A/N: Here's chapter twelve! Hope you like it! It's HORRIBLY short, though, and I'm eternally sorry for that...lol...well, anywayz, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I own nothing, except the very few things that I own...i.e. the plot, personalities, Grace, Tawny, minor characters whom JKR never mentioned in her books, Natty, Amanda, and other stuff...ya...
Chapter Twelve:
"What? I Fell In The Lake!"
Lily was boggled at the state she was in during the next few days. She occupied all her spare time looking through magazines for dresses for the ball with Grace and Tawny, and doing homework, as to avoid any unwanted conversations with a certain James Potter.
"Ok, Lils, what's bugging you?" Grace asked.
"Oh, it's nothing, really."
"It's something." Said Tawny, popping her head out from her trunk where she was searching for something, who knows what. Tawny was the most unorganized person on Earth; therefore, she was never not looking for something. "It's definitely something. So, tell us. It's an unwritten law that you aren't supposed to keep secrets from your best friends.
"Fine." Lily took out the neatly folded journal entry from her pocket, and stared at it for a second before handing it to Grace. Tawny read it over Grace's shoulder, and fell back onto the bed laughing madly. "What? What's so funny?"
Tawny gasped for breath. "Lily Evans! You are the slowest person on earth! This is what's been bothering you?" Tawny giggled, "So, you've been jealous all this time?"
"Well...not quite. Well, yeah, I guess, but what's so funny?"
"You've been jealous of yourself all this time! It's so obvious! Honestly, Lily, the rest of the world knows that James loves you, and you love James, except for you and James!"
"Ha! Yeah, right. You're saying that James was writing about me? That's laughable!"
"Who else would he be writing about? It's so obvious!"
"Yeah, right, like Potter would ever be interested in me."
"He has been for the past six years. You're just too blind to realize it!" Grace cried.
"How do you know?"
"We know these things. Unlike you, we have eyes." Tawny said, grinning.
Lily rolled her eyes. "I knew I should've never told you two. This is a complete secret between us, though, ok? You tell no one."
"Fine, fine, but, if I don't tell anyone, how will I ever get Sirius to get James to ask you to the ball?"
"That's my point. You won't. I highly doubt James likes me, therefore, I'm going to pretend none of this happened."
Grace and Tawny rolled their eyes in unison. "You'll see. We're never wrong."
~*-*-*~
But, it seemed to Lily that they were wrong. Within the next few weeks, Lily had gotten several invitations to the ball, but she declined each of them. Two weeks before the ball, she accepted an invitation from Mundungus Fletcher. Lily knew Mundungus would most likely get back together with his steady girlfriend, Victoria Ausmere, before the ball, and end up going with her, which one of the main reasons she accepted. She wanted an excuse not to go
to the ball, or at least go dateless. James, so far, had no date, but that wasn't a surprise to anyone, seeing as everyone knew that James never accepted any invitations until at least a week before the ball. By the Wednesday before the ball, all the girls who wanted to go with James were getting desperate, knowing that if James declined, they would have to go dateless, since all the boys except James had dates.
On Thursday evening, Lily rushed up to the Astronomy Tower. Seeing the empty common room she figured that the rest of the Gryffindors had already left. Little did she know that when she ran out of the common room, the Gryffindors were coming out of hiding spots, and laughing at ho well their plan worked. Lily reached the Astronomy Tower, but it was empty, with the exception of James, who looked shocked to see her alone. "Oh. Hi, Lily! Where is
everyone? They told me they'd meet me up here."
"That's weird. They had already left when I came up here."
James grinned. "I sense a trick somewhere. Come on, let's go downstairs and find them before we're the victims of Sirius and Tawny's newest plan."
Lily laughed, and turned to open the door out of the Astronomy Tower. It was locked, just as Lily was afraid of. "Oh, no! Damn it! It's locked!" Lily said, severely annoyed by then.
"Ok, no problem. We'll just...umm...we'll just fly down!"
"What? Are you joking? You don't even have your broom with you."
"No. But, I will in a matter of seconds. Accio!" James cried, and, as he said, the broom was flying toward him in a matter of seconds. "Ok, come on. Get on."
"Me? No! You know I'm petrified of flying! You go, and I'll wait up here for help."
"Oh, come on, Evans." James said, grinning at Lily's obvious fright. Lily got onto the broom, whimpering, and James took off. "I don't see how this could scare you! It's the most amazing feeling min the world, flying."
Lily snorted. "Ok, the ground's there, just land already, will you?"
James had a wide smile on his face. He began to speed at full speed down to the ground, and Lily screamed so loudly you'd think he was murdering her.
"JAMES POTTER, STOP RIGHT NOW!" She cried. "Oh, my god, I'm going to die. I'm going to die!" She muttered to herself, and tightened her grip around James' waist.
