I Wouldn't Be Here If I Didn't Love You

Chapter 5

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"Ready Salem?" Gino asked grinning. They reached the doors of the Great Hall, and now their entering the ball. The three ladies took a deep breath and with Gino's cue, Daniel opened the door for them.

Everyone on the ball leaned in their direction. Students gasped and the professors, amused by their entrance. The Salem students were really fabulous that night. The good looking lads escorted the two ladies, while George and Charley were behind them. Dumbledore stood up from the High Table and greeted them cheerfully. "And now our guests have arrived, let's open the ball with the head students and prefects to lead."

Lily noticed lots of eyes staring at her. It gives her creeps. I swear I'm gonna kill Elaine tonight. She said to herself. She watched the students danced, and she happen to land her eyes at James Potter. Not bad huh, she thought. He's graceful in dancing, and he's leading the girl with grace. Their eyes locked for a while but she looked away and watched the whole hall. I'm not a claustrophobic so why I feel creepy. Minutes later, the professors joined in followed by the students.

"May I have this dance Elaine?" Daniel asked. Elaine nodded and they went on to the dance floor.

"Cute couple." George grinned.

"Let's eat I'm hungry." Charley said.

"Good idea." Lily said. "Gino, why don't you ask the ladies over there to dance?" she was talking about the group of girls staring at their direction.

"Oh well, good idea." He sighed, "Here goes nothing." Gino muttered and he went to ask some ladies who happen to be Ravenclaws.

Lily, Charley and George went to the buffet and saw the marauders. They weren't noticed yet, they decided to get some food quickly and went back to their seats. Lily saw James with a lady who has brown hair and wearing a lavender dress robes. Probably his girlfriend, she shrugged the thought. When they reached their table she noticed Charley brought a lot of food.

"Oh geez Charley, poor little one." She chuckled.

"It's the only way I can do so as not to join the ball." She said in a low voice.

"It's like Salem's balls, isn't it? I got this rumor that they've invited a band and a witch star to be the ball's host." George told them.

Lily ate some tarts and chatted with her friends for a while. Until a young lad approached her from behind.

"Would you like to dance miss?" a guy with blonde hair asked. Lily looked at Charley and George, both have blank looks on their faces.

"No thanks, I'm starving, maybe later." Lily smiled at the polite lad. When he's gone, her friends roared with laughter.

"I can't believe you've turned down that cute guy." George said disapprovingly.

"Hey! I thought guys sucks for you." Lily exclaimed.

"That's why you turned him down?" Charley asked.

"No, I don't feel like dancing with him." Lily said. "Oh no, the geeks are approaching us." She said when she noticed James and his friends were heading their direction.

"I've got an idea." George said in a low voice. "Let's dance with them to let them know that we accept them as our new friends."

"What?! No way." Lily yelled.

"Shhh! I got your point, then… P-R-A-N-K-S!" Charley said.

"Cheers!" Charley raised her goblet, the others followed and they roared with laughter. Still, Lily wasn't sure if it'll go well. Just in time when 'the geeks' approached them.

"Can I have this dance young lady?" Sirius asked Charley. The lass looked at her friends, who was giving her two thumbs up and stifling their laughs.

"Fine." She said groggily. Remus asked the same to George who also agreed and they went to the dance floor.

"So that left you and me." James said simply which made Lily jumped.

"I thought you left." She said.

"Peter left." He pointed out.

"So…" James began. "Care to dance?"

"I don't dance."

"I'll lead you."

"I can't."

"Fine." He snapped. "Sorry, about that. Do you have balls at your school?" James asked, hoping to have a decent conversation with this girl.

"Yeah. But I don't attend them, although they said it is the best celebration ever." She said.

"So I take it this is your first time."

"Nope, second. The first one sucks, that's why I don't want attending a ball."

"You'll enjoy Hogwarts' Yule Ball, we've invited a host and a band but I think they were a bit late."

"This conversation was pretty boring and it'll lead to nowhere. Maybe you should go and ask someone else to dance with you." She said, she feels uneasy with James. Just then Gino approached her. "She danced with someone named Amos Diggory Lils. Oh, hi James. Care to dance Lils, come on, I'll lead you. If you don't mind James."

"Not at all." James replied.

