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Chapter 5

Dresses, girls and realisations

James awoke to the sound of the shower and decided to get up. He didn't need glasses and he was glad. He had a shower and got out his clothes. He decided to wear something he hadn't seen Lily in before so he laid it on the bad and said the spell.

He saw Sirius come out of the bathroom, fully dressed. He looked pretty good but James just didn't find him attractive. Perhaps it was the fact that he knew it was Sirius in Abby's body.

"You didn't look did you?" James asked.

"No! Damn, you look hot today!" Sirius said grinning. James shrugged and left without even a glance in the mirror.

James walked downstairs and saw Abby and Lily on the couch.

"What are you wearing?" Lily asked. It was a Friday so they weren't wearing uniforms.

"Clothes." James replied casually.

"No look at the clothes. What were you thinking?"

"I don't know. I hadn't seen you in them before so I thought why not. I haven't even looked in the mirror. Sirius said it looked alright so I just figured it was okay."

"Of course Sirius said it was alright!" Lily sighed. "Look at how much skin you're showing." He looked down and saw the skirt he was wearing was quite short and you could see alot of leg. He shrugged.

"I can't really tell being in the body." Lily rolled her eyes.

"You look great Lily." Abby assured her.

"Oh Merlin." Lily said as Sirius came down the stairs. He was dressed in less than James.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" Abby stood up.

"Nothing." Sirius grinned.

"NOTHING! No your confused…nothing is what you are wearing."

"Chill Abby. I have to go through the pain of…that thing you get, so I figure I might as well do it and look good."

"Fine." She glared at him.

"Let's get breakfast." Lily said linking arms with James and skipping off.

"Do I always look like that when I skip?" James asked as they neared the door and stopped skipping.

"Yes." Sirius said from behind.

"Lily maybe you shouldn't let James skip in that skirt. Sirius was having a good time looking at it for sure."

"What?" James asked. "Don't look at Lily like that your perve."

"I'm looking at you actually and it's not a bad sight."

"Merlin!" James said shuddering. "That's disgusting, I'm a guy."

"You don't look it. Lily you should dress like that more often." Sirius said still eyeing James happily.

"Sirius!" Abby smacked him lightly. "People are going to think I'm a lesbian."

"Well, I'm beginning to wonder that myself."

"What? I'm not the one who kissed another girl." Lily glared at her and Sirius grinned.

"I was meaning to talk to you about that Lily. Do you think we could make that a regular show when you change back?"

"You're disgusting." She gagged.

"Well, at least dress like James is now. You look gorgeous."

"No thanks." She pushed open the doors and she knew immediately she shouldn't have let the boys out dressed like that. Most of the males were looking their way but no one dared say any thing for fear of the wrath of James Potter.

"What the hell are you wearing?" Remus asked as they sat down.

"Don't we look good?" Sirius asked.

"No, you look fine." Remus said still looking at them. "Just different than usual. You should dress that way more often."

"Told you." Sirius said.

"All the guys are looking at you, idiots." Lily said.

"Hey Lily." They turned around to see a dark haired male from Ravenclaw.

"Hi." James said politely.

"So…it's a Hogsmeade trip today and I was wondering if you were busy." James narrowed his eyes. He didn't like this guy.

"Yes, sorry I am." He tried to be polite for Lily's sake. After all she had kissed a girl for him.

"Maybe I'll see you there anyway." The guy winked and walked away.

"Did you see that? How cheesy." James said. He was feeling a little more angry than he should have been.

"I think he was nice." Lily said.

"What!" James said loudly. Sirius and Abby watched smiling. Remus looked as if he just caught on to something and Peter looked confused and ran off saying he had to meet a girl-which they all knew was a LIE.

"I know what's going on here." Remus said. "You switched bodies didn't you?"

"How'd you know Moony?" Sirius said suspiciously. "Did you do it to us?"

"No." Remus said clearly as though he knew who HAD done it. "I just put together the clues. You four collapsing. The way you're dressed. The way you're acting. You keep saying the wrong names you know."

"Damn." James said.

"What?" Abby asked.

"I need to talk to Lily about Operation burgundy fox." They walked out.

"Remus is too smart." Lily complained.

"I know. I really hope this works."

"Three days to try it, I suppose. We need to leave the two alone for a while. Let's ditch them in Hogsmeade."

"Ok. I hope you told Sarah you couldn't go."

"Told her this morning." Lily said proudly.

"Good on you. So…did you really think that guy was nice?" James asked casually.

"Yeah." James felt a little twinge of something.

"Let's go."

SCENE CHANGE

"I'll get the Butterbeers." James said.

"I'll help you, Jamsie." Lily said.

It was midday and Remus and Peter were in Zonkos. This left Abby and Sirius sitting at the table. After twenty minutes they figured something was wrong.

"They're not coming back are they?" Abby asked.

"I don't think so."

"What do you think they're doing?"

"Maybe they're snogging."

"I don't think so. Did you hear James this morning though? I swear he sounded a little jealous when Lily said she thought that guy was nice."

"I heard it too."

"Let's get out of here."

