In a message dated 12/10/2000 5:53:06 PM Central Standard Time, SillyGoose913 writes:
<< A/N ok I have some modern music in this part because I hate 70's and 80's music...so just bare with me k? Ok now on with the story
Second class of the day, Charms with Professor Galloway. At least she's nice. Lily thought to herself as she walked down the hallway with Amy.
I wonder why James has been so nice to me this week. Lily wondered, puzzled.
"Hello, earth to Lily?" Amy said, waving her hand in front of Lily's face.
"OH! Hi, yeah hello. What were you saying?" Lily asked her, flustered.
"Well for the past 10 minutes I have been telling you about the school dance, thats all. I'm going with Sirius." Amy stated, smiling.
"Wow, you got a date fast!" Lily exclaimed.
"Yep and if you had been paying attention, 7 guys asked you to go with them in the hallway." Amy said with a grin.
Lily looked at her in shock, "Are you Serious?"
"No I am Amy...but yes I am BEING serious." Amy laughed.
"Wow." Lily said.
They entered the classroom and before Lily could even sit down, all of the guys were around her, asking her to the dance.
She politely turned them all down and sat down in the only empty chair...next to James.
"So, Carrot Head, you got a date?" James asked with a nasty grin.
"No...and I bet you don't either." Lily replied coldly.
"The reason I don't have a date is because I haven't had a chance to talk to the girl that I am going to ask yet, Ice Queen." James sneered.
"Just sitting 2 feet away from you makes me sick to my stomach." Lily said as she kicked him in the shins.
"Ooooh that hurts." James said with a laugh.
Lily ignored him and watched the class.
James sat looking at Lily.
I wish it was me going with her. She's so beautiful, and perfect, and YUCK what am I thinking? That Carrot Headed Ice Queen...who would like her? Temporary loss of sanity Potter, thats all it was. James thought, panicking.
After classes that day, Lily had detention with James to look forward to.
She walked slowly to Professor McGonagalls office, NOT looking forward to being with James for 3 hours a night for a month.
"Hello you two. You will be cleaning the trophy room tonight...muggle cleaning...no magic. Now go on get to work." she said and shooed them off.
So they left, grumbling.
When they got to the Trophy Room, James said.
"Lily, you take that half and I will take this half."
"No WAY, that side has only 2 trophies. Sorry, nope." she said with a face.
James laughed and threw a sponge at her.
She giggled and got the sponge wet and threw it back at James. It hit him right in the forehead and caused him to topple off of the ladder, laughing all the way.
He managed to get himself up, get the sponge wet, and squeeze it out in Lily's hair before Filch came in.
Both of them were laughing too hard to apologize, and by the time Filch was done with his lecture on children, they were gasping for air.
When he left, they went back to work...they knew they had better get something done or they would be there all night.
"You're such a dork." Lily snorted, "Why did you throw the sponge in the first place?"
"I couldn't resist Carrot Head." James replied, scrubbing Tom Riddle's award.
"You're such a freak Potter." Lily said as she threw her sponge at him.
It hit him in the mouth and he made the strangest sound.."Twink!"
Lily giggled.
"Twink. HAHAHAHAHA Twink thats pretty good Potter, now stop sucking on my sponge and hand it back so that I can finish scrubbing."
"Ah shut up Carrots and I WASN'T sucking on your sponge!" James replied.
"Then why was it in your mouth for 5 whole minutes, Twink?" Lily asked with a giggle at his new nickname.
When their detention was over, Lily and James walked out of the Trophy Room exhausted.
A fourth year named Arianna walked up to James.
"So James, have you found yourself a girlfriend? Because my offer still stands...everyone wants you you know." she said in a sugary voice.
James made a strangled noise and he said something that amazed Lily.
"Yep, this is my girlfriend Lily Evans." he put his arm firmly around her waist. "Lily this is Arianna Wilkenson."
"So how did you manage to snag him? Besides the fact that you're gorgeous." she said.
"Um Well, actually," James nudged her hard in the ribs and leaned over and made it look like he was kissing her ear.
"Please Please Please help me and say you're my girlfriend. PLEASE." he whispered in her ear.
"Well, actually we met on our first day here, and we've been practically inseperable ever since." Lily lied through her teeth.
"Oh, ok so I will be seeing you two around then?" Arianna asked.
James nodded.
"Ok, if you guys split, lemme know cause I still like ya." she said and walked away.
James immediately loosed his grip on her waist.
"Oh My God I can't believe I said that." Lily moaned.
"Thanks...for umm saving me from that monster."
"I'm not going to parade around acting like I am your girlfriend you know." Lily said tensely.
"Oh come on. She's gonna come after me. Do you really want that to happen?" James pleaded.
"Yeah actually that might be kinda fun to watch." Lily said with a wicked grin.
"Please?"
