The New Girl

Chapter 11

When Lily stepped into the James she gasped at the beauty of the Great Hall.

She had never seen anything like this.

The four house tables had been taken away and replaced by smaller tables, a dance floor and a large table with the refreshment on it.

Lily had never gone to any of the dances at her old school because she had thought them a waste of time.

And most boys at her school didn't want anything to do with a tomboy bookworm.

They only had interest in the girly girls and all the thought about was boys and how they looked.

Lily looked up towards the ceiling and gasped when she saw bats flying above them with floating candles just below the bats.

Lily and James saw Sirius and Emily siting at one of the tables on the edge of the dance floor and went to join them.

Lily sat down next to Emily and began talking about the decorations and the band that was playing.

James and Sirius of course began talking about Quidditch and the world cup that was going to be happening this summer, but were stopped half way through their conversation when Emily dragged Sirius on to the dance floor when a fast song came on.

James smiled and turned to Lily.

"Would you like to dance Lily?" he asked

Lily looked down at her hands, and mumbled something.

"Sorry Lily, I didn't catch that."

"I've never gone to a dance before." She said a little louder.

James laughed and tipped up her face to look at him.

"That's alright Lily. Just move to the beat, it's really easy."

James stood up and held out his hand for Lily to take.

Lily look at his hand hesitantly before looking up to James' face.

He was smiling encouragingly at her.

She put her hand in his and nearly fell into James' arms as he pulled her up.

She look down and stayed like that.

The song that was playing finished and a slow one started.

She felt James put her arms around his neck and then felt a sudden warmth as he put his arms around her waist.

James looked down at Lily who was still looking at the ground.

He put a finger under her chin and lifted it so she was looking at him.

"See you're dancing."

Lily gasped, she had not even noticed it but her and James were swaying to the music.

Lily smiled and seeing that she could slow dance, boosted up her confidence.

James pulled her closer.

Lily looked up at him and blushed, but then laid her head on his shoulder and as he rested his head on hers Lily realised she had really REALLY fallen hard for James Potter.

She had never felt so secure and safe in her life.

The song ended too soon and they parted slightly.

But then a fst song began and Lily found herself moving to the beat.

As she and James danced together, she thought, 'Wow, this dancing thing isn't so hard.'

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A good couple songs later she and James returned to their table laughing at the fun they had had.

Sirius and Emily soon joined them and they began to talk.

A few minutes later Lily went up to go get a drink from the refreshment table.

She was just pouring her drink when she saw Angel coming up to her.

Lily sighed, great now what did she want?

Angel glared at her.

"Evans, you little bitch, I told you James Potter is mine and you're not going to take him away from me."

Lily almost laughed, but the look on Angel's face meant it was no laughing matter.

"Well first of all Angel, James belongs to no one. He is not something you can just claim and second of all he does not like you. Get that through you emty head of yours."

Well those two comments had pushed Angel too far and she ran at Lily and pushed into the refreshment table.

Lily stumbled from being pushed and fell into the pumkin juice container, which spilled all over her dress.

Everyone stopped and looked, even the music stopped, then there was a pause and everyone began to laugh.

"What? Can't stand on your own two feet?"

"Did mommy forget to teach you how to walk?"

Lily felt tears burning in her eyes and felt her cheeks turn crimson.

She supressed a sob and ran away trying to get away from the laughter and mocking voices.

She make it all the way to her dormitory before colaspsing onto her bed, sobbing.

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James saw what Angel did and when Lily ran out of the room in tears James was ready to tear Angel appart.

But he controlled his anger and vowed to prank her later, but right now he need to get to Lily.

He ran out of the Great Hall, and up the stairs to the Griffindor Common Room.

He quickly ran up the stairs to the Girls Dormitory.

He paused at the door and heard Lily sobbing through the door, he felt his heart begin to break, he couldn't stand it when Lily was sad.

He quietly entered the dormitory and saw Lily laying on her bed, crying into her pillow.

He went over to her bed and sat down and brought Lily into his arms.

Lily somehow knew it was him, began to cry into his chest and wrapped her arms around his waist as if he were her life line.

James began rocking her back and forth, whispering words of comfort.

Lily's sobs soon calmed into tiny sniffles and soon after that James heard her deep breaths as she fell asleep.

Seeing that she was asleep began to get up but she held fast.

"Please don't leave. Stay..." she mumbled.

James smiled, and used his wand to shut the curtains around her bed.

James lay down next to Lily and with her still in his arms fell asleep to her soft breaths as she slept.

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(A.N—arlight what did everyone think?? Was that okay? R&R and tell me!!! Chapter 12 coming soon!!)