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That morning neither Lily or James were sitting at the breakfast table with everyone else. James decided to skip breakfast and to take a fly on his broom, while Lily didn't want to face James.
'I bet you had an interesting night.' Faye commented to Sirius with a sad smile.
'Yes. We sure did.' Remus answered for him.
'Was it bad?' Michelle asked.
'Oh yeah.' Remus said shuddering.
Faye looked uncomfortable. 'What?' Sirius asked her.
'I feel horrible.' She said miserably.
'Why?' Remus, Michelle, and Sirius all asked at once.
'Mich, I was the one to tell her that she had to get a date soon. I didn't expect her to go with pretty boy Diggory, the pervert!' Faye wailed.
'It's not you fault, Faye. We all thought that she would wait for James.' Michelle told her, putting an arm around her friends shoulder.
'If it's anyone's fault, it's James, and he knows it too. He knew that Mooney and Mich warned him about Lily getting a date before he asked her.' Sirius said, trying to comfort his current girlfriend.
'Speaking of James, where is he?' Michelle asked.
'Flying.' Sirius and Remus asnswered simultaneously.
'Oh. Lily said that they almost kissed outside of the kitchens.' The Fayewhispered quietly to them.
Remus and Sirius looked at each other in awe. 'He didn't tell us anything about that.' Sirius said sadly.
'He probably forgot about it after Lily turned him down... he really thought she would say yes. What does Lily think about it all?' Sirius asked them.
The girls exchanged a dark look. Faye answered for them. 'Lily... likes James... a lot. But, she is also afraid that she will be one of those girls who gets dumped after a shag. She takes James' history into consideration too much. And, well, she is afraid to love him. Last night, she figured out that she has fallen for him in all ways possible, and she wishes she didn't accept Diggory's offer to the dance. She also thinks that since she turned James down when they were getting along so great, that he will stop liking her for good, and she will be just what she expected from James, another girl come and gone. She's also too modest and nice to just go back to Diggory and decline it, which is what I'd've done.' Faye said, shaking her head.
'And she's probably up in my bed right now, still crying.' Michelle answered sadly.
'Wait a minute... I've got an idea!' Sirius said, looking mischievious. The two girls looked at each other and nonverbally agreed with each other, and they turned towards him eagerly.
'Well, go on, tell us!' Michelle said, looking very evil for a usually angelic face. Remus smiled.
'Ok, after James and Lily have their first dance, Lily will most likely dance with Diggory... And James will be dying just watching them having a good time... so do you know what we do... we make sure that Diggory doesn't have much of a chance to dance with Lily...' Sirius said smiling widely at his brilliant plan. Once he was done saying it, the girls nodded happily.
'Sounds good, right Mich.' Faye said looking elated.
'Right.' Michelle agreed.
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For the next six days, James and Lily had said very few words. They eventually sat together at breakfast again, but never indulged in the normal conversations they used to have.
The potions days were the worst. They sat next to each other and were partners. It was extremely too tense for either of their likings. James usual prepared ingredients, while Lily mixed them in silence. Lily felt horrible for turning down the date she wanted to go to the dance with, and James felt horrible because he was turned down by his true love. Neither admitted any feelings during these few times they were together. Another tense-filled moment was the days they had to patrol. Absolutely no words were exchanged during this time.
On the day of the dance, classes were all canceled and Lily and James were decorating the hall. Remus, Sirius, Faye, and Michelle were recruited to help. The boys and girls stayed seperate from each other, and when James or Lily had to get an answer out of the other, they sent their friends as a messenger. They thought this was bad, but the worst was yet to come; they still had to dance together.
'Hang those up there, I can't reach!' Lily said, trying to lift the streamers up, but unfortunately, her height limited her reaching distance. James, being the tallest, came over and put the streamers up wordlessly and went back to the guys.
Lily couldn't help but notice howgood he looked this afternoon. When he came over to help her, she could smell that great smelling cologne that he always wore... ahhh that was heaven.
'Girl, pay attention.' Faye told her after seeing Lily's eyes travel over to him.
'Sorry.' Lily said smiling weakly.
'Have you guys practiced?' Michelle asked as she came up to Lily.
'Practiced what?' Lily asked confused.
'Dancing.' Faye answered.
Lily looked horrified. She shook her head.
'Do you know how to dance?' Faye asked her.
'Yes.' Lily answered like a mouse.
'Then just lead him through it. It's that simple.' Faye said practically.
'Alright.' Lily said, but still soundingunsure.
After about two more hours of decorating and moving around tables, James announced, 'I think that we're done.' He said tiredly.
'We've got to go and get ready.' The girls said, running to the dorms to get ready.
'Well, I guess we better too then.' Sirius said, and they all went to the head dorms to get ready.
What seemed like forever, James was finally down at the Great Hall, like scheduled. He was telling where all the couples should go. He even got to meet Celestina Warbeck behind the center stage. She was young, and very nice.
Soon enough, he saw Sirius and Remus with their lovely dates, Faye and Michelle. They were very beautiful, decked out in a lavish dresses that were the same style, in different colors. Faye was in navy blue and Michelle was in light pink. He wondered if Lily was wearing the same kind of dress, he hadn't seen her yet.
'Hi James.' Michelle said to him politely.
'Hey Mich, Faye, Padfoot, Mooney. Nice weather huh? Great day... feelin' good.' James started rambling and looking up at the bewitched ceiling.
