A week had passed since Lily and James had agreed to be friends, they laughed and joked together in potions and Lily was even becoming friends with Sirius and Remus, whom she hadn't particularly liked before.
It was the night of the Christmas ball; Lily was going down stairs to the common room, when she got there she found James alone sitting on one of the chairs looking at his watch.
'He looks so gorgeous in his shirt' thought Lily 'especially since he hasn't done up the top few buttons'
"Your date stood you up?" said Lily jokingly
"Nah don't have a date, I'm waiting for Sirius. There was way too many girls for us to pick just one" James joked back and then he looked up and saw Lily, "Wow, you look…sensational."
"Thanks, you don't scrub up too badly yourself"
James couldn't stop staring at Lily, 'she looks amazing, her hair looks stunning down. Wow that dress shows off every amazing curve of her body, it just hangs in all the right places. I love her so much, what I wouldn't give to just take her in my arms right now, I would never let her go again. No I can't, I can't rush her, she'll come back to me when she's ready'
Just then Sirius and Remus came down from the boys dormitory, James managed to tear his eyes away from Lily.
"Well, it's about bloody time, honestly you two take longer to get ready than most girls" said James.
"You can't rush perfection, and tonight I do look pretty damn perfect if I do say so myself" said Sirius.
"You wish, you look like a squid's arse as usual" laughed Lily
"Oi I could be offended by that Evans but you're looking too damn hot for me to be insulted by anything you say. You'll have a line of guys wanting to dance with you tonight and I'll be at the front of the queue." Said Sirius
Remus looked at James as Sirius said this and recognised jealousy in his expression, even though Sirius was only joking.
"So, Lily are you coming down with us?" asked Remus
"Uh I guess so, I said I'd meet Alex outside the Hall" replied Lily
James felt as if he's been punched, he had forgotten about Alex and what he'd said, before he could even open his mouth to tell her, Sirius cut in.
"You be careful around him, if he starts to pressure you, or make you uncomfortable or he just plain pisses you off, come and tell us and we'll sort him out, okay?"
"Okay, but I'm sure I'll be fine" said Lily
The four of them walked down to the Great Hall and it almost broke James' heart to see Alex put his arm around his beloved Lily.
About an hour into the ball, James and Remus were listening to Sirius trying to decide what girl to snog next. Then Lily came up to them.
"Hey Sirius, Alice Mackay over there is just telling Sarah how hot she thinks you are" she said
"Okay that's my cue to leave" said Sirius getting up
"Where's Alex" asked James
"Oh some of his friends smuggled in some beer so they're in the bathroom" said Lily
'I don't believe it the bastard. If Lily was my date I wouldn't leave her side for a minute, but that bastard goes and leaves her for a few cans of cheap booze'
"So why aren't you two sad cases dancing?" asked Lily
"Well since you bring it up, we're so ugly that no girl wants to dance with us" said James grinning
"Ha ha, if you turn round James, you'll see at least 30 girls who are dying for you to ask them to dance. And Remus you're dancing with me."
Lily grabbed Remus and pulled him onto the dance floor, instead of asking one of the girls behind him to dance James watched Lily and Remus. He was surprised to discover that he was jealous even though he knew that Remus would never go after Lily. He watched her graceful movements.
'I love the way she moves, in fact I love everything about her even her obsessive need to do homework on time and her need to be overly organised for lessons. I love her kisses, I wish I could kiss her right now'
After the song finished Lily and Remus came back over to the table again.
"You didn't dance. Have you gotten up at all since you arrived?" said Lily
"He hasn't but he had turned down about 50 girls" said Remus.
"Why?" asked Lily
James just shrugged
"Well you have to get into the party spirit, come on you're dancing with me, no arguing" said Lily
James wasn't going to argue, he had been hoping she would say that.
Lily grabbed his hand and lead him onto the dance floor, just as a slow song came on. Lily blushed slightly when she realise she would have to slow dance with James, but she only hesitated for a second then she put her arms around his neck, he slipped his arms around her slim waist and pulled her close. Lily rested her head on his shoulder and they started to dance. Both of them felt so comfortable and contented in each others arms that they were surprised when the song ended.
As they made their way back over to Remus, James murmured into Lily's ear,
"You really do look amazing"
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