AUTHORS NOTE: OMG.. I cant believe this.. its been so long! I FEEL SO BAD! IM SORRY! Ugh.. I never abandoned this story.. I had the next chapter typed up n all.. but I had school work (new semester, and I was sick) so it's been wacko! But FINALLY I had free time to type up this chapter! BUT .. I am not gunna ramble on with all my author note stufffffff.. so I will start typing the chapter! (If the chapter isn't amazing.. I can't remember when I wrote it and I'm not in the mood to edit it and I want to get it posted so please.. just live with it.. lmao)

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NEW YEARS EVE

Christmas Morning had come and gone and now he annual Ministry New Years Bash (held at the Potter Mansion this year) was rapidly approaching.  And Lily was yet to purchase a corset.

"James! I gotta run out and buy a corset! Are you coming with me?" Lily screamed, banging on James' bedroom door.  All she heard in return was mumbling.  "Come on James. You said you'd come. Don't you want to help me choose a corset? You know, those things that suffocate a woman's body but shows off major cleavage?" she yelled.  Seconds later, she heard and thump and someone scrambling to get up.

"I'll be down in 5!" he yelled.  Lily laughed and headed downstairs.

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"Alright. How about this one?" asked Lily for it seemed like the millionth time.

"Still not enough cleavage." Replied James.

"James!" whined Lily.

"Alright. Just try on the last one and I'll choose." Lily huffed but still turned and went into the change room.

"Alright! This is it James! I've found the PERFECT corset!" she squealed, not stepping out of the room.

"Let me see." He replied.

"Nope. You have to wait."

"Till when?"

"Till I let you see." She giggled.

"Lily!" he cried.

"Shh!" she said, laughing again.

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"Tie me." Lily said to Sarah.  Sarah walked over and began to tighten Lily's corset.  "Ouch! Agh! Watch it!"

"Lily calm down!" exclaimed Sarah.

"Whoever said 'Beauty is pain' was a jackass." Said Lily through clenched teeth.

"There. Done.  You big baby." Sarah said.  "Now tie me."

After Lily and Sarah had themselves all set to go they really looked at themselves in the mirror.

"Wow Lily." Said Sarah. "You look hot."

"Thanks Sarah, you too." And with that they left the room and began to head downstairs where the boys were waiting for them.  Sarah walked down the staircase first and Sirius immediately swooned.  After Sarah and Sirius had walked off, Lily began to walk down the stairs where James was waiting.

"Lily, you look absolutely smashing." Said James. Lily blushed.

"Thank you." James held out his arm.

"Shall we?" Lily giggled and latched her arm in his and they made their way into the ballroom.

The night went on and halfway through the night, Lily found that she was having a wonderful time.  That was until she saw them.

"Sirius, who is that-uh-with James over there?" Lily asked Sirius as she spotted James dancing with a very bimboish type girl.

"That is Margarite Henderson." He replied offhandedly.  Lily could tell he was drunk.

"Who is she exactly?"

"The girl James' parents always wanted him to marry." Lily's jaw dropped and Sirius clapped his hand over his mouth, realizing he spilled a secret.  Lily stood there for a moment, hoping she was dreaming.

"Marry?" stuttered Lily.

"Lily-it's not what you think!" Sirius said.

"Like hell it is!" Lily argued.  She charged over to the pair and exploded at James.

"YOU FUCKING BASTARD!" she screamed. "You told me you loved me. You told me you wanted to be with ME! And now Sirius is telling me you are supposed to be marrying HER!"

"Lily! I can explain!" he pleaded.

"Explain? EXPLAIN!?! You lied to me James." She shook her head. "I can't believe I fell for your charm.  And now this."

"Jamsie. Who is this girl?" asked the bimbo Margarite.

"SHUT UP!" yelled Lily and James.  By now the entire room had gone silent.  Anticipating what would happen next.

"My parents wanted me to marry her Lil.  I never wanted to. I. Love. YOU!"

