Harry Potter: What Should Have Happened
DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of this. blah, blah, blah, but I do own Emily Piper Johnson. so :P
AN: I hoped you like the last chapter and this one too. don't forget to R/R thanks!
Chapter 6
A Ball?
By UltimateFairyQueen
*~*~*
(Recaption) Lily had started crying from Snape's harsh words and James stood up and went to her, putting a comforting arm around her.
Lily looked up at the male's hand on her shoulder and noticed it was James'. "I don't want comfort from you, James Potter; you were the one who started this in the first place!"
James backed away with his hands raised slightly. "You know, I'm sorry, it's just-."
"I don't rightfully care what it was, thank you!" She yelled and ran out of the office with tears running down her cheeks.
"Give her time, Mr. Potter, she needs time to think things through," Dumbledore said quietly.
"Can I talk to you?" James asked and motioned for Sirius and Remus to leave, they nodded and left.
"Sure, James, what's on your mind?" the headmaster answered taking a piece of hard candy from his desk.
"What do you do when. when you're not sure what to do about a certain subject?"
"I'm sorry but you're going to have to be a little more specific than that, I can't answer a question like that!"
"Well to start. I think I like Lily. But I'm not sure!"
"How can you not be sure about something like that?"
"I don't know but I just know that I'm not sure! Anyway, I don't know what to do if I do like her or even if I don't! I mean, she obviously hates me but I can't do a thing about that! Besides, Sirius told me that I say her name in my sleep! That's never a good sign, is it?"
"Well I can't tell you anything on that but I can say that everything will work out for the best!"
"But what would you do in my situation?"
"I would tell the girl how I feel, or I would wait for her to talk to me! Which ever one came first would always work for me!"
"Thanks, Professor!" James called over his shoulder as he left.
*~*~*
"8,759,999,996 days, huh?" Piper asked Lily came into the dorm.
"I don't care anymore! He did this, all of this!" Lily whispered.
"He who? And what did he do?"
"James, he did all of this, the whole Severus thing! He put the spell on him! It's all his fault!"
"Lily, you know as well as I do that that spell is a tricky one it could have been put on you and shown your true feelings toward James but instead it was put on Severus and maybe that spell saved you from either terrible heart ache or making a horrible decision! So don't go blaming someone who probably saved your life!" Piper fumed.
"I don't care if he saved my life or not! He still made Severus the way he was!"
"No he didn't! Severus made Severus the way he is! James only made you see the real him!"
"I can't believe you're sticking up for James Potter! You, my best friend, of all people should know that I-."
"-love him!" Piper finished.
"NO!"
"YES!"
"I DO NOT!"
"Lily, it doesn't matter how much you deny it, you DO love him!"
"And no matter how long you tell me that it doesn't make it true!" Lily spat and left the dorm to go think things over in the prefect's bathroom.
*~*~*
"AHH, this feels great!" Lily moaned as she slipped into the hot bath.
"Is there someone in here?" came voice from behind a screen.
"YES!" Lily yelled jumping a foot in the air before climbing out to put on her robe.
"Well, are you decent?"
"I am now!"
James came out from behind the screen, "Oh, it's you!"
"And, it's you! What do you want?"
"I want to go for a swim! Do you have a problem with that?" James asked a little snobbish.
"Well, maybe I do!"
"Too bad! I'm going to swim whether you want me to or not!" he announced as he stripped off his bathrobe and shorts and jumped into the pool with just his boxers on.
Lily blushed deeply; she had never seen a guy this immodest before.
"Well, just don't stand there, either get in or leave! Besides I hate it when people stare at me!"
Lily blushed again, "I don't have anything on under my robe!" she explained.
James was flabbergasted. "Oh, well then."
"Hold on a second," Lily said and went behind a screen to change and came out a minute later in only her undergarments.
Now James blushed beet red.
"You don't mind, do you?" Lily asked and James nodded his head. "I mean you're in your underwear why isn't it okay for me to be in mine? Furthermore you said that I could swim if I wanted to!" Lily finished before jumping in.
"I wasn't serious! I didn't actually want to see you in your bra and underwear!" James responded.
