You Complete ME
By: stargirlr
Disclaimer: I own what I own and don't own anything except for my original characters and any original plots or phrases.
Chapter 6The Dance-part I
A/N:
Merrrrrrryyyyyy Christmas! Happy New Year! Happy Holidays! Dances around with bright green and red ribbons in hair Snow is falling all around us…la di da li da la. Well, unfortunately, it's not snowing here in the part of India where I live. WAAAHHHHH!
I WANT SNOW! Ok, my Christmas holidays have begun which means I'll try to get as many chapters out as possible. HOORAY FOR ME! I'm so sorry to give you people such a long and drawn out cliffy about the dance and the Peter thing. I'll try to wrap it up ASAP.
Thanks.
stargirlr
Notes to my magnificent, superb, wonderful, fantastic, great, loving reviewers:
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AND NOW
WE PRESENT OUR FEATURE er… PRESENTATION
The day of the dance arose soon enough.
9 AMBoy's Dorm
"Potter! Will you get up or do I have to conjure something up?" A red-haired monster yelled at James' slumbering form brandishing a wooden stick around dangerously.
Tousle-haired and pajama-wearing James looked up at it through bleary eyes.
"Huh?" he mumbled, confused at having a red-haired green-eyed monster trying to curse him into oblivion.
"Get your arse up and ready in fifteen minutes! You're a prefect as well!" Lily screamed again.
"Hey Prongs, will you get up so WE can go back to sleep?" Sirius muttered from the nearest bed.
Lily turned on to him. "Good. You're up. Now the BOTH of you can help me put up the decorations."
Quite a bit of moaning, grumbling, muttering, and grunting later, four very depressed guys were led into the hall by a furious looking she-devil.
12 PM
Lunch
"Eat! Hurry up and eat!" Lily exclaimed. "The Astronomy Tower, the common room, AND the main staircase is still left. HURRRY!"
Lara looked at her anxiously.
"Lily, have you eaten anything since breakfast?"
"Well, of course! What do you think I'm doing right now?" she replied, waving her hands impatiently at her untouched food.
Larika and Remus shared a glance. Whoa, was she HYPER.
4PMCommon Room
Lily was still running around like a hen with its head cut off.
Larika called out to her as she ran past at a half run.
"Lily! Hey LILS!"
"Yeah?" she stopped, panting slightly.
"You done?"
"Almost. A few final touches…" she replied, flicking her wand, trying to finish a few odds and ends. Anyone could see she was exhausted.
"How about I take care of those final touches for you?" James interrupted elegantly.
"Oh James! Would you?" Lily exclaimed almost hugging him.
"Yeah sure." James replied, bewildered at her very physical display of gratitude. "You look really tired."
"Yeah, guess I better go up and, er, get ready." Saying so, she ran upstairs following Larika.
James sighed, looking at her back.
Turning around, he saw three very amused faces looking up at him.
"Ya know, Jamesiboy. As the captain of the Gryffindor team, you have to start the dance tonight." Remus remarked.
"Uh-uh" he said, not really paying attention. Suddenly, it struck him. "OH SHIT."
He put his hands on his forehead.
"Yep. Soooo, whatchya gonna do?" Sirius asked.
"OH SHIT" James repeated. "OH SHIT. SHIT SHIT SHIT."
"Yeah, we, uh, have to get past that stage of things, dude." Peter said.
James didn't say anything. He was thinking fast.
He had to get someone to dance with him… Shouldn't be too difficult, girls flocked to him like bees to nectar… hehehe… shut up James… now a girl, a girl, an available girl… Evans! He'd ask Lily if she'd dance with him-only that one, tiny dance. But she was upstairs. Girl's Dorm Room. He couldn't get up there. He'd tried once, no, twice, no, thrice. Well, anyway, he'd tried before and he could try again today but it wasn't gonna work. Next idea. He'd wait. Wait until she came down. But she was going to come down only at seven. He couldn't ask her then. That'd be mean, nasty, cruel even. But why would it be mean? Who knows why that would be mean. But women. You never knew with them. They'd probably consider it mean. Ok. What else? He could ask someone else. No. That was out of the question.
Lily, or no one.
Next. Hmmm. No idea next? Ok that was a problem.
"Running out of ideas?" Sirius inquired sympathetically. He nodded understandingly. "Well, I'm not supposed to show you this, but, you know, you're my best pal and you'll probably make me best man at your wedding and…"
"Sirius…" James began dangerously.
"Wellll, swear you'll make me best man at your's and Lily's wedding? Ok, fine."
James growled.
"Alright, follow me." Sirius walked hastily.
He led James to an innocent looking Poinsettia plant.
He prodded it and whispered "Desmondia Thoreau Cauliflowers Make Me Cry"
James understood and smiled.
"Now, remember, sonny, you're not to use this portal wrongly, understand?"
"Yes, father." Replied James cheekily.
He started running up the dark stairs.
After about five minutes, he saw the outline of a door, sunlight streaming into the dark corridor through the cracks.
Approaching it cautiously, he opened it a tad. No one was in sight.
