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Chapter 11
A Ball of Their Own***
Previously: "It is time for you to go now," the figure said, and pointed it's wand at James, who had already hit the figure with spells.
"Noooo!" Lily screamed, but the nightmare ended, and she opened her eyes. She was in her bed in the hospital wing, still screaming. ~*~*
"Lily! Lily! Lily wake up!" she heard someone saying to her. "NO! Get away from me!" she said. "Don't kill him please!"
But then Lily opened her eyes, and looked into the lovely blue eyes of James Potter. She was so relieved, it was only a nightmare. But why did it seem so real?
"Lily are you alright love?" James asked her, looking terribly worried.
"Oh James," Lily said, as she started sobbing, "I had the worst nightmare ever. It was horrible!" she said, crying.
James wrapped her in a hug. "It's okay Lily, it was just a nightmare. It wasn't real," he said trying to comfort her.
Lily pulled out of the hug. She needed James to understand. She had to tell him about the dream.
"No but James it was so REAL! It had you and me in it, and we were pretty young, and I was holding a baby, named Harry," Lily said smiling at the thought of the baby.
"Wow," James said, "Harry. What a cool name!" Lily laughed but frowned when she remembered the rest of the dream.
"Oh but James there was more, and it was much worse. You see, this really scary figure attacked our house, and you told me to take the baby and run upstairs, so I did, and then he t-tried to kill you, but t-then it ended and I w-woke up screaming," Lily said sobbing again.
"Woah," said James, who was rather startled, "what do you think it means Lils?" he asked her.
"I'm not sure," she said. "I guess we should ask Dumbledore. Hey! Speaking of Dumbledore, what happened last night after I went to sleep?" Lily asked James.
Then James got a big grin on his face. Lily didn't know why, but she realized why when he said:
"Oh well, Dumbledore came in, and he gave Malfoy detention for 3 months every day and he's not allowed to go on anymore Hogsmede trips! Oh yeah! He deducted 100 points from Slytherin too!" James said laughing.
Lily laughed with him. "That's great!" she said excitedly, "he definitely deserved that! I'll probably be in here another week because of the stupid git."
James looked sadly at her. Don't worry Lils," he said comfortingly, "you'll be out of here soon, I know it." James gave Lily a reassuring grin which she returned.
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Out on the grounds with Remus and Audrey: Remus and Audrey were having a great time walking together. Remus felt as though he could tell Audrey his deepest and darkest secrets.
He could trust her, and tell her anything. What really touched Remus was how Audrey didn't even care that he was a werewolf.
What Remus didn't know was that Audrey felt the same exact way about him.
They were both sitting by the lake, with their feet in the water; they had been talking forever, about school, life, friends, and love.
Remus, you got to tell her you love her man, you know you do. Just tell her. If she isn't okay with that, then you just weren't meant to be.
Remus had been arguing this back in forth in his head the whole time. Finally, he decided he was going to do it. He was going to tell Audrey that he was in love with her.
"Audrey," he said, and she looked up at him with angelic eyes. "Yeah Remus?" she said smiling at him.
"Well," he said, "I feel like I can tell you anything. But there's one thing that I've wanted to tell you for a long time, but I just didn't have the courage to tell you."
Audrey was confused. What was it that he wanted to tell her? "What is it Remus?" she asked him.
"Well you see, uh, I'm not worried about how I'm a werewolf when I'm with you, because, I, I know that it doesn't matter to you. You are so beautiful, and you're a wonderful person. It's like every time you smile at me I get butterflies. You're the reason that I get out of bed every single day. Audrey, I-I love you," he finished, and Audrey was about to cry.
No one had ever said something like that to her before. Remus was so sweet. A small tear fell from her eye.
"Remus, I-I can't believe this. That's, that's how I feel about you. I feel like I can talk to you about ANYTHING, and you're the most wonderful person I know. I love you Remus," she said, and Remus felt as though he was flying.
He held her chin in his hand, and brought her closer to him. Then, they moved in for a kiss. But suddenly, Audrey snapped out of it.
Audrey Joaquin what do you think you are doing? Her mind screamed at her. You can't fall in love again! You promised you wouldn't let yourself go through that again!
"Remus I'm sorry, I, I can't do this! I promised myself I wouldn't let this happen again! NO, no I can't I can't! I'm sorry Remus I've got to go," Audrey cried, as she ran back to the castle with tears openly flowing from her eyes.
"Audrey wait! Please don't go!" Remus screamed, but it was no good. Audrey was gone, and he no longer felt as though he was flying. It was as though someone pulled him down from the clouds.
What did she mean 'not again'? Remus was thinking to himself. He had to find Audrey. He really wanted to talk to her. Luckily, Remus knew exactly where she would be.