"Why not "dump" me and go get someone prettier?" Lily asked, then quickly added, "even though we are NOT going out."
"But there's no one prettier! Oh crap did I just say that?" James asked, a stricken look on his face.
Lily laughed out loud.
"Yep, you sure did. But I'm still not going to do it." she said, crying from laughing so hard.
"PLEASE I'll do ANYTHING." James said, ready to beg.
"Anything?" Lily asked slyly.
"Anything." James replied.
"No more pranks and I'll do it." she said.
"Deal. And thanks!" James said as he ran off to the Gryffindor Tower.
Hey the guy you like is pretending you're his girlfriend. Not bad. Its a start! Lily thought to herself gleefully.
Lily went to bed exhausted and she fell asleep right away.
When she woke up the next morning, she was sore all over, and she had a terrible headache.
She got dressed, did her hair, brushed her teeth, and then ran out the door to see...James.
"Hello." she said through gritted teeth.
"Hiya Carr- Lily. Are you ready to go to class?" he asked, almost blowing his cover by calling her Carrot Head.
"Yes I am Pothea- James." Lily said.
Man this is gonna be tough. Lily thought to herself.
James put his arm around her waist firmly and they walked down the hall to breakfast, with Sirius and Amy walking behind them, amazed.
They hadn't told Amy and Sirius yet, so they were ready to pass out...as were everyone else in the 1st year.
"James do I have to sit with you in class too? She's not gonna be there." Lily said, hoping he would say they didn't have to.
"No we don't...well at breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Potions we do." he replied, looking like he was wishing they didn't have to either.
"Great." she said.
They sat down at a table, across from Amy and Sirius, who wanted to know what was going on.
"Ok one detention and you're holding her around the waist? James did you hit your head? Are the fumes getting to you?" Amy asked, puzzled.
"No...." James explained everything, and by the time he was done, Amy and Sirius were crying they were laughing so hard.
Lily was scowling, and James was trying his hardest to put on a bad face, but in reality...he didn't really mind the situation.
James spotted Arianna and he quickly turned towards Lily and began talk to her.
"Hey James. My friends say they didn't see any kissing." Arianna said.
"So? They couldn't have been watching everything I do." James said irritably.
"Yeah, actually they did." she said,glaring at Lily.
Arianna turned to walk away, but james knew she was still watching, so he turned towards Lily, mouthed "I'm sorry." and he kissed her.
Lily WOULD have spit and wiped her mouth, but Arianna was still looking at them.
Amy and Sirius were hysterical, and James was about to die.
"So, Lily, who are you going to the dance with?" Amy asked as she wiped her eyes.
"I--"
"Me." James cut her off.
"But---"
"Lily PLEASE you have to PLEASE. This girl seriously scares me." James pleaded.
"Oh FINE." she grumbled.
"Oh poor Lily! This is going to be terrible for you!" AMy exclaimed trying not to giggle again.
When breakfast was over, Lily walked out of the Great Hall, and James pulled her aside.
"Hey, I'm really sorry about this. Its too bad she had to run into us when we were leaving. Sucks that I had to ruin your dance." James said, scuffling the floor with his shoe.
"Its ok...not your fault. Well it kind of is...but I'm not doing this because I like you. I still think you are a completely stuck up jerk who needs to get a brush." she said with a grin.
"And you're still a Carrot Headed Goody Goody who needs to get a life." James replied.
Then they walked together to their first class...arm in arm unfortunatly.
"Well this is awkward." Lily commented.
"Yes it is. Especially since I HATE YOU." James said tensely.
"So "break up" with me and go with someone else." Lily said again.
"But it has to be someone gorgeous and you're the only one I know thats...oh man I did it again." James groaned.
"I'm going to COMPLETELY ignore the fact that a jerk like you said I am gorgeous." Lily said snootily.
"Jeeze you couldn't look like more of a snot unless you had your nose up in the air." James said disgustedly.
"And you couldn't look more like a hairy monkey unless you had a banana in your hand." Lily shot back, her eyes flashing.
"You know, this might work better if you weren't so much of a prick." James retorted angrily.
"Ok forget it, you jerk, figure this out on your own, I'm not going to waste my time with you." Lily said, pulling her arm away from his.
But he grabbed her by the shoulder.
'PLEASE don't do that. Ok I will shut up. Just stop being such a putz ok?" James pleaded.
"Only if you stop being such a moron." Lily replied. "And the only reason I am doing this is because I don't want to wake up with my hair glued to my pillow again. Remember, you promised NO MORE PRANKS." Lily said.
"Fine." James replied, and they walked to their next class together.
"This is torture Amy! He is such a moron. I could give you a LIST of the names I want to call him." Lily complained as she plopped down next to her in Potions.
"So...why don't you just leave the "relationship" and tell him to find someone else?" Amy asked.
"Because if I do this, he won't ever play another prank on me again." Lily said.
