So, anyway...er...I guess you all saw the icky reviews my sis gave.... Eurgh,
wish I could delete those. She is so weird...not like I'm any different,
though. Ok, I thought that for this chapter, Lily and James should go on
their little "friends" date. There should be more romance in this chapter.
Speaking of chapters, is the length of my chapters long enough so far? I
know that I would like them a bit longer, but that's just me. If you
wouldn't mind giving me your opinion if you want to review this chappie.
Thanks!
-Red
"So Lily, we heard that you and James are going to the ball together, is that right? You can't blame us for asking, we didn't really get the information from a reliable source, did we, Chelsea?" said Kate when Lily walked into their dormitory. She looked extremely pleased with herself for uncovering this bit of information and was grinning from ear to ear.
Lily nodded curtly and went to sit down on the edge of her bed.
"Guess who told us?"
"Sirius," she said offhandly, dismissing the topic.
"Yes...." She said sadly, clearly hoping that she had known something Lily had not about the Marauders.
"I was already going out with him this weekend, didn't I tell you?"
"Well yes, but I couldn't help but wonder if you two were going to be more than friends just yet. You don't know how long we've been waiting for you guys to stop fighting. Really, you guys should at least stop bickering all the time."
"I'm not complaining, Kate, but if you perhaps decided to pay attention to what was going on around you, you would know already that we made a truce quite a while ago."
"Well, I HAVE always been something of a daydreamer...but I didn't know I was THAT bad!" she said, annoyed.
Lily and Chelsea laughed and the three started talking about what dresses they should get that weekend.
"Lily! LILY!!! James is waiting for you! He says he's going to leave without you if you don't come down in five minutes!!!" Kate yelled up to Lily, who was in their dormitory, changing for their trip to Hogsmeade.
"Well you just tell him that he can cool his little ass and wait for me or else I'm not going to the ball with him!!!" she yelled back down. She distinctly heard James yelp from the common room.
Lily smiled at her self in the mirror. She thought she looked pretty good. She was wearing her favorite pair of blue jeans, a light blue striped tank top, a black hooded sweater with a blue logo on it, and her favorite white, red, silver, and black sneakers. She had pulled her red hair into to low pigtails and clipped a flower at the tie on each one. She had also decided to apply her shimmery blue eye shadow, mascara, and some clear lip gloss. [BYW: that's what I'm wearing today, couldn't think of anything else! ^.^] She grabbed her black purse with the many pins and key chains on it and ran downstairs to the common room where everyone was waiting.
The Marauders and the Reds were standing there, an impatient look on their faces.
"Finally!" sighed Kate, throwing her hands up in the air and showing her extreme dislike of having to wait to go shopping.
Lily smiled and greeted everyone before they made it down to the entrance hall where they had to line up to go to Hogsmeade.
"You look nice, Lily."
"You, too, James, but this is what I where every day...well, I take that back. I have to wear a uniform most of the time." She scrunched up her nose and made a disgusted face.
James laughed and they started walking down the lane to Hogsmeade. Obviously, the others did not wait for them.
"So, er, where do you want to go?" James asked politely.
"How about the Three Broomsticks?"
James sighed, relieved.
"What?"
"Oh, it's just that I thought you were going to make me take you to that stupid girlie tea room place." He made a face and Lily laughed.
"Oh, don't worry. I hate that place as well. It's really stupid."
"Yah, don't count on me taking you there for Valentine's Day."
"Who said anything about me going out with you on Valentine's Day? Geez, that's like asking for trouble!" She smiled at him. "Oh, don't be so sad. Who knows, anything can happen!" she replied when she saw the look on his face.
James smiled. "Good. I was going to ask you in February, but I guess we got that over with." He chuckled lightly. "So, the Three Broomsticks it is.
They walked down the streets in Hogsmeade until they made it to a crowded pub that was already decorated with Christmas decoration including tinsel, a Christmas tree, gold streamers, and even fake snow. Lily and James walked in and took their group's normal seat near the window in a corner of the room. A pearly looking witch came up to them and asked what they wanted.
"Two Butterbeers, if you please," Lily said politely. The witch smiled and nodded before going to the back of the store to get their orders.
"So, Lily, er, you wanted to go shopping with your friends, no?"
