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A/N: Yay! I finally updated! Sorry it took so long! Really I am… I had to get use to the whole school schedule… anyway, you won't need to wait a whole month for the next update, I promise! Ok well enough apologies… here's Chapter 23! Oh yeah, I almost forgot! Thanks for the reviews! I reached 100! Yay! Party! Also that doesn't mean that you should stop reviewing! Ok, on with the story!

Chapter 23: Hogsmeade Notice

"Hey James!" someone yelled at James as he was walking down the hallway.

James turned around to see Sirius running towards him with his arms flailing through the air.

"What did you do this time?" James asked with raised eyebrows.

"Why do you think that I always DO something?!" Sirius asked incredulously.

"I don't know…maybe because you always DO something…" James said while rolling his eyes.

"Jamsie-poo, I'm hurt!" Sirius said while placing his hand over his heart.

James sighed.

"Fine, so you didn't DO anything…so what's going on?" he asked.

Sirius smiled.

"Ah, so you haven't heard."

"Heard what?" James asked.

"Hogmeade, of coarse!" Sirius said happily, "First visit is October 22nd."

"Cool!" James said, "What are we going to do?!"

"We?!" Sirius asked, "WE aren't doing anything…"

"What?" James asked confused. "Why?"

"Because I have a date," Sirius said proudly.

"What! You only just found out, how do you already have a date?!" James asked, amazed.

"Well…" Sirius said with a small frown, "I don't have a date yet…but I will. So you are going to have to go with Peter and Remus unless you are going to get a date too."

James just stared at him.

"Well, I'm off to find the lucky lady!" Sirius said as he took off down the hall.

James just stood there, deep in thought.

'Should I go with Remus and Peter?' James asked himself. 'Or should I go on a date? The only person I'd want to go with is Lily… I think….'

'But I can't just go and ask her… can I?' James was starting to get confused.

'Well,' he finally thought, 'I have plenty of time to figure it out… It's only October 6th…"

Lily walked toward the Fat Lady with her friends.

"Bumblebee," Lily said, and the portrait swung open.

They made their way into a strangely crowded common room.

"What's going on?" Athena asked a nearby student.

"They just posted the day for the first Hogsmeade weekend!" the overexcited fourth year informed them.

Slowly the crowd began to lessen and the three girls made their way up to the bulletin board.

ATTENTION ALL THIRD YEARS AND ABOVE:

The first Hogmeade weekend will be October 22nd. All third years and above with signed permission forms will be able to go. If you do not have a signed permission form you will not be able to go. NO exceptions!

Professor McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

"Yes!" Athena exclaimed loudly, "I can't wait to go. My brother told me all about it!"

"Yes, it should be fun. Let's go to dinner, shall we?" Alice asked.

"Yeah," Lily agreed, "But first let's drop off our books."

The days passed way too quickly for James' liking, and before he knew it, it was already the 20th.

'Come on James! You can do it! Just go ask her, it's not that hard…' James told himself.

'Yeah! I can do it...'

'Well, here's your chance!' he thought as Lily walked by with her friends on her way to Charms.

'Do it now! While you still can!' James thought to himself.

James began to walk slowly towards Lily, while inside he was screaming at himself to turn around and run.

'James Potter is no chicken!' he thought to himself, and with that he called out to Lily.
Lily was making her way towards Charms with Athena and Alice when someone called her name.

"Evans!" She turned around and found James Potter rushing over to her.

"What do you want, Potter?" Lily asked with a scowl.

'He's probably up to something…' Lily thought to herself. 'Maybe he's suppose to distract me while he's little friends go pull some stupid little prank…Yeah! Why else would he be talking to me?'

"Well… I wanted to ask you something…" He then glanced over at Alice and Athena and added, "Uh…alone…"

"Potter whatever it is you have to say to me, you can say it in front of them as well," Lily said stubbornly.

"Please Evans!" Potter begged.

Lily looked at him for a second. Then she rolled her eyes and turned to her friends.

"I guess I'll talk to you in a minute," Lily told them. "Go on I'll meet you in Charms."

They nodded, and then headed to class. Lily then turned to James.

"So… what's so important that you had to rip me from my friends to ask?"

"Well…ah…I was…uh…wondering…" James began, "Uh…wannagotoHogsmeadewithme?"

"What?" Lily asked confused.

"Um…I asked if you want to go to Hogmeade…uh…will me?"

Lily just stared at him like he grew another head. She finally came over her senses.

"Are you serious?" Lily asked him.

"Um, no, I'm James, remember?"

Lily glared at him.

"I'm perfectly aware of who you are Potter... well if this is a joke or not the answer is no!"

And with that she left.
A/N: Uh! I really don't like this chapter! But I had to do it anyway. Ok to let you know, I'm not rushing James and Lily's relationship! I like to think of James as Harry with what I just did… the whole LJ thing comes to a halt for a while, until James becomes the arrogant person that we all love. Ok! That's all I got to say! Please review, also read my other story! "I'll Love You Forever and Always" I think I'll update that tomorrow! Ok, well on to the reviews! Oh yeah, also I'm sorry about the length! I'll update soon!

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