"It's too late now, isn't it? It's not like you haven't seen a girl in her underwear before!" Lily stated while brushing her dripping red hair out of her eyes.
"What?"
"You have two older sisters and a younger one! It's a little hard to say that you haven't!"
"Oh!"
"What did you think I was saying that you had had sex before?"
"Well yeah."
"Have you?"
"That's a little personal don't you think?"
"It would be if it weren't you! Just answer my question!"
"You're not going to tell anyone are you?" Lily shook her head. "No, I haven't but please don't say anything, it could ruin my reputation!"
"Men and their reputations, oh my goodness!" Lily exclaimed.
"Have you?"
"Have I what?"
"Had sex!!"
"NO! But you can't tell anyone, unlike guys most girls don't like to have their love life picked a part so that we're called sluts!"
"Alright, well how about we talk about something else now?" James asked quickly changing the subject.
"So."
"Have a nice night!" James said and got out of the water.
"Wait, where are you going? I thought we were changing the subject!"
"Well, I have to go! I have potions homework to do still!"
"Whatever you say!"
*~*~*
"Professor, what do you do about something your not sure about?"
"Ms. Evans, I have no idea what you're talking about!" Dumbledore said with a twinkle in his eye.
"Yes you do, Professor, I know you do; you only have that twinkle when you know something someone else doesn't!" Lily protested.
"You are a very wise person, Ms. Evans! But I don't know what that question is leading to!"
"Well, I'm not sure if I like someone or not."
Dumbledore's eyes shown with happiness, "And who is that person?"
"James Potter, sir! And ever since we met in our first year I've had this feeling like I've known him forever but I never did before then and he's always been so mean to me."
"From what I understand you were never really nice to him either," the headmaster cut in.
"Well, I guess I wasn't! But still I'm just so confused, that's all."
"Give him a chance, Ms. Evans and maybe he'll give you one too! Now look on the bright side we have a ball coming up maybe he'll ask you, if not then you should ask him or at least tell him how you feel!"
"No offense, Professor, but people just don't go out and say how they feel about someone else!"
"Have you ever heard someone say they love you?"
"Yeah, my parents say it all the time!"
"What about how much they hate you or how proud they are of you!"
"My sister says she hates me all the time and my family (excluding Petunia) all say they're proud of me, what are you getting at?"
"You just proved yourself wrong, Ms. Evans."
"How's that?
"You said that people don't say how they feel out loud but all around you there are people saying how much they care for you whether it's good or bad."
"But what do I do about James?" Lily asked more confused than ever.
"Do exactly what you think is right!"
"Thanks, Professor, I think!"
*~*~*
The Great Hall was louder that night at dinner than it had been in a while; everyone was excited to hear more about the news that Professor Dumbledore had promised them at breakfast.
"As you all have probably been waiting impatiently for I have some news! We are going to have a ball, here, at Hogwarts!" Dumbledore announced.
"A ball? But there's not supposed to be one for another year!" Piper whispered to Lily.
"Now all of you are perhaps wondering why we're having a ball this year well we're going to try something new! This year's theme will be a Christmas Ball! All of our prefects will be helping the Head Boy and Girl on the planning and a few special fifth years will also be able to put in some suggestions. Now I haven't found out who they are yet but we'll know by the end of the week. All right don't keep your food waiting anymore."
"A Christmas Ball? Here at Hogwarts!" Lily started.
"That's what he said, my sweet!" James whispered in Lily's ear playfully.
Lily melted but kept her composer, "What do you want, Potter?"
"Oh, nothing!" James answered nonchalantly and dropped a note in Lily's school bag.
"I wonder what that was about!" Piper wondered while Lily looked at James' retreating back with astonishment.
"That's the first time he has ever spoken a word to me while in public that didn't have something to do with me being a know- it- all!"
*~*~*
"So what were you doing with Lily Evans this morning?" Sirius asked in Defense Against the Dark Arts the same day.
"Well I have an idea but I'm not going to say a thing!" James responded.
"Does it involve any sparklers? Or what about some ropes?" Sirius wanted to know.
James shook his head.
"What about the Christmas Ball?" Remus smiled.
