Summary: Lily hates James. James loves Lily. What will happen to make her
change her feelings toward him?
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Nada. Rien. Niente. Well, except for Samantha, Alex and Julia. Heehee.
Chapter 10: Halloween #2: The Dance
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"La de da da!" Sirius sang on their way down to the Great Hall in his best imitation of an opera singer. He and Julia were holding hands, as well as Remus and Alex. Lily and James walked behind the two couples, Lily refusing to go near James.
At the entrance of the hall, they were greeted by Samantha and Peter.
"Holy hell, Peter! That costume- Ow!" Sirius yelled, rubbing his shin where Julia had kicked him. "Yeesh, Julia, ya could've just told me to shut up! There's no need for physical abu- OW!" he yelled again, now also rubbing to back of his head.
"I think its fine on him," Samantha told them. She was dressed in a pink outfit with pink fuzzy bunny ears and a pom-pom for a tail. Peter was wearing the same thing, only he was wearing baby-blue that didn't match his beat red face.
"Samantha, I really don't want to wear this." Peter confessed.
"You'll wear it," she snapped and she pulled him after her, her pink ears flopping with every step.
"I feel so bad for Peter," James whispered to Lily.
"I know!" she whispered back. Then she realized she was talking to him, became quiet, and walked away, looking for Gilderoy.
"There you are, Lily!" he called to her. She walked across the hall to him and looked at him. He was wearing a normal outfit.
"What are you dressed as?" she asked him with a puzzled look on her face.
"Why, myself of course," he responded, flashing her a HUGE smile.
"Well, Halloween costumes ARE supposed to be scary," she muttered to herself.
"What did you say? I didn't catch that," Gilderoy say, still smiling.
"Uh, nothing. Would you like to dance?" she asked quickly, trying to change the subject.
"Of course. Everyone will be so jealous of you when they see that you're with me!" he said to her and when he turned around, she rolled her eyes.
The music started up. It was a slow song. Lily and Gilderoy started dancing along with other couples, including James and Tracy. Lily was bored and tired of dancing, but she didn't want to be rude. About halfway through the song, Gilderoy pulled her extremely close. James saw this, and was pretty angry. Lily pushed him off so they were back in the position they were in when the song started. About five inches in-between them.
The song stopped and James was pulled to a table with Tracy. She was dressed up as a cheerleader. Her short brown hair was in little pigtails and she was wearing a pink skirt, a pink tank top with a yellow line diagonally across it, and she had yellow pom-poms.
"Whew! That was fun!" she exclaimed. James nodded. He starred across the hall at Lily, but Tracy didn't notice.
"Do you want to go out onto the grounds?" she asked hopefully. He absent- mindedly nodded, and before he knew it, he was being pulled outside.
Outside the castle, there was a big maze set up. James knew what was in it. There were fake monsters around almost every corner to (obviously) frighten you. Around the outside, there were various benches where there were already teenagers making out. Tracy pulled him to the furthest bench. They sat down.
"So, James, what are you into?" she asked.
"Uh... Quidditch," he said blandly.
"Oh. I like puppies! How about you?"
"Uh... not really."
"Oh." Plan A didn't work, so she went for Plan B. She leaned over and kissed him. She expected him to kiss her back, but when he didn't, she just leant in for a deeper kiss.
"Uh... Tracy?" he tried to say. "Tracy? Traaaacy?" He sighed. "TRACY!" he yelled pushing her off of him.
"What? I was just getting started-" she started to say.
"Maybe we should go back inside," he suggested and they left.
Inside wasn't any better. James had convinced her to go sit with his friends with him. He sat down at the table Sirius, Remus, Julia, and Alex were sitting at. Even when he was clearly trying to talk to them, she was all over him, trying to kiss him. His friends found this a bit disturbing.
"And so I guess it means... uh..." Sirius started to say to him, but stopped because he couldn't see James. And WHY couldn't he see James? You guessed it. Tracy had decided to take a seat on his lap and was trying to make out with him. Sirius look like he was about to vomit.
"Tracy, PLEASE get off me!" James yelled and she nearly fell on the floor.
"Jeez, James, I-"
"This isn't working out!" he told her and with that, she stomped off to her friends. James caught random words like "Bench outside" and "THIS CLOSE!" and stuff like that. James sighed and continued talking to his friends. A fast song came on and Sirius jumped up at the opportunity and dragged Julia onto the dance floor. Remus and Alex did the same. James sat there, watching Lily and Gilderoy. Gilderoy was obviously babbling on about himself and Lily looked utterly bored, checking her watch every 10 seconds. Finally, she seemed to have excused herself and she walked to the snack table and took some punch. James casually walked up near her and also took some punch, a safe distance from her.