"Lily...I think its more than that. You like him don't you?" she asked in amazement.
"No I don't like him. He's a conceited jerk!" Lily exclaimed.
Amy just rolled her eyes and grinned.
Lily had the urge to smack her but decided against it.
Professor Peterson walked in and surveyed the class.
"Ok, I don't feel like putting you in pairs so pick a partner." he growled.
James looked at Lily with pleading eyes because some of Arianna's friends were looking at him expectantly.
Lily nodded and walked over.
"This is so stupid. How did you get yourself into this mess Pothead?" Lily asked him icily as she sat down.
"OK Frosty calm down now. Anger is not becoming." James replied with a grin.
"Well messy hair isn't becoming either so bite me." Lily snapped back.
"Well red hair isn't either CARROTS." James retorted, his brown eyes flashing angrily.
"Call me Carrots one more time and I swear I'll leave, Twink." she shot back.
"Prick." he muttered, but she ignored him and listened to the instructions that Professor Peterson was giving.
"Ok Potter, cut up the Kiger Root. Think you can handle that?" Lily asked.
"Yeah sure, and you should talk. I'm not the one who is letting the pot run over with water because she is talking." he said with a snort.
Lily looked down and saw a huge puddle on the floor. She threw a spell at it, causing it to dissolve but she was still as red as a tomato.
James continued laughing until Arianna's gang looked at them.
He stopped abruptly.
He leaned towards Lily and acted like he was talking to her.
"Try and kiss me again Potter, and you're dead." Lily muttered.
"Like I would want to, Evans." James said with a grimace.
"You're not even a good kisser." Lily muttered again.
"Really? I'm not?" James asked worriedly.
"No, try not spitting on the girls mouth...its not attractive." Lily said with a laugh at his horrified face.
"Do I really do that?" James asked, his face still horrified.
"Yeah you do." Lily replied.
"Oh man." James whispered.
On spur of the moment, he leaned over and kissed her softly on the lips.
When he pulled back he asked eagerly, "Was that better?"
Stunned, Lily stared at him, "Yeah, much better."
Then she recovered herself.
"And don't ever do that again Potter." she said icily.
"Hey, awesome, Arianna's gang saw us." he said gleefully.
"Are you really that scared of her?" Lily asked curiously.
"Heck yeah. She's 3 times bigger than me...3 times wider AND taller. She could CRUSH me dude. She's like...she acts like a GUY." James said quietly.
"Ah so thats why you had to claim I was your girlfriend...which I'm NOT." Lily stated.
"Well, you kind of are. You said yes to go out with me for Arianna's sake." James replied softly.
"Oh no, don't even say that. And I KNOW you wouldn't want that either. Thats just...wrong...and GROSS." Lily said, horrified.
James shook his head as if to clear it.
"Yeah its nasty...I uh was just kidding. Who would want to go out with you, Evans?" he asked nastily.
"Apparantly you because you picked ME to "go out" with you." she retorted.
"I just did that because you were the only girl there." he said back with a frown.
"You could have just said you were going out with Amy right then...your girlfriend didn't have to BE there." Lily whispered venomously.
"True, but I wasn't thinking correctly, so shoot me." James muttered.
"I will if you really want me to." Lily replied.
"Oh shut up, Carrots." James replied.
"THATS IT!! I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME CARROTS. I'M DONE, FIND YOUR OWN GIRLFRIEND." Lily shouted angrily.
James looked at her with wide scared eyes. "She's gonna come after me!"
"I DON'T CARE. YOU DESERVE IT YOU JERK!!" Lily screeched before walking over to Amy and shoving Sirius in James' direction.
Sirius ambled over to James.
"You really are stupid aren't you? Man you blew it. And now Arianna's cronies know." Sirius said with disgust at his best friend.
"Oh shut up." James replied irritably.
"Amy, he is the biggest jerk I have ever met in my entire life." Lily said, eyes flashing.
"Ok yeah I believe you hate him now." Amy replied with a small smile.
"You better because I do...and I have detention with him today dang it!" Lily said loudly.
James looked up and glared at her for a fleeting moment before turning back to his Potion.
At lunch that day, Lily went back to sitting next to Amy and glaring at James across the table.
He glared right back, and she flung her pudding in his face.
Man, its almost like she dumped me for real...ouch. I really like her. James thought to himself as he wiped the pudding off of his face. Maybe I should just ask her out for real. We're only 11 so its not a big deal.
"Tonights the ball and I don't know who I'm going to go with." Lily grumbled and glared at James.
"I never said I wouldn't go to the dance with you!" James exclaimed.
Lily dropped her fork. "You mean, you WANT to go to the dance with me? Am I hearing correctly?"
"There's no one else to go with, so sure." James covered quickly.
"Ok, sure whatever. You better not be late." Lily replied.
That night, Lily was in a fluster getting ready for the dance.
