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FULL OF SURPRISES
Lily woke to the sound of her friends trying to be quiet, she felt as if she had had no sleep. Lying there for a second she thought Oh God I finished with James contemplating this she decided Better get up and face the world
Pulling the curtains back she noticed the cautious looks on her friends faces "It's all right…I'm fine…Don't worry" and gave them the best smile she could manage.
Aggy came over to her "Are you sure?"
"Yes I'm sure…What time is it?" Lily asked trying to change the subject
"8 O'clock…If you want to come to breakfast you had better hurry up" Aggy got the message and decided to drop it for now.
Lily did as she was told and got dressed quickly thinking to her self I'll be buggered if I'll give him the satisfaction of thinking I'm bothered about this. 20 minutes later the four girls headed down to the Great hall and for the first time in months did not wait for the boys.
At the same time up in the boy's dorm James was sat on the edge of his bed waiting for his friends to wake up, unlike Lily he had not slept at all but just sat there all night. Thinking the same thought over and over How could he have done that?…Why had he got so mad?…What the hell was he going to do now?
Remus was the first to move and saw James "Prong's…you all right?"
"Yeah Moony I'm fine," James said without looking up
Getting out of bed Moony stretch and made towards the bathroom "You've not been sat there all night have you"
James just nodded "Please Moony just leave it OK" and Remus nodded and went into the bathroom.
As Remus emerged from the bathroom he said, "Come on Prong's let's get these two up and go to breakfast"
A few moments of frenzied activity saw all four boys awake and 10 minutes later they were all ready to go to breakfast. Going down into the common room they got the first sign that things had definitely changed because there were no girls waiting for them. James shrugged at the others and headed for the portrait.
Sat at the top of the Griffindor table Aggy, Marie and Annie were doing their best to cheer Lily up. The marauders arrived just in time to see two Slytherin's turn green and grow warts the size of tennis balls on their faces, but the only thing that James noticed was Lily laughing.
Frozen to the spot he thought She soon got over this…well two can play at that game and he followed his friends.
Sirius sat down next to Marie and gave a look that said how is she doing but all he got was a shrug. Remus sat down in between Aggy and Lily and wished them both a good morning for which he received two smiles. James chose to sit on the other side of Aggy and Peter was left with two options Sirius or Lily and decided Sirius was the safest option this morning. Breakfast was a strained affair; everybody tried to avoid mentioning yesterday. Before the others had finished James announced that he would see them in class, as he had to go and see McGonagall.
Lily watched James walk out of the great hall and thought If that's how you want it Potter that's fine by me. Carrying on with her breakfast she looked at her friends.
Remus said "Lily are..." but before he could finish Lily cut him off "Remus don't…I'm fine…this is over…so can everybody just drop it…Please".
Looking at her Remus thought What a pair…stubborn to the core and sodding pride is going to keep them apart but he did what Lily asked and dropped it.
Classes that morning were hard work on the group of friends. Old times returned, Lily smirked at James in Charms because he just couldn't get the hang of the dancing charm and James made snide comments at Lily in transfiguration and at the end of the lesson Professor McGonagall asked Lily, Aggy and James to stay behind. Lily rolled her eyes, James shrugged and the others all looked apprehensive.
"I will start with you Miss Court, there is an opening for a beater on the Griffindor team. Having discussed this with Mr Potter we feel you are the best Griffindor for the job" McGonagall said
"Thank you Professor I would love to join the team" Aggy beamed at her
"Good you are dismissed" and she waited for Aggy to leave before continuing. "Miss Evans due to this weekends events I just wanted to tell you that you have been drafted onto the Griffindor team as well. I expect you to attend all team practices, starting with this evening. Is that understood." McGonagall told her
Looking from the Professor to James she said, "Excuse me Professor but what if I don't want to play?"
A bit taken a back by this McGonagall said, "I beg you pardon Miss Evans…Why would you not want to play?"
Choosing her words carefully she said, "Due to a recent changes I think it would be better for the Griffindor team if I was not part of it."
But it was James who answered her "If you don't think you are up to the challenge Evans then I think you are probably right"
Turning to look at James Lily declared "The only challenge of playing Quidditch with you would be to ensure your incompetence at the sport didn't get me killed"
"My incompetence…well at least I don't lie…"
McGonagall stepped in between them "Enough…what ever problems you two have please sort them out somewhere else…Miss Evans this was not a request but an order, you will play for the Griffindor team…You are excused…Now go to lunch before I give you both a detention"
Out in the corridor Lily looked at James "I hate you Potter" and she ran off towards the Griffindor tower.
