Everyone fell into his or her daily routines. Lily and Remus could almost always be found in the Common Room early in the morning before everyone woke up. Every month, Remus made up a new excuse for why he wasn't there once a month. Lily sometimes helped him with the excuses. Everyone loved Lily, and since she was almost always in the company of Remus, everyone loved him to. Most of the boys envied him for being able to get such a good-looking girlfriend. When Lily wasn't with Remus, she was usually with Rini. James and Sirius would usually be with her at those times but they each had periods of time alone with Lily. Then there were times when the whole group was together, which was almost always.

Halfway through October, Professor Dumbledore announced there would be a Halloween dance. Nothing fancy, just casual clothes. It was recommended for girls to wear skirts. Every girl was talking about what they were going to wear. Most had decided to wear short skirts and some sort of top. Lily and Rini had decided what they were going to wear the moment the dance was announced.

Most of the boys decided to wear whatever they grabbed while getting ready, keeping in mind to look nice.

The whole school was a buzz with talk of the dance. It was torture for the girls because they wanted to dress up and impress guys. Finally, Halloween arrived.

After their last class, Lily, Rini, Sara, Jordyn, and Teresa rushed up to their dorm room. James, Sirius, Remus, Damien, and Arthur looked at each other and said with an exasperated sigh at the same time, "Girls!"

While up in their dorm room the girls were in a terrifying frenzy. All the girls had skirts that came to the middle of their thighs except Teresa, who had a skirt that went to the floor and looked good on her. Teresa also had a short sleeved halter-top that showed her navel and a little bit of her stomach. She left her ebony hair flowing freely down her back. Sara and Jordyn had T-shirts to wear with their skirts. Sara put her brown hair in her usual ponytail and Jordyn put half her brown hair up at the crown of her head. Lily and Rini had matching outfits. They had off the shoulder, long sleeved halter-tops that showed half of their stomachs. Both the outfits were made of satin but Lily's was lavender and Rini's was baby blue. They put their hair up in buns with the ends sticking out. They had matching heeled shoes for their outfits as well.

The girls walked down the stairs. They saw James, Sirius, Remus, Damien, and Arthur staring wide eyed at them. The boys were in their "hip" clothing: pants and a T-shirt or button up shirt un-tucked. The girls had to admit they looked pretty nice. Looking around the Common Room, the girls saw that most of the guys were wearing similar things as the first year boys; all the girls were wearing variations of what they were wearing.

Lily went and linked her arm through Remus's. Rini linked arms with Damien, Teresa with Arthur, Sara with James, and Jordyn with Sirius. Since Sara and Jordyn were identical, James and Sirius couldn't argue over who had the prettier date. Lily and Rini had told the girls this and they though it was quite funny.

They left the Common Room and Headed to the Great Hall. There were a few students already there. The tables were all different sizes. The ten found a large round table to sit at. As the room became full of students, the professors entered. When everyone was seated, Dumbledore spoke. "I hope you all have a great evening. Now, let's order dinner." Instantly, there were menus on the tables in front of every student.

Looking at her menu, Lily saw that it was everything that they had ever eaten at dinner. "Baked ham," Lily said. Slices of baked ham appeared on Lily's plate. She could here everyone else ordering their dinner and finished her order.

After dinner, music started to play from the corner of the Hall. Everyone danced. Throughout the whole night, Lily noticed that Sirius and James watched her frequently. They asked Lily to dance and she accepted.

While Lily danced with James, they had a little talk. James started it. "Lily?"

"Yes, James?"

"Are you going out with Remus?"

"No. Not exactly."

"Then why do you two act like it so much?"

"Well, he and I have a bond. Plus, I wanted to make you and Sirius jealous." James just looked at her with his mouth open. "What? You two were fighting over me like a piece of meat. And to quote Remus, I didn't have a bloomin' clue that either of you two liked me."

James continued dancing in silence. He didn't know what to say. "You two may have thought me beautiful, but neither of you told me so. Remus did. Neither of you two said that you cared for me. Remus did. And he trusts me. Well more than I deserve, for that matter."

"Lily, you are beautiful and I do care for you. I didn't say anything though at first because I didn't want to upset Sirius. Trust me, he thought you were beautiful from the start. Then I thought you and Remus were an item, so I kept my silence."

"James Potter, that is one of the nicest things you've done since school started! Though it is also one of the stupidest."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, if Sirius cares for me like you said, then he would understand if I liked you and not him."

"Now that you say it, it makes perfect sense." James made a sad puppy dog face. "Can you forgive me for being a complete and utter imbecile?"

Lily laughed. "Oh, James! How could I not? You looked so cute just now asking for forgiveness like that!"

James slightly blushed. "Is it possible that you and I might…" he hesitated.

"Might what, James?"

"Might get together?"

Lily smiled, looked James dean in the eye, and said, "Mm…No." She shook her head while saying no.

