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Chapter 4:
Hogsmeade

"I'm going to Hogsmeade with Jack, sorry Sirius," Kady said apologetically.

"That's ok, maybe another time?" He asked.

"Sure," Sirius brightened up a bit. Kady absolutely hated rejecting people. She always felt bad saying a simple 'no'. Besides, she was becoming fond of the young Sirius Black.

"Well Prongs, looks like it's just you and me," Sirius sighed turning to James, who was in a happy mood. His conversation with Kady the other night about Lily had gone well.

"Only for a little while, Lily's hand is going with me, remember?" James smiled proudly.

"Oh yeah, does she even remember that?" Kady sniggered.

"Nope, probably not," Sirius said.

"Ah well, Zonkos then Padfoot, after I try and steal Lily's hand away from her?"

"Most certainly Prongs, would be delightful," Sirius spoke in a thick British accent.

"Oh you boys are amusing!" Kady snorted.

"Thank you, we do try our best to entertain you juvenile kids of today," James said with a serious face.

"Kady!" Aria came running towards them, "Remus says he has to go visit a sick relative or something so I was wondering if I could tag along with you to Hogsmeade?"

"Well I'm going with Jack, it's kinda a date…" as much as Kady loved her best friend Aria, she wanted her 'privacy' time with her boyfriend.

"Oh ok, I'll go ask Lily then. Thanks anyway," Aria turned to leave but Sirius put a hand on her shoulder to stop her, "what?"

"Lily is going with Fletshinson, remember? How 'bout you tag along with Remmie's best mates?" Sirius smiled.

"Yeah, we don't bite, do we Padfoot?"

"Hell no Prongs, we don't bite at all."

"Oh, well, if you don't mind that is…"

"Not at all!" Sirius realised his hand was still on her shoulder and released it.

"Awww, aren't you two boys just the sweetest, well I best be off. I'll see you in a couple of hours Aria," Kady waved and went off looking for Jack, which wasn't hard as he was leaning on a wall waiting for her.

"Look, here comes Lily with Fletshinson, I better remind her of that date with her hand now," Lily and Calvin were walking past when James stopped in front of them, Aria and Sirius behind him.

"Hey Aria, where's Remus?" Lily asked.

"Oh he's visiting a sick relative," Aria sighed.

"Lily baby, you look gorgeous! Now need I remind you of a little date me and your hand had for today?" Lily gasped, "you don't remember? I'm hurt Lily."

"Move along Potter, people with lives are trying to go places." Calvin did not enjoy the company of James, he knew that he would try and steal Lily away from him.

"Are we still gonna get our dresses for the ball afterwards?" Lily ignored Calvin and asked Aria.

"Yeah, Kady'll pick out the dress as usual. We'll meet in the shop," Aria responded.

"So do I still not get that date with your hand Lily?" James pouted.

Calvin grabbed Lily's hand and dragged her off towards Hogsmeade leaving James pretending to be hurt and Sirius and Aria laughing, Lily turned around whilst walking and smiled.

"Nice one Prongs!"

"I thought so."

"You boys," Aria shook her head, "I'm actually surprised you don't have a date Sirius, normally you have girls swarming all over you. And you James, although you only have eyes for our Lily at the moment. Is Sirius actually trying to settle down too now? Oh this is new!" Aria giggled.

"As a matter of fact, I have eyes only for one person… kind of." Sirius replied. He whistled at a group of sixth years that walked past them. They all practically jumped for joy.

"Except with Padfoot those eyes tend to wander!" James elbowed his friend.

"Now why doesn't that surprise me?" Aria said sarcastically, Sirius smiled innocently as they approached Zonkos. James and Sirius went and grabbed as many dung bombs as there were on the shelf and other various objects. Aria just followed contently. After they had done that and gone into Honeydukes, they went into the Three Broomsticks for some Butterbeers.

"Will this table suit our lovely Aria Willdens?" Sirius asked gesturing to a table with three chairs. Aria just giggled and sat down on the closest chair.

"I guess so," she sighed and then giggled again. James came back holding three bottles of Butterbeer.

"Look, it's Lily and Calvin!" James scowled when Aria pointed to them. They were sitting at a far table enjoying their Butterbeers, Calvin was whispering something into Lily's ear.

"Damn she looks so sexy!" James was watching the two intently.

"James, quit staring at them!" Aria hissed.

"Right, sorry," They drank their Butterbeers and talked for awhile, well mainly Aria and Sirius were talking. James was too rapped up in watching Lily. Aria noticed Lily stand up and say goodbye to Calvin, James fell off is seat trying to see them better.

"I have to go now, I'll see you guys at Hogwarts later on," Aria stood up and walked over to Lily, they then went and left.

"So Lily. How was it?" Aria tightened her scarf around her neck.

"It was really nice. Do you know what that loud bang was in the pub just before we were leaving though?"

"Oh yeah, that was James. He fell off his chair. You know the whole time he has been staring at you, he had a hurt look in his eyes. I know you don't like us going on about it but you really should give him a chance because he is not that bad."

"Mmm," was all Lily could say as they entered the shop. Kady had already picked out three pretty muggle dresses.

"Lily try the green one on, Aria try on the pink and I'll try the champagne one," Kady directed. She always picked out the dresses they were going to wear for these things and the other two always loved what she chose. Lily went in and got changed first. The dress tied up at the neck and clung to her body until her hips where the dress swept just above her knees. There were three large green embroided flowers on the bottom left corner of the dress that had been done with a muggle machine and green thread. In the middle of each flower was a white bead. It was her first time in a green dress and it brought out her eyes tremendously.

"Lily that is gorgeous!" Aria exclaimed. Lily went back into the changing room and got out of the dress, she went to the counter and payed for it while Kady ushered Aria into the small room.