***Back with James and Lily:
James and Lily were having a great time visiting with each other. They had missed each other so much over the days when Lily was sick.
"Hey, where's Sirius and Kristin?" Lily asked, but her question was answered when the hospital wing doors slammed open and in they walked.
"Yo yo Jameson and Lovely Lily," Sirius said to them. Lily always got a kick out of the different nicknames Sirius always had for people.
"Hey Sirius," they both said to him. "Hey guys how ya been?" Kristin asked.
"Well we've had fun spending time together," said James, smiling at Lily, who gave him a quick kiss.
"Oh my gosh guess what?" Kristin said, sounding really excited. "What?" Lily and James both asked curiously.
"We're having that Thanksgiving ball this Friday!" Kristin said enthusiastically.
"Yeah me and Kristin are going together," Sirius said happily. "Well duh you are," said James laughing at Sirius.
"Ah shut up Prongs," said Sirius laughing too and throwing a pillow at James.
"Well I thought it was romantic that Sirius asked me to go to the ball with him," said Kristin smiling at Sirius.
Sirius smirked. "I didn't want anyone else to ask you first" he said grinning at her.
"What you think I was going to say yes to them or something?" Kristin asked Sirius laughing.
"Well you never know when you're gonna get sick of me," Sirius responded winking at Kristin, who laughed.
But her smile turned into a frown when Kristin saw Lily's disappointed face.
"What's wrong Lily?" she asked, puzzled. Lily looked sadly at her.
Then Lily said, "Well Madame Pomfrey came in here early this morning and told me I probably wouldn't be able to leave here for another week and a half, which means I'll miss the ball."
Lily looked really unhappy. "Ah that sucks Lily," said Sirius. "Um hon you're not helping," said Kristin.
"You didn't let me finish, Kris. Lils we won't go to the ball without you! We'll stay here and keep you company. W-" Sirius said.
But Lily interrupted saying, "Oh no I want you guys to go! You gotta tell me what happens and stuff!" said Lily smiling.
"Are you sure Lils?" Kristin asked looking uncertain.
"Yeah I'm positive! I really want you guys to have a great time at your first ball together! Thanks anyway," she said smiling at them.
"Well I don't care what you say I'm staying here with you Lily Flower," James said.
"Oh no James you-" Lily said, but James interrupted. "Lily, I love you, and if you can't go to the ball with me, then I'm not going. It's that simple."
"Oh James thank you so much! That is so sweet!" Lily said, wrapping her arms around his neck and giving him a kiss.
Kristin and Sirius were both glad that James would stay with Lily to keep her company.
"Hey guys sorry to ruin the moment but um where's Remus and Audrey?" Sirius asked looking around.
The four of them looked at each other and, realizing that they must have been off somewhere together, smirked.
***Back with Remus and Audrey:
Remus was running through the castle, as fast as he could, looking for Audrey. He couldn't understand why she was upset.
All he knew was that he needed to talk to her, and he knew exactly where to find her.
He went up to the portrait of the beautiful garden and said, "Roses," which was the password.
The portrait opened up revealing a beautiful garden that only the Marauders and the Roses knew about.
Each one of them always went here to sit and think when they were upset, which is why Remus knew Audrey would be here.
When he walked in he saw her sitting on the edge of the water fountain with red swollen eyes and tears down her cheeks. Audrey looked up at him.
"Look Audrey we need to talk. I love you, more than anyone, and I know you love me. Please tell me what's wrong. Why did you run away from me?" Remus asked her.
He sat down right next to her by the fountain, taking her hand and using his other hand to lift her chin up so she was looking at him.
"It-it wasn't you, Remus! I promise, it's just w-well I, I," Audrey said as she was sobbing.
"Go on," said Remus in a soothing voice, "it's okay I'm here for you. You can tell me anything." He took his hand and wiped the tears from her eyes.
Audrey took a deep breath. "Okay," she said, "well about one or two summers ago I met this boy, and at the time I thought I had really liked him. So one day he asked me out and I said yes. We were always spending time together and I really liked him. And then, one day, one day when, when" she tried to finish but she started crying again.
Remus took her into his arms and let her sob onto his shoulder. "It's alright Audrey, it's okay I'm here," Remus said soothingly.
Audrey sat back up and wiped the tears from her eyes. "Well one day I was at the p-park and I saw him sitting on the grass with this other girl and they-they were k-kissing, so I walked over," Audrey said, looking very upset.
Remus looked sadly into her eyes as he saw them welling up with tears. He gave her another hug.
