The room was frantic. Girls' underwear and laid out dresses peaking out from the bed covers as numerous females tried to shower, share the bathroom and put on makeup all at the same time.

"Lily!" Aquila Figg, one of the girls in the dorm, called to the sulking redhead sitting outside the door, waiting for all the other girls to be done. " Aren't you a prefect? Why aren't you using your bathroom?"

Lily's eyes lit up and she jumped to her feet excitedly. " That's right! Thanks so much Figg, you're a lifesavor." Aquila laughed as Lily called for Jeanne to follow her. That girl was so funny.

" Atleast you got to shower." Lily complained to a complaining Jeanne who was frowning at how little time she got to shower. "But it's ok, we're going to the prefect bathrooms so it'll be a lot calmer there."

Opening up to the mermaid portrait, Lily and Jeanne climbed in, basking in the---well--- lesser silence of the---lesser crowded area. The other prefects had pretty much showered and were just working on their hair and makeup.

" Jeanne, I'm going to shower, just do whatever you have to do now and when I get out, can you help me? I'll help you as always, with your hair." Lily asked really quickly. Jeanne's hair was long and fine so she usually needed Lily's help with it for formals.

"Yeah, go go." Jeanne turned back to one of the free mirrors and dumped all her supplies on the table.

Lily stripped off her robe and stepped into the shower, frantically squirting different gels and bubbles and scrubbing her skin clean. Ooh, she liked this orange smelling one. Yum…citrus. Distracted, Lily wondered what James and Sirius and Remus would look like. It was tradition to wear muggle suits on the formal balls and from what lily had see in her muggle magazines, The suits made guys look----fiiiine.

" Lily hurry!!" Jeanne called, "You've been in for about 30 minutes!"

Lily rinsed off the suds and stepped out of the shower, pulling a fluffy white towel around her body. Gosh, she didn't' have much time left. Putting on her robe again, Lily stepped out from the door and rushed towards where Jeanne was taking out the curlers from her hair. Jeanne liked curling her hair the muggle way for formals because it made her hair look more natural when she pinned it up, not like when she charmed it. Lily sat Jeanne down on the small chair and carefully  pinned up the curls into a loose looking updo with wisps here and there slipping out. As Jeanne handed bobby pins to her, Lily placed each bobby pin between the curls so that the curls stayed curly  when she pinned it up. Pulling out just a little bit of the longer strands at the nape of Jeanne's neck, Lily curled them so that they'd take  up some space  on Jeanne's back and not make her back look so empty.

Jeanne looked in the mirror and smiled. Lily was really talented with hair. Smiling, Jeanne reached to the small vial on the table and took a perfectly manicured finger to the tip and tabbed at the perfume. Jeanne gently dabbed behind her ears, her wrists and then at the hollow of her neck.

"Mmm. That smells nice," Lily said while pinning up curls. " What is it?"

" It's from France," Jeanne replied, putting some on Lily's wrist. " It was an experiment scent but I liked it so they gave me a sample. I think it's a mixture of lilacs and strawberries. Neat huh?"

" Yeah," Lily laughed, " It's making me hungry."

Jeanne laughed as well and rolled her eyes. " I like what you're doing to my hair."

Lily was done with the updo and was now transfiguring a pencil into a red rose, the color of Jeanne's dress. Tucking it into the side of her hair, Lily charmed it to stay secure. Taking a few other bobby pins, Lily transfigured those into little stems of baby's breath and tucked it randomly into the curls of Jeanne's updo. As the grand finale, Lily dusted some glitter onto the flowers and charmed for it to stay the whole night.

" Perfect," Lily whispered. " You look awesome."

Now it was Lily's turn. Jeanne could do hair, she just couldn't' do her own hair. While Jeanne was busy twisting Lily's hair up, Lily was rubbing glittery lotion all over her shoulders and arms, enhancing the orange scent of her shower gel. Quickly painting her nails with a final layer of clear gloss, Lily put on some chapstick and then moisturizer. It was time to do her face.

Lily didn't really need any  makeup, just enhancement so she lined the edges of her eyes with a bit of white eyeliner, making her look more awake and put on a bronzish colored lipstick.

" Ooh, I know what looks good with that." Jeanne said, while tucking pieces of hair away. " In that red bag over there by the light, there's a sort of gold glittery lipstick. Don't' worry, it only makes your mouth shimmer, not make you look like a disco ball."

Lily nodded and reached for it, putting it on carefully.

"Perfect." Lily smiled at her reflection, noticing how white it made her teeth look.