James turned in the other direction and headed for the Great hall and thought And the hits just keep on coming…when will I ever learn to keep my big mouth shut.
Life degenerated fast in the Griffindor tower, Lily would not sit in the common room if James was there and they both refused to talk about it.
Quidditch was equally unpleasant James made the team work harder than ever during practice and made them all groan when he changed the time of one of the practices to early morning.
Going to class was a nightmare for the six sixth year Griffindor's because depending who they sat with earned them traitorous glares from either Lily or James?
With one week to go before school broke for Christmas only two things dominated the topic of conversation. Who was staying for Christmas and the Christmas ball?
Suddenly the thought of them being the only students in the Griffindor tower was no longer appealing.
With 3 days to go before the ball Lily wondered who she would go with now that James was no longer an option. Trudging out of potions late that afternoon she got the shock of her life. A hand touched her arm and stopping to look who it was Lily took a step backwards.
"What do you want?" she snapped at the tall lanky student
Gathering his courage he said, "I was wondering if you had a date for the ball yet?"
"What's it got to do with you?" narrowing her eyes at him "I'm not in the mood today so just leave me alone" Lily moved to walk away but was stopped in her tracks by the response she got.
Sheepishly the boy asked "I was only going to ask if you would like to go with me to the Christmas ball?"
Lily stood dumb struck and pushed passed him saying "Very funny!" and marched off
Sat at dinner that night the topic of dates for the ball arose.
Peter said, "Who are you taking to the ball James?" this earned him an evil glare from Annie (Who didn't like him anyway) and a kick in the shin from Aggy who was across from him. "OUCH…What did you do that for?" but was silenced with a look from Remus.
"Urr…I'm not sure yet?" James mumbled
Lily smirked at this "What's wrong Potter lost the touch?"
At this James looked up and caught the eye of a fourth year Ravenclaw, he smiled at her and gave her a wave. Watching her wave back, he got up went over to her, whispered in her ear and received an enthusiastic nod from the girl.
Going back to the Griffindor table he said, "No…sorry to disappoint you Evans but the Potter charm is working fine" and he smiled at her. "So…looks like you are the only one going stag"
A nervous silence descended over the group as they saw Lily's anger boil over and then she did something that none of them expected. Smiling she got up and walked over to one of the other tables. As she reached her destination Lily looked down at the student sat in front of her and had to hold in the disgust she was feeling.
At this moment the entire hall went silent and watched the tall beautiful Griffindor smile and say "Excuse me Severus but I would love to go to the ball with you on Saturday…I'll meet you outside the Great hall at 7…OK"
Severus Snape simply sat their mouth open and nodded his agreement.
Going back to her seat Lily thought I can't believe I just did that…Oh God I feel sick and she sat down. Looking at her friends she simply shrugged "It seems we all have dates now doesn't it." And continued to eat her dinner.
Talk of the ball didn't resume until they were back in the Griffindor tower. The four girls went straight up to their dorm and the Marauders sat in the common room.
As the door closed Aggy said "Lily what the hell did you do that for?…Snape…Are you mad?"
Lily shook her head "Don't remind me…Potter made me so mad and I just saw red"
"How did you know that Snape would agree?…was that not a bit of a risk?" Annie asked
Grimacing Lily told them about the conversation she had had with Snape that afternoon, rolling over on her bed she buried her face in her pillow as the reality of what she had done sunk in.
Sitting up she said "Maybe I'll get lucky and come down with something before Saturday" a look of despair on her face she said "Oh no…I'm going to have to sit at a bloody Slytherin table."
Marie tried to lighten the situation "Well at least it should make for an interesting evening". As everyone looked at her as if her head had just fallen off she said, "Not many people get to sit with future death eaters and live to tell the tale" smiling at them she shrugged and they all had to laugh at this.
Aggy said "You are spending far too much time with Sirius Black" which earned her a pillow in the head and before they knew it the room was covered in feathers.
Down in the common room the issue of Lily and Snape was avoided due to James having a look of murder on his face and the fact that the only comment he had made since dinner was "They deserve each other"
Later lay in bed James drifted to sleep thinking If he lays one hand on her I'll kill him
For the next two days every where Lily went she noticed students pointing and whispering. James couldn't help himself and made unpleasant little comments when ever possible and Lily thought Just you wait Potter.
