Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter I'd buy and electric guitar, get married to James Potter, write anouther novel (he he), quit ballet, home school, and I'd probably be a thirty-year-old adult. Ugh...talk about a mid-life crises when I figured out that J. K. Rowling had actually written Harry Potter....
FOREWORD
Anyone keeping track of SMH's "Being An Adult Isn't Easy as it Sounds" saga? When will she update?! Must. have. Lily. and. James. fall. in. love. again!!! Eeeeek!
Anyway, here is the Yule Ball, with tons and tons of Lily/James smutty stuff!!!
-Lils
ATTENTION: do not read if you are under fourteen! Here on out, Something About You will be rated PG-14 due to sexual circumstances and more...er...angsty issues that could be disturbing for young ones! Thanks!!!
WARNING: This chapter WILL make you cry!!! Bring tissues.
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"And, without further ado, I'd like to announce that this year's Yule Ball has been canceled. but, alas, I cannot tell you what I want, but what I must. The Yule Ball will be held the Friday before Christmas break. A big thanks to your Head Boy and Girl!" Dumbledore sat down and clapped along with the rest as the two Head students quickly stood up and back down.
"Oh, goody! A Yule Ball!" Kate squealed excitedly. Sirius looked disgusted, but remained quiet. "Yikes, that's only in two weeks!"
"Two weeks?! But-but, we don't have enough time to get Lily and James together in two weeks!" Sirius yelled. The Great Hall went silent, watching Sirius and his antics. "Albus, you've got do something! Stop the ball! STOP THE BALL!!!"
"Sirius, Sirius, please, I have total faith in you to get them together by the end of the year. You have all our cooperation, if you need it."
"What?!" Lily and James jumped up with shocked looks on their faces. They looked at each other and jumped again, causing their feet to catch on the bench. they tumbled over the back and fell on the floor, arms flailing. they groaned simultaneously, stood up, brushed themselves off, stuck their tongues out at Sirius, and stalked out of the great Hall.
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"Come on, Lils, come to Hogsmeade with us. We have got to find you some nice dress robes or something, at least. You don't have to go in costume or anything if you don't want," Chelsea pleaded with the stubborn girl.
Lily buried her head in her pillow and groaned.
"I'm not going."
"Oh yes you are!" Chelsea said, grabbing Lily's foot and trying to drag her out of bed.
"No, I'm not going to Hogsmeade and I'm not going to the ball."
"And why not?"
"Because I don't have a date, besides the fact that I do not want to go."
"Fine."
"Okay."
"See you later, Miss Antisocial."
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"Come on, Prongs, come to Hogsmeade with us. We have got to find you some nice dress robes or something, at least. You don't have to go in costume or anything if you don't want," Remus pleaded with the stubborn boy.
James buried her head in her pillow and groaned.
"I'm not going."
"Oh yes you are!" Remus said, grabbing James's foot and trying to drag him out of bed.
"No, I'm not going to Hogsmeade and I'm not going to the ball."
"And why not?"
"Because I don't have a date, besides the fact that I do not want to go."
"Fine."
"Okay."
"See you later, Mr. Antisocial."
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Lily rolled onto her back. She had fallen asleep after helping Chelsea and Kate get ready for the ball. She got up, grabbed her diary from under her pillow and headed downstairs to the common room. She flung her book on the coffee table and hopped over the couch.
James (A/N: Imagine that!) was curled up at the other end, holding a book in his lap. He looked up at Lily and smiled.
"Good thing I looked before I jumped. eh?" James nodded and looked down at his book. "So, why aren't you at the ball?" James looked up again.
"Hu? Oh, I didn't want to go. You?"
"Same reason. Why?"
"No date."
"Same.
"Boring."
"Same."
"Stupid."
"Same."
"I want to kiss you."
"Same--hey! Why?" Lily and James were both sitting cross-legged on the couch now, facing each other. Lily's eyes darted around, to her hands, then back at James. "You can if you...want...to."
James looked down at their hands and hesitated before gently taking Lily's hands in his. He stroked the back of her hands with the pad of his thumb and looked back at Lily's face.
James and Lily leaned in to each other, one of James's hands finding its way to cup her cheek.
"No regrets?" James said quietly.
"No regrets," Lily confirmed. James nodded and brought her head up to meet his in the softest of kisses. James let his arms fall and encircle her waist and Lily snaked her arms around his neck, pulling him closer, their bodies pressed together to deepen the kiss. Lily ran her hands through his messy black hair once before they both broke apart, grasping for breath.
Lily tipped her head back, allowing James to kiss her neck and collarbone sweetly. She rested her forehead onto his and they looked at each other.
"I love--" James started to whisper.
"Please don't." Lily closed her eyes and James kissed her nose softly.
"It's okay."
"Thanks," she breathed.
