The next morning was Christmas Eve Day and Lily woke up to see her friends running around the dorm frantically.
"Hey," said Lily, but the other three girls didn't hear her.
"Hey," said Lilly a bit louder, this time the three girls stopped running.
"Oh, morning Lily," said Steph.
"What are you guys doing?" asked Lily
"Oh, well we are making sure we have everything ready for the dance tomorrow night. You realize the dance starts at 7:00 tomorrow night and that means we only have let's see here," Sandra started tapping her watch and trying to figure out how long until the dance, "Could I have some help here," she cried.
Sandra was a good student at Hogwarts, but would fail horribly in muggle school.
Steph and Lydia ran up behind her and Steph said, "Oh, we have 26 hours until the dance."
Lily did some quick mental math and jumped out of bed, "Oh my God, it is 10:00, you could have woken me up, do you know how much I have to do?"
"No, not really," replied Lydia
"Why didn't you wake me up?" cried Lily
"Well," started Sandra but was cut of by Steph
"Well, you we having a dream, and you had a big grin on your face. It looked like you were enjoying it," said Steph.
"And you were saying James Potters name," said Sandra really quickly, but went quiet when she saw Lydia and Steph glaring at her, "I wasn't suppose to say that was I?" she said
"No, you weren't," said Lydia
"Sorry," said Sandra quietly
"I did WHAT?" screamed Lily
"You were saying James Potters name in your sleep," said Steph
"No I wasn't," denied Lily
"Actually Lily, you were," said Lydia
"I can't believe that," said Lily
"Well you better, because it is true," said Steph
"Hey Lils, why are you back to sleeping here, what happened to sleeping in your Heads Tower?" asked Sandra
"Well, I couldn't survive another night of being in the same common room as Potter for one more minute," said Lily
"Ohhhh, you so like James Potter," said Lydia
"Yes Lydia, we have know that since the middle of last year," said Steph
"Okay, fine," said Lydia
"So is James still living in the Heads Common Room?" asked Sandra
"No, he went back to his old dorm to stay with his friends. Seems he was getting lonely without his little friends, and there wasn't enough room for the four of them to stay in the Heads Common Room, so he moved back into his dorm. He said when I go back, he will," said Lily
"Why are we all sitting around here when we have only 25 hours and 47 minutes until the dance," said Lydia
Everyone jumped up and started running around again.
"So let me get this straight," said Sandra, who was hunting through her trunk for her matching necklace and earrings, "You like James, and he likes you, but he doesn't know you like him, so he got Sirius to ask you to the dance so he could hang around with you, and so you wouldn't decline him going with you. Why don't you just tell him, it would save a lot of trouble and time?"
"I just can't, what if I make a fool of myself and everything and he really doesn't like me," said Lily
"You won't make a fool of yourself," replied Lydia
"I appreciate it girls, but I can't," said Lily and she turned and walked out of the dormitory and headed to he private room in the Head's Tower.
Lily's POV
I want to tell him, but what if he actually doesn't like me, I don't want to make a fool of myself. He probably just wants a one night thing-but if he wants that he would have gone onto another girl, why spend so much time on me, oh I give up, it's just easier to ignore him.
End of Lily's POV
"We really need to do something," said Lydia
"I agree, we should talk to Sirius, Peter and Remus," said Steph
"We need to do it at the dance," said Sandra
"Let's go talk to them," said Steph
"Sure," sand Sandra
The three girls dropped there stuff on the floor and walked out of the dormitory.
They walked up the boys staircase and into The Marauder's dormitory. Sirius was still asleep and Remus was laying on his bed reading. Peter had his head in his trunk and James was nowhere to be seen.
"Hey," said Steph who was the loudest of the 3.
Remus looked up, "Oh hey girls, what do you want, James isn't here."
"Good," said Steph. She went and conjured 3 over stuffed armchairs and the three girls sat down.
"Why are you here?" asked Peter pulling his head out from his trunk.
"Just wait, do you think you could wake him up?" asked Steph
"Well we could try, but it might cost us our heads and he might not even wake up, but sure we could try," said Remus, "Come on Pete."
