A/N: Woah boy. This chapter took as long as the last to put out. For some reason, the later chapter are getting incredibly hard to write. So finally I sat myself down and was like, "You are not getting up until this chapter is finished and updated!" That's what I am going to do for the next one also, just sit myself down, alot sooner than i did this one, and finish it. Anyways I hope you like it and i am so sorry that it took to LONG to update! I hope you can forgive me and maybe even review?

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Lily bit into her liquorish wand and sighed.

"James." She said as calmly as she could. "I'm Head Girl, yes, but I'm also a Head Girl with style."

James shrugged, "Your point?"

"My point," Lily said slowly, almost as if making sure James understood what she was saying, "Is that I should pick the decorations for the ball."

"I pick good decorations." He said defiantly, "Plus, I have style, too."

Lily pointed her liquorish wand at him and waved it aggressively, "Yes, but I have more style."

"Fine." James said, folding his arms across his chest, "I'll pick the food."

"No." Lily said quickly, waving her liquorish above her head, "You do the…" She paused. "Oh, I don't know what you should do."

"Lily," James said, leaning back on the hind legs of his chair, "You're stressed, I know that. But I've made it this far, and I promise you, I won't mess it up."

Lily smiled softly, "I know you won't, and I'm sorry…I just…I want to make this perfect. We're venturing out into the real world soon, and I want to remember this ball as the one thing that everybody had fun at."

"But we can't please everyone," James said soothingly, sitting back forward, "All we can do is try our best."

Lily nodded, "I know. But I want Dumbledore to be proud, you know? We just can't mess this up. We should have started working on it earlier in the year!"

"Lily!" James cried, grabbing her wrist that was waving around the liquorish wand, "You're getting worked up again, just…relax."

It was about one week till the ball, and it was really beginning to show in Lily and James' attitudes. They were having yet another meeting in the Room of Requirement about the ball, they seemed to be having those everyday.

"Relax?" Lily half laughed, half scoffed, "RELAX? James! The ball is in a week. School ends in about two weeks. I've been studying for N.E.W.T.S. like my life depends on it. Oh…who am I kidding? My life does depend on it! The ball isn't near ready, and…I JUST CAN'T RELAX!"

"I can see that." James said, running a hand through his hair. "Are you that worried about the ball?"

"AND N.E.W.T.S.!" Lily wailed. "I haven't been sleeping…I barely eat…I…I'm so nervous I'll mess it up!

James reached across the stacks of paper littered across the small table, and grabbed Lily's hands. "You'll do amazing, I know you will. I mean…you are amazing. There's no way you'll mess it up."

"There is to a way!" Lily cried, pulled her hands away from James' and taking another bite of her candy.

"Lily…" James groaned, sounding highly exasperated.

"I mean," Lily continued, finishing off her liquorish wand and rummaging through her book bag, "I could completely blank on my N.E.W.T.S…" She pulled out a bar of chocolate and began to unwrap it, "And then I could fail…

She took a large bite of the chocolate and chewed it quickly, before shoving it back in her bag and pulling out a large, wrapped, cookie.

"That would be awful…" She unwrapped the cookie and took a bite, "I'd get no where in life…" She moaned, tossing the cookie back in the bag.

She pulled out another liquorish wand, "I'd be stuck…" She took a bite, "Living in a sewer…"

"LILY!" James cried, after just recovering from the shock of seeing the person before him devour one bite of everything imaginable.

"What?" Lily asked; spraying cookie crumbs across the table.

James wrinkled his nose, seeing as Lily had eaten the cookie a while before, "One, you need to stop eating junk food. You told me you barely eat, and when you do actually eat, it should be healthy."

"Thanks mum," Lily said dryly, taking another bite of her candy wand.

"And two," James continued, "You need to relax and I think I can help you with that."

"How?" Lily inquired.

James sighed, "You need to get out of here."

Lily shook her head, "This is one of the quietest rooms in the castle."

"I mean…out of the castle." James said, watching Lily closely.

"What?" Lily asked quietly, her voice full of disbelief.

"Come on, Lily," James said with slight urgency, "It really would help to get a breath of fresh air…"

"JAMES!" Lily cried, standing up and beginning to wave her liquorish wand around again, like it was something threatening, "WE COULD GET EXPELLED FOR THAT!"

