Disclaimer: Ok, like an idiot I forgot to put a disclaimer on the first
chapter. Ok, now I do. I don't claim JK Rowling's characters or anything
related to Harry Potter. There! YAY! Now I need to remember to put one on
the next chapter... :D
Chapter 2 of The Beautiful Lily...
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Lily walked over to the large table. Of course all of her girlfriends were there including her best friend Kate. Lily sat down and smiled weakly. She couldn't stop thinking about him. Maybe if she hung out with her friends everything would be normal again. Obviously James was not being normal. "So I saw that little trip you made in the Great Hall..." said Kate half laughing. Lily was hoping they hadn't seen that little scene. More than anything, she wanted to avoid the subject of James Potter. "Yea, what was that about?" asked another one of Lily's friends drinking butterbeer. Lily heard the door open and in came... (AN: Ha! I am such a predictable author!) the Marauders. Lily panicked and hid underneath the table. She did NOT want a confrontation with James. She was then seized from under the table by Kate and pulled up. 'Bloody traitor!' thought Lily.Lily nervously slid back into her seat and saw that the Marauders were staring at her. "Um... are you ok Lily? You seem a bit off today..." pointed out Remus. Lily made a nervous laugh trying to avoid James' eyes. "Yea, I am fine. I just dropped a galleon. Nothing to worry about." said Lily rather fast.Sirius snorted disbelievingly and Lily shot him a cold glare. Sirius smirked back and ushered James and the others to the nearest table. "So do you like him?" asked one of Lily's friends. "NO! I don't like him! He's a prat!" said Lily getting defensive. "Oh, quit denying it! You like him Evans! He's obviously trying to be a friend to you, maybe more. He's fit, he plays Quidditch, has a chiseled body, and is totally smooth..." said Kate nodding her head over by James. Lily was getting furious, but what if Kate was right, is James really trying to not be a prat? "I don't know. It might be one of his prat- like schemes." said Lily drinking some of Kate's butterbeer without thinking. Kate snatched the mug away from Lily and sighed. "I've NEVER been wrong on these kinds of things. I've got mad intutition... James likes you and wants to ask you to the Yule Ball." said Kate pretending to be a Seer. "Tell me Seer Kate... how many children are Lily and James going to have in the future?" asked one of Lily's friends giggling madly. Kate placed her two index fingers from each hand and placed them on her temples in concentration. She screwed up her eyes which made her look ridiculous. "Lily will have twelve children and name them all after a famous witch or wizard depending on their gender! Half of her children will be Quidditch players for England for the Quidditch Cup. And the other half will be employees for the Minstry of Magic. And they will all live in a box and live off of Bertie Botts for the rest of their lives! MWA HA HA!" laughed Kate. Lily shook her head and had to laugh with all of them. It was a ridiculous thought... "Just wait, Lily. He'll ask you out." Kate smiled with confidence at the thought. Lily just rolled her eyes and left the Hogs Head thinking what would her future be like if James and Lily had in fact gotten married... (AN: Ahem... If only she knew...)
