Jeanne and Lily dragged themselves into their suite and dragged themselves some more into the bathroom. Jeanne took the shower while Lily started filling up the swimming pool-sized tub. While waiting for the water to fill, Lily applied a sorting charm, which cleaned up the living room they were going to watch the movie in. Jeanne showered away and Lily started playing with the taps of the tub, delighted with the scents and foams. As Jeanne stepped out, towel wrapped like a coil around her body, Lily was happily splashing around.
''Come on Lily," Jeanne chided pulling on pale pink cotton pajamas with fuzzy sheep. " The guys will be coming soon." Lily reluctantly reached for a fluffy white towel, drying herself with it.
" Ah… My plain white pjs" She commented, glancing at Jeanne's cute pink ones. Jeanne squinted at them.
" Are those the ones that I bought for you at Christmas two years ago?"
Lily nodded. " I love them to death!"
" Ooh.." Jeanne gasped. " Can I choose a color for you now?" Lily laughed and nodded. Jeanne touched the button on the tank top and murmured a color that Lily didn't catch. Instantly, a deep rich, silky red spread, bleeding the white linen. It matched Lily's hair.
" Jeanne, the beauty expert." Lily joked lightly, " Always knows best."
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Lily jumped on the couch and through her legs over the sides while Jeanne plopped down on the one nearest to her.
"Mmm…. Showers always are the best…" Jeanne said. Lily was about to respond when Sirius and James entered the suite wearing baggy silky pj bottoms and a white shirt.
" Let the fun begin and end!!" Sirius exclaimed, putting the Disc into the muggle 'generator' as Sirius put it.
James and Sirius sprawled out onto the floor, James near Lily's head and Sirius near Jeanne. The screen started to play and even with the occasional remarks from the boys when the mushy or funny scenes came on, Jeanne and Lily enjoyed it immensely. By the time the movie ended, it was about 5 o'clock in the morning and the boys had 'accidentally' slept over. Jeanne had rolled over with her hand hanging over Sirius' chest as he laid sprawled near her on the couch and Lily had leaned over with one hand buried in James' hair while another was around his waste, unconsciously.
Slowly….Jeanne opened one eye….than another eye…. And blinked slowly. Stirring slowly, she noticed that she had her hand buried between something…no. Not something. Someone and the couch. Gently pulling and trying not to wake Sirius, Jeanne was unsuccessful because Sirius felt the draft of cold air against his chest.
" Mmmm.." Sirius looked up, seeing Jeanne and mumbled, " Good morning." Jeanne smiled and patted his head as he stretched, yawning. With a sudden twitch, Sirius had grabbed Jeanne's hand and pointed at the couch in which Lily was sleeping on and where she was leaning on James.
Jeanne giggled, If only she had a camera, Lily would be so embarrassed. Sirius seemed to be thinking along the same line because his hand shot out for his wand on the table and transfigured a pear into a camera. Slowly and stealthily, he crept to in front of the couch with Jeanne sneaking behind him.
::FLASH:: Blink. Blink. Jolt. Stir.
James woke up with a twitch, sensing that something had happened and seeing Sirius and Jeanne covering their mouths from keeping the laughter from coming out. Lily, sensing a twitch, woke up abruptly as well, groggy and her red curls tousled around her shoulders.
" What's going on," James said huskily, his voice laced with grogginess. Lily was blinking in a confused manner, her normally omniscient eyes looking vacant.
" You—you—you guys…..You guys should have seen what you looked like!!!" Sirius howled, unable to keep the laughter in. Jeanne smiled shyly at James and handed him a picture while sending Lily an apologetic yet amused glance.
"Oh my gosh……" James murmured as Lily leaned over his shoulder to see what was so funny. Both of them blushed as Jeanne and Sirius were rolling on the floor laughing.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!" Jeanne yelled, half laughing as well. She charged up and tried to snipe away the picture from Sirius' hands as he plucked them from James' awed daze.
" Mwahahahahahahhahahaha!" Bellowed Sirius dramatically. " Power!!!" Lily sat down next to James and pouted sarcastically.
" Aww….don't cry little Lily flower…" Sirius said grinning. " James and I have a proposition for you two." James' ears perked up and he began to smile along with Sirius.
" Yeah, you guys don't have to come, but we just got some extra tickets." James said.
" Come to what?" Jeanne asked curiously. " Yeah… what?" Lily echoed. Sirius grinned and pulled out two crumpled tickets from his pocket.
