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Chapter Six: The Midnight Dress.
Lily woke up the next day, just to find Krista and Alexis leaning over her.
"AHHHHHHH!!!!!!" She screamed, "Don't --- You --- Ever --- Scared me --- like that!" She gasped.
"Sorry! Sorry!" Alexis said, "C'mon sleepy-head, we've meeting the boy's in a hour."
"I'm coming with you?" Lily asked, sitting up.
"Yeah, you're one of our friend now."
"Oh." Friends? She never had friends. "Let me get dress then."
They watched Lily choosing what to wear. She only had smart shirts and long straight skirts, nothing really special. Alexis looked at Krista, who nodded and they walked to Lily. "Hey, do you wanna borrow something of mine?"
"Err." Lily thought there was nothing wrong with the stuff she usually wore but life isn't a life without taking dares, right? "OK, then."
"Lemme have a look." They walked around her a couple of times and said, "I know! Girl, you will look fab, once we're through with you. Now do u had contract lens?"
~*~*~* In the Gryffindor Common room fifty minutes later..
James was sitting down, in front of the fireplace, with Sirius and Remus. They were talking about The Halloween ball.
"I can't believe," James was saying, "Lily asked without me."
"Well, you can tell her today," said Sirius, "Whilst I'm asking Krista to go the Ball with me."
"And me asking Alexis to go with me," Remus said, "Well, speak of the Devils."
Alexis and Krista walked down the stairs and they said to the Marauders, "May we have you're attention, please," They all go up and stood about two metres away from the stairs, "May we introduced you to, the new but not improved, Lily Evans!"
They waited for a few minutes. Nothing. No sight of Lily. Krista coughed and said, "Lily Ann Evans, get up butt down here," Lily, then, walked down the stairs and saw the look on James Potter's face....
~*~*~*~*
Holy Mother of Merlin! James thought, mouth open as wide as it could go.
Lily Evans looked Okish, without the glasses, hair and braces, and laugh, in James's opinion, and he was proving wrong. She could look beautiful. Her hair had no more split-ends or frizzy hair and was layered around her face. Her slim body was curvy and it really showed. She was wearing a light pink vest top, a pair of tight jeans, which were flared and a demin jacket, as it was in October, remember. She was wearing some lip-gloss, which plumped up her lips, and some clear mascara to make her eyes lashes longer. No glasses or braces in the sight. Krista knew a spell that could make your brace invisible and Lily had contract lens.
"Err.." Lily said, her right hand on her left elbow. "We should get going."
"Yes," gulped James, still staring at Lily.
~*~*~*~* In Hogsmeade.
They had just walking in Hogsmeade. Alexis and Remus were ahead; Krista and Sirius were in the middle and, walking behind, Lily and James.
"So, said Lily. "Who are you taking for the Ball?" "I dunno yet," James replied. He was looking at her. God, she's beautiful. What a minute! Did I say beautiful? No, I didn't. But he knew he was lying. "Errmm. Who are you taking?"
"I dunno, too," She said, then saw a clothes shop and saw the most lovely dress she had ever saw. It was midnight blue, fish tail and had beads at the bottom, forming a pattern on the ream. She stopped in mid-track and ran up the window. "Wow," she said, "Alexis! Krista! Look at this dress!"
The two other girls walked over and saw the dress too. "Lily, that would look beautiful on you. C'mon," and all of three of them walking in the shop, linking arms.
"Excuse me," Lily asked the woman at the desk, "You know that blue dress in the window, may I try it on?"
"Sure, my dress," She went in the back door and came back with a copy of the dress. "There you go, miss. Changing rooms are right round here." and she pointed to the left side of the shops.
"Thank you miss," Lily said, entering a cubicle, "Guys, can you wait for me?"
"Sure," Alexis and Krista said, "I wonder where the boys are?"
*~*~*~*~*~* In the Three Broomsticks.
"I'm gonna go and look for the girl," said James, "I'm getting worried about them."
"Or are you just getting worried about Lily?" said Remus, smirked.
"OK, I'll tell you one more time, I do not like Lily in that way!"
"Sure, you don't!" said Remus, rolling his eyes.
"Prongs, I saw the way you looked at her, when she came down the stairs," Sirius said. "Just admit."
"You're so wrong, Padfoot. She just took me by surprised. I have nothing to admit." James stood up, "I'm going, you guys coming?"
"Yeah," They all got up and walked out, bumping into a few people on their way.
They looked in every shop. Honeydukes, Zonko's, the post office, even the Shrieking Shack but no sigh of Lily, Krista and Alexis. There was one shop left and it was a Dress shop.
They walked in and heard a lot of giggling. They walked to there, and found themselves in a changing room. Lily was wearing a blue dress, Alexis was wearing an emerald dress and Krista was wearing a blood red dress. All the boys could do gaped.
"What?" The girls said at once. "Do you like them?"
"I love it," said Sirius to Krista, getting up to her and kissing her.
"You look gorgeous," said Remus to Alexis, hugging her tightly.
"You look.wonderful," said James to Lily, who blushed crimson and looked at her feet.
"Lily, we're gonna go and buy these now. OK?" Alexis said.
"OK," Lily sighed. The four walked off, leaving James and herself only.
They were in silence for a minutes and said stammered, "Aren't you gonna buy that, too?"
"Can't," Lily sighed, looking really upset. "Don't have enough money for it."
"Oh, right. Well, you better get dress into our clothes."
"Yeah," Lily said, turning to the cubicle but then looked at James and asked, "Can I meet you tonight, in the Gryffindor common room? I need to ask you something."
"Err... OK." replied James. Lily smiled warmly and went into the common room. OK, thought Lily, I'll tell the others that step one is done.