But as the day of the ball arrived Lily just felt sick at the thought of being a Slytherin's date. Sitting in the common room that afternoon playing chess Lily looked up and thought No as the Marauders came through the portrait. Wandering over to where the girls were Marie and Aggy moved up for Sirius and Remus. Peter went off to the boy's dorm.
James leant against the fireplace and grinned evilly "Look at the time…shouldn't you girls be getting ready for the ball" Remus glared at James and shook his head but James carried on "Don't you want to look beautiful for your date little Lily flower"
Annie decided to edge away and the others all tensed up waiting for the explosion but Lily stunned them all and said, "Don't worry James my date will definitely not be disappointed…I can assure you of that!" Looking at the deflated look on his face she said, "I'll see you girls upstairs the company in here leaves something to be desired"
Falling onto her bed Lily thought Why oh why do I let him get to me?…I wish the others would hurry up…I need help
Lily wasn't alone for long and they got down to the task of organising their outfits. As they put the finishing touched to hair, make-up and robes that evening Lily looked in the mirror and thought Yes…This should wipe the smile off the face of James Potter.
At 6.45 Lily and Annie went to the Great hall to meet their dates, as the approached the doors Lily felt sick again.
Annie grabbed her arm "Lily are you sure about this?"
Lily just shrugged "It's my own fault and any way not much I can do about it now…Oh no here he comes…Please god help me" and she gave Annie a pleading look that said don't leave me.
All Annie could say was "Sorry Lily" and walked over to where Danny was waiting.
Looking at Snape she thought Well at least he seems to have made an effort and she smiled at him.
"Hello Lily…You look very beautiful" and he smiled "To be honest with you I didn't think you would show up"
Lily was a little shocked by this admission "Sna…I mean Severus I may have pulled pranks on you but I'm not that cruel or mean" and she took his arm and they walked into the Great hall.
Lily saw the Marauders enter the Great hall and leant in slightly so they would not see her at the Slytherin table. Walking in with Jilly Peters James scanned the room for Lily but couldn't see her.
Leaning over to Remus he said "Can you see Lily?" but Remus shook his head and they followed Sirius to a free table.
The night progressed slowly, through out dinner the only person who spoke to Lily was Snape, the rest of the table ignored her. Over on the Marauders table James endured the incessant chatter of the Little Ravenclaw.
As the music started Lily hoped that Snape could dance because she couldn't stand sitting there any longer. Looking at him she said, "Shall we" and pointed to the dance floor.
Snape stood up and pulled her chair out for her and escorted a very surprised Lily to the floor, to join the rest of the dancing students.
It wasn't till part way through the third song that James spotted Lily. An angry glow crept over his face as he watched Lily whirling round in Snape's arms and she was actually laughing. For once Sirius was observant and quickly steered Marie towards James.
Tapping James on the arm he said "If you don't mind" and he cut in but instead of grabbing hold of Jilly he spun Marie into Jilly and manoeuvred James to the edge of the dance floor.
Holding on to his friend tight he said "Don't do anything stupid Prong's…Your as much to blame for this as she is" a serious look on his face "Just leave it…or I can promise you will live to regret it"
Nodding James said "I know…I know…but it's hard…Look at him for gods sake…touching her"
Sirius laughed "Prong's their dancing what do you expect" shaking his head "Come on or people will think were an item" and the two boys re-joined their dates. Sirius caught Remus's eye and nodded over at Lily and then to James and Remus nodded his understanding and the two boys remained close to James for the rest of the evening.
The remainder of the evening went reasonably smoothly as the last song was played Lily declined Snape's offer to dance and they sat and watched the other couples slow dancing.
Standing outside the Great hall Lily turned to Snape and putting her hand on his arm she said "Thank you for a nice evening Severus"
Sighing he said, "It was my pleasure…Would you like me to walk you back to the Griffindor tower"
"No I think it would be unwise" she told him as she saw the marauders leaving the Great hall.
Coming up on this scene was more than James could cope with and before the others could grab him he stormed over "What the held do you think you are doing?"
Lily rolled her eyes and ignoring James said "Goodbye Severus…see you after Christmas" and she turned and walked away leaving James stood next to a smug looking Snape.
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A/N: Please review and tell me what you think. Hope you like it.