She was wearing a deep emerald dress that had spagetti straps. It had a tuck at the waist, so she looked even thinner than usual, and it had a flowing skirt that reached the floor. The dress matched her eyes perfectly.
She had shoes and nails to match the dress, all she had to do now, was her hair.
She took her clips and she piled her hair on top of her head elegantly. She secured it with clips, and applied a hint of eyeshadow and mascara, and some of Amy's lip gloss.
She looked in the mirror and was surprised at how much older she looked.
Amy was dressed in a medium purple dress, that was the same style as Lily's. She had, however, strappier platform shoes, and had painted her nails the same color as he dress and shoes.
Amy's hair was in a French Twist at the back of her head and she had on only Lip Gloss.
They looked at each other and grinned.
"I don't even know why I am dressing up." Lily said, "James isn't even going to notice. In fact, he'll probably laugh."
"No he won't. Even a dunderhead like James would notice you tonight." AMy repliecd confidently.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Amy went over to open it.
It was James and Sirius.
Lily walked over to the door and James saw her and grinned.
"You look nice." James shyly.
Lily grinned, surprised. "Thanks, so do you."
Amy and Sirius, and Lily and James, all walked down to the great Hall together.
Lily had her hand in the crook of James' arm, and she looked at the decorations in awe.
Since Christmas was next week, the decorations were red and green, and their were silver bells in certain places...and to Lily's surprise, Mistletoe!
They walked in, found a table, and sat down.
Lily's favorite song, "Have You Ever" by Brandi started to play, and Lily looked out on the dance floor longingly at the couples dancing close together.
James saw this, and asked her, "Do you want to dance?"
Lily looked up in surprise.
Then she smiled softly, "I'd love to."
He took her hand and led her out onto the dance floor and he put his arms loosely around her waist.
She rested her hands gently on his shoulders and they began to dance.
Have you ever loved somebody so much it makes you cry
have you ever needed something so bad you can't sleep at night
Have you ever tried to find the words but they don't come out right
have you ever
have you ever
Have you ever been in love, been in love so bad
you'd do anything, ohhh to make them understand
have you ever had someone steal your heart away
you'd give anything, to make them feel the same
have you ever searched for words to get you in their heart
but you don't know what to say
and you don't know where to start
Have you ever loved somebody so much it makes you cry
have you ever needed something so bad you can't sleep at night
have you ever tried to find the words but they don't come out right
have you ever
have you ever
Have you ever found the one you dreamed of all your life
you'd do just about anything to look into their eyes
have you finally found the one you've given your heart to
only to find that one won't give their heart to you
have you ever closed yuor eyes and dreamed that they were there
and all you can do is wait
for the day when they will come
Have you ever loved somebody so much it makes you cry
have you ever needed something so bad you can't sleep at night
have you ever tried to find the words but they don't come out right
have you ever
have you ever ever ever
What do Igotta do to get you in my arms baby
What do I gotta say to get to your heart
to make you understand how I need you next to me
gotta get you in my world cause baby I can't sleep
Have you ever loved somebody so much it makes you cry
have you ever needed something so bad you can't sleep at night
have you ever tried to find the words but they don't come out right
have you ever
have you ever
Have you ever loved somebody so much it makes you cry
have you ever needed something so bad you can't sleep at night
have you ever tried to find the words but they don't come out right
have you ever
have you ever
By the time the song was over, Lily was convinced there was something wrong in James' head...he was being way too nice.
"You're a good dancer James." she said as they walked back over to the table with James.
"So are you." he said simply.
Sirius and Amy walked back over to the table laughing hysterically.
"Lily, did you notice that the whole school backed away and watched you and James dance. You were the center of attention!" Amy exclaimed.
"WHAT?! No I uh I didn't notice." Lily exclaimed.
"Thats because you were lost in James' eyes." Sirius said with a snort and a couple of kissy noises.
"Yeah right Sirius. That was her favorite song, she was probably just listening." James said, defending themselves.
"Only lover boy would know it was her favorite song." Sirius said as he burst out laughing again.
Lily and James glared at Amy and Sirius and just sat listening to the music.
The rest of the dance flew by. James and Lily danced a little bit more and they had some snacks, and by the time it was over, Lily was exhausted.
Amy, Lily, James, and Sirius all walked back to Gryffindor Tower together.
When they reached the Girls dormitory doors, they all said goodbye.
"Goodnight Sirius." Amy said.
"Goodnight Amy." Sirius said as he kissed her on the cheek.
"Bye Pothead." Lily said.
"See Ya Carrots." James replied nonchalantly.
Then the girls went into their room and began getting ready for bed.
"James seemed to be ok tonight, huh Lil?" Amy asked as she brushed her teeth.
"Yeah I guess." Lily replied, rolling her eyes.
Those two will never grow up. Amy thought wryly.
