Lily scurried around, getting ready for the dance. Since this was the 7th year formal she had to dress up a LOT (this is like our senior prom!).
She was wearing a beautiful shimmery deep purple dress that had a long flowing skirt and almost touched the floor. It was strapless, and it had a tuck at the waist, which made her tiny waist look elegant.
She piled her auburn hair on top of her head and secured it there with barettes that had little purple lilies on them. Her shoes we the same deep purple as her dress, and they were 3 inch strappy sandals.
Lily had painted her finger nails and toe nails the same deep purple as her dress and her shoes so that she would match.
She then applied her make-up carefully and put on the purple Lily necklace that Jame's had given her for her birthday the year before.
When she was finally done, she sat down on the end of her bed and waited for Susianna to come out of the bathroom so that they could talk while they waited for the guys to come.
Susianna walked out wearing a peach colored dress that had thin straps. She had tied her hair into an elegant knot at the nape of her neck. She was weraring simple peach dress shoes and had painted her nails peach.
"Oh Lily, you look beautiful!" Susianna exclaimed wide-eyed as she took in Lily's appearance.
"You look wonderful Susianna!" Lily exclaimed.
Just then, they heard a knock at the door and were in a frenzy making sure that everything was in place.
"My ring! Where's my engagement ring?!" Lily cried frantically.
"Oh my goodness Lil! We can't let them in when you don't have your ring! james with notice!" Susianna cried, before starting to help Lily look.
The boys knocked again.
"We'll be out in a minute!!" Lily called, trying to keep her voice calm.
Lily performed the hair stay put spell while she was looking. This way, her hair would stay the same all evening...not a hair would be out of place.
"Oh Susianna!!! Where could it be?!" Lily asked urgently.
"I don't know! Did you take it off before you took a shower?!" Susianna asked.
"I don't even remember WEARING it then!!!" Lily moaned.
The boys knocked again.
"We have to look for it later Lil. The dance is about to start." Susianna said sympathetically.
Lily nodded and walked out of the room.
James looked at her and grinned.
"You look great Lily! Gorgeous!" he exclaimed as he took in his beautiful fiancee'.
"James you look splendid!" Lily exclaimed.
"Thanks...but I couldn't get my hair to stay put. Sirius even tried." he said sheepishly.
"Come in here and I can fix it for you." Lily said with a confident nod.
"Lily its impossible...NO ONE has ever been able to tame it. And do you know how many people have tried?" James asked as she dragged him into her bathroom.
Lily set to work, combing. She didn't even use any gel and James thought she was crazy to even try.
When she was finished, she stood him in front of the mirror and grinned.
"NO ONE can do it huh?" Lily said with a grin.
James looked at his perfectly tamed hair with amazement. How did she do it?
"Thanks Lil!" James exclaimed, looking at her amazedly.
When James walked out, they all exclaimed over what a great job Lily had done. She just grinned and took James' arm. They all walked down to the Great Hall together.
Lily kept looking nervously at her empty finger, and she tried to hide it from James' view.
Eventually he asked her what was wrong. She just shook her head and led him out onto the dance floor.
The first song was a fast one...it was one of Lily's favorites:
Hey Mister DJ put a record On
I wanna dance with my baby
And when the music starts
I never wanna stop
it's gonna drive me Crazy
Music
Music Makes the people
come together
Yeah
Music
Makes the Bourgeoisie
and the rebel
Don't think of yesterday
And I don't look at the clock
I like to boogie woogie, uh, uh
It's like riding on the wind
And it never goes away
Touches everything I've got
gotta have it every day
Music Makes the People
Come together
Yeah
Music Makes the Bourgeoisie
and the rebel
Hey Mr. DJ put a record on
I wanna dance with my baby
And when the music starts
I never wanna stop
its gonna drive me crazy
Music, Makes the people
Come together
Yeah
Music Makes the bourgeoisie
and the rebel
YEAH
As the song got over, Lily and James walked over to a table and beckoned Remus and Susianna over, and then Sirius came galloping over with his date, Aria.
"Everyone, this is Aria, Aria this is everyone." Sirius said as an introduction.
By the way Sirius was looking at her, he really liked Aria.
She looks a lot like Ashleigh. Lily thought sadly She has the same sparkling violet eyes and chestnut brown hair. She looks so much like Ash that its scary.
Lily held out her hand, "Hi, I'm Lily Evans...soon to be Lily Potter." she said with a grin.
Aria smiled back and shook Lily's hand. "My names Aria Madison. I think you knew my sister?"
Lily stared at her in shock.
"You're related to Ashleigh?" Lily asked in amazement.
"Yeah...I am her sister. One year younger. I'm also in Ravenclaw." she said.
"Ashleigh was my best friend. She was a wonderful person. I miss her so much." Lily said, feeling pain all over again at seeing Aria.
"I know...she talked about you a lot. And I miss her too. More than you would think." Aria said.
Lily sniffed and so did Aria.
Then they laughed. "If you're anything like Ashleigh...this should be a great party." Lily said with a grin.
Aria grinned back..."Oh it will be."
Her violet eyes gleamed. The whole table laughed.
