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Chapter 4- Day 3

Lily was waiting for the boys to finish getting ready for them to go to Hogsmeade. Dumbledore had allowed the fourth years up to go to Hogsmeade so they could buy their dress robes and other things. Finally everyone was ready to go. When they reached Hogsmeade, Sirius said:

"Let's stop at the clothes shop. I know Aunt Vicky has great intentions but she packed some horrible robes for us." Lily nodded vaguely; it was taking her full concentration not to shriek with delight at Sirius's suggestion. Sure, she wasn't going to buy a dress, but still. And who knows, she might even make James look good. Lily frowned at that thought and entered the store.

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James POV

At the girls side of the store, Kay, Ellie, and Mary were once more torturing me. I absolutely hate shopping, and buying dresses definetly weren't on my life plans.

Mary got a yellow dress from a rack and showed me. "How about this one?" she asked. I shuddered, the dress was ugly. I hate Evans, but I would never submit her to such embarrasment. And if I bought a decent dress for her, she might not wear the robe Mum had packed.

"Are you insane, Mary? That dress is ugly." Mary frowned. What is with girls and frowning? Evans does the same thing when she's upset or something. Oh, that dress is nice. Did I just say that?

"Which one, Lils?" Ellie asked, grinning mischievously. Oh my god. I said the dress was nice out loud. I felt my face grow red.

"That one. Thewhiteone," I said the last part very fast and Ellie's grin became wider.

"Sorry, I didn't catch the last part. Say it again."

"The white one. That one over there. Near the one with the bra thingy." I'm going to be blackmailed for life by these evil and calculating girls. Mary and Kay turned around and smiled.

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Lily POV

"How bout this one, mate?" Remus showed me a maroon robe. I frowned and for some obscure reason, Remus grinned.

"You've been frowning a lot, Prongs," Peter said while he looked for a robe. I stood up and started looking for robes and a place to dig my face in.

"Er- I have? Didn't notice. What's this? Oh." I held up a rather large boxer and quickly put it back on the rack. The boys started snickering and I frowned. Oops.

"See? There you go again," Sirius said.

"Ah, this robe is nice. I'll go try it on," I said, ignoring Sirius's remark.

I entered the dressing room and tried on the robe. It was a plain robe but it fit nicely. I tried fixing my or should I say James's hair, but it was impossible. I looked at myself in the mirror and was shocked. I just realised that James Potter was probably the most handsome boy in Hogwarts. Hmm, I could imagine Ellie saying 'finally' to this realisation. I kept staring at his body for a while and when someone knocked on the door I jumped up. A faint blush crept on my cheeks and Sirius shouted from outside:

"James? James, are you all right?"

"I'm fine. Just admiring myself." OH MY GOD, I SAID THAT OUT LOUD! I clamped a hand over my mouth and felt my face become beet red. These cruel and heartless boys are so going to blackmail me once I get my body back. That is, judging that all of this is their fault. I heard the boys sniggering and glared at them.

"Well, are you done admiring yourself?" Remus asked.

"Yep." Hmm, perhaps I should have slept in.

NO POV

The group bought their clothes and everyone decided at the same time to go to the Three Broomsticks. The girls sat with the Marauders at their invitation.

"Lily, why don't you go get the drinks?" Mary asked.

"Yeah, and James, go help her," Remus said, catching on with what Mary wanted.

The couple stood up grumbling but they obliged.

"So, how has Jamesie poo been behaving?" Sirius asked.

"Great. We gave him a makeover yesterday, and we had girl talk later on. It was quite funny seeing his face," Ellie said.

"Oh, and today he chose Lily's dress for the ball," Mary said.

The boys burst out laughing.

"Well, Lils hasn't been doing such a good job. I mean, she did buy James's robes and she does make jokes sometimes, not to mention that she actually went to Quidditch practice, but does she have to be constantly frowning?" Peter said once he caught his breath.

"Yeah, and today, when she was trying on James's robe, she was taking bloody long and when I asked what was wrong, she said she was admiring herself," Sirius said, grinning broadly. The girls laughed.

Meanwhile, Lily and James were both talking quietly while they waited for the butterbeer.

"The Christmas ball is going to be Friday. If this...thing doesn't wear off by then, I'm going with you to the ball," Lily said.

"Of course. I would never go with a boy to the Christmas Ball. What if he made a move on me?"

"And imagine if I went with one of your bimbos. That would be so disgusting."

