Hello everybody. Sorry for not updating in such a long time, but as school has started again, there's not much time for anything else. So, please don't be angry with me because I have not forgotten you.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter and the song "You're beautiful" by James Blunt, but I had to use it in this chapter as it is my favourite song at the moment. :-)

So, without further ado, the fifth chapter:

Everywhere around them were couples, all dancing slowly, tightly.

The band was playing one slow song after the other and the next one was "You're beautiful".

It was her favourite song at the moment, wonderful and so sad.

Her arms lay around his neck, her head rested against his strong shoulder. She felt his hands on her hips.

They were swaying gently with the rhythm of the song.

She heard his deep voice whisper into her ear:

"I love you, Lily."

She lifted her head and looked directly into Daniel's blue eyes.

A smile spread on her face, making her remarkably green eyes shine even more than usually.

His blue eyes smiled back at her, but no – they were not blue, but brown!

She had to blink and nearly fainted: not Daniel was there in front of her, but James!

How was that possible?

She felt very dizzy and had to close her eyes for some seconds. When she opened them again, suddenly both boys were standing in front of her with a red rose in their hands.

Now, nobody was smiling at her. The boys were looking very angry indeed.

When they began to speak simultaneously, a thunder storm broke out around the three (all the other couples had vanished): "We love you, Lily! But you can't have us both! You have to make a decision!"

They were shouting at her.

"You have to make a decision! A decision, decision, decision, …"

Then there was only lightning and –

Her alarm clock.

Lily groaned. What a stupid nightmare!

She would really not have to make a decision as she was not interested in a relationship with the two guys, was she?

She groaned again – all these feelings, thoughts and dreams would make her head explode soon.

Then she threw her pillow onto the alarm clock to stop it and got up.

The last three days had been awesome: at first, her birthday and the next two days full of beach parties. The redhead really had started to realize her resolutions: she didn't want to sit in the Mauves' library any longer, but enjoy the rest of her holidays like all the other exchange students and teenagers of her age, like Nadine, who was now Kyle's girlfriend.

Everything was great, right?

But why didn't the two guys – Daniel and James, of course – want to leave her side?

They were always with her: Daniel at the café and James on the beach.

She really had a good time with both of them, but whenever the two guys would meet, they would scowl at each other with grinding teeth as if they were rivals or something.

And to make it all worse, Lily felt a bubbling in her stomach for James and for Daniel and when she was in her bed, she always had to think about them.

The 16-year-old girl tried to ignore it, which wasn't quite easy as the boys were excellent flirters.

Nadine had told her that Daniel's AND James's behaviour was a clear sign that they had a crush on her.

"Everybody knows that. Even Trish and Hal have guessed it when they've seen you three at the party."

Yeah, the party. It had been wonderful and Lily had danced with Daniel throughout the night, but whenever she had looked at James, who had observed her very carefully, she had felt treacherous. The black-haired boy had left the party very early, also leaving a very guilty feeling Lily.

But why had she felt guilty?

Nothing had happened with Daniel or with James. So far…

Ooo

Her day at work was very boring. Writing down orders, preparing the orders and serving drinks. It also didn't help that she had to watch Nadine and Kyle all the time. In fact, they were going on her nerves. Kiss here, kiss there, giggling and nicknames. The redhead felt happy for her friend, but this was too much for her.

She was really glad when their shift was over.

Deep inside, she knew that she was just jealous because Nadine had found her "Mister Right" and she hadn't.

Lily and her blonde friend fetched their bikinis and towels and went down to the beach where Kyle was already waiting for Nadine.

James and the others were also there and so, Lily laid her towel next to James's, as far away from Nadine and Kyle as possible.

"Hey, you ok? You look so sad."

James was looking at her very intently. How could he always sense her feelings so well? Lily didn't understand that. She had always thought that he was much too busy with himself to pay attention to other people and now, he showed her the complete opposite.

"Sure, everything ok." Not very convincing and she knew it, so she added: "Romeo and Juliet over there are just a bit too much for me."

Her hands got slightly wet. James was so near, their shoulders almost touched.

"You two wanna play a bit water ball with us?" Sirius asked Lily and James and Lily nodded as she needed a distraction from all her confusing feelings and thoughts.

Their game was really funny and exactly what Lily needed now. Lily and Remus were playing against Sirius and James and as she always distracted James's attention from the ball with one of her sweet smiles her team won.

After a while, James asked Lily if she wanted to go for a walk and she agreed.

They were walking through the warm sand, talking vividly about their families and many other things.

Suddenly, James stopped the girl and looked directly into her green eyes: "What are you planning to do tonight?"

"Nothing so far." She wondered why James made all this fuss as they would see each other anyway, like every night.

