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Chapter 48
The marauders were sitting in the chairs in the common room in silence for once. Suddenly James spoke up.
"Why do girls have to take so long to get ready? Those three have been in there for," he glanced at his watch, "Three hours, twenty-four minutes and fourteen seconds."
"Yes, and just think Prongs, one day you're going to be married to one of them!" Remus said slyly.
"What makes you think I'd say yes?" a voice asked from the stairs.
The boys jumped out of their seats and turned to face the direction the voice had come from. They froze with their mouths open. Slowly descending the stairs was one of the most beautiful girls they had ever seen.
James was awestruck. Lily looked - there was no other word to describe her - like an angel. She was wearing a white dress that shimmered with every step she took. Her hair was curled and hung down in small ringlets. He shook his head wishing that she was his date instead of Sirius'. For the first time in his life, James felt pure anger and jealousy towards his best friend.
"Sirius, if you weren't my best friend, I swear I'd kill you." James hissed.
"Believe me, the feelings mutual." Sirius hissed back as Helga followed Lily down the stairs.
All three girls reached the bottom of the staircase quickly. Lily walked over to James and kissed him on the cheek before linking arms with Sirius. Helga slipped her arm into James' own, and Yvonne and Remus did the same.
"Let's go and have some fun."
***
"Will the prefects and their partners please enter the dance floor for the first dance of the evening?" Dumbledore called.
James and Lily lead their dates into the floor and began to dance. When the song had ended, the four of them left the dance floor and sat at a nearby table with Remus and Yvonne. James sat next to Lily and spoke quietly in her ear.
"This isn't fair."
Lily shifted closer to him.
"I was thinking the same thing." she whispered back.
"Do you want to dance?" James asked her.
"Of course!" she responded with a smile.
They got up and moved to the dance floor just as a slow song began to play. Helga and Sirius followed them. James wrapped his arm around Lily's waist and drew her close to him. Lily put her hands around him and rested her head on his shoulder. She smiled when she saw Sirius and Helga doing the same thing.
"What's up?" James asked her.
"Sirius and Helga look so sweet together." Lily responded, looking up at James. "And I find it funny that she would put him in his place without a second thought, and he would let her do it."
"Yeah. That's pretty strange for Sirius, but you know what? He really is serious about her. No pun intended."
"Why do you say that?" Lily asked.
"He never shuts up about her. It always Helga this and Helga that." James laughed.
Sirius and Helga, having heard this all this, slowly made their way closer to James and Lily.
"Like you can talk, Prongs!" Sirius butted in. "Really, Lily. I know you well enough that you could almost be my sister, and yet I hardly talk to you! Nothing short of a silencing charm will get him to stop going on about you! He's absolutely smitten with you!"
James blushed. "Get lost Padfoot."
A/N More coming.
Chapter 48
The marauders were sitting in the chairs in the common room in silence for once. Suddenly James spoke up.
"Why do girls have to take so long to get ready? Those three have been in there for," he glanced at his watch, "Three hours, twenty-four minutes and fourteen seconds."
"Yes, and just think Prongs, one day you're going to be married to one of them!" Remus said slyly.
"What makes you think I'd say yes?" a voice asked from the stairs.
The boys jumped out of their seats and turned to face the direction the voice had come from. They froze with their mouths open. Slowly descending the stairs was one of the most beautiful girls they had ever seen.
James was awestruck. Lily looked - there was no other word to describe her - like an angel. She was wearing a white dress that shimmered with every step she took. Her hair was curled and hung down in small ringlets. He shook his head wishing that she was his date instead of Sirius'. For the first time in his life, James felt pure anger and jealousy towards his best friend.
"Sirius, if you weren't my best friend, I swear I'd kill you." James hissed.
"Believe me, the feelings mutual." Sirius hissed back as Helga followed Lily down the stairs.
All three girls reached the bottom of the staircase quickly. Lily walked over to James and kissed him on the cheek before linking arms with Sirius. Helga slipped her arm into James' own, and Yvonne and Remus did the same.
"Let's go and have some fun."
***
"Will the prefects and their partners please enter the dance floor for the first dance of the evening?" Dumbledore called.
James and Lily lead their dates into the floor and began to dance. When the song had ended, the four of them left the dance floor and sat at a nearby table with Remus and Yvonne. James sat next to Lily and spoke quietly in her ear.
"This isn't fair."
Lily shifted closer to him.
"I was thinking the same thing." she whispered back.
"Do you want to dance?" James asked her.
"Of course!" she responded with a smile.
They got up and moved to the dance floor just as a slow song began to play. Helga and Sirius followed them. James wrapped his arm around Lily's waist and drew her close to him. Lily put her hands around him and rested her head on his shoulder. She smiled when she saw Sirius and Helga doing the same thing.
"What's up?" James asked her.
"Sirius and Helga look so sweet together." Lily responded, looking up at James. "And I find it funny that she would put him in his place without a second thought, and he would let her do it."
"Yeah. That's pretty strange for Sirius, but you know what? He really is serious about her. No pun intended."
"Why do you say that?" Lily asked.
"He never shuts up about her. It always Helga this and Helga that." James laughed.
Sirius and Helga, having heard this all this, slowly made their way closer to James and Lily.
"Like you can talk, Prongs!" Sirius butted in. "Really, Lily. I know you well enough that you could almost be my sister, and yet I hardly talk to you! Nothing short of a silencing charm will get him to stop going on about you! He's absolutely smitten with you!"
James blushed. "Get lost Padfoot."
A/N More coming.