"Only if we get caught," James said slyly, standing up abruptly and grabbing one of Lily's wrists.

"JAMES!" Lily shrieked as she was pulled to her feet, "No…I couldn't possibly."

"Come on," James laughed, pulling her towards the door.

"No, no," She cried, attempting to dig the heels of her feet into the ground, "James…no…"

"Don't worry," James said once they were out the door.

"Don't worry?" Lily hissed, only lowering her voice in case they were caught, "We're about to do something against school rules!"

James finally let go of Lily and spun around to face her, "I promise you; I won't let you get in trouble."

Lily didn't protest as much as she had before, not even when James pulled out his invisibility cloak from his bag.

"We're going to have to get a little closer," He whispered, putting his hand on her lower back and pulling her to him.

Lily nodded as James swung the cloak over them and they began scurrying away.

"Are we going to Hogesmeade?" Lily asked in a hushed whisper, dropping the liquorish that she had just remembered she was carrying.

"No." James responded, "No…just come on."

They continued winding their way throughout the castle, hunched over and panting, before they reached a passage.

"Doesn't this go to Hogesmeade?" Lily asked.

James shook his head as they entered the passage way. It was dusty and dark and Lily quickly ignited her wand as James threw the cloak off them.

"How much further?" She asked.

"A bit." James said, and they continued walking.

"Alright, we're here." He said as they reached the end of the passageway a few minutes later.

James helped push Lily up through the little opening, before following her himself.

Lily gasped; they were up on a little hill, and they couldn't see anything in front of them but the dark sky littered with stars. There was a slight wind, blowing their hair about their faces. James ran a hand through his hair nervously as Lily tied hers up into a loose pony tail.

"James…" Lily said, turning to look at him, "It's beautiful up here."

James laughed, "Its beautiful scenery for a beautiful girl."

Lily rolled her eyes, "Thank-you, Romeo."

James flopped down on the ground on his back, putting his hands behind his head. Lily smiled before lying down next to him. James removed one of the arms from behind his head and put it around Lily, dragging her closer.

Lily put her other arm around his chest and sighed, "It really is pretty up here."

James nodded but said nothing. A few moments later he used his feet to kick off his shoes, and Lily did the same.

Lily put her foot on top of James', it seemed so tiny compared to hers. They were both wearing socks, but they didn't bother to take them off.

Lily lightly traced little designs on the top of his feet with her own, entangling their legs.

James didn't say anything, but he could feel his heart beat faster, Lily's heart was beating quickly too, he could feel it thump against his chest.

He suddenly sat up, Lily sitting with him, and he kissed her passionately on the lips. Lily moaned, all the tension about N.E.W.T.S. and the ball was slowly pouring out into that single kiss. James kissed her neck softly before moving his lips down and across her collar bone.

She smiled and kissed the top of his head. James leaned back and reached out and gently removed the pony tail holder from her hair. Her red, thick hair came down, covering most of her face except for the small, curtain like opening where one eye was visible.

She giggled and James pulled the back of her head to him, kissing her forehead softly.

"Now that was cute." Came a voice.

A very unmistakable voice.

"SIRIUS BLOODY BLACK WHAT DO YOU WANT?" James bellowed, pulling away from Lily and spinning around to look at Sirius, who was halfway out of the passage way's hole.

"That's not my middle name James Harold Potter." Sirius smirked, scrambling out into the soft grass and dusting himself off. "And don't flatter yourself, I don't want anything, I was just coming up here for a breath of fresh air."

"Okay," James said angrily, standing up and striding towards him, "You've taken a breath, the air is fresh, now you can go…"

"No I haven't," Sirius said, pushing James back away, "I need to take a deep breath."

James threw his hands up in defeat, "Okay then, take a deep breath, but make it quick!"

Sirius paused, then inhaled, very, very deeply for many, many seconds.

James looked extremely, extremely annoyed.

It was then that Sirius exhaled, looking extremely happy, "Okay," He said, clapping his hands together. "That felt good. I'll just…leave you two lovebirds to go at it…."

Lily blushed and stood up, "What are you so happy about?" She inquired as Sirius turned around.