HOGWARTS- BOYS' DORMITORY- NEXT DAY- MORNING—
James was pacing around in frustration. How could he ask Lily to the Yule Ball without blowing it? He was horrible at showing feelings and emotion. But he really cared for Lily and didn't want to mess up. "Prongs... sit down, you're giving me a bloody headache when you do that!" said Sirius annoyed. James sat down briefly and rumpled his hair. It was a habit he hadn't been able to break since he met Lily. "I can't stand it, mate. I need a fool proof plan to ask out Lily." said James standing up again. Sirius threw a pillow at him. "Sit down and maybe I can help you!" James was taken aback by Sirius' serious expression. "What you have to do is to not get your temper up. When Lily says something that aggravates you, just think happy thoughts, mate. Think about Quidditch. Any happy thought so you won't lose your temper again. Don't be a prat and brag all the time. Lily doesn't seem to like that very much. And try to steer clear of Snivellus and other Slytherins if you can help it. You will make matters worse by hexing them if they provoke you. Do you understand?" asked Sirius looking more serious. James nodded let his head nod back on the armchair and closed his eyes. "Happy thoughts... yea I think I can do that." Sirius was sitting next to James and easily hit James upside the head. "Hey! What the bloody hell was that for?" asked James. "I wasn't done yet. You need to be polite. Comment on how nice her hair looks or make a comment on the weather if you happen to be outside at the moment. Make good conversation with her. Just don't talk about yourself all the time. Listen to what she has to say." said Sirus. James looked at Sirius funny. "Where did you learn all this?" asked James. "I got lessons from Moony over the summer. I wrote to him asking for help on asking out a girl I fancied." said Sirius his serious expression turning into an amused one. "Why didn't I hear of any of this?" asked James. "You didn't ask good chum." smiled Sirius. "Ok, when should I ask her and where?" asked James as he got up to pace again. Sirius grew silent and thought clicking his tongue quite loudly. "Oh, I know! Ask her on Valentine's Day on the next Hogsmeade trip!" said Sirius excitedly. "And do what? Casually walk up to her and ask her? You don't think do you?" said James still pacing. "Send her an anonymous love note and tell her to meat you at the café next Hogsmeade trip. That will catch her attention. Her curiosity will overwhelm her and she'll wait for you there." said Sirius rubbing his hands together. "That's the WORST idea I've ever heard!" complained James. "I'll do it!" Sirius smirked evilly. "Good. I like a challenge."
GREAT HALL-BREAKFAST
James felt sick. He couldn't do it. He just couldn't. He felt nauseous every time he thought about Lily rejecting him again. Sirius was still smirking at the thought of putting them together while he ate his breakfast. Remus nudged James to go to the other end of the Gryffindor table and accidentally place the "invitation" in her book bag. James slowly got up and felt like he was going to blow chunks. He inhaled and exhaled and he slowly and casually walked past Lily's book bag with was conveniently not being paid any attention from Lily. She was too busy chatting away with her girlfriends so he carefully slipped it into her book bag without being noticed. He slowly back away towards his friends and sat down breathing heavily. "Bloody hell, Prongs! You look like you've been running twenty miles! It was just a simple invitation... were you that nervous?" asked Sirius. James nodded and tried to eat the rest of his breakfast. After an hour Lily was finished with her breakfast and ready for class. She picked up her book bag and tried looking for her Transfiguration homework. She pulled out a heart-shaped paper that began flying around her head with sparks emitting from it. "Awww... it's so cute! Who's it from, Lily?" asked Kate. Lily stood tip-toe in the air to catch the flying heart and read what it said.
Lily,
I would like you to meet me in the Hog's Head on Valentine's Day around noon. I need to ask you a very important question.
Yours forever,
Prince Charming
P.S. I will be wearing a really big hat and I am in Gryffindor
Lily couldn't believe it. It was really romantic and mysterious. "Oh, Lily! He wants to meet you on Valentine's Day. Isn't that romantic? I wonder who it is..." said one of Lily's friends. "I know who it is..." said Kate mischievously. "You do?" asked Lily. "Tell me." Kate shook her head. "Nope. He obviously wants it to be a surprise." said Kate.Lily couldn't stand it. Did Kate really know who it was? If she did who is it? Lily stood and went up a couple flights of stairs to Transfiguration.
