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Chapter Five: Halloween Ball.
A couple of weeks had passed since that day in the library. James had, honestly and truthfully, began to like Lily. As a friend though, nothing more. Sirius and Remus started to tease him because James was head boy. "You know, Prongs," said Remus, at lunch, in the first week of October, "That Head boy and Head Girl fall for each other, one day."
"Sure, whatever, and I bet that Snape is gonna come up to me right now and said, 'I love you!'"
"That can be arranged," said Sirius, with a mouth full of pasta.
Alexis and Krista, Remus's and Sirius's girlfriends, walked up t them and said, "Hey, James, you know you're head boy and everything."
"What do you want?" He knew they wanted so0mething because they always wanted something.
"Well, everyone is always wanting a ball, well, I though we could have a Halloween one!" they shrieked.
"That ain't a half bad idea, said James, rubbing his chin. "But I'll have to ask Lily first-"
"Here we go again!" cried Remus, "Well, you just please ask out the girl!"
"He can't, she's his bet-"
"Shh!"
"What?"
"Hello? I don't want her to find out!" James said.
"She's not here! It's OK, anyways, she's don't have any friends to tell her."
"Whatever. I'm gonna go and find Lily about the Ball." And he left them, all of them laughing. For the first time, and not the last, he felt a prick of guilty in his heart and thought, Maybe this isn't a good idea after all.
~*~*~*~*
James went to the Library first. It got it right. Lily, on the table nearest to the window, was buried in a mountain of books. James walked up to her, nervously. "Err. Hi Lils."
Lily looked up and beamed when she saw James. She blushed and said, "Hi James. How are you?"
"I'm cool, listen, there's something I want to talk to you about." He sat down in the chair next to her. "My mates and I were thinking that was should have a ball for Halloween, and I could do it without you so-"
"A Halloween ball? That's a great idea." She was telling the truth.
"Excellent. I hope you'd like it."
And they chatted again. In the end, they had decided to have a topic: Famous couples, in both wizarding and muggle worlds, that it should be for all years, to be fair and that there will be a prize for the best couple.
"Great, well, who gonna ask Dumbledore?" James asked.
"I will," they said at the same time. "Both us do it." They said again.
"That's freaky, it's like we can read each other's minds."
"Yeah," said James.
An awkward silence. The bell went.
"I'll see ya around," said James, waving good-bye to her.
"Yeah, ditto," replied Lily, waving back. James walked to the Care of magical creatures and Lily stayed were she was.
Who am I gonna ask? She thought before opening a book about Dragons...
~*~*~*~* That Evening
"Hey, Lils," shouted Alexis, "Come here!" Lily, not even knowing the girl, walked nervously to her and her friend. She sat down and was about to say, 'Hi, how are you?' instead she said, "Who are you?"
"Ohmigod!" said the other girl. "Sorry, I'm Krista, and this is Alexis. We're friends of The Marauders."
"Marauders?" Lily asked, confused, sipping her pumpkin juice.
"You know," Alexis said, rolling her eyes. "James, Sirius, Remus and Peter."
"Oh right. I didn't know that." Lily felt really foolish.
"Anyway," Krista said, "Did James talk to you about the ball?"
"Oh, that was your idea? Yeah, we did, and we've agreed to it."
"Great!" Krista and Alexis said together.
"So, who are you gonna ask?" Krista asked, with a wicked grin.
"Me?" Alexis and Krista nodded their heads at the same time. Freaky! Lily thought before saying, "Well, I might ask." She trailed off. She wasn't about to confess her deepest, darkest secret! "I dunno." she said, unconvincing.
"Ohh! C'mon, there's gotta be someone!" said, Alexis, frowning.
"No, someone what so ever," Lily replied, sounding very squeaky.
"Well, I think you should go with James," said Krista, grinning.
"James!" Lily was both taken aback and shocked at this. "Really?"
"Yeah, he talks nothing but you, girl," said Alexis, "And you'll so good together."
"You really think so?" Lily said, a delightful smile growing on her face, cheeks going quite rosy.
"Yeah, and then we three of us can go on a triple date!" shrieked Alexis.
"Triple date?" Lily was confused again.
"Yeah! I'm going with Remus, of course," said Alexis.
"And I'm going with Sirius, duy!" said Krista.
"I didn't know you guys were going out with them," replied Lily, feeling foolish again.
"Anyway, if you want, we can all have a make over before the ball," said Alexis.
"But I haven't got any special clothes or make up--" Lily started but was interrupted by Professor Dumbledore standing up and coughing loudly to get everyone's attention.
"As I am aware, everyone would like a Halloween ball. I'm just want to say that go get your partners and get your dress robes and get ready for the Ball."
A loud cheer from all five tables went on for a few minutes then died down. Dumbledore remained standing, "So as a one from, everyone from all years can have tomorrow off to go to Hogsmeade to get all their equipment." An even louder cheer, then the one before, went on went on from ten minutes, non-stop.
"I didn't know you two had asked Dumbledore already," said, Alexis, after the cheer.
"I didn't," replied Lily, "James must have done." Even though we agreed to do it together, she thought, remember to thank him..