Chapter Six: The Midnight Dress.
Lily woke up the next day, just to find Krista and Alexis leaning over her.
"AHHHHHHH!!!!!!" She screamed, "Don't --- You --- Ever --- Scared me --- like that!" She gasped.
"Sorry! Sorry!" Alexis said, "C'mon sleepy-head, we've meeting the boy's in a hour."
"I'm coming with you?" Lily asked, sitting up.
"Yeah, you're one of our friend now."
"Oh." Friends? She never had friends. "Let me get dress then."
They watched Lily choosing what to wear. She only had smart shirts and long straight skirts, nothing really special. Alexis looked at Krista, who nodded and they walked to Lily. "Hey, do you wanna borrow something of mine?"
"Err." Lily thought there was nothing wrong with the stuff she usually wore but life isn't a life without taking dares, right? "OK, then."
"Lemme have a look." They walked around her a couple of times and said, "I know! Girl, you will look fab, once we're through with you. Now do u had contract lens?"
~*~*~* In the Gryffindor Common room fifty minutes later..
James was sitting down, in front of the fireplace, with Sirius and Remus. They were talking about The Halloween ball.
"I can't believe," James was saying, "Lily asked without me."
"Well, you can tell her today," said Sirius, "Whilst I'm asking Krista to go the Ball with me."
"And me asking Alexis to go with me," Remus said, "Well, speak of the Devils."
Alexis and Krista walked down the stairs and they said to the Marauders, "May we have you're attention, please," They all go up and stood about two metres away from the stairs, "May we introduced you to, the new but not improved, Lily Evans!"
They waited for a few minutes. Nothing. No sight of Lily. Krista coughed and said, "Lily Ann Evans, get up butt down here," Lily, then, walked down the stairs and saw the look on James Potter's face....
~*~*~*~*
Holy Mother of Merlin! James thought, mouth open as wide as it could go.
Lily Evans looked Okish, without the glasses, hair and braces, and laugh, in James's opinion, and he was proving wrong. She could look beautiful. Her hair had no more split-ends or frizzy hair and was layered around her face. Her slim body was curvy and it really showed. She was wearing a light pink vest top, a pair of tight jeans, which were flared and a demin jacket, as it was in October, remember. She was wearing some lip-gloss, which plumped up her lips, and some clear mascara to make her eyes lashes longer. No glasses or braces in the sight. Krista knew a spell that could make your brace invisible and Lily had contract lens.
"Err.." Lily said, her right hand on her left elbow. "We should get going."
"Yes," gulped James, still staring at Lily.
~*~*~*~* In Hogsmeade.
They had just walking in Hogsmeade. Alexis and Remus were ahead; Krista and Sirius were in the middle and, walking behind, Lily and James.
"So, said Lily. "Who are you taking for the Ball?" "I dunno yet," James replied. He was looking at her. God, she's beautiful. What a minute! Did I say beautiful? No, I didn't. But he knew he was lying. "Errmm. Who are you taking?"
"I dunno, too," She said, then saw a clothes shop and saw the most lovely dress she had ever saw. It was midnight blue, fish tail and had beads at the bottom, forming a pattern on the ream. She stopped in mid-track and ran up the window. "Wow," she said, "Alexis! Krista! Look at this dress!"
The two other girls walked over and saw the dress too. "Lily, that would look beautiful on you. C'mon," and all of three of them walking in the shop, linking arms.
"Excuse me," Lily asked the woman at the desk, "You know that blue dress in the window, may I try it on?"
"Sure, my dress," She went in the back door and came back with a copy of the dress. "There you go, miss. Changing rooms are right round here." and she pointed to the left side of the shops.
"Thank you miss," Lily said, entering a cubicle, "Guys, can you wait for me?"
"Sure," Alexis and Krista said, "I wonder where the boys are?"
*~*~*~*~*~* In the Three Broomsticks.
"I'm gonna go and look for the girl," said James, "I'm getting worried about them."
"Or are you just getting worried about Lily?" said Remus, smirked.
"OK, I'll tell you one more time, I do not like Lily in that way!"
"Sure, you don't!" said Remus, rolling his eyes.
"Prongs, I saw the way you looked at her, when she came down the stairs," Sirius said. "Just admit."
"You're so wrong, Padfoot. She just took me by surprised. I have nothing to admit." James stood up, "I'm going, you guys coming?"
"Yeah," They all got up and walked out, bumping into a few people on their way.
They looked in every shop. Honeydukes, Zonko's, the post office, even the Shrieking Shack but no sigh of Lily, Krista and Alexis. There was one shop left and it was a Dress shop.
They walked in and heard a lot of giggling. They walked to there, and found themselves in a changing room. Lily was wearing a blue dress, Alexis was wearing an emerald dress and Krista was wearing a blood red dress. All the boys could do gaped.
"What?" The girls said at once. "Do you like them?"
"I love it," said Sirius to Krista, getting up to her and kissing her.
"You look gorgeous," said Remus to Alexis, hugging her tightly.
"You look.wonderful," said James to Lily, who blushed crimson and looked at her feet.
"Lily, we're gonna go and buy these now. OK?" Alexis said.
"OK," Lily sighed. The four walked off, leaving James and herself only.
They were in silence for a minutes and said stammered, "Aren't you gonna buy that, too?"
"Can't," Lily sighed, looking really upset. "Don't have enough money for it."
"Oh, right. Well, you better get dress into our clothes."
"Yeah," Lily said, turning to the cubicle but then looked at James and asked, "Can I meet you tonight, in the Gryffindor common room? I need to ask you something."
"Err... OK." replied James. Lily smiled warmly and went into the common room. OK, thought Lily, I'll tell the others that step one is done.
