Hey ppls! I watched the State of Union Address by Bush last night... it was pretty funny how the republicans were all clapping and standing up at literally every sentence Bush said. I heard there were like 72 applause breaks over the 59 minute speech. Anyways... here's your chappie! Bon appetite!

lavon-- it never says that James was a seeker in the first book... it does say that in the movie on the plaque thing, but Rowling confirmed that he was a chaser in a interview that he was a chaser

... don't you think it's hilarious how we argue about the small details of something imaginary? [no offense to people who believe harry potter is real] he he he. oh well.




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Everyone dispersed into their groups and headed for the carriages. Some of the other school's were already in there. Lily, Shay, Riley, and Minnie filed into a half full carriage.

"Hi Lily!" Rocco said, who was sitting in there with his friend.

"Hi Rocco!" Lily answered, praising herself silently for remembering his name. She squeezed by him and his friend while her friends sat across from them. They sat down and about five minutes later the carriages jerked forward.

"Ow!" Lily and Rocco chimed, as their head collided with each other's when the carriage suddenly started moving.

"Sorry." They both muttered. Lily rubbed her head, embarrassed. Her friends in front of her sniggered. Lily shot them a 'I'll get you later' glare and watched the trees slowly pass by. It hasn't snowed yet this year and everything about them had a grayish blue tint to it. In about five minutes, the ride was over and everyone walked into the fresh, but cold air.

"Look, there's Remus." Minnie said, pointing to the Marauders. They walked over.

"So. What are you girls going to do today?" Sirius said, putting his hands in his pockets.

"I think we want to just look around for dress robes." Riley said, looking around her friends. They all nodded and shrugged. "Are you guys going to the joke shop?"

"Yeah. We'll meet you at Three Broomsticks in an hour." Sirius said.

"All right." Minnie said. The girls turned left and went to Gracie's Fashion Robes and the guys walked into Zonko's. Lily, Riley, Shay, and Minnie stepped into the big store. They were greeted by a friendly looking saleswitch with long straight reddish brown hair.

"Hello. Welcome ladies. How are you today?" She said.

"Good."

"Fine." The girls all said.

"Let me guess, you girls are looking for a dress robe for the Mistletoe Ball?" She asked. Before they could even nod, she continued. "A brand new line came in just today. There are the really fashionable sleeveless ones. They sort of look like Muggle dresses, but it's okay. The knee length robes are on a sale today. However, if you prefer classic, we have the standard cut in 32 colors and 7 different kinds of fabrics. Feel free to browse around!" She finished.

The girls nodded, dazed and went off to a random section.

"I don't know if I should get a classic one or one of those new ones… you know, the one that looks like a Muggle dress?" Riley said, feeling a satin standard robe.

"Try both of them on." Lily said. She picked a light blue robe with silver trimming and handed it to her. "Here's your classic one. It'll go with your eyes."

"Oh! You would look really cute in that one!" Shay said, running to the other side of the store and picking up a dark burgundy spaghetti strap one.

"All right. I'll try both of them on." Riley said.

"I'll get some more while you're trying them on." Lily said. She picked up about four more robes. They kept fitting robes on Riley until she chose a classic silky blue grey colored one. They tried about five robes on Shay before finally deciding that a white short robe was the best. Minnie tried on only two before she decided on a light green satin one.

"Your turn Lily!" Minnie said, already picking out some robes.

"I don't think I'm going to the ball." Lily said.

"What? Why? You have to go!" Shay said.

"I don't see the point of going. They're always boring… Plus, I don't have anyone to go with." Lily said.

"Go with Remus!" Riley said. "You're good friends with him."

"No. It... It won't be right. Remember what happened when we went out last year?" Lily said.

"Yeah... You freaked out." Shay said, chuckling.

"What about James or Sirius? You know them pretty well." She said to Lily.

"First of all, I don't know about Sirius. I don't know him that well. I just know him from James and Remus. And also, there are a lot of really pretty girls who want to go with James." Lily said, sitting down on one of the stools.

"Then ask him before they do!" Riley shouted.

"Shhh!" Shay said, eyeing a saleswoman looking in their direction.

"If I ask James, he'll have to say yes. I mean, he's too nice. He probably won't say no to Lindsay!" Lily said, talking about Lindsay Wanky. Lindsay was chubby with brown greasy hair [no offense to fat people. Lindsay has greasy hair like snape… yuck! It's bad enough on a guy].

"True…" They all agreed.

"But what if he really likes you?" Shay asked.

Lily looked at her skeptically and ignored the question.

"I don't want to go to the ball with someone who just said yes to be nice and polite." Lily said.

"So, you'd go if someone asked you?" Shay said, a mischievous smile creeping on her face.

"Yeah… Don't get any ideas there Shay; I have to like them first." Lily said, noticing her sly smile.

