Chapter 3

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The next morning Emily got up early to head down to the common room to see if anyone was down there, to her surprise there was.

"BECCA?!?!?!" she yelled, waking up both Becca and Sirius who had fallen asleep with Sirius on top of Becca.

"Uhh, yea Emily it's not what you think," said Becca groggily. Emily was already gone however.

Up in the girls' dormitory Emily was telling Lily about it when Becca came in.

"It's not what you think, Emily," said Becca coldly.

"I know it's not, I heard you the first time," said Emily, "I just thought it was so cute!"

"Righttttttttttt," said Becca, who wasn't one for all the mushy junk.

Meanwhile, in the boys' dorms James and Remus were still fast asleep when Sirius walked in.

He crept right next to James's bed and yelled, "JJJJJJJJJAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMSSSSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!!" Causing James to nearly jump a good foot off of his bed.

"You dumbass, it's the weekend, you know a time for something called SLEEP!" said James who then went back under his covers and tried falling back asleep.

"Don't you want to hear about the amazing night I had with Becca?" asked Sirius sounding upset.

James immediately sat up in bed and became really interested in what happened.

"What happened?"

"We fell asleep on the couch downstairs after you beaten upside the head several times by pillows," said Sirius smirking.

"Liar."

"No no Jamsie, it's the truth!"

After all of the yelling and conversing Remus had gotten up and slipped out of the dorm with neither Sirius or James noticing. He went down to the common room to see what was going on. He found Emily sitting on a couch reading a thick book on Famous Female Witches.

"Hey"

"Oh hi Remus," said Emily, blushing slightly.

"Mind if I sit here?" he questioned.

"Sure no problem," said Emily coolly, although she was screaming inside of her head.



It was the week of Halloween and while in the Great Hall eating Dumbledore announced the Halloween ball which was happening on Friday. The Hall arose with lots of chatter and excitement.

"Now, you all will be going to Hogsmeade to buy special occasion robes tomorrow morning, do not be late. We will be leaving promptly at 8:30 a.m."

Over at the Gryffindor table Emily whispered to Lily, "This guy must not sleep." Lily sniggered softly.

"However, the only way to attend the ball is if you have a date. This person can be in your house or not, in your year or not, it's all up to you," said Dumbledore who then sat down and dinner began.

Of course the girls were talking excitedly about who they hoped would ask them to the ball and who they didn't want to ask them. However they didn't discuss who they really hoped would ask them.

At the other end the guys were looking at possible dates, and girls they'd rather not go with.

"Well I'll be honest," said Sirius. "I want to ask Becca, do you think she'll say yes?"

"I don't know Siri, why don't you go ask her friends, that would probably help you out a lot more," said Remus sarcastically. For that Sirius punched him in the arm.

"What about you James?"

"Well, I don't know, so many girls can't keep their hands off of me," smirked James.

"Oh god, not another ego trip," muttered Remus.

"The only girl who I won't go with will be Lily Evans."

At the exact same moment, "The only guy who I won't go with will be James Potter," said Lily.

"Why not? He's hot, funny, a few personality glitches, but what else would you want?"

"I don't know, just not him."

Later that night the girls had decided to go and prank the boys, so at 3:30 that morning they slipped into the boys dorms rooms. After they were done the quickly left the room and had to hold in the laughter.

The next morning James woke up and decided to get ready to go to Hogsmeade. He went into the bathroom, looked at himself in the mirror and screamed loudly enough to wake up Sirius and Remus. They too entered the bathroom and screamed. They soon figured it was the girls and ran up into their dorms.

The girls however were still asleep, exhausted from pulling the prank. The boys thought of a prank on the spot, said the spell and left to figure out a counter spell to their curse.

At least ten to fifteen minutes later screaming was coming from the girls dorms. The Marauders were the first to rush in and laugh at what they had done.

"JAMES POTTER THIS ISN'T FUNNY AT ALL!!!!" shrieked Lily, who was covered in snakes that were on her bed.

"Oh, but Lily, honey, it's so amusing," said James, "you better hurry we leave for Hogsmeade in 15 minutes." With that the boys left the room.

Everyone got to Hogsmeade after figuring out the spell and finding spells to help them get ready. The guys couldn't help but laugh hysterically at the thought of what they had done.

While at Hogsmeade Sirius had asked Becca to go with him and Remus was busy mustering up the courage to ask Emily to the ball. James and Lily however, were too busy cursing each other to really care. After all the cursing was done they both began to laugh hysterically at the sight of each other. James quickly grabbed Lily's hand and took beside a building.

"Hey Lils," he said still laughing.

"What James?"

"Will you go to the Ball with me?"

"I don't know James," said Lily uneasily, she quickly left to find her friends.

"Emily, will you go to the ball with me?" asked Remus, while fidgeting with his fingers.

"Yes, I'd love to Remus," said Emily while blushing and smiling.

Later, while everyone was relaxing in the common room, James approached Lily.

" Lils, my offer still stands."

"I'm not sure right now James, I'll answer you in the morning," said Lily who quickly ran up into her dorm and began to cry.