"Well, when I walked over I asked him what he was doing and he said he was sorry and that it wasn't what it looked like. But I just ignored him and I said 'forget it' and I ran away from him. He kept sending me flowers and cards and said he was truly sorry so I forgave him. Then like two weeks later I caught him again with a different girl. I said that that was it and that I wouldn't forgive him again. I threw out all the cards and everything," Audrey said, now crying again.
"Audrey I am so sorry," Remus said wiping the tears form her eyes. "I didn't mean to rush you into that again I'm really sorry."
"Oh no it's not your fault at all Remus! You didn't do anything wrong!" Audrey said, "It's just that from that day forward I promised myself I would never fall in love again. That's why with you I got scared, because I knew I was falling in love with you. I didn't want to go through the pain again."
Remus looked into her eyes passionately. "Audrey, I would never, ever do anything like that. I would never hurt you the way he did. I love you Audrey! You've got to starting falling in love again sometime! I promise, I would never do anything like that to you! You're the most important person in the world to me," Remus said sincerely.
Audrey looked into his eyes. How she loved those stormy, warm, mysterious gray eyes.
"Remus," Audrey said, "I-I love you, too. I think I'm ready for a relationship."
"Really?" Remus said happily, and then grabbing her hand, he said, "Audrey Joaquin, will you be my girl friend?"
Audrey smiled at him. "Yes! Yes I will! I love you!" she said. Remus smiled at her.
He picked her up and spun her around. "Yes! Yes!" he said happily. "Audrey Joaquin, I love you!" he said.
And then, they leaned into the kiss they had both been waiting for. The kiss that they had both emotionally needed.
"So I guess this means you'll go to the ball with me, too?" said Remus hopefully.
"Well duh!" said Audrey laughing, as they leaned in for another kiss.
Remus never felt this way about anyone before. He wasn't being cocky, but he knew there were plenty of other girls that would have loved to go out with him.
He didn't care though. He didn't care how pretty they were, or how popular they were.
The only girl he wanted to love was Audrey Joaquin, and as you can see, his dream had just come true.
***Back in the Hospital Wing
Lily was glad to see that the two final people of their close group had finally gotten together.
She was glad to see Remus and Audrey together. Lily knew that Remus deserved a girl like Audrey, and that Audrey deserved a guy like Remus. It was a match made in Heaven.
"Well I'm hungry, you guys wanna go get lunch?" Sirius asked Kristin and James.
"Sure!" they both said. "We'll be back soon Lily!" James said, giving her a kiss.
"Okay, love you!" Lily said smiling at him. "I love you, too," James said before he left the wing.
Lily was really tired, and she started drifting off into a deep sleep since Madame Pomfrey had just given her a sleeping potion.
When she woke up she saw a very cute, sleeping James sitting in an arm chair by her bed holding her hand.
Lily laughed. James was just too adorable when he was sleeping, not that he wasn't adorable when he wasn't sleeping.
"James, James wake up," Lily said, but James wouldn't wake up. Then she laughed as she thought of a good way to wake him up.
"Oh Snape you're so sexy!" Lily said, and James immediately jumped up. "Wha? Lily?" James said, and Lily started giggling.
"Was it my imagination or did I just hear you say Snape was sexy?" James asked looking a little worried.
"Oh crap did he give you a love potion Lily?" James shouted immediately jumping up.
Lily giggled again. "Calm down James it was just a joke. You wouldn't wake up so I figured if I said that I might have been able to get you up. I guess it worked," she said smiling.
"Haha very funny," James said, "well don't ever do that again! You scared me half to death!" he said.
Lily laughed. "Well if someone thinks Snape is sexy.ugh that just grosses me out," said James.
"Haha," Lily said, "I gotta agree with you on that one. So where is everybody? How long have I been sleeping?" Lily asked James.
"Oh Lils dinner's already over. You slept like six hours," said James laughing.
"Oh Kristin went to go look for Remus and Audrey who still aren't back," said James winking at Lily and smirking, "and Sirius is-"
"Right here!" said Sirius as he entered the hospital wing. "Hey Padfoot," James said to him.
"Yo Prongs, hey Liladahling," Sirius said. "Hey Sirius," Lily said smiling at him, "what's that you've got?" she asked looking at a bag he had that was stuffed with something.
"Oh I figured you might be hungry so I snuck us all some snacks from the kitchens," Sirius said looking mischievous.
"Oh thank you so much!" said Lily reaching for some crackers. "I am so hungry."
"Here lemme get that for you Lily Flower," said James, as he saw Lily struggling as she was trying to get the food since she was still weak.
"Thanks James," Lily said smiling at him. Just then the doors flew open again, and in walked Krisin, Remus, and Audrey.