Thanks for all the reviews for chapter 8
FULL OF SURPRISES
Lily woke to the sound of her friends trying to be quiet, she felt as if she had had no sleep. Lying there for a second she thought Oh God I finished with James contemplating this she decided Better get up and face the world
Pulling the curtains back she noticed the cautious looks on her friends faces "It's all right…I'm fine…Don't worry" and gave them the best smile she could manage.
Aggy came over to her "Are you sure?"
"Yes I'm sure…What time is it?" Lily asked trying to change the subject
"8 O'clock…If you want to come to breakfast you had better hurry up" Aggy got the message and decided to drop it for now.
Lily did as she was told and got dressed quickly thinking to her self I'll be buggered if I'll give him the satisfaction of thinking I'm bothered about this. 20 minutes later the four girls headed down to the Great hall and for the first time in months did not wait for the boys.
At the same time up in the boy's dorm James was sat on the edge of his bed waiting for his friends to wake up, unlike Lily he had not slept at all but just sat there all night. Thinking the same thought over and over How could he have done that?…Why had he got so mad?…What the hell was he going to do now?
Remus was the first to move and saw James "Prong's…you all right?"
"Yeah Moony I'm fine," James said without looking up
Getting out of bed Moony stretch and made towards the bathroom "You've not been sat there all night have you"
James just nodded "Please Moony just leave it OK" and Remus nodded and went into the bathroom.
As Remus emerged from the bathroom he said, "Come on Prong's let's get these two up and go to breakfast"
A few moments of frenzied activity saw all four boys awake and 10 minutes later they were all ready to go to breakfast. Going down into the common room they got the first sign that things had definitely changed because there were no girls waiting for them. James shrugged at the others and headed for the portrait.
Sat at the top of the Griffindor table Aggy, Marie and Annie were doing their best to cheer Lily up. The marauders arrived just in time to see two Slytherin's turn green and grow warts the size of tennis balls on their faces, but the only thing that James noticed was Lily laughing.
Frozen to the spot he thought She soon got over this…well two can play at that game and he followed his friends.
Sirius sat down next to Marie and gave a look that said how is she doing but all he got was a shrug. Remus sat down in between Aggy and Lily and wished them both a good morning for which he received two smiles. James chose to sit on the other side of Aggy and Peter was left with two options Sirius or Lily and decided Sirius was the safest option this morning. Breakfast was a strained affair; everybody tried to avoid mentioning yesterday. Before the others had finished James announced that he would see them in class, as he had to go and see McGonagall.
Lily watched James walk out of the great hall and thought If that's how you want it Potter that's fine by me. Carrying on with her breakfast she looked at her friends.
Remus said "Lily are..." but before he could finish Lily cut him off "Remus don't…I'm fine…this is over…so can everybody just drop it…Please".
Looking at her Remus thought What a pair…stubborn to the core and sodding pride is going to keep them apart but he did what Lily asked and dropped it.
Classes that morning were hard work on the group of friends. Old times returned, Lily smirked at James in Charms because he just couldn't get the hang of the dancing charm and James made snide comments at Lily in transfiguration and at the end of the lesson Professor McGonagall asked Lily, Aggy and James to stay behind. Lily rolled her eyes, James shrugged and the others all looked apprehensive.
"I will start with you Miss Court, there is an opening for a beater on the Griffindor team. Having discussed this with Mr Potter we feel you are the best Griffindor for the job" McGonagall said
"Thank you Professor I would love to join the team" Aggy beamed at her
"Good you are dismissed" and she waited for Aggy to leave before continuing. "Miss Evans due to this weekends events I just wanted to tell you that you have been drafted onto the Griffindor team as well. I expect you to attend all team practices, starting with this evening. Is that understood." McGonagall told her
Looking from the Professor to James she said, "Excuse me Professor but what if I don't want to play?"
A bit taken a back by this McGonagall said, "I beg you pardon Miss Evans…Why would you not want to play?"
Choosing her words carefully she said, "Due to a recent changes I think it would be better for the Griffindor team if I was not part of it."
But it was James who answered her "If you don't think you are up to the challenge Evans then I think you are probably right"
Turning to look at James Lily declared "The only challenge of playing Quidditch with you would be to ensure your incompetence at the sport didn't get me killed"
"My incompetence…well at least I don't lie…"
McGonagall stepped in between them "Enough…what ever problems you two have please sort them out somewhere else…Miss Evans this was not a request but an order, you will play for the Griffindor team…You are excused…Now go to lunch before I give you both a detention"
Out in the corridor Lily looked at James "I hate you Potter" and she ran off towards the Griffindor tower.