"Jamsie! Don't lie! I know you love me!" Margarite squealed.

"Oh shut up!" yelled Sirius.

"How do I know you aren't lying to me James?"

"I love you flower. That's how you know."

"If you truly love me James.  Prove it." Lily turned and walked out of the ballroom.  James glanced around him and he too walked out of the room.

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"Lily? You in there?" called Sirius, banging on Lily's door.

"Go away!" she called back.

"No!" he continued to band on the door.

"I'm naked! Go away!" she yelled thinking of an excuse.

"My name is Sirius Black. Do you think I'd care if you are naked?" she sighed.

"If you don't go away I'll make sure you'll never reproduce!" she yelled. The banging stopped, but then it started up again.

"I'll take the risk!" he yelled through the door. Sighing, Lily opening the door to her room.

"What do you want?"

"You aren't naked!" he cried.

"What do you want?" she repeated.

"To talk to you about—"

"Potter? It's 11:20. You go find him and tell him that if he doesn't prove to me he loves me by midnight." She looked at Sirius. "Or it's over. For good." She opened the door and motioned for Sirius to leave.

"He loves you. Whether you see it or not." He headed out the door.

"Sirius," said Lily, and he turned around.  "Why did you take the risk?"

"For one, James is my best mate and I had to talk to you. Two, you said you were naked. And three, I didn't think you'd actually go through with it."

"You actually wanted to see me naked?" she asked.

"Lily flower. You. Naked. Who wouldn't? With you looking all sexy n shit." He turned to go. "Bye now!"  Lily smiled.

"Me. Naked. Hell maybe I am sexy." She said to nobody in particular.

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Sirius rushed through the crowd of people in the house trying to find James.

"Melissa! Do you know where James is?" he asked her when he saw her.

"Yes." She replied. He stared at her. "What?"

"Well where is he?"

"He told me not to tell. 'Specially you Uncle Padfoot." She stuck her tongue out. "Sorry."

"Its urgent though!"

"Tell me and I'll tell him." He groaned but told her anyways.

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"Uncle Jamie?" called Melissa as she approached James by the pool.

"Hey Mel." He replied.

"I've got a message for you from Uncle Padfoot from Lily." She said, sitting down next to him.  "She says that if you don't prove you love her by midnight its over." James looked at his watch and swore. 11:43.

"Go tell Lily to look out my bedroom window at exactly midnight."

"Okay." She stood up and ran for the house.

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"Lily!" screamed a voice banging on Lily's door.

"What now?" groaned Lily, opening the door.  It was Melissa. "Hey."

"At-" she took a breath "the-" breath "strike-"breath "of midnight-" she took a deep breath "look out James' window."  Lily looked at her watch.

"Gotta run!" Lily ran down the hall to James' room and threw open the door.  Racing to the window, the clock had just struck midnight.  She looked around for James but everything was dark, and then all the lights turned on.  Lily had to hold back a laugh.  There, standing in the snow, was a stark naked messy haired boy named James Potter, with the words 'James Potter Loves Lily Evans' glowing in the snow around him.

Lily ran from the room and down the stairs.  Running through all the crowds that were wishing everyone a Happy New Year, she ran out to the backyard and up to James.

"You are gunna get sick." She said.

"I know.  But I proved I loved you didn't I?" he said, wrapping his arms around her, still naked.

"Yeah. You did." Grinning, he leaned down and captured her lips in a kiss.  Pulling out of the kiss, he smiled seductively.

"You've seen me naked.  My turn to see you." He said.  Smiling, Lily just winked and pulled him down for another kiss.

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THERE YA HAVE IT FOLKS! ITS NOT OVER YET THOUGH! I STILL HAVE CHAPTERS TO DO I THINK! JUST WAIT A BIT FOR ME TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT BUT I WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE EVERYTHING UP PRETTY SOON! PLEASE REVIEW!