"Well, I better get back out on the dance floor. It was great meeting you. I hope to see a lot more of you!" Lily said happily.
Aria nodded, and from the look on Sirius' face, he hoped that he would be seeing a lot more of Aria too.
Sirius excused himself from Aria and pulled Lily aside.
"Lil, do you think its wrong to be dating her sister?" Sirius asked her urgently.
"No! Ashleigh would want you to be happy. And Aria has all of the qualities that you love...as did Ashleigh. I think you would have her blessing." Lily told him honestly.
"Thanks Lil." Sirius said with relief, then he walked away.
Lily walked over to James and he led her out onto the dance floor. It was a fast toon, and Lily and James had a blast making up new dances with Aria and Sirius and Remus and Susianna.
She's just like Ashleigh...I think we'll be great friends. Lily thought happily.
About 5 songs later, the couples all walked over to the table to get a drink.
"Gosh, all the dancing makes me thirsty!" Susianna exclaimed.
They all nodded in agreement as they gulped down their drinks. They sat down and talked during the intermission, but once the music started up again, they were right back out there, dancing.
The three couples never strayed far away from each other on the dance floor. Aria quickly became part of the group, and before the end of the 2nd set, they all felt comfortable with her.
As the dance came to an end, they played one last slow dance, which they all danced to.
It was "This I Promise You."
All the girls put their heads on their guys shoulder and swayed to the music.
When the song was over, the guys walked Susianna, Lily, and Aria back up to the Gryffindor Girls tower.
Since this was the night of the dance, they were allowed to sleep in whatever Tower they wanted...as long as they bunked with people of the same gender.
So, Susianna and Lily invited Aria to come into the Gryiffindor Girls' dormitory for the night. She eagerly agreed, and went to get her stuff.
They all helped each other out of their gowns, and they got into their pajamas. They stayed up all night talking and laughing.
At about 3 a.m Aria gave a yell as she sat down in front of her bed.
"Whats the matter?" Lily asked, alarmed.
"I just sat on something!" Aria said.
She reached under her butt and found....Lily's ring. Lily squealed and hugged Aria.
"Thank you so much! I have been looking for it all night!"
Aria grinned, "No problem, it was nothing."
They all laughed and continued talking.
There was a knock at their door at 5:00 a.m.
"Who could that be?" Susianna wondered out loud as she went over to the door to peek through the peephole.
A/N I had to have a dance for their 7th year and Aria seemed to just fall into place. I hope everyone enjoyed this and the 12th part should be out by tomorrow night! Thanks for reading! I know the songs are from 2000 but that doesn't matter. It's my story right?
She was wearing a beautiful shimmery deep purple dress that had a long flowing skirt and almost touched the floor. It was strapless, and it had a tuck at the waist, which made her tiny waist look elegant.
She piled her auburn hair on top of her head and secured it there with barettes that had little purple lilies on them. Her shoes we the same deep purple as her dress, and they were 3 inch strappy sandals.
Lily had painted her finger nails and toe nails the same deep purple as her dress and her shoes so that she would match.
She then applied her make-up carefully and put on the purple Lily necklace that Jame's had given her for her birthday the year before.
When she was finally done, she sat down on the end of her bed and waited for Susianna to come out of the bathroom so that they could talk while they waited for the guys to come.
Susianna walked out wearing a peach colored dress that had thin straps. She had tied her hair into an elegant knot at the nape of her neck. She was weraring simple peach dress shoes and had painted her nails peach.
"Oh Lily, you look beautiful!" Susianna exclaimed wide-eyed as she took in Lily's appearance.
"You look wonderful Susianna!" Lily exclaimed.
Just then, they heard a knock at the door and were in a frenzy making sure that everything was in place.
"My ring! Where's my engagement ring?!" Lily cried frantically.
"Oh my goodness Lil! We can't let them in when you don't have your ring! james with notice!" Susianna cried, before starting to help Lily look.
The boys knocked again.
"We'll be out in a minute!!" Lily called, trying to keep her voice calm.
Lily performed the hair stay put spell while she was looking. This way, her hair would stay the same all evening...not a hair would be out of place.
"Oh Susianna!!! Where could it be?!" Lily asked urgently.
"I don't know! Did you take it off before you took a shower?!" Susianna asked.
"I don't even remember WEARING it then!!!" Lily moaned.
The boys knocked again.
"We have to look for it later Lil. The dance is about to start." Susianna said sympathetically.
Lily nodded and walked out of the room.
James looked at her and grinned.
"You look great Lily! Gorgeous!" he exclaimed as he took in his beautiful fiancee'.
"James you look splendid!" Lily exclaimed.
"Thanks...but I couldn't get my hair to stay put. Sirius even tried." he said sheepishly.
"Come in here and I can fix it for you." Lily said with a confident nod.
"Lily its impossible...NO ONE has ever been able to tame it. And do you know how many people have tried?" James asked as she dragged him into her bathroom.
Lily set to work, combing. She didn't even use any gel and James thought she was crazy to even try.
When she was finished, she stood him in front of the mirror and grinned.
