A Passion

Chapter 3 The not so Nice Ball

Lily and James went their separate ways. James went to his cousin, and Lily went to a table and sat down. Sirius and James kept glancing her way. Every time she saw them glancing at her she glared daggers.

A young boy walked over to her and sat down. " Hi, my name is Remus Lupin. I am the Lordship's son, and I'm from Sweden." Lily looked at him. Not bad she thought. He was about eight too. He had sandy brown hair and was pale and ethereal. His cheeks were sunken in and it looked as though he had makeup on to cover up some scratches on his face. Lily took her hand and gently touched the sore spot. " What happened?" She asked. Remus panicked for a moment then stuttered, " Oh, oh um I got scratched by a wolf in my woods."

Lily looked at him and found that very hard to believe, but she trusted him. Something about him she liked. " Did it hurt much?" she asked yet again. " Um not really, the blasted thing didn't get deep enough. But it did hurt when my stepmother Diane put this yellowish liquid stuff on the cuts. That hurt like a mother." He smiled. She smiled back with confidence and looked up to James and Sirius acting like her and Remus kissing. How immature they are she thought. She hated them already.

"You wanna go say hi to them?" Remus asked politely. " Um, I'm not sure. I don't like them really. But if you insist, I guess I will." She replied, not wanting to sound like a snob. They got up and walked gracefully towards the two boys.

Right when they were half way towards them, a slow song interrupted their walk. Lily's mother and James' father whisked them off to dance together. Everyone was in a circle, watching. They were waiting for them to dance, then they could dance. They put James and Lily and the middle then left. There they were, staring at each other with hatred in their eyes. James broke out into a simple song.

" I can't believe I'm stuck with her all night." He sang, but at the same time muttered to himself. " I'll bet she doesn't wrestle, prank or box."

"He looks conceited," Lily sang to herself.

" What a total fright." James kept singing.

" If I get lucky I'll get chicken pox." They sang in unison. Both their parents gave them warning looks.

James turned around and faced Lily. He bowed and took her hand up to his lips. She gave him a disgusted look. He kissed it gently and pulled away quickly. " So happy you could come." He sang to her.

Lily took her hand and wiped it on her dress thinking she was going to rub off all the germs. She forced a smile and sang, "So happy to be here." She curtsied. They both turned around to their parents. " How I'd like to run." They sang contemporaneously. They made a movement for the run, but their parents blocked the exits. And gave them death glares that warned them to stay put.

They both turned around to look at each other again. They put on a forced smile, which hurt tremendously. " This is not my idea," Lily sang while walking towards him cautiously. "This isn't my idea," James sang walking towards her to dance. When they reached each other and started dancing, they both sang in a huff, " Of fun."

The whole hall exploded into applause. Then the parent's children started dancing in pairs. Even Sirius and Remus were dancing. Sirius had the Duke's daughter from Belgium and Remus was dancing with the Highness' daughter from Ukraine.

" You look um nice." James whispered in her ear. " Thank you." She said stiffly. " Your mother told you to say that huh?"

" You really think that I would say something nice about you?" He said defensively. " You are so imperative." Lily said lamely. She nor he cared about what they said to each other even if it was crude and rude, as long as the ball was coming to an end, and they were to never see each other again until her sixteenth birthday.

The dance ended and it was time to leave. Go home, away from each other. James kissed her hand and bowed and Lily curtsied and kissed him on the cheek. They both turned and went their separate ways. They both were disgusted in their lips. For the lips had kissed the mortal enemy.

Lily and Remus met up with each other before they left. Remus told her to write him and he would write to her. They had just enough time to exchange addresses, when James came and told her that her parents were waiting. Lily and Remus hugged and he kissed her on the forehead. James was disgusted. He took her arm and led her to the great doors.

" Well here it is, your exit." James showed her, her way out. " Bye James." And he watched the girl he was to love for eternity walk away, but the weird thing was, he hated her with a passion. This relationship was visa versa. Lily didn't want anything to do with him. She hated him with a deep passion. On her way home, Lily let out a great sigh. Her parents looked at her and smiled. Her father patted her head and kissed her forehead and her mum kissed her cheek. " You made it through the night without killing each other. I'm proud of you Lily baby." Her father told her proudly before she slept into a peaceful sleep on her father's shoulder and in her mother's hug. He was proud and she was happy, for once today, she was happy. The horrible dance was over.