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Chapter 22

Lily and James entered the Great Hall, and the dance looked fantastic! There were huge pumpkins carved with candles inside of them along the walls, every four feet. Candles were floating everywhere, bats flying in and out of the candles. The four house tables, and the teachers table were gone. Now there were little circular tables everywhere, but except the dance floor and podium where a live band would be playing. Each table sat six.

Lily, James, Cassidy, Sirius, Gabriella, and Remus sat a table together.

Next to their table Peter and Amy were sitting with her friends and their dates.

Across the room Alice and Frank were sitting with Ludo, Paris, Amos, and Heather."

"That slut!" Cassidy hissed.

"Tell me about it," Gabriella said rolling her eyes. "Of course the two sluts of the school are going with the two scum buckets."

"Yeah, Yeah Gabby." Cassidy said rolling her eyes too. "Yes their sluts, but took who is sitting with them!"

"Oh, Merlin!" Lily and Gabby gasped at the same time. James and Remus cracked their knuckles as they were thinking about how to pummel Amos and Ludo."

"B…but why?" Gabriella gasped, "I thought she was our friend?"

"No clue," Cassidy said her eyes set to kill.

"Easy there killer, maybe that's where Frank wanted to sit? Lord knows him and Bagman are good chums, and Amos sat down there too because he had Paris's best friend as his date…plus all the guys are in the same house." Sirius offered his suggestion.

Everyone took their attention off the other table and altered to stare at Sirius speechless.

"What?" He whined.

"I think that's the smartest thing I've ever heard come out of your mouth," James said still staring at his best friend as if he had just seen him for the first time.

"Me too," Remus agreed.

"Got to throw in something different every now and then." Sirius said shrugging his shoulders.

They all laughed and turned their attention fully away from the other table, and now to just have fun within friends.

"Why don't we eat before the dance starts?" Sirius asked.

Remus chuckled, "Always worried about food, aren't you?"

They all agreed to eat, as it was now seven thirty and the band would start playing at eight. So the six people looked at their menu for a few minutes and told their plates what they'd like for dinner.

Remus had a T-bone steak with mashed potatoes, brown gravy, corn, and drank butterbeer. Gabriella had potato soap, a small Cesar salad, and drank water with lemon in it. Lily had chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, and tea to drink. James also got a T-bone, but got double mashed potatoes with cheese in them, and drank some butterbeer. Cassidy got pepperoni pizza and tea to drink. Sirius got lobster, oysters, chicken legs, a huge bowl of cheesy mashed potatoes, a few backed potatoes, and a slice of apple pie.

"That's sickening," Gabriella said curling up her nose.

Cassidy laughed, "It's not like he's going to eat all of that."

"Oh yes he will," James and Remus said laughing together the girls really didn't know the capacity of Sirius's stomach.

"No he won't," she repeated herself shrugging their answer off.

"Oh yes I will!" Sirius said pounding one of chicken legs on the table like a fussy baby. "I told you when we got here I was starving."

"Yes but really Sirius," Lily's turn to speak. "You cold feed a small army with all the food you've ordered."

Sirius winked at Lily, "Good because I am like a small army in bed!"

"Sirius!" Cassidy hissed hitting him in the back of the head.

"Cassidy?" Lily and Gabby questioned.

Cassidy rolled her eyes, "Come on! You know if I'd have slept with this bimbo I'd have told you guys. I still kept it to myself and let no one touch me, okay?"

"I resent that!" Sirius said spitting food all over the table. Making everyone roll their eyes, Cassidy turn red from humiliation that her boyfriend acted like this, and Gabriella looked as if she was about to blow chunks.

"Resent what? That I called you a bimbo?"

"No, I know that I'm a male bimbo. That you said you won't let me touch you! We've kissed, held hands, and snogged."

Cassidy rolled her eyes again, she was really losing her patience with him. "Yeah touch me like that. I meant that I won't let you touch me sexually!" Cassidy yelled the last part and everyone got quiet and turned to see what was going on.

"Nice of you to share Miss O'Brian," Dumbledore chuckled on the platform. Cassidy was as red as a muggle fire engine. "Now that Miss O'Brian has shared her news about her boyfriend, I will share my news. I hope I don't bore you, mine isn't so juicy." Everyone chuckled, everyone but four at the table. Cassidy and Sirius were mortified, Lily and Gabriella felt bad for Cassidy, but James and Remus couldn't help but laugh. In which they both got death glares from their dates.

"I've come to tell about the band," Dumbledore had continued. "I'm sure a few of you have heard that a live band will be playing here tonight. They will begin playing in ten minutes. They will begin playing in ten minutes. The first song is the traditional Head Boy and Head Girl dance. After that you may all enjoy the dance and join them. So in ten minutes I'll introduce you all to, Brass Monkey.

"Brass Monkey?" Gabriella giggled, "What kind of name is Brass Monkey?"