VALENTINE'S DAY- HOGSMEADE
Lily and her girlfriends were walking with her in Hogsmeade looking around in the shops. "Let's go to Honeydukes and get some Fizzing Whizbees!" said one of Lily's friends looking through the display window of Honeydukes. Lily looked at her watch. It was almost noon and she needed to go inside the Hog's Head. "Sorry, you guys go ahead. I need to go to the Hog's Head." said Lily. Lily was walking away towards the Hog's Head and her girlfriend's giggled as she waved. She went inside the Hog's Head and looked around nervously for a Gryffindor with a large hat. She finally saw someone with a large top hat, but she couldn't recognize him for his back was facing her. He had a black cloak on and looked very mysterious. She walked over to him and tapped him lightly on the shoulder. Her emerald eyes met hazel eyes, glasses, and unkept jet black hair. He took off his hat and smiled at Lily. "Potter... what are you doing here?" asked Lily unable to believe what she was seeing. "I am Prince Charming." replied James trying to sound mysterious. Lily took a seat across from him. She started laughing hysterically. 'Happy thoughts, James. Happy thoughts...' thought James. "You... must be joking! YOU are prince charming?!" asked Lily in total disbelief. "Yes..." said James trying not to get him temper up. Lily looked at him for a second and found in his eyes that he wasn't joking. He was dead serious. "You aren't... joking?" asked Lily feeling quite embarrassed. "Wow... I never would've... I am sorry, James. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I am just so used to the prat-like James that's all." James slowly took off his large hat and laid it on the table. "I just wanted you to like me. I wanted you to see that I can be a nice guy..." said James looking ashamed of himself. "It' my fault. I am sorry. I don't think you're a prat. I can tell you really tried to be a nice bloke. You tried to be un-prat like and I spat back in your face." said Lily. James sighed and smiled at Lily. "So we wasted six and a half years despising each other when we could've worked things out?" said James. Lily just sat there staring at him. He was fit, athletic, and not a bad guy. She couldn't believe this side of James was hiding so long. "James... you don't have to be a show off to get my attention. If you weren't such a prat in the beginning we would've been friends by now." said Lily. "So we aren't friends now?" asked James. "Of course we're friends. As long as you don't be a prat." said Lily. James smiled as he looked into her amazingly alluring green eyes. He slowly inched his hand over to hers. "Lily, would you like to go to the Yule Ball with me?" asked James finally taking hold of her hand without Lily realizing it. Lily was staring into his eyes totally lost for words."Lily? Are you ok?" asked James. Lily finally snapped out her trance and bit her bit nervously and looked away from him for a second. Did she really care about James or was it just the Valentine's love bug that bit her. 'Oh, what the hell. What have I got to lose?' thought Lily. Lily looked back at him and smiled. "Sure, I'll go with you." said Lily. Lily just realized he had her hand in his and pulled it away quickly. "As friends..." James nodded. 'I'll get her to fall in love with me by the end of the night at the Yule Ball...' thought James. "As friends..." repeated James. "FINALLY! We thought you two would NEVER get on." said an amused voice. Sirus, Remus, and Peter had popped out of no where and all three of them looked smug. "Wait a minute... this was planned?" asked Lily. "How else were going to make you two be civil to one another?" said Remus. Lily gave him a look of surprise. "Remus? I am surprised that you would go at such lengths as to put us together as friends. That was really sweet." said Lily. Remus looked relieved that she didn't blow up at him. "Hey... what about me? It was MY plan. Don't I get any praise for my noble deed?" asked Sirius making a puppy dog face. Lily laughed. "Of course, thank you Sirius." said Lily. Sirius stuck his tongue out at Remus and he just rolled his eyes.
THE GIRLS' DORMITORIES- THE YULE BALL
Lily was getting ready for the Yule Ball and had a beautiful green dress that brought out her eyes brilliantly. Kate was doing Lily's hair. "Hm... should we put it up or down. I honestly like it down and have your curls hang over your shoulders. It looks very elegant." said Kate. "I don't know. Do whatever you want with it. Make me feel like a princess Miss Kate." said Lily looking into the wall length mirror. Kate fixed her auburn curls and put tiny roses in her hair. She also helped Lily put on her emerald green necklace. "Oh, Lily... you look beautiful!" said one of Lily's friends excited. Kate smiled proudly admiring her work. "Ok, don't fiddle with your hair, because you have a tendency to do that... and just have nice conversations with each other and don't accept offers to dance with other guys without asking James' permission first." said Kate applying Lily's lipstick and gloss. Kate made over her whole face and Lily had a light green eye shadow on and her face glowed with radiance. It was finally time to see James Potter as a different person...