"Goooood evening guys," said Kristin, "look who I found in the Garden," she said pointing at Remus and Audrey who were both looking happy.
"Where were you guys all day?" James asked curiously. Kristin smiled.
"Well," said Remus looking as if he was reluctant to tell them, "we were first out by the lake, and then we were out in the Garden. We're together now," he said smiling, and then took Audrey's hand.
She too was smiling. "Oooohhh yay!" said Lily excitedly. "I've been waiting forever for you two to pair up!" she said.
"Congrants Moony," said Sirius and James.
The next days flew by, and Lily wasn't as bored in the hospital wing since she now had homework to do.
Before she knew it, it was Friday, and all she heard from people outside was talk about the ball.
The girls were all giggling and talking excitedly about what they were going to wear, and the guys were all talking about who they were going with or wanted to go with.
She was flattered as she heard her name a couple times in the guys' conversations but decided not to tell James about it.
James entered the hospital wing as soon as classes ended. *he's so sweet and thoughtful* Lily was thinking to herself.
"Hey Lils," he said happily, walking up to Lily and giving her a kiss. "Hey James," Lily said beaming at him. She was so lucky to have him as a boyfriend.
"Well I gotta help decorate the Great Hall for the ball since I'm a prefect but I'll be back around sevenish okay? I promise," he said sincerely.
"James, I wanna tell you something before you leave," Lily said seriously to him.
James looked up at her curiously. "I just want to say thanks for always being there for me, and staying with me tonight. I love you so much," Lily said whispering in his ear.
James smiled at her. "Lily, I love you so much, and I would much rather be with you than anyone else in the world," he said sincerely, and a tear almost fell from Lily's eyes.
James was just so sweet. "Alright see you around seven, I love you!" James said leaving the wing.
"Love you, too!" Lily shouted before he left so that he could hear her. He gave her one last grin before he left.
Around 6:30, Kristin, Audrey, Sirius, and Remus came to the wing to visit her.
"Hey guys," Lily said, happy to see them. She saw that Sirius and Remus looked really handsome and that Kristin and Audrey both looked nice too.
Audrey had on a light purple gown and Kristin had on a baby blue one. They both had done their hair and make up nicely. They hadn't put too much on.
Lily told Sirius and Remus they looked really cute in their tuxes, causing them both to grin.
"Aw Lily don't hire their self esteem any more," said Kristin laughing. "Yeah don't, we don't want their heads getting to inflated do we?" said Audrey grinning.
"Well we better go you guys. Lily, we'll see soon!" Remus said, and then the two couples left.
About 20 minutes later James re-entered the hospital wing. "Hey Lily!" he said, "how's it going?" he asked her.
"Okay, I guess. I just really wanted to go to the ball tonight," she said, looking really upset.
"We don't need the ball," said James grinning at her. "James what do you mean?" Lily asked him looking puzzled.
He waved his wand and a stereo appeared on the table, and it started playing a romantic slow song. Then he dimmed the lights.
He said a spell, and decorations appeared everywhere. Then James said another spell, causing some of the furniture to clear out of the way to make room for a dance floor.
"Oh my gosh! James this is beautiful!" Lily said smiling up at him. Then James looked down at Lily with his beautiful blue eyes and said "May I have this dance?"
"Yes, I would love to!" said Lily enthusiastically. So James picked Lily up in his arms, took her off the bed, and led her over to the dance floor.
He put her down, and they started to dance. Lily put her arms around his neck, resting her head on his shoulders, and he put his hands around her waste.
James had already talked about this with Madame Pomfrey so she knew he was going to do this. She stayed in her office to give them some private time.
"James this is the sweetest thing you have ever done," Lily said quietly, smiling at him.
"It means so much to me, thank you so much!" Lily said to him. "Anything for you, love," James replied.
They danced for about another hour, but Lily started to feel tired. So James romantically picked her up, princess style, and carried her over to the bed, causing her to giggle.
"Here you are, princess," James said to Lily. "Why thank you my prince," she said.
James wrapped the curtains around her bed, so that they would have total privacy, and then hoped into bed with her. They started kissing passionately.
Lily decided that this was 10 times better than the ball. She was having such a great time with James, and he was making it really special to her.
After a while they both lay sideways, James wrapped his arms around Lily's stomach, and they just talked.
"James thank you so much for doing this for me," Lily said, "it really means a lot to me!"
"Welcome," said James, "I love you so much Lily Evans," he said passionately, giving her a kiss.
"I love you too, James Potter," Lily replied returning the kiss. They laid like that for the rest of the time, and just talked.
James and Lily were both very happy where they were. James was happy with Lily Evans in his arms, and Lily was happy in the arms of James Potter.
