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When He Puts His Arms around Me

Description: Lily Evans and James Potter are the most popular people in their school. They never really talked or got to know each other. They get put as the school Heads and then they notice each other. Their friends notice certain things arousing between the two.

Chapter Four

It was the day of the Halloween festival. Lily, James, and the prefects got up early to set up the booths and events. Throughout the day, the prefects were allowed to go to Hogsmade in shifts. To set up everything was a day long event, but some people needed to go to get last minute items for their costumes.

After lunch Lily and Andy went out to get their costumes.

"Oh, Andy, what am I going to go as? I am so freaking limited with this hair!" Lily grabbed a fistful of her hair and glared at it.

"Lily, first, I love your hair. Second, we'll find something. Third, let's go into this store." Andy dragged her friend into a costume shop that held muggle and wizard outfits.

"Now, I think I will go as a vixen. I'll wear this dress and those strappy shoes I have. The guys will love me!" Lily laughed at her friend as she posed in a sexy position.

"Yes, the guys will love you. Now, enough about you and your whore- ish ways, help me!" The two spent their whole time looking for a costume for Lily.

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"James, can you move the sign a little to the left. Okay, no, more to the right, no, the left. That's no good. Try-"James glared at her.

"Lily! Who is going to bloody care if the sign is center or not? I mean, honestly, it's a sign." Lily looked indignant. Who did he think he was? Merlin?

"James, I will care. I want this to be perfect."

"It will be perfect. It'll be fine. Everyone will be having way too much fun to care if the stands are evenly spaced or if there are an even amount of chairs at a table. They'll end up moving about anyway!" Lily sighed. He was right.

Lily moved on, helping a fifth year prefect set up the bobbing for apples tank. This was different from the muggle way. This way, if you picked a good apple, you got a prize. If you picked a rotten apple, you got an undesirable prize. Dead chicken, fake galleons, horrible smelling objects, were among a few in there.

"Alright guys, you can go get ready now. You have two hours and then you need to come right back down." The prefects ran back to the castle, ecstatic about that night's event.

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"Remus, where's my cape?"

"James, have you seen my gel?"

"Where in the bloody hell are my pants?"

"AHHHHHH!" Peter jumped when he saw a rubber snake under Sirius's bed. Obviously, his pants weren't under there. He looked up to see his three mates laughing at his moment of stupidity.

"Well, wouldn't you be scared if you thought a poisonous object was about to eat you?" James leaped on the bed.

"Of course not, fair Wormtail, for I am Superman!" He ripped his Clark Kent suit off to reveal his spandex superhero costume. Remus looked over at him and shook his head pityingly.

"Prongs, the more this year goes on, the more I worry about your sanity. You're cape is hanging on the robe hook. Sirius, your gel is under Peter's bed. Peter, you're looking at your pants." Peter looked down and saw his pants staring at him mockingly.

"Stupid pants."

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"Andy, if you can't sit still and let me do your hair, I swear on Merlin's grave, I will kill you." Andy sat down obligingly.

"Yes Mommy. Mommy, make me look dead sexy for those sixth year Ravenclaws I haven't conquered yet." Lily rolled her eyes.

"It sickens me that you use the festivities that I came up with to get guys. You're disgusting. How do you live with yourself?"

"The question is, Flower, how do you live with me?" She giggled hard at her own joke. She giggled until Lily pulled hard at her head. That shut her up.

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Students filed out onto the grounds. To anyone who wasn't participating, it would've looked like a freak show hit Hogwarts. Teens were dressed in clown suits, capes, fangs, and makeup for that night. It looked to be promising.

"Welcome, all of you, to our first annual Halloween festival. Now, before the fun begins, remember that the same rules apply now as always. Here to explain the rest is your Head Boy and Head Girl." The school clapped for them until they got on stage. Then the cat calls started and the squeals.

James stepped up in his spandex Superman costume the same time Lily stepped up in her leather Cat Woman costume. The two looked at each others costumes and grinned.

Trust James to come up with something like this. Anything that can showoff multiple parts of himself, he will take. Merlin, he looks good though, Lily thought.

Whoa, look at her! Who would think that Lily would wear this skin tight leather costume? My new favorite animals are cats. Meow! James grinned as he looked at Lily out of the corner of his eye. He started to speak.

"Hello Hogwarts!" Many people cheered and a few yelled, "Hello Lily!" She blushed but otherwise ignored the remark. "Welcome to the Halloween festival. I hope you all enjoyed the feast. Right now, we're going to open the games for you and at 9:00 we will start the costume contest." Lily took over. She had to yell over the noise made for her.

