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Chapter 5 :
Partners for the Ball
"Got the drinks!" said James, as he sat down opposite Lily.
"Finally!" she said, taking a big swig from her beacon. "What took you so long?"
"Oh, I was talking to Rosemerta, you know, the barmaid," he said casually.
"Rosemerta?" said Lily thinking.
"Yeah," said James, taking a sip from his drink.
"I know her. We spoke to her a couple of times last year" she lowered her voice. "She's nice, but, well a bit weird." She took another sip from her drink.
"How?" asked James.
"Well she," Lily thought about how to word what she was trying to say, "She knew things about people, just by speaking to them" James coughed into his drink.
"Are you alright?" asked Lily.
"Y . . .. Yeah," replied James. He had to do it now. "Lily?"
"Yes James?" she said, looking at him and smiling.
"Are you looking forward to the Christmas Ball?" he asked. 'No! Not what I meant to ask' he thought angrily.
"S'poose," she replied.
"What are you wearing?" he questioned. 'Just ask her, for Merlin's sake!'
"Dunno," Lily shrugged.
"You should go for green to match your eyes," said James, whilst secretly cursing himself.
"Er, thanks" said Lily, unsure how to take this remark.
"So, who are you going with?" he asked, trying to sound casual. 'Please say no-one, please say no-one' he thought desperately.
"No-one" said Lily.
"Oh. Right," was his reply. 'Yes! Yes! Yes!'
"Who are you going with?" Lily asked.
"No-one, yet," he sighed. "I haven't asked the girl I want to go with yet."
"And who is that?" asked Lily, her hart beating quite fast.
"Well, she's clever, funny, has amazing eyes, and the best hair I've ever seen!" he replied smiling. Lily didn't say anything, and took another sip of Butterbeer. She knew who she wanted to ask her to the Ball, but she wasn't sure he wanted to go with her. 'You just like him as a friend, you just like him as a friend!' she told herself.
"Ickle Jamsie!" they heard Sirius sing. They looked up. Sirius and Remus were making their way over to where James and Lily where sat, Sirius singing. Sirius had the attention of the whole pub, as he made his way over singing, whilst shaking his hips. Lily was glad for a distraction from their conversation.
"Lookie here, its Evans!" he said, as he and Remus reached the table. "Budge up," he said to Lily. Lily moved to sit in the seat next to James.
"So Lily," said Sirius, "What's it like being alone with James for so long?"
"Er . . .. Not that bad," she shrugged.
"You can tell the truth you know," replied Sirius. "I won't let him hex you."
"Maybe," interrupted Remus, "she did tell the truth." Sirius grinned. Lily looked at Remus, noticing how ill he looked. His grey eyes had dark bags under them, and he looked paler than normal (and that was saying something!). But his dark blonde hair, remained the same. Sirius was by far the tallest, James and Remus about the same height. James and Sirius were well built; ware as, Remus was a bit on the skinny side. James and Sirius both had brown eyes; Sirius's eyes were darker. They both also had black hair, but ware as, James's hair was messy, Sirius's hair fell elegantly into his eyes.
"So Lily, you're a girl," said Sirius.
"How observant," said Lily, causing a wave of laughter around the table.
"Well, how would you want to be asked to the Ball?" continued Sirius, grinning.
"That's easy," said Lily, "I'd want him to whisk me off my feet, and ask me like a gentleman, to go with him." Lily sighed dreamily.
"Right," said Sirius, who obviously hadn't got a clue what she had meant. They all laughed at him.
"So who are you going with?" James asked, after a moment's silence, where everyone took a sip of drink.
"Katy Vector," he said, without a trace of embarrassment.
"What!" exclaimed Lily, "She didn't say anything to me!" she said, feeling hurt, after all they were best friends!
"Well that's because I haven't asked her yet!" said Sirius as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Well, here's your chance!" James jerked his head towards the door. Katy and Sally had just walked into the pub. They looked around, and when they spotted Lily, they started to make their way over.
"Hey Lily!" Katy smiled.
"Let's go!" said Sally, sounding excited. James's stomach lurched, he hadn't asked her!
"Bye James!" said Lily getting up. "Bye Sirius, Remus."
"See you Lily!" said Sirius and Remus.
"Bye Lily," said James, looking disappointed about something. Lily and her friends were by the door when they heard Sirius stout, so the whole pub could hear,
"Oi, Katy!"
"What?" Katy yelled back.
"Will you go to the Ball with me?" he shouted. Katy thought for a moment.