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Chapter 2 of The Beautiful Lily...
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Lily walked over to the large table. Of course all of her girlfriends were there including her best friend Kate. Lily sat down and smiled weakly. She couldn't stop thinking about him. Maybe if she hung out with her friends everything would be normal again. Obviously James was not being normal. "So I saw that little trip you made in the Great Hall..." said Kate half laughing. Lily was hoping they hadn't seen that little scene. More than anything, she wanted to avoid the subject of James Potter. "Yea, what was that about?" asked another one of Lily's friends drinking butterbeer. Lily heard the door open and in came... (AN: Ha! I am such a predictable author!) the Marauders. Lily panicked and hid underneath the table. She did NOT want a confrontation with James. She was then seized from under the table by Kate and pulled up. 'Bloody traitor!' thought Lily.Lily nervously slid back into her seat and saw that the Marauders were staring at her. "Um... are you ok Lily? You seem a bit off today..." pointed out Remus. Lily made a nervous laugh trying to avoid James' eyes. "Yea, I am fine. I just dropped a galleon. Nothing to worry about." said Lily rather fast.Sirius snorted disbelievingly and Lily shot him a cold glare. Sirius smirked back and ushered James and the others to the nearest table. "So do you like him?" asked one of Lily's friends. "NO! I don't like him! He's a prat!" said Lily getting defensive. "Oh, quit denying it! You like him Evans! He's obviously trying to be a friend to you, maybe more. He's fit, he plays Quidditch, has a chiseled body, and is totally smooth..." said Kate nodding her head over by James. Lily was getting furious, but what if Kate was right, is James really trying to not be a prat? "I don't know. It might be one of his prat- like schemes." said Lily drinking some of Kate's butterbeer without thinking. Kate snatched the mug away from Lily and sighed. "I've NEVER been wrong on these kinds of things. I've got mad intutition... James likes you and wants to ask you to the Yule Ball." said Kate pretending to be a Seer. "Tell me Seer Kate... how many children are Lily and James going to have in the future?" asked one of Lily's friends giggling madly. Kate placed her two index fingers from each hand and placed them on her temples in concentration. She screwed up her eyes which made her look ridiculous. "Lily will have twelve children and name them all after a famous witch or wizard depending on their gender! Half of her children will be Quidditch players for England for the Quidditch Cup. And the other half will be employees for the Minstry of Magic. And they will all live in a box and live off of Bertie Botts for the rest of their lives! MWA HA HA!" laughed Kate. Lily shook her head and had to laugh with all of them. It was a ridiculous thought... "Just wait, Lily. He'll ask you out." Kate smiled with confidence at the thought. Lily just rolled her eyes and left the Hogs Head thinking what would her future be like if James and Lily had in fact gotten married... (AN: Ahem... If only she knew...)