"Will you--"
"Go out with you? Sure, James, sure, but I don't think it's safe."
"The prophecies?"
"Yes, and Voldemort. I think we should keep it to ourselves," Lily reasoned under her breath, thought James could still hear her. He nodded their heads up and down as they were still touching foreheads. "James, you can't even tell Sirius."
"He'll find out."
"Not if we're careful."
"All right. Can I kiss you again?" Lily laughed and sat back into the couch.
"Nope."
"Why not?" James said while grinning evilly. He was prowling towards her on the couch like a cat stalking his prey.
You look really funny when you're doing that, you know?
"And you like it."
"Not particularly." James sat up and crossed his arms over his chest. He let out a low growl. "I feel like I'm being hunted," she said, turning back to her diary, which was now in her lap, and shuddering.
"Way to ruin the moment. Hey, you actually use the journal I gave you?"
"Yes," Lily said, holding it close to her chest and away from James.
"And I'm guessing I can't read it, hu?" Lily nodded. "Someday?"
"Maybe." She sighed and set the book down before reaching in her pocket and bringing out a green hair tie. She brushed her long, curly, red hair out of her eyes and began to tie it back as James watched. She felt James's hands cover hers and then he brushed them away altogether. Lily smiled and turned her back to James so he could reach her hair easier.
James struggled with the mass of red curls and couldn't help but feel how soft they were. He finished tying it back and snaked his arms around her waits, pressing her back into his chest. Lily reacher up and touched her hair.
"Ugh, it's awful. You silly. You need more practice." Lily started to take it out but James's hand stopped her.
"You won't take it out if you love me," he said quietly. Lily sighed and put her hands down.
"It's going to come out anyway," she remarked.
"I know...just keep it in, for now." Lily nodded quietly.
"I will if you kiss me again," she said mischievously.
"You sure?" Lily nodded again. "Okay."
James pulled Lily back onto his lap and brought his lips down to hers. He ran his tongue along Lily's bottom lip and deepened the kiss.
"My second first kiss ever and my third kiss ever," James breathed. they were now both lying on the couch, James on top of Lily. He pushed himself onto his arms and looked down at her.
she looked exhilarated, and happy, which was a big thing for both of them the past few days. Lily's hair spread out around her face like a halo, the tie having come out, and a few locks framed her face gently. Her face was flushed and her bright green eyes were sparkling in the dying firelight of the common room fire.
"James, we've got to get up. No doubt people will be coming up soon." James nodded and rolled off Lily, landing with a thump on the floor.
"Uh!" James said as he got up, rubbing his bottom with one hand and extending the other to Lily. She grinned, took his hand, and stood up.
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Remus, Chelsea, Sirius, and his date, Ariella Mortensen, sat at a round table off the side of the dance floor. remus sighed and put his elbow on the table, resting his cheek in his hand. Chelsea leaned her head onto his shoulder.
"I wish Lillikins and Jamesiepoo were here. It's boring without them,"Sirius whined. Ariella hit him on the arm.
"You are having fund. Let's go dance." Sirius nodded and he and Ariella got up to go dance.
"I love you, Remus," Chelsea sighed. Remus smiled.
"I love you, Chelsea," he answered.
"Good." Chelsea looked around at the other people in the Great Hall. "Hey, let's go sit with Shelby, Camille, and Marina. They look bored."
"Okay." Remus and Chelsea got up and walked over to the three Slytherin girls and their Hufflepuff dates. When they got over they sat down and watched Shelby, Camille, and Marina observe their dates with disgust.
"Hey, guys," Chelsea said to the enthusiastic group.
Shelby looked at the girl and smirked.
"Like your costume, miss Fearie Princess. And yours, of course, Mr. Wood nymph. What are you, a puck remake?" Remus scowled at the girl.
He was wearing a leafy green, mud brown, and butterfly gold tunic and brown pants, making him look cheerful and golden. His face glowed and his gray eyes stood out sharply against his golden skin. With the help of Sirius and James, he had managed to get his hair possible as messy as James's. Last, but not least, Remus had small gold, green, and brown butterfly wings to complete his costume.
And Chelsea looked as radiant as Remus, or maybe even more. She was wearing a light blue, long, flared out, pouffy skirt, and a white poofed, sleeveless bodice that tucked into a dark blue corset that laced up the middle in the front with gold string. Expansive, dark blue butterfly wings spread out from her lower back. Her long, curly, blond hair flowed down her back to where her wings started and a spiraling gold crown lay flat against her head and swirled down her hair.
The two sat down at the table and looked at the Slytherins' dates. They knew them all, as they had heard that they played on the Hufflepuff Quidditch team. Jordan O'Flannery, Travis van den Lorkies, and Geoffrey Reynolds were their names, and befitting ones at that. They were all equally boring and all equally useless Quidditch players. Chelsea had the feeling that Shelby, Camille, and Marina only accepted their invitations to the ball because although they were lacking in the smarts department, they definitely made up for it in looks.