"Yeah, ok!" she replied. They both grinned at each other, before Katy left the pub, Lily and Sally behind her.
"Shame," said Katy, as they walked down the street. "Sirius is good looking, but can you imagine, what all that Quidditch has done for Potter's body!" she finished.
"But he's Lily's!" Katy sighed.
"What does that mean!" asked Lily, heatedly.
"Your going to the Ball with James," said Sally.
"No, I'm not," said Lily. They all stopped walking.
"But didn't he ask you today?" asked Sally, sounding amazed.
"No!" said Lily bitterly.
"But the way he looks at you!" said Katy wistfully.
"Wish a guy would look at me like that," sighed Sally.
"Ok, sit down!" said Katy, pointing to a near by bench.
"But its freezing!" said Lily, looking around at the snow covered, deserted street.
"Yes, well we won't overheard will we?" answered Katy.
"Why wouldn't we want to be overheard?" asked Lily, sitting down in- between her best friends. Katy shrugged, making Lily roll her eyes.
"Tell us everything that happened." Sally said.
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"Did she say yes?" asked Remus, the moment the pub door shut.
"Yes, well sort of," said James.
"What do you mean? She either did, or didn't!" said Sirius.
"Well, we were talking about the Ball, and I was about to ask her, and then . . ." James had a sudden idea.
"And then?" said Sirius and Remus together.
"And then you guys came over!" James finished.
"Sorry mate!" said Sirius grinning.
"You better ask her, or you'll lose the Bet!" warned Remus. James didn't answer; it was more than a Bet. He wanted to go with Lily, and no one else. His idea had to work, it just had to!
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Lily woke late on Wednesday morning, and rushed to get ready. Katy and Sally had already gone down to breakfast. As she was getting ready, she saw her beautiful dress robes. Without realising Lily had taken James's advice, and had bought emerald green robes, which made her eyes stand out, and complemented her hair. It had thin straps, and hung to her in just the right places, and finished in a ball-gown like skirt. She made her way down to breakfast. She scanned the table, and found her friends, but James wasn't there. Sirius was talking in a hushed voice to Remus and Peter, but no James. She smiled at Sirius and the others as she passed, and took her seat next to Katy.
"Where were you guys this morning?" Lily asked.
"Never mind that!" interrupted Katy. "Lily, do you know who Sally is going to the Ball with?" she said sounding in a very bad mood.
"No" Lily said.
"Its no big deal!" said Sally at once.
"Oh yes it is!" said Katy, outraged.
"Who?" asked Lily.
"Well err. Gilderoylockhart." Murmured Sally.
"Who?" said Lily, confused.
"Gilderoy Lockhart!" breathed Katy.
"So?" Lily shrugged.
"He's an un-loyal, un-popular, brain-dead, Hufflepuff, who thinks he's the best looking guy in school!" Katy replied. "And he's in 3rd year!"
"He is not!" exclaimed Sally. They started arguing. Lily rolled her eyes. She looked over at Sirius, and tried to catch his eye. He finally looked over at her. Lily mouthed, 'Where's James?' he shrugged, grinned, and turned away. Lily felt slightly put out. She went back to her breakfast, with Katy and Sally still arguing. Just then, about a hundred owls came swooping into the great hall. "Post!" Lily said over the argument going on next to her. They stopped, and looked up at the circling owls above them. Lily went back to her breakfast; she never got post, only from her Mum and Dad. So when a very attractive snowy white owl landed in front of her, she jumped. Lily took the letter from it and it flew away. "Who's it from?" asked Sally at once. "Let her open it and she'll tell you!" snapped Katy. "Well neither of you are going to find out," said Lily, having just read the letter. "Why not?" pouted Sally. "Because it's un-signed." Lily said simply. "Well what does it say?" asked Katy anxiously. "Well it goes: 'Lily, meet me in the Quidditch stadium at 9:30 tomorrow' not exactly a love letter is it?" sighed Lily. "Are you going to go?" asked Sally. "I don't know," Lily replied.
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I would like to thank everyone who sent me an e-mail, I know, again. And a special thanks to
Butterflyangel3: My favourite part is the end too, its one of my fav parts
in the whole story. Bloody Lily: Spelling has never been my strong point, but I will try
harder. girlwholived: Thank you. allie kat5: Hope you enjoyed. meenor: hope you didn't wait 2 long!
And thanks to anyone I might have missed! The next chapter might take a while cause I'm goin back 2 school ( I hate school!!!!) Bye-bye!