"Ta da! Tickets to the Mon Amour cruise line ship! Remus had a ticket too…but…we got one for Lily too." Sirius said.
" Oh my gosh! A cruise?!?!" Lily started jumping up and down. " This is awesome!!!"
" How much did those tickets cost?" Jeanne said suspiciously. " I heard those cost a fortune. Even my dad says so."
" Don't worry bout it, u lil girl." Sirius said grinning impishly. " James had connections and we just managed to use our charm and wit to get the little devils."
" Lily calm down.." James said, growing alarmed as Lily started jumping up and down on the couch, barely able to contain her excitement.
" When do we leave?" Lily and Jeanne asked, a bit breathless.
" Ummm…..In about 3 hours." Sirius said sheepishly.
" Holy freaking cow!" Lily exclaimed. " Three hours?! How's that enough time? I don't know what to bring?!"
James started laughing and placed a hand on Lily's shoulder to calm her down. " So that means you guys will go?"
" Definitely." Lily and Jeanne both nodded.
"Awesome." James grinned. " you just need your regular clothes, swimming gear and fancy stuff for the things at night. The minister is going to be there on the ship as well, so that's why you'll need some evening wear."
" Coooool." Jeanne sprang from the couch and ran towards her room saying, " Lily and I are going to pack now!"
Sirius shook his head and muttered something about girls and how much time they took.
"C'mon Padfoot." James said. "We better go pack too."
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Jeanne folded up her clothes neatly and tucked it in her tiny suitcase, charmed so It looked smaller than it could fit. Cautiously, she smoothed out the wrinkles to a pale pink satin evening dress and put it in the bag. As she went to the vanity drawer to collect her cosmetics and hair supplies, Jeanne took her pale yellow two-piece from the hanger and tossed it onto the bag. Carefully sipping up her accessories into a small makeup bag, she tucked in some final essentials. Swimming suit, check. Clothes, check. Underwear, check. Dresses, check. Jeanne looked into the mirror and smoothed out her own sundress. The lilac tint of the sundress had a pattern of elegantly made wrinkles. Underneath was a regular white spaghetti-strapped dress but the above fabric was what made it special. Jeanne put on her silver low sandals and closed her suitcase shut.
" Lily, need help?" She called into the bathroom where Lily was frantically putting her underwear and cosmetics in her own suitcase.
" No thanks! I'm getting it!" Lily flew out of the bathroom wearing a pink sweater with three-quarter-lengthed sleeves and a white skirt ended at her knees. Quickly, she grabbed her own white swimsuit and stuffed it in and grabbed another sundress and stuffed it in.
"All done!" Lily said smiling triumphantly as she succeeded in closing her suitcase.
" Ok then." Jeanne said cheerfully, her whole face glowing with excitement. Slipping on a matching lilac hat, Jeanne watched Lily put on clear "glass" slippers. Reaching for her designer sunglasses, Lily stood upright and announced, " Let's go!"
Jeanne and Lily walked onto cloud nine and lowered to the lobby where James and Sirius were waiting by a white stretch limousine.
"Come on Ladies," James said genially. " Let's get going, the ship's at the coast so we'll be having an hour or more trip in the limo." Sirius nodded and helped Lily and Jeanne duck into the limo, before going in themselves as the chauffer closed the door and started the engine.
" Wow…" Lily said looking around. " This looks like that Limo that used to drive me and Jeanne around, right Jeanne?" Jeanne laughed and so did Sirius and James. " Ours was much smaller, Lily." Jeanne said smiling.
" Yeah, James and I had limos to take us everywhere until we started to want to drive ourselves." Sirius added, nodding.
"Wow…" Lily said looking at James. " I never had any limo or that stuff, heh, Jeanne was my best friend and I loved her parents as well. So, they always let me do stuff with Jeanne."
"Aww.." Sirius said. " Little childhood best friends, huh?"
" You know it." Jeanne and Lily said at once.
The Limo was quite large and sleek. While the outside was white and shiny, the inside was dark red leather and sleek. There was a mini refrigerator with chilled chocolate covered strawberries and a bottle of sparkling apple cider. Other than that, there was a TV as well and there was so much space to stretch out.
Sirius reached into the refrigerator and grabbed two, handing one to lily and Jeanne. James poured the cider, as Sirius got some more for James and himself.
"This is sooo the life." Lily exclaimed. " I could totally get used to this summer."
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James and Sirius carried Lily and Jeanne's bags for them while climbing up the white staircase to the ship's dock. Lily was exclaiming over everything while James watched and laughed along, amused. Jeanne was just as impressed and asked if he and Sirius had ever been on this cruise. Nodding and saying that they had been on twice, Sirius showed the conductor the tickets.
