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Title: You Wish!
Author: Mstar
Rating: G
Chapter: 7
Summery: To Lily Evans, James Potter was the most arrogant jerk in all of eternity. Just her luck that James had had a crush on her ever since 1st year. Now it was their 7th year at Hogwarts and James' last chance to win Lily's heart.
AN~ This story starts during the summer before their 7th year. If some of the character's seem familiar but aren't in the original 5 Harry Potter books, it's because they're my own creations and I've used them in other fics. Either that or you actually know them, because some of the characters are based on people I know, names and all. '.....' denotes thought (Do I need to keep saying that? I'd think you'd know after 6 chapters! Or you all could be incredibly thick headed... I'm not sure.) ***********************************************************
Lily looked at her reflection in the mirror. Her dark blue dress robes set off her hair really well. She walked down into the common room and a certain black-haired boy was waiting for her there. "Hello James," she replied. James shot his most charming smile at her. Lily did have to admit that James did look pretty good in his emerald robes. 'Who am I kidding? James looks hot!!!' Lily smiled back at James, completely surprising him. He looked at the clock in the common room. It read 6:45. James offered Lily his arm and she surprised everyone by taking it. Arm in arm, the 2 left Gryffindor Tower and proceeded to the Great Hall.
When they arrived, there was already a large queue of students at the entrance to the Great Hall. In front of everyone, was Professor McGonagall, who shouted above the noise, "Head Boy, Head Girl, all Prefects, and their dates, please come here!" James and Lily made their way to the front of the crowd as McGonagall did a head count. When she saw the 2, she said, "Evans, Potter, where's your dates?" Lily and James exchanged rather blank looks then James said awkwardly, "Um, Professor, Lily and I are kind of, like, going to the Ball together. Professor McGonagall was dumbfounded. "Oooooooooooookay...," she started to say. "Um, you 2, Prefects, you're going to enter the Hall after everyone else has gone inside. When you get to the center of the Hall, music will start up and you'll dance. Everyone else will be on the sides of the Hall, and after a little bit, will join you dancing. Ok, got that?" They all nodded and Professor McGonagall turned to the rest of the students. As she past them, Lily and James could have sworn she had muttered, "Evans and Potter together? I must be seeing things..." They heard someone nearby laugh. Lily and James turned to see Mary and Jessi giggling and Sirius and Remus snickering. They had heard McGonagall too. Mary had decided to go with Sirius after all and that Slytherin, Wayne Edwards, was pretty sore about it too. And because Jessi was going with Remus, they were all starting the Ball together. Except for Peter of course.
Soon, everyone else except for the Prefects and the Head Boy and Girl, were piling into the Great Hall, till only McGonagall was left. "Ok," she replied. "You all need to go in." The Prefects and Lily and James entered the Hall, arm in arm with their dates. The partners started to dance to the waltz that magically filled the Hall. Gradually, the dance floor filled as more and more students started to dance.
Christmas past by so quickly, Lily was getting dizzy. Earlier that morning, Lily had quite enjoyed her presents she had gotten from her friends. It had taken nearly 3 hours for her and the rest of the girls to get ready for the Ball. And the Ball itself had been wonderful too. After the opening dance, Lily and James had danced time after time. Quite a few people were surprised to see Lily and James together. Part of the Ravenclaws weren't surprised however; James and Lily supposed Anderson must have told them about the bet. When Lily finally was able to lie down, around 12:30, she fell asleep almost instantly. Her last conscience thought was about how hot James had looked during the ball.
Nobody was truly up in Gryffindor Tower the next morning till around noon. When Lily was finally up and dressed, she walked into the empty common room, only to find that it wasn't empty. 1 person was sitting on the couch in front of the fireplace, and that person was James. "Hi Evans," he said casually. Lily walked over and sat down next to him. "Can't you call me Lily?" Lily asked. James laughed and replied, "So were on a 1st name basis now are we?" Lily rolled her eyes and James laughed again. "Anyway," he continued. "I was wondering if you would, um, go out on a date with me?" He looked at Lily expectantly. "Please?" Lily smiled and said, "Well, since you said please..." A smile started to spread over James's face. "Is that a yes?" he asked happily. Lily raised an eyebrow and replied slyly, "Maybe." Lily stood up and walked out through the portrait hole, James chasing after her.
Most of the Gryffindors were surprised to see Lily and James eating lunch together in the Great Hall. When Sirius walked past James he whispered, "Way to go Prongs!" James winked at him and Sirius laughed. Lily just rolled her eyes. Things were pretty boring the week leading up to the next Hogsmead weekend. Except for school starting back and Wayne Edwards trying to hex Sirius, the week was pretty uneventful. After Lily and James had checked out with Filch, they headed up the path for the village, for their 1st date together. *********************************************************** AN~ I know the chapter's short and it's taken me forever to post it. Give me a break, ok? School just started back and I decided that Lily and James arriving at Hogsmead was a good place to leave off. The next chapter will at least start with their date. Later! Oh yeah, just to let those concerned with my health know, I'm fine! Just because I didn't make any sarcastic remarks in this story doesn't mean I'm sick!!!
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