"Yeah. How about Honeydukes?"

"Sure."

SCENE CHANGE

Although they had a nice time together Lily and James couldn't see Abby and Sirius any closer to getting together. It had been 5 days since then and they had one day for their plan to work. To make things worse Dumbledore had announced a ball and they had set a deadline that they had to get them together by then. The ball was ages away but he had announced it for some reason or another. It was a week before the Summer holidays and that was a while from now.

"Sparrow we have one day for our operation to work."

"I realise that turkey." Lily flinched, as she did every time that code name was said.

"What are we going to do?"

"I don't know. I don't think this will work."

"We are going to have to do phase four aren't we?"

"I think we will."

"Damn."

"I know." James agreed.

"We'll have to wait a while to start. I say about a month before the ball. That gives us time, but not too much."

"A month before, that's good thinking. Are we going to take them to the ball?"

"I don't know. We'll have to think about that when the time comes."

SCENE CHANGE

Sure enough the plan hadn't worked. It was about two minutes to change over and it was the same as always.

McGonagall was in the middle of a lecture about transfiguration in the 1800s when the four passed out again.

"What is it this time?" She shrieked.

"I think a Slytherin spiked their drink this morning miss." Remus said. He was glad they were finally changing back. He was a little wierded out having the girls in his dorm.

"Whaa?" Lily yawned as she woke.

"Did a Slytherin put something in your drink this morning Miss Evans?" McGonagall asked.

"Yes, I think so. Remus told us not to drink but we didn't listen." She smiled as the others woke.

"Why is it you are always first awake?"

"I don't know."

"Off to the hospital wing with you four."

"I'm glad to be back." Sirius said as they left.

"Me too. I couldn't stand being Sirius any longer. All those girls just hanging off you, it's disgusting."

"You're just jealous." Sirius said.

"Why would I be?" She asked defiantly.

"Because you haven't got guys hanging off you."

"Well…I'm glad to be Lily again." Lily said interrupting a potential fight. "Now I can dress properly."

"I don't know, Lils, from where I'm standing you look pretty good." Sirius said grinning.

"Don't look at her like that." James and Abby said angrily.

"Why not? She looks mighty fine don't you agree James?" James who had been glaring at Sirius looked at Lily. She does look good. He told himself. WAIT! She my best friend! Don't think like that!

"Yeah, I suppose." He said trying to sound casual. Sirius eyed him as of to see if he was lying. He broke into a smile and started walking away.

"Let's go." Abby said.

"I need a girlfriend." James muttered.

SCENE CHANGE

It was a week until they were putting phase four into action. They were quietly discussing it at the preferred time of midnight.

"Right Sparrow. We have one week until we have operation Jealousy."

"Right."

"For the plan to work we must do the 'flirting' in front of the subject. You take Abby I'll take Sirius."

"Aw and here I was hoping I could have Sirius." James said sarcastically.

"Ha ha. I never knew you swung that way."

"You were the one who kissed a girl."

"Stop bringing that up." She hit him playfully and lay down on the couch her head in his lap.

"It's not me! Sirius is the one who keeps trying to get you to do it again!" He started playing with her hair.

"Damn pervert he is. Right so for this what do we need to do?" She yawned.

"Well…I say unnecessary touching. Brushing hands. Toughing arms etc."

"Right. I can do that."

"Kissing in the cheek and hugging for just that little bit extra to suggest it's a little too friendly."

"Got it."

"Suggestive talking."

"Yip."

"Oh, I'm going to have to break up with my girlfriend right before. Remind me."

"Mhmm." Lily slightly nodded while James twirled some of her hair in his fingers.

"Any thing else we need to discuss."

Silence.

"Lily?"

More silence.

"Lily?"

Even more silence. He looked down.

"Oh, you're asleep. I guess I'll just go to sleep too." He smiled. She looks so peaceful and beautiful when she sleeps. NO, not beautiful. This is my friend Lily is my FRIEND.. "Night Lily." He said as he kissed her forehead.

What's happening to me?

SCENE CHANGE

"Aww…isn't that cute." Remus said smiling at the two.

"Let's take a picture for next time Lily goes away." Sirius said. It was morning and Sirius and Remus were first awake.

"Don't remind me. That was scary."

"I'll say." He pulled out his camera and took a picture. "Can you believe even after that he still didn't admit it?"

"It's amazing how blind some people can be to their feelings." Remus sighed.

"I wish they'd hurry up and realise." Sirius whined.

"Me too, Padfoot, me too."

"Who do you reckon will figure it out first?"

"James. They say girls are more in touch with their feelings but Lily is stubborn and I bet she tries to fight it."

"How so Moony?"

"Get a boyfriend maybe."

"That would be great. Then Prongs would get jealous and see for himself."

"Yeah, but we can't force her to get one."

"Let's make him jealous anyway."

"How Padfoot?"

"Well…I think we should just get some one to flirt with her."

"Like who? We can't exactly go up to a stranger and say 'hey you know Lily Evans, yeah the one who is friends with James Potter, yes the same James Potter who will kill you if you hurt Lily or even go near her, that Lily Evans, you should flirt with her to make James Potter, yes the same James Potter mentioned before, jealous. People would run like a lightning bolt if they figured James liked Lily. He would skin them alive."

