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"Hmm...what do you think of this one?" Lily asked, pulling a dark emerald dress off the rack. We had been shopping in all of Hogsmeade for the perfect dress and accessories for the Ball. That was, everyone but me, I had received an upsetting letter from my parents telling me that they would be sending my attire for the Ball in the late afternoon. This had really put a damper on my day, seeing as I wouldn't be able to enjoy searching for the perfect dress. Although Sirius' attempt to make me feel better by asking me to be his girlfriend did brighten my spirts considerably.
After much convincing I had decided to tag along for the day just for the fun of it, and so here we were, hunting through yet another rack of dresses. I sat twidling with a strand of hair while sitting in Sirius' lap, and Remus and James lounged around looking bored. Beth and Lindsey had disapeared into another part of the store as soon as they spotted the rows and rows of shoes and accessories, owing to the fact that they had already picked their dresses in previous stores. Lily had been our hardest to find a dress for, because something seemed to always be missing. Now Sirius was absentmindedly fingering my belt loop when Lily chose the dress, and I jumped up in happiness, knowing the dress was made just for her. His finger, unfortunatley, was hooked in my belt loop, and he came coliding into my back as I jumped to my feet. His chin banged my head painfully, and we backed away from each other slowly, rubbing our bruises.
"Ooh man that's gonna leave a mark" I groaned, feeling a lump forming on the backside of my head where Sirius hit it.
Sirius' attempt to apologize was very weak. I turned and he was bent over, clutching a certain part of his male anatomy, wimpering softly.
"I'm guessing your elbow doesn't feel too good in the family jewels" James laughed.
"Yeah well we could always see how mine feels in yours if you don't can it" Lily threatened, moving over to James slightly, elbow out as if she were really going to elbow him.
"Hey, Hey, watch where your elbow goes! See if it were more like your hands I wouldn't have a problem..." James hinted, batting his eyelashes jokingly.
"Oh god, Prongs, not in the store!" Remus scolded him, looking slightly disgusted.
"Just because you're not getting any..."
"James Potter if you say one more word on that subject I'll make sure you don't get any of anything." Lily growled, her eyes sparkling playfully, before turning and pulling me by my arm into the dressing room area.
"Well, what do you think?" Lily asked breathlessly as she exited the stall after changing into the dress. I, for once in my life, was speechless. It was floor length, which might cause a problem, but I was sure that it wasn't anything a good pair of heels couldn't fix. It fit her frame and complemented her very nicley, but it wasn't so tight that it was innapropriet. The emerald of the dress reflected her eyes and captured their beauty so wonderfully I was positive that this was The Dress.(A/N: That's about all I'm saying about the dress right now, because its just not my style to spend three pages talking about their clothes.)
"You like it?"
"Oh in the name of Merlin, Lils, its Perfect!" I exclaimed, pulling her into a hug. I was relieved that our day of shopping torture was finally over, and that she had found this dress. It was fate, I could feel it.
"I love it too." She confessed, twirling around in the mirror. "Alright, I'm gonna take it off so we can buy it. I don't want the boys to see, it'll be a surprise." She told me, winking. I knew, as well as everyone else in the school, that James would be asking her to go to the ball as his date. She had softened up to him considerably over the years, especially after the summer we forced her to stay at the Potter mansion and she realized how alone he was most of the time. Sirius and I had placed a bet before leaving in the morning over how long it would be before James asked her and Lily excepted. My bet was on five hours, his was that it wouldn't be till the day of the dance.
"Alrightie, lets go" She said, stepping out of the dressing room, dress hung over the crook of her arm. A pleased smile was plastered on her face, which in turn made me glow. It was good to see that things were finally taking a turn for the better.
"Come oonnn" James whined later on that night, begging Lily for an answer.
"No, James Potter, you'll just have to wait for my answer." Lily replied, smirking.
"But we're booored!" Sirius interjected, plopping down on the floor near my feet.
"In the meantime you two can work on your essays!" I exclaimed, remembering that they still had to turn them in.
"You mean we still have to do them??" Sirius gasped, looking up at me with his infamous puppy eyes.
"Yes, Mister Black you do."
"But—But—I thought you loooved me!"
"It doesn't mean that I don't like payback!" I responded, carefully dodging the hidden questions.
"Fine then. We'll be leaving!" James announced stiffly, grabbing Sirius by the arm and dragging him up the boys staircase. We heard muffled bangs and yells all the way up, before the sounds were blocked out as James slammed their door shut.
"I can't believe you're still making them do that, especially Sirius." Beth laughed, popping a handful of fruit snacks into her mouth.
"Yeah, No', we thought you loooved him" Lindsey mimicked, making googly eyes at me and taking a butterbeer off the table.
"Well..." I responded, not sure how to respond. Did I really love Sirius? Of course you do! But you've only been dating him for what, a day? But James loves Lily and they haven't even dated!
"Uh, Noel, you in there?" Beth asked, waving her hand back and forth in front of my face dangerously.
"Watch out, Beth! You're gonna poke my eye out!" I scolded lightly.
"Well, do you?" Lily pushed, waiting for an answer.
"Do I what?" I asked playing dumb, knowing exactly what they meant.
"Do you love him?" My three friends choursed.
"Yes, I think so." I admitted, blushing more than a Weasley could.
"Oh my gosh! Everyone's pairing up!" Beth laughed, looking slightly crestfallen.
"What about you and that Huffelpuff...Lovegood is his name I think?" Lindsey pointed out, giving Beth her turn to go pink.
"And you, Lindsey, with Remus!" I reminded her, right as I saw Remus enter the room. I must have been the only one who noticed, however, as the girls continued to gossip.
"Remus and I are friends!" She insisted, although she had a very big grin on her face, hinting that they were a bit more than that.
"Friends?" He asked in a fake snottish voice, coming behind her and scaring the girls who sat across from me.
"Yes!" She insisted, laughing.
"Whats going on down here?" Sirius demanding in a loud, deep voice, stepping off the stairs. "Having fun without the life of the party?"
"Life of the party, psh." I scoffed sarcastically.
"But I am! I have all the pranks and jokes not to mention the best connections!" He announced like an ad salesman. We did have to give him credit though, he had managed to get us food from Honeydukes after we had returned from our day of shopping, or as I called it, hell with a pricetag.
"Okay, we get it, Padfoot!" Remus told him after Sirius went into a long list of why he was in fact, the life of the party. We all, for some reason, found this extremely amusing and broke into fits of laughter. Our laughter seised immediatley, however, upon hearing a loud and terrifying scream that make our spine tingle.
"Everyone, you must stay in your common rooms! Stay in your common rooms! Prefects are in charge of their houses until further notice! Under no circumstances may anyone enter or leave their house! Head Boy and Girl report immediatley to the Great Hall!" A loud voice boomed following the scream, and added "But no one panic" in a quiet voice as an afterthought.
And Yet another chapter ends! Sorry to leave it at a cliffy but I got an idea so I decided to include the beginning of it in here! Please Please R&R!!!