CHAPTER: 9 - Preball Jitters
Gradually the ball had come closer and closer, much to the displeasure of Lily. But it seemed most of her fellow Gryffindor girls were absolutely thrilled by the idea. In fact, Sky had started singing -very out of tune- when Samuel Lewis, a cute Hufflepuff had asked her to the ball. But that was nothing compared to Amber who had pranced around on her bed for an hour, followed by some sort of tribunal dance, when Dominic Andrews, a handsome Ravenclaw had asked her to the ball. It was a well known fact that Issy, the irresistible blonde was going with James Potter, and Sirius Black was literally thrilled when Jo, after an inner debate, had agreed to go to the ball with him. Unfortunately this agreement came with many conditions, such as no physical contact to be made unless absolutely necessary, much to the dismay of Sirius. Lily herself had gained a partner, but only through Miranda. She was going with Joshua Andrews, Michael's best and equally cute friend. It was then that Lily thought that maybe, just maybe, she would be able to enjoy this ball ...
The Gryffindor girls were in the common room studying, well trying to, for the potions test in a couple of days time.
"No, no, nooooo!" wailed Amber suddenly, gripping her hair at the roots in what looked like an attempt to pull it all out. Meanwhile the others gave her quizzical looks.
"Um... Amber? Are you ok?" Sky asked, tilting her head forwards so she could look Amber in the eye.
"I just realised we don't have dress robes!" Amber exclaimed loudly, throwing her hands around violently.
"And..."
"We don't have any!"
"Yes... we've established that." Sky said slowly, nodding her head.
"But we need them for the ball!" whined Amber jerking her hands around and looking from person to person.
"And where do you expect we're gonna find them? Six of them at that!" replied Issy, giving Amber a look that clearly said 'eh?'.
"Well, we could ... um ... you know ... um ..."
"Exactly!" said Issy exasperately, going back to her work where the others joined her.
Amber had been sitting there looking like a grouchy six-year-old for ten minutes before she came up with a reply. "Aha! I can get Dan to buy us some!" she said triumphantly.
"Yeh, that might work." said Sky thoughtfully, resting her chin on her hands. Issy glared, clearly thinking she had won the argument.
"Yeh, it might." agreed Jo.
"Jo-o! Your supposed to be on my side!" complained Issy.
"I can choose which side I want to be on by myself, thanks." said Jo hotly. They continued to quarrel for about ten minutes, before Lily, fed up with their arguing had screamed at them to stop acting like 4 year olds.
"Now," said Lily, trying very hard to keep her patience, "Amber, we'll tell you what dress robes we want and you can tell Daniel. Issy, Amber is right and Jo is allowed to choose which ever side she wants. Now can you please be quiet!"
The others shut up straight away, not wanting to get Lily wound up. Everyone knew that red heads had fiery tempers, spit fires, Amber called them.
Before they knew it, the ball was upon them. The Gryffindor first year girl's dorm was in havoc. Amber was running around trying to do a million things at once, Issy was trying to do everyone's make-up and hair, which was very hard considering Amber's state. Miranda was pacing back and forth muttering things under her breath in french, while Jo was sitting calmly on the end of her bed, saying soothing words to her sister in an attempt to calm her down. Sky had turned the whole place upside down in an attempt to find her hairbrush and necklace, and Lily was becoming extremely irritable and was now being forced to take deep breaths by Jo. But in the end it all seemed worth it, especially when the six girls looked in the mirror.
Jo and Miranda looked in their element, with their sleek black hair held back in a french braid and their dark turquoise robes bringing out the colour in their eyes. Unfortunately they had both chosen the same colour robes, and neither could be persuaded to change, so in the end they still looked absolutely identical.
Issy looked, if it was possible, more ravishing than usual. Her robes were in her favourite colour, hot pink, which on some would've looked just plain weird, but Issy made it look stylish and dignified.
Amber looked so different from usual, that it was almost impossible to tell it was her. Her usual frizzy hair looked sleek and shiny, cascading down her back in soft curls. Her robes were light purple and matched her nails, make-up and the purple butterfly in her hair.
Sky's robes were the colour of the sky (a/n no pun intended) on a summer's day and contrasted nicely with her short black hair. This gave her a look of casual elegance, making her give off warm and friendly vibes.
Lily looked prettier than usual, but against her friends she was just a blur in the background. Her emerald robes made her eyes sparkle and her hair seem redder than before. Her hair was out, and fell onto her shoulders looking splendid against her robes.
All in all, they thought it was well worth the chaos they went through.
REVIEWS:
Mione lover - you should read some more Lily/James fanfics in Lily's POV, they are really good! thanx and thanx for the review
lilangel114264 - thanx! and i'll try to put more of Sky in it, but it's sorta hard since she isn't really as big of a character as Lily or Miranda, but i will try! thanx for your review!
Locks of Gold() - hopefully this is now up to your standards, but if it isn't then i'm not forcing you to read my fanfic!
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oMoRoCcAn PrInCeSso() - i'm going to try to go through all their years at hogwarts, but i don't know how long that will take but let's hope i get there! thanx for your review!
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