"Would you like to watch this new movie with Nicole Kidman with me?"

Lily was about to laugh when she saw the serious expression on his face. He looked as if somebody had died.

"You mean 'Bewitched'?"

James nodded.

"Sure. Who else will come with us?"

Uh-uh, that had obviously been the wrong question. James looked very nervous now, observing the ground very intrigued.

"Ahem, Lily, I, we, I…" He had to clear his throat and rearrange the glasses on his nose before he could go on.

His ears were slightly pink, which made the girl smile.

"Lily, I thought that this could be a date tonight."

Now, he was looking back into her eyes, searching for reassurance and now it was Lily's turn to become nervous.

Nothing had happened so far and she really had been glad about that, but with this date many things could change.

"You have to make a decision!"

The words from her dream were ringing in her ears. If she agreed and went out with James, what would Daniel do?

She didn't want to make a decision, but she knew that she would have to soon and especially now that James wanted a date with her.

"S-sure. That would be great." But there was no excitement in her voice, only fear.

James – in his great joy for getting a yes – didn't notice anything.

"Ok, I'll pick you up at 7 o'clock."

Then, they walked back to the others in silence. The one too occupied with his joy, the other too enclosed in her fear.

Ooo

"Nadine, I need your help." Lily had muttered when she and James were back from their walk.

Then, the two girls had left the beach at about 5 o'clock and Lily had told Nadine everything about this date, about her feelings for James AND Daniel, about her fear.

"Don't be that afraid, Lils! I think that this date will be wonderful and I hope that you will be sure about your feelings afterwards."

About half an hour of calming words later, Lily was giving a fashion parade for her friend. Nadine didn't seem to be satisfied with one of her dresses.

Then it was too much for Nadine and so, she found something for Lily: a short, khaki skirt, a tight black top with thick straps and black stilettos.

Lily hadn't been quite convinced of this combination, but when she was looking at her reflection in the mirror after having taken a shower, she felt like kissing Nadine.

"You look awesome! If he doesn't faint when he sees you, he's not the right guy for you." Nadine declared enthusiastically.

And Lily had to agree: the clothes fitted her very well.

She wore her hair open because her friend had thought that it looked better like that and she was right again.

When the doorbell ringed at 7 o'clock, Lily didn't feel that nervous any more as her friend had made her feel very good. She was even looking forward to this date.

Hal opened the door with a very serious expression: "Mr Potter, you will bring her back at exactly 12 o'clock and no minute later, do you understand me?"

He was playing the strict dad very well, but his eyes betrayed him and finally, he smiled at the boy.

"Lily, darling, James is here." Trish seemed to be more excited than anybody else.

Nadine came down the stairs, announcing: "Here she comes."

Everybody held their breath when the beautiful redhead came down the stairs. James couldn't take his eyes off of her.

"You look really beautiful, Lily."

This made her blush slightly and then he produced one single red rose from behind his back and she smiled at him with her wonderful green eyes.

"You look very good, too." And that was right. He wore tight washed-out blue jeans and a tight black t-shirt.

Lily had to suppress the desire to hug him.

She gave her rose to Nadine, who took it with a twinkle.

James offered her his arm and then, they were gone – the date had officially started.

Ooo

The movie was really fantastic and they both had to laugh very much.

In the middle of the film, Lily suddenly felt James's hand grabbing for hers in the darkness and she looked over at him. This made him want to retract his hand, but she didn't let go of it.

Then she saw James smiling at her in the darkness and she smiled back.

After the film, they went to a sweet little café near the movie theatre and talked about the movie. They both liked it very much.

On their way back to the Mauves' house, James asked her if they could repeat this date and she agreed gladly. Everything was just wonderful and she felt like flying.

"It was a great evening, James. Thank you." She said when they were standing in front of the door of the Mauves' house.

"Yes, I also enjoyed this evening very much."

Lily expected James to go every second, but he simply stood there, looking down at her.

Suddenly, lightning hit her and she knew why he didn't want to leave: he wanted to kiss her.

A picture of Daniel was flying through her mind and she knew that she couldn't kiss James now, as long as she wasn't sure if he was the right guy for her or not.

She had to act quickly and she did: before James could do anything, she planted a small kiss onto his right cheek and wished him a "Good night."

This was very good move as the black-haired boy didn't seem to be upset at all. He just touched his right cheek with his hand, had a very dreamy expression on his face and also wished her a "Good night."

Then Lily went into the house, where Trish, Hal and Nadine were still waiting for her, eager to get to know the whole story at once.

With a happy smile on her face, she gladly told them everything.

This seems like the happy ending of this story, right? – No, you are so wrong…

To be continued...