Dreams of Someday
Disclaimer: Alright…lets get this straight! Sits down in chair and glares at, like detectives in movies I own the characters Ellen, Anna, Madame Camille, and any other characters that appear foreign to the Harry Potter Books. Anything else belongs to J.K. Rowling. Perhaps if I employed some kind of fish with a bubble blower, he could hunt down the books and change every single book of Harry potter to display my name as the author, I would be able to say that I owned it, and would not need a disclaimer. But until I find that fish, J.K will have her name on the books, for now! On another note! Let the chapter begin!
Chapter 12: Perfect night
Over the days leading up to the ball, the school students changed a lot. Only one fact became apparent.
The school was gripped in a deadly virus: Ball fever.
Well maybe not deadly…but it came fairly close.
All the girls were whipped up into a frenzy of excitement, tears, screaming, cat fights and many other emotions. It was all natural things that came with a ball, but still scared the living day lights out of the boys. They were arguing on things such as 'No, you can't do that! That was how I was going to wear my hair!' and one girl was bawling her eyes out because her friend had the same coloured dress as her.
The boys on the other hand, were a little uneasy. It was quite natural for boys to not be excited about the ball, especially with all the frenzy involved before it amongst the girls. Most boys decided it was best to stay well away from the girls until the ball, just so that they were not involved in any fights that may occur.
On the day of the ball, the chaos that had become the school girls tripled. Some of the boys were too afraid to venture out of their dorms, for fear of being dragged into the madness.
Still, the ball loomed closer and closer, and there was nothing anyone could do to stop it.
At Lunch time, the girls sat down with the marauders. Sirius smiled.
'Well I'm just glad that you guys aren't like the rest of the girls, with all the fights and all.' He said.
'Oh you think so?' Ellen asked, who had been fighting of girls for the past week who were hoping to get Sirius as their last minute date.
'I sure do! And it's a good thing too!' Sirius said, not catching onto the glare he was receiving from Ellen.
James had his arm around Lily, and Lily looked at the watch on it, and gasped.
'God! Is that the time? We have to go, Girls!' She cried, getting up.
'Why? Where are you going?' James asked.
'We have to get ready!' Anna exclaimed.
Lily bent down and gave him a quick kiss, then they proceeded out of the hall.
'But it's only one o clock?' Sirius said, looking dumfounded.
The girls spent the rest of the afternoon preparing for the ball. They all took showers, then decided they would put there dresses on last.
They helped each other with their makeup, picking the best shades and colours for what they were to wear. Anna wore various shades of red, though very light, Alice wore blues, Ellen with browns to bring out her eyes, and Lily with greens, with a bright red lipstick to bring out her hair.
Next they did hair. Anna was the best at picking out what looked best on everyone, so she got to work. Once this was done, the others did her hair.
Then they picked nail polish, which was Alice's area. Lily had green, Anna had red, Ellen with red also and Alice with blue.
By the time they had done all this, it was getting close to 7, when the ball was due to start. Though they still had enough time.
They put on their dresses next, fixing them up, making sure they sat right and looked good. Once everyone was satisfied, Ellen got to work helping to pick accessories to go with the outfits.
For Anna she picked some dangly earring made of gold, which hung down in lengths. Along the lengths were little red stones, that matched the dress perfectly. Then she picked a simple gold necklace with one red stone.
For Alice there was dangly earrings that stopped not far down her neck. They were silver, and they had one blue stone at the end of each one. A necklace that fitted close to her collarbone was chosen, that also had one blue stone.
For Lily she picked Silver dangly earrings, that flowed down her neck in multiple chains, with little green and blue stones hanging out of the mass on rings. Lily decided to go without a necklace.
Ellen for herself, picked some elegant gold earrings with black stones, and also chose the no necklace approach.
By the time they put on their shoes, it was time to go.
Downstairs, the boys waited for their dates. Peter had already found his, and he was off with her, so the boys were left alone to wait.
'How long do they have to take?' Sirius whined.
'Well they must have got…carried away.' James replied.
'But they had since one o clock to get carried away! That's…6 hours to get ready? It only took us an hours tops, if you count the showers.' He said.
'Well we aren't girls, are we Padfoot?' Remus said.
'Yeah but-WHOA!' Sirius said, looking up at the stairs with his mouth open. James and Remus turned to see what he was gawping at, and then realised.