"NO ONE can do it huh?" Lily said with a grin.
James looked at his perfectly tamed hair with amazement. How did she do it?
"Thanks Lil!" James exclaimed, looking at her amazedly.
When James walked out, they all exclaimed over what a great job Lily had done. She just grinned and took James' arm. They all walked down to the Great Hall together.
Lily kept looking nervously at her empty finger, and she tried to hide it from James' view.
Eventually he asked her what was wrong. She just shook her head and led him out onto the dance floor.
The first song was a fast one...it was one of Lily's favorites:
Hey Mister DJ put a record On
I wanna dance with my baby
And when the music starts
I never wanna stop
it's gonna drive me Crazy
Music
Music Makes the people
come together
Yeah
Music
Makes the Bourgeoisie
and the rebel
Don't think of yesterday
And I don't look at the clock
I like to boogie woogie, uh, uh
It's like riding on the wind
And it never goes away
Touches everything I've got
gotta have it every day
Music Makes the People
Come together
Yeah
Music Makes the Bourgeoisie
and the rebel
Hey Mr. DJ put a record on
I wanna dance with my baby
And when the music starts
I never wanna stop
its gonna drive me crazy
Music, Makes the people
Come together
Yeah
Music Makes the bourgeoisie
and the rebel
YEAH
As the song got over, Lily and James walked over to a table and beckoned Remus and Susianna over, and then Sirius came galloping over with his date, Aria.
"Everyone, this is Aria, Aria this is everyone." Sirius said as an introduction.
By the way Sirius was looking at her, he really liked Aria.
She looks a lot like Ashleigh. Lily thought sadly She has the same sparkling violet eyes and chestnut brown hair. She looks so much like Ash that its scary.
Lily held out her hand, "Hi, I'm Lily Evans...soon to be Lily Potter." she said with a grin.
Aria smiled back and shook Lily's hand. "My names Aria Madison. I think you knew my sister?"
Lily stared at her in shock.
"You're related to Ashleigh?" Lily asked in amazement.
"Yeah...I am her sister. One year younger. I'm also in Ravenclaw." she said.
"Ashleigh was my best friend. She was a wonderful person. I miss her so much." Lily said, feeling pain all over again at seeing Aria.
"I know...she talked about you a lot. And I miss her too. More than you would think." Aria said.
Lily sniffed and so did Aria.
Then they laughed. "If you're anything like Ashleigh...this should be a great party." Lily said with a grin.
Aria grinned back..."Oh it will be."
Her violet eyes gleamed. The whole table laughed.
"Well, I better get back out on the dance floor. It was great meeting you. I hope to see a lot more of you!" Lily said happily.
Aria nodded, and from the look on Sirius' face, he hoped that he would be seeing a lot more of Aria too.
Sirius excused himself from Aria and pulled Lily aside.
"Lil, do you think its wrong to be dating her sister?" Sirius asked her urgently.
"No! Ashleigh would want you to be happy. And Aria has all of the qualities that you love...as did Ashleigh. I think you would have her blessing." Lily told him honestly.
"Thanks Lil." Sirius said with relief, then he walked away.
Lily walked over to James and he led her out onto the dance floor. It was a fast toon, and Lily and James had a blast making up new dances with Aria and Sirius and Remus and Susianna.
She's just like Ashleigh...I think we'll be great friends. Lily thought happily.
About 5 songs later, the couples all walked over to the table to get a drink.
"Gosh, all the dancing makes me thirsty!" Susianna exclaimed.
They all nodded in agreement as they gulped down their drinks. They sat down and talked during the intermission, but once the music started up again, they were right back out there, dancing.
The three couples never strayed far away from each other on the dance floor. Aria quickly became part of the group, and before the end of the 2nd set, they all felt comfortable with her.
As the dance came to an end, they played one last slow dance, which they all danced to.
It was "This I Promise You."
All the girls put their heads on their guys shoulder and swayed to the music.
When the song was over, the guys walked Susianna, Lily, and Aria back up to the Gryffindor Girls tower.
Since this was the night of the dance, they were allowed to sleep in whatever Tower they wanted...as long as they bunked with people of the same gender.
So, Susianna and Lily invited Aria to come into the Gryiffindor Girls' dormitory for the night. She eagerly agreed, and went to get her stuff.
They all helped each other out of their gowns, and they got into their pajamas. They stayed up all night talking and laughing.
At about 3 a.m Aria gave a yell as she sat down in front of her bed.
"Whats the matter?" Lily asked, alarmed.
"I just sat on something!" Aria said.
She reached under her butt and found....Lily's ring. Lily squealed and hugged Aria.
"Thank you so much! I have been looking for it all night!"
Aria grinned, "No problem, it was nothing."
They all laughed and continued talking.
There was a knock at their door at 5:00 a.m.
"Who could that be?" Susianna wondered out loud as she went over to the door to peek through the peephole.
A/N I had to have a dance for their 7th year and Aria seemed to just fall into place. I hope everyone enjoyed this and the 12th part should be out by tomorrow night! Thanks for reading! I know the songs are from 2000 but that doesn't matter. It's my story right?