A/N I hope you liked it! NExt part soon...don't worry they won't fall in love just yet!
<< A/N ok I have some modern music in this part because I hate 70's and 80's music...so just bare with me k? Ok now on with the story
Second class of the day, Charms with Professor Galloway. At least she's nice. Lily thought to herself as she walked down the hallway with Amy.
I wonder why James has been so nice to me this week. Lily wondered, puzzled.
"Hello, earth to Lily?" Amy said, waving her hand in front of Lily's face.
"OH! Hi, yeah hello. What were you saying?" Lily asked her, flustered.
"Well for the past 10 minutes I have been telling you about the school dance, thats all. I'm going with Sirius." Amy stated, smiling.
"Wow, you got a date fast!" Lily exclaimed.
"Yep and if you had been paying attention, 7 guys asked you to go with them in the hallway." Amy said with a grin.
Lily looked at her in shock, "Are you Serious?"
"No I am Amy...but yes I am BEING serious." Amy laughed.
"Wow." Lily said.
They entered the classroom and before Lily could even sit down, all of the guys were around her, asking her to the dance.
She politely turned them all down and sat down in the only empty chair...next to James.
"So, Carrot Head, you got a date?" James asked with a nasty grin.
"No...and I bet you don't either." Lily replied coldly.
"The reason I don't have a date is because I haven't had a chance to talk to the girl that I am going to ask yet, Ice Queen." James sneered.
"Just sitting 2 feet away from you makes me sick to my stomach." Lily said as she kicked him in the shins.
"Ooooh that hurts." James said with a laugh.
Lily ignored him and watched the class.
James sat looking at Lily.
I wish it was me going with her. She's so beautiful, and perfect, and YUCK what am I thinking? That Carrot Headed Ice Queen...who would like her? Temporary loss of sanity Potter, thats all it was. James thought, panicking.
After classes that day, Lily had detention with James to look forward to.
She walked slowly to Professor McGonagalls office, NOT looking forward to being with James for 3 hours a night for a month.
"Hello you two. You will be cleaning the trophy room tonight...muggle cleaning...no magic. Now go on get to work." she said and shooed them off.
So they left, grumbling.
When they got to the Trophy Room, James said.
"Lily, you take that half and I will take this half."
"No WAY, that side has only 2 trophies. Sorry, nope." she said with a face.
James laughed and threw a sponge at her.
She giggled and got the sponge wet and threw it back at James. It hit him right in the forehead and caused him to topple off of the ladder, laughing all the way.
He managed to get himself up, get the sponge wet, and squeeze it out in Lily's hair before Filch came in.
Both of them were laughing too hard to apologize, and by the time Filch was done with his lecture on children, they were gasping for air.
When he left, they went back to work...they knew they had better get something done or they would be there all night.
"You're such a dork." Lily snorted, "Why did you throw the sponge in the first place?"
"I couldn't resist Carrot Head." James replied, scrubbing Tom Riddle's award.
"You're such a freak Potter." Lily said as she threw her sponge at him.
It hit him in the mouth and he made the strangest sound.."Twink!"
Lily giggled.
"Twink. HAHAHAHAHA Twink thats pretty good Potter, now stop sucking on my sponge and hand it back so that I can finish scrubbing."
"Ah shut up Carrots and I WASN'T sucking on your sponge!" James replied.
"Then why was it in your mouth for 5 whole minutes, Twink?" Lily asked with a giggle at his new nickname.
When their detention was over, Lily and James walked out of the Trophy Room exhausted.
A fourth year named Arianna walked up to James.
"So James, have you found yourself a girlfriend? Because my offer still stands...everyone wants you you know." she said in a sugary voice.
James made a strangled noise and he said something that amazed Lily.
"Yep, this is my girlfriend Lily Evans." he put his arm firmly around her waist. "Lily this is Arianna Wilkenson."
"So how did you manage to snag him? Besides the fact that you're gorgeous." she said.
"Um Well, actually," James nudged her hard in the ribs and leaned over and made it look like he was kissing her ear.
"Please Please Please help me and say you're my girlfriend. PLEASE." he whispered in her ear.
"Well, actually we met on our first day here, and we've been practically inseperable ever since." Lily lied through her teeth.
"Oh, ok so I will be seeing you two around then?" Arianna asked.
James nodded.
"Ok, if you guys split, lemme know cause I still like ya." she said and walked away.
James immediately loosed his grip on her waist.
"Oh My God I can't believe I said that." Lily moaned.
"Thanks...for umm saving me from that monster."
"I'm not going to parade around acting like I am your girlfriend you know." Lily said tensely.
"Oh come on. She's gonna come after me. Do you really want that to happen?" James pleaded.
"Yeah actually that might be kinda fun to watch." Lily said with a wicked grin.
"Please?"
"Why not "dump" me and go get someone prettier?" Lily asked, then quickly added, "even though we are NOT going out."
