~*~GREEN EYES~*~
Chapter 37- Trick or Treat!
Before anyone knew it Halloween had arrived, and it was almost time for the big dance. Lily put on her beautiful dress and then used magic to do her hair and makeup. Her gorgeous red locks cascaded down her back in curls and the makeup was just enough to accentuate her features without making her look made up. When she was done she went down to the common room to see how everyone else looked.
The only one of her group that was in the common room when she arrived was Jamie. Her hair was done up in an elegant french twist and her black halter top dress had no back. It slanted at the bottom and had just enough glitter on it to make her sparkle when she moved.
"Hey Jamie, are you excited?" asked Lily.
"Yeah, I can wait, the band is going to be great! You did make sure that everything was down there right?" Jamie said quickly. It had been Lily's job to get the amps, guitars, drums and costumes ready for the battle of the bands.
"Of course. Everything is exactly the way it's supposed to be. Oh look here comes Lauren!" excalimed Lily, pointing towards the entrance to the girls' dormitories. Lauren's dress was soft pink, kind of sheer, and it fell to the floor. It was a spagetthi strap also, and looked dainty and elegant. As she walked to them, Lily noticed that she was wearing glass slippers.
"You look great!" squealed Jamie. Just then Lily spotted the boys coming from their dorms. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw James with black pants and a blue button down shirt coming towards her, and then she felt it break into a thousand pieces when he took hold of Alyssa's hand and walked her to where Lily, Jamie and Lauren were standing. Alyssa was wearing a red halter dress and smiling at everyone.
"I have to go meet Brandon," said Lily quickly, slipping off toward the Ravenclaw common room. Sirius watched her as she left, feeling very sad for his friend. He sighed sympathatically and then turned back to his friends.
"What was that for?" asked James. Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Can't you tell? She is so still in love with her, and you are just letting her get away from you like that," replied Sirius.
"Hey, she was the one who got a date to the dance first!" argued James.
"Well it was obviously a cry for help. You know she wanted you to say, 'Oh Lily, no, don't go with him, go with me instead!'" said Sirius.
"No, it wasn't. We're over Sirius, I am not going to fall in love with Lily Evans again!" yelled James.
"Oh come on, everyone agrees with me," said Sirius. He looked around at his friends for some backup.
"I'm gonna have to agree with James on this one Sirius," replied Remus. Sirius looked over at Jamie.
"I don't think you realize this, but Lily doesn't want to be with James again. He broke her heart. No offense.." Jamie looked over at James.
"None taken," replied James. Sirius turned to Lauren as his one last hope.
"Sirius, Lily is obviously trying to move on with her life, and James is too. Why won't you let them?" asked Lauren. Sirius looked stunned, he hated to lose an arguement almost as much as he hated change. It was then that Sirius noticed that Alyssa looked very uncomfortable. Sirius sighed but knew that maybe he should shut up. Those two were made for each other, and it seemed like he was the only one that realized it.
***
"Oh Lily, you look great!" exclaimed Jeanine when Lily met her, her date Chad and Brandon. Brandon took Lily's hand and Lily felt very weird. For the past ten months she had only held James' hand, which was much softer than Brandon's. When she and James held hands, it was like they were made to fit together, but when she was holding hands with Bradon it was just...different.
"So do you!" replied Lily with enthusiasm, and of course she was telling the truth. Jeanine's hair was slightly wavy, just enough to look completly glamourus. Her dress was baby-blue, and sparkly. It was a tube tube, but not at all in bad taste. The back laced up, and Jeanine was wearing diamond jewlery. Lily noticed that Brandon was almost drolling over Jeanine, and she didn't like it.
"So what's the schedule for the dance?" asked Jeanine, her complextion glowing. Of course Lily had memorized the program that had been handed out to all of the preformers in the Battle of the Bands, and she recited it as if she had been studying it for hours.
"We begin with dinner from six-thirty until seven. Then it will be the Battle of the Bands, then the winners of the Battle of the Bands will be announced, followed by the announcement of the King and Queen and their dance together, and the dance will go on until midnight. We go last in the Battle of the Bands by the way," recited Lily. Jeanine laughed and rolled her eyes, but overall she was happy to finally be friends with Lily.