"Having fun?" Chelsea asked politely. The three Slytherins exchanged glances.
"Hardly, stupidest ball I've ever attended," Shelby said loftily, turning up her nose at her date, Jordan.
"Same, I'm with him," Camille said, nodding in the direction of a very hyper boy who was talking animatedly to his friends. "Sure, he'll talk to them, but he won't say a word to me!"
"And the doofus over there is mine. What kind of a name is Geoffrey anyway? Why did we go with them again, Black?" Marina said arrogantly. Shelby met the girl with an icy stare.
"Because they're rich and good-looking, besides the fact that they're trophy boyfriends." Shelby turned back to Chelsea. "And, we have a prank planned later on tonight that we're going to blame on the three stooges over there." She nodded to the boys. Remus raised and eyebrow.
"Oh?"
"Yeah, you'll see...later." She glanced quickly at Camille and Marina. "Much later."
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"James, stop...it," Lily said as she and James tried to walk across the common room and up the stairs, trying to talk between her giggles as James was tickling her mercilessly.
"What's the magic word?" he asked evilly, catching her waist with one arm and holding up the other menacingly.
"P-please?" Lily whimpered. James smiled and took her left hand in his right, dipping her back so her hair brushed the floor.
"A salsa, my dear," he said seductively, giving her a half smirk, half grin. Lily's eyes sparkled, she loved to dance.
James tipped her back up, took out his wand, and muttered a simple music spell. Instantly, a fast salsa began to play. Satisfied, he stuffed his wand back in his pocket and grasped Lily's waist to him possessively. She looped her arms around his neck and they started their dance.
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Sirius and Ariella spun around the dance floor in circles, staring into each other's eyes. Sirius tipped Ariella back a bit in one part of the song and she let out a small giggle.
Chelsea and Remus also danced together, having Shelby, Camille, and Marina shooed them off so they could commence what they had now dubbed "the Prank". Chelsea was especially worried about this, but wouldn't let it get in the way of her having a good time with Remus.
On the last notes of the song, Remus pulled her close and kissed her lightly.
"Come," he said, taking her hand and leading her out of the Great Hall and onto the grounds by the lake. He stopped at the edge and turned to face her. They were under their tree and the almost full moon. The moon reflected on the lake and if one stood near the entrance to the castle, all one would see was the silhouette of two young lover.
Remus knelt on one knee and searched inside his pocket for something. Chelsea already had tears in her eyes.
"Chelsea, will you marry me?"
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"Lily, I love you," James whispered in her ear.
"I know you do," Lily said quietly. They had stopped dancing now and were standing in the middle of the common room with their arms around each other. "And I love you, too."
James leaned down and brought his lips to hers.
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"Ariella, will you be mine?" Sirius asked as the danced to the music wafting through the Great Hall. Ariella nodded and Sirius bent his head to kiss her.
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Kate smiled up at Amos Diggory, a Sixth Year Hufflepuff, and also the Quidditch Team Captain. He was sweet to her, as they had been walking and talking in Hogsmeade together for at least a month already.
"I'm having much more fun with you tonight, Kate, than I have ever had with any other girl." Kate blushed and looked down. "Don't hide your beautiful face from me, Kate, you know I like you a lot. Will you--"
"Sure...I mean, okay," Kate said, trying not to sound overexcited.
"Good." Amos pulled her closer and she put her head on his chest, sighing contentedly.
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"Yes, I will," Chelsea said, wiping tears from her eyes and sniffling slightly. Remus stood up and took her left hand in his, his eyes never leaving her face, and slip the ring on her finger. It was silver metal, but looked like white wood, and had the two of their birth stones set in it, with a love stone on one side and a life stone on the other.
Remus brought her up to him and kissed her passionately, hoping he would never every have to let her go.
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"Goodnight, James," Lily said finally, standing up and heading upstairs to the girls' dormitories.
"Goodnight, Lily," James said with a small smile.
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"Hurry, you two, we don't have all night. And we won't be accepted in our Lord's inner ranks if we don't pull this off right," Shelby whispered urgently to her comrades. "That's it, steady now. Okay, come on. If we get this right, we'll be inducted on Christmas...way before any of the other dopes hoping to get it."
"Good things our parents are already working for Lord Voldemort, or else we wouldn't have ever gotten such good assignments." Shelby chuckled at Camille's innocent sounding comment.
"Yes, very good thing, indeed."
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AFTERWORD
Coming Up:
The Prank and more of Chelsea and Remus and their future to come.
Sorry for such the short chapter, guys. I'll make it up to you! Promise!
-Lils