Sirius spun back around, "I've already taken my deep breath, Miss Evans, it is time for my departure."

"It was time for your departure about three minutes ago." James growled.

"Well, if you must know why your best mate is so happy, I'll tell you." Sirius said, grinning broadly, "Two things have happened. One, I found a date to the ball."

"That's brilliant!" James sang, a smile replacing his scowl.

Sirius grinned, "And two, Sara Brookfield has finally written to us."

"REALLY!" Lily squealed, leaping towards Sirius, "When? Where's the letter? Huh? Why are you backing away?"

"Because you're scary when your angry Lily, and you're just as scary when you're happy." Sirius said, whipping out three scrolls of parchment. "One for Miss Lily, one for Mr. James, the I-don't-care-about-you-just-leave-so-I-can-snog man, and one for me."

Lily took a deep breath and then, without thinking about it a moment longer, tore it open and began to read, James doing the same. They both finished reading at about the same time, and turned to look at each other.

"I miss her so much." Lily said, biting her quivering lip.

James took her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze before he turned to look at Sirius. "Well," He asked, "Aren't you going to open it?"

Sirius shook his head, "Nah…I just thought I'd deliver them."

Lily removed her hand from James's gently and strode over to Sirius. "I know you better then you think," She said quietly, "You came up here to read it, didn't you?"

Sirius ran his hands over his face, "That was the original idea, but…I'm not so sure I'm ready to."

Lily nodded and pulled him into a hug, burying her face in his soft hair. "That's probably why it took her so long to write these…she wasn't ready either." She whispered into his ear.

When she pulled back she had wet lines trailing down her cheeks, "Well," She sniffed, "I'm going to go."

James nodded, "Me too."

With that, the pair of them went back down the secret passage way, leaving Sirius alone to stand on top of the hill, the wind softly blowing his hair.

He stood there, leaning his head towards the stars, allowing the soft glow of the moon to illuminate his face. He looked down at the letter, which was now getting slightly crinkled from him squeezing it so tightly. He released his grip a bit, and began to unfold the letter.

Her handwriting was what he noticed first. It was still the same as always; firm and steady. He didn't know what he was expecting, tear drops staining the page, perhaps. He took a deep breath, allowing the fresh air to seep into his lungs.

Sirius,

It's been a while, hasn't it? I suppose I'm to blame. Well…what am I saying? Of course it's me to blame. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to write this, but every time I get started, I crinkle it up and throw it away. Not this time, though. This time I'm forcing myself to write down everything, and that if I make a mistake, it was meant to happen.

How have you been? I've been alright, but mum and dad are still messed up over what happened. I am, too. And it's hard to see everything the same again.

Okay. I need to write down what I want to say before I lose my courage and crinkle up this letter too. That night…the one in which I told you I was moving…I said some things I didn't mean. I said that we "shouldn't dwell on the past," and that we "shouldn't write or keep in touch." I now realize how foolish that was of me.

I've missed you, Sirius. More than you probably think. Not a day has gone by in which I haven't thought of you.

I hope you can forgive me for leaving so suddenly…and that we can become friends again, owling back and forth? Maybe I can even come and visit in a few years.

Bugger. This is hard. But I can't keep it inside anymore.

I loved you Sirius. I hope you knew I truly did, and I also hope that you never doubted my feelings for you. You've changed me Sirius, you've made me a better person. Oh God, this is getting sappy and long and…foolish.

But I hope you know what I'm trying to get across. That it wasn't just feelings that I could push away or hide. I tried that for a while, but I just came to realize that I love you. So much. And I always will.

I hope to see you someday soon, and I hope you find that person who will love you with her whole heart and never leave you like I did. I hope you find that person and she treats you well…like I should've done.

Sincerely,

Sara.

Sirius stood there for a while, his heart loudly thudding in his ears. He flipped over the letter, as if trying to find more, and when he couldn't, he could feel a lump larger than he had ever felt arise in his throat.

"Oh my God…" He murmured, before he screamed in pain and agony.

The letter was tearing him apart. It was over. Truly over. And she had loved him. For some reason, that made it even harder. He knew they could've had a future, he just knew it.