Weird, Lily thought. But eager to leave James, she nodded. "See you later James."

James was all alone in the table, he followed Lily's disappearing figure. He couldn't help but notice she's so pretty, but snappy. With her long hair curled at the end, her midnight blue robes showing her nice figure, and her meaningful eyes. He hasn't seen her smile yet, and he's sure that it'll sweep him off his feet. He was brought back to reality when his girlfriend Lianne Leighton grabbed him to the dance floor.

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AFTER AN HOUR…

The Salem's were having chats at their table when a woman stood up at the stage trying to get everyone's attention.

"Good evening everyone. I'm Jade Goth, and I'm here to entertain you students, especially our special guests, the Salem's." Everyone clapped their hands. "The Head Students of Hogwarts had this kind of game, and they called it Love Match. Now in this game, we get to ask a Salem student to be the one who'll look for his/her mate and Hogwarts students to be the participants. Salem's, who will be your representative?"

The Salem students were a bit startled. "Go Gino!" Lily said in a low voice.

"I don't want to. Maybe Elaine." He said.

"Nope, not me! I don't want to be embarrassed in front of the whole school."

"So who will be it?" George asked frantically.

Just then, Charley raised up her hand to get the woman's attention. "We've got Lily Evans as our representative."

"You're mean Charley!" she said angrily.

"But you can handle the crowd! Salem shouldn't be humiliated, you're smart enough to trick them." Elaine pointed out.

"But it's not a sport game! It's like a 'dating game'."

"Miss Evans, come in here!" Jade Goth's voice boomed.

"We'll get you a ticket for the Int'l Quidditch Cup this Spring break. Please…" Gino begged.

"Top box?" Lily's wry expression turned into a wide grin.

"Top box!" Gino handed out his pinky finger.

"Deal." Lily grinned, she entwined her pinky finger with Gino, and then the index finger and their thumbs touched. She let out a sigh before standing up and going to the stage. Cheers erupted when Lily stood up, she's getting nervous and creeps.

"She falls at 'Quidditch baits' easily." George shakes her head.

"If I didn't know Lily's history, I would say you were his long lost twin." Charley said and they laughed.

"And now we've got Lily Evans. Now sit back here at our stool and we'll blindfold your eyes so as not to see who'll be the participants for this game." The woman said excitedly.

After a few minutes, 4 Hogwarts students were chosen, each one representing their house. "And now, let's start the game." Cheers once again erupted the whole hall. They took off Lily's blindfold.

"We're gonna ask Lily here about her favorites, and we'll be asking you something related to it." So on and so forth, Lily heard Jade explained and was getting impatient for not seeing anything. Who could be these guys. She thought.

"So Lily, we filed out some questions here that you can ask. You can take a peak here." Jade handed out the paper and Lily read the first question. "How would you define love?" Weird question, I hate romantic stuffs. Yuck. Lily shuddered.

"#1 please." Jade said.

"Love can be defined in so many ways. A strong liking for or pleasure gained from something. Used as an affectionate word to somebody loved."

Did you have to memorize a dictionary to define a word? Honestly! Lily thought. Lily saw some girls clapped.

"How about #2"

"Love is blind." The voice said simply.

So? Lily muttered. No response from the audience.

"#3"

"Love is saying hello to all your dreams or achieving goals and saying good bye to your worst nightmare. For the one you loved will be there all time to support you." The students clapped and cheered loud.

Lily had the stunned look at her face. No it can't be! Lily thought, she looked at her best friends Charley and George. They were also looking at her, blank faces. The last lad had answered, and Lily didn't understand a word he said. #3's answer rung in her head.

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A/N: I'm planning to replace this chapter! It sucks! I had this great idea in my mind that it goes wrong [bonkers] when I tried to write it. Oh geez, help me! give me some suggestions for the question and answer. Or you can e- mail me @ shimmerin_crystal@hotmail.com. Tell me some questions that can be answered by the Hogwarts' lads. I need reviews, desperately!!!

By the way, an explanation of Lily's confused statement will be on the next chapter. There's a flash back, okay?

Thanks for reading. Reviews please!!!

Take a peak on the next chapter:

-flashback

-Lily chooses…

-Catherine, Lorenz and Anthony

-Christmas holidays

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