she said. Arabella practically floated to the dungeons." She was still smiling after class.
"That's the first time I've ever seen anyone come out of Professor Cary's class looking happy," commented a passer by.
"Maybe he's out sick," said his friend.
"God I hope so," said the first person.
"So how do I look?" Lily asked her roommates the next evening. They gasped as she did a little twirl in front of them.
"Lily!" exclaimed Leah. "You look gorgeous," she said. And she did. She wore a low-cut, extremely short black dress with two straps crisscrossed and joining at the back. The rest of her back was bare. A pair of black wedge sandals supported her. Her long fiery red hair (which had been straightened) was tied up loosely with a silver clip and a pair of big silver hoop earrings matched it. She had applied the tiniest bit of make-up; black eyeliner silvery eye shadow, lip-gloss and black nail varnish covered her long nails.
"Thanks," said Lily. "You look great too. Remus is gonna flip when he sees you." Leah was wearing a bright red mini-dress with long flared arms and straps crisscrossing across her back. With it she wore a pair of knee-high black boots and long dangly silver earrings. Her hair had been pulled into a long plait, several pieces escaping at the front. "You guys look great," Arabella told them, grinning.
"ARRRGGGGGHHHHH!" yelled Lily. "Bella you look bootylicious," Lily screamed at her. Arabella was wearing an ice blue, extremely low-cut halter dress which came to a stop about 5 inches above her knee. It was held up with spaghetti straps. She wore a pair of boots similar to Leah's and her hair fell down in natural curls. The three linked arms and made their way downstairs, leaving the two other members of their dorm, Grace and Lauren, staring after them, open-mouthedly.