Author's note: This might be the last chapter for a while, I don't know. I'm going to my grandparent's house and I don't know if I will have time, well computer time, to update. I will probably be bored to death so I'll write the next few chapters in my journal so you guys can read it as soon as humanly possible! And enjoy this chapter. I'm sure you will. It's fluffy!

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The Ball

It finally arrived. The day everyone fourth year and up had been planning ever since Dumbledore announced it. The day that Lily had been planning since the beginning of the year. The day that caused all girls to spend the entire day in their dorms. The day of the Christmas Ball was here.

The seventh year Gryffindor girls slept in that morning and went down to breakfast, well lunch really since it was so late, before returning to start the process of getting ready. They were, at the moment, taking turns showering. After a big fight, of course over who got to go first. Cat won, as always.

The girls were going to the ball with their boyfriends, and yes this includes Sam. To her surprise, Michael Clarkson asked her to be his girlfriend and to go to the ball with him. He was the Ravenclaw that Anna was paired with in transfiguration at the beginning of the year. Michael and Sam had been going out for about two weeks now and were happy.

"OK, your turn Anna." Sam walked out of the bathroom with a puff of steam.

"It's about time!" Anna exclaimed. She'd sat on her bed while Cat, Lily, Jo, and Sam all took showers. And they weren't short quick showers either. This is one of those times she wished she was a guy and didn't have to start getting ready until about five minutes before the dance started.

"Stop complaining and go take your shower so we can get started on your hair." Cat snapped at her. She currently had her hands tangled up in Lily's hair trying to make a very elaborate bun.

"Cat, there is something called magic." Jo pointed out as Cat let Lily's hair fall for about the third time as she failed at making a bun that she dubbed good enough.

"Yes, but that never turns out right." Cat said. "It's like when I try to do household charms. Those never work for me either."

"Don't you think her hair would look better if you just left it down?" Sam asked as she put on a pair of sweats.

"But it looks better if it's pulled back." Cat said.

"Sam has a point." Jo said. "It would look pretty if it fell across the back of her dress."

"Could you people please make a decision about my hair? Sometime today would be nice." Lily said getting tired of just sitting there not doing anything productive.

"OK, leave it down and straighten it. And pull the top half into a braid in the back. We can get flowers to weave into it." Sam said making a decision.

"Why are we listening to her?" Cat asked.

"Cause she knows what she's talking about." Jo replied.

"I see." Cat said brushing Lily's hair and using a charm to straighten it.

"Now, Jo." Sam said walking over to Jo, who was sitting on her bed reading. "Let's do your hair."

"Please, keep it simple." Jo said.

"Well, it would have to be because of the elaborate design on your robe. You would just look too busy if you had a whole bunch of elaborate designs on."

"See people!" Anna said loudly walking out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel, brush in hand. Everyone looked up at her with their mouths hanging open. "You do not need to spend an hour in the bathroom to take a shower and brush your teeth. I was in there for 15 minutes!"

"Should we be impressed or just ignore her?" Cat asked closing her mouth and starting the braid in Lily's hair.

"Ignore." The other three girls said simultaneously. This continued for the rest of the afternoon. They all did each other's hair and make up before putting on their robes as the ball neared.

Boy's Dorm

"Have any of you seen Lily since lunch?" James asked as he walked into the boy's dorm about mid afternoon.

"James do you happen to know what day it is?" Remus asked looking up from his book that he had been reading on his bed.

"It's Saturday." He answered.

"Even I'm not that thick." Peter said from his bed.

"Prongs, It's the day of the ball." Sirius said walking out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist. He had clearly just gotten out of the shower.

"Yeah, I know" James said. "But I haven't seen her since about one and it's now...four." He said looking down at his watch.

"She's been getting ready since you last saw her." Remus said.

"Ok, I'm not even going to try to understand women this time." He said lying down on his bed.

"Why do you even want to know where Lily is anyway?" Peter asked. "You saw her a few hours ago."

"Is he serious?" James said sitting up and propping himself up with his elbows as he looked at Sirius and Remus for his answer.