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NOW TO THE STORY.
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Chapter 11
A Ball of Their Own***
Previously: "It is time for you to go now," the figure said, and pointed it's wand at James, who had already hit the figure with spells.
"Noooo!" Lily screamed, but the nightmare ended, and she opened her eyes. She was in her bed in the hospital wing, still screaming. ~*~*
"Lily! Lily! Lily wake up!" she heard someone saying to her. "NO! Get away from me!" she said. "Don't kill him please!"
But then Lily opened her eyes, and looked into the lovely blue eyes of James Potter. She was so relieved, it was only a nightmare. But why did it seem so real?
"Lily are you alright love?" James asked her, looking terribly worried.
"Oh James," Lily said, as she started sobbing, "I had the worst nightmare ever. It was horrible!" she said, crying.
James wrapped her in a hug. "It's okay Lily, it was just a nightmare. It wasn't real," he said trying to comfort her.
Lily pulled out of the hug. She needed James to understand. She had to tell him about the dream.
"No but James it was so REAL! It had you and me in it, and we were pretty young, and I was holding a baby, named Harry," Lily said smiling at the thought of the baby.
"Wow," James said, "Harry. What a cool name!" Lily laughed but frowned when she remembered the rest of the dream.
"Oh but James there was more, and it was much worse. You see, this really scary figure attacked our house, and you told me to take the baby and run upstairs, so I did, and then he t-tried to kill you, but t-then it ended and I w-woke up screaming," Lily said sobbing again.
"Woah," said James, who was rather startled, "what do you think it means Lils?" he asked her.
"I'm not sure," she said. "I guess we should ask Dumbledore. Hey! Speaking of Dumbledore, what happened last night after I went to sleep?" Lily asked James.
Then James got a big grin on his face. Lily didn't know why, but she realized why when he said:
"Oh well, Dumbledore came in, and he gave Malfoy detention for 3 months every day and he's not allowed to go on anymore Hogsmede trips! Oh yeah! He deducted 100 points from Slytherin too!" James said laughing.
Lily laughed with him. "That's great!" she said excitedly, "he definitely deserved that! I'll probably be in here another week because of the stupid git."
James looked sadly at her. Don't worry Lils," he said comfortingly, "you'll be out of here soon, I know it." James gave Lily a reassuring grin which she returned.
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Out on the grounds with Remus and Audrey: Remus and Audrey were having a great time walking together. Remus felt as though he could tell Audrey his deepest and darkest secrets.
He could trust her, and tell her anything. What really touched Remus was how Audrey didn't even care that he was a werewolf.
What Remus didn't know was that Audrey felt the same exact way about him.
They were both sitting by the lake, with their feet in the water; they had been talking forever, about school, life, friends, and love.
Remus, you got to tell her you love her man, you know you do. Just tell her. If she isn't okay with that, then you just weren't meant to be.
Remus had been arguing this back in forth in his head the whole time. Finally, he decided he was going to do it. He was going to tell Audrey that he was in love with her.
"Audrey," he said, and she looked up at him with angelic eyes. "Yeah Remus?" she said smiling at him.
"Well," he said, "I feel like I can tell you anything. But there's one thing that I've wanted to tell you for a long time, but I just didn't have the courage to tell you."
Audrey was confused. What was it that he wanted to tell her? "What is it Remus?" she asked him.
"Well you see, uh, I'm not worried about how I'm a werewolf when I'm with you, because, I, I know that it doesn't matter to you. You are so beautiful, and you're a wonderful person. It's like every time you smile at me I get butterflies. You're the reason that I get out of bed every single day. Audrey, I-I love you," he finished, and Audrey was about to cry.
No one had ever said something like that to her before. Remus was so sweet. A small tear fell from her eye.
"Remus, I-I can't believe this. That's, that's how I feel about you. I feel like I can talk to you about ANYTHING, and you're the most wonderful person I know. I love you Remus," she said, and Remus felt as though he was flying.
He held her chin in his hand, and brought her closer to him. Then, they moved in for a kiss. But suddenly, Audrey snapped out of it.
Audrey Joaquin what do you think you are doing? Her mind screamed at her. You can't fall in love again! You promised you wouldn't let yourself go through that again!
"Remus I'm sorry, I, I can't do this! I promised myself I wouldn't let this happen again! NO, no I can't I can't! I'm sorry Remus I've got to go," Audrey cried, as she ran back to the castle with tears openly flowing from her eyes.
"Audrey wait! Please don't go!" Remus screamed, but it was no good. Audrey was gone, and he no longer felt as though he was flying. It was as though someone pulled him down from the clouds.