The girls were coming down the stairs together. Sirius was gawping at Ellen, who wore a dress that didn't leave too much to the imagination. Remus looked up at Anna, and thought she was the most beautiful person he had ever seen, especially with her hair running down her shoulders in delicate curls.
Then, James saw Lily. Instantly his mouth dropped open as well. The dress she wore was amazing; it looked like it had been made for her, in everyway. It brought out her eyes, and contrasted with her fiery locks, which flowed in long waves down her back. He couldn't keep his eyes off her. She was beautiful.
The girls came over to their respective dates after descending the stairs. James just couldn't stop gawping at Lily.
'James? Are you alright?' She asked timidly. He opened and closed his mouth like a goldfish a couple of times, before he was able to say something.
'You look beautiful-amazing-perfect.' He managed to stutter. Lily blushed at the fact that she could make James Potter stutter.
'Thankyou James,' She said shyly. 'You look great as well.'
Great? He looked fantastic! Well, he always did she reminded herself, but he looked gorgeous with his suit on, black and white with a black tie. His unruly hair was still as messy as normal, but she wouldn't have it any other way.
When Ellen came down to Sirius, he was still gawping.
'What are you thinking about?' She asked, being more confident.
'I just have one question.' He said, grinning.
'And that is?' Ellen asked. Sirius pulled her closer.
'Where's the zipper on this thing?' He whispered huskily into her ear.
James offered his arm to Lily, who giggled and took it.
'You know, I'll bet they wouldn't miss us if we did something else.' He said suggestively. Lily giggled again and whacked him playfully.
'James Potter! I believe your getting a bit too ahead of yourself there!' She said in a mock outraged tone, though blushing furiously. James grinned.
'Am I just?' He said rhetorically as they walked into the hall.
The hall had been decorated exactly how they had planned. It was bathed in a white glow from the ceiling, which did not reflect the sky for once. Instead, it was as if a white cloth had been drawn over it, and it glittered with stars. Everything was white or light blue. Their were tables and chairs off to one side, where people could sit to eat, and there was a long table where there was food and drink, including an enormous punch bowl, that had no doubt had alcohol added to it already. The majority of the hall was taken up by a large dance space, and a stage had been erected near it. The band they had chosen, was ready to start up the music.
'Right, well our head Boy and Girl are here, could we please start the ball with a dance together.' Dumbledore said from his spot overlooking the hall.
Lily and James smiled at each other, then walked over to the dance floor. James put his hand on her waist, and Lily put his on her shoulder. Then the music began, and they danced. Lily was letting her feet move by themselves. All she could do was look at James. Time melted away, and neither of them noticed the prefects join in, then the rest of the school. Only when the song finished and the hall was awashed with applause, did they awake from their dream.
James smiled at Lily.
'Do you want to go and find everyone?' He asked. Lily nodded.
They located Remus and Anna at one of the large tables and sat down.
'Where are the others?' Lily asked.
Remus smiled.
'Well, Peter is off with that Hufflepuff girl, and Ellen and Sirius are over there.' Remus said, jerking his head at the food table.
Lily looked over to where Remus had indicated, and spotted her friend. Ellen and Sirius were both at the punch bowl, attempting to look innocent, but looking very guilty to those who knew the couple well. When they seemed certain teachers weren't looking, Lily saw Ellen innocently pull out a bottle from Sirius' robes, that she recognised instantly to be Fire Whiskey. Using Sirius' body to shield her and the bottle from view of the teachers, Ellen opened the lid and poured the whole bottle in. Lily then noticed that Sirius was doing the same. After pouring in about 10 bottles each, they stored the empty ones under the table, and then moved back innocently to the table, smirking in a satisfied way.
'And what have you two been up to?' James asked suspiciously, though he had seen the whole thing.
They sat down and looked at him strangely, though grinning.
'What's that Prongsie? We haven't been up to anything!' Sirius said, voice of complete innocence. Unfortunately, someone as close to him as James, knew Sirius didn't do innocent.
'Sure you haven't! That's why you've been innocently pouring bottles of Fire whiskey into the punch! Yep, you've defiantly been up to nothing!' James said, grinning.
Ellen laughed.
'Well lets just say that everyone will be having a lot of fun tonight.' She said mysteriously.
'Remind me not to go near the punch.' Lily said to James.
'Aww come on, Lily! You so much more fun when your drunk!' Sirius said truthfully.
Lily gave him a glare that could easily sour milk. Sirius looked scared and threw his hands up in the air.