"You see, our dear Jamesie here is in love." Sirius said as he pulled on a shirt and boxers.

"And you two aren't?" James said looking at Sirius and Remus. Remus just blushed and looked down at his book ignoring the question. Sirius took a minute to rummage through his trunk and pull out a pair of nice pants, that James assumed he would wear under his robe, before speaking.

"Why do you have to change the subject?" He said as he pulled on his pants. "Yes, Moony and I may have feelings for our girlfriends but they are no where near as strong as the ones you feel for Lils, at least not yet."

"Wow, that was actually a semi moving statement." James said. Remus had looked up and nodded.

"I'm impressed." He said agreeing with James. "Well, if no one is going to use the bathroom then I am." Remus got up off the bed and grabbed a towel before entering the bathroom to take a shower.

Three Hours Later

"Where is she?" James asked for the umpteenth time in the last ten minutes as he paced the common room waiting for Lily to come down. "We said to meet down here fifteen minutes ago."

"James calm down. I'm sure she'll be down here any minute." Remus said looking up from his seat to watch James pace. And James wasn't the only one pacing in the common room. Almost every guy in Gryffindor was pacing waiting for his date to come downstairs.

"They have been in there for six hours." Sirius said. "I don't think it's physically possible to sit in one room for six hours unless you're sleeping." He looked up to watch a few sixth year girls wall down the girl's staircase to their dates and out the portrait hole.

"Even I can't explain what they do for that long." Remus said. "Oh, here comes Anna and Sam." He pointed as both girls stepped off the last step and walked over to James, Sirius, and himself.

"Hey, guys." Sam said.

"Are they almost done?" Sirius asked.

"Yeah, Lily is getting pretty restless in there. She wants to come out but Cat won't let her until she's done." Anna explained.

"Why?!?!" James exclaimed.

"Cause she knows that it's driving you crazy waiting for Lily." Sam said smiling.

"OK, we have to go." Anna said. "We're meeting Michael and Chris in like... now." She said looking at the clock on the wall.

"OK, we'll see you at the ball." Remus stood up and waved bye to them as they left.

"Oh, here's Jo." Peter pointed out as she made her way down the stairs. Remus, who had had his back to the stairs, turned around and saw her. He walked over to the stairs and held out his hand and Jo took it as he helped her down the last few steps.

"Wow." Remus whispered looking at Jo. "You look incredible." He said causing her to blush.

"Thank you." She smiled up at him. They walked back up over to James and Sirius.

"Are they coming?" Sirius asked impatiently.

"If you were watching the staircase you would find you answer." James smacked Sirius' head and Sirius looked up at the staircase to find Cat toward the bottom and Lily at the top. Sirius ran over the stairs to greet Cat grinning. Sirius took her hand and led her over to their group of friends by the couch. As the reached the group they found James simply standing there as if unable to move.

"James." Cat smiled tapping his shoulder. "Go over there."

"She's...wow... She's wow." He said not tearing his eyes away from Lily as she slowly climbed down the stairs. It seemed that her robe was a little long and she had to keep lifting it up so she wouldn't trip.

"I'm sure she would love it if you told her that." Jo said.

"Get your arse over there." And Cat pushed him in the direction of the staircase. He stumbled but fixed himself just in time to meet Lily as she stepped off the stairs.

"You look... wow... really amazing." James said really putting all his effort into not letting his jaw drop again.

"You don't look to shabby yourself." Lily smiled and reached up to rake her fingers through his still incredible messy hair.

"I tried to do something with it but it's just too stubborn." James said. Lily laughed.

"It's cute this way. I like it." She smiled up at him.

"Well, shall we?" He asked holding his arm out for her to take.

"Yes, we shall." Lily smiled and took his arm as James led her to the portrait hole.

"Come on guys." He said looking back at his friends indicating for them to follow.

Dinner and Dancing

As it was a tradition at every ball that was held at Hogwarts, the four house tables were removed and the hall was filled with smaller round tables. The tables were set up around a stage in the middle of the hall where the band played and the students could dance.