What did she mean 'not again'? Remus was thinking to himself. He had to find Audrey. He really wanted to talk to her. Luckily, Remus knew exactly where she would be.
***Back with James and Lily:
James and Lily were having a great time visiting with each other. They had missed each other so much over the days when Lily was sick.
"Hey, where's Sirius and Kristin?" Lily asked, but her question was answered when the hospital wing doors slammed open and in they walked.
"Yo yo Jameson and Lovely Lily," Sirius said to them. Lily always got a kick out of the different nicknames Sirius always had for people.
"Hey Sirius," they both said to him. "Hey guys how ya been?" Kristin asked.
"Well we've had fun spending time together," said James, smiling at Lily, who gave him a quick kiss.
"Oh my gosh guess what?" Kristin said, sounding really excited. "What?" Lily and James both asked curiously.
"We're having that Thanksgiving ball this Friday!" Kristin said enthusiastically.
"Yeah me and Kristin are going together," Sirius said happily. "Well duh you are," said James laughing at Sirius.
"Ah shut up Prongs," said Sirius laughing too and throwing a pillow at James.
"Well I thought it was romantic that Sirius asked me to go to the ball with him," said Kristin smiling at Sirius.
Sirius smirked. "I didn't want anyone else to ask you first" he said grinning at her.
"What you think I was going to say yes to them or something?" Kristin asked Sirius laughing.
"Well you never know when you're gonna get sick of me," Sirius responded winking at Kristin, who laughed.
But her smile turned into a frown when Kristin saw Lily's disappointed face.
"What's wrong Lily?" she asked, puzzled. Lily looked sadly at her.
Then Lily said, "Well Madame Pomfrey came in here early this morning and told me I probably wouldn't be able to leave here for another week and a half, which means I'll miss the ball."
Lily looked really unhappy. "Ah that sucks Lily," said Sirius. "Um hon you're not helping," said Kristin.
"You didn't let me finish, Kris. Lils we won't go to the ball without you! We'll stay here and keep you company. W-" Sirius said.
But Lily interrupted saying, "Oh no I want you guys to go! You gotta tell me what happens and stuff!" said Lily smiling.
"Are you sure Lils?" Kristin asked looking uncertain.
"Yeah I'm positive! I really want you guys to have a great time at your first ball together! Thanks anyway," she said smiling at them.
"Well I don't care what you say I'm staying here with you Lily Flower," James said.
"Oh no James you-" Lily said, but James interrupted. "Lily, I love you, and if you can't go to the ball with me, then I'm not going. It's that simple."
"Oh James thank you so much! That is so sweet!" Lily said, wrapping her arms around his neck and giving him a kiss.
Kristin and Sirius were both glad that James would stay with Lily to keep her company.
"Hey guys sorry to ruin the moment but um where's Remus and Audrey?" Sirius asked looking around.
The four of them looked at each other and, realizing that they must have been off somewhere together, smirked.
***Back with Remus and Audrey:
Remus was running through the castle, as fast as he could, looking for Audrey. He couldn't understand why she was upset.
All he knew was that he needed to talk to her, and he knew exactly where to find her.
He went up to the portrait of the beautiful garden and said, "Roses," which was the password.
The portrait opened up revealing a beautiful garden that only the Marauders and the Roses knew about.
Each one of them always went here to sit and think when they were upset, which is why Remus knew Audrey would be here.
When he walked in he saw her sitting on the edge of the water fountain with red swollen eyes and tears down her cheeks. Audrey looked up at him.
"Look Audrey we need to talk. I love you, more than anyone, and I know you love me. Please tell me what's wrong. Why did you run away from me?" Remus asked her.
He sat down right next to her by the fountain, taking her hand and using his other hand to lift her chin up so she was looking at him.
"It-it wasn't you, Remus! I promise, it's just w-well I, I," Audrey said as she was sobbing.
"Go on," said Remus in a soothing voice, "it's okay I'm here for you. You can tell me anything." He took his hand and wiped the tears from her eyes.
Audrey took a deep breath. "Okay," she said, "well about one or two summers ago I met this boy, and at the time I thought I had really liked him. So one day he asked me out and I said yes. We were always spending time together and I really liked him. And then, one day, one day when, when" she tried to finish but she started crying again.
Remus took her into his arms and let her sob onto his shoulder. "It's alright Audrey, it's okay I'm here," Remus said soothingly.
Audrey sat back up and wiped the tears from her eyes. "Well one day I was at the p-park and I saw him sitting on the grass with this other girl and they-they were k-kissing, so I walked over," Audrey said, looking very upset.
Remus looked sadly into her eyes as he saw them welling up with tears. He gave her another hug.
