Chapter 27 "Underneath it all" by marauderyears
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or anything related to it, J.K Rowling does.
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shan- Yeah, Lena is her name. Well if you think back to all the (few) times Lily and Lena were together, they never seemed like best friends anyway. Yes, they were friends, just not close enough to talk to about anything and everything. I'm sure that most people reading this have friends like that.
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James' POV
Somehow the news of the upcoming Halloween Ball had leaked out. Neither Lily nor I know how, but it did. All anyone talked about was what they were going to be and who they were going to go with.
I'm not sure who or what I'm going to be yet, and I'm not sure if Lily knows either.
"Hey Lily!" I said brightly as I saw her sitting on the couch in the Gryffindor Common Room talking with Sirius and Remus, who were sitting on either side of her. I'm glad to see she's getting along with them. If things get serious between me and her (which I REALLY hope they do), it'll be real useful if she's good friends with them.
Lily looked up and smiled. "Hi James."
"Do you know who or what you're going to be for Halloween?"
She shook her head, looking abashed. "I can't think of anything."
Sirius looked up. "You could go as the muggle character, the Little Mermaid."
It took me a minute to realize who he was talking about, considering I was pureblood. My parents made me take muggle classes when I was little to learn more about them. Muggles, that is.
Lily frowned. "How'd you know that?"
He shrugged. Remus rolled his eyes. "He probably only said that because of the outfit she wears."
Lily blushed and glared at Sirius. "There's not enough money in the world to get me to wear that."
Sirius shrugged. "It was worth a try."
I smirked at Sirius. "At least it leaves the option open for you."
Sirius laughed sarcastically as the rest of us laughed at his expense.
Lily looked at me. "What are you going to be?"
I shrugged. "I was hoping you would know what you're going to be so that I could match with you."
Sirius raised an eyebrow. "Why would it matter if you matched?"
I turned a little red. "Lily's going with me to the Ball..." Remus nodded, knowingly.
Lily jumped up suddenly. "I want to be a princess!" Lily would make a beautiful princess.
Remus smiled. Sirius said slowly, "...okay..."
Lily looked up and sighed loudly. "...For Halloween."
Sirius mouth opened. "Ohhhh..."
I wrinkled my nose. "That'd be good, but I don't want to be a prince."
She shook her head and smiled, teasingly. "No silly, you could be my horse."
My eyes widened. "Does that mean you'd ride me?"
She grinned. "When you put it like that..."
Sirius smirked. "Actually, Prongs being a horse would work for you."
Remus and I coughed loudly, shutting him up. Of course Lily wouldn't put much thought into what he said; someone else might have overheard him.
Lily gave us a weird look. "Well what do you want me to be?"
Sirius opened his mouth and Lily spoke over him. "I don't want to hear what you have to say."
Sirius pouted. "Aw, but Lily, you'd make a stunning belly dancer."
Trying to push the picture of Lily in a belly dancing costume out of my head, I glared at Sirius, saying, "Lily wouldn't wear that."
He smiled affectionately at Lily. "No, of course she wouldn't. The other girls probably would, though, being the sluts they are."
Lily looked pensive. "What are you two going to be?"
Remus shrugged. "I have no idea."
Sirius also shrugged. "James Bond."
Lily giggled. "You're going to be James Bond?"
Sirius nodded, looking proud. "Yes, it's such an easy costume. All I have to do is wear a suit and look good." He leaned back and individually lifted each of his legs on to the table in front of him. "And I've got the good-looking part down, pat."
Lily laughed. Even Remus and I had to laugh at his arrogance. Lily sighed. "I wish I could be Cleopatra, but I've never heard of a redheaded Egyptian."
Remus looked thoughtful. "You could temporarily dye your hair."
Lily nodded. "That's a good idea...and I've already got the costume..."
Lily would make a pretty Cleopatra. And a queen is close enough to a princess, which is what she originally wanted to be. What would that make me, though...?
As if to answer my question, Lily looked over at me. "You could be...a Pharaoh?"
I thought about it. "I guess, but I'd make a better crocodile."
Lily looked like she was about to laugh. "What does a crocodile have to do with anything?"
"They have crocodiles in the Nile, don't they?"
She nodded. "Yeah..."
I nodded back. "Well there you go!"
"So far we have...James Bond, Cleopatra, and a crocodile..." Remus said slowly.
An idea clicked in my head. "You could be a pirate."
Remus looked at me. "What made you think of that?"