Trying to hide himself, he neared a door with the words "Lily and Lara" printed in bold letters.
He knocked as quietly as possible.
"Whoever it is, the door's open, come right in." Lara's voice bellowed.
James let himself in.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Lara yelled.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" James yelled. Lara had only a towel around her and was trying desperately to hide herself under her clothes.
"What's WRONG?" Lily asked, entering the room from the adjoining bathroom.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH" James yelled, yelled again. Lily was wearing a bathrobe. Only a bathrobe.
Lily looked at both of them, an amazed look on her face.
"Potter, stop screaming. God, you two are gonna blow out my ear-drums."
She went around the room, picking up her scattered clothes.
Finally finishing, she looked at James.
"Well, have you come here to watch us get dressed or something? We're not that stupid, you know."
Getting his voice back, "Er, I need to talk to you. Alone."'
He looked at Lara. She started going outside, her eyes almost popping out with curiosity and astonishment.
James cleared his throat. Why was this so difficult? He'd asked out almost all the girls in school and it had never been this hard.
"Lily, I was wondering whether…well, you know that Quidditch players have first dance and all that…"
"Uh-uh" she wondered where this was going.
"And, er, as you probably know, I haven't got a date."
"Yeah"
"And I was wondering whether you'd consider….gointathdanwihme?"
"What?" she was slightly confused, not having clearly heard the last part.
"Whether you'd consider going to the dance with me?"
Looking at the expression on her face, he added hastily, "You'll only have to dance the first dance with me, of course."
Lily stared at him for a minute or two, began to say something and then paused, about to start with "Are you joking?" and "What sort of sick joke is this?"
Almost reading her mind, James suddenly spoke, "I know you probably think this is a trick or something, but it's not. Really. As it is, I've got enough on my hands with that boy into girl thing." He smiled, a sincere but simply irresistible smile.
"Come on, please… A favor for me? Your most despicable enemy? Please?" he began wheedling.
"Wellllll." Lily could feel herself giving way.
She made up her mind.
"Alright. But only one dance. OK?"
YESSSSSSSS James thought.
Outwardly, he smiled coolly, like it was no big thing. (A/N:.\Yeah right)
"Thanks, thanks so much. So I'll meet you in the common room at say seven?"
Lily nodded. "Now, get out of here. And don't get caught. Remember, you're a prefect."
She smiled at him shyly.
4:09 PM
Common Room
"So, what did she say?" Peter questioned as soon as James came into hearing range.
"Yes, obviously. Look at his face." Remus replied.
Peter squirmed uncomfortably. No one noticed him. They were staring at James. As much as Peter was used to his friend's slightly demeaning remarks…
Girl's Dorm
Larika stood just inside the door, hands on her hips, her mouth and eyes both wide with utter disbelief.
"You said yes? Just like that? You idiot!" Lara stormed inside.
"You were listening?"
"You would have told me everything anyway. That's why I was listening. Lily, you…you said yes…" she broke off.
Realization struck Lily.
"Oh my sweet refrigerated cherries, I did said yes…" Lily clapped a hand to her forehead. "Am I feeling all right? Lara, do I have a fever?"
Lara just looked at her, awestruck. "Lily, you're going to dance with James Potter."
"Yes, Lard, I realize that." She replied testily. "Ahhh… what was I thinking?"
"What were you thinking?"
"I don't know… god, he just looked so vulnerable and harmless. I just went ahead without thinking…"
"I know, I know. I heard." She took a deep breath. "Listen, I'm your best friend and I don't want you to get hurt. James isn't a bad guy. But, you know he does have a rep. Heartbreaker. Loose Cannon. Player. You know that he's slept with more or less the entire Hogwarts girl population…besides us. I don't want you to end up as, as…"
"As what?"
" As his one night's stand." Lara looked down, quite disheartened.
Lily looked at her, thinking how lucky she was to have such a wonderful friend.
"Honey, that's so sweet of you. But, I'm not going to let him walk over me like that. And relax, it's not as if I've decided to marry him. I'm just accepting one dance. Only one dance."
Lara agreed, "Just take care of yourself."
"Aww, cheer up." Lily said "Its huggy time!" and proceeded to give her a big FRIENDLY bear hug.
(A/N:.\Notice the capital letters people. I don't want no weird comments on that huggy thing)
"Well, what do I do now?" Lily looked at her beseechingly.
Lara grinned, "Now, my dearest, you get ready for the most magical night of your life."
Lily smiled inspite of herself. There had to be some reason girls wanted to go out with James Potter, right?
7 PM
Common Room
Sirius, James and Remus were standing near the girl's staircase staring nervously at each other, each extremely handsome in his finery.
A/N:
OK I'm realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllyyy sorry.
I'll try to get the rest of the story up ASAP but doesn't look like that's gonna be soon. Sorry to leave you with sort of a weird ending. Ok its not even an ending.
SORRY but I thought something is better than nothing & I was gonna take forever to finish this chappie. PLEASE forgive me.waaaaaaahhhhhhh.
