Author's Note- Hey! This is the second to last chapter! It's almost over! Also, I know Narcissa wasn't in Gryffindor but this is my story so I can do what I want. That's just a fair warning. Anyways this is the ball, so enjoy!

Chapter 9


That morning most of the seventh years were in the common talking about the ball that was to take place that night.

"Remus are you going with anyone?" Peter asked him.

"Of course Moony isn't going with anyone." James interrupted.

"Yes, thank you Prongs, but I can answer my own questions." Remus replied.

"Hey, it's nothing to be ashamed of. Just ask Sirius."

"Yeah, ok. Since when has Padfoot not had a date?" Remus asked. Sirius just ignored him.

"So James, who are you going with?" Peter asked, though everyone already knew the answer.

"Lily."

"I still can't believe she agreed to go with you." Remus said.

Meanwhile...

"You actually agreed to go with James?" Augustine asked Lily.

"Yeah, I did. He's really not a bad person. He can be nice when he wants to be."

"Guess what!"

"What?"

"Sirius asked me to go with him!" Augustine exclaimed.

"I can't believe it!"

"I know, for once in my life things are actually starting to go my way. I mean can you believe it? Sirius Black asked me out."

"Oh please. Shut up before I throw puke." Narcissa said coldly.

"Narcissa back off. He's your cousin, your related, get over it." Lily said icily.

"You know what Evans, you don't even know the first thing about my cousin. How he betrayed our family. He is nothing but a filthy blood traitor. Hanging around with mudbloods and all. He is a disgrace to all purebloods, and he will pay for what he's done to our family, and he will pay with his life."

"You bitch!" Augustine yelled, "Stop trying to make him look bad with your pile of lies and filth."

"You think I'm lying? Well ask him yourself, tonight at the ball. He probably doesn't even like you. He only wants you for one thing. And when he gets it he's just going to dump you like all the rest. Because that's just how my arrogant, pompous cousin is." Narcissa said smiling dangerously as she left the dormitory.

"Don't listen to her, Augustine. Sirius isn't like that." Lily reassured her.

"God, I hate her so much! Just when my life started to turn around she had to come and ruin it." Augustine yelled, trying to hold back the tears that were threatening to spill down her face.

Narcissa walked down the stairs laughing to herself.

"Narcissa, what happened up there? We heard yelling." Sirius asked rudely.

"Nothing happened. I just think Augustine is having some second thoughts about going to the ball with you." she said simply.

"What did you do? What did you say to screw my life up now?" Sirius asked , pure hatred in his voice.

"All I said was the truth, and I don't think she liked it very much." she replied, with a triumphant look on her face.

Sirius ran up to the girl's dormitories and knocked on the door.

"Come in." he heard Lily say.

He slowly opened the door and stepped inside. He didn't see Augustine anywhere.

"Where's Augustine?" he asked quickly.

"In the bathroom. I think you need to talk to her." Lily answered.

Sirius knocked on the bathroom door.

"Go away." he heard Augustine say.

"It's Sirius. Can I come in?"

When he heard no answer he slowly opened the door. She was sitting on the floor crying.

"Hey, listen Narcissa is a git. Whatever she said is a lie to get you to hate me." he said closing the door and then he took a seat next to her.

"She said all this stuff about your family, and that you betrayed them and that you were a disgrace."

"And that's why you are all upset?" he asked disbelievingly.

"No. She said other stuff. That you didn't really like me. You only wanted me for one thing." Augustine said no longer crying, as the anger boiled inside of her.

"That's not true. And my family says I betrayed them because I am not a pureblood fanatic. I do hang around with muggleborns and that really upsets my mum. And I do really like you. I didn't ask you to go to the ball with me so I could get you to bed. I really do like you."

Augustine smiled as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

"Thank you. I didn't really believe her, it's just she makes me so mad and she made me doubt your intentions. But that will never happen again. I'm sorry I doubted you."