"They're not bimbos."

"Whatever you say." James glared at Lily, who smiled at him. They went back to the table and sat down peacefully.

"Oh my god, I think we have just experienced a phenomenal event. Lily and James have actually stayed in one place without fighting, it's amazing!" Ellie said, mimicking one of those overexcited reporters.

"Ha ha, Ellie. Not," James said, while everyone burst out laughing.

"Oh, just shut up, will you?" Lily said grumpily.

"No, Jamesie poo."

"I'm going for a walk," Lily said and James followed her. The group gaped at them when they realised what had just happened.

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I swear that as soon as I get my body back I will kill my ex-best-friends. I mean, now I'm walking with Evans just because they're becoming unbearable. Maybe I won't wait so long, eh? Yes, since I still don't know how long this bloody potion will take!

"Evans?" I said. She did mention that she had gotten a book for Mary with potions, maybe this book said the time period for the potion. Now I wonder why I didn't think about this earlier? Oh, I wonder if it has the antidote.

"Yeah?" I noticed that her- no correction, my- voice sounded weary. The ungrateful brat, being me isn't so tiring. She's not the one who had to do a makeover and hear girl talk.

"That book that probably has the potion thingy, you don't think it would have the time period? Or the antidote?"

"It should have the time period, but I doubt it'll have the antidote. I mean, the makers of the potion couldn't have possible thought that some loony friends would change their friends body, so why bother making an antidote?" Okay, so maybe she's right.

"Yeah.Well, do you think Mary still has the book?"

"Nope, I saw her giving it to Madam Pince Friday."

"You actually went to the library with my body? Are you trying to ruin my reputation?" Really, I lend her my body-okay, so maybe I didn't lend her my body, but still- and she goes around to the library where I have sworn never to go.

"Yes, and I don't think I could ruin your reputation, since you don't have one!" Why does she have to take everything personally? And I do have a reputation.

"I do have a reputation, Evans."

"Yeah, of being Hogwart's greatest prat." So now she's really getting on my nerves. I don't have a way to reply to that though. Whatever, I'll just change subject.

"Anyway, would you mind coming with me to look for the book?"

"Yeah, why not?"

"Okay, but we'll have to do it after the library closes."

"Why?"

"Because we won't be able to get permission from a teacher. Oh, and I'll meet you at the boys dorm, there are a few things I have to get." Do I always have to think of everything?

"Oh, right. I'll get going now." Evans ran to Hogwarts and when I reached the common room she was nowhere in sight. Now that was odd.

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Lily POV

James must be thinking I'm more of a weirdo than he thought. I just ran because I had to got to the bathroom. And I can't possibly tell him that, so I guess I'll have to think up of something. Ah whatever. I wonder what he wants to get here. Oh no! I absolutely forgot to do the Transfiguration homework.

When I finished my homework everyone was back already from Hogsmeade and it was just after curfew. Sirius, Remus, and Peter went to sleep surprisingly early, and I was just about to fall asleep when a voice woke me up. It was James.

"Evans, come on. I got my cloak and the map already. We don't want to wake up the boys."

"Yeah, whatever." I followed him out of the dorm and when we got to the common room he got a silvery cloak from his pocket and an old piece of parchment. He muttered 'I solemnly swear I'm up to no good' and pointed his wand at the paper. Suddenly lines of ink started spreading around the paper and little dots with names next to them seemed to walk around the castle. I stared at James for a while- hang on, since when did he become James? Oh whatever. I just stared at him for a while and he grinned at me. he then threw the cloak over us and I asked in a hushed voice:

"Is this- is this actually an invisibility cloak?"

"Yep. This, and this," James pointed to the cloak and the map, "are the key to the Marauders success. Now you have to promise you won't tell anyone about this."

"Don't worry, I won't. Now let's get going." We hurried to the library and then we quietly entered the Restricted Section. I began looking for the book but James was quicker than me. He grabbed the book and started looking for the potion. After a a few minutes we found the potion and discovered that it would last only a week. Thank heavens. Then it reminded me of something.

"James, how come you didn't go to detention?" He grinned at me.

"Oh, that. Well, I convinced Minnie that there was no point in giving me detention."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I felt bad for you. I mean, I would be ruining your record."

"Thanks, James. That was really nice of you." And I would never ever have expected you to do that. Of course I didn't tell him so.

"You're welcome. We have a meeting tomorrow, right?"

"Yep. Please don't be late. We better get going now."