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Miss Christmas Tree Angel & Mr. Tinsel

They walked in together and started talking to their friends. A few moments later the doors of the Great Hall opened and in walked a beautiful woman in a white gown. It was a halter top with some light bead work. On the bottom their were white swan feathers. The woman had white shimmering glitter on her eyes like wings. Her hair was down in curls. What gave her away was her fiery red hair and emerald eyes. The whole hall stood and marveled in Lily's beauty. Lily then walked into the crowd, she found Emily who was gapping, mouth wide opened.

"You know it's rude to have your mouth open like that," said Lily calmly even though her heart was racing.

"Sick in bed, yeah right!" said Sirius, who had found his way to her with Peter and James trailing behind him, "But what are you again?"

"The Swan Princess, my favorite fairy tale. My mom used to read it to me before we went to sleep." Lily looked at the costumes, "Nice costume, Peter," laughed Lily.

"Bet with Sirius," he mumbled.

"Yeah and if he tried to take it off, the zipper won't come undone," smirked James.

"Hey Lily can I have this dance?" asked Roger Flynn from Hufflepuff.

"Yeah, sure," said Lily, "I'll talk to you later, Emily!"

It had seemed that endless guys were asking her to dance. After the tenth guy had asked her she sat down. Delphia Hunt, from Ravenclaw was sitting at the table with Nora Williams.

"You look great Lily," said Delphia.

"Thanks," said Lily who was very hot.

"This is amazing, I can't believe you did this in a month," said Nora looking at the floor.

"Thank you."

"Oh finally!" cried Nora.

"What?" asked Lily looking in her direction. James and Jackie were slow dancing, closely. Her head rested on his chest. His right hand held hers and his left was on her lower back. Lily closed her eyes and breathed, this wasn't going to bother her.

"Hey Lily, dance with me?" asked Charlie McCain. He was just as popular as James and Sirius but not as cute as James and Sirius, but he was close. His blue eyes stared into her emerald ones. She nodded and he pulled her onto the floor. Lily put her arms around his neck and he pulled her close. She rested her head on his chest, she closed her eyes and thought that only a few hours before she was not missed and unpopular.

James looked in Lily's direction, she was dancing so close that not even a ghost could fit in- between- them. The song ended and Lily and Charlie kissed lightly, but still was a kiss. James leaned in towards Jackie and kissed her passionately.

Lily looked over at them and thanked Charlie for the dance. Lily didn't have tears she had anger again. She had dressed up so nicely mostly for him and he hadn't even asked her to dance. For half the night she and Charlie danced, she accepted no one but Charlie to dance with her. Since the ball was half way over Lily and James had to make a speech together. They had decided it in one of their various meetings.

"Since it is the half way point of the ball," started Lily, "As Head Girl..."

"And Head Boy," interrupted James.

"It is our duty to make some announcements."

"And the announcements are, drum roll please!"

"Dinner may be eaten at any time, it's just appetizers. A note from the teachers about dancing, Sirius, keep it clean, Professor McGonagall has her eye on you." Everyone laughed as Sirius looked innocent.

"I am outraged that I am accused of such a thing!"

"And we are hearing this from a Scarecrow without a brain, Sirius, I thought you were suppose to wear a costume," joked Lily. The crowd Ooed at the wise crack, a few even applauded. "Let's thank the Hobgoblins for playing," their was a huge round of applause, "Now," said James, "My turn. Thanks everyone who helped with decorations or giving us ideas. The costumes look great! But now we have to vote for Miss and Mr. Best Costume or as I call it, Miss Christmas Tree Angel and Mr. Tinsel. Please place your ballots in the ballot box, and no cheating!" smiled James.

"Enjoy the party," finished Lily. They both walked off the stage and joined the voting. Half an hour later, Lily and James received two envelops from Professor Dumbledore. Also a tiara and a crown. They walked up on the stage.

"Now, it is time my friends to announce Miss Christmas Tree Angel and Mr. Tinsel, drummmrolllll please!" Lily opened the envelope.

"Miss. Christmas Tree Angel is," said James, "Lily Evans as The Swan Princess." Lily smiled and James put the tiara on her head. Lily was so surprised she could think or do nothing but smile. She heard Emily scream with joy with the crowd when James read her name.

"And Mr. Tinsel is," said Lily, "We have a tie, James Potter as Romeo and Charlie McCain as a pirate." Lily put the crown on James's head and she used her wand to create another one. She placed it on Charlie's head who kissed her on the cheek.

"It's tradition that Miss Christmas Tree Angel and Mr. Tinsel dance," said Lily but she was thinking How is this going to work?

"Go ahead and dance with her James, I've danced with her all night," said Charlie. James nodded and guided Lily to the floor. They started dancing like Jackie and James were doing earlier. Charlie had picked Jackie to dance with. Soon other couples started dancing around Lily and James.

"Are you and Jackie dating?" asked Lily looking up at him.

"No, we're just friends, she's practically my sister."

"Oh."

"What about you and Charlie?" asked James motioning his head towards Charlie.

"Um, I don't know. He's really nice and sweet, maybe we will."

"Oh." James instantly regretted the question. After a few moments of silence, "You really did an amazing job Lily, you basically planned this whole ball."

"You did a good job with decorating. Listen, I'm sorry about what I said I was just under a lot of stress, I had a lot of things on my mind."

"Don't apologize, I understand."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I do." The song was about to end. James leaned in and kissed her. Lily pulled away after several seconds had passed. She touched her mouth and stared at him wide eyed. She walked away from his as the other couples pulled away also to dance to the faster pace song that followed the other song. Lily walked out of the Great Hall. She touched her lips again, James Potter had kissed her after all those nights near him and dreaming of him, he had kissed her! Lily felt a hand on her shoulder she reeled around and hugged the man in front of her. She passionately kissed him.

"What was that for?"

"For being a great guy, you really are."

"I've liked you Lily for a while."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

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