"The Best Wizarding Band ever!" Sirius said giving Gabriella death glares.

"Don't look at me like that!" Gabriella said sticking her tongue out.

"Yeah!" Lily and Cassidy jumped in, "Don't talk to her like that."

"Merlin!" Sirius gasped dramatically clutching his chest, "They attack you like a pack of wolves, right guys?"

"I'm staying out of this," Remus said throwing up his hands in surrender.

"Prongs?" Sirius pleaded trying to get someone to agree with him.

"Sorry," James said shaking his head no. "I've got to agree with Moony, there is no way I'm getting in this."

Professor Dumbledore stood up and everyone in the Great Hall fell into complete silence. "Now for what everyone has been waiting for…Brass Monkey!" The Great Hall erupted in excitement as the band began to play a traditional song as the Head Boy and Head Girl started the traditional dance. Everyone stared and at the end of the song the band started to play their usual songs.

The rest of the school joined the Head Boy and Girl on the dance floor. The night was the best dance Lily had ever been to and that included Yule Ball and Halloween Dances he'd been at. It was defiantly a much better to last year's end of the year dance. Then add James as her date and also her boyfriend made the dance just another ten times better. The music was good, this was an awesome Wizarding Band. She didn't really listen to much music from the Wizarding World, when she wasn't at school she wasn't really involved with the Wizarding World…except spending the nights with her friends. She'd always just listen to music from the Muggle world that she'd always listened to with her parents. But, she knew she'd want to hear more Brass Monkey.

"Are you having fun?" James asked her as a slow song started and he pulled her close while whispering this in her ear. She nodded into his neck, which made him smile. Yes making Lily made him feel good and make him feel as if he was doing a good job in keeping his girlfriend happy.

Lily leaned back to so she could look and talk to James. "I'm really glad this all worked out and this happened."

"About us going together to this dance?"

"Yes and no. From the beginning," James looked at her oddly…he had no clue what she was talking about. She sighed and went on, "As much as I loved my Grandma Rose…I'm glad you found me crying that night and volunteered to go to the funeral with me, no strings attached. It was really sweet and you have no clue how much it meant to me. Sometimes when I'm alone in my bed thinking, I think maybe Grandma Rose sent you to me. Every since the funeral our feelings have gotten stronger, and now you're my boyfriend." They both smiled at this. "It's just unbelievable."

"You're telling me?" He chuckled, "Lily I've wanted to date you since first year. I've been in love with for as long as I can remember. I'm still waiting to wake up."

She smiled at him, "Well you're not asleep this is real. I'm glad this is all real." She leaned in to give him a kiss.

"Aren't they cute together?" Cassidy said smiling turning to her boyfriend, "Aren't they Sirius? I mean I never would have thought it would happen."

"Me neither," Sirius agreed. "James couldn't learn the game to Lily's heart. First he was a pompous ass to her, then an egotistical dumb ass, but then he somehow I guess he finally figured out the key to her heart. I know that the reason they got together was Lily's grandma funeral…and I know it was an wired situation for them to get it together. But Lily finally let go and saw the guy that James is deep down."

"Sirius," Cassidy giggled softly. "I understand what you mean, and I'm glad we finally got it together."

"Me too," he grinned and then looked to his left where he saw Remus and Gabriella dancing very close to this slow song as well. "Do you think it'll work out for them or that she'll be to afraid to commit from after Ludo's betrayal to her with Paris?"

"I really don't know there are so many different ways this could work out. I mean she might tell him after awhile they just need to be friends because she can't trust guys at all, or she could be falling in love with Remus right now."

Sirius gave her a questioning look, "What do you know that I don't?"

"Plenty," she said with a smile.

"Care to share?"

She shook her head, "No not at this moment. Let's just enjoy this dance, okay?"

"No problem," he said with a smile bringing her closer to him.

Meanwhile…

"How hard do you think it'll be to get Potter from Evans?" Paris said with a glare to her friend, Heather, in the Girls Bathroom.

"No clue, most likely as hard as it will be to get Black from O'Brian." Heather said looking as if she felt beaten, "I mean come girls like that get the most popular guys? Everyone knows Black and Potter aren't little virgins like O'Brian and Evans, and all those two boys want is what we'd give them…and yet they pick them over us? Am I missing something?"

"Don't even worry about it Heather, because once or plan come into effect those two hunks will be ours."

Back in the Great Hall…

Alice looked around nervously, yes she was dancing in Frank's arms and she felt safe. But something here wasn't right…she could feel it for some odd reason. It was usually Lily that always knew when something wasn't going right or didn't feel right. She imagined her friends would be furious with her, because of who Frank and her sat with at dinner. But they'd get over it in time and if they didn't she'd just have to accept it. Even though she truly cared for all of her friends, Frank came first. He wasn't like the rest of the boys she'd been with before, somehow he was different. She knew this wasn't puppy love, that this was real love. Whether he was just a first love or true love she had to hang on to him for as long as she could.