"Apology accepted. Don't worry about her. Just go get ready, and consider us on a clean slate."

"Thank you." she said standing up.

"No problem." he replied as he got up and left. He went to get ready because the ball started in two hours and he had to help James.

About two hours later, when he was ready he went down to the common room. He had his hair brushed neatly so it wasn't hanging in face, but he found that it kept falling in his face anyways despite all the time he had spent in front of the mirror trying to tackle it. He tried to help James with his hair, but they were fighting a hopeless battle.

Lily, James, and Remus were down there as well as Narcissa.

Lily looked beautiful. Her hair was half up, and she just seemed to glow in dark green dress robes that brought out her eyes.

Sirius walked over and sat next to Remus.

"Hey Lily, you look nice." he said.

"Thanks. You don't look too bad yourself."

"So Narcissa, who are you going with?" Sirius asked turning to face her.

"Lucius Malfoy." she answered proudly and then she walked out of the portrait hole.

Sirius and James rolled their eyes.

Just then Augustine came down the stairs. She was absolutely stunning. Her wavy blonde hair was down, and she had elegant rose colored dress robes on. Her dark blue eyes were bright as she walked over to them. Sirius stood up almost instantly.

"You look amazing." he said quietly.

"Thank you. You look very handsome." she said smiling.

Lily smiled as she saw the slightly shocked look on James' face. "You didn't think she could look that beautiful, did you?" she asked. James shook his head.

"Well, let's get going." Lily said leading them down to the Great Hall.

Sirius put his arm around Augustine's shoulders as they entered the Great Hall. The music was already playing and their were a few people on the dance floor.

"Do you want to dance, m'lady?" Sirius asked, extending his hand to Augustine. She took his hand and he led her onto the dance floor just as a slow song came on.

"Lily, James, Remus, and Peter (who met up with them) grabbed a table and sat down.

"They look so good together." Lily said, watching them slow dance.

Two songs later Augustine and Sirius came and sat down.

"Well Lily, do you want to dance?" James asked standing up.

"It's about time." she answered. As he lead her onto the dance floor.

Five minutes later Augustine and Sirius were dancing again.

When Lily went to get a drink she saw Severus snogging a girl from Slytherin. She wasn't jealous since they never went out, but she was disgusted. She decided to go back to the table instead of getting a drink.

"Hey Remus, do you want to dance?" she asked him.

"No that's ok." he said blushing slightly.

"Come on. Please, one dance?" Lily insisted.

"I'm not that good at dancing." he added

"That's ok." She took his hand and dragged him onto the dance floor.

"Oh Lily, come on! Don't make me embarrass myself!" Remus pleaded.

Just then a slow song came on, Lily pulled him close and they started dancing.

"See it's not that bad."

"Yeah, I guess your right." he admitted.

Meanwhile Augustine and Sirius were slow dancing as well...

"How are you doing? Did I scare you off yet?" Sirius asked smiling.

"No, why would you say that?"

"Never mind."

"Alright everyone, this is the last song for the evening. So grab your partners." an invisible announcer said.

Remus went back to the table and Lily and James went out to dance.

The song was over before anyone knew it.

"Listen Augustine, I want to thank you for tonight. It was the best night of my life."

"No thank you. I never wanted tonight to end."

Sirius leaned in and kissed her passionately. But before she could respond he pulled away. They made their way back to Gryffindor tower hand in hand.

"Good night everyone. Thank you for the dance Lily." Remus said as he headed up to bed.

"Anytime Remus."

"I'm really tired. I'm going to bed. Good night Sirius." Lily said. James walked her to the stairs and gave her a goodnight kiss. Then they went their separate ways.

"I had a great time." Augustine said turning to Sirius. She kissed him gently on the lips but it was enough to send shivers down his spine. He watched her as she headed up to bed. Sirius wanted to follow her up, but thought better of it. He stood there for a few moments just staring out the window that was next to him. He knew he had real feelings for this girl, and he knew they would be together in the end.

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