"Well we should get down there if we want to get a table," said Brandon, pulling Lily by the arm. Lily wasn't very happy about this, but she figured why bother getting mad. This was the only time she ever had to go on a date with him afterall. The Great Hall was decorated in orange and black, and a lightning storm had started about five minutes ago, so the sky was wonderfully eerie. Bats were flying all over the hall, there were huge jack-o-lanterns, and the cicular tables had black canopys that encompased the diners inside.
"This one's open," said Professor McGonagall, leading the group to a table where no one was sitting. Lily looked at the menu, said what she wanted to eat, and watched it appear on the table. I wonder if James is having fun, she thought, and then felt bad for wondering.
***
"Sirius, I am not having any fun," James whispered. Sirius just snikered to himself. James, Alyssa, Sirius, Lauren, Remus and Jamie were all sitting together at the table, and James could not be more annoyed by Alyssa. She was very clingy, and kept making fun of James with a flirtatious tone.
"I hate to say I told you so but...I told you so," Sirius responded. James sighed.
"Just shut up," he replied.
"Oh what are you two boys talking about?" asked Alyssa in a sultry voice, raising one eyebrow provocitively.
"Nothing," said James.
"I hope he is planning a hair appointment for you. This shaggy hair thing just isn't working for me," stated Alyssa, running her fingers through James' hair.
"It's been working for me for about 16 years now, I think that I can deal with it," he said. He looked at his watch and smiled. It was 6:28, which meant that it was almost time for-
"Will all the students participating in the battle of the bands please report to the practice area now," announced Dumbledore. James was the first one to get up from the table, waiting impatiently for Sirius and Remus, who were giving their respective girlfriends a kiss goodbye.
"Don't I get a kiss?" asked Alyssa.
"No," replied James matter-of-factly. Then Lauren and Jamie got up from the table.
"Wait where are you guys going?" Alyssa sounded almost paniced at the thought of her friends all leaving her.
"The battle of the bands," said Sirius slowly, pronoucing every sylable as if to say that Alyssa was stupid. James ignored Alyssa's whimpering and walked off.
"Damn she's annoying," said James. "I'm just glad it's only one date."
***
"Plug in the amp!"
"No not that one, the other one!"
"You guys where's my shirt?"
"Where's my high-hat?"
"Which one do I plug it into?"
"I NEED MY SHIRT!"
The practice room was completly chaotic. Even though there were only a few more bands left to go, there were a lot of people in the room, and The Black Cats were the only group that, thanks to Lily's organization, were ready to go.
"Okay, it's The Mauraders next followed by Black Sunlight and then Hugs and Trees. The Black Cats, you go last," said Professor McGonagall, who was trying to get everyone situated. James, Remus, Peter and Sirius had all of their instruments and were getting ready to go.
"We can go watch them, right?" asked Lauren. Everyone agreed that they could, and they walked out to the side of the stage were the bands could view the other bands from. The curtain had been drawn, and the Mauraders were setting up. It was too dark for Lily to see anything, she could just hear everything getting ready.
"And now...THE MAURADERS!" announced Dumbledore. Everyone clapped as the curtain came up and they saw the band. They were all wearing clothes that looked rather punk, Sirius' hair was spiked competly up, and even Peter looked a little bit handsome. James clicked his drumsticks together three times and then the band started playing a rather easy but still very catchy punk rock song.
"We went through everything but now I see it fading away
I used to laugh but now I miss you more with everyday
Maybe the day will come when I'm okay with losing you
But til then I wish I knew, I just wish I knew
Who am I without you?
Who am I without you?
Who am I without you?
You used to make me smile and I used to kiss your tears away
But now I see you and I can't think of anything to say
We used to be in love oh yeah you know it's true
But know I don't who I am without you
Who am I without you?
Who am I without you?
Who am I without you?