"But I really want you to go!" Minnie whined.

"Look, if someone asks me and I don't hate them, I'll go. But you guys have to promise me; don't go around telling guys to ask me. Okay?" Lily waited to get nods from all of them. "Great."

"We can look for a dress robe on the next Hogsmeade trip, the day before the ball." Riley said, getting excited.

"Oh no! Look at the time. We were supposed to meet in the Three Broomsticks fifteen minutes ago!" Minnie said, looking at her watch. They hurried out of the shop after telling the saleswitch to reserve the robes.

They walked out into the frigid but crowded street. They pushed the door of Three Broomsticks open and the bells tied to it jingled. They looked around at the crowded, but convivial café and found the guys sitting at a large window seat. They walked over and sat around the round table.

"Sorry we're late." Lily said.

"We were just so caught up talking about how Lily doesn't—" Shay stopped when Lily kicked her under the table. She stopped abruptly.

"How Lily doesn't…" Sirius said, motioning to go on.

"How I don't like red dress robes." Lily quickly covered.

"I see." Remus said, conspicuously not believing her.

"Yeah…" Shay agreed. "She really liked the black ones though. She said the red one clashed with her hair."

Lily furrowed her eyebrows, confused about where she was going with the conversation. Luckily, Shay stopped there.

"It's okay you guys are a lot little late. We were kind of late too. We just barely got us a table." James said.

"So. Who do you girls want to go with to the Mistletoe Ball?" Sirius asked.

"I'm going with Kyle Clearman." Shay and Riley both chimed.

"No! I saw him first!" Riley said.

"So? He calls me a Shay, which is a nickname!" She countered.

"Dumbledore calls you Shay too!" Riley said. Everyone laughed.

"We'll see who he says yes too. You can't ask until after the last game. Deal?" Riley said.

"Deal. But what if he asks me?" Shay said, excited.

"Oh whatever." Riley said, waving her hand carelessly.

"So." Riley said, smiling. "Who do you want to go with James?"

"I don't know yet." James said, shrugging. "Who do you want to go with Minnie?"

"I'm thinking about asking Josh from Soojin." She said. "What about you Remus?"

"Hmm. I don't really know. The girl I want to go with wants to go with someone else." He said.

"I've set my eyes on Elena Berezhnaya. You know, the exquisite blonde Sierra? She's sitting right there." Sirius said, looking at a soft looking girl across the restaurant.

"You should go ask her right now. Gringley's staring at her too." Riley said, looking at the three Slytherin's table.

"Good idea. I'll do that." Sirius said, getting up.

He weaved between the tables and finally reached the one with girls speaking in a different language. He tapped Elena on the shoulder.

"Hi, Elena?" He said.

"Yous?" She said, in thick accent.

"I'm Sirius." He started.

"I'm soowy. My Eeglash bery pore. Twenslatore?" Elena said, motioning to a boy sitting a different table. Sirius shook his head quickly.

"Do you want to go to the ball with me?" Sirius said, loud and clearly.

"Umm… Soore! I doon't know yoo. Dat eez kay. Yoo halp me Eenglash." She said, slowly.

"Want lessons?" He said, getting excited.

Elena nodded gladly.

"How about tomorrow at seven in the library?" He said.

"Yous! Good!" She said, flashing him smile. He gave her a thumbs up and went back to his seat.

"I did it! I get to give her English lessons too!" He said, excitedly.

"All right!" James said, giving Sirius a high-five. "So, you didn't tell us who you want to go with Lily." He said.

"I'm not sure." Lily said. 'I want to go with you.' She thought.

Their food arrived and they ate, talking about stuff. They finished eating and left Three Broomsticks.

"Let's go to… Honeydukes!" Riley said.

"All right!" Peter said. He led the group into the packed candy store. James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter went to the Unusual Candies section while the rest went to the chocolate section.

"Oi, Lily!" James shouted across the store, he weaved himself through. "Look what I found!" He held out a white chocolate lily.

Lily laughed.

"I'll buy it for you." He said. Before she could reply, he went to the counter and paid three sickles for it. "Here." He handed it to her.

"Thank you James." She said, taking the chocolate lily. Everyone paid for their candy and walked outside.

"It's getting so cold." Minnie said, shivering.

"Looks like it'll snow tonight." Remus said, looking at the troubled sky.

"Yeah…" They agreed.

"Did you guys get your dress robes?" Riley asked.

"I have one from home." Peter said.

"Same here." James said.

"We're going to get ours later." Sirius said, pointing to Remus. He nodded. Sirius checked his watch. "The next ride should be here in about five minutes. Do you just want to go back? It's only like 2."

Some shrugged but most of them agreed.

"All right." He said.

The carriages came and they rode to Hogwarts.
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