He was on his knees now, salty drops welling in his eyes. Her last words where ripping out his insides, "I hope you find that person who will love you with her whole heart and never leave you like I did. I hope you find that person and she treats you well…like I should've done." Didn't she know? Didn't she understand? She was that person, the one that he wanted.

And now, he realized, the one he could never have.

"JAMES FREAKING POTTER PUT DOWN THE SCULPTURE!" Lily bellowed, scratching her throat painfully.

"NO!" James bellowed, staggering slightly under the intense weight of the statue that looked strangely like Dumbledore. "YOU NEVER LET ME DO ANYTHING. NO JAMES DON'T DO THIS AND DEFINATLY DON'T DO THAT!"

"WELL IT WAS YOUR STUPID IDEA TO GET THE DUMBLEDORE STATUE IN THE FIRST PLACE! AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK IT!"

"AM NOT!" James cried defiantly, slowing lowering the large statue onto the floor.

Lily breathed a sigh of relief and scurried over across the stone floor to James. He reached out a hand to the stone sculpture, but Lily slapped it away impatiently.

"James." She said through gritted teeth. "The ball is tomorrow."

"You don't say?" James said dryly.

"And we have so much to do." Lily continued in the same, sour tone. "So stop trying to prove your muscles and actually DO SOMETHING USEFUL!"

"I was trying to move it to the corner!" James shrieked.

"Then why don't you use that long stick of wood we like to call a WAND!" Lily cried, grabbing her hair in frustration.

"Oh…" James said in mock thought, "You mean that thing that you could have used when putting up the banner? Instead of climbing a LADDER?"

Lily blushed, "I'm STRESSED and I can't think straight!"

"And you don't think I am?" James said, lowering his voice slightly.

"I know you are," Lily said, "Both of us are slowly going insane."

They paused and looked around the ballroom. It looked fairly put together, with decorations all over and a few tables scattered across the room with nice tablecloths.

"We don't even have that much to do," James reasoned. "The ball committee has all the food, the decorations are done, and the music is picked out."

Lily nodded, "I think we're pretty much done for the night."

"Or for the morning," James said, checking his watch, "It's two A.M."

Lily shook her head, "I've been to busy yelling to realize how tired I was."

James smiled and walked over to Lily, placing his hands gently on her shoulders. She looked up and smiled, "Hey…" she said suddenly, "Did we ever get out of Sirius who he was taking to the ball?"

James nodded, "I did…her names Brenna, the new keeper."

"OUCH!" Marlee cried, "I said fix my hair not destroy it!"

Katherine rolled her eyes, "Toughen up, you big baby."

Marlee whimpered and went back to reapplying her lip gloss.

"I can't believe the ball is tonight!" Lily cried from inside the bathroom. "Not just tonight…but in an hour or so!"

Katherine nodded, "This year went by so incredibly fast."

"I hope everything goes okay…" Lily said nervously, "We've been planning this ball for a while and if something goes wrong…."

"Something is bound to…OW!" Marlee broke off and gave Katherine a dirty look for yanking her hair again, "Anways…something is bound to go wrong, Lils, but with all the work you, James, and the ball committee has done, I'm positive it will go brilliantly?"

"You really think so?" Lily asked, flinging open the bathroom door.

She was clad in a teal strapless dress the clung to her tightly before releasing at the waist and falling elegantly to the floor. There was a thick ribbon the same color as the dress that went along the bottom of the dress as a sort of trim. For a nice touch, there were silver sequence that started lightly at the bust, and slowly increased as the dress went on.

Her hair was curled into thick ringlets, and it was pulled back into an elegant bun.

"Shmexy." Marlee smiled, referring to Lily.

Lily rolled her eyes and crossed over the mirror. The dress accented her skin and hair nicely, making her seem all the more beautiful. After finished their makeup, all three girls swung open the door of the girls dormitory and slowly descended it. They had just had a brilliant feast, and were now making there way into the ballroom.

"I'm so nervous…" Lily exclaimed as she wrung her hands together.

"It'll be fine," Katherine said, ushering her into the room.

James greeted them as they were walking down stairs.

"You look beautiful," James said in awe as he kissed the top of Lily's hand.

"Thanks," Lily blushed, "You don't look too bad yourself."