I look in the mirror
And see your reflection in my eyes
But now I feel that
I'm wearing a disguise
I don't know what to do
Who am I without you?
Who am I without you?
Who am I without you?
Who am I without you?
I just wish I knew, oh yeah, who I am without you..." Remus finished singing, the band finished playing and applause went through the crowd. Lily was almost crying, she could tell who had written the song and who it was written for. The Mauraders came off the stage and Lily did the only thing that she could think of: she gave James, Sirius, Remus and Peter hugs.
"You did great guys, you did great!" Lauren exclaimed.
"Thanks," replied the entire group, each grinning.
"Now we have to get ready," said Jamie, and the Black Cats got their outfits on. Each of them was wearing a black miniskirt with tall black boots. Lily had a green tank top ons, Lauren's was pink, Jamie's was purple and Jeanine's was blue. They each had on black cat ears also. They sat nervously through the last few acts and then Dumbledore announced them.
"Now all of you welcome, our last and final band, THE BLACK CATS!" everyone clapped as the curtain went up revealing the band. Jeanine went up to the mike.
"Ok, we're gonna be singing a song called Here With You." They started to play the intro to the song, which had a real rock feel to it.
They say what's the point of young love
You've got better things to do
But what's the point of living
If I'm not living here with you
I live my life to touch your hands
And to gaze upon your face
Cuz whenever I see you
My heart quickens it's pace, oh yeah
I wanna be here with you
With everything you do
I love everything you say
Oh you take my breath away
I wanna be where you are
If you're near or if you're far
And I'll do all I can do
Just to be here with you
Be here with you.
I don't know what's come over me
But you just make me smile
I want to find you and
Just be with you for awhile
You asked me if I loved you
The answer is I do
That's why I want to live my life
Forever here with you (whoa yeah)
I wanna be here with you
With everything you do
I love everything you say
Oh you take my breath away
I wanna be where you are
If you're near or if you're far
And I'll do all I can do
Just to be here with you
Be here with you
I stand here taking chances that I'm not prepared to take
And I'm always making promises I never want to break
I wanna be here with you
With everything you do
I love everything you say
Oh you take my breath away
I wanna be where you are
If you're near or if you're far
And I'll do all I can do
Just to be here with you
Be here with you."
The applause sounded like thunder, everyone stood up and clapped for the Black Cats. The song had went flawlessly. The applause wouldn't end and Dumbledore stood up and had to quiet the crowd after a few mintues.
"I will now ask that every band come onto the stage so that we can announce our winners," everyone came from back stage and stood on either side of The Black Cats. There were about fifteen bands in total, and they were all waiting anxiously for the announcement.
"First of all I would like to tell you that every band was wonderful. You're all winners. But we do have to have our top three. In third place is The Mauraders!" said Dumbledore. The students clapped as James, Remus, Sirius and Peter went up to get their trophy.
"In second place is Black Sunlight!" a group of seventh year Slytherin guys went up to get their trophy, and Lily, Lauren, Jamie and Jeanine were all holding hands, hoping for a prize.
"Now I will be announcing our first place winner, who as you know will win a throphy and one hundered galleons in prize money," said Dumbledore.
"Oh just hurry up and get done with it!" muttered Jamie under her breath.
"In first place, with the highest score from the judges, are The Black Cats!" everyone stood up and clapped as Lily, Jeanine, Jamie and Lauren went up to get their prize.
"Good job ladies. We will be having a five minute break for our bands to get back into their dancing clothes and then the dance will begin with the announcment of the Halloween Ball court," said Dumbledore. There was a rush backstage in the girls' warm up area as everyone put their dresses back on and then Lily and Jeanine went back to their tables to see their dates.
"You did great!" Chad said, giving Jeanine a huge hug. Lily's date wasn't as nice.
"Oh, yeah you were good," he said between sips of punch. Lily didn't really notice as Professor McGonagall started to announce the court until-
"The sixth year Duke is Remus Lupin and the Dutchess is Jeanine Anderson. Prince is James Potter and Princess is Lily Evans," Lily felt a tap on her back as her and Jeanine started to walk up to the front of the Great Hall together.