"I know. I was thinking YOU could do it."

"No way. I've got a girlfriend."

"Oh yeah, Melanie."

"Yeah Melanie. YOU should do it. It would make Abby jealous."

"Like I care." Remus snorted.

"Sure you don't."

! SCENE CHANGE!

It was the day before they were starting phase four and James was alone in the common room. Every one was outside, enjoying the hot weather, in the library studying or sleeping until late enjoying the fact it was Sunday. All his friends were in the library, except Sirius and Lily who were both sleeping. He was reading a book when Lily walked down the stairs. He could tell she wasn't in a good mood.

"What's wrong?" James asked as Lily flung herself onto the couch in the Gryffindor common room.

"Mum got a horrible dress for the ball for me and she expects me to wear it." Lily sighed.

"Your Mum has got great taste."

"She does not! Why does it have to be a muggle theme ball?" She wailed. "I shouldn't have told Mum, she immediately assumed it meant 'Mum can you buy me a dress'."

"It can't be that bad."

"It is. It looks terrible. I haven't tried it on yet and I fear it'll look even worse."

"Lily, I bet your overreacting."

"I'm not! I bet she's punishing me for getting suspended and then leaving. She is such a devious little shrew." James rolled his eyes.

"I'm sure she's not. I bet it's a nice dress. You haven't even tried it on, what if it's one of those dresses that look bad until you wear them?"

"It's not."

"You won't know until you try."

"The dress is AWFUL!"

"Show me the dress then. Try it on and come down here."

"No, you'll laugh." She said stubbornly.

"I will not."

"You will. It's ugly and you'll laugh at me."

"I promise I won't." He crossed his heart.

"Fine." Lily sighed. "You swear Jamsie?"

"I swear over all the turtles in the land." He held his hand over his heart.

"Fine." She dragged her feet up to her dorm.

Minutes later she walked downstairs in the dress. James looked up and his jaw dropped. She looked…gorgeous. The dress extenuated every curve she had. Curves James just noticed she had. Why hadn't he seen it before? His eyes travelled over her body as he took in the sight. He had never seen Lily this way before. They had gone to balls before, so he should have. He didn't understand. His eyes stopped at her chest. James closed his eyes quickly. Damn, Lily's got breasts. James thought. When did she get those? When did she get so…beautiful? What happened to her stick figure body? When did she get curves? Oh Merlin! When did Lily…develop? It just hit me she's not five anymore. She not even eleven. She not that figureless friend of mine anymore. She…a female. A teenage female. And a damn fine one at that. AHH! I'm going crazy. Lily can't be beautiful! She can't! She's my friend I can't think like that. He opened his eyes again then snapped them shut. AHH! She's still there. Curves, breasts and all. Uh oh. It looks like something else has realised that too. I have to get out of here. She can't see me…aroused. YUCK!

"James, are you ok?" James shot his eyes open and shifted uncomfortably.

"I…uh…I-I-I need to….use the bathroom…I'll be right back." He ran to his dorm quickly. In his panic he ran into Sirius.

"Sirius! Sirius! You have to help me."

"What? What wrong? You sound frantic."

"Lily's a girl." He said as though that was the end of the earth.

"And?"

"She's a girl. A girl. I never realised. She's a…girl."

"What do you mean she's a girl? She always has been." He said puzzled.

"No. No. You don't get it. Lily. Is. A. Girl." He said slowly while shaking his friend.

"Yes. She always was a girl. You mean you never realised?" He laughed at the idea then stopped at James' face. "YOU NEVER REALISED! WHAT ARE YOU BLIND!"

"No! I just treated her as though she was I guy but now I see…she's a girl." Sirius looked confused.

"A girl you say? Hmm."

"What are we going to do?"

"Just treat her like you normally do."

"I.Can't." He said through gritted teeth. He doesn't know. He can't see. He doesn't get it.

"Oh." Sirius said realisation finally catching on. He smirked. "You're attracted to her."

"Yes." He said exasperatedly. "What do I do?"

"I don't know. I've never had that problem before. I've always known she was a girl."

"Why am only I attracted to her?"

"You're not." Sirius said simply.

"What?" James asked confused.

"Loads of blokes like Lily. Most of the school in fact."

"They do? How come I never saw she was so…good looking?" He blushed.

"I don't know. I guess you were so used to being her friend you were blinded." I'm awfully wise, he thought to himself.

"Hmm. Well, I guess I'll just ignore it. You were right with your first suggestion, I'll treat her like I normally do. It'll go away. I don't like her. I'm just attracted to her. We're friends. Right." He said sternly, more to himself hen to Sirius.

"Ok, now go down there and act like you usually do. You might want to use the bathroom first."

James looked down. "Right." He ran into the bathroom.

"It's finally begun." Sirius said grinning. "FINALLY! IT'S BEGINNING! Soon they'll realise." He smirked to himself. "Soon."

He laughed at his friend's stupidity.

"Stupid Prongs."