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Chapter 5 :
Partners for the Ball
"Got the drinks!" said James, as he sat down opposite Lily.
"Finally!" she said, taking a big swig from her beacon. "What took you so long?"
"Oh, I was talking to Rosemerta, you know, the barmaid," he said casually.
"Rosemerta?" said Lily thinking.
"Yeah," said James, taking a sip from his drink.
"I know her. We spoke to her a couple of times last year" she lowered her voice. "She's nice, but, well a bit weird." She took another sip from her drink.
"How?" asked James.
"Well she," Lily thought about how to word what she was trying to say, "She knew things about people, just by speaking to them" James coughed into his drink.
"Are you alright?" asked Lily.
"Y . . .. Yeah," replied James. He had to do it now. "Lily?"
"Yes James?" she said, looking at him and smiling.
"Are you looking forward to the Christmas Ball?" he asked. 'No! Not what I meant to ask' he thought angrily.
"S'poose," she replied.
"What are you wearing?" he questioned. 'Just ask her, for Merlin's sake!'
"Dunno," Lily shrugged.
"You should go for green to match your eyes," said James, whilst secretly cursing himself.
"Er, thanks" said Lily, unsure how to take this remark.
"So, who are you going with?" he asked, trying to sound casual. 'Please say no-one, please say no-one' he thought desperately.
"No-one" said Lily.
"Oh. Right," was his reply. 'Yes! Yes! Yes!'
"Who are you going with?" Lily asked.
"No-one, yet," he sighed. "I haven't asked the girl I want to go with yet."
"And who is that?" asked Lily, her hart beating quite fast.
"Well, she's clever, funny, has amazing eyes, and the best hair I've ever seen!" he replied smiling. Lily didn't say anything, and took another sip of Butterbeer. She knew who she wanted to ask her to the Ball, but she wasn't sure he wanted to go with her. 'You just like him as a friend, you just like him as a friend!' she told herself.
"Ickle Jamsie!" they heard Sirius sing. They looked up. Sirius and Remus were making their way over to where James and Lily where sat, Sirius singing. Sirius had the attention of the whole pub, as he made his way over singing, whilst shaking his hips. Lily was glad for a distraction from their conversation.
"Lookie here, its Evans!" he said, as he and Remus reached the table. "Budge up," he said to Lily. Lily moved to sit in the seat next to James.
"So Lily," said Sirius, "What's it like being alone with James for so long?"
"Er . . .. Not that bad," she shrugged.
"You can tell the truth you know," replied Sirius. "I won't let him hex you."
"Maybe," interrupted Remus, "she did tell the truth." Sirius grinned. Lily looked at Remus, noticing how ill he looked. His grey eyes had dark bags under them, and he looked paler than normal (and that was saying something!). But his dark blonde hair, remained the same. Sirius was by far the tallest, James and Remus about the same height. James and Sirius were well built; ware as, Remus was a bit on the skinny side. James and Sirius both had brown eyes; Sirius's eyes were darker. They both also had black hair, but ware as, James's hair was messy, Sirius's hair fell elegantly into his eyes.
"So Lily, you're a girl," said Sirius.
"How observant," said Lily, causing a wave of laughter around the table.
"Well, how would you want to be asked to the Ball?" continued Sirius, grinning.
"That's easy," said Lily, "I'd want him to whisk me off my feet, and ask me like a gentleman, to go with him." Lily sighed dreamily.
"Right," said Sirius, who obviously hadn't got a clue what she had meant. They all laughed at him.
"So who are you going with?" James asked, after a moment's silence, where everyone took a sip of drink.
"Katy Vector," he said, without a trace of embarrassment.
"What!" exclaimed Lily, "She didn't say anything to me!" she said, feeling hurt, after all they were best friends!
"Well that's because I haven't asked her yet!" said Sirius as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Well, here's your chance!" James jerked his head towards the door. Katy and Sally had just walked into the pub. They looked around, and when they spotted Lily, they started to make their way over.
"Hey Lily!" Katy smiled.
"Let's go!" said Sally, sounding excited. James's stomach lurched, he hadn't asked her!
"Bye James!" said Lily getting up. "Bye Sirius, Remus."
"See you Lily!" said Sirius and Remus.
"Bye Lily," said James, looking disappointed about something. Lily and her friends were by the door when they heard Sirius stout, so the whole pub could hear,
"Oi, Katy!"
"What?" Katy yelled back.
"Will you go to the Ball with me?" he shouted. Katy thought for a moment.