HOGWARTS- BOYS' DORMITORY- NEXT DAY- MORNING—
James was pacing around in frustration. How could he ask Lily to the Yule Ball without blowing it? He was horrible at showing feelings and emotion. But he really cared for Lily and didn't want to mess up. "Prongs... sit down, you're giving me a bloody headache when you do that!" said Sirius annoyed. James sat down briefly and rumpled his hair. It was a habit he hadn't been able to break since he met Lily. "I can't stand it, mate. I need a fool proof plan to ask out Lily." said James standing up again. Sirius threw a pillow at him. "Sit down and maybe I can help you!" James was taken aback by Sirius' serious expression. "What you have to do is to not get your temper up. When Lily says something that aggravates you, just think happy thoughts, mate. Think about Quidditch. Any happy thought so you won't lose your temper again. Don't be a prat and brag all the time. Lily doesn't seem to like that very much. And try to steer clear of Snivellus and other Slytherins if you can help it. You will make matters worse by hexing them if they provoke you. Do you understand?" asked Sirius looking more serious. James nodded let his head nod back on the armchair and closed his eyes. "Happy thoughts... yea I think I can do that." Sirius was sitting next to James and easily hit James upside the head. "Hey! What the bloody hell was that for?" asked James. "I wasn't done yet. You need to be polite. Comment on how nice her hair looks or make a comment on the weather if you happen to be outside at the moment. Make good conversation with her. Just don't talk about yourself all the time. Listen to what she has to say." said Sirus. James looked at Sirius funny. "Where did you learn all this?" asked James. "I got lessons from Moony over the summer. I wrote to him asking for help on asking out a girl I fancied." said Sirius his serious expression turning into an amused one. "Why didn't I hear of any of this?" asked James. "You didn't ask good chum." smiled Sirius. "Ok, when should I ask her and where?" asked James as he got up to pace again. Sirius grew silent and thought clicking his tongue quite loudly. "Oh, I know! Ask her on Valentine's Day on the next Hogsmeade trip!" said Sirius excitedly. "And do what? Casually walk up to her and ask her? You don't think do you?" said James still pacing. "Send her an anonymous love note and tell her to meat you at the café next Hogsmeade trip. That will catch her attention. Her curiosity will overwhelm her and she'll wait for you there." said Sirius rubbing his hands together. "That's the WORST idea I've ever heard!" complained James. "I'll do it!" Sirius smirked evilly. "Good. I like a challenge."
GREAT HALL-BREAKFAST
James felt sick. He couldn't do it. He just couldn't. He felt nauseous every time he thought about Lily rejecting him again. Sirius was still smirking at the thought of putting them together while he ate his breakfast. Remus nudged James to go to the other end of the Gryffindor table and accidentally place the "invitation" in her book bag. James slowly got up and felt like he was going to blow chunks. He inhaled and exhaled and he slowly and casually walked past Lily's book bag with was conveniently not being paid any attention from Lily. She was too busy chatting away with her girlfriends so he carefully slipped it into her book bag without being noticed. He slowly back away towards his friends and sat down breathing heavily. "Bloody hell, Prongs! You look like you've been running twenty miles! It was just a simple invitation... were you that nervous?" asked Sirius. James nodded and tried to eat the rest of his breakfast. After an hour Lily was finished with her breakfast and ready for class. She picked up her book bag and tried looking for her Transfiguration homework. She pulled out a heart-shaped paper that began flying around her head with sparks emitting from it. "Awww... it's so cute! Who's it from, Lily?" asked Kate. Lily stood tip-toe in the air to catch the flying heart and read what it said.
Lily,
I would like you to meet me in the Hog's Head on Valentine's Day around noon. I need to ask you a very important question.
Yours forever,
Prince Charming
P.S. I will be wearing a really big hat and I am in Gryffindor
Lily couldn't believe it. It was really romantic and mysterious. "Oh, Lily! He wants to meet you on Valentine's Day. Isn't that romantic? I wonder who it is..." said one of Lily's friends. "I know who it is..." said Kate mischievously. "You do?" asked Lily. "Tell me." Kate shook her head. "Nope. He obviously wants it to be a surprise." said Kate.Lily couldn't stand it. Did Kate really know who it was? If she did who is it? Lily stood and went up a couple flights of stairs to Transfiguration.