"Finito!" Jeanne took a step back and took her wand, charming it to stay for the night. Lily glanced at her reflection and smiled again, totally grinning widely. Jeanne had taken the front part of her bangs and combed it aside, like a side part, but had taken the rest of her hair (the longer part) and twisted it back with rhinestone gems and tucking the curls into a semi French twist. Since her hair was three times longer than it took to do the French twist, Jeanne had curled it and fanned it out, tucking a jeweled barret between the transition.

Time was totally drawing near, because Jeanne had noticed that the other prefects had left to get back to their houses. Lining her lips with red lip liner and brushing on crimson lipstick, Jeanne smacked her lips and took one last glance in the mirror.

" Alright," Jeanne said. " Let's get back to the house to put on our stuff."

Lily nodded and collected all the equipment as Jeanne and she raced to the door.

Out of breath, but their hair still perfectly in place none-the-less, Jeanne and Lily  closed the door to the Girl's dormitory and went to the armoir where their dresses were neatly hanging.

" Wow, I like your hair…" Karishma, another girl in the dorm, remarked. " You guys look so pretty."

Lily grinned at her and replied a quick thanks as she and Jeanne went behind the changing screen to zip up their dresses. After they were done, Jeanne slipped on the diamond bracelet cuff, admiring the mirroring shimmers and put on the shining necklace. The chain itself was just loops of silver twisted around to reflect the light but right at the middle, a diamond rose sat at Jeanne's chest. Her ears framed the exquisitely made diamond teardrops. All in all, it was perfect.

Meanwhile, All Lily had to do was slip on the clasp the elaborate circlet. Since her dress was quite simple, her jewelry had to be elaborate. It was an extremely beautiful circlet. With light silver chains weaving in and out of diamond studded flowers with frosty stone leaves and little touches of  pale pink rubies, it was extremely complex. For any other dress, it would have looked overdone, but not with the dress that Lily had on.

"Ready?" Lily asked and tightly clasped hands with Jeanne.

"Ready." Jeanne grinned and opened the door.

Stepping down the stairs, Jeanne and Lily felt like a million bucks, partially because someone had charmed a red carpet down the stone stairs. Several people turned to see who was arriving in the Gryffindor common room, because all the Gryffindors were already out gathering in the common room, but Jeanne was looking for Sirius and James was just….well James was with Sirius. Well ok, James wanted to see what Lily looked like too.

Jeanne's sharp eyes, landed on Sirius and James talking at the base of the stairway. Wow. She had to say, he looked even better that he did when she saw him in a suit last time. Donning a pinstriped suit that accentuated his height, he wore a black collared shirt underneath with a silver vest. James was also looking quite dashing,  Jeanne had to say as well. He wore a navy tinted black wool suit with a dark silver collared shirt underneath and had on an even darker silver vest. His glasses made him look maybe about 21! Lily suure had some good taste.

Clearing her throat daintily, yet a bit mockingly, Jeanne waited with Lily at her side, fidgeting slightly.

Sirius and James looked up, and Lily could totally see the amazement in their eyes.

" Jeanne, you look absolutely stunning." Sirius said smoothly and handing her a long white rose.

Jeanne accepted it and grinned at Sirius, showing off her pearly white teeth against the red lipstick contrast.

Wow. Sirius had to say that Jeanne would definitely make some jaws drop tonight.  From her beautiful hair down to her beautiful strappy red high-heeled shoes, Jeanne would definitely make some jaws drop. Sirius marveled at how nice that long red gown looked on her. Although she was like a sister figure to him, Jeanne looked about 19 with the strapless satiny gown. It hugged her bust, but not too much, and then slid smoothly over her hips and flared out in a train at the back. Simple and beautiful.

But Lily, wow. Lily didn't normally look like this. It was a complete complete change from normal Lily. Was that really Lily?

James sucked in his breath.

This Lily, looked even more gorgeous than the Lily that he saw everyday. Wait. Blah, fine. He'd let that go, Everyone knew Lily was pretty. But wow, this Lily looked like she owned Hogwarts. Her and Jeanne alike, they looked beautiful; absolutely stunning. He remembered when Lily had told him that she had never actually purchased a dress that she liked. By the looks of this, Lily definitely liked this dress. She was glowing! The dress looked like satin (as well). Simple pale pink/purple spaghetti straps rested on her regal shoulders and trailed into a high waistline sash. This sash was really connected to her dress because it pulled to her back and looped into a huge satin bow, the ends, trailing down to her feet. The bottom half of the gown was black and flowing. It was beautiful.

He almost forgot that he wasn't her date, just almost. Lily just looked great, that was all. Besides, he had his actual date waiting for him.

"Jeanne, Lily, you girls look absolutely mahhhh-velous." Sirius said in an  exaggerated southern accent.