James turned in the other direction and headed for the Great hall and thought And the hits just keep on coming…when will I ever learn to keep my big mouth shut.
Life degenerated fast in the Griffindor tower, Lily would not sit in the common room if James was there and they both refused to talk about it.
Quidditch was equally unpleasant James made the team work harder than ever during practice and made them all groan when he changed the time of one of the practices to early morning.
Going to class was a nightmare for the six sixth year Griffindor's because depending who they sat with earned them traitorous glares from either Lily or James?
With one week to go before school broke for Christmas only two things dominated the topic of conversation. Who was staying for Christmas and the Christmas ball?
Suddenly the thought of them being the only students in the Griffindor tower was no longer appealing.
With 3 days to go before the ball Lily wondered who she would go with now that James was no longer an option. Trudging out of potions late that afternoon she got the shock of her life. A hand touched her arm and stopping to look who it was Lily took a step backwards.
"What do you want?" she snapped at the tall lanky student
Gathering his courage he said, "I was wondering if you had a date for the ball yet?"
"What's it got to do with you?" narrowing her eyes at him "I'm not in the mood today so just leave me alone" Lily moved to walk away but was stopped in her tracks by the response she got.
Sheepishly the boy asked "I was only going to ask if you would like to go with me to the Christmas ball?"
Lily stood dumb struck and pushed passed him saying "Very funny!" and marched off
Sat at dinner that night the topic of dates for the ball arose.
Peter said, "Who are you taking to the ball James?" this earned him an evil glare from Annie (Who didn't like him anyway) and a kick in the shin from Aggy who was across from him. "OUCH…What did you do that for?" but was silenced with a look from Remus.
"Urr…I'm not sure yet?" James mumbled
Lily smirked at this "What's wrong Potter lost the touch?"
At this James looked up and caught the eye of a fourth year Ravenclaw, he smiled at her and gave her a wave. Watching her wave back, he got up went over to her, whispered in her ear and received an enthusiastic nod from the girl.
Going back to the Griffindor table he said, "No…sorry to disappoint you Evans but the Potter charm is working fine" and he smiled at her. "So…looks like you are the only one going stag"
A nervous silence descended over the group as they saw Lily's anger boil over and then she did something that none of them expected. Smiling she got up and walked over to one of the other tables. As she reached her destination Lily looked down at the student sat in front of her and had to hold in the disgust she was feeling.
At this moment the entire hall went silent and watched the tall beautiful Griffindor smile and say "Excuse me Severus but I would love to go to the ball with you on Saturday…I'll meet you outside the Great hall at 7…OK"
Severus Snape simply sat their mouth open and nodded his agreement.
Going back to her seat Lily thought I can't believe I just did that…Oh God I feel sick and she sat down. Looking at her friends she simply shrugged "It seems we all have dates now doesn't it." And continued to eat her dinner.
Talk of the ball didn't resume until they were back in the Griffindor tower. The four girls went straight up to their dorm and the Marauders sat in the common room.
As the door closed Aggy said "Lily what the hell did you do that for?…Snape…Are you mad?"
Lily shook her head "Don't remind me…Potter made me so mad and I just saw red"
"How did you know that Snape would agree?…was that not a bit of a risk?" Annie asked
Grimacing Lily told them about the conversation she had had with Snape that afternoon, rolling over on her bed she buried her face in her pillow as the reality of what she had done sunk in.
Sitting up she said "Maybe I'll get lucky and come down with something before Saturday" a look of despair on her face she said "Oh no…I'm going to have to sit at a bloody Slytherin table."
Marie tried to lighten the situation "Well at least it should make for an interesting evening". As everyone looked at her as if her head had just fallen off she said, "Not many people get to sit with future death eaters and live to tell the tale" smiling at them she shrugged and they all had to laugh at this.
Aggy said "You are spending far too much time with Sirius Black" which earned her a pillow in the head and before they knew it the room was covered in feathers.
Down in the common room the issue of Lily and Snape was avoided due to James having a look of murder on his face and the fact that the only comment he had made since dinner was "They deserve each other"
Later lay in bed James drifted to sleep thinking If he lays one hand on her I'll kill him
For the next two days every where Lily went she noticed students pointing and whispering. James couldn't help himself and made unpleasant little comments when ever possible and Lily thought Just you wait Potter.