"So you're leaving again," stated Brandon. Apparently he wanted all of her undivided attention.
"Yeah, but there's James' date, Alyssa. You can hang out with her if you want," said Lily.
"Fine," replied Brandon, going towards Alyssa. McGonagall crowned Lily and James, and then she announced the first dance of the night.
"Congratulations Lillian," said James formally.
"And you too James," Lily replied, equally formally.
"So I guess we have to dance together," said James.
"I guess we do," said Lily. Every other couple had started to dance, and Lily and James started to dance also, staying as far apart from each other as they could with their arms around each other.
"You know what, this is stupid. We might as well have a little fun," said James, pulling Lily closer. Lily smiled and rested her head on his shoulder. The song ended and they seperated.
"I guess I should go find my date," said James.
"I'll go with you, she's somewhere with my date," explained Lily. Lily lead James over to the spot where they had been eating and spotted Chad.
"Chad, do you know where Brandon and Alyssa went?" asked Lily. Chad shook his head.
"I really have no idea."
***
"Are you having a fun time here?" asked Alyssa. She was slow dancing with Bradon and having fun for the first time that night.
"No not really, it kind of seems like Lily has been ignoring me. I don't think I should have come with her. What about you?" asked Brandon.
"Pretty much the same thing. James doesn't show any affection. I like guys that want to hold your hand and let you eat off their plate," explained Alyssa.
"Yeah, I like letting girls do that, but Lily just keeps pulling away," replied Brandon.
"See, I like guys like you." said Alyssa.
"And I like girls like you..." said Brandon. He then leaned in to kiss her and they were making out in no time.
"Come on, dances are no fun. Let's blow this place," suggested Brandon, putting his arm around Alyssa and leading her outside.
"That sounds perfect to me!" exclaimed Alyssa, and soon they were kissing on a bench on the way to Hagrid's hut.
***
"Oh my God Lily, James you will never guess what happened!" exclaimed Jamie, running up to her friends.
"Then why don't you save us some time and tell us then," said James irritably, mad that he still couldn't find his date.
"Well Sirius and I were dancing together when you guys were having the first dance of the night and guess who I saw kissing," demanded Jamie.
"Snape and that Frederick asshole?" Lily asked seriously. Jamie shook her head.
"This may come as a shock to you, but you guys may be having to spend the rest of the night together, because Alyssa and Brandon ran off together!" exclaimed Jamie happily. Sirius ran up to them, grinning, and he seemed to be very happy also.
"This is so great, I was eves dropping and Brandon and Alyssa are offically a couple. They went back up to the prefects' bathroom to have some 'alone time!'" said Sirius. Lily looked up at James and James looked down at her, both with a shocked expression on their faces.
"Well I guess we have to spend the evening together," said James. Lily nodded.
"But you know what, we can have fun. It will be like the really old times, back when we were best friends. We'll just kinda start over," said Lily.
"That sounds good to me," said James.
***
The rest of the dance went by in a blur and soon Lily, James, Remus, Jamie, Sirius and Lauren were heading back up to the common room. Everyone went up to their dorms, but James held Lily back.
"Listen, thanks for saving me out there. I had a lot of fun with you tonight, and I really want us to be friends again," said James. "Just friends."
"You know what, I think we can handle that. It would be fun to be just friends again with you," agreed Lily. "But still I'm kinda worried that..." she trailed off.
"Kinda worried that-" prompted James.
"Kinda worried that we can't just be friends. What if something happens between us?" asked Lily.
"They say if you love somehing let it go, and if it comes back to you that's how you know that it was meant to be," said James.
"That's the most insightful thing I think I've heard you say James Potter," said Lily. James laughed.
"So we're cool then?" asked James.
"We're gravy," replied Lily. James gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Good night Lily," he said, and then the two of them walked back to their dorms.
A/N- So I know that this one took me an entire week to put up, but it's really long so don't get too disapointed. I'll probably have the next one up soon, until then please review!
Disclaimer- J.K.R. owns everything except what I own.