Lily nodded.
"Well, we can go after this if you want."
"Ok, but I'd like it if you accompanied me to Flourish and Blotts first. We can get Christmas presents there," she replied cheerily.
"Ok!" He looked a little more excited about this proposition. Lily could easily tell that he wasn't one of those sappy goes-shopping-with-his- girlfriend types. Hey, she thought, since when did I think of him as a boyfriend? He's definitely not mine. We're just here to hang out like best friends are supposed to. I wonder what he's thinking right now.
Good, I'm definitely not that sappy goes-shopping-with-my-girlfriend type, he thought. Hey, since when is she my girlfriend? We already agreed that we're here only as friends so she's definitely not my girlfriend. I wonder what she's thinking right now.
They stared at each other for a couple of minutes, neither one of them breaking the silence.
"Well, we better go," said Lily hurriedly after they had finished their drinks. They got up and left the Three Broomsticks and ran through the snow to Flourish and Blotts. [Oops, forgot to mention that it was snowing but not very much so the Three Broomsticks wanted to add some more snow to their roof.]
"There you two are!" said Kate, running over to them as Lily and James approached. "We've been waiting so that we could go get our dress robes!" They were outside a very dressy store filled to the brim with dress robes of different colors. Lily said a quick goodbye to James, kissing him on the cheek, and she, Kate, and Chelsea ran into the store.
Lily immediately went over to a rack that had emerald green robes. She picked out a few of those and then in turn went to the white and lavender racks. She, Kate, and Chelsea ran to the back of the store and into the dressing rooms to try things on. Lily like a lot of the ones that she got and they all fit fine, but she especially loved one that was dark emerald green with gold and silver ribbons and stitching (you could change it to fit your mood), another that was a lighter green and had silver leaves all over it, and yet another one that was white with gold ribbons.
"Well, which one do you like the best?" she asked her friends as they stood in the back of the store, deciding.
"I like the green ones. The white one is to wedding-ee. Poor James, he'll think you are going to marry him or something," Kate said.
"Yeah, I guess so. What do you think, Chelsea?"
Chelsea looked at the dresses for a minute before deciding.
"I like the green ones. Get them both so that you'll have some for next year, if we need them."
Satisfied with their purchases, the three girls skipped back to the Three Broomsticks top meet up with Sirius, James, and Remus before going back up to the castle.
-Red
"So Lily, we heard that you and James are going to the ball together, is that right? You can't blame us for asking, we didn't really get the information from a reliable source, did we, Chelsea?" said Kate when Lily walked into their dormitory. She looked extremely pleased with herself for uncovering this bit of information and was grinning from ear to ear.
Lily nodded curtly and went to sit down on the edge of her bed.
"Guess who told us?"
"Sirius," she said offhandly, dismissing the topic.
"Yes...." She said sadly, clearly hoping that she had known something Lily had not about the Marauders.
"I was already going out with him this weekend, didn't I tell you?"
"Well yes, but I couldn't help but wonder if you two were going to be more than friends just yet. You don't know how long we've been waiting for you guys to stop fighting. Really, you guys should at least stop bickering all the time."
"I'm not complaining, Kate, but if you perhaps decided to pay attention to what was going on around you, you would know already that we made a truce quite a while ago."
"Well, I HAVE always been something of a daydreamer...but I didn't know I was THAT bad!" she said, annoyed.
Lily and Chelsea laughed and the three started talking about what dresses they should get that weekend.
"Lily! LILY!!! James is waiting for you! He says he's going to leave without you if you don't come down in five minutes!!!" Kate yelled up to Lily, who was in their dormitory, changing for their trip to Hogsmeade.
"Well you just tell him that he can cool his little ass and wait for me or else I'm not going to the ball with him!!!" she yelled back down. She distinctly heard James yelp from the common room.
Lily smiled at her self in the mirror. She thought she looked pretty good. She was wearing her favorite pair of blue jeans, a light blue striped tank top, a black hooded sweater with a blue logo on it, and her favorite white, red, silver, and black sneakers. She had pulled her red hair into to low pigtails and clipped a flower at the tie on each one. She had also decided to apply her shimmery blue eye shadow, mascara, and some clear lip gloss. [BYW: that's what I'm wearing today, couldn't think of anything else! ^.^] She grabbed her black purse with the many pins and key chains on it and ran downstairs to the common room where everyone was waiting.
