Authors Note: Hey guys! Sorry if there's some confusion over the chapters, one of them was 15 pages long, so I had to divide it into two chapters, that's une tres grande fete parts one and two. (for refference, une tres grande fete is french for a very big party). Hope that you guys enjoy, I have three more chapters on the way, and I promise much more James...although some of you might be disappointed with Lily (believe me I am too, but I had to do what I thought Lily would have done, so there we are...) Okay, I'll stop jabbering and let you get to reading!!!

Chapter 28

Une Tres Grande Fete Part Two

Lily stormed off, feeling distinctly agitated, and entered the main room in time to see James

exiting the room with a girl Lily knew by reputation only. She was known as being very easy,

and to always be throwing herself at guys, whether she knew them or not. Lily rolled her eyes,

telling herself that she had ben right, regardless of what Sirius said. She scanned the room,

looking for a familiar face, and saw Professor Longbottom. His name was Frank, he was a flying

instructor and Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. He was also an oror, but since things

were slow at the Ministry just now he had decided to take on the job of Defence teacher and

take a break from Ororing as well as get some practice. From what Lily had heard, he was an

amazing teacher. She also saw another familiar figure, it was Severus Snape. He was slinking

around the edges of the room, making his way towards the exit. Lily made her way to Professor

Longbottom, deciding that he was not only the more pleasant, but also more interesting of the

two people. He was only 20, the youngest teacher at Hogwarts. Every time that Lily saw him he

seemed slightly akward, just because he was half the age of most of the other teachers. Most of

them did not approve of him, or his teaching methods. He taught in a progressive, new age style,

rather than the from-the-book approach that most of Lilys teachers used. Lily walked over to

him, waving to him as she did. He was standing at the edge of the dance floor, nursing a glass of

punch.

"Hi Professor Longbottum!"

"Hello, I'm sorry, I don't quite know all of your names yet, this is my first year after all,

could you remind me of your name miss..." He trailed off, flushing in his embarassment.

"Evans. It's quite alright really, my name's Lily. Lily Evans. It's so nice to see you here. Are

you frieands of the Ruperts?"

"Not very close. We know eachother, and my mother was friends with the late Mrs.

Rupert. How do you know the Ruperts?" He said politely.

"Caroline Rupert is my best friend, I'm staying with them, I helped to decorate the hall,

doesn't it look nice?"

"Yes, you did a very nice job. Are you having a good time so far?" He looked around, not

looking at her, and not listening to what she was saying, apparently distracted.

"Yes I am. And I also am an insane mad axe murderer who is about to set off a bomb,

killing everyone in this room."

"Oh, isn't that nice." He replied, still looking around.

"Are you looking for someone?" Lily said, bursting out laughing.

"I'm dreadfully sorry, why?" He blushed.

"Well, I just told you I was going to kill everyone, for an oror you really don't pay very

close attention." He blushed again. "I'm only teasing, but who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for my fiance actually, she should be here by now. She couldn't come with me,

so we agreed to meet here."

"Oh, well I'll let you look for her. I'm going to go find out when dinner is, see you at school."

"Alright." He was looking around again, not paying any attention to Lily. Lily walked away,

rolling her eyes to the cieling. I hadn't known that he was engaged, too bad, he was kind of

cute. Except that he's my teachers!! I can't believe I just thought he was cute. I wonder

why he seemed to preoccupied, it couldn't only be because he was looking for his fiance.

Lily went into the kitchen and asked Goergio, the head chef, when dinner would be ready.

He was a big Italian man with black hair and a big belly, evidence of his skill with, not only

preparing, but also tasting his famous concoctions.

"Lily, hello, but why are you in here and not out dancing?" He said, noticing her and coming

over, gesticulating with his hands.

"Hey Georgio, I'm just here to find out when dinner is, it smells tantilizing."

"Oh, thank you, thank you, it will be ready as soon as the Mrs. gives the signal."

"Alright then, I guess I'll have to wait." At that moment, as Lily had started to walk away,

Mrs. Rupert entered.

"Georgio? Oh, there you are. And Lily too? What are you doing in here?" Before Lily had

time to answer the question was waved away by one of Mrs. Ruperts ring studded hands. "Is

dinner ready? I think that now would be a good time to start serving." With that, before anyone

responded or said anything, she swept out of the kitchen. Mrs. Rupert loved parties, she was all

over the place tonight, socializing with guests, making sure everything ran smoothly, and dancing

with her husband.

Lily slipped out of the kitchen and found her placecard, sitting down at her table. There

were about 100 round tables, all covered in the same white tablecloths and sparkling

snowflakes. There weren't any plates on the table yet, they would be brought out, covered in

steaming food, by the kitchen staff. Also at Lilys table were James Potter, that was probabally

the work of Mrs. Rupert, Professor Longbottom, and three other people whose names Lily did

not recognize. Lily was the first at her table, followed by Professor Longbottom.

"Hello professor. Any luck finding your fiance yet?"

"No, I'm affraid not, perhaps she didn't say the name properly and wound up at the wrong

party." He said, somewhat hopefully.

"Maybe." Lily responded pollitely. The next person to show up was an old woman. She

was wearing horn rimmed glasses and looked like the kind of woman who owned a lot of cats.

She had a stern nose, but soft, kindly eyes. She introduced herself as Madame Linch, a good

friend of Mr. Ruperts mother, the late Mrs. Rupert. After her came a young woman who Lily

placed at around 30 years old, she introduced herself as Arabella Fig, a childhood friend of Mrs.

Rupert. She chattered on about how her older sister and Mrs. Rupert, and how they had always

teased her about being a squib. They were saved from another long story by the arrival of

James. Lily looked closely at him, he had entered the room alone, and he did not look like he

had just been making out with anyone, so what had he been doing with that girl? Could what she

was feeling be a combination of jealousy and relief? Jealousy that he had been with the other

girl, and relief that he did not show any of the tell-tale signs that he had been making out.

He introduced himself to everyone at the table, and then asked Professor Longbottom

about an essay he had assigned over the break. He never once looked at Lily. No matter how

many times Lily told herself otherwise, it hurt. Regardless of the amount of times she reminded

herself of all he horrible things he had done, and all the stories she had heard about him, she

could not stop willing him to look at her. Just once. He looked up suddenly, and met her eyes,

but looked away just as suddenly. She had not read any emotion in his eyes, they were blank

and cold, just as hers must have seemed to him.

Authors Note: Hope you all enjoyed!! I know I did. Anyway, the next chapter is amazing, so get ready and review if you want it!!!