Chapter 37- Trick or Treat!
Before anyone knew it Halloween had arrived, and it was almost time for the big dance. Lily put on her beautiful dress and then used magic to do her hair and makeup. Her gorgeous red locks cascaded down her back in curls and the makeup was just enough to accentuate her features without making her look made up. When she was done she went down to the common room to see how everyone else looked.
The only one of her group that was in the common room when she arrived was Jamie. Her hair was done up in an elegant french twist and her black halter top dress had no back. It slanted at the bottom and had just enough glitter on it to make her sparkle when she moved.
"Hey Jamie, are you excited?" asked Lily.
"Yeah, I can wait, the band is going to be great! You did make sure that everything was down there right?" Jamie said quickly. It had been Lily's job to get the amps, guitars, drums and costumes ready for the battle of the bands.
"Of course. Everything is exactly the way it's supposed to be. Oh look here comes Lauren!" excalimed Lily, pointing towards the entrance to the girls' dormitories. Lauren's dress was soft pink, kind of sheer, and it fell to the floor. It was a spagetthi strap also, and looked dainty and elegant. As she walked to them, Lily noticed that she was wearing glass slippers.
"You look great!" squealed Jamie. Just then Lily spotted the boys coming from their dorms. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw James with black pants and a blue button down shirt coming towards her, and then she felt it break into a thousand pieces when he took hold of Alyssa's hand and walked her to where Lily, Jamie and Lauren were standing. Alyssa was wearing a red halter dress and smiling at everyone.
"I have to go meet Brandon," said Lily quickly, slipping off toward the Ravenclaw common room. Sirius watched her as she left, feeling very sad for his friend. He sighed sympathatically and then turned back to his friends.
"What was that for?" asked James. Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Can't you tell? She is so still in love with her, and you are just letting her get away from you like that," replied Sirius.
"Hey, she was the one who got a date to the dance first!" argued James.
"Well it was obviously a cry for help. You know she wanted you to say, 'Oh Lily, no, don't go with him, go with me instead!'" said Sirius.
"No, it wasn't. We're over Sirius, I am not going to fall in love with Lily Evans again!" yelled James.
"Oh come on, everyone agrees with me," said Sirius. He looked around at his friends for some backup.
"I'm gonna have to agree with James on this one Sirius," replied Remus. Sirius looked over at Jamie.
"I don't think you realize this, but Lily doesn't want to be with James again. He broke her heart. No offense.." Jamie looked over at James.
"None taken," replied James. Sirius turned to Lauren as his one last hope.
"Sirius, Lily is obviously trying to move on with her life, and James is too. Why won't you let them?" asked Lauren. Sirius looked stunned, he hated to lose an arguement almost as much as he hated change. It was then that Sirius noticed that Alyssa looked very uncomfortable. Sirius sighed but knew that maybe he should shut up. Those two were made for each other, and it seemed like he was the only one that realized it.
***
"Oh Lily, you look great!" exclaimed Jeanine when Lily met her, her date Chad and Brandon. Brandon took Lily's hand and Lily felt very weird. For the past ten months she had only held James' hand, which was much softer than Brandon's. When she and James held hands, it was like they were made to fit together, but when she was holding hands with Bradon it was just...different.
"So do you!" replied Lily with enthusiasm, and of course she was telling the truth. Jeanine's hair was slightly wavy, just enough to look completly glamourus. Her dress was baby-blue, and sparkly. It was a tube tube, but not at all in bad taste. The back laced up, and Jeanine was wearing diamond jewlery. Lily noticed that Brandon was almost drolling over Jeanine, and she didn't like it.
"So what's the schedule for the dance?" asked Jeanine, her complextion glowing. Of course Lily had memorized the program that had been handed out to all of the preformers in the Battle of the Bands, and she recited it as if she had been studying it for hours.
"We begin with dinner from six-thirty until seven. Then it will be the Battle of the Bands, then the winners of the Battle of the Bands will be announced, followed by the announcement of the King and Queen and their dance together, and the dance will go on until midnight. We go last in the Battle of the Bands by the way," recited Lily. Jeanine laughed and rolled her eyes, but overall she was happy to finally be friends with Lily.
