Chapter 38: New Years Eve Party part 1
Faith smiled at her reflection in the body length mirror.Her dress this year was black and had a blood red ribbion that tied around her waist. The dress came just barely an inch of the ground which allowed her to show off her new black strap shoes. She also had on the new cross that Sarah had gotten her and it added the perfect effect of sparkle to her outfit. Her hair was flipping out as usual. Faith added a light shade of strawberry lipstick and knocked on the bathroom door.
"Lil...Ready?" Faith asked through the door.
"Yeah..just don't laugh ok?" Lily's voice said on the reverse side.
"kay." Faith said. Lily opened up the door and Faith smiled. Lily's dress was white and had two thin straps. It had a medium length train and had red roses with dark green stems coming from the bottom and going up to about Lily's waist line. Lily's hair was curling and fell about her shoulders.
"Your stunning." Faith said looking Lily up and down. A light blush rose to Lily's cheeks.
"Lets go see Sarah." Faith said jerking her head towards the stairs. Lily and Faith walked down stairs and knocked on the downstairs bathroom door. The door flew open and Sarah walked out. Her dress was a light blue that really pulled out her eyes. She had on a necklace that Lily and Faith did not recognize.Her raven hair was in tight pipe curls and just barely grazed her shoulders.
"Do I look ok?" Sarah asked sheepishly.
"More than ok!" Lily said smiling and Sarah blushed a deep crimsion.
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"Do you see them anywhere?" James asked as he and Sirius snuck something behind a curtain that was near where the Orchestra was playing.
"Nope..They're not here yet." Sirius said around in all directions for the girls.
"Their right there." Remus said pointing as he walked off to go get Sarah. Sarah had a light blush in her cheeks as Remus came forward and kissed her hand. Lily and Faith just rolled thier eyes.
"That necklace looks stunning on you.Like I knew it would." Remus whispered as he took Sarah by the hand and led her away. Sarah blushed even more.
"Care to dance Lily?" James asked Lily as she and Faith went and sat down. Lily gave a fleeting look at Faith as if to ask her permission.
"Go ahead." Faith whispered. Lily nodded and walked with James.
"I'll just sit here. Go have your fun." Faith muttered to herself sarcastically.
Sirius watched Faith as he walked towards her. A slight smile rose to his lips as she looked up at him with a perplexed look.
"Fancy a dance?" Sirius said slyly.
"Sure." Faith said standing up. Sirius felt his heart do a little leap as she followed him out.
"Quite boring music." Faith sighed as Sirius slipped his hand around her waist.
"Yeah, That's all James's mom's fault. She is a proper English lady." Sirius said smiling.
"Ok this music is fine for like a tea party." Faith said rolling her eyes. Sirius laughed.
"Seriously though, what happened to the music from last year?" Faith said smiling and looking at Sirius. Sirius shrugged and said
"Last year it was mostly James's dad planning this party. This year his mom took more control."
"Joy." Faith said sighing.
"You look really great tonight." James said. Lily gave him an odd look.
"I...mean not that...you don't look great every night its just... I'm going to be quiet now." James stammered. Lily smiled and laughed.
"I know what you mean. You clean up nicely yourself." Lily said. James looked shocked and grinned like a Chesire cat when he saw Lily blush.
Sarah sat on the edge of a fountain that was in the Potters garden. Remus came back and sat down next to her. He smiled coyly and produced a rose from seemingly out of thin air.
"Charmer." Sarah said blushing as she took the rose.
"I do my best." Remus said smiling. Sarah blushed even more and turned away. Remus tucked a finger under Sarah's chin and turned it towards him.
"Your so beautiful." Remus said and then leaned forward and kissed her.
"James do you think its at all possible to get some better music in here?" James's father asked as he wheeled towards a dancing James and Lily. James looked around and saw his mother was no where in sight.
"Wait here." James said to Lily and then ran off.
James grabbed Sirius by the shoulder. Sirius gave James a look that plainly said 'Can't you see I'm busy?!'