"If you don't feel like games, there are tables to your right and a dance floor to take a break with. There is also food and sweets from Hogsmade there, so enjoy! Now, the costume contest. The professors will be walking around making note of the costumes they think are worthy of an award. Then they will meet and decide which costumes will win."

"NOW, ENJOY THE FESTIVAL!" After James spoke, the festival lights turned on and the students ran to be the first to do something.

As Lily and James walked off the stage, their friends came up and congratulated them on a job well done.

"Lily dahlin', where did you ever come up with this wonderful costume," Sirius asked Lily. He slipped an arm around her waist. "Why don't we go over here and discuss it? I'd love to see what it looks like off of you." He grinned. Lily was just about to speak, when James grabbed her arm and dragged her away.

"Sorry, Sirius," he growled, "but we have some things to attend to." Lily looked bewildered at her friends as a madman dragged her away.

"I knew it! I knew it!" Remus started jumping up and down with excitement.

"What?"

"That James loves Lily! When you started flirting with her, he looked so angry and jealous. He had to get Lily away from you." Sirius and Andy grinned. Peter looked confused.

"Why didn't he tell us?" Remus rolled his eyes.

"Durr, Wormtail. He doesn't know it yet. Otherwise, he wouldn't have hesitated to tell someone."

"Well, I'm sick of talking about lover boy. Let's go show off my sexy bod in this Tarzan costume." Sirius and only his loincloth moved on.

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"What has gotten into you, James? Why did you drag me off?" Lily pulled away from James.

He looked at her. Why did he pull her away? Simple, Sirius was being an ass and she needed to be away from him. But why did I care? Sirius always acts like that and it's never bothered me before. Maybe it's because he was doing it to a close friend. Yeah, he was doing it to Lily and I like Lily and I...Wait! I like Lily? What? Well, she is gorgeous, especially in that outfit. She loves the same things as me and is so easy to talk to. She is caring and nice. Merlin, I do like her, James realized.

"James?" He was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard the red head's voice. "Are you okay? Do you need some water or something? You just completely blanked out on me." He smiled.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Sirius was being an idiot and I thought you'd like to start judging the teacher's costumes. That's all." He always was good at lying.

"Yeah, let's get to it." She sauntered toward the crowd looking for teachers. James watched her walk. Oh, this is going to be hard.

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"Oh Sirius, you're so funny," some blonde giggled at Sirius as he told her a joke. Personally, she didn't care about the joke. She loved looking at him in his small loincloth and his bare chest. He looked so yummy. She'd have him right there if he asked her too.

Sirius smiled at her and turned to see who else was giggling not to far away. It was Andy flirting with a group of guys not looking anywhere near her face. Those assholes. I'll kill them all.

The guys were oblivious to their object's furious cousin coming over. They were too busy eyeing Andy, not bothering to be inconspicuous. She was wearing a floor length dress that was very low cut in the front. It was backless and black. The boys longed to run their hands through her black glossy hair that was down in loose curls. She was laughing at something the guy to her left said and continued laughing until someone pulled that same guy back by the collar, yelling obscenities at him.

"SIRIUS! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING! STOP!" Andy screamed as Sirius went to punch the Ravenclaw. She grabbed his arm and lead him away from the staring crowd.

"You can't keep doing that. You have no right. I don't go around hitting the girls you hit on. Don't do it to me." Sirius looked at the ground.

"I'm your cousin and I don't want you to get hurt."

"I know, but sometimes you can't protect someone from that. Hey, how about this, if I ever do, Merlin forbid, you can beat the ever loving shit out of them. Sounds good?" Sirius laughed and nodded.

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"Flower," James leaned in to whisper something to Lily. He tried to ignore how soft her neck looked and reminded himself not to kiss it. "It's time." Lily grinned big. It was right before 9 and it was time.

James looked over to where Sirius was and nodded when he caught his eye. Sirius made a hand signal to Andy who did a little jig for Peter. Peter did a hand signal to Remus. Remus pulled his wand out of his costume and whispered a few words. Just then, music started coming out the speakers louder than ever. People filed on stage.

The school turned their attention to the stage, thinking it was the beginning of the costume contest. They were very wrong. To everyone's shock, Snape stepped forward and started singing the song.

Never know how much I love you Never know how much I care When you put your arms around me I get a fever that's so hard to bear

 Some of the other Slytherins joined in on the song "Fever".