Peter and Remus walked over to the side of Sirius' bed and Remus said, "Step One."
Peter pulled the covers off of Sirius and thank goodness he had pajamas on and then he poked Sirius in the arm. Sirius didn't even move.
"Step Two," said Peter who went and grabbed a piece of wood that he had under his bed. He walked back and started smacking Sirius on the arm.
All Sirius did was swat at the piece of wood and say, "Dad, I didn't mean to do it, please don't hit me.
"Okay well know Step Three," said Peter
Remus walked over to his bed and bent down and pulled an air horn out from under his bed, "Oh, you might want to cover your ears girls, oh and Pete, please put a silencing charm on the room."
Peter did as he was told and then Remus blew the air horn, and Sirius jumped out of bed, "Whatsa matter, where's the earthquake?"
Remus and Peter went and sat back on their beds and once Sirius saw the girls sitting at the foot of his bed he did to.
"Okay," said Steph, "Sirius we know that you asked Lily to the dance because James knew she wouldn't go with him and he thought if you asked her he would still get to be around her, and he could control what you did, unlike if some Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff asked her, right?"
"Right, but how do you know all this, Lily doesn't know does she?" asked Sirius
"Oh, she knows, because she likes James also and that's why we are here," said Sandra
"Okay, then, well let's get started, what's your plan?" asked Sirius
"Well, James likes Lily, but he thinks she hates him, and Lily likes James but thinks it is just some joke and won't ask him out, so we need to do something," said Lydia
"Preferably at the dance," said Sandra
"I'm liking this idea," said Sirius, "Tell me more."
The girls finished telling the Marauders their plan and the Marauders agreed to help.
"So, make sure you don't tell James about this, or that Lily likes him, understood?" said Lydia
"Understood," said the 3 Marauders
"Okay then, there is only 25 hours and 2 minutes left until the dance and we have to get ready," said Sandra and she stood up\
"Keep the chairs," said Steph and they walked out, leaving the guys looking scared, excited and nervous all at the same time.
"Did that really happen?" asked Peter
"Yes it sure did Wormtail," said Remus
"We have to tell Prongs," said Sirius
"Didn't you hear them Padfoot, we can't tell him, even as much as you would like to and everything you can't. It would ruin everything and it needs to go perfect if you don't want to see James trying to jump off of the Astronomy Tower again," said Remus
"Well I guess I better not tell him then, we don't want Prongsie trying to commit suicide again, now do we?" said Sirius
"No we don't, so don't say anything," said Remus
"I promise I won't," said Sirius trying to look all innocent, "I would never do that."
Remus just laughed.
Flashback
"James get down from there," yelled Remus
"Come on Prongsie, don't jump," said Sirius
"We need to do something," said Remus to Sirius
"I'm going out there," said Sirius and he started to climb over the window sill.
"No Sirius," called Remus
James turned and saw Sirius climbing over the window sill.
"Come on Prongsie, you don't want to do this," said Sirius
"How do you know, she said no, no can you believe it. I've asked her exactly 100 times know and she has said no every one of those times. I tried to change and I thought I had, but she still won't say yes, what's wrong with me Padfoot?" said James
"Come on James, come off the ledge and we'll help you get Lily," said Sirius, "Today is not a good day to die."
Sirius climbed back over the window sill and turned around once he was inside. He stuck his hand out and James grabbed his hand and Sirius pulled him back over the window sill.
End of Flashback
The girls spent the rest of the day getting ready for the dance. All except for Lily who spent the whole day locked up in the Head's Tower.
The Marauders just laid around and waited for James to return but he never did, so at 3:20 they headed out in search of him. They finally found him in the Room of Requirement.
The girls went to bed at about 10:30, but Lily spent the night back in her private room.
James it turned out also spent his night in is room in the Head's Tower, but Lily didn't know that. He assumed Lily was in her room because the door was closed and he thought he could hear her crying softly, but he didn't know. The next day was Christmas and his only wish was for Lily to finally stop avoiding him and become his girlfriend. He didn't want anything else. No sweaters or candy or even any Quidditch stuff, just Lily.
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