'Alright, Alright! I take it back!' He cried. 'Though I'll bet Prongs would like another lap dance.' He muttered the last part.
'What was that?' Lily asked.
'Nothing! Hey, Ellen, how's about a dance?' Sirius said, grabbing Ellen and moving to the dance floor. Lily shook her head, laughing.
'Anna, would you like to dance with me?' Remus asked, getting up and offering his hand to her. Anna giggled, and allowed him to take her away.
James grinned at Lily.
'So…do you want some punch?' He asked. Lily glared at him, then punched him in the arm playfully.
'There's some punch for you.' She said, grinning. James rubbed his arm.
'Well, will you dance with me then?' He asked, offering her his hand. She took it and nodded, allowing him to lead her to the floor.
The song was slow again, and this time James put both his hands on her waist, and hers went up around his neck. They swayed to the slow beat, time fading away as it had before, so that they were the only people in the universe.
'The hall looks great,' James remarked fondly. 'You did a great job.'
'We did a great job.' Lily said, smiling. They danced in silence for some more.
'You look beautiful tonight, Lily, and I'm not just saying that.' James said.
Lily blushed once again.
'I know your not, James. Thankyou. You look great.'
'Well. I always do.' James said, grinning. Lily raised her eyebrow at him.
'I bet you look terrible when you first wake up in the morning.' She retaliated.
'Ahh yes, but you haven't woken up with me in the morning, have you now?' James replied, cocky grin gracing his features.
Lily whacked his arm once again, though the rosy blush that had appeared too many times that night for Lily's liking, was present once again.
'That's what I thought.' James muttered, grinning knowingly.
'What did you think?' Lily asked.
'Nothing.' James said innocently. Lily glared at him, and then placed her head on his chest as they danced. James sighed happily. This was what life was meant to be like for him. With and only with Lily.
The rest of the night was spent with the three couples in each others arms, though at one point Sirius and Ellen disappeared, who returned looking dishevelled, both with cheeky grins on their faces. The night was called 'perfect' by all of them, and when it ended, as much as they wanted the night to go on forever, they were glad to go to bed.
Lily walked with James down the corridors, arm in arm. She smiled up at him.
'I had a great time tonight.' She said. James smiled.
'Me too.'
When they came to the Gryffindor common room, James walked her over to the staircase. She turned to him, and before she could say anything, he planted his lips on hers.
It started off as a sweet kiss, and James tried to leave it at that. But Lily in that dress had kept him aroused all night, and he couldn't hold back, now that they were kissing. He made the kiss more intense, begging for entry as his hands went to her waist. Lily allowed him access, and moaned as she felt his expert tongue stroking hers. James pushed her up against the bookcase behind her, not really realising what he was doing in the state of passion he was in. Lily didn't seem to mind, and put her arms around his neck, kissing back with just as much fervour.
James' mind was racing. Where was this going? Was it a simple pash, or was it about to turn into something more? He groaned into her mouth as she played with his hair. He didn't know where it was going, but it felt damn good!
'Ahem,' Came a voice.
Lily and James broke apart as quick as a flash, and looked at the person who had interrupted their lovely little…session. James glared at Sirius and Ellen, who seemed to be holding back laughter.
'Sorry guys, didn't mean to interrupt.' Sirius said, in a voice clearly showing he wasn't sorry at all. James was shooting daggers at his friend.
'Oh no, no problem!' Lily said, clearly worried for Sirius' wellbeing. 'Right James?' She asked forcefully, glaring at him.
James looked at Lily, pouted, then forced a smile.
'No of course not.' He said.
I am gonna murder Padfoot!
'Well anyway! Lily, shall we go to bed?' Ellen asked. Lily nodded.
'Goodnight James.' She said, pecking him on the cheek. Ellen kissed Sirius goodnight with a full on snog, which clearly stated 'I would much rather be going up to your dorm with you' and then walked off with Lily.
Lily was glad that they had gone up the stairs before she saw James do anything to poor Sirius, though she was slightly annoyed herself.
A/N: Ok I am so so so so so so sorry that this took so long! I had massive writers block, mainly because I've figured out I can't write chapters with no plot! So im very very sorry! I know this must be a let down from my speedy updates in the past weeks…but since schools coming back…im afraid I can't write all day anymore! So updates will not be so regular! I'm really sorry but I hope you all like this chapter! Please read and review!