"Why not?" James was embarrassed that he had even asked, but to be totally turned down was just humiliating.

"Simply because you, Remus, and Sirius all have a 'thing' for me, as you would call it. Plus, Remus and I are still making Sirius jealous. I got you to say how you feel. Now he has to. Also, if you care for me as much you guys always say you do, then you can show me how much you care by waiting for me to come to you. I do care for you, James. I also care for Remus and Sirius. I will always care. We're only eleven, for Merlin's sake! We still have well over six years of school left! If you care for me as much as I think you do, you will wait for me. Believe me. I do care for you, no matter what anyone else says. Do you understand, James?"

James looked deeply into her emerald eyes. He closed his eyes and nodded. "I understand. And I would wait an eternity for you to come to me if need be."

"Thank you James."

The song ended shortly after their conversation did. James kissed her hand and then her cheek. "Shall I take you back to your date now, Lady Angel?"

Lily smiled and said, "Yes, if you please." She was glad he was okay with her decision.

Upon reaching Remus, James said, "Your Lady Angel, Remus. Quite extraordinary with words she is. And with her ways."

Remus looked at James. "Thanks, James."

James looked at Lily. She nodded. Then James said, "Remus, a word please."

Remus looked at Lily, who nodded again and made a motion with her hands telling him to go. "Alright," he said uncertainly.

As soon as Remus and James had left, Sirius came over to Lily and asked, "Where are they going?"

Lily looked at him and said, "Oh, just to have a little chat."

"Well, while they chat, shall we dance?"

"Sure. Why not?"

So they danced. After they had danced for about ten minutes, Remus came over and cut in. James and Sirius danced with the twins. Soon, they saw Rini dancing with Damien and Teresa with Arthur. They all were having fun.

During a slow song, Remus asked Lily, "Do you think it was wise to tell James about our little plan?"

Lily just looked at him. "Of course! The only reason I did this to begin with was to make James and Sirius jealous and to get them to tell me how they really feel."

"Then we might be playing boyfriend and girlfriend for eternity. Sirius isn't one tell speak about his feelings to the one he has them for. Unless of course he's mad as hell at you, but that's another story."

Lily looked at James. He didn't look as if he was enjoying himself. When James looked up, he saw Lily looking at him and smiled. She smiled back and thought to herself, 'He will wait for me. Don't worry James. You shan't have to wait for long.'

Many other boys asked Lily to dance that night. She said yes to all with the exception of the Slytherins. When Severus and Lucius asked her to dance, she didn't even give them the dignity of an answer. She simply gave a sharp "Hm!" and walked away.

After the dance, everyone dragged themselves to their dorm rooms. To be polite, James and Sirius kissed their dates hands and said good night. Damien kissed Rini on the cheek, as did Arthur to Teresa. Remus hugged Lily and kissed her cheek good night. Rini hugged James, Remus, and Sirius and Lily hugged Sirius and James. James also kissed Lily on the cheek again. Everyone parted and went to their dorm rooms.

Up in the first year girl's dorm, Lily had a huge grin on her face. Rini noticed and asked, "What are you so happy about?"

"James truly likes me," Lily replied dreamily.

"How do you know?" Teresa asked.

Lily proceeded to tell Teresa, Sara, and Jordyn all about what Remus and her had been up to the past 2 months. Then she told them about what had passed between James and her at the dance. She ended dreamily saying, "And he said he'd wait an eternity for me."

"Awe!" said all four girls at once.

"I know," Lily said.

Over in the first year boy's dorm, James was trying to persuade Sirius to tell Lily how he truly felt about her.

"Come on, Sirius! If you tell her you like her, everything will be a whole lot better!"

"I don't know, James. What if everything changes for the worst between Lily and me?"

"It won't! Trust me, Sirius!"

"And how do I know that you aren't just saying that to make it impossible for Lily and me to ever go out?"

"Because I told Lily what I truly felt about her and I got to kiss her."

Arthur and Damien gave cheers of "All right, James!" and "Yeah, man!"

Remus felt differently, though. "What? Y-you kissed Lily?"

"Yeah," James replied, feeling as if he had just betrayed Remus.

Sirius timidly asked, "Where?"

"Only on the cheek, but I got to kiss her twice," James said as he fell onto his bed.

"Did she kiss you back?" Remus asked.

"Nah, but getting to kiss her is enough for me right now." James reply was followed by a yawn.

"Well, she's kissed me," Remus said triumphantly.

James looked at Remus. "You know what, Remus. You and Lily started this. Ever think Sirius and I weren't the only ones it was meant for?"

Sirius had been listening to this and now he was confused. "What are you two talking about?"

"You'll find out soon enough, Sirius. Lily will tell you. Now if you guys will excuse me, I'm going to bed." James pulled the covers over him and fell asleep in minutes.

Seeing that the discussion was over, Damien and Arthur went to bed. Remus and Sirius followed suit and few quiet minutes later.