"In time you'll find out, in time!" James grinned remembering what his parents had said to Lily and him before their first year train ride.
*~*~*
Lily unfastened her bag, pulled out her Defense Against the Dark Arts book volume 5 and opened it to the indicated page on the board. As soon as the page was turned Lily found a note with her name on. Piper leaned over, "Who's it from?" she whispered.
Lily shrugged and put it away until class was over.
Lily walked rapidly out of the classroom and opened the letter. 'Lily Evans, I have written you to ask if you would honour me with you presence at the Christmas Ball as my date. Since you don't know who this is nor will I tell you before Christmas Eve please take your response to the Owlry and give it to the third owl, I await your reply.'
"But it doesn't say who it's from? Is there anyway you can find out?" Piper inquired.
"Hello? We just learned about this yesterday!" Lily retorted. "Philosoph caecusaum scriptor!"
"Nothing's happening." Piper remarked.
"What is this, Lily?" Sirius said as he walked up behind Lily and Piper and snatched the note from the red- head's grip.
"Sirius!" Lily whined.
"My dear Lily what kind of letter is this? Is it an invitation to Hogwarts' Ball? How interesting!" Sirius thought mockingly.
"We can't figure out who it's from!" Piper put in.
"Have you tried the hidden writer spell?" Lily nodded. "Well then, that means that the writer used a spell to hide who he was and there's no way to find out now!"
"Thanks for the help, Sirius!" Lily said sarcastically.
"Any time, Babe! All you need is to just call on my name!" Sirius stated and walked away.
"I wonder if Sirius is the writer!" Piper contemplated.
"I don't think so. I don't believe he's got the brains to come up with something this good!" Lily said knowingly.
"Well, whoever it is, what are you going to say?"
"In my reply? I have no idea! I could say yes just to have a little mystery in my life but I could also say no because I don't know anything about this guy, like what year he's in or what he's like."
"Then ask him! Instead of answering ask him a few questions! Once you get to know him then you can give him your response!"
"That's not a bad idea! I think I'll do that!" Lily declared and ran off towards the Owlry before her next class started.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of this. blah, blah, blah, but I do own Emily Piper Johnson. so :P
AN: I hoped you like the last chapter and this one too. don't forget to R/R thanks!
Chapter 6
A Ball?
By UltimateFairyQueen
*~*~*
(Recaption) Lily had started crying from Snape's harsh words and James stood up and went to her, putting a comforting arm around her.
Lily looked up at the male's hand on her shoulder and noticed it was James'. "I don't want comfort from you, James Potter; you were the one who started this in the first place!"
James backed away with his hands raised slightly. "You know, I'm sorry, it's just-."
"I don't rightfully care what it was, thank you!" She yelled and ran out of the office with tears running down her cheeks.
"Give her time, Mr. Potter, she needs time to think things through," Dumbledore said quietly.
"Can I talk to you?" James asked and motioned for Sirius and Remus to leave, they nodded and left.
"Sure, James, what's on your mind?" the headmaster answered taking a piece of hard candy from his desk.
"What do you do when. when you're not sure what to do about a certain subject?"
"I'm sorry but you're going to have to be a little more specific than that, I can't answer a question like that!"
"Well to start. I think I like Lily. But I'm not sure!"
"How can you not be sure about something like that?"
"I don't know but I just know that I'm not sure! Anyway, I don't know what to do if I do like her or even if I don't! I mean, she obviously hates me but I can't do a thing about that! Besides, Sirius told me that I say her name in my sleep! That's never a good sign, is it?"
"Well I can't tell you anything on that but I can say that everything will work out for the best!"
"But what would you do in my situation?"
"I would tell the girl how I feel, or I would wait for her to talk to me! Which ever one came first would always work for me!"
"Thanks, Professor!" James called over his shoulder as he left.
*~*~*
"8,759,999,996 days, huh?" Piper asked Lily came into the dorm.
"I don't care anymore! He did this, all of this!" Lily whispered.
"He who? And what did he do?"
"James, he did all of this, the whole Severus thing! He put the spell on him! It's all his fault!"