"But there's no one prettier! Oh crap did I just say that?" James asked, a stricken look on his face.
Lily laughed out loud.
"Yep, you sure did. But I'm still not going to do it." she said, crying from laughing so hard.
"PLEASE I'll do ANYTHING." James said, ready to beg.
"Anything?" Lily asked slyly.
"Anything." James replied.
"No more pranks and I'll do it." she said.
"Deal. And thanks!" James said as he ran off to the Gryffindor Tower.
Hey the guy you like is pretending you're his girlfriend. Not bad. Its a start! Lily thought to herself gleefully.
Lily went to bed exhausted and she fell asleep right away.
When she woke up the next morning, she was sore all over, and she had a terrible headache.
She got dressed, did her hair, brushed her teeth, and then ran out the door to see...James.
"Hello." she said through gritted teeth.
"Hiya Carr- Lily. Are you ready to go to class?" he asked, almost blowing his cover by calling her Carrot Head.
"Yes I am Pothea- James." Lily said.
Man this is gonna be tough. Lily thought to herself.
James put his arm around her waist firmly and they walked down the hall to breakfast, with Sirius and Amy walking behind them, amazed.
They hadn't told Amy and Sirius yet, so they were ready to pass out...as were everyone else in the 1st year.
"James do I have to sit with you in class too? She's not gonna be there." Lily said, hoping he would say they didn't have to.
"No we don't...well at breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Potions we do." he replied, looking like he was wishing they didn't have to either.
"Great." she said.
They sat down at a table, across from Amy and Sirius, who wanted to know what was going on.
"Ok one detention and you're holding her around the waist? James did you hit your head? Are the fumes getting to you?" Amy asked, puzzled.
"No...." James explained everything, and by the time he was done, Amy and Sirius were crying they were laughing so hard.
Lily was scowling, and James was trying his hardest to put on a bad face, but in reality...he didn't really mind the situation.
James spotted Arianna and he quickly turned towards Lily and began talk to her.
"Hey James. My friends say they didn't see any kissing." Arianna said.
"So? They couldn't have been watching everything I do." James said irritably.
"Yeah, actually they did." she said,glaring at Lily.
Arianna turned to walk away, but james knew she was still watching, so he turned towards Lily, mouthed "I'm sorry." and he kissed her.
Lily WOULD have spit and wiped her mouth, but Arianna was still looking at them.
Amy and Sirius were hysterical, and James was about to die.
"So, Lily, who are you going to the dance with?" Amy asked as she wiped her eyes.
"I--"
"Me." James cut her off.
"But---"
"Lily PLEASE you have to PLEASE. This girl seriously scares me." James pleaded.
"Oh FINE." she grumbled.
"Oh poor Lily! This is going to be terrible for you!" AMy exclaimed trying not to giggle again.
When breakfast was over, Lily walked out of the Great Hall, and James pulled her aside.
"Hey, I'm really sorry about this. Its too bad she had to run into us when we were leaving. Sucks that I had to ruin your dance." James said, scuffling the floor with his shoe.
"Its ok...not your fault. Well it kind of is...but I'm not doing this because I like you. I still think you are a completely stuck up jerk who needs to get a brush." she said with a grin.
"And you're still a Carrot Headed Goody Goody who needs to get a life." James replied.
Then they walked together to their first class...arm in arm unfortunatly.
"Well this is awkward." Lily commented.
"Yes it is. Especially since I HATE YOU." James said tensely.
"So "break up" with me and go with someone else." Lily said again.
"But it has to be someone gorgeous and you're the only one I know thats...oh man I did it again." James groaned.
"I'm going to COMPLETELY ignore the fact that a jerk like you said I am gorgeous." Lily said snootily.
"Jeeze you couldn't look like more of a snot unless you had your nose up in the air." James said disgustedly.
"And you couldn't look more like a hairy monkey unless you had a banana in your hand." Lily shot back, her eyes flashing.
"You know, this might work better if you weren't so much of a prick." James retorted angrily.
"Ok forget it, you jerk, figure this out on your own, I'm not going to waste my time with you." Lily said, pulling her arm away from his.
But he grabbed her by the shoulder.
'PLEASE don't do that. Ok I will shut up. Just stop being such a putz ok?" James pleaded.
"Only if you stop being such a moron." Lily replied. "And the only reason I am doing this is because I don't want to wake up with my hair glued to my pillow again. Remember, you promised NO MORE PRANKS." Lily said.
"Fine." James replied, and they walked to their next class together.
"This is torture Amy! He is such a moron. I could give you a LIST of the names I want to call him." Lily complained as she plopped down next to her in Potions.
"So...why don't you just leave the "relationship" and tell him to find someone else?" Amy asked.
"Because if I do this, he won't ever play another prank on me again." Lily said.
"Lily...I think its more than that. You like him don't you?" she asked in amazement.