"Well we should get down there if we want to get a table," said Brandon, pulling Lily by the arm. Lily wasn't very happy about this, but she figured why bother getting mad. This was the only time she ever had to go on a date with him afterall. The Great Hall was decorated in orange and black, and a lightning storm had started about five minutes ago, so the sky was wonderfully eerie. Bats were flying all over the hall, there were huge jack-o-lanterns, and the cicular tables had black canopys that encompased the diners inside.
"This one's open," said Professor McGonagall, leading the group to a table where no one was sitting. Lily looked at the menu, said what she wanted to eat, and watched it appear on the table. I wonder if James is having fun, she thought, and then felt bad for wondering.
***
"Sirius, I am not having any fun," James whispered. Sirius just snikered to himself. James, Alyssa, Sirius, Lauren, Remus and Jamie were all sitting together at the table, and James could not be more annoyed by Alyssa. She was very clingy, and kept making fun of James with a flirtatious tone.
"I hate to say I told you so but...I told you so," Sirius responded. James sighed.
"Just shut up," he replied.
"Oh what are you two boys talking about?" asked Alyssa in a sultry voice, raising one eyebrow provocitively.
"Nothing," said James.
"I hope he is planning a hair appointment for you. This shaggy hair thing just isn't working for me," stated Alyssa, running her fingers through James' hair.
"It's been working for me for about 16 years now, I think that I can deal with it," he said. He looked at his watch and smiled. It was 6:28, which meant that it was almost time for-
"Will all the students participating in the battle of the bands please report to the practice area now," announced Dumbledore. James was the first one to get up from the table, waiting impatiently for Sirius and Remus, who were giving their respective girlfriends a kiss goodbye.
"Don't I get a kiss?" asked Alyssa.
"No," replied James matter-of-factly. Then Lauren and Jamie got up from the table.
"Wait where are you guys going?" Alyssa sounded almost paniced at the thought of her friends all leaving her.
"The battle of the bands," said Sirius slowly, pronoucing every sylable as if to say that Alyssa was stupid. James ignored Alyssa's whimpering and walked off.
"Damn she's annoying," said James. "I'm just glad it's only one date."
***
"Plug in the amp!"
"No not that one, the other one!"
"You guys where's my shirt?"
"Where's my high-hat?"
"Which one do I plug it into?"
"I NEED MY SHIRT!"
The practice room was completly chaotic. Even though there were only a few more bands left to go, there were a lot of people in the room, and The Black Cats were the only group that, thanks to Lily's organization, were ready to go.
"Okay, it's The Mauraders next followed by Black Sunlight and then Hugs and Trees. The Black Cats, you go last," said Professor McGonagall, who was trying to get everyone situated. James, Remus, Peter and Sirius had all of their instruments and were getting ready to go.
"We can go watch them, right?" asked Lauren. Everyone agreed that they could, and they walked out to the side of the stage were the bands could view the other bands from. The curtain had been drawn, and the Mauraders were setting up. It was too dark for Lily to see anything, she could just hear everything getting ready.
"And now...THE MAURADERS!" announced Dumbledore. Everyone clapped as the curtain came up and they saw the band. They were all wearing clothes that looked rather punk, Sirius' hair was spiked competly up, and even Peter looked a little bit handsome. James clicked his drumsticks together three times and then the band started playing a rather easy but still very catchy punk rock song.
"We went through everything but now I see it fading away
I used to laugh but now I miss you more with everyday
Maybe the day will come when I'm okay with losing you
But til then I wish I knew, I just wish I knew
Who am I without you?
Who am I without you?
Who am I without you?
You used to make me smile and I used to kiss your tears away
But now I see you and I can't think of anything to say
We used to be in love oh yeah you know it's true
But know I don't who I am without you
Who am I without you?
Who am I without you?
Who am I without you?