"Lily, you know as well as I do that that spell is a tricky one it could have been put on you and shown your true feelings toward James but instead it was put on Severus and maybe that spell saved you from either terrible heart ache or making a horrible decision! So don't go blaming someone who probably saved your life!" Piper fumed.
"I don't care if he saved my life or not! He still made Severus the way he was!"
"No he didn't! Severus made Severus the way he is! James only made you see the real him!"
"I can't believe you're sticking up for James Potter! You, my best friend, of all people should know that I-."
"-love him!" Piper finished.
"NO!"
"YES!"
"I DO NOT!"
"Lily, it doesn't matter how much you deny it, you DO love him!"
"And no matter how long you tell me that it doesn't make it true!" Lily spat and left the dorm to go think things over in the prefect's bathroom.
*~*~*
"AHH, this feels great!" Lily moaned as she slipped into the hot bath.
"Is there someone in here?" came voice from behind a screen.
"YES!" Lily yelled jumping a foot in the air before climbing out to put on her robe.
"Well, are you decent?"
"I am now!"
James came out from behind the screen, "Oh, it's you!"
"And, it's you! What do you want?"
"I want to go for a swim! Do you have a problem with that?" James asked a little snobbish.
"Well, maybe I do!"
"Too bad! I'm going to swim whether you want me to or not!" he announced as he stripped off his bathrobe and shorts and jumped into the pool with just his boxers on.
Lily blushed deeply; she had never seen a guy this immodest before.
"Well, just don't stand there, either get in or leave! Besides I hate it when people stare at me!"
Lily blushed again, "I don't have anything on under my robe!" she explained.
James was flabbergasted. "Oh, well then."
"Hold on a second," Lily said and went behind a screen to change and came out a minute later in only her undergarments.
Now James blushed beet red.
"You don't mind, do you?" Lily asked and James nodded his head. "I mean you're in your underwear why isn't it okay for me to be in mine? Furthermore you said that I could swim if I wanted to!" Lily finished before jumping in.
"I wasn't serious! I didn't actually want to see you in your bra and underwear!" James responded.
"It's too late now, isn't it? It's not like you haven't seen a girl in her underwear before!" Lily stated while brushing her dripping red hair out of her eyes.
"What?"
"You have two older sisters and a younger one! It's a little hard to say that you haven't!"
"Oh!"
"What did you think I was saying that you had had sex before?"
"Well yeah."
"Have you?"
"That's a little personal don't you think?"
"It would be if it weren't you! Just answer my question!"
"You're not going to tell anyone are you?" Lily shook her head. "No, I haven't but please don't say anything, it could ruin my reputation!"
"Men and their reputations, oh my goodness!" Lily exclaimed.
"Have you?"
"Have I what?"
"Had sex!!"
"NO! But you can't tell anyone, unlike guys most girls don't like to have their love life picked a part so that we're called sluts!"
"Alright, well how about we talk about something else now?" James asked quickly changing the subject.
"So."
"Have a nice night!" James said and got out of the water.
"Wait, where are you going? I thought we were changing the subject!"
"Well, I have to go! I have potions homework to do still!"
"Whatever you say!"
*~*~*
"Professor, what do you do about something your not sure about?"
"Ms. Evans, I have no idea what you're talking about!" Dumbledore said with a twinkle in his eye.
"Yes you do, Professor, I know you do; you only have that twinkle when you know something someone else doesn't!" Lily protested.
"You are a very wise person, Ms. Evans! But I don't know what that question is leading to!"
"Well, I'm not sure if I like someone or not."
Dumbledore's eyes shown with happiness, "And who is that person?"
"James Potter, sir! And ever since we met in our first year I've had this feeling like I've known him forever but I never did before then and he's always been so mean to me."
"From what I understand you were never really nice to him either," the headmaster cut in.
"Well, I guess I wasn't! But still I'm just so confused, that's all."
"Give him a chance, Ms. Evans and maybe he'll give you one too! Now look on the bright side we have a ball coming up maybe he'll ask you, if not then you should ask him or at least tell him how you feel!"
"No offense, Professor, but people just don't go out and say how they feel about someone else!"
"Have you ever heard someone say they love you?"
