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A/N: Thank you for reviewing people! CHILD-OF-SCORPIO: thank you for your review! When you said you wanted all of those questions answered, I just want you to know that some of them will be answered, but it will take me a couple of chapters to explain some of them as well. So just hang in there!!! :)
Chapter 5
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While most girls in Hogwarts were ecstatic in the week leading up to the ball, Lily was extremely unhappy. Emmett was going with a girl in Hufflepuff. Now Emmett was a gentleman; he wasn't the kind of guy who would just dump a girl and be dating another one five minutes later.
Therefore, one day as Lily emerged from the Transfiguration classroom, Emmett had asked to speak to her in private. He lead her down a private corridor and asked her if it would be okay with her if he went to the ball with some Hufflepuff girl whose name Lily couldn't remember. Lily had smiled and mustered up the happiest look she could make. "Oh, that would be fine Emmett, don't worry about it!" she said.
Emmett looked rather hesitant. "Are you sure it is okay with you Lily? I won't ask her if you're not okay with it," he said. "No, no really, go ahead and ask her. Really, I'm fine with it!" Lily said. "Okay, er – see you then, Lily," Emmett said. Lily waved to help as she held back her tears.
Why had she told him it was okay with her if inside her heart felt like it was really going to break? She supposed that she was just too proud to cry and let him see her get all upset about it.
That week a few different boys had asked Lily to the ball but she had said no to each one of them. She did not know why, because many of them were incredibly handsome. Something inside of her just told her that they weren't right.
Kioko and Janelle both already had dates to the ball. Kioko was going with another Gryffindor and Janelle was going with a Ravenclaw boy. They along with the other 7th year dormitory inhabitants were constantly talking about who was going with who and what they were wearing and how they were doing their hair.
Whenever one of them would start up a conversation about it, Lily would simply grab a book and leave the room. She did not want to listen to them all talking about it when she didn't have a date. Brenda didn't have a date either, and she would always accompany Lily out of the dormitory whenever a conversation about the ball would start. That wasn't for long, however.
On Wednesday evening when Janelle, Kioko, and Lily were sitting at a table doing Potions homework, Brenda clambered out of the portrait hole grinning like mad. As soon as she spotted them she rushed over to their table.
"Guess what?! GUESS WHAT?!?" she said. She was so excited that she could barely utter words out of her mouth. "What?" the three asked their elated friend. "I got asked to the ball!" Brenda said. "By who?" both Lily and Kioko asked. "SIRIUS!" she exclaimed.
Sirius looked over from his armchair where he was planning a prank with Remus to see who had shouted his name. Upon seeing that it was Brenda he grinned and waved to her. Brenda let out a long sigh.
The rest of the night Brenda couldn't stop smiling. Every time someone would ask her why she was so happy, she started ranting on and on about the ball and Sirius. Lily rolled her eyes. This afternoon Brenda had been miserable and now she would not shut up.
"What's wrong Lily?" Janelle asked upon seeing the look on Lily's face. "Nothing – I – nothing," Lily said. Kioko raised her eye brows. "Are you sure it's nothing," she asked. Lily turned her head away. "Lily does this have to do with you not having a date to the ball?" Janelle asked.
Lily shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe," she replied. "How can you be upset that you don't have a date? I was talking to some Hufflepuff the other day who said he was disappointed because you turned him down," said Janelle.
"Yeah and in Charms I talked to Jeff Blaine and he said you turned him down, too," Brenda said. "Lily how come you said no to both of them? You could have had a date with one of them! If I'm correct I remember both of them being pretty cute," said Kioko.
"I – will – er" Lily mumbled. Crap. She was trapped. "I just don't think either of them was the right person," Lily said quietly. "Well who is the right person then?" Janelle asked raising her eyebrows. "Could it be – James Potter?" said Brenda grinning.
"What?! No it isn't! I would never go to the ball with him! You know that!" Lily lied. Truth be told, Lily for some reason had been fantasizing about James asking her to the ball. She had actually been hoping that he would ask her.
For some reason, every time Lily was upset, she wanted to run to James and hug him and be in his arms. Even when she wasn't upset, she kept getting the urge to run to James and run her fingers through his hair, and then kiss him and never stop...
"Lily? Earth to Lily!" Kioko said waving a hand in front of her face. Lily jerked her head up. "What?" she asked sounding a bit annoyed. Kioko looked surprised. "What?" Lily said again, but more calmly this time.
"Nothing, you were just zoned out. Are you sure you are okay?" Kioko asked looking concerned. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just tired I guess. Well, I best be going to bed," Lily said jumping up, gathering her books in her bag, and heading towards the staircase that lead to her dormitory. She got into bed and fell asleep within minutes, dreaming wonderful things about her and James.