I look in the mirror
And see your reflection in my eyes
But now I feel that
I'm wearing a disguise
I don't know what to do
Who am I without you?
Who am I without you?
Who am I without you?
Who am I without you?
I just wish I knew, oh yeah, who I am without you..." Remus finished singing, the band finished playing and applause went through the crowd. Lily was almost crying, she could tell who had written the song and who it was written for. The Mauraders came off the stage and Lily did the only thing that she could think of: she gave James, Sirius, Remus and Peter hugs.
"You did great guys, you did great!" Lauren exclaimed.
"Thanks," replied the entire group, each grinning.
"Now we have to get ready," said Jamie, and the Black Cats got their outfits on. Each of them was wearing a black miniskirt with tall black boots. Lily had a green tank top ons, Lauren's was pink, Jamie's was purple and Jeanine's was blue. They each had on black cat ears also. They sat nervously through the last few acts and then Dumbledore announced them.
"Now all of you welcome, our last and final band, THE BLACK CATS!" everyone clapped as the curtain went up revealing the band. Jeanine went up to the mike.
"Ok, we're gonna be singing a song called Here With You." They started to play the intro to the song, which had a real rock feel to it.
They say what's the point of young love
You've got better things to do
But what's the point of living
If I'm not living here with you
I live my life to touch your hands
And to gaze upon your face
Cuz whenever I see you
My heart quickens it's pace, oh yeah
I wanna be here with you
With everything you do
I love everything you say
Oh you take my breath away
I wanna be where you are
If you're near or if you're far
And I'll do all I can do
Just to be here with you
Be here with you.
I don't know what's come over me
But you just make me smile
I want to find you and
Just be with you for awhile
You asked me if I loved you
The answer is I do
That's why I want to live my life
Forever here with you (whoa yeah)
I wanna be here with you
With everything you do
I love everything you say
Oh you take my breath away
I wanna be where you are
If you're near or if you're far
And I'll do all I can do
Just to be here with you
Be here with you
I stand here taking chances that I'm not prepared to take
And I'm always making promises I never want to break
I wanna be here with you
With everything you do
I love everything you say
Oh you take my breath away
I wanna be where you are
If you're near or if you're far
And I'll do all I can do
Just to be here with you
Be here with you."
The applause sounded like thunder, everyone stood up and clapped for the Black Cats. The song had went flawlessly. The applause wouldn't end and Dumbledore stood up and had to quiet the crowd after a few mintues.
"I will now ask that every band come onto the stage so that we can announce our winners," everyone came from back stage and stood on either side of The Black Cats. There were about fifteen bands in total, and they were all waiting anxiously for the announcement.
"First of all I would like to tell you that every band was wonderful. You're all winners. But we do have to have our top three. In third place is The Mauraders!" said Dumbledore. The students clapped as James, Remus, Sirius and Peter went up to get their trophy.
"In second place is Black Sunlight!" a group of seventh year Slytherin guys went up to get their trophy, and Lily, Lauren, Jamie and Jeanine were all holding hands, hoping for a prize.
"Now I will be announcing our first place winner, who as you know will win a throphy and one hundered galleons in prize money," said Dumbledore.
"Oh just hurry up and get done with it!" muttered Jamie under her breath.
"In first place, with the highest score from the judges, are The Black Cats!" everyone stood up and clapped as Lily, Jeanine, Jamie and Lauren went up to get their prize.
"Good job ladies. We will be having a five minute break for our bands to get back into their dancing clothes and then the dance will begin with the announcment of the Halloween Ball court," said Dumbledore. There was a rush backstage in the girls' warm up area as everyone put their dresses back on and then Lily and Jeanine went back to their tables to see their dates.
"You did great!" Chad said, giving Jeanine a huge hug. Lily's date wasn't as nice.
"Oh, yeah you were good," he said between sips of punch. Lily didn't really notice as Professor McGonagall started to announce the court until-
"The sixth year Duke is Remus Lupin and the Dutchess is Jeanine Anderson. Prince is James Potter and Princess is Lily Evans," Lily felt a tap on her back as her and Jeanine started to walk up to the front of the Great Hall together.