"Yeah, my parents say it all the time!"
"What about how much they hate you or how proud they are of you!"
"My sister says she hates me all the time and my family (excluding Petunia) all say they're proud of me, what are you getting at?"
"You just proved yourself wrong, Ms. Evans."
"How's that?
"You said that people don't say how they feel out loud but all around you there are people saying how much they care for you whether it's good or bad."
"But what do I do about James?" Lily asked more confused than ever.
"Do exactly what you think is right!"
"Thanks, Professor, I think!"
*~*~*
The Great Hall was louder that night at dinner than it had been in a while; everyone was excited to hear more about the news that Professor Dumbledore had promised them at breakfast.
"As you all have probably been waiting impatiently for I have some news! We are going to have a ball, here, at Hogwarts!" Dumbledore announced.
"A ball? But there's not supposed to be one for another year!" Piper whispered to Lily.
"Now all of you are perhaps wondering why we're having a ball this year well we're going to try something new! This year's theme will be a Christmas Ball! All of our prefects will be helping the Head Boy and Girl on the planning and a few special fifth years will also be able to put in some suggestions. Now I haven't found out who they are yet but we'll know by the end of the week. All right don't keep your food waiting anymore."
"A Christmas Ball? Here at Hogwarts!" Lily started.
"That's what he said, my sweet!" James whispered in Lily's ear playfully.
Lily melted but kept her composer, "What do you want, Potter?"
"Oh, nothing!" James answered nonchalantly and dropped a note in Lily's school bag.
"I wonder what that was about!" Piper wondered while Lily looked at James' retreating back with astonishment.
"That's the first time he has ever spoken a word to me while in public that didn't have something to do with me being a know- it- all!"
*~*~*
"So what were you doing with Lily Evans this morning?" Sirius asked in Defense Against the Dark Arts the same day.
"Well I have an idea but I'm not going to say a thing!" James responded.
"Does it involve any sparklers? Or what about some ropes?" Sirius wanted to know.
James shook his head.
"What about the Christmas Ball?" Remus smiled.
"In time you'll find out, in time!" James grinned remembering what his parents had said to Lily and him before their first year train ride.
*~*~*
Lily unfastened her bag, pulled out her Defense Against the Dark Arts book volume 5 and opened it to the indicated page on the board. As soon as the page was turned Lily found a note with her name on. Piper leaned over, "Who's it from?" she whispered.
Lily shrugged and put it away until class was over.
Lily walked rapidly out of the classroom and opened the letter. 'Lily Evans, I have written you to ask if you would honour me with you presence at the Christmas Ball as my date. Since you don't know who this is nor will I tell you before Christmas Eve please take your response to the Owlry and give it to the third owl, I await your reply.'
"But it doesn't say who it's from? Is there anyway you can find out?" Piper inquired.
"Hello? We just learned about this yesterday!" Lily retorted. "Philosoph caecusaum scriptor!"
"Nothing's happening." Piper remarked.
"What is this, Lily?" Sirius said as he walked up behind Lily and Piper and snatched the note from the red- head's grip.
"Sirius!" Lily whined.
"My dear Lily what kind of letter is this? Is it an invitation to Hogwarts' Ball? How interesting!" Sirius thought mockingly.
"We can't figure out who it's from!" Piper put in.
"Have you tried the hidden writer spell?" Lily nodded. "Well then, that means that the writer used a spell to hide who he was and there's no way to find out now!"
"Thanks for the help, Sirius!" Lily said sarcastically.
"Any time, Babe! All you need is to just call on my name!" Sirius stated and walked away.
"I wonder if Sirius is the writer!" Piper contemplated.
"I don't think so. I don't believe he's got the brains to come up with something this good!" Lily said knowingly.
"Well, whoever it is, what are you going to say?"
"In my reply? I have no idea! I could say yes just to have a little mystery in my life but I could also say no because I don't know anything about this guy, like what year he's in or what he's like."
"Then ask him! Instead of answering ask him a few questions! Once you get to know him then you can give him your response!"
"That's not a bad idea! I think I'll do that!" Lily declared and ran off towards the Owlry before her next class started.