(A/N: I realize I don't have a disclaimer or anything in these chapters, but you know I don't own these characters, so I don't see the point of wasting your precious vision and time on silly little me.

I do have something important to say though. All the girls know about Remus being a werewolf, so do the boys of course. Just thought I'd let you know—back to the story!! REVIEW PLEASE!!)

The next few months went by in a blur for Lilly: James had asked her to be his girlfriend the night after she kissed him, and ever since, things were going splendidly. The first Hogsmeade weekend came and Lilly, James, Sirius, Jessie, Remus, and Beth all went together. Somehow, James fixed it so he and Lilly could slip off unnoticed about two hours before they had to go back to the castle. He walked her down the lane to the end of the village, then took her up into the mountains, where he led her to a small cave hidden in the side. They sat in the cave and watched the sunset; Lilly curled up against James with his arms wrapped tightly around her.

"Remus and I were hunting around the village late one night and found this place. His transformations are getting so much better Lilly—he's not so wild, we've tamed him." He whispered after a few minutes. Lilly sat up and turned towards him, placing her hand on his chest.

"I wish you guys would be more careful. What if something happened? What if he hurt someone? What if someone saw him--?" Lilly was stopped by James leaning over and pressing his mouth against hers. He pulled back and leaned forward, so their heads were touching.

"Nothing will happen—nothing's happened for two years. It's fine." He reassured her.

"I still worry about it." She whispered. "I don't want you to get hurt—I love you." James looked shocked for a minute, but then broke into one of his wonderful grins. He ran a hand through his messy hair and grinned even more.

"I love you too Lil." She smiled and leaned against him again, pulling his arms more tightly around her. They stayed like this for a half an hour watching the sunset, then James got up and started walking around the cave, shaking out his stiff legs. Lilly stretched, then got up and joined him by the mouth of the cave. They looked out over Hogsmede. James put his arms around Lilly's shoulders and pulled her close. She put her arms around his waist and they stood there, watching as the sky darkened and little lights came on in the village below. All too soon they saw blue sparks shoot into the sky-- the call-back sign for Hogwarts students—it was time to go back home.

Halloween passed, Thanksgiving came and went, and the Yule Ball was fast approaching. The prefects dashed around, trying to set up a band, hang decorations, prepare posters, and plan menues. Remus and Lilly, as Head Boy and Head Girl, were in charge of everything, and every night in the common room, Lilly fell into James' arms, half asleep, muttering:

"I can't wait until this whole bloody ball is over." They'd sit by the fire with their friends, Lilly and Remus usually either asleep or catching up on last minute details, and all the rest animatedly chatting away. James and Beth would sometimes try to help the Heads, but unfortunately, they couldn't do a lot. Lilly thought she had everything planned out—everything was ready—it was going to be perfect. All of a sudden late one night, about two days before the Ball, Lilly sprung out of bed.

"Jessie! Beth! I just realized—I don't have a dress! James hasn't even asked me to go with him to the Ball! Oh what'll I do? What'll I do?"

"YOU DIDN'T ASK HER TO THE BLOODY BALL!?" Sirius yelled at James the next morning. Jessie had burst into their common room five seconds before saying that Lilly was having an anxiety attack and they were going to Hogsmeade to try to find her a dress. She turned around and looked at James.

"How could you forget to ask her to go with you? Honestly, you didn't think about that little part of your plan did you?" Jessie rolled her eyes. Then, as quickly as she came, she left, slamming the door behind her.

"I thought she knew—"James stammered. "I mean, we've talked about it loads of times...."

"I know that, but she's a girl! Girls need to hear these things plain and simple! They want to be able to go to their friends and tell them about how romantic their boyfriends are and how their boyfriends asked them to go to the Ball. What kind of oaf are you? Damnit James, I thought you were smarter than this! God—c'mon—do you have her corsage?" Sirius said, hurridly pulling on his jeans over his boxers covered with snitches.

"What?!" James said, getting slightly frustrated, pulling his jeans on as well.

"OO DN'T GIT CER-SAGE?!" Sirius yelled as his head got stuck in his red turtleneck sweater. "YOU DIDN"T GET HER A CORSAGE?! DAMN JAMES!" He shoved his feet into his shoes, grabbed his field coat, and ran down to the common room. "MEET ME IN THE COMMON ROOM IN 5 MINUTES. I'M GOING TO DO SOME DAMAGE CONTROL!" He yelled as he threw open the door and ran down the stairs.

"OK ALREADY! YOU CAN STOP SCREAMING AT ME NOW!" James yelled down the stairs as he jerked on his dark green shirt, tucked it in, buttoned it up, pulled on his shoes, and grabbed his leather jacket. He ran down the stairs in a flash. He stopped dead when he saw Jessie and Beth. They were standing in front of Lilly. Sirius was in front of Jessie, talking to her and Remus was at the bottom of the stairs, waiting for James.

"Watch out—"Remus warned, "You're in for it." He gave James a wink, then grabbed Beth's hand and walked out of the common room. James hurried over to Lilly and grabbed her by the wrist. He dragged her out through the portrait hole into the hallway, leaving the Sirius and Jessie alone in the common room.