"Yeah, ok!" she replied. They both grinned at each other, before Katy left the pub, Lily and Sally behind her.
"Shame," said Katy, as they walked down the street. "Sirius is good looking, but can you imagine, what all that Quidditch has done for Potter's body!" she finished.
"But he's Lily's!" Katy sighed.
"What does that mean!" asked Lily, heatedly.
"Your going to the Ball with James," said Sally.
"No, I'm not," said Lily. They all stopped walking.
"But didn't he ask you today?" asked Sally, sounding amazed.
"No!" said Lily bitterly.
"But the way he looks at you!" said Katy wistfully.
"Wish a guy would look at me like that," sighed Sally.
"Ok, sit down!" said Katy, pointing to a near by bench.
"But its freezing!" said Lily, looking around at the snow covered, deserted street.
"Yes, well we won't overheard will we?" answered Katy.
"Why wouldn't we want to be overheard?" asked Lily, sitting down in- between her best friends. Katy shrugged, making Lily roll her eyes.
"Tell us everything that happened." Sally said.
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"Did she say yes?" asked Remus, the moment the pub door shut.
"Yes, well sort of," said James.
"What do you mean? She either did, or didn't!" said Sirius.
"Well, we were talking about the Ball, and I was about to ask her, and then . . ." James had a sudden idea.
"And then?" said Sirius and Remus together.
"And then you guys came over!" James finished.
"Sorry mate!" said Sirius grinning.
"You better ask her, or you'll lose the Bet!" warned Remus. James didn't answer; it was more than a Bet. He wanted to go with Lily, and no one else. His idea had to work, it just had to!
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Lily woke late on Wednesday morning, and rushed to get ready. Katy and Sally had already gone down to breakfast. As she was getting ready, she saw her beautiful dress robes. Without realising Lily had taken James's advice, and had bought emerald green robes, which made her eyes stand out, and complemented her hair. It had thin straps, and hung to her in just the right places, and finished in a ball-gown like skirt. She made her way down to breakfast. She scanned the table, and found her friends, but James wasn't there. Sirius was talking in a hushed voice to Remus and Peter, but no James. She smiled at Sirius and the others as she passed, and took her seat next to Katy.
"Where were you guys this morning?" Lily asked.
"Never mind that!" interrupted Katy. "Lily, do you know who Sally is going to the Ball with?" she said sounding in a very bad mood.
"No" Lily said.
"Its no big deal!" said Sally at once.
"Oh yes it is!" said Katy, outraged.
"Who?" asked Lily.
"Well err. Gilderoylockhart." Murmured Sally.
"Who?" said Lily, confused.
"Gilderoy Lockhart!" breathed Katy.
"So?" Lily shrugged.
"He's an un-loyal, un-popular, brain-dead, Hufflepuff, who thinks he's the best looking guy in school!" Katy replied. "And he's in 3rd year!"
"He is not!" exclaimed Sally. They started arguing. Lily rolled her eyes. She looked over at Sirius, and tried to catch his eye. He finally looked over at her. Lily mouthed, 'Where's James?' he shrugged, grinned, and turned away. Lily felt slightly put out. She went back to her breakfast, with Katy and Sally still arguing. Just then, about a hundred owls came swooping into the great hall. "Post!" Lily said over the argument going on next to her. They stopped, and looked up at the circling owls above them. Lily went back to her breakfast; she never got post, only from her Mum and Dad. So when a very attractive snowy white owl landed in front of her, she jumped. Lily took the letter from it and it flew away. "Who's it from?" asked Sally at once. "Let her open it and she'll tell you!" snapped Katy. "Well neither of you are going to find out," said Lily, having just read the letter. "Why not?" pouted Sally. "Because it's un-signed." Lily said simply. "Well what does it say?" asked Katy anxiously. "Well it goes: 'Lily, meet me in the Quidditch stadium at 9:30 tomorrow' not exactly a love letter is it?" sighed Lily. "Are you going to go?" asked Sally. "I don't know," Lily replied.
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I would like to thank everyone who sent me an e-mail, I know, again. And a special thanks to
Butterflyangel3: My favourite part is the end too, its one of my fav parts
in the whole story. Bloody Lily: Spelling has never been my strong point, but I will try
harder. girlwholived: Thank you. allie kat5: Hope you enjoyed. meenor: hope you didn't wait 2 long!
And thanks to anyone I might have missed! The next chapter might take a while cause I'm goin back 2 school ( I hate school!!!!) Bye-bye!