"Is there something bothering you?" Frank asked feeling her body not as comfortable with him as they danced as usual.

"No," she lied.

"Come on Alice, tell me."

She bit her lip, "Okay. I think my friends are going to be mad at me because we sat with your friends tonight. I mean yeah, when Gabriella was with Ludo we always sat with him…but with what Amos try to do to Lily and Ludo cheating on Gabriella…I think they all expected us to sit with them."

"Yeah, but a table with eight is always so crowded."

"I know."

"You really think their going to be mad."

"Well, I think Lily will be disappointed…but yeah Gabby and Cassidy will be mad at me for a few days."

Frank rolled his eyes, this had nothing to do with Cassidy but yet she was the starter of everything. "I don't like how Cassidy sticks her nose where it doesn't belong."

Alice stopped dancing, "What do you mean by that?"

"Only that this situation has nothing to do with her, and yet she'll probably be mad at you? I can understand Gabriella…I can even understand Lily."

"What do you mean you can 'even understand Lily'?"

"Well there really isn't any proof that Amos tried that right? Only Potter and her word, and lord knows they've been going after each other for a while. Maybe it was a way to set Amos up so there was no way he could get Gryffindor Seeker and got moved to my house where he is now Ravenclaw Seeker. Potter was too afraid that Amos would take his place."

"That's scandalous!" Alice said looking at Frank as if she'd never met him, "I can't believe you'd say that! Lily is my friend, and so is James! James is a much better Seeker than Amos. I do believe that Amos is guilty."

"Really, are you just making yourself believe this because Lily is your friend?"

"Frank!" She gasped, "I…I've never seen you like this…I thought you trusted my friends?"

"I did, but I trust my friends first over yours. There's been many times girls yell rape and their just saying that because they wanted to shag and didn't want anyone to know about it."

"I can't believe you, Frank!" She hissed at him, "Lily is my friend! Don't you talk about her like that. I can't be around you at the moment…I'm going to my room." She stormed off.

"Alice!" She heard him yell after her, but it was too late he shouldn't have said all that crap about Lily.

"What do you think is going on with them?" Remus asked Gabriella as a fast song kicked in.

"Most likely the usual," Gabriella said not amused.

"The usual?"

Gabriella nodded, "Alice only thinks one way, Frank too. So when they have different opinions they don't try to see it from the other persons point of view and they start to argue. Then Alice gets mad and storms off and goes to our room, takes a hot shower and then goes to bed."

"Does this happen often?"

"Yup," she said nodding her head again. "At least two or three times a month."

"And they expect to last."

"Yeah, sometimes I think they just argue to makeup again." Gabriella said not caring, "Let's not talk about them though…let's have some fun."

A few hours later, about ten, the dance was in full swing and everyone there was having a blast! If they weren't in the Great Hall then they were missing all the fun, some thought.

"This has to be the best dance, ever!" James yelled at Lily as they were dancing to another fast song and the music was so loud you could barely hear yourself think.

"I know! Never thought I'd actually enjoy a dance ever again."

"I know, and I won't let…" But what James wouldn't let we'll never know as there was a loud explosion and everyone screamed. The wall behind James and Lily started to crumble away and James jumped on top of Lily to throw her down to the floor. He'd rather the rubble hit and hurt him than Lily. Everyone in the Great Hall and also agreed to drop to the floor and the band had ran out.

Lily was lying on her stomach with James lying beside her now, but he had her head in hiding from all the rubble falling down. Lily yelled out to ask James what was going on, but with all the confusion and yells he couldn't hear her.

Then she heard Dumbledore's voice magnified, "EVERYONE IS TO EVACUATE THE GREAT HALL, RETURN TO YOUR COMMON ROOM TO HEAR FROM YOUR HEAD OF HOUSE. AGAIN, EVERYONE IS TO EVACUATE THE GREAT HALL, RETURN TO YOUR COMMON ROOM TO HEAR FROM YOUR HEAD OF HOUSE." Immediately everyone scattered out of the Great Hall. James got up and got Lily's hand in his, "We need to leave immediately."

"I figured that as Dumbledore just said that to everyone."

"No Lily, I mean you and me."

"Why us over all of these people?" She asked as they were getting pushed to get out of the Great Hall by others behind them.

"Lily this was obviously a Death Eater attack by the Death Eaters here that we go to school with. They did this for Voldemort, I'm sure he's not here…but he's probably arranged for a few of his Death Eaters to get a hold of us and return us to him. So we need to move now."

She grabbed his hand tightly, "Lead the way, I'm right behind you." James nodded and he began to push and make people mad when Lily and he would get past them. But, no one knew the urgency of them getting out of here. James knew well aware and wasn't sure if Lily knew that this was a matter of their life or of their death…