The friends all sat around one table. The house elves came out and took orders for food and drinks (though they informed Sirius that they couldn't serve him an alcoholic beverage). The food arrived and, as normal of Hogwarts food, it was delicious. Sirius, James, Chris, and Michael were soon caught up in a quidditch discussion. The girls mainly ignored them and all had their own conversation while admiring the great hall.

There were huge trees in every corner as there always was. Professor Flitwick had decorated them as usual also. Lily, James, and all the prefects had gotten out of class the previous day to do the rest of the decorations. Lily had managed to charm the ceiling to snow and for icicle to hang all around the great hall without changing the temperature of the room. And at the suggestion of Professor Dumbledore, the prefects got fairies to fly around the hall flashing all different colors. James had supplied the menus and Okayed them with the house elves. Everything had turned out perfectly to Lily's relief.

"I hope everyone enjoyed their dinner." Professor Dumbledore stood up as the plate were being cleared away as students finished their deserts. "I would like to compliment the Head Boy, Head Girl, and the prefects for their fabulous work on this ball. It has turned out wonderfully. And now to start off the dance I would like the Head Boy and Girl to be the first to dance."

With that Dumbledore sat down. James immediately stood up and took Lily's hand and helped her out of her chair, she was now blushing as everyone watched them.

"Would you be as so kind as to dance with me?" James asked causing Lily to blush even more.

"I'd love too." Lily said and many of the girls in the great hall sighed, including Professor McGonagall (though she would never admit it).

James led Lily out to the dance floor. He placed one of her hands on his shoulder and held her other one to his chest as he placed his other hand on her waist. And the music started.

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away

Now it looks as though they're here to stay

Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Lily couldn't stop smiling as James held her. This was so perfect. She never wanted it to end. The rest of the room had seemed to disappear and it was just she, James, and the music.

"You know you're the most beautiful person I've ever seen, right?" He whispered in her ear. Lily just smiled bigger and hid her face in his neck. James was also currently in heaven.

Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be,

There's a shadow hanging over me.

Oh, yesterday came suddenly. (The Beatles "Yesterday")

Lily looked up and saw that other students had joined them on the dance floor. The song came to an end and Lily and James stopped dancing though they never let go of each other. Then a faster song came on and James twirled Lily causing her to laugh.

I thought love was

Only true in fairy tales

Meant for someone else

But not for me

"May I cut in?" James felt a tap on his should her and turned around to find that it was Cat.

"Fine. But I get her next." James said and handed Lily over to Cat and they started dancing and laughing together. Cat pointed over to their right where Sirius was dancing with Jo, which caused another explosion from the girls. Anna and Sam were trying to get Chris and Michael to dance though they didn't seem too keen on it. And James and Remus were at the punch table keeping an eye on each of their girlfriends.

Love was out to get to me

That's the way it seems

Disappointment haunted

All my dreams

"You and James looked really cozy out there." Cat shouted over the music.

"Thanks. He's is being so sweet tonight." Lily said looking over at James and he gave her a wink causing her to smile wider and blush a little.

"You love him." Cat said.

"WHAT?!?!"

"Trust me."

And then I saw her face

Now I'm a believer

Not a trace

Of doubt in my mind

I'm in love

I'm a believer

I couldn't leave her

If I tried (The Monkeys "I'm a Believer")

The song went one for a few more minutes as Lily tried to get more information out of Cat but she wasn't budging. As the song wound down James came back to dance with his girlfriend.

"Here you can have her." Cat said as she saw James coming back.

"Well, I was going to take her anyway." James smiled.

"Ok, This is a dance for all the couples." The singer said. With that all the groups of friends broke apart and couples took their place.

If there were no words

No way to speak

I would still hear you

If there were no tears

No way to feel inside

I'd still feel for you

"This is a really sweet song." Lily said as she listened to the lyrics and danced slow and close to James. Both of her arms here around his neck this time and both his arms around her waist holding her close.

"It's also true." James said back.

"Well, aren't you putting on the charm tonight." Lily laughed a little.

"I thought you would like it." James smiled.

"I do." Lily said.