But as the day of the ball arrived Lily just felt sick at the thought of being a Slytherin's date. Sitting in the common room that afternoon playing chess Lily looked up and thought No as the Marauders came through the portrait. Wandering over to where the girls were Marie and Aggy moved up for Sirius and Remus. Peter went off to the boy's dorm.
James leant against the fireplace and grinned evilly "Look at the time…shouldn't you girls be getting ready for the ball" Remus glared at James and shook his head but James carried on "Don't you want to look beautiful for your date little Lily flower"
Annie decided to edge away and the others all tensed up waiting for the explosion but Lily stunned them all and said, "Don't worry James my date will definitely not be disappointed…I can assure you of that!" Looking at the deflated look on his face she said, "I'll see you girls upstairs the company in here leaves something to be desired"
Falling onto her bed Lily thought Why oh why do I let him get to me?…I wish the others would hurry up…I need help
Lily wasn't alone for long and they got down to the task of organising their outfits. As they put the finishing touched to hair, make-up and robes that evening Lily looked in the mirror and thought Yes…This should wipe the smile off the face of James Potter.
At 6.45 Lily and Annie went to the Great hall to meet their dates, as the approached the doors Lily felt sick again.
Annie grabbed her arm "Lily are you sure about this?"
Lily just shrugged "It's my own fault and any way not much I can do about it now…Oh no here he comes…Please god help me" and she gave Annie a pleading look that said don't leave me.
All Annie could say was "Sorry Lily" and walked over to where Danny was waiting.
Looking at Snape she thought Well at least he seems to have made an effort and she smiled at him.
"Hello Lily…You look very beautiful" and he smiled "To be honest with you I didn't think you would show up"
Lily was a little shocked by this admission "Sna…I mean Severus I may have pulled pranks on you but I'm not that cruel or mean" and she took his arm and they walked into the Great hall.
Lily saw the Marauders enter the Great hall and leant in slightly so they would not see her at the Slytherin table. Walking in with Jilly Peters James scanned the room for Lily but couldn't see her.
Leaning over to Remus he said "Can you see Lily?" but Remus shook his head and they followed Sirius to a free table.
The night progressed slowly, through out dinner the only person who spoke to Lily was Snape, the rest of the table ignored her. Over on the Marauders table James endured the incessant chatter of the Little Ravenclaw.
As the music started Lily hoped that Snape could dance because she couldn't stand sitting there any longer. Looking at him she said, "Shall we" and pointed to the dance floor.
Snape stood up and pulled her chair out for her and escorted a very surprised Lily to the floor, to join the rest of the dancing students.
It wasn't till part way through the third song that James spotted Lily. An angry glow crept over his face as he watched Lily whirling round in Snape's arms and she was actually laughing. For once Sirius was observant and quickly steered Marie towards James.
Tapping James on the arm he said "If you don't mind" and he cut in but instead of grabbing hold of Jilly he spun Marie into Jilly and manoeuvred James to the edge of the dance floor.
Holding on to his friend tight he said "Don't do anything stupid Prong's…Your as much to blame for this as she is" a serious look on his face "Just leave it…or I can promise you will live to regret it"
Nodding James said "I know…I know…but it's hard…Look at him for gods sake…touching her"
Sirius laughed "Prong's their dancing what do you expect" shaking his head "Come on or people will think were an item" and the two boys re-joined their dates. Sirius caught Remus's eye and nodded over at Lily and then to James and Remus nodded his understanding and the two boys remained close to James for the rest of the evening.
The remainder of the evening went reasonably smoothly as the last song was played Lily declined Snape's offer to dance and they sat and watched the other couples slow dancing.
Standing outside the Great hall Lily turned to Snape and putting her hand on his arm she said "Thank you for a nice evening Severus"
Sighing he said, "It was my pleasure…Would you like me to walk you back to the Griffindor tower"
"No I think it would be unwise" she told him as she saw the marauders leaving the Great hall.
Coming up on this scene was more than James could cope with and before the others could grab him he stormed over "What the held do you think you are doing?"
Lily rolled her eyes and ignoring James said "Goodbye Severus…see you after Christmas" and she turned and walked away leaving James stood next to a smug looking Snape.
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