"Haha, no kidding," James echoed. " You ladies look magnificent, the bells of the ball."

Lily blushed, " Thanks James, thanks Sirius. Well, I'm off to go meet my date. See you later."

Lily turned to go but James caught her wrist and said softly, "We can all go together, I have to meet my date at the ball too."

James stared gently into Lily's eyes before Lily smiled and shyly replied, " Sure."

Sirius and Jeanne were walking along just fine, joking with each other as the four of them headed to the Great Hall.

"Do you know where Remus is?" Lily asked.

"Oh yeah," Sirius said. " Remus already left to find Heather."

As the four of them reached the giant doors of the Great Hall, Sirius opened it up, letting the ladies go in first and then James.

"Oooh…" Jeanne was entranced by the room. " It looks wonderful. James, Lily; you guys did a great job planning this ball." True to her word, the place did look ethereal in a cozy sense. The normally lit candles were toppled with red and green sparkling ribbons as they rested on fluffy snow tufts, which showered sparkling crystal snow tears that burst into gold glitter and evaporated away before they hit the students. Not only that, on the round tables pushed to the side so that dancing could be in order at the middle, had clear tall champagne glasses that held iced strawberry juice; a fantastic change from the everyday pumpkin juice. The room glowed with gentle light and every now and then, bright golden sparks showered the room with light.

" Come on mademoiselle," Sirius teased Jeanne. " Let's go boogie." Sirius tugged gently at Jeanne's fingers and led her to the dance floor.

"James!!" A very classy witch who was probably James' date, Nina, glided across the dance floor and latched onto his arm. Lily looked away, a bit uncomfortable so she scanned the room for Chris.

" Hello Miss Nina." James smiled at her. " You look very fine this evening."

Nina smiled modestly at him, but clearly was pleased and placed a gloved hand on his shoulder. " So do you, James. So do you."

Nina did look fine. In fact, Lily almost ALMOST envied how the older girl could look so much older, yet so elegantly chic. Her dress was entirely black, but was strapless and had a plunge in the middle where she had cleavage showing. However, it was like chiffon style where it looked like the smooth linen cloth wrapped around her numerous times and yet showed her curvy figure. As Lily had noticed before, she was wearing black satin gloves and had a diamond necklace around her neck, probably real of course, and a ring of diamonds circled into her sleeked back bun. Stunning. Simply stunning.

Lily smiled at James unconsciously as he waved to her and told her that he'd be going to dance while she pondered her own jealous thoughts. However, Chris saved her a bit of her agony by surprising her with a glittering pink rose.

" Sorry I was late," Chris replied, a bit out of breath. " I was getting this for you."

Lily smiled graciously and took the delicate flower. "Thanks Chris. It's beautiful."

"Wow Lily," Chris said to her. " You're really looking beautiful tonight. Will you do the honor of dancing with me?" He held out his arm and Lily grinned before taking it.

"Of course Chris."

Lead towards the center of the dance floor, Chris tugged a little on Lily's hands sending her gently into his arms as they started to dance. Lily giggled inwardly as she saw all the other couples on the dance floor. Wow, everyone looked so beautiful. The band that the prefects and James and Marianne had chosen was very popular, Celestial Love Potions. It was a miracle that they had actually come.

"Welcome, upperclassmen of Hogwarts," Dumbledore's grand voice sounded thruought the hall. "I trust that you're having a fine time at our annual Yule Ball planned by our Prefects and Head facility. However, since it is tradition for our Head Boy and Head Girl, Mr. James Potter and Miss Marianne Liang, to lead a song, I ask that you may clear the floor until they're done.

The Celestial Love Potions' lead guitarist stuck his chords; slow and romantic as the singer hummed along the lines, her melodic voice floating in the air. James (reluctantly but not showing it) entered the floor with Marianne's hand held in his own in front of him and took her in his arms, dancing with the beat. Marianne's petite and dainty feet moving along with James' masculine and gliding rhythm. Lily was jealous. It was simple like that. She even knew it herself.

Marianne's sleek raven hair was pushed back into an updo, which was loosely curled so that it looked natural, and she had incorporated tiny pearls sporadically in between the natural waves. Not only that, she was wearing a radiant white, creamy dress that flowed around her petite body. The train flowed out in back of her and the top was simple with spaghetti straps. It was simple, but it was gorgeous on her. The color complemented her pale olive skin. How could she compete with the older girl?!

Sirius and Jeanne were standing beside her and Chris but Jeanne glanced at Lily. Despite having Chris' arm around her hips, Lily seemed a bit far away and Jeanne knew what she was thinking about. Her gaze was directly towards the dancing couple. A certain person dancing. Poor Lily, Jeanne had to say that the older asian girl was certainly very pretty.

