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Chapter 7
Dress Robes
By FreiMe
The next morning I woke up grinning, but I couldn't remember why. And then I grinned even broader then before. It was because I was now going out with James Potter – something I never thought in a million years would happen…
I always did think he was sort of charming – and cute – in his own weird way. He was really arrogant and annoying a while ago, but I still sort of liked him deep down. And now I couldn't stop thinking about him.
I'm going out with James Potter.
It just sounded so…good…
When I was finally done getting ready for classes, I walked down into the common room and found James waiting on one of the arm chairs for me. I beamed at him.
"Good morning Lils!" James said happily, jumping up to meet me. The fact that he had called me Lils didn't even bother me this time. I sort of liked how it sounded…
"Shall we?" James asked grinning, and holding out his arm. I rolled my eyes but took it all the same. As we neared the portrait hole several people gaped at us. I blushed from all the unwanted attention we were getting.
No sooner than we had left the common room, James grabbed hold of my hand. I smiled and let him hold it. Our hands just fit together so perfectly…
"So – good sleep?" James said turning to me.
I shrugged. "It was alright I guess. I didn't fall asleep that quickly though."
"Why not?" James asked, grinning at me.
I shrugged again.
"It couldn't be…because you were thinking of me, could it?" he said pompously.
"Oh shut up you," I said stifling my laughter. "Now don't go turning into Mr. Arrogant again."
James smirked. "Didn't like that much, did you?" he said with a hint of amusement in his voice.
"Couldn't you tell?" I said casually, as we walked into the Great Hall. Many people were goggling at us. I was turning rather red. Damn my red cheeks!
James stopped in the middle of the hall, and looked around at everyone. "Yes – yes, Lily is my girlfriend. Now will you all quit staring at us?" he said, grinning at turning to me. "I am just the luckiest guy in the world, aren't I?"
I smacked James. "Shut up you are embarrassing me!" I said, feeling my cheeks burn. James smirked and led me over to the Gryffindor table.
We sat down with Remus, Peter, Sirius and Becca – the last two of whom were flirting non stop. "Pass me the marmalade, will you, Becca the Beautiful?" Sirius said loudly.
Becca laughed. "Don't call me that!" she said glaring at Sirius. But I saw the corner of her mouth twitch as she broke into a smile…
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It seemed almost unbelievable that Christmas break was nearly a week a way. November had flashed passed so quickly with the Quidditch match of Gryffindor versus Slytheirn – where James made a fantastic catch – that many people were now panicking that the Yule Ball was only a week away and they didn't have a date.
My classes had went by quickly too. They were hard, but I managed. Many of my teachers had scolded me for not paying attention during class. I had been thinking of James each time I had been yelled at...
Many girls were lining up in packs outside their classrooms, giggling at different boys who passed. It was rather amusing to watch boys looking extremely nervous as they asked girls to the upcoming ball this Friday.
James had done an over-dramatic but funny job of asking me to go to the Yule Ball with him. He had done it during dinner one night and talked loudly so that many people could hear.
I had been extremely embarrassed, but honestly I did get pleasure out of it from seeing all the other girls glare jealously at me. Dumbledore to my surprise had looked extremely amused.
Becca was going with Sirius. He had asked her one night while they had been strolling around on the grounds together. I wasn't sure that Becca had noticed Sirius had long ago stopped dating a different girl every week. He had been single for quite sometime now. And I thought it had something to do with my best friend…
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"What do you think of this one Lily? Ooohh, it would look gorgeous on you!" Becca said one Hogsmeade weekend, while we were in Gladrag's Wizard Wear.
It was a really pretty ocean-blue dress robe. Becca and I had come in here because she said she had needed a new dress robe – her other one had shrunken.
"Oh they are really stunning Becca," I said, glancing at the price tag, "but I could never afford anything like that." I sighed. They really were wonderful. I would have loved to wear them to the ball.
"Well why don't you try the dress robes on?" Becca asked taking the robes off the rack. "Just for fun," she added, seeing my frustrated face.
I tried them on – and not to brag- but they did look really nice on me. They were so much nicer than any piece of clothing I had ever owned in my life. "Oh Becca I just love them!" I said sadly, looking longingly at my robes in the mirror.
Once I took them off, I admired them for quite some time before I moved on to looking for other robes for Becca.
Becca had continued staring at the robe long after me, and finally began looking for one for herself again. She had finally decided on a beautiful, pale-pink dress robe.
At last we left the store and went to go meet James, Sirius, Remus and Peter at The Three Broomsticks – Becca's moneybag much lighter than before.
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"Becca what is it?!" I yelled exasperatedly as she led me up to our dorm on Thursday night. Becca was grinning.
"Just trust me, Lily, you are going to love it!" she said excitedly as we climbed up the stairs. I stopped midway up and stared at her.
"What am I going to love? What do you mean love it?" I said suspiciously. Becca just laughed and then groaned impatiently.
"Lily I while show – you – when – we – get – up – there!" she said as she heaved me up the steps. I was trying to pull away from her so I could go find James…
Finally we reached the seventh-year girls' dorm. I stopped dead in my tracks. I was frozen. I was speechless. "What?" was all that managed to escape my lips as I approached my bed.
It was the beautiful blue dress robes I had seen in Gladrag's. But how did it get here? Surely Becca hadn't purchased them for me…
I turned and stared at her, my eye brows raised. "Becca what's – "
"It's from James. He asked me what had taken us so long in Gladrag's and I told him about the robes and how much you loved them. James seemed determined to go and buy them for you so I showed him which ones they were and he bought them without hesitating. He's pretty rich you know," Becca said smirking.
I put the robes carefully back on my bed and raced back down the staircase. I dashed through the common room, looking around for James.
I spotted him standing by the fire – looking cuter than ever – and grinning at me. I ran up to him and jumped up, hugging him. James laughed.
"I hoped you would like them," he said happily, setting me back down on the ground. I beamed at him. Girls scattered around the room were looking longingly at James.
"Really – you shouldn't have done that," I said – although I was extremely glad he had.
"Well Lily, you're beautiful, and I figured you deserved a beautiful set of robes to match," James said grinning. Honestly, can a guy get any more charming than that?
As people began emptying the common room and the fire started to die down, I decided to head up myself. I kept dozing off on the sofa where James and I were cuddling together. I stood him, kissed him for quite I long time – I was actually surprised at myself – and then headed off to bed.
Becca soon followed me, and we – along with the other girls in our dorm – stayed up late into the night talking excitedly about the ball that was to take place the next day…
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A/N: Okay, okay, not the best chapter yet, but I wanted to get something up for you guys. Thanks so much for all the support you're giving me! When I posted Chapter 6, after about 2 hours I had already gotten like 6 reviews – and I was really really happy! So please review this story and give me some encouragement! I love hearing what you all have to say!