James just continued laughing insanely. Once they were about an inch from the ground, and Lily was near fainting, James shot strait up into the sky. Lily was still holding her breath and pleading for dear life, when James did a somersault in the air. Lily finally let her breath out and let go of James, when he finally slowed down and glided over the lake, almost touching the water, but was completely taken for surprise when he did a small flip in
the air, and Lily fell directly off the broom. She shrieked, and James quickly flew down to try and get her. The Giant Squid finally pushed her back onto the broom, and Lily was furious, not to mention soaking wet.
"JAMES! Land the broom, NOW!" James obeyed, and landed by the lake. "James Potter! Are you laughing? Stop this instant! It isn't funny!" But, James continued to laugh hysterically.
"I can't help it! You look hilarious! You're soaking wet, and you have seaweed in your hair!" He continued to laugh, and Lily couldn't help laughing along.
Lily finally fell back onto the grass laughing. "How bad do I look?"
"Very bad. You look like you just went swimming in the garbage." James laughed.
"Well, it's my new fashion statement!" Lily giggled. "Maybe I should wear this to the ball. I'm sure I'd be the only person soaking wet, wearing seaweed in their hair."
James grinned. "You know, Lil, I don't think whoever I end up going to the ball with could go looking cuter than you do now."
Lily found herself blushing. She found herself asking, "Who are you going with?"
"I think I'm going with Mary Simmons, it doesn't really matter, though. I'm not going with who I wanted to go with." Lily raised her eyebrow. The mysterious girl might just be revealed.
"And why's that?" Lily asked.
"Oh, she's going with someone else. Mundungus Fletcher, I believe." James grinned
Lily giggled. "You should have asked her before. I'm sure she would've accepted."
"Oh, really?"
"Yes, of course. She was actually hoping you'd ask her for weeks."
James found himself laughing. "Oh, Lil, I love you, you know."
"I love you too." Lily giggled. "So, are we going to have to admit to Sirius and Tawny and the rest that they were right all along, and that their plan worked?"
"Oh, that sounds awful, why don't we hide it from them for a while, and see if they figure it out, we'll let them know on Friday."
Lily grinned. "Sounds like fun. So, are you still going with Mary?"
"It depends." James teased. "Are you still going with Mundungus?"
"It depends." Lily gigged. "Let's go back inside."
~*-*-*~
Inside the common room, everyone had their lines worked out, and Sirius and Tawny were just dying to say, "We told you so!" They were baffled when Lily and James came in, Lily soaked, and calling James names.
"You jerk, Potter! I can't believe you! Of all the horrible, rude, annoying things to do-"
"Lily! You're soaked! What happened?"
"That jerk, Potter, knocked me off the broom, and I fell into the lake!" Lily was trying hard not to laugh, and she could see that so was James.
Sirius looked completely shocked that his plan hadn't worked. "What! That's not fair!"
"What? I fell in the lake!"
Everyone was in complete chaos and James and Lily began to laugh madly.
"Hey! Wait a second!" Grace cried, "Why are you two laughing."
"Ok, ok, your plan did work."
"Yes!" Sirius cried.
"We knew it!" Tawny exclaimed, and the rest of the common room was laughing, cheering, or just plain confused.
Mundungus announced to Lily that he had gotten back together with Victoria, and everything seemed perfect in the world to Lily.
"You should've known you couldn't keep a secret from us!" Tawny said, laughing.
A/N: ok...that was chapter twelve...hope ya liked it!!! Ahhhh! I owe my LIFE to u reviewers!!! Thank you soooooooo much!!! Well, now, I'm gonna thank u each personally:
~Nicola Padfoot: My most trustworthy reviewer! lolz! Thanks a bunch! And, looky! They went with eachother to the ball! And, ya, Lily *was* harsh on Tawny, but, ya know, dat's Lily for you. And I still think you're insane to like my fic! One of the best on fanfiction.net! Ha! In my dreams! You should read Snapdragon and Prongs, by AriaStar, though, I bet you'd like it! Now, THAT's a good fic...anywayz, thanks a ton for the review!
~Lizzie Evanz: I'm glad I made you smile! = ) thanks for reviewing!
~Thistle Meg: Another trustworthy reviewer! At least I know I have 2 people who've reviewed more than once...I lost all my old reviewers ages ago when I took forever to write more of the fic...anywayz, what line had u quoted from chapter 10? All that showed up was " ", and Im dying to know what the line was! Lolz...well, thanks for the review!
~Sierra Sitruc: lolz...ya, I know...i do tend to exaggerate things, lolz...but, so does Lily, it's HER fault...hehe...anywayz, yup, It was a bit much that the entry could "ruin her life", but o well...tehehe...it's a catching chapter name....lol! Anywayz, thanks a bunch for the review!
~Gigi: Ahh, yes...James is a jerk (this is my response to your review of chapter 6), but he's learning...anywayz, thankz for your reviews!
~Firenze: Tehehe...i'm glad I tortured you...it's what I live for...lolz, j/p...anywayz, u probably won't be surprised to know that I used my powers of evil to not post this chapter, even though I had it fully written when I posted chapter 11...hehe...i'm a sadist, I know...well, now that you've finished reading this, u'd better get ready for more torture, cuz it's gonna be a longggg wait for chapter 13...*giggles*
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