"So you're leaving again," stated Brandon. Apparently he wanted all of her undivided attention.
"Yeah, but there's James' date, Alyssa. You can hang out with her if you want," said Lily.
"Fine," replied Brandon, going towards Alyssa. McGonagall crowned Lily and James, and then she announced the first dance of the night.
"Congratulations Lillian," said James formally.
"And you too James," Lily replied, equally formally.
"So I guess we have to dance together," said James.
"I guess we do," said Lily. Every other couple had started to dance, and Lily and James started to dance also, staying as far apart from each other as they could with their arms around each other.
"You know what, this is stupid. We might as well have a little fun," said James, pulling Lily closer. Lily smiled and rested her head on his shoulder. The song ended and they seperated.
"I guess I should go find my date," said James.
"I'll go with you, she's somewhere with my date," explained Lily. Lily lead James over to the spot where they had been eating and spotted Chad.
"Chad, do you know where Brandon and Alyssa went?" asked Lily. Chad shook his head.
"I really have no idea."
***
"Are you having a fun time here?" asked Alyssa. She was slow dancing with Bradon and having fun for the first time that night.
"No not really, it kind of seems like Lily has been ignoring me. I don't think I should have come with her. What about you?" asked Brandon.
"Pretty much the same thing. James doesn't show any affection. I like guys that want to hold your hand and let you eat off their plate," explained Alyssa.
"Yeah, I like letting girls do that, but Lily just keeps pulling away," replied Brandon.
"See, I like guys like you." said Alyssa.
"And I like girls like you..." said Brandon. He then leaned in to kiss her and they were making out in no time.
"Come on, dances are no fun. Let's blow this place," suggested Brandon, putting his arm around Alyssa and leading her outside.
"That sounds perfect to me!" exclaimed Alyssa, and soon they were kissing on a bench on the way to Hagrid's hut.
***
"Oh my God Lily, James you will never guess what happened!" exclaimed Jamie, running up to her friends.
"Then why don't you save us some time and tell us then," said James irritably, mad that he still couldn't find his date.
"Well Sirius and I were dancing together when you guys were having the first dance of the night and guess who I saw kissing," demanded Jamie.
"Snape and that Frederick asshole?" Lily asked seriously. Jamie shook her head.
"This may come as a shock to you, but you guys may be having to spend the rest of the night together, because Alyssa and Brandon ran off together!" exclaimed Jamie happily. Sirius ran up to them, grinning, and he seemed to be very happy also.
"This is so great, I was eves dropping and Brandon and Alyssa are offically a couple. They went back up to the prefects' bathroom to have some 'alone time!'" said Sirius. Lily looked up at James and James looked down at her, both with a shocked expression on their faces.
"Well I guess we have to spend the evening together," said James. Lily nodded.
"But you know what, we can have fun. It will be like the really old times, back when we were best friends. We'll just kinda start over," said Lily.
"That sounds good to me," said James.
***
The rest of the dance went by in a blur and soon Lily, James, Remus, Jamie, Sirius and Lauren were heading back up to the common room. Everyone went up to their dorms, but James held Lily back.
"Listen, thanks for saving me out there. I had a lot of fun with you tonight, and I really want us to be friends again," said James. "Just friends."
"You know what, I think we can handle that. It would be fun to be just friends again with you," agreed Lily. "But still I'm kinda worried that..." she trailed off.
"Kinda worried that-" prompted James.
"Kinda worried that we can't just be friends. What if something happens between us?" asked Lily.
"They say if you love somehing let it go, and if it comes back to you that's how you know that it was meant to be," said James.
"That's the most insightful thing I think I've heard you say James Potter," said Lily. James laughed.
"So we're cool then?" asked James.
"We're gravy," replied Lily. James gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Good night Lily," he said, and then the two of them walked back to their dorms.
A/N- So I know that this one took me an entire week to put up, but it's really long so don't get too disapointed. I'll probably have the next one up soon, until then please review!
Disclaimer- J.K.R. owns everything except what I own.