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The next morning Lily awoke to bright sunshine. Upon realizing that today was Thursday, she groaned. Thursday meant that she only had one more day to get a date before the ball.
Lily decided that the next time a guy asked her to the ball, if in fact a guy did ask her, she would say yes. She found herself irresistibly hoping that it would be James who would ask her. Every time Lily thought about James, her stomach would give a little lurch. Was she starting to like James?
No, no! Lily Evans did not like James Potter. No. Yes. No. She was starting to tolerate James more, but she did not like him. No way, and that was final. No. No.
As Lily was walking into the Great Hall for breakfast, Josh Chapman, a Hufflepuff chaser and captain of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, came strolling up to her. "Hey Lily," he said smiling at her. "Hi Josh," she said. "Are you going with anyone to the ball tomorrow?" he asked rather uncertainly. "Actually no, no I'm not," Lily said.
"Would you like to go with me?" he asked hopefully. Lily smiled. "Er - sure, yes, I'd like to go with you," Lily said relieved that she had finally gotten a date. Josh looked relieved as well. "Okay, great! I'll see you tomorrow then!" Josh said walking off happily.
Lily smiled to herself as she walked to Gryffindor table. She supposed she must have a thing for Quidditch players; first Emmett, and now Josh. *James is a Quidditch player too Lily* said a nagging voice in Lily's head.
James had watched the whole scene going on between Lily and Josh as he was eating his waffles. He saw Josh say something, Lily nod her head, and Josh smile. Great. Josh had probably asked Lily. James had made a promise to himself that if Lily didn't have a date by dinner, he was going to ask her.
That promise was stupid. He should have just walked up and asked her the very minute she walked into the Great Hall, or up in the Common Room. Now he lost his chance. Sure, Lily might have rolled her eyes and told him no, like she did every time last year and the year before that when he had asked her out.
But this year, she had started – just started – treating him nicely, and there was still that small 1 in 50 chance that she would have said yes. But James blew it. And now, Lily was going to the ball with Josh and there was nothing he could do about it...
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The next day, as soon as they were let out of their last class, Divination, Lily and her friends rushed back to Gryffindor tower. They found that many girls had the same plan as they did, which was start getting ready three hours before the ball.
As soon as they got into their dormitory, Lily's friends raided the place. They retrieved all their make-up, their "extra make-up", nail polish, blow dryers, crimpers, curlers – anything you could think of – and carried it up to the Head's Dormitory common room and into Lily's private bedroom.
They had decided that the four of them would get ready in here, because they had the whole bathroom and bedroom to themselves, and didn't have to share it with the other girls in their dormitory.
Four very pretty dress robes were hanging up in Lily's closet, where the girls had put them last night. Brenda opened the closet doors and admired the dresses. "Okay girls, let's get beautiful!" said Kioko. The others laughed, and then began unpacking everything they had brought up.
"Who gets shower first?" Janelle said. "I do!" Lily announced. "And why is that?" said Brenda raising her eyebrows. "Because it's MY room!" Lily said acting like a three-year-old. "Fine!" said Brenda waving her hands in the air.
While Lily was in the shower, Brenda and Janelle painted their nails while Kioko decided how to wear her hair. After one hour all four of them had managed to take showers, paint their nails, AND decide how to wear their hair, but it was only the beginning...(hehe)
They bustled around the room for the next hour and a half finding lip stick tops, doing each others hair, and doing their make-up. It was now seven- thirty and the girls were still getting ready. They already had their dress robes, shoes, and accessories on, but still had to make sure they looked 'perfect'.
"Guys we have like," Lily checked her watch, "fifteen minutes before be have to get ready! Janelle can you please hurry up with my eye shadow?" Lily asked Janelle impatiently, as Janelle was applying Lily's pink eye shadow. "Okay, relax, I'm almost done!" Janelle said. "You want to look GOOD don't you?"
Lily sighed, "Yes," she said. "Then shoosh!" Janelle said. "You two are quite funny to watch," Kioko stated, while she was sitting in a chair as Brenda did her hair. "Shut up Kioko," they both replied. Finally, at seven- forty-five, the four girls were finally ready.
Lily was wearing long bright pink robes, Janelle was in shorter blue ones, Brenda was wearing lilac, and Kioko was in yellow, Japanese-style robes.
"Ready girls?" Janelle said. "Ready," the other three replied confidently. The girls linked arms and began heading down to the Gryffindor common room, ready to have a night of fun.