And even if the sun refused to shine

Even if romance ran out of rhyme

You would still have my heart until the end of time

You're all I need, my love, my Valentine

"Ouch, Sirius, that was my foot." Lily and James heard Cat say. They were dancing pretty close together since the dance floor was crowed.

All of my life

I have been waiting for

All you give to me

You've opened my eyes

And shown me how to love unselfishly

"Tonight's been really perfect." Lily said.

"I'm glad you think so." James said as he pulled the rose that was pinned to his black robes off and put it behind Lily's ear. "It matches the flowers in your braid."

"Thank you." Lily said and reached up on her toes and softly kissed James on the lips.

I've dreamed of this a thousand times before

But in my dreams I couldn't love you more

I will give you my heart

Until the end of time

You're all I need, my love, my Valentine (Martina McBride "My Valentine")

The song ended as did the kiss and another fast song started. The rest of the night was spent dancing, talking, and laughing. Lily danced with her friends most of the time. The Marauders, Chris, and Michael spent most of their time at the punch bowl talking about quidditch and occasionally being dragged out to the dance floor by their dates.

"Ok, now the dance it winding down and this song is for all the seventh years." The singer of the band said. Everyone but the seventh years got off the dance floor. And the seventh year girls dragged their boyfriends back on the stage.

James let Lily drag him onto the stage. Sirius however excused himself to go to the bathroom much to Cat's displeasure. James winked at Sirius and Remus just rolled his eyes at both of them from his spot by Jo already on the stage.

The song started and all the different groups of friends grouped together to share one final dance in their last year together at Hogwarts.

And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives

Where we're gonna be when we turn 25

I keep thinking times will never change

Keep on thinking things will always be the same

But when we leave this year we won't be coming back

No more hanging out cause we're on a different track

And if you got something that you need to say

You better say it right now cause you don't have another day

Cause we're moving on and we can't slow down

These memories are playing like a film without sound

And I keep thinking of that night in June

I didn't know much of love

But it came too soon and there was me and you

And then we got real blue

Stay at home talking on the telephone

We'd get so excited, we'd get so scared

Laughing at our selves thinking life's not fair

And this is how it feels

Suddenly soundless fireworks started going off above everyone's heads. They all stopped dancing together to take in the beauty of the moment. It's always said that people don't remember days but they remember moments. Everyone on that dance floor knew this was one of those moments.

Sirius arrived back as everyone admired the fireworks and listened to the song. He greeted Cat will a kiss, and not just a peck, which received him a "get a room" from someone else on the dance floor.

As we go on, we remember

All the times we had together

And as our lives change, come whatever

We will still be, friends forever (Vitamin C "Graduation")

"You had something to do with this, didn't you?" Lily asked James as watched the brilliant lights.

"Well, we had to make sure that this was a night to remember." James said pulling Lily closer and into a passionate kiss that last quite a few minutes.

"Prongsie!" A voice broke into their perfect moment. And James let out a growl, Lily just laughed. "The dance is over. Time to go back to the tower." It was Sirius.

"You are a dead man!" James chased after Sirius, all the way up to the Gryffindor tower too. When everyone else had made their way up there and into the common room both were found out of breath sitting on the couch.

"Did you wear yourself out?" Cat asked while grinning and plopped down next to Sirius on the couch. James stood up and took Lily's hand. He walked over to a chair and pulled her down on top of his lap.

"It looked like you two had a good night." Remus said sitting down with Jo next to him on one of the couches.

"Yeah, it was perfect." Lily said.

"Where are Sam and Anna?" Cat asked noticing they were gone.

"They were saying goon night to their dates." Jo said couching, indicating that they were doing more than talking.

"I see." Lily said.

TAP TAP.

Everyone turned to the window to see an owl tapping at it. Lily made to get up and go to the window but James grabbed her and pulled her back down on top of him.

"Make someone else go get it." He smiled.

"Fine you laze bum." Cat said getting up and opening the window. The owl flew into the common room and dropped the letter on Lily before flying right back out.

"That's weird. It's from the ministry." Lily said looking at it. Not knowing what it could be but everyone else looked horrified.