"James is gonna die when he sees me in this dress!" Lily came back smiling.

"What did you just say?" Kady stared at her wide eyed.

"Oh, I said um… Calvin is gonna die when he sees me in this dress!"

"You said: James is gonna die when he sees me in this dress!" Kady mimicked Lily.

"No I didn't, I said: James is gonna die when he sees ME in this dress!"

"Same thing whatever, but you said James again sweetie. So I am right and you are wrong!" Kady stuck her tongue out at Lily and Aria submerged. Her dress was a sleeveless pink one that hugged her body too tightly but the colour looked gorgeous on her. The dress went halfway down her legs and had a large slit going up the side of it just high enough not to show her underwear.

"Aria you look amazing!" Lily stared at the beauty of it, "Remus is gonna flip!"

"I know! But it's a bit too tight!"

"Don't worry. Go buy it now and I will fix it up whenever you want before the Ball. Now Lily why do you want James to die when he sees you in your dress?"

"So he will quit pestering me," Lily had been thinking about a comeback in case Kady decided to further interrogate her on the situation while Aria was spinning and admiring the dress she was in.

"Whatever, Liar," Kady decided to drop the matter. This little argument wasn't going to bring Lily out of her denial, only James could make her admit that she had feelings for him. Aria went back in and got changed. She bought the dress and came back to wait with Lily whilst Kady was getting changed.

"So you kinda have to go to the dance with James huh?" She asked.

"Yeah, but it's mainly just for the opening dance so I might go off with Calvin."

"Oh," was all Aria could get out as Kady came out in a stunning champagne dress. It had spaghetti straps that criss-crossed at the back. It went down to her knees with a small slit on each side of the skirt. It brought out her features well.

"Ba-u-tee-full!!" Aria spoke slowly admiring the dress.

"Have a nice time at Hogsmeade?" James plopped himself down next to Lily who was reading.

"Yeah, it was good," Lily sighed,

"Will you be seeing him again?" James thought Lily was looking pale, she'd missed dinner that night and he was a bit worried.

"I dunno, it was a good date until later on. We went for a walk around Hogwarts and missed out on dinner. Then he started bragging a lot…"

"I'll be right back ok?"

"Yeah, sure," Lily went back to reading. James left their common room and about twenty minutes later he came back with a plate filled of food and a knife and fork.

"For m'lady!" James bent over like a butler and handed her the plate of food. Lily put down the magazine she was reading and took the plate and cutlery.

"Aww. James, that's so sweet. Thank you so much," Lily looked at him admiringly. He wasn't that bad a person once you really got to know him.

"It's alright, so what were you reading before?" James looked at the magazine, surprised that it wasn't a text novel on something boring and educational.

"Teen Witch," Lily replied, eating the food, it was half gone already.

"Cool," he sat down next to her again. She finished eating and put the plate down on the coffee table.

"So… how's Quidditch going?" Lily didn't like it when it was silent, so she decided to start up a topic.

"S'okay, we have a game coming up soon against Ravenclaw," he replied.

"Cool," it went silent again, "Soo....."Lily tried to make a conversation hoping James would say something interesting.

"You look sexy," Lily rolled her eyes. James was ready for Lily to bite his head off but was relieved when she didn't.

"Thanks James, you look… don't take this wrong way alright! You look pretty hot."

"Why Lily, I didn't think you thought of me that way!" Lily threw a cushion at James.

"I didn't," James pouted before speaking.

"The Christmas ball is coming up soon hey."

"Yep, sure is."

"Looking forward to going with James the Prat?"

"I didn't really have a choice now did I? But I was hoping that I would be going with James Potter," she sighed and the broke into a smile.

"Is Lily Evans admitting to liking a certain James Potter perhaps?!" Lily picked up another cushion but was beaten by James when he hit her with one. She gasped before pulling her cushion back into a whacking position and full on smacked James's chest.

"PILLOW FIGHT!"

"That's not very responsible Lily."

"Who said I had to be responsible all the time, besides, there aint any teachers around are there?" She questioned and looked around making sure there weren't any, James took the opportunity and picked her up by the waist.

"Gotchya!" He spun around. Lily squealed cheerfully. He dumped her down and she clung to him to regain her balance but brought him down to the ground with her. They both laughed until James stopped and locked his eyes with hers. Her laughing subsided and she gave him a thoughtful look. He lowered his head and his lips lingered over hers, breaking the eye contact to look at her lips. She wasn't sure what to do, if she should move away or see what kissing the so called famous kisser was like. Before she could think his lips were pressing down on hers. She pulled away and James retreated off of her and stood up.

"Tell me something James," she propped herself onto her elbows looking into his eyes.

"What?" James offered her his hand and she took it, he pulled her up and she came in close to him.

"Do you really like me or am I just some chick that you want to date so you can proclaim victory for winning most dates at Hogwarts?" She eyed him carefully.

"I really like you Lils, perhaps even love you even though we're not dating cause you normally won't go near me but hey. I have some weird feeling for you Lils down here," he patted his heart, "and, I just hope one day you'll feel the same way."

"Really?"

"Yes, so, will you please go on a date with me? If it doesn't work I promise we can just be friends afterwards and I won't bug you again!" James was almost begging.

"You're actually quite a lot of fun James and sometimes I do see a different side to you. I'll think about it, really. I will," with that Lily walked off to her dorm and closed the door, she went and flung herself onto her bed.

James on the other hand was jumping up and down on the couch like a little kid.

Thanks for all your reviews everyone. I kept editing this chapter, it was originally going to have Lily get upset with James and pull a prank on him but it ended up not fitting it, oh well. Please review and no flames! Ideas are greatly appreciated, I'm not sure when I'll update next but don't worry because I will. Have a Merry Christmas and safe and Happy New Year to you all!