Lily woke up. She was in the hospital wing; Madam Pomfrey bustled over and smiled at her.
'Why did I faint?' Lily asked
'You seem to be allergic to Polly-ball scent' Madam Pomfrey said
'What day is it?' Lily asked
'Why it's Saturday' Madam Pomfrey said
Lily sat up suddenly and jumped out of bed 'I'm gonna be late for the dance!'
She raced out of the hospital wing and up to the common room; she raced up to the dorm.
'Hey you're better!' Kat said, dressed in a black strapless dress
Lily pulled off her clothes as she raced through the room. She was dressed in a strapless, deep blue bra and deep blue underwear with one thin strap on either side.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door 'Lily! Can you get that!' called Kat
'I'm in my underwear!' Lily cried back
'It'll only be Charm! She went to get her hair done!' Kat called back
Lily walked over to the door and opened it; standing in the door way was James.
'What do you want Potter?' asked Lily
'Is that how you're going to the dance Evans?' asked James smoothly, although he eyes were betraying him by staying firmly planted on her chest (come on he's 16 what do you expect!).
Lily looked down at her underwear 'I was halfway through getting dressed actually Potter.'
'Well I just came to see if…if…if…uh…if Kat was ready.' James said quickly
Lily noticed what he was staring at and then lent against the door 'No actually, but she'll come down and find you when she is ok?' she said sultrily and then slammed the door in his face
Lily looked at herself in the mirror, her hair was perfectly straight and her contacts were still in. She slipped on a long, tight, dark blue silk dress with spaghetti straps. She put on light blue eye shadow and bright red, glossy lipstick and of course her dark blue platform boots.
Charm walked through the door 'Lil is it true that you just stood here and talked to James Potter in your underwear?'
'You what!' exclaimed Kat
'Well you told me to answer the door!' Lily said
Kat and Charm doubled over laughing.
'It's ok, I'm only going with James to make Sirius jealous.' Kat said
'Yeah that's why I'm going with Peter!' Charm said
The three girls went down to the great hall and went inside, Lily found Thom and walked over to him.
'Hey Thom' Lily said silkily
'Uh…hi Lily' Thom said
'Who is this Thom?' asked Lily, motioning to a blond bombshell beside him
'This is my date Heather, when you went into the hospital wing and didn't come out for a few days I decided to take someone else.' Thom said hugging Heather
Lily stood up, confused. She felt tears falling down her face; she raced back to her dorm and fell onto her bed crying.
She pulled out her contacts and smashed them, she took the bleaching and straightening spells off her hair and pulled on a grey sweater and blue jeans.
She cried for three days and was very edgy for three more after that, she wouldn't come out of her dorm.
'Lily, babe just cause Thom doesn't like you anymore doesn't mean that you are ugly.' Kat said, brushing her hair
Lily was wearing Charm's emerald green top, which fell off one shoulder and Kat's flared jeans.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Charm got off the bed and answered it, in waltzed James, Peter, Remus and Sirius.
'Hey! Where is Lily?' asked Sirius
'Why?' Lily asked
'Well we've come to cheer her up.' Peter said
'This is Lily.' Charm said
'What…huh?' Remus asked
'I wore contacts and dyed and straightened my hair to impress that dickhead Thom.' Lily said
'Well I don't see why, you're much more beautiful as yourself.' Sirius said
He was right; Lily had gorgeous ginger curls down to her shoulders and large emerald green eyes.
Lily smiled and blushed.
'Come on, we should go to Hogsmead for awhile.' Remus said, staring at Lily
'Yeah, They just opened up a new dress shop there. Come on Lils, retail therapy!' cried Kat, her eyes glistening with excitement. Everyone knew Kat was addicted to shopping.
They all went down to Hogsmead, the girls went to the new dress shop and the boys went to three broomsticks.
***
'Lily the First Snowflake Ball is coming up and we really all should get new dresses for it.' Said Kat
At Hogwarts girls could wear dresses to the social functions because the range of female robes only reached as far as school uniforms.
'Look at this!' Charm exclaimed, picking up a tight red dress. It looked like a Spanish dancer's dress, with all ruffles under the skirt.
'Wow that would look really good on you!' Lily said
Kat picked up a baby blue dress that was again extremely tight, except it had a split up to the knee.
Lily was looking in the back of the store and she found a beautiful white dress. It reached all the way down to the floor and had a plunging neckline. It glittered like snow; it must be a spell or something and it had flared sleeves.
Lily loved it but she wanted it to be a surprise to everyone, she also bought a red, silk slip for bed.
'What did you buy Lils?' asked Charm
'Just a slip for bed.' Lily replied
Both Charm and Kat seemed pleased with this answer, they went to meet the boys at the three broomsticks.
***
'Wow Lily looks even more beautiful than ever' Remus said staring off into space
'I don't see what you can find attractive about that little bitch.' James growled
'Well that night after seeing Lily in her underwear you seemed to find her mighty attractive, at least from what sounds your bed was making!' Sirius laughed
James blushed 'Oh shut up Sirius, you don't know what you're talking about!'
'Getting intimate with your hand again James.' Said Sirius shaking his head in mock disappointment
Peter spat his butter beer across the table as he burst into laughter.
'Ok so maybe I found her attractive in her underwear, but you must admit the girl has a great rack.' James said
The other three boys nodded in agreement.
'What do you reckon she would say if I asked her out?' Remus asked the guys
'Yes' Peter said quickly
'I don't think she would, I mean in my… "Condition" and all' Remus said dejectedly
'Just ask her… what have you got to lose?' asked Sirius as the girls walked over.
***
About two weeks later the girls were up in their room talking when Lily pulled the drapes open on her bed, it was covered in green slime.
'JAMES!' she screamed and ran down the stairs
The marauders were the only ones in the common room, they all looked up as Lily came bounding down the stairs with a furious look on her face
'Potter! What the hell did you do to my bed!' demanded Lily
'I don't know what you're talking about!' James said, with a smirk on his face
'Look!' she screamed and grabbed him by the ear; she dragged him up the stairs to the dorm. The rest of the marauders following behind
'Clean it up now!' she commanded
James waved his wand and the green slime was gone.
'Remus? What's wrong, you look ill.' Lily said putting her arms around her boyfriend
'Nothing, I just have to get some sleep that's all.' Remus said smiling weakly
Lily kissed him on the cheek and smiled her award-winning smile at him, as the guys exited the dorm.
'Man she has great legs.' Sirius commented
'None of the other girls will wear slips to bed.' Peter said
'Yeah I bet her legs were all you were looking at Padfoot.' James said
Remus just sighed and went to bed.