"Well, when I walked over I asked him what he was doing and he said he was sorry and that it wasn't what it looked like. But I just ignored him and I said 'forget it' and I ran away from him. He kept sending me flowers and cards and said he was truly sorry so I forgave him. Then like two weeks later I caught him again with a different girl. I said that that was it and that I wouldn't forgive him again. I threw out all the cards and everything," Audrey said, now crying again.
"Audrey I am so sorry," Remus said wiping the tears form her eyes. "I didn't mean to rush you into that again I'm really sorry."
"Oh no it's not your fault at all Remus! You didn't do anything wrong!" Audrey said, "It's just that from that day forward I promised myself I would never fall in love again. That's why with you I got scared, because I knew I was falling in love with you. I didn't want to go through the pain again."
Remus looked into her eyes passionately. "Audrey, I would never, ever do anything like that. I would never hurt you the way he did. I love you Audrey! You've got to starting falling in love again sometime! I promise, I would never do anything like that to you! You're the most important person in the world to me," Remus said sincerely.
Audrey looked into his eyes. How she loved those stormy, warm, mysterious gray eyes.
"Remus," Audrey said, "I-I love you, too. I think I'm ready for a relationship."
"Really?" Remus said happily, and then grabbing her hand, he said, "Audrey Joaquin, will you be my girl friend?"
Audrey smiled at him. "Yes! Yes I will! I love you!" she said. Remus smiled at her.
He picked her up and spun her around. "Yes! Yes!" he said happily. "Audrey Joaquin, I love you!" he said.
And then, they leaned into the kiss they had both been waiting for. The kiss that they had both emotionally needed.
"So I guess this means you'll go to the ball with me, too?" said Remus hopefully.
"Well duh!" said Audrey laughing, as they leaned in for another kiss.
Remus never felt this way about anyone before. He wasn't being cocky, but he knew there were plenty of other girls that would have loved to go out with him.
He didn't care though. He didn't care how pretty they were, or how popular they were.
The only girl he wanted to love was Audrey Joaquin, and as you can see, his dream had just come true.
***Back in the Hospital Wing
Lily was glad to see that the two final people of their close group had finally gotten together.
She was glad to see Remus and Audrey together. Lily knew that Remus deserved a girl like Audrey, and that Audrey deserved a guy like Remus. It was a match made in Heaven.
"Well I'm hungry, you guys wanna go get lunch?" Sirius asked Kristin and James.
"Sure!" they both said. "We'll be back soon Lily!" James said, giving her a kiss.
"Okay, love you!" Lily said smiling at him. "I love you, too," James said before he left the wing.
Lily was really tired, and she started drifting off into a deep sleep since Madame Pomfrey had just given her a sleeping potion.
When she woke up she saw a very cute, sleeping James sitting in an arm chair by her bed holding her hand.
Lily laughed. James was just too adorable when he was sleeping, not that he wasn't adorable when he wasn't sleeping.
"James, James wake up," Lily said, but James wouldn't wake up. Then she laughed as she thought of a good way to wake him up.
"Oh Snape you're so sexy!" Lily said, and James immediately jumped up. "Wha? Lily?" James said, and Lily started giggling.
"Was it my imagination or did I just hear you say Snape was sexy?" James asked looking a little worried.
"Oh crap did he give you a love potion Lily?" James shouted immediately jumping up.
Lily giggled again. "Calm down James it was just a joke. You wouldn't wake up so I figured if I said that I might have been able to get you up. I guess it worked," she said smiling.
"Haha very funny," James said, "well don't ever do that again! You scared me half to death!" he said.
Lily laughed. "Well if someone thinks Snape is sexy.ugh that just grosses me out," said James.
"Haha," Lily said, "I gotta agree with you on that one. So where is everybody? How long have I been sleeping?" Lily asked James.
"Oh Lils dinner's already over. You slept like six hours," said James laughing.
"Oh Kristin went to go look for Remus and Audrey who still aren't back," said James winking at Lily and smirking, "and Sirius is-"
"Right here!" said Sirius as he entered the hospital wing. "Hey Padfoot," James said to him.
"Yo Prongs, hey Liladahling," Sirius said. "Hey Sirius," Lily said smiling at him, "what's that you've got?" she asked looking at a bag he had that was stuffed with something.
"Oh I figured you might be hungry so I snuck us all some snacks from the kitchens," Sirius said looking mischievous.
"Oh thank you so much!" said Lily reaching for some crackers. "I am so hungry."
"Here lemme get that for you Lily Flower," said James, as he saw Lily struggling as she was trying to get the food since she was still weak.
"Thanks James," Lily said smiling at him. Just then the doors flew open again, and in walked Krisin, Remus, and Audrey.