'James...calm down, please?' Faye said to him, smiling.
'Sorry... I'm sorry.' James said, rubbing his hands together nervously.
'She does know the dance we're doing, right?' James asked the girls suddenly.
'Yes... do you know how to dance?' Michelle asked him.
'You'd be surprised.' Remus mumbled to her.
Suddenly, Dumbledore came on the stage and began speaking.
'Hello, hello everyone. Tonight is our annual Christmas Ball. I hope you are enjoying yourselves and having a nice time. Please remember that refreshments are on the right side of the hall and the sitting area is on the left. I am very pleased to announce our Head Boy and Head Girl, and a few of their friends, have done an excellent job on the decorating and setting up of this ball. So, without further ado, the first dance, Mr. Potter, Miss Evans please come forward. To everyone, Miss Celestina Warbeck...' Dumbledore gestured to the center of the stage and he walked off. Everybody began calling out and yelling for the singer, who began a very, very slow song for Lily and James.
James put on a smile, even though his stomach was squirming, and he held out his hand to Lily.
'Miss Evans.' He said elegantly, and smiling at her. She shyly smiled back, so this was the Potter Charm. She was wearing the exact dress as Faye and Michelle, except in a gorgeous green color. It brought out her eyes all too well. Around her eyelids was sparkling glitter that glowed when the light shined just right. That was the only type of makeup on, opposed to Faye, who was a huge eye-liner type of girl. Michelle wore only lipgloss and that was it. Her hair was in a half up-do, clearly done by Michelle, who was an expert on hair. And it had curls at the top, and was straightened at the bottom.
Lily, expecting to have to lead James throughout the dance, was relatively surprised when James began strong and lead her the way. He twirled her around twice and she laughed at his cordial act. It seemed as if all the tension went away and they were just having a fun time.
'When did you learn to dance?' Lily asked him quietly, through clenched teeth with a fake smile on her face.
'I - uh... I've been having Tessy teach me in the kitchens this past week.' James said smiling sheepishly.
'Oh. I can actually picture that.' Was all Lily said. She still felt ashamed when she thought about the last time she was at the kitchens.
'That's funny. I can imagine Candy wanting to cut in a bit. She seems quite taken by you.' Lily said chuckling.
'Actually, she did cut in quite a few times.' James said seriously.
Lily laughed, but the awkwardness seemed to take place now and she said now more. Every once and a while James would dip her low and then twist her again and she would smile to herself, but that was all.
All too soon, the song was over and other couples began filling out empty places on the dance floor.
James, without a lasting word to Lily, left to go and get a drink. He looked under the table cloth to see Candy sitting there, refilling on treacle fudge.
'How'd it go Mr. Potter!' She asked excitedly.
'Pretty good Candy, thanks for all the lessons.' James said smiling.
He sat down next to a sixth year Gryffindor and was trying his best not to glare at Diggory, who was getting awful close to Lily. Then he saw something, an epiphany, happen. Sirius and Faye came up to the dancing Lily and Amos and he saw Sirius ask to cut in.
'May I?' Sirius asked, as he came up to Lily and Diggory. He knew that James was dying to go over and kill Diggory for even looking at Lily, so he relieved him of the stress and danced with Lily himself. He saw James sitting over at the table and gave him a thumbs up. James smiled and shook his head.
Meanwhile, Faye took on Diggory herself. She was disgusted when everytime he dipped her low to the ground, he tried to look down the top of her dress.
After a while, Sirius went back to Faye and Diggory back to Lily, they danced for a few seconds until Remus came up and cut in, while Michelle took over Diggory. She too found what Faye did while they danced together. She wondered if Lily noticed.
Eventually, they went back to their original partners, but after only a few minutes, Lily excused herself to have a break.
'We've only danced for five minutes!' Amos protested, but Lily ignored him. Instead, she went and sat down next to James.
'Hey.' She said, trying to sound normal.
'Hey.' James said back.
'Why'd you stop dancing?' Lily asked him.
'I came stag.' He said shrugging as if it didn't matter.
'I knew that, but you could at least ask someone.' Lily said as-a-matter-of-factly.
'Yeah, I know.' James said simply.
'Why don't you go ask one of the girls to dance?' She persisted.
James turned and looked her in the eyes. 'Those girls? They're acting... uh insane... and besides I already danced with the girl I wanted to, that's enough for me.' He said very seriously. With that, he got up and left the hall. He decided to go outside for some fresh air, where he transformed into his form and ran around a little while. Being in form was very peaceful...
Lily, dumbstruck, didn't follow. 'Come on Lily, let's dance.' Amos said as he advanced on her.
'I don't dance with guys who try and look down my shirt all the time.' Lily snarled, walking away. Yeah, she definitely noticed when he did that. She couldn't believe that she accepted to go with him. What a waste.
'Lily!' He called out, but he was soon tackled by Sirius, who was beyond pissed after Faye told him what he did to her too.
Instead, Lily went outside to get some fresh air. When she sat down, she saw some type of deer sitting by the lake. It stretched out and layed down. Lily was in awe at how beautiful he was.
She went to get up, and when she did she stepped on a twig which snapped. The stag stood up immediately with great reflexes and looked up to see Lily standing there maybe twenty-five feet away from him.
He ran into the forbidden forest away from her, and she decided to go inside to the Head dorm, where she fell asleep right away, wishing this day was over.
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