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Okay guys, thank you for all your reviews! I'm going to have the next chapter – which is the ball – up as fast as I can. The next chapter is where the whole James/Lily thing FINALLY starts to happen!! Please review and give me and opinion of how the story is going and I will try to get Chapter 6 up fast!! Thanks guys! *Constructive Criticism* is welcome! Side note: reviews make me really happy, and they make me want to post Chapter 6 even faster :)
A/N: Thank you for reviewing people! CHILD-OF-SCORPIO: thank you for your review! When you said you wanted all of those questions answered, I just want you to know that some of them will be answered, but it will take me a couple of chapters to explain some of them as well. So just hang in there!!! :)
Chapter 5
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While most girls in Hogwarts were ecstatic in the week leading up to the ball, Lily was extremely unhappy. Emmett was going with a girl in Hufflepuff. Now Emmett was a gentleman; he wasn't the kind of guy who would just dump a girl and be dating another one five minutes later.
Therefore, one day as Lily emerged from the Transfiguration classroom, Emmett had asked to speak to her in private. He lead her down a private corridor and asked her if it would be okay with her if he went to the ball with some Hufflepuff girl whose name Lily couldn't remember. Lily had smiled and mustered up the happiest look she could make. "Oh, that would be fine Emmett, don't worry about it!" she said.
Emmett looked rather hesitant. "Are you sure it is okay with you Lily? I won't ask her if you're not okay with it," he said. "No, no really, go ahead and ask her. Really, I'm fine with it!" Lily said. "Okay, er – see you then, Lily," Emmett said. Lily waved to help as she held back her tears.
Why had she told him it was okay with her if inside her heart felt like it was really going to break? She supposed that she was just too proud to cry and let him see her get all upset about it.
That week a few different boys had asked Lily to the ball but she had said no to each one of them. She did not know why, because many of them were incredibly handsome. Something inside of her just told her that they weren't right.
Kioko and Janelle both already had dates to the ball. Kioko was going with another Gryffindor and Janelle was going with a Ravenclaw boy. They along with the other 7th year dormitory inhabitants were constantly talking about who was going with who and what they were wearing and how they were doing their hair.
Whenever one of them would start up a conversation about it, Lily would simply grab a book and leave the room. She did not want to listen to them all talking about it when she didn't have a date. Brenda didn't have a date either, and she would always accompany Lily out of the dormitory whenever a conversation about the ball would start. That wasn't for long, however.
On Wednesday evening when Janelle, Kioko, and Lily were sitting at a table doing Potions homework, Brenda clambered out of the portrait hole grinning like mad. As soon as she spotted them she rushed over to their table.
"Guess what?! GUESS WHAT?!?" she said. She was so excited that she could barely utter words out of her mouth. "What?" the three asked their elated friend. "I got asked to the ball!" Brenda said. "By who?" both Lily and Kioko asked. "SIRIUS!" she exclaimed.
Sirius looked over from his armchair where he was planning a prank with Remus to see who had shouted his name. Upon seeing that it was Brenda he grinned and waved to her. Brenda let out a long sigh.
The rest of the night Brenda couldn't stop smiling. Every time someone would ask her why she was so happy, she started ranting on and on about the ball and Sirius. Lily rolled her eyes. This afternoon Brenda had been miserable and now she would not shut up.
"What's wrong Lily?" Janelle asked upon seeing the look on Lily's face. "Nothing – I – nothing," Lily said. Kioko raised her eye brows. "Are you sure it's nothing," she asked. Lily turned her head away. "Lily does this have to do with you not having a date to the ball?" Janelle asked.
Lily shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe," she replied. "How can you be upset that you don't have a date? I was talking to some Hufflepuff the other day who said he was disappointed because you turned him down," said Janelle.
"Yeah and in Charms I talked to Jeff Blaine and he said you turned him down, too," Brenda said. "Lily how come you said no to both of them? You could have had a date with one of them! If I'm correct I remember both of them being pretty cute," said Kioko.
"I – will – er" Lily mumbled. Crap. She was trapped. "I just don't think either of them was the right person," Lily said quietly. "Well who is the right person then?" Janelle asked raising her eyebrows. "Could it be – James Potter?" said Brenda grinning.
"What?! No it isn't! I would never go to the ball with him! You know that!" Lily lied. Truth be told, Lily for some reason had been fantasizing about James asking her to the ball. She had actually been hoping that he would ask her.
For some reason, every time Lily was upset, she wanted to run to James and hug him and be in his arms. Even when she wasn't upset, she kept getting the urge to run to James and run her fingers through his hair, and then kiss him and never stop...
"Lily? Earth to Lily!" Kioko said waving a hand in front of her face. Lily jerked her head up. "What?" she asked sounding a bit annoyed. Kioko looked surprised. "What?" Lily said again, but more calmly this time.
"Nothing, you were just zoned out. Are you sure you are okay?" Kioko asked looking concerned. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just tired I guess. Well, I best be going to bed," Lily said jumping up, gathering her books in her bag, and heading towards the staircase that lead to her dormitory. She got into bed and fell asleep within minutes, dreaming wonderful things about her and James.
