Chapter 2: Beautiful Disaster

The head Boy and Girl announced the upcoming Christmas Ball to the entire school. Everyone was excited, even the first and second years, who weren't even allowed to go. Lily had been asked by a lot of guys, but she hadn't said yes to anyone. Ella was going to go with Sirius Black. Lily totally unapproved of her decision because of Sirius' player reputation, but Ella completely ignored her. James had already asked Lily 40 times, but he began to back off once the Quidditch season started.

Lily was walking by herself to the Great Hall for lunch.

"Lily! Lily, wait up!" a voice shouted.

"Look, Potter, I'm not going to go to the Ball with you," Lily shouted back.

"Lily, it's Amos!" Lily suddenly turned around to see Amos Diggory running towards her. Amos Diggory was the 2nd most popular guy in Hogwarts. If a girl couldn't get James Potter, she went straight to Amos. Amos was a great looking man and had a great body. He was the Seeker for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.

"Oh, Amos, I'm sorry! I thought you were Potter," Lily said. Amos finally reached her.

"No problem hun. Look, I've been meaning to ask you this for a long time now…and since this is our last year…I was wondering if you would want to accompany me to the Christmas Ball," he said.

She smiled. "I'd love to go with you, Amos."

"Perfect! How about I walk you to the Great Hall?"

Amos and Lily walked towards the Great Hall, talking about school activities and such. They walked into the Great Hall together and went their separate ways after saying good-bye.

James was glaring at the pair of them as they walked into the room. He began to mash up his mashed potatoes even more as Lily came to sit down. The only reason she was sitting with them was because Ella was going to go to the Ball with Sirius. He was trying to get her to be his girlfriend. Lily took a seat next to Remus, across from Ella.

"Guess who I'm going to the ball with," Lily said in a cheerful sing-song voice.

"Who? Who!" Ella said. The guys were suddenly interested in the girls' conversation.

"Amos Diggory."

"WHAT?!?!" shouted James.

"I'm going to the Christmas Ball with Amos Diggory," Lily said slowly as if she were talking to a three-year-old.

"You can't Lily, you can't! He is the ENEMY!"

"Potter, don't tell me what I can and cannot do, and I don't give a damn who's enemy he is."

"He has a point Lils," Ella said.

"Excuse me?" Lily said.

"I mean, Amos has a bad rep. Even worse than Sirius's."

"Hey!" Sirius said.

Ella ignored him. "We've heard from millions of girls what happens when you go out with Amos Diggory. He gets what he wants, then dumps you! C'mon Lils! Use your head. You don't know what he's after!"

Lily looked thoughtful. "But he's so beautiful!" she said pleadingly.

"Yeah, a beautiful disaster."

The girls were silent for the rest of the meal. The boys got into another Quidditch conversation, though James was unsually silent.