"Goooood evening guys," said Kristin, "look who I found in the Garden," she said pointing at Remus and Audrey who were both looking happy.
"Where were you guys all day?" James asked curiously. Kristin smiled.
"Well," said Remus looking as if he was reluctant to tell them, "we were first out by the lake, and then we were out in the Garden. We're together now," he said smiling, and then took Audrey's hand.
She too was smiling. "Oooohhh yay!" said Lily excitedly. "I've been waiting forever for you two to pair up!" she said.
"Congrants Moony," said Sirius and James.
The next days flew by, and Lily wasn't as bored in the hospital wing since she now had homework to do.
Before she knew it, it was Friday, and all she heard from people outside was talk about the ball.
The girls were all giggling and talking excitedly about what they were going to wear, and the guys were all talking about who they were going with or wanted to go with.
She was flattered as she heard her name a couple times in the guys' conversations but decided not to tell James about it.
James entered the hospital wing as soon as classes ended. *he's so sweet and thoughtful* Lily was thinking to herself.
"Hey Lils," he said happily, walking up to Lily and giving her a kiss. "Hey James," Lily said beaming at him. She was so lucky to have him as a boyfriend.
"Well I gotta help decorate the Great Hall for the ball since I'm a prefect but I'll be back around sevenish okay? I promise," he said sincerely.
"James, I wanna tell you something before you leave," Lily said seriously to him.
James looked up at her curiously. "I just want to say thanks for always being there for me, and staying with me tonight. I love you so much," Lily said whispering in his ear.
James smiled at her. "Lily, I love you so much, and I would much rather be with you than anyone else in the world," he said sincerely, and a tear almost fell from Lily's eyes.
James was just so sweet. "Alright see you around seven, I love you!" James said leaving the wing.
"Love you, too!" Lily shouted before he left so that he could hear her. He gave her one last grin before he left.
Around 6:30, Kristin, Audrey, Sirius, and Remus came to the wing to visit her.
"Hey guys," Lily said, happy to see them. She saw that Sirius and Remus looked really handsome and that Kristin and Audrey both looked nice too.
Audrey had on a light purple gown and Kristin had on a baby blue one. They both had done their hair and make up nicely. They hadn't put too much on.
Lily told Sirius and Remus they looked really cute in their tuxes, causing them both to grin.
"Aw Lily don't hire their self esteem any more," said Kristin laughing. "Yeah don't, we don't want their heads getting to inflated do we?" said Audrey grinning.
"Well we better go you guys. Lily, we'll see soon!" Remus said, and then the two couples left.
About 20 minutes later James re-entered the hospital wing. "Hey Lily!" he said, "how's it going?" he asked her.
"Okay, I guess. I just really wanted to go to the ball tonight," she said, looking really upset.
"We don't need the ball," said James grinning at her. "James what do you mean?" Lily asked him looking puzzled.
He waved his wand and a stereo appeared on the table, and it started playing a romantic slow song. Then he dimmed the lights.
He said a spell, and decorations appeared everywhere. Then James said another spell, causing some of the furniture to clear out of the way to make room for a dance floor.
"Oh my gosh! James this is beautiful!" Lily said smiling up at him. Then James looked down at Lily with his beautiful blue eyes and said "May I have this dance?"
"Yes, I would love to!" said Lily enthusiastically. So James picked Lily up in his arms, took her off the bed, and led her over to the dance floor.
He put her down, and they started to dance. Lily put her arms around his neck, resting her head on his shoulders, and he put his hands around her waste.
James had already talked about this with Madame Pomfrey so she knew he was going to do this. She stayed in her office to give them some private time.
"James this is the sweetest thing you have ever done," Lily said quietly, smiling at him.
"It means so much to me, thank you so much!" Lily said to him. "Anything for you, love," James replied.
They danced for about another hour, but Lily started to feel tired. So James romantically picked her up, princess style, and carried her over to the bed, causing her to giggle.
"Here you are, princess," James said to Lily. "Why thank you my prince," she said.
James wrapped the curtains around her bed, so that they would have total privacy, and then hoped into bed with her. They started kissing passionately.
Lily decided that this was 10 times better than the ball. She was having such a great time with James, and he was making it really special to her.
After a while they both lay sideways, James wrapped his arms around Lily's stomach, and they just talked.
"James thank you so much for doing this for me," Lily said, "it really means a lot to me!"
"Welcome," said James, "I love you so much Lily Evans," he said passionately, giving her a kiss.
"I love you too, James Potter," Lily replied returning the kiss. They laid like that for the rest of the time, and just talked.
James and Lily were both very happy where they were. James was happy with Lily Evans in his arms, and Lily was happy in the arms of James Potter.
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