Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters except Rachael, Nicole, Abi, and Betty and Bob Evans.

A/N: Sorry this chapter took longer than usual. And I'm changing the point of view back to Lily again – don't be confused.

Chapter 10: at Hogsmeade

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…"Yes!" Lily could hardly believe it. She was being asked to the dance! That seemed like a dream – a very unbelievable dream at that. But it was happening and Lily had to fight the urge to start freaking out. Meanwhile, James' face relaxed a great deal and he smiled too.

"Ok," he said, sounding relieved. "Well – I'll see you then, I guess." And he walked away.

Meanwhile, Sirius was asking Abi to the dance. Lily smiled and eavesdropped. Sirius was his usual cocky self when he asked Abi.

"Hey, Abi! Would you like to go to the hoedown with a hot Sirius?" he said flashing one of his brilliant smiles.

"Umm.. ok," answered Abi, embarrassed to be asked by *the* hottest guy in Hogwarts.

"Great!" Sirius said in his cheesiest voice ever. And he walked up to the boy's dormitories with James. When they left, both Abi and Lily took this opportunity to start freaking out.

"Oh – my – god!" said Abi.

"I am sooo excited!" said Lily.

"Shut up!" said one of the prefects with a disgusted look on her face. "Gosh all you normal people can talk about is this stupid dance!"

But Lily and Abi didn't listen.



The next day, everybody got permission to go to Hogsmeade early on to get their dress robes. Lily had been looking forward to this. When they arrived in the main dress shop, it was packed full of a chattering crowd. Lily and Abi staggered out of the door, grumbling. "Gosh," said Lily. "We'll never get in there."

Just then James appeared out of nowhere, and pulled Lily aside. "Come here," he muttered.

"James, what are you doing?" asked Lily as Abi watched them curiously.

"Wait we can't be seen," he said. He pulled Lily around the corner and glanced around to make sure no one was watching. "Ok," he said. He pulled a piece of parchment, tapped it with his wand, said a few words, and lines appeared upon the map.

"What the heck?" said Lily thoroughly confused. "What is this supposed to be?"

"It's a map," James explained. "Of Hogsmeade."

"What are you talking about?" Lily said. "Why is it moving all over the place?"

"Well, take a look at it," said James.

Lily studied it, with her nose barely an inch above it. And she noticed that there were tons of dots with people's names written in tiny writing next to it. She could see that James and her were just around the corner of the robe shop. She recognized Three Broomsticks, and Honeydukes, and other well known shops. But then she saw different shops. Shops that were way behind other stores.

"You see?" James whispered. "There are tons of other shops you can get cool robes from."

"How did you ever come up with a map like this?" said Lily suspiciously. "Are you playing a trick on me?"

"Would I ever play a trick on you Lily?" James asked with a grin.

"Well – yes," said Lily. But she couldn't help but notice how accurate the map seemed. It showed exactly where everybody was. She could see Abi creeping around the corner to eavesdrop.

"I would try this one," said James, pointing to another shop right behind Three Broomsticks. "That's where Sirius and I get our cool fashion clothes. And they have tons of hot clothes for women like you."

"Ok," said Lily. "Have you already gotten yours?"

"No."

"Then – will you come with me and Abi?"

"Er – ok I guess. I'll get Sirius and Remus too. But remember, you can't tell anyone about this, well except obviously Abi. Because then we'd get in trouble and we'd lose our other one for Hogwarts," he said.

"You have another one of these for Hogwarts?" Lily asked, amazed.

"Yes – but you can't tell anyone about this, ok?"

"Right," said Lily. "I'll go get Abi."

Lily turned to get Abi, but she emerged before she got to the corner. "I already heard," said Abi. Her face was alight with excitement. "And I won't tell anyone," she added.

A few minutes later, James, Lily, Sirius, Remus, and Abi were approaching an old run down building. Now Lily was strongly suspecting that this whole thing was a joke. How could this old shack be for hot new fashions?

But when they walked in Lily was almost knocked off her feet. The walls were in hot shades of blue and purple, and there were TONS of racks with different robes on it.

"Wow!" said Lily. This was a dream come true.

"We're going to go get our robes in the boys' section," said James. "We'll meet you later."

Lily and Abi walked around the store, open mouthed until they came to the dress robes section. They leaved through the racks, trying to find something they liked. Suddenly one of them caught her eye. It was dark blue at the top, and it faded out to a white at the bottom. And it was covered with tons of sparkles. "Oooh," she said to herself. "I have got to try this on." She stepped into a dressing room and tried it on.

"Let me see it!" called Abi from outside, and Lily stepped outside.

Abi gasped. "That is soo perfect, Lily!" she cried. Abi herself had picked out a black sparkly one with one shoulder hanging off.

"We are going to be the best looking ones there," said Abi with the widest of all grins on her face.

Just then James showed up, wearing navy bluish robes. Sirius was right behind him wearing black robes and Remus wearing green.

Sirius whistled. "You girls are hot hot hot!" he said loudly, and both Lily and Abi blushed. They paid for their robes and decided to go to Three Broomsticks until it was time for the opening of the dance floor, which would be in an hour. And Lily couldn't stop smiling.

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A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter, the actual dance will be up soon. Reviews always appreciated.