"No I don't like him. He's a conceited jerk!" Lily exclaimed.
Amy just rolled her eyes and grinned.
Lily had the urge to smack her but decided against it.
Professor Peterson walked in and surveyed the class.
"Ok, I don't feel like putting you in pairs so pick a partner." he growled.
James looked at Lily with pleading eyes because some of Arianna's friends were looking at him expectantly.
Lily nodded and walked over.
"This is so stupid. How did you get yourself into this mess Pothead?" Lily asked him icily as she sat down.
"OK Frosty calm down now. Anger is not becoming." James replied with a grin.
"Well messy hair isn't becoming either so bite me." Lily snapped back.
"Well red hair isn't either CARROTS." James retorted, his brown eyes flashing angrily.
"Call me Carrots one more time and I swear I'll leave, Twink." she shot back.
"Prick." he muttered, but she ignored him and listened to the instructions that Professor Peterson was giving.
"Ok Potter, cut up the Kiger Root. Think you can handle that?" Lily asked.
"Yeah sure, and you should talk. I'm not the one who is letting the pot run over with water because she is talking." he said with a snort.
Lily looked down and saw a huge puddle on the floor. She threw a spell at it, causing it to dissolve but she was still as red as a tomato.
James continued laughing until Arianna's gang looked at them.
He stopped abruptly.
He leaned towards Lily and acted like he was talking to her.
"Try and kiss me again Potter, and you're dead." Lily muttered.
"Like I would want to, Evans." James said with a grimace.
"You're not even a good kisser." Lily muttered again.
"Really? I'm not?" James asked worriedly.
"No, try not spitting on the girls mouth...its not attractive." Lily said with a laugh at his horrified face.
"Do I really do that?" James asked, his face still horrified.
"Yeah you do." Lily replied.
"Oh man." James whispered.
On spur of the moment, he leaned over and kissed her softly on the lips.
When he pulled back he asked eagerly, "Was that better?"
Stunned, Lily stared at him, "Yeah, much better."
Then she recovered herself.
"And don't ever do that again Potter." she said icily.
"Hey, awesome, Arianna's gang saw us." he said gleefully.
"Are you really that scared of her?" Lily asked curiously.
"Heck yeah. She's 3 times bigger than me...3 times wider AND taller. She could CRUSH me dude. She's like...she acts like a GUY." James said quietly.
"Ah so thats why you had to claim I was your girlfriend...which I'm NOT." Lily stated.
"Well, you kind of are. You said yes to go out with me for Arianna's sake." James replied softly.
"Oh no, don't even say that. And I KNOW you wouldn't want that either. Thats just...wrong...and GROSS." Lily said, horrified.
James shook his head as if to clear it.
"Yeah its nasty...I uh was just kidding. Who would want to go out with you, Evans?" he asked nastily.
"Apparantly you because you picked ME to "go out" with you." she retorted.
"I just did that because you were the only girl there." he said back with a frown.
"You could have just said you were going out with Amy right then...your girlfriend didn't have to BE there." Lily whispered venomously.
"True, but I wasn't thinking correctly, so shoot me." James muttered.
"I will if you really want me to." Lily replied.
"Oh shut up, Carrots." James replied.
"THATS IT!! I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME CARROTS. I'M DONE, FIND YOUR OWN GIRLFRIEND." Lily shouted angrily.
James looked at her with wide scared eyes. "She's gonna come after me!"
"I DON'T CARE. YOU DESERVE IT YOU JERK!!" Lily screeched before walking over to Amy and shoving Sirius in James' direction.
Sirius ambled over to James.
"You really are stupid aren't you? Man you blew it. And now Arianna's cronies know." Sirius said with disgust at his best friend.
"Oh shut up." James replied irritably.
"Amy, he is the biggest jerk I have ever met in my entire life." Lily said, eyes flashing.
"Ok yeah I believe you hate him now." Amy replied with a small smile.
"You better because I do...and I have detention with him today dang it!" Lily said loudly.
James looked up and glared at her for a fleeting moment before turning back to his Potion.
At lunch that day, Lily went back to sitting next to Amy and glaring at James across the table.
He glared right back, and she flung her pudding in his face.
Man, its almost like she dumped me for real...ouch. I really like her. James thought to himself as he wiped the pudding off of his face. Maybe I should just ask her out for real. We're only 11 so its not a big deal.
"Tonights the ball and I don't know who I'm going to go with." Lily grumbled and glared at James.
"I never said I wouldn't go to the dance with you!" James exclaimed.
Lily dropped her fork. "You mean, you WANT to go to the dance with me? Am I hearing correctly?"
"There's no one else to go with, so sure." James covered quickly.
"Ok, sure whatever. You better not be late." Lily replied.
That night, Lily was in a fluster getting ready for the dance.