You give me fever, when you kiss me Fever when you hold me tight Fever in the morning Fever all through the night

Sun lights up the daytime Moon lights up the night I light up when you call my name 'Cause I know you're gonna treat me right

The Slytherins on stage started doing a strip tease. They all had coats on and were taking then off slowly to reveal costumes much like the doctor in the Rocky Horror Picture Show. They had pink and lavender feather boas and fishnet stockings with strappy heels.

You give me fever, when you kiss me Fever when you hold me tight Fever in the morning Fever all through the night

Everybody's got the fever That is something you all know Fever isn't such a new thing Fever started long ago

Lily and James had to hold onto each other because they were laughing so hard. Remus, Andy, and Peter were leaning on the table close by because they couldn't breathe from laughing. Sirius was making his way to the stage.

Romeo loved Juliet Juliet she felt the same When he put his around her He said 'Julie baby you're my flame'

'Thou giveth fever' 'When we kisseth' 'Fever with thy flaming youth' 'Fever I'm on fire' 'Fever yeah I burn for sooth'

Sirius had made his way on stage and started dancing with the Slytherins. They danced around him and sang to him. Sirius was loving the embarrassment he and his friends were giving them. He started to sing with Snape.

Captain Smith and Pocahontas Had a very mad affair When her daddy tried to kill him She said 'Daddy-O don't you dare' 'He gives me fever'

'With his kisses' 'Fever when he holds me tight' 'Fever I'm his Missus' 'Oh Daddy won't you treat him right'

By this verse Lily was leaning on James, his arms around her. She was laughing into his chest. They were weak with laughter and were trying to calm down.

Now you've listened to me story Here's the point that I have made: Chicks were born to give you fever Be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade

Lily had just realized how close she was to James. Sure he had hugged her before and they had done things like this, but it seemed different all of a sudden. She felt something warm in her stomach that she didn't have before. She also had the sudden urge to kiss James.

They give you fever When you kiss them Fever if you live and learn Fever till you sizzle What a lovely way to burn

James noticed Lily staring up at him. He realized just then the tension between them being so close. He wondered what she was thinking then. He knew what he was thinking and wanted to act on it so bad. The two just stared at each other.

What a lovely way to burn What a lovely way to burn What a lovely way to burn

 Professor Dumbledore didn't want to ruin their moment but had to. "Miss Evans, Mr. Potter, here are the results." He fought the urge to chuckle as Lily lept out of James's arms.

"Er, yes. Thank you Professor. We'll go and do this before Snape can break out in Fosse songs." Lily and James made their way to the stage. Dumbledore shook his head thinking, it's only a matter of time now.

 "Thank you Slytherin house for your entertainment this evening." James smiled charmingly at Snape and his friends as they made rude gestures at him. "Now for the costume awards.

"Best costume: Gryffindor's Remus Lupin as a drag queen and Ravenclaw's Anne Smith as a hippogriff.
"Best muggle costume: Hufflepuff's Drake Jones as Charlie Chaplin and Slytherin's Beth Baker as Velma Kelly.
"Most creative: Gryffindor's Frank Longbottom as Professor McGonagal and Gryffindor's Kelly Maid as a tree spirit.
"Worst costume: Gryffindor's Peter Pettigrew as a James Bond –sorry Pete, I thought it was good- and Slytherin's Grace Mandarin as a dame.
"Sexiest Costumes: Gryffindor's Sirius Black as Tarzan and Gryffindor's Lily Evans as Cat Woman." Sirius ran up on James and grabbed Lily and dipped her into a kiss. James almost pummeled him right there. He grabbed his award and grinned cheekily at James before walking over to the other winners.

"That's all of the awards for the students. For the Professor's awards, Professor Dumbledore won best costume as...well...we weren't sure, but it just looked very cool. Professor McGonnagal won most original as herself. Professor Avon won as best muggle costume as a fellytone, what Lily? Oh, sorry, telephone. That's all folks. The festival is over. Thank you and Happy Halloween!" Candy dropped from overhead and onto the students. Kids ran over each other trying to pick up the goodies.

Sirius lept off of the stage and grabbed as much as he could before the slimy Slytherins could. He ran up to people and stole it out of their bags when they weren't looking.

James looked over at Lily and grinned. "Congratualtions, sexy Flower." She blushed.

"Shut up James. I think we did very well here."

"Yep, we did a fantastic job." The two then made their way back to the castle in search of their friends.

AN: I have been having some troubles with this site. Ugh, it's so stupid!! Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter. If anyone, I mean ANYONE, has any ideas for the next chapter, let me know. I need some filler material.

Thanks so much to everyone who reviewed! You all are amazing!! Thanks you Holly for being a great beta.

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