The Marauders and the Reds were standing there, an impatient look on their faces.
"Finally!" sighed Kate, throwing her hands up in the air and showing her extreme dislike of having to wait to go shopping.
Lily smiled and greeted everyone before they made it down to the entrance hall where they had to line up to go to Hogsmeade.
"You look nice, Lily."
"You, too, James, but this is what I where every day...well, I take that back. I have to wear a uniform most of the time." She scrunched up her nose and made a disgusted face.
James laughed and they started walking down the lane to Hogsmeade. Obviously, the others did not wait for them.
"So, er, where do you want to go?" James asked politely.
"How about the Three Broomsticks?"
James sighed, relieved.
"What?"
"Oh, it's just that I thought you were going to make me take you to that stupid girlie tea room place." He made a face and Lily laughed.
"Oh, don't worry. I hate that place as well. It's really stupid."
"Yah, don't count on me taking you there for Valentine's Day."
"Who said anything about me going out with you on Valentine's Day? Geez, that's like asking for trouble!" She smiled at him. "Oh, don't be so sad. Who knows, anything can happen!" she replied when she saw the look on his face.
James smiled. "Good. I was going to ask you in February, but I guess we got that over with." He chuckled lightly. "So, the Three Broomsticks it is.
They walked down the streets in Hogsmeade until they made it to a crowded pub that was already decorated with Christmas decoration including tinsel, a Christmas tree, gold streamers, and even fake snow. Lily and James walked in and took their group's normal seat near the window in a corner of the room. A pearly looking witch came up to them and asked what they wanted.
"Two Butterbeers, if you please," Lily said politely. The witch smiled and nodded before going to the back of the store to get their orders.
"So, Lily, er, you wanted to go shopping with your friends, no?"
Lily nodded.
"Well, we can go after this if you want."
"Ok, but I'd like it if you accompanied me to Flourish and Blotts first. We can get Christmas presents there," she replied cheerily.
"Ok!" He looked a little more excited about this proposition. Lily could easily tell that he wasn't one of those sappy goes-shopping-with-his- girlfriend types. Hey, she thought, since when did I think of him as a boyfriend? He's definitely not mine. We're just here to hang out like best friends are supposed to. I wonder what he's thinking right now.
Good, I'm definitely not that sappy goes-shopping-with-my-girlfriend type, he thought. Hey, since when is she my girlfriend? We already agreed that we're here only as friends so she's definitely not my girlfriend. I wonder what she's thinking right now.
They stared at each other for a couple of minutes, neither one of them breaking the silence.
"Well, we better go," said Lily hurriedly after they had finished their drinks. They got up and left the Three Broomsticks and ran through the snow to Flourish and Blotts. [Oops, forgot to mention that it was snowing but not very much so the Three Broomsticks wanted to add some more snow to their roof.]
"There you two are!" said Kate, running over to them as Lily and James approached. "We've been waiting so that we could go get our dress robes!" They were outside a very dressy store filled to the brim with dress robes of different colors. Lily said a quick goodbye to James, kissing him on the cheek, and she, Kate, and Chelsea ran into the store.
Lily immediately went over to a rack that had emerald green robes. She picked out a few of those and then in turn went to the white and lavender racks. She, Kate, and Chelsea ran to the back of the store and into the dressing rooms to try things on. Lily like a lot of the ones that she got and they all fit fine, but she especially loved one that was dark emerald green with gold and silver ribbons and stitching (you could change it to fit your mood), another that was a lighter green and had silver leaves all over it, and yet another one that was white with gold ribbons.
"Well, which one do you like the best?" she asked her friends as they stood in the back of the store, deciding.
"I like the green ones. The white one is to wedding-ee. Poor James, he'll think you are going to marry him or something," Kate said.
"Yeah, I guess so. What do you think, Chelsea?"
Chelsea looked at the dresses for a minute before deciding.
"I like the green ones. Get them both so that you'll have some for next year, if we need them."
Satisfied with their purchases, the three girls skipped back to the Three Broomsticks top meet up with Sirius, James, and Remus before going back up to the castle.