The both entered the room where everyone was gathered at the stage. A few moments later, everyone filed in and Dumbledore strode on stage and cleared his throat. He pointed his wand to his throat, cast the well-know spell, and was soon speaking louder than ever.

"Thank you, thank you to everyone who made it. Now, before we get started on this magnificent ball, I have a few people I would like to thank." Dumbledore said, his long beard flowing across his bright robes, "For starters, all of you, I trust you will all be respectful and help make this ball amazing. Secondly, the ball committee, I know how stressful planning can be, and you all did great at it." His eyes were sparkling behind his half moon spectacles as he spoke. "And thirdly, our Head Boy and Girl, James Potter and Lily Evans. If I could get them to come to the stage…thank you…"

Lily's eyes widened as people began clapping and cheering. James took her hand and pulled her to the stage, every so often squeezing her hand in reassurance.

"These two," Dumbledore continued, "Have done unimaginable things for the school this year, as every Head Boy and Girl before them. Not only did they patrol and do their required duties, but they also volunteered to plan this ball. Not all Heads have accepted this extremely time consuming task, so I would like to sincerely thank the pair of them for doing such a magnificent job."

Lily's grin spread across her whole face, as did James. Most of the people began clapping even louder than before, screaming and hollering.

"The Head Boy and Girl, James and Lily, may have the first dance." Dumbledore said merrily.

Lily laughed as James pulled her down onto the dance floor, and the enchanted instruments began playing the songs they had picked out.

It was slow, and James placed one hand on Lily's waist and took the other in his hand. Together they slowly danced in circles, looking as nothing but each other's eyes.

Lily couldn't help but notice how handsome James looked in his black dress robes. His hair was still untidy, but at this moment, she wouldn't have it any other way.

Soon more and more people began coming out onto the dance floor, but James and Lily didn't notice.

James gulped, she was gorgeous. Her dress seemed to bring out her already unavoidable eyes, and she seemed to sparkle in every way.

James pulled her closer, feeling his heart thump its way into his throat. He knew what he wanted…needed to say. He wanted to say it for so long, and the closest he had come to it was that day in Hogesmeade.

"Lily…" James said slowly, hoping his voice sounded firmer than he felt, "You…you're unbelievable, and I…"

Lily tore her hand away from his and brought it gently to his lips. "You don't need to flatter me." She said quietly, "Just the looks you give me, and the way you've been wanting to go out with me since first year…it's the most amazing feeling, James."

James put his hand over hers and swallowed, attempting to put his heart back in it's place and not in his throat so he could talk.

"I don't know where the time went. One moment I wanted nothing more than to hex you into next century, and the next I found myself snogging you senseless, not wanted to leave your arms." Lily said, smiling slightly, knowing full well the things that she was saying were the cheesiest and corniest things to ever cross her lips, "It's crazy…this feeling, the one that you gave me…the one that I thought didn't exist…"

It was now James turn to put a finger on Lily's lips, and it was now Lily's turn to feel her heart rise to her throat.

"Lily Evans." James said, taking a deep breath, forgetting completely where they were, who they were with. All he could focus on was the person in front of him, "You're the most amazing girl…person I've ever met. I don't know what I can say or do to show you what you've done for me."

The continued dancing in silence, and Lily slowly began to lower her head when James' gaze began to come to intense. He stopped dancing completely and lifted up her chin with the palm of his hand, planting a soft kiss firmly on her lips.

When they broke apart, and James looked in her eyes once more, he knew that he had never been so certain about his feeling in his entire life.

"I love you Lily." James said, biting his lower lips.

Lily smiled…beamed, and took her head in his hands, bringing it close to her face, "Don't think that me saying it makes it official, James Potter, because I have loved you for quite some time now, and these are just words…but they're the most meaningful ones. I love you James."

James wrapped his arms around her waist, completely forgetting about dancing, about the trials and death in the world, and everything except her.

They kissed passionately, and for now, they were as happy and content as they had been in their entire life.

A/N: Alright, this was probably the fluffiest chapter i have ever written, but i sincerely hope you liked it. Next chapter will be the last, so please tell me what you'd like to see happen. PLEASE REVIEW! Thanks and love you all, Lilly.