She was wearing a deep emerald dress that had spagetti straps. It had a tuck at the waist, so she looked even thinner than usual, and it had a flowing skirt that reached the floor. The dress matched her eyes perfectly.
She had shoes and nails to match the dress, all she had to do now, was her hair.
She took her clips and she piled her hair on top of her head elegantly. She secured it with clips, and applied a hint of eyeshadow and mascara, and some of Amy's lip gloss.
She looked in the mirror and was surprised at how much older she looked.
Amy was dressed in a medium purple dress, that was the same style as Lily's. She had, however, strappier platform shoes, and had painted her nails the same color as he dress and shoes.
Amy's hair was in a French Twist at the back of her head and she had on only Lip Gloss.
They looked at each other and grinned.
"I don't even know why I am dressing up." Lily said, "James isn't even going to notice. In fact, he'll probably laugh."
"No he won't. Even a dunderhead like James would notice you tonight." AMy repliecd confidently.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Amy went over to open it.
It was James and Sirius.
Lily walked over to the door and James saw her and grinned.
"You look nice." James shyly.
Lily grinned, surprised. "Thanks, so do you."
Amy and Sirius, and Lily and James, all walked down to the great Hall together.
Lily had her hand in the crook of James' arm, and she looked at the decorations in awe.
Since Christmas was next week, the decorations were red and green, and their were silver bells in certain places...and to Lily's surprise, Mistletoe!
They walked in, found a table, and sat down.
Lily's favorite song, "Have You Ever" by Brandi started to play, and Lily looked out on the dance floor longingly at the couples dancing close together.
James saw this, and asked her, "Do you want to dance?"
Lily looked up in surprise.
Then she smiled softly, "I'd love to."
He took her hand and led her out onto the dance floor and he put his arms loosely around her waist.
She rested her hands gently on his shoulders and they began to dance.
Have you ever loved somebody so much it makes you cry
have you ever needed something so bad you can't sleep at night
Have you ever tried to find the words but they don't come out right
have you ever
have you ever
Have you ever been in love, been in love so bad
you'd do anything, ohhh to make them understand
have you ever had someone steal your heart away
you'd give anything, to make them feel the same
have you ever searched for words to get you in their heart
but you don't know what to say
and you don't know where to start
Have you ever loved somebody so much it makes you cry
have you ever needed something so bad you can't sleep at night
have you ever tried to find the words but they don't come out right
have you ever
have you ever
Have you ever found the one you dreamed of all your life
you'd do just about anything to look into their eyes
have you finally found the one you've given your heart to
only to find that one won't give their heart to you
have you ever closed yuor eyes and dreamed that they were there
and all you can do is wait
for the day when they will come
Have you ever loved somebody so much it makes you cry
have you ever needed something so bad you can't sleep at night
have you ever tried to find the words but they don't come out right
have you ever
have you ever ever ever
What do Igotta do to get you in my arms baby
What do I gotta say to get to your heart
to make you understand how I need you next to me
gotta get you in my world cause baby I can't sleep
Have you ever loved somebody so much it makes you cry
have you ever needed something so bad you can't sleep at night
have you ever tried to find the words but they don't come out right
have you ever
have you ever
Have you ever loved somebody so much it makes you cry
have you ever needed something so bad you can't sleep at night
have you ever tried to find the words but they don't come out right
have you ever
have you ever
By the time the song was over, Lily was convinced there was something wrong in James' head...he was being way too nice.
"You're a good dancer James." she said as they walked back over to the table with James.
"So are you." he said simply.
Sirius and Amy walked back over to the table laughing hysterically.
"Lily, did you notice that the whole school backed away and watched you and James dance. You were the center of attention!" Amy exclaimed.
"WHAT?! No I uh I didn't notice." Lily exclaimed.
"Thats because you were lost in James' eyes." Sirius said with a snort and a couple of kissy noises.
"Yeah right Sirius. That was her favorite song, she was probably just listening." James said, defending themselves.
"Only lover boy would know it was her favorite song." Sirius said as he burst out laughing again.
Lily and James glared at Amy and Sirius and just sat listening to the music.
The rest of the dance flew by. James and Lily danced a little bit more and they had some snacks, and by the time it was over, Lily was exhausted.
Amy, Lily, James, and Sirius all walked back to Gryffindor Tower together.
When they reached the Girls dormitory doors, they all said goodbye.
"Goodnight Sirius." Amy said.
"Goodnight Amy." Sirius said as he kissed her on the cheek.
"Bye Pothead." Lily said.
"See Ya Carrots." James replied nonchalantly.
Then the girls went into their room and began getting ready for bed.
"James seemed to be ok tonight, huh Lil?" Amy asked as she brushed her teeth.
"Yeah I guess." Lily replied, rolling her eyes.
Those two will never grow up. Amy thought wryly.
A/N I hope you liked it! NExt part soon...don't worry they won't fall in love just yet!