"I see you're date isn't going very well," he said suddenly. She looked up.
"Who said that?" she asked him. They both fell silent. Then...
"Is it THAT obvious?" she asked. He sniggered.
"Yeah."
"It's just horrible!" she said, walking towards him. "He's so goddamn arrogant! It's like... 'Me, me, me, me, ME!' AHHH!" she yelled, frustrated. He laughed at her impression of him.
"Listen, James," she said to him. "I'm really sorry that I've been ignoring you. What I meant in the Shrieking Shack was that I care about you as a friend." This was a lie.
"Uh huh. I understand," he said putting on a warm smile. But he was really disappointed.
"James! James!" Sirius and Remus called to him.
"Uh, I'll be back later," he told Lily. She nodded and walked off to find her friends.
"What's up?" James asked. He saw his faces and started smiling. "Ooh! Prank time! Yay!" She ran out to the garden area with the maze and saw all the couples snogging. They huddled together and started thinking of a plan.
"Or we could just set some beetles off on them!" Sirius suggested.
"Let's just set the monsters from the maze off on them," Remus suggested.
"And the beetles?" Sirius asked. He was so impossible.
"Ok, ok, we'll get the beetles also," James said. "Let's do this!"
So ten minutes later, they were all set. "Incantiousus!" James whispered while Sirius whispered "Accio beetles!" Within a few seconds, the 10 couples had jumped up from the beetles in their clothes. To make matters worse, creatures were jumping through the hedges in back of them. James, Sirius, and Remus were dying of laughter.
"What did you guys do?!" Alex yelled from behind them. Standing behind her was Julia and Lily.
"Just a harmless prank."
"Just a harmless prank, Remus?!" she looked wildly around at the people running for their lives.
"Alright, fine," Remus said and with a flick of his wand, the beetles and creatures were gone.
"That's better," Professor Dumbledore said, Professor McGonagall trailing behind him. "Thank you, Mr. Lupin, for cleaning up that mess." Remus nodded.
"Well, Professor, we will be leaving," James said hurridly. Dumbledore nodded and the six of them went inside.
"And may I ask WHY you didn't give them detention?" Professor McGonagall asked sharply. "I would've been happy to."
"It was just a harmless prank," Dumbledore told her, his eyes twinkling. And he walked inside, leaving an angry McGonagall.
----- Ok I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Review. Adios!
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Nada. Rien. Niente. Well, except for Samantha, Alex and Julia. Heehee.
Chapter 10: Halloween #2: The Dance
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"La de da da!" Sirius sang on their way down to the Great Hall in his best imitation of an opera singer. He and Julia were holding hands, as well as Remus and Alex. Lily and James walked behind the two couples, Lily refusing to go near James.
At the entrance of the hall, they were greeted by Samantha and Peter.
"Holy hell, Peter! That costume- Ow!" Sirius yelled, rubbing his shin where Julia had kicked him. "Yeesh, Julia, ya could've just told me to shut up! There's no need for physical abu- OW!" he yelled again, now also rubbing to back of his head.
"I think its fine on him," Samantha told them. She was dressed in a pink outfit with pink fuzzy bunny ears and a pom-pom for a tail. Peter was wearing the same thing, only he was wearing baby-blue that didn't match his beat red face.
"Samantha, I really don't want to wear this." Peter confessed.
"You'll wear it," she snapped and she pulled him after her, her pink ears flopping with every step.
"I feel so bad for Peter," James whispered to Lily.
"I know!" she whispered back. Then she realized she was talking to him, became quiet, and walked away, looking for Gilderoy.
"There you are, Lily!" he called to her. She walked across the hall to him and looked at him. He was wearing a normal outfit.
"What are you dressed as?" she asked him with a puzzled look on her face.
"Why, myself of course," he responded, flashing her a HUGE smile.
"Well, Halloween costumes ARE supposed to be scary," she muttered to herself.
"What did you say? I didn't catch that," Gilderoy say, still smiling.
"Uh, nothing. Would you like to dance?" she asked quickly, trying to change the subject.
"Of course. Everyone will be so jealous of you when they see that you're with me!" he said to her and when he turned around, she rolled her eyes.
The music started up. It was a slow song. Lily and Gilderoy started dancing along with other couples, including James and Tracy. Lily was bored and tired of dancing, but she didn't want to be rude. About halfway through the song, Gilderoy pulled her extremely close. James saw this, and was pretty angry. Lily pushed him off so they were back in the position they were in when the song started. About five inches in-between them.
The song stopped and James was pulled to a table with Tracy. She was dressed up as a cheerleader. Her short brown hair was in little pigtails and she was wearing a pink skirt, a pink tank top with a yellow line diagonally across it, and she had yellow pom-poms.