"Lily, do you want a drink?" Chris said to an entranced Lily.

"huh?" Lily replied, startled out of her thoughts. "Oh, yes will you?"

"No problem," Chris gave Lily a kiss on the cheek and strolled to the refreshment table.

Jeanne and Sirius stared at Lily who looked a bit surprised.

"I didn't know he would do that?" Lily looked defensive

Sirius was in thought by the time Chris arrived with Lily's drink, but decided not to voice it.

"Lily, you want to dance with me?" Chris asked gently.

" Sure." Lily smiled at him. Sirius and Jeanne were already dancing on the dance floor so she decided to go as well.

Sirius and Jeanne looked like they were having fun. A fast song was in place and Sirius was incorporating all kinds of funky dance movements around a laughing Jeanne. It looked like swing dancing because Sirius was rapidly weaving Jeanne through his harms and giving her some fancy turns. The song ended and Sirius dipped Jeanne.

"Sirius where'd you learn to dance like that?" Jeanne's flushed face was glowing because of all the fun she was having.

"Ohh, I've been taught dance lessons when I was small. It comes naturally now." Sirius grinned at her before taking her hands and placing them around her neck for the slow song that was starting to play.

Sirius really was a great dancer. Most other people were just shifting feet but Sirius was twirling Jeanne every so often, dipping her and spinning her into his arms during the entire slow song. One could probably hear Jeanne's happy giggles from far away. Everyone was so happy tonight. Lily looked on to where Nina and James were dancing as she was dancing with Chris. Nina's head was resting on James' shoulder as his strong arms were around her tiny waist. Lily almost grimaced. A girl should definitely not be so skinny, she thought. As Lily was staring, James' eyes had unconsciously locked onto hers.

Lily blushed and looked away, leaving James blushing a bit too.

"What was that?" He asked himself internally, berating himself for acting that way. "You can't even look at Lily now?"

"May I cut in?" Hugh Levton, a senior Ravenclaw, tapped James' shoulder making Nina look up.

"Oh yes, of course." James flashed a charming grin at Nina and handed her hand into those of Hugh's awaiting ones.  Turning his back towards them, he unconsciously strolled towards Lily and Chris. Trying not to laugh because he saw Chris's head bending down near Lily's neck and because Lily felt like it was an invasion of her space, she was sort of straining her neck away from him. Ouch. She looked so tense. Tapping the shoulder of Chris without thinking, he just blurted out, smoothly nonetheless, "May I dance with Lily?"

Chris stared at him a bit intensely before nodding and telling Lily that he'd by the refreshment table. Lily grinned at James as she put her arms around his neck. Heavens, James was extremely tall, but it was just so comfortable. Without even thinking, Lily rested her head onto his shoulder. James smiled, not really knowing why and wrapped his arms around Lily.

"James, you're such a good dancer," Lily grinned up at him as he spun her around and back into his arms.

"Heh, me and Sirius learned at a young age, so did Remus." James nodded towards Remus and Heather were dancing peacefully.

Lily looked in his direction and grinned. "Remus looks so handsome."

James smirked at her and then replied, " Yeah, he looks hot tonight huh?"

Lily laughed and smacked him lightly on the arm, " I said handsome, I don't like Remus like that."

James was internally relieved, for the reason that he didn't know of, and just kept dancing with Lily.

Remus was wearing a wool charcoal black suit with a light blue collared shirt underneath and a black vest. He was also wearing a silver chain on his neck, like James and Sirius; which made him look a bit more 'dangerous' in a way. But Lily knew he wasn't like that.

Meanwhile, the song was slowing to a halt and James was thinking weird thoughts.

"Her hair is so soft," He thought internally as his jaw grazed the top of her hair. "It smells nice too. Mm. Oranges."

Spinning her around again and softly back into his arms, the song slowed down into the end.

"Well, Miss Evans." James mused at her. " It was a pleasure to dance with you but you're date seems to be wanting you back."

Lily was grinning but as soon as she heard that, her grin faltered a bit. Nonetheless, she smiled back as widely as she could and replied,

 " Thank you for that dance, Mr. Potter."

James, who slowly walking away turned around and said, "Please, call me James." With that he swiftly walked back to her and whispered into her ear,

"Save me the last dance."

A/N: WOOOOOT SUMMER IS HERE!! THAT MEANS I CAN UPDATE SOO MUCH MORE NOW!! HOPE U ENJOYED THE SECOND PART OF THE DANCE, THE NEXT CHAPPIE IS THE LAST DANCE AND WAT NOT!! THANKS FOR REVIEWING!!