Never Meant To Hurt You

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A/N: I know it been a while since I updated. I was with another part of my family for the holidays. I saw about a million people I didn't even know existed. Anyway, I'm back. Here is Chapter Eight. I know most of the readers want to see what happens to Lily and Remus, but you will find out soon enough. Lily comes in the next chapter!

Never Meant To Hurt You

Chapter Eight

Remus walked down through the halls. He was close to the Great Hall; close enough to hear it was more of a zoo than a ball, party or dance. He froze when he got to the steps leading to the Great Hall. He starred at the door for what seemed to be an eternity and waited. He wasn't sure what he was starring at or what he was waiting for, but he knew he was meant to just stay there for a moment.

While he waited for whatever had to happen his thoughts for Lily had taken over him again. It could go either way. She could confess that she loves him too and they live happily ever after, or, she could tell him they're just friends, always have been, always will be. Remus was starring at the door, though he didn't realize it until he felt a pain in his back. When he looked back to see what kind of weight was on him, he found Sirius. Sirius jumped off. "What's up?" he asked, smiling so broadly no one would be able to tell he even had cheeks. "Nothing. What are you guys doing?" Remus said, turning to James and Peter who turned up seconds after Sirius.

"We happen to be here to see me dance with the most beautiful girl in the world," James said, putting an elbow on Peter's shoulder and spraying breath mint in his mouth. He smiled when he did, but the smile disappeared when he started chocking on the flavor. Peter, Remus and Sirius were starring at James, thinking he was crazy. He just, out of nowhere, grabbed his throat and started coughing. James finally stopped coughing and put his elbow on Peter's shoulder and smiled at the three of them as if nothing happened.

"Anyway, I don't know what young Mr. Prongs over here is talking about, but I happen to have a date with Violet, who happens to hate violets," Sirius said, straightening his bowtie. "Oh, my," Sirius said, taking a step back from Remus. "What is this?" he said pointing to Remus' robes. Remus looked at where Sirius was pointing to and realized he was talking about his robes. "Oh, my robes. I thought they looked nice on me and showed my Gryffindor spirit." Remus said proudly.

"Well, you realize James and I love Gryffindor House as much as you do, but you don't see us flying around in red or gold robes, do you?" Sirius asked him. James laughed. "Don't worry Moony, I think you look hot in those robes and I'm sure any man would love to have you as his date," James smiled and started blinking fast so that his eyelashes would do the same thing little girls do to boys when they think they are in love.

"Shut up," Remus said. "I don't see you picking on Peter, and he is wearing pink!" he said, defending himself. Sirius and James laughed. "Don't worry, we got him good in the hallway out side of the Gryffindor Common Room. Wonder why he hasn't said a word?" James asked. Peter opened his mouth and Remus saw pink, well red really, just red. Remus realized Peter had no teeth.

Remus tried hard not to laugh, but it was hard and all three of them knew he was laughing. "Sorry," Remus said, still laughing and putting his hand up. Peter smiled, but he kept his mouth shut. "iszth oakay," Peter said.

"What?" Remus asked.

"Oh, he said it was ok," James said simply.

Remus looked strangely at the three of them.

"You catch on after a while," Sirius said, walking to the door and patting Remus on the back.

"Well, what do you say we find my date?" James asked Remus, putting his arm on his shoulder. James was smiling more broadly than ever. It was strange for Remus to see James so happy. Yes, James was always happy, but today it seemed as though James had become a different happy; the kind of happy you get when you know something special will happen.

James seemed to know this, but he made no move to change his smile into any other expression. Remus ended up getting tired at staring at James as they walked into the Great Hall; people would thing he had a staring problem anyway. Remus moved his eyes off of James and moved them to the wonderful sight of the Great Hall. There were small tables against the walls for people to sit, and the center of the room was filled by people dancing with each other and the walls were decorated by the colors of all the houses. Each banner for each house was place around the room; one banner for one wall in the room. The main table, where the professors sit, wasn't currently there, instead the place was taken by a small band. By the look at the band, Remus could tell it was probably a Jazz band. All of the band members were dressed in purple robes and odd shaped brown hats.

"You know what band this is?" James asked Remus, as they took a seat at the table that had more light hitting it than any other. "You and the other prefects planned it, right?" he asked. Remus nodded. "Yep, we all planned it, but Lily was the one in charge of the music,"

"Say, Lily's head girl and she was aloud to do that stuff why wasn't I? As a matter of fact why am I not aloud still?" James asked, taking his arms and crossing them across his chest. Remus chuckled, "Well, remember the whole 'Slytherins should serve the other houses at the dance' remark you made when we first started planning this?" James nodded. "Ye, well a few prefects and a Head Girl thought that was a bit inappropriate,"
Remus said, looking at James for the first three words and then moving his eyes to the ground. "Uh-huh," James said, narrowing his eyes at Remus.

"Hey guys!" Sirius exclaimed from behind them. "This band is so cool! They gave me a saxodrone!" James shook his head. "You don't play saxodrones," he said to Sirius. Remus moved his eyes from James to Sirius and then back again. "Are you two sure you don't mean saxophone?" Remus asked them.

"No, sax-o-drone," Sirius said in syllables making Remus feel extremely ill. 'Probably what they call saxophones in the wizarding world.' Remus said to himself. Remus never read about wizard music, and the only time he heard it was at wizard restaurants and dances, like this one, though he never heard Jazz.

Remus sat down at his seat on the table and ate some chips that were in bowls on the table. He has stopped debating with himself if a saxophone was a saxodrone. When he was stuffing some more chips in his mouth, since he was starving because he had forgotten to eat, he saw her. In her beautiful dress, though it would have been a mistake to say her robes were more beautiful then her…

A/N2: Please Review and tell me what you think. I don't mind anything negative just don't go over board, please!