"Whew! That was fun!" she exclaimed. James nodded. He starred across the hall at Lily, but Tracy didn't notice.
"Do you want to go out onto the grounds?" she asked hopefully. He absent- mindedly nodded, and before he knew it, he was being pulled outside.
Outside the castle, there was a big maze set up. James knew what was in it. There were fake monsters around almost every corner to (obviously) frighten you. Around the outside, there were various benches where there were already teenagers making out. Tracy pulled him to the furthest bench. They sat down.
"So, James, what are you into?" she asked.
"Uh... Quidditch," he said blandly.
"Oh. I like puppies! How about you?"
"Uh... not really."
"Oh." Plan A didn't work, so she went for Plan B. She leaned over and kissed him. She expected him to kiss her back, but when he didn't, she just leant in for a deeper kiss.
"Uh... Tracy?" he tried to say. "Tracy? Traaaacy?" He sighed. "TRACY!" he yelled pushing her off of him.
"What? I was just getting started-" she started to say.
"Maybe we should go back inside," he suggested and they left.
Inside wasn't any better. James had convinced her to go sit with his friends with him. He sat down at the table Sirius, Remus, Julia, and Alex were sitting at. Even when he was clearly trying to talk to them, she was all over him, trying to kiss him. His friends found this a bit disturbing.
"And so I guess it means... uh..." Sirius started to say to him, but stopped because he couldn't see James. And WHY couldn't he see James? You guessed it. Tracy had decided to take a seat on his lap and was trying to make out with him. Sirius look like he was about to vomit.
"Tracy, PLEASE get off me!" James yelled and she nearly fell on the floor.
"Jeez, James, I-"
"This isn't working out!" he told her and with that, she stomped off to her friends. James caught random words like "Bench outside" and "THIS CLOSE!" and stuff like that. James sighed and continued talking to his friends. A fast song came on and Sirius jumped up at the opportunity and dragged Julia onto the dance floor. Remus and Alex did the same. James sat there, watching Lily and Gilderoy. Gilderoy was obviously babbling on about himself and Lily looked utterly bored, checking her watch every 10 seconds. Finally, she seemed to have excused herself and she walked to the snack table and took some punch. James casually walked up near her and also took some punch, a safe distance from her.
"I see you're date isn't going very well," he said suddenly. She looked up.
"Who said that?" she asked him. They both fell silent. Then...
"Is it THAT obvious?" she asked. He sniggered.
"Yeah."
"It's just horrible!" she said, walking towards him. "He's so goddamn arrogant! It's like... 'Me, me, me, me, ME!' AHHH!" she yelled, frustrated. He laughed at her impression of him.
"Listen, James," she said to him. "I'm really sorry that I've been ignoring you. What I meant in the Shrieking Shack was that I care about you as a friend." This was a lie.
"Uh huh. I understand," he said putting on a warm smile. But he was really disappointed.
"James! James!" Sirius and Remus called to him.
"Uh, I'll be back later," he told Lily. She nodded and walked off to find her friends.
"What's up?" James asked. He saw his faces and started smiling. "Ooh! Prank time! Yay!" She ran out to the garden area with the maze and saw all the couples snogging. They huddled together and started thinking of a plan.
"Or we could just set some beetles off on them!" Sirius suggested.
"Let's just set the monsters from the maze off on them," Remus suggested.
"And the beetles?" Sirius asked. He was so impossible.
"Ok, ok, we'll get the beetles also," James said. "Let's do this!"
So ten minutes later, they were all set. "Incantiousus!" James whispered while Sirius whispered "Accio beetles!" Within a few seconds, the 10 couples had jumped up from the beetles in their clothes. To make matters worse, creatures were jumping through the hedges in back of them. James, Sirius, and Remus were dying of laughter.
"What did you guys do?!" Alex yelled from behind them. Standing behind her was Julia and Lily.
"Just a harmless prank."
"Just a harmless prank, Remus?!" she looked wildly around at the people running for their lives.
"Alright, fine," Remus said and with a flick of his wand, the beetles and creatures were gone.
"That's better," Professor Dumbledore said, Professor McGonagall trailing behind him. "Thank you, Mr. Lupin, for cleaning up that mess." Remus nodded.
"Well, Professor, we will be leaving," James said hurridly. Dumbledore nodded and the six of them went inside.
"And may I ask WHY you didn't give them detention?" Professor McGonagall asked sharply. "I would've been happy to."
"It was just a harmless prank," Dumbledore told her, his eyes twinkling. And he walked inside, leaving an angry McGonagall.
----- Ok I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Review. Adios!