I took a deep breath. "Well, when you just said crocodile it reminded me of water, which reminded me of ships, which reminded me of the sky, which reminded me again of water, which reminded me again of ships, which reminded me of pirates."
Lily giggled her cute little giggle. Sirius nodded and said very seriously, "It makes so much sense, why didn't I think of it?"
Lena Tenyck walked over to us and sat down on the couch that I was also sitting on. Lily glanced over at her and smiled a bit.
Lena looked up at Lily. "What are you going to be for Halloween?"
"Cleopatra."
"Cleopatra? You don't have dark hair. Plus I was going to be her."
"Oh, sorry. You can be her."
"You know who you should be?"
"Who?"
"Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
"Oh my goodness, you're a genius!" Lily said, jumping up.
I felt myself grin, thinking of her as Jessica Rabbit. I think Sirius and Remus thought of it too, because Sirius was grinning too, and Remus was blushing. I glared at them. They aren't allowed to think of Lily like that!
Lily's POV
After saying our good-byes, Lena and I headed up the girl's dormitory steps. Lena has said that she wanted to talk with me.
I sat down next to her as she pulled out a box from under her bed. I curiously watched as she pulled out a beautiful, golden looking material.
"This is my Cleopatra costume." She unfolded it and I waited while she put it on. She looked perfect in it. She had the dark hair, and the perfect shape.
"Wow, that's really beautiful." I'm not even going to try and explain what it looked like, but there would be no doubt in anyone's mind who she was dressing up as. She even had a headpiece to wear. I pushed away the small amount of jealousy I felt when I realized all the guys would see her as eye candy...or sex on a stick or something like that...
She thanked me as she put it back in the box under her bed.
"Where'd you get it?"
"Well I found it last summer in a shop and I thought that someday it might come in handy...and it did!"
We laughed. I was quiet for a second. "You seemed mad at me for a little while. Why? Did I do something wrong?"
She shook her head. "No...I just still kind of liked James when he dumped me and I feel...left out ever since you started dating him."
I felt my stomach drop. Oh no... "You felt like that and you didn't tell me?"
She shrugged. "I didn't want to make you miserable because I know he likes you and you like him. I don't have a chance with him."
"Oh Lena, you have a chance with any guy. You're pretty, lots of other guys like you. Ones that could like you like you deserve to be liked."
We both giggled at the weirdly worded sentence. She shrugged, "I guess..."
"I saw Dave Brown checking you out..."
She looked surprised. "Really?"
I nodded. "Yeah...and he's pretty darn cute."
She nodded, agreeing with me. "I guess. Thanks for talking with me."
"So do you wouldn't care if I told you that I am going with James to the Halloween Ball..."
Her smile dropped off her face. She replaced it with a rather fake one. "N-no. That's fine. I'll go with Dave maybe..."
I pretended not to notice that she still looked upset as she left the room. I let out a loud sigh. I don't know what to do. Friends are important...more so than boys...
I noticed a black book that had slid out from under her bed when she had taken out her costume. I glanced at it. It didn't have anything written on the cover. I turned it over and noticed that in the bottom right hand corner was Lena's name.
I cautiously opened the book and noticed dates and entries. I guess it was her diary. I was about to close it when I noticed my name written in it. I could close it right now and not get into any trouble...or I could read it. This is an invasion of privacy...But it says my name in it, I have the right to know...
Oh what the heck. I read the entry that's date showed that it was written just yesterday:
I think that Lily is dating James. There not official, but she's already gone on one date and I'm sure that they are planning on more. Hell, James will probably ask her to the Halloween Ball, if he hasn't already. But I didn't date him for very long (only a month or so), so I guess I don't really have a claim on him or anything...But I think that it's very low of her to start dating him right after we break up. I mean, I didn't even get a chance to get over him. Normally when I break up with someone, Lily always makes me happy by talking about how the guy wasn't good enough for me anyways. Now, she wouldn't do that because apparently she's dating the guy. I don't mean to be mean, but I really hope they break up. I see the way they always look at each other when they think the other isn't looking. Oh, I got to go. Professor McGonagall is looking at me and has realized that I stopped taking notes.
I didn't even realize she kept a diary...And I didn't realize how horrible of a friend I've been. I didn't even think about Lena's feelings when I immediately started dating her ex. Oh my goodness...
I put my head in my hands. I couldn't dump James...I really am starting to like him...Plus it'd be mean to break up with him right before the Ball. I guess I could go with him to the Ball and explain to him afterwards why it isn't working out between the two of us.
I sighed heavily. I can't do this...But I can't torture my best friend either...