"You need to go find Moony. My mom is gone." James said. Sirius sighed and nodded.
"Wait a minute ok?" Sirius said turning to Faith. Faith nodded and Sirius ran off to find Remus.
"What in the world are those boys doing?" Lily asked as Faith walked up to her.
"I have no idea,,," Faith said as a pink cheeked Sarah ran up to them.
"Hi!' She said breathlessly. Faith and lily exchanged knowing glances and smiled and replied
"Having fun were you?" Sarah only blushed a deeper crimson as the Orchestra seemed to disappear.
"What in the world?" Faith said. James, Sirius, Remus and Peter took the place of where the Orchestra had just stood.
"You've got to be kidding me." Sarah said.
"What is that?" A voice said behind them. Lily and Faith whirled around to see who it was but Sarah stayed looking at the boys. They looked straight into the face of a tired and pale looking Serverus.
"Its an electric guitar." Faith said seeing what Serverus was talking about.
"It's a muggle musical instrument." Lily explained. Suddenly the thought dawned on Lily and Faith.
"You've got to be kidding me!" The two said whirling around and staring along with Sarah. Serverus shrugged and just stood beside Faith.
Sarah couldn't believe her eyes. Standing before her was the boys who had apparently formed some sort of band in their spare time. Remus was standing with what Sarah had learned from her Muggle studies was called a Bass It was a light yellow color and Sarah could almost swear it looked like a crescent moon.. He was standing farther in the back and she didn't even see him at first. Peter was on the drums and in front of Remus. James and Sirius were standing with electric guitars James's guitar was a beautiful midnight blue and had lighting bolts on it, while Sirius's was a magnificent blood red color.
Sirius smiled at seeing Faith's wide eyed expression and she looked at him with something that he swore was admiration as he and James began to string out the first few notes. Sirius exchanged glances with James and thought 'Now or never'
"My Mum is going to kill me!" James said as he, Sirius, Remus and Peter ran up to his room hauling their instruments to the best of their ability.
"Yeah she is, but everyone else thought it was great." Sirius said laughing.
"The girls liked it to." Peter said smiling.
"Yeah they did." Remus said smiling and thinking about Sarah's eyes always focused on him throughout their entire song.
Sirius and James nodded as they threw their instruments on the floor.
"I'm going to help Peter get the rest of his stuff." Sirius said heading for the door.
"Put my stuff away ok?" Sirius said as he closed the door behind him. Remus began to put his Bass away and James popped open Sirius's trunk when something caught his eye. James pulled out a letter that had Faith's name scribbled onto the front. 'Sirius must have forgotten to send it to her.' (Letter seem familiar to anyone? If not go back to the chapter: Sirius's date)
Before James could do anything else his owl sweeped down, grabbed the letter with her feet and was off to deliver it.
"Well I guess I just saved him all of about 15 seconds." James said shrugging.
"Hmmm?" Remus asked turning around.
"Nothing just sending a letter that Sirius forgot to send." James said. Remus seemed to freeze.
"What?" He said as Sirius piled into the room with Peter.
"What?...oh yeah it was just a letter that was in his trunk." James said. There was a loud bang as Sirius dropped the drum he was holding.
"What?...it was just a letter..." James said confused about the looks on Remus's and Sirius's faces.
"Did it say...Faith on the front?" Remus asked slowly.
"Yeah?..."James said raising an eyebrow. Sirius clapped a hand over his mouth.
"I have to ...go...outside." Sirius said trying to breath but finding it hard to. Sirius bolted out the door and ran outside as Remus explained to James about the letter.
"Oh bloody hell." James said slapping his forehead.
Lily, Faith and Sarah sat on a bench inside as people still buzzed about the boys's performance. A letter dropped into Faith's lap.
"Wonder who that could be from..."Lily said.
"Not sure." Faith said opening the letter.
(A/N: Cliffhanger!!! Why am I being mean and leaving you with this cliffhanger you ask. Well I'll tell you...mainly to get more reviews....ya kinda stupid but that's why.