"Follow me please." A handsome young man in a sharp black suit said to Lily and Jeanne while James and Sirius followed as well. As usual, James and Sirius had gotten the first class floors and rooms and Lily thought that it was magnificent. She and Jeanne had a conjoined bathroom, which led as a hallway for both their rooms. Across from them were Sirius and James' rooms, just as magnificent. The floor was a rich red and soft carpet while they each had their own queen-sized beds with a light retractable canopy. There were huge glass windows showing the sea and everything was marble and glamorous. Lily looked outside, gasping at how glorious the site was.
"Jeanne! Draw up your curtains! It's absolutely breathtaking!" Lily said. Jeanne looked outside as well. The sun was setting as the sky was slowly turning purple and darker blue. Near the sun were the last fading colors of day with orange and red spots as the Stars started to appear.
" Lily!" James called from the door. " Come on, let's go eat dinner. Afterwards there's a welcoming ceremony for the Minister of Magic. It's kind of like a fancy hangout. We can go exploring tomorrow."
Lily smiled at James and closed the door. "Let's go eat, Monsieur. Where are Jeanne and Sirius?"
"Right here." Jeanne called as she and Sirius walked up to James. "Where's the food?"
James led the way to the Dining room Hall where other members of class stood waiting in respectable attire. Lily's eyes floated upwards to the ceiling where a huge
Chandelier hung with about 100 different crystals reflecting the light. The doors slowly opened and people started walking into the Dining area.
Clearly it was a buffet because a long table went down the center of the room and had loads of different steaming appetizers prepared in culinary manner. It was a work of art. James and Sirius got in line with Jeanne and Lily and started picking up the food with the silver dainty tongs. Scrumptious mussels and clams, scallops and lobster with special garlic sauce and lemon tang filled each person's plates. Lily had to will herself not to jump into the food.
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Lily and Jeanne raced back to their rooms, somehow balancing on their dress shoes. After eating that delicious dinner, the Minister of Magic had stood up to give everyone a chance to get ready for the 'Ball.' But really, James just said it was where people talked and ate little snacks and drank French wine. You only had to be there for 20 minutes, and then you could leave. Just to show respect to the Minister. Jeanne flung open her closet where she had unpacked while Lily raced to her bag. Flinging out her evening dress. Quickly taking off her skirt and pink sweater top, Lily slipped on cheer pantyhose and a strapless bra, finally using her wand to get the wrinkles out of her satin dress and putting it on.
Speculating in the mirror, Lily pulled at the lower part of her dress and adjusted the top of her dress. It was a crème color and made out of satin while the top was a brocade bodice with thin straps. The color complemented her skin color, pale as it was, and set her skin aglow. Lily actually smiled, complementing the dress on not making her full thighs look fat. Taking a set of gold bobby pins and a container of mousse, Lily slowly twisted up her hair into a French twist, curling the ends at the top since her hair was so long. She then dabbed at the places where the hair got a bit frizzy and dusted gold powder on her shoulders. Finally taking her lipstick in hand, she matted it on, a cherry red and twirled around, quite pleased. As a finishing touch, she put on some mascara. It was wonderful to see what a beautiful dress and truly red lipstick could do for anyone. Lily pulled on her 'glass' (really, plastic) slippers and glided into Jeanne's room, seeing Jeanne put on her pale silk dress.
Jeanne's skin was naturally olive and darker so pale colors complemented her much better. The ballet slipper pink color matched with her thin silver necklace. Lily knew this had once been her mother's dress because it was Jeanne's favorite. The silk pattern of the dress was backless except with two side ribbons criss-crossing near her lower back. The simplicity was classic and Jeanne knew how to pull it off. With her hair sideways parted into a large bun at the nape of her neck, Jeanne wore a diamond headband that circled her head, letting some loose flyways frame her face. Grabbing her satin pink clutch, Jeanne smiled approvingly at lily as she put on pale lipgloss and silver eyeliner.
"All ready?" Jeanne asked. " The boys are waiting outside." Lily giggled and linked arms with Jeanne, both their dresses floating around them.
A/N: Sorry!! School is EVIL!!!! I've been just sooo loaded and FF.NET doesn't post up my stories on the front page .. Next weekend, I might not be able to update cuz I have to go down to Springfield for State Debate. However, I promise you that the story is past the half, and you'll start seeing some action^^. Bbai!! Luv ya all!!