VALENTINE'S DAY- HOGSMEADE
Lily and her girlfriends were walking with her in Hogsmeade looking around in the shops. "Let's go to Honeydukes and get some Fizzing Whizbees!" said one of Lily's friends looking through the display window of Honeydukes. Lily looked at her watch. It was almost noon and she needed to go inside the Hog's Head. "Sorry, you guys go ahead. I need to go to the Hog's Head." said Lily. Lily was walking away towards the Hog's Head and her girlfriend's giggled as she waved. She went inside the Hog's Head and looked around nervously for a Gryffindor with a large hat. She finally saw someone with a large top hat, but she couldn't recognize him for his back was facing her. He had a black cloak on and looked very mysterious. She walked over to him and tapped him lightly on the shoulder. Her emerald eyes met hazel eyes, glasses, and unkept jet black hair. He took off his hat and smiled at Lily. "Potter... what are you doing here?" asked Lily unable to believe what she was seeing. "I am Prince Charming." replied James trying to sound mysterious. Lily took a seat across from him. She started laughing hysterically. 'Happy thoughts, James. Happy thoughts...' thought James. "You... must be joking! YOU are prince charming?!" asked Lily in total disbelief. "Yes..." said James trying not to get him temper up. Lily looked at him for a second and found in his eyes that he wasn't joking. He was dead serious. "You aren't... joking?" asked Lily feeling quite embarrassed. "Wow... I never would've... I am sorry, James. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I am just so used to the prat-like James that's all." James slowly took off his large hat and laid it on the table. "I just wanted you to like me. I wanted you to see that I can be a nice guy..." said James looking ashamed of himself. "It' my fault. I am sorry. I don't think you're a prat. I can tell you really tried to be a nice bloke. You tried to be un-prat like and I spat back in your face." said Lily. James sighed and smiled at Lily. "So we wasted six and a half years despising each other when we could've worked things out?" said James. Lily just sat there staring at him. He was fit, athletic, and not a bad guy. She couldn't believe this side of James was hiding so long. "James... you don't have to be a show off to get my attention. If you weren't such a prat in the beginning we would've been friends by now." said Lily. "So we aren't friends now?" asked James. "Of course we're friends. As long as you don't be a prat." said Lily. James smiled as he looked into her amazingly alluring green eyes. He slowly inched his hand over to hers. "Lily, would you like to go to the Yule Ball with me?" asked James finally taking hold of her hand without Lily realizing it. Lily was staring into his eyes totally lost for words."Lily? Are you ok?" asked James. Lily finally snapped out her trance and bit her bit nervously and looked away from him for a second. Did she really care about James or was it just the Valentine's love bug that bit her. 'Oh, what the hell. What have I got to lose?' thought Lily. Lily looked back at him and smiled. "Sure, I'll go with you." said Lily. Lily just realized he had her hand in his and pulled it away quickly. "As friends..." James nodded. 'I'll get her to fall in love with me by the end of the night at the Yule Ball...' thought James. "As friends..." repeated James. "FINALLY! We thought you two would NEVER get on." said an amused voice. Sirus, Remus, and Peter had popped out of no where and all three of them looked smug. "Wait a minute... this was planned?" asked Lily. "How else were going to make you two be civil to one another?" said Remus. Lily gave him a look of surprise. "Remus? I am surprised that you would go at such lengths as to put us together as friends. That was really sweet." said Lily. Remus looked relieved that she didn't blow up at him. "Hey... what about me? It was MY plan. Don't I get any praise for my noble deed?" asked Sirius making a puppy dog face. Lily laughed. "Of course, thank you Sirius." said Lily. Sirius stuck his tongue out at Remus and he just rolled his eyes.
THE GIRLS' DORMITORIES- THE YULE BALL
Lily was getting ready for the Yule Ball and had a beautiful green dress that brought out her eyes brilliantly. Kate was doing Lily's hair. "Hm... should we put it up or down. I honestly like it down and have your curls hang over your shoulders. It looks very elegant." said Kate. "I don't know. Do whatever you want with it. Make me feel like a princess Miss Kate." said Lily looking into the wall length mirror. Kate fixed her auburn curls and put tiny roses in her hair. She also helped Lily put on her emerald green necklace. "Oh, Lily... you look beautiful!" said one of Lily's friends excited. Kate smiled proudly admiring her work. "Ok, don't fiddle with your hair, because you have a tendency to do that... and just have nice conversations with each other and don't accept offers to dance with other guys without asking James' permission first." said Kate applying Lily's lipstick and gloss. Kate made over her whole face and Lily had a light green eye shadow on and her face glowed with radiance. It was finally time to see James Potter as a different person...
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Oooo! Makes you irritated doesn't it? Ha ha! Review! Review! Review! And maybe I'll tell you what happens next. Hee hee...
3 Misty aka Loony Luna Lovegood