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Lily spent a good fifteen minutes flying around the goal hoops, batting the bludger through them, as instructed. She missed a few, but still thought she had done quite well (pretty damn well, actualy) when finaly she came down to hear the result of the try out.

- 'So. Am I good, or am I ?' she asked James as she landed on the huge puddle that was now the quidditch pitch.

- 'Ummm. I don't know, you did quite well…('pretty damn well' Lily corrected')…uh pretty damn well, ok. But that guy in our year, Julius Forbes, he was good too.'

Lily, still holding the bat in one hand, bent down to grab a handful of mud from the pitch, threw it up verticlaly and batted it hard as it came down again. The ball went hurtling towards Julius and caught him round the head, knocking him down with a thud.

- 'Welcome to the Griffindor quidditch team, Evans' grinned James.

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Weeks of Lily's life flew by : lessons, quidditch, being pranked by the Marauders yet again, taking sweet revenge using mainly spoons, lessons, quidditch, more lessons, rollersteaming Hufflepuff on the first quidditch match of the season… until Dumbledore made an anouncement on a cloudy Monday night after dinner.

- 'Did you ever notice the way Dumbledore's ears twitch when he smiles ?' said Lily after the speech, oblivious to the loud mumur that had suddenly arisen all around the Great Hall.

- 'Lily' sighed an exasperated Nat 'have you listened to a word he said ?'

- 'There's going to be a ball on Hallowe'en' Added Julius.

- 'A BALL ?' Lily exclaimed (a little late) causing a few people to jump. 'Uh sorry… a ball ?' she said, lower this time, though it was useless now, as all the people surrounding her had turned deaf from the first ear piercing shriek.

- 'Yes' answered Nat 'and he's inviting Durmstrang, Beauxbatons and Sol Tostador too.'

- 'HE'S INVITING UmmmfffF Umf UMMMMF ?' umfed Lily as a good ten hands slapped onto her mouth silmultaneously.

- 'Evans… shut up ?'(329)

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- 'Oh gawd !' grumbled Lily as Nat, Julius and herself headed back towards the north Tower 'A ball ! What a mouldy fish excuse to matchmake !'

- 'I think Dumbledore is trying to pull all the schools together, what with Voldemort gaining more power and followers everyday' Julius pointed out.

- 'Oh yes… that too. But we could also afford more of the ole love, don't you agree now, miss Evans ?' said a voice behind them, and they gaped as the headmaster went by, his twinkling eyes streched with a smile.

- 'Ugh ! He's nutty-er than a nutty nut.' Julius said, frowning slightly.

- 'He's our headmaster !' Nat objected.

- 'So ?' Julius said 'He is also wearing pink earmuffs. What's your point ?'

Nat was about to reply when two people rushed past them, causing Lily to twirl like a swivel as they went by.

- 'Who the freezing Hell was … ?' Lily said once she had regained her equilibrium.

- 'Sirius and James, who else ?' grinned Remus leveling up with them, closely followed by Peter.

- 'Why would that be ?' frowned Lily causing everyone to roll their eyes like yahtzee dice.

- 'Oh come on Lily, you know how popular they are. The news of a ball coming up is like an execution order to them. The girls will go completly berserk as to wich one will get either Black or Potter.'

- 'Correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't see any raging female running after said Black and Potter ye-'

Lily was cut short by a tidal wave of shrieking girls stampeeding right to were James and Sirius had disapeared.

- 'Only because they run fast' said a very windswept looking Remus before he was brutaly cast aside by a speeding latecomer blond girl.

- 'I'm suprised you're not followed by a raging double X chromosome mob yourself.' Said Nat matter of factly, helping Remus up.

- 'Oh but I told the girls I was going with you…. Am I ? he added trying but failing not to sound too hopefull.

- 'You are.' Agreed Nat.

- 'And you're going with me ?' Peter asked Lily, suddenly proving to be able of speech, ladies and gentlemen !

- 'Oh buh… uh … I'm already going with Mudd Head ('That's me' grinned Julius waving a hand) … sorry, uh, Peter ?'

- 'Am I actually going with you ?' muttered Julius discreetly to Lily's attention as they all walked together back to the Common Room.

- 'You are.'

- 'Does that mean I'll be allowed to drool in your mouth hand touch your boobies at one point in time ?' he asked eagerly.

- 'Nnnnope.'

- 'Damn.'

They hopped through the portrait hole, while somewhere in the North Wing, James and Sirius, well hidden in a smelly boys' bathroom, slowly recovered from the marathon, not knowing that a large group of girls were waiting outside for a second round as soon a they got out.

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