((Same disclaimer. I also created Tara in this chapter. Oh, and for those of you who don't know, Theia is pronounced Thaya. Not that it makes a big difference how you pronounce it. Just thought I'd add that even thought it's a little late! PLEASE READ AND REVIEW! Thanks to otakuprincess for the review again...only a few minutes after I posted the latest chapter. That was fast! I'll read and review your story as soon as I get the chance!))

Theia and Lily entered the Great Hall. There was a gasp from all the girls at the beautiful decorations. There was an equal gasp coming from the guys who had spotted their dates. Theia saw Sirius in the crowd. He was with James and Remus.

"Where's Peter?" she asked as her and Lily approached.

"He went off with his date already. Leilanni was pretty early. We've got the seats at the end of Gryffindor table reserved." Sirius replied. "Will you dance with me?" he asked.

"Of course." Theia grinned. With a wave at Lily, her and Sirius headed to the dance floor. The Weird Sisters were playing a fast song. Lily watched them, smiling. When she turned back to Remus and James, she saw Tara, a tall thin Ravenclaw had engaged James in conversation.

She wore a long white gown with diamonds in a row along her waist. Besides the diamonds, it was quite plain but beautiful. And her black hair that was just past her shoulders spilled onto the white. Lily had to admit, she looked fantastic. Taking her eyes off the two, she turned to Remus.

"There's no point just standing here...do you want to dance?" She asked. Remus looked surprised, but decided he wouldn't ask why she shouldn't dance with James instead. He nodded, and took herh and, guiding her onto the dance floor. As fate would have it, the fast song ended, and the Weird Sisters began a slow song.

Sirius and Theia had now taken up a slow dancing position, with Theia's arms around his neck. Slowly they danced past Remus and Lily. They stopped and stared.

"Why does James look like Remus?" Sirius whispered to Theia. Despite her shock, Theia grinned at Sirius. Then she turned to face Lily and Remus. She was about to catch Lily's eye, but noticed Lily had rested her head against his shoulder, and they were dancing slowly. Theia and Sirius resumed wordlessly.

Meanwhile, still standing by Gryffindor table, James gazed by chance at the dance floor. He spotted Theia and Sirius dancing, and even noticed, with a grin, that Remus had snagged himself a partner. He continued talking to Tara, although he watched Remus, waiting for a glimpse at the girl he was dancing with. And slowly, Lily came into his view.

He froze. Vaguely, he was aware of Tara still talking, and then a brief moment of silence.

"James?" Tara asked slightly worried.

"Uhh. I have to go. Nice talking to you." James mumbled quickly, and walked off. Too late, he realized he was walking towards Elle and her group. Why was his doing this? He didn't like Elle. As he approached, Elle began to grin. Her blue eyes locked onto his hazel ones.

Smiling, she outstretched a hand. And James took it. The Weird Sisters were playing another slow song. And he put his hands on Elle's waist, but she moved them lower. With a mischevious grin, she gazed at James. They weren't very close to Remus and Lily but out of the corner of his eye, James saw Lily's green gaze flick towards them.

He was almost knocked back to his senses, but Elle's lips had found his, and her tongue had slid into his mouth. Lily's greene eyes widened, and grew shiny. Altohugh he wasn't close enough to tell, he realized she was crying. And then he realized what he was going. He was jealous, so he had gone to Elle. And probably broken Lily's heart in doing so. But he wasn't going to take all the blame. She was dancing with one of his best friends!

The song ended, and like a chain reaction, Theia and Sirius pulled away to ask Lily why she was with Remus, Lily pulled away from Remus, wanting to leave the Great Hall, and James tried to leave Elle. Her lips were still on his. He broke off. Not especially wanting to hurt her feelings, but really needing to get away, he said the first thing that came to mind.

"I like your dress." Which was stupid, he realized, but it gave him an excuse to break the kiss.

"I can pull it over my shoulders if you want." Elle replied. She grinned. James nearly gagged.

"No! I mean...no. I have to go." he said, and left her on the dance floor. As Lily burst through the doors of the Great Hall, James chased after her. Lily spun around to face him, her eyes almost blind with tears. Tears that were now pouring freely down her rosy cheeks. She gazed at James angrily, and was tempted to use and Unforgivable Curse on him. For breaking her heart. But as soon as she thought it, she regretted it. She knew she was just as guilty as James, for dancing with one of his friends. But she had no intention of shagging Remus, unlike Elle with James.

"How could you...?!" was all Lily managed to say.

"I'd ask you the same! You knew my feelings for you, but you danced with one of my best friends anyway!" James answered.

"Only because we were left alone. And Remus is just a friend. But I can't believe you went with Elle." Lily said, calming down, but still filled with rage.

"I didn't know what I was doing until it was too late. I was jealous of Remus...and mad at you both...because I loved you." James said, his voice lowering. His words hit Lily like a load of bricks. Loved? He said loved. Not love. And it was no more than she deserved. Why had she asked Remus? Tara had just been talking to him. But even so, James should be able to understand they were just friends.

"I deserve your anger. But Remus doesn't. We're just friends, and he knew I'd been wanting you to ask me to dance. And that I'd have asked you in a second if I knew you still loved me! He felt bad...and did me a favour. Tonight was supposed to be fun, and I wasn't about to mope forever while I waited for a sign from you." Lily stated. James felt all his anger rush out of him. Lily had wanted to dance with him. He had wanted to dance with her. They had both hurt the other...and where were they now? Standing outside the Great Hall, feeling sorry for themselves.