Chapter 2.

A/N: hope you like this chapter!

"Excuse me, everyone, may I have your attention please" asked Professor McGonagall They had just finished the sorting and the new first years were eager to get back to their dorms. Emma and Ellie had both been sorted into Gryffindor.

"We are going to have a Halloween ball and it is a formal occasion not fancy dress and I expect your behavior to be exceptional"

"Hey Minny, will you go with me to the dance?" yelled Sirius.

"And that brings me to my next point, which is; anyone behaving in an unsatisfactory manner, will be escorted from the dance back to their dorms and will receive and immediate detention!"

"Is that a yes?" Sirius shouted; a few Gryffindors sniggered at this remark.

Later that day, Emma, Alice and Lily were doing their homework.

"What is needed to make a hair-growth potion?" Lily asked.

"Who cares?" Emma said, "I'm more worried about the dance."

"Have you seen anyone you like Lily?" Alice asked.

"I don't know, there's a fifth year in Hufflepuff, called Amos, I'm not sure of his last name though."

"Amos Diggory, he's gorgeous!" Alice squealed.

"What about James, he really likes you, Sirius told me." said Emma

"He's ok, I guess. He just seems a bit you know; up him-self." Lily replied

"No way! Although most of the girls in our year like him." Alice said

"What about you Alice, who do you like?" Lily asked

"I like James, I wish he would ask me to the dance, though I doubt he will. Frank Longbottom is ok. Emma, you've been rather quiet, who do you want?"

" I'm not sure, Sirius is ok, though that would be weird cos' we're already really close."

Lily was walking towards the Great Hall with Ellie and Remus and saw Amos Diggory with some of his friends.

"I'll catch up with you guys later." Lily said and then walked off towards Amos.

"Hi Amos" Lily said timidly

"Hi; who are you?"

"I'm Lily Evans. Um, I was wondering if, um you wangoballwivme."

"Excuse me?"

"I was wondering if you wanted to go to the ball with me?" she said, he looked her up and down and then said, "No, sorry, I'm not going."

Lily's face fell.

"That's ok." Lily's voice wobbled.

"I'm really sorry"

In the Great Hall at dinner, requests were flying for people to go to the ball.

"Lily, do you have a map?" James asked

"No. Why?"

"Cos' I keep getting lost in your eyes…"

"Oh, James your so sweet!" She said sarcastically

"Really? You wanna go to the dance with me?"

"NO!" She said bluntly

"Good work Prongs!" said Sirius as James got up and left the Hall.

"Hey Emma, you want to go to the dance with me?" Sirius asked politely

"Sure" she replied and she kissed him on the cheek.

Sirius blushed, as did Emma.

Amos Diggory was a handsome young man, he had blonde hair and deep blue eyes that were entrancing and he was very confident. He could basically get any girl he wanted, but at that moment, there was only one girl he wanted; Ellie Andrews, he'd had a crush on her since the first day of school when he saw her being sorted into Gryffindor. He wanted to ask her to the Halloween Ball, and now was his chance, Ellie was talking to her friend Emma, they were sitting on a bench.

"Ellie, can I talk to you for a minute?" he asked Ellie

"Yeah sure."

Ellie got up and walked off with Amos, leaving Emma alone on the bench.

"Ellie, I was wondering if you would like to go with me to the ball"

"Yeah, ok. Sure."

"Ok. Great. See ya around."

And with that, Ellie turned around and went back to Emma.

"What was that all about?" Emma asked

"Oh, Amos; just asked me to go with him to the ball!' Ellie replied excitedly

"Are you serious? You can't"

"Why not?"

"Because Lily has a major crush on him, and she asked him and he said no, cos' he wasn't going. So you might wanna check with her to see if she's ok with it."

James was upset; the one girl he wanted didn't want him. And the other girls who wanted him, he didn't want. There was one more girl who was sort of acceptable, Emma Greene, she sort of resembled Lily, and she was a nice girl.

"Emma, do you want to go to the Halloween Ball with me?" He asked.

"Oh, I'm really sorry James but I'm already going with Sirius." She replied

"That's alright, its just bad timing."

No, it's not bloody bad timing, no girl will ever like me. The next girl better not say no, three strikes and your out! Maybe that Alice girl, not sure. She's not one of 'my girls' though. I'll be lucky if she's not already going with Frank.

Lily was sitting on her bed reading a book, when Ellie walked in and sat down on Lily's bed.

"Lil, I was just going to tell you that Amos Diggory asked me to the ball and I was wondering if it was ok with you. Because Emma told me you have a crush on him."

"It's fine with me, it's just a dumb ball."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, don't worry about it."

Frank POV

Frank Longbottom was clueless when it came to girls, he didn't think he would stand a chance with Alice Pruitt or any girl for that matter, but he didn't want to be the only boy without a date for the Halloween ball. So he decided to ask his Potions partner Lily Evans.

"Lily, I don't have a date for the ball, will you go with me? As friends?"

"Yeah, sure Frank." She said

James POV

James had decided to ask Alice Pruitt, for she was one of the only single Gryffindors left, and they got along pretty well.

"Hey Alice, how are you?"

"I'm good, what's up?"

"Well I was wondering if you wanted to go to the ball with me?"

"Oh, yeah sure, I'd love to, wow, I didn't think anyone would ask me on such late notice, I mean the dance is on Saturday."

"Yeah funny how things like that happen, isn't it?" James said glumly.

Sadly for Remus and Peter Pettigrew they didn't get dates for the ball.

A/N: We promise, things will get better for Remus, because we all like him, and he is the only remaining Marauder who is not a scumbag. We all hate Peter so things aren't going to get better for him!