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The next morning Lily awoke to bright sunshine. Upon realizing that today was Thursday, she groaned. Thursday meant that she only had one more day to get a date before the ball.
Lily decided that the next time a guy asked her to the ball, if in fact a guy did ask her, she would say yes. She found herself irresistibly hoping that it would be James who would ask her. Every time Lily thought about James, her stomach would give a little lurch. Was she starting to like James?
No, no! Lily Evans did not like James Potter. No. Yes. No. She was starting to tolerate James more, but she did not like him. No way, and that was final. No. No.
As Lily was walking into the Great Hall for breakfast, Josh Chapman, a Hufflepuff chaser and captain of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, came strolling up to her. "Hey Lily," he said smiling at her. "Hi Josh," she said. "Are you going with anyone to the ball tomorrow?" he asked rather uncertainly. "Actually no, no I'm not," Lily said.
"Would you like to go with me?" he asked hopefully. Lily smiled. "Er - sure, yes, I'd like to go with you," Lily said relieved that she had finally gotten a date. Josh looked relieved as well. "Okay, great! I'll see you tomorrow then!" Josh said walking off happily.
Lily smiled to herself as she walked to Gryffindor table. She supposed she must have a thing for Quidditch players; first Emmett, and now Josh. *James is a Quidditch player too Lily* said a nagging voice in Lily's head.
James had watched the whole scene going on between Lily and Josh as he was eating his waffles. He saw Josh say something, Lily nod her head, and Josh smile. Great. Josh had probably asked Lily. James had made a promise to himself that if Lily didn't have a date by dinner, he was going to ask her.
That promise was stupid. He should have just walked up and asked her the very minute she walked into the Great Hall, or up in the Common Room. Now he lost his chance. Sure, Lily might have rolled her eyes and told him no, like she did every time last year and the year before that when he had asked her out.
But this year, she had started – just started – treating him nicely, and there was still that small 1 in 50 chance that she would have said yes. But James blew it. And now, Lily was going to the ball with Josh and there was nothing he could do about it...
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The next day, as soon as they were let out of their last class, Divination, Lily and her friends rushed back to Gryffindor tower. They found that many girls had the same plan as they did, which was start getting ready three hours before the ball.
As soon as they got into their dormitory, Lily's friends raided the place. They retrieved all their make-up, their "extra make-up", nail polish, blow dryers, crimpers, curlers – anything you could think of – and carried it up to the Head's Dormitory common room and into Lily's private bedroom.
They had decided that the four of them would get ready in here, because they had the whole bathroom and bedroom to themselves, and didn't have to share it with the other girls in their dormitory.
Four very pretty dress robes were hanging up in Lily's closet, where the girls had put them last night. Brenda opened the closet doors and admired the dresses. "Okay girls, let's get beautiful!" said Kioko. The others laughed, and then began unpacking everything they had brought up.
"Who gets shower first?" Janelle said. "I do!" Lily announced. "And why is that?" said Brenda raising her eyebrows. "Because it's MY room!" Lily said acting like a three-year-old. "Fine!" said Brenda waving her hands in the air.
While Lily was in the shower, Brenda and Janelle painted their nails while Kioko decided how to wear her hair. After one hour all four of them had managed to take showers, paint their nails, AND decide how to wear their hair, but it was only the beginning...(hehe)
They bustled around the room for the next hour and a half finding lip stick tops, doing each others hair, and doing their make-up. It was now seven- thirty and the girls were still getting ready. They already had their dress robes, shoes, and accessories on, but still had to make sure they looked 'perfect'.
"Guys we have like," Lily checked her watch, "fifteen minutes before be have to get ready! Janelle can you please hurry up with my eye shadow?" Lily asked Janelle impatiently, as Janelle was applying Lily's pink eye shadow. "Okay, relax, I'm almost done!" Janelle said. "You want to look GOOD don't you?"
Lily sighed, "Yes," she said. "Then shoosh!" Janelle said. "You two are quite funny to watch," Kioko stated, while she was sitting in a chair as Brenda did her hair. "Shut up Kioko," they both replied. Finally, at seven- forty-five, the four girls were finally ready.
Lily was wearing long bright pink robes, Janelle was in shorter blue ones, Brenda was wearing lilac, and Kioko was in yellow, Japanese-style robes.
"Ready girls?" Janelle said. "Ready," the other three replied confidently. The girls linked arms and began heading down to the Gryffindor common room, ready to have a night of fun.
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Okay guys, thank you for all your reviews! I'm going to have the next chapter – which is the ball – up as fast as I can. The next chapter is where the whole James/Lily thing FINALLY starts to happen!! Please review and give me and opinion of how the story is going and I will try to get Chapter 6 up fast!! Thanks guys! *Constructive Criticism* is welcome! Side note: reviews make me really happy, and they make me want to post Chapter 6 even faster :)