Chapter Five: Halloween Ball.
A couple of weeks had passed since that day in the library. James had, honestly and truthfully, began to like Lily. As a friend though, nothing more. Sirius and Remus started to tease him because James was head boy. "You know, Prongs," said Remus, at lunch, in the first week of October, "That Head boy and Head Girl fall for each other, one day."
"Sure, whatever, and I bet that Snape is gonna come up to me right now and said, 'I love you!'"
"That can be arranged," said Sirius, with a mouth full of pasta.
Alexis and Krista, Remus's and Sirius's girlfriends, walked up t them and said, "Hey, James, you know you're head boy and everything."
"What do you want?" He knew they wanted so0mething because they always wanted something.
"Well, everyone is always wanting a ball, well, I though we could have a Halloween one!" they shrieked.
"That ain't a half bad idea, said James, rubbing his chin. "But I'll have to ask Lily first-"
"Here we go again!" cried Remus, "Well, you just please ask out the girl!"
"He can't, she's his bet-"
"Shh!"
"What?"
"Hello? I don't want her to find out!" James said.
"She's not here! It's OK, anyways, she's don't have any friends to tell her."
"Whatever. I'm gonna go and find Lily about the Ball." And he left them, all of them laughing. For the first time, and not the last, he felt a prick of guilty in his heart and thought, Maybe this isn't a good idea after all.
~*~*~*~*
James went to the Library first. It got it right. Lily, on the table nearest to the window, was buried in a mountain of books. James walked up to her, nervously. "Err. Hi Lils."
Lily looked up and beamed when she saw James. She blushed and said, "Hi James. How are you?"
"I'm cool, listen, there's something I want to talk to you about." He sat down in the chair next to her. "My mates and I were thinking that was should have a ball for Halloween, and I could do it without you so-"
"A Halloween ball? That's a great idea." She was telling the truth.
"Excellent. I hope you'd like it."
And they chatted again. In the end, they had decided to have a topic: Famous couples, in both wizarding and muggle worlds, that it should be for all years, to be fair and that there will be a prize for the best couple.
"Great, well, who gonna ask Dumbledore?" James asked.
"I will," they said at the same time. "Both us do it." They said again.
"That's freaky, it's like we can read each other's minds."
"Yeah," said James.
An awkward silence. The bell went.
"I'll see ya around," said James, waving good-bye to her.
"Yeah, ditto," replied Lily, waving back. James walked to the Care of magical creatures and Lily stayed were she was.
Who am I gonna ask? She thought before opening a book about Dragons...
~*~*~*~* That Evening
"Hey, Lils," shouted Alexis, "Come here!" Lily, not even knowing the girl, walked nervously to her and her friend. She sat down and was about to say, 'Hi, how are you?' instead she said, "Who are you?"
"Ohmigod!" said the other girl. "Sorry, I'm Krista, and this is Alexis. We're friends of The Marauders."
"Marauders?" Lily asked, confused, sipping her pumpkin juice.
"You know," Alexis said, rolling her eyes. "James, Sirius, Remus and Peter."
"Oh right. I didn't know that." Lily felt really foolish.
"Anyway," Krista said, "Did James talk to you about the ball?"
"Oh, that was your idea? Yeah, we did, and we've agreed to it."
"Great!" Krista and Alexis said together.
"So, who are you gonna ask?" Krista asked, with a wicked grin.
"Me?" Alexis and Krista nodded their heads at the same time. Freaky! Lily thought before saying, "Well, I might ask." She trailed off. She wasn't about to confess her deepest, darkest secret! "I dunno." she said, unconvincing.
"Ohh! C'mon, there's gotta be someone!" said, Alexis, frowning.
"No, someone what so ever," Lily replied, sounding very squeaky.
"Well, I think you should go with James," said Krista, grinning.
"James!" Lily was both taken aback and shocked at this. "Really?"
"Yeah, he talks nothing but you, girl," said Alexis, "And you'll so good together."
"You really think so?" Lily said, a delightful smile growing on her face, cheeks going quite rosy.
"Yeah, and then we three of us can go on a triple date!" shrieked Alexis.
"Triple date?" Lily was confused again.
"Yeah! I'm going with Remus, of course," said Alexis.
"And I'm going with Sirius, duy!" said Krista.
"I didn't know you guys were going out with them," replied Lily, feeling foolish again.
"Anyway, if you want, we can all have a make over before the ball," said Alexis.
"But I haven't got any special clothes or make up--" Lily started but was interrupted by Professor Dumbledore standing up and coughing loudly to get everyone's attention.
"As I am aware, everyone would like a Halloween ball. I'm just want to say that go get your partners and get your dress robes and get ready for the Ball."
A loud cheer from all five tables went on for a few minutes then died down. Dumbledore remained standing, "So as a one from, everyone from all years can have tomorrow off to go to Hogsmeade to get all their equipment." An even louder cheer, then the one before, went on went on from ten minutes, non-stop.
"I didn't know you two had asked Dumbledore already," said, Alexis, after the cheer.
"I didn't," replied Lily, "James must have done." Even though we agreed to do it together, she thought, remember to thank him..
