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CHAPTER 8: Dates for some, not dates for others. Oh, and Lily and James have some…alone time, together, that is. Wow, oxymoron, huh? Yeah, I should end the title now.
They next day, Saturday, in case you didn't catch that one, was met with frustration. Lily had been awakened by her friends to help them get ready. When she got to her friends' dorm, everything was in turmoil. Sam was shaking her head and asking where her favorite shirt, a tanktop, was.
"I don't know, your trunk maybe je.an" Suggested Lily sleepily.
"Oh." Sam said.
"Did you look in your trunk?" Lily asked amusedly.
"Er...no…"
Lily laughed. "Well, you should."
"I'm going." Sure enough, there it was. "Thanks, Lily."
"Anytime. Teri, your jeans are right there." Lily replied, pointing to a pair of blue jeans.
"Thanks, I'm just so nervous."
"Alright, calm down."
"I think I'm going to scream." Sam said.
"Don't you dare. Samantha Marie Johnson! I will hurt you." Shanese said.
"Okay, okay, I won't."
"Good." Shanese said. "I didn't want to have to hit you."
"Ready!" Teri cried.
"Me too." Sam said.
"Good. You have an hour until you have to meet the guys. Thanks for coming over Lily." Shanese said as she got ready slowly.
"Anytime. I knew they would be frantic."
"We were not frantic." Teri said. "Just nervous."
"Right." Keila said, getting out of bed " I have a date too, you know, with Remus."
"Yeah, why aren't you getting ready?" Sam asked.
"Because she still has an hour." Lily said. "Plus, although this may be her first date with Remus, she has already snogged him."
"Good point." Sam said.
"I'm going to go shower." Shanese said.
"Me too." Keila agreed. (Separate showers.)
And shower they did. Shanese showered, did her hair by hand, got dressed, cleaned her glasses, brushed her teeth, helped Keila a bit, pulled on a pair of high healed sandals and did her makeup by hand. All in an hour.
As for Keila, she had longer hair and she showered, did her hair by hand, got dressed, made Teri, Shanese, Samantha and her own beds, cleaned Sam's glasses, put on a small amount of makeup, and pulled on a pair of sandals. She did this all in an hour
"Let's go." Keila said. "Sam, Nesey, Teri." (Nesey is Shanese's nickname.)
"Coming." Teri called.
"Oh yeah, by the way, I have a date too. With a seventh year Gryffindor named Mike." Shanese smiled sheepishly.
"Oh." Lily said.
The girls walked out of the dorm, waiting at the bottom stood the Marauders, minus Peter, with Mike, and Logan.
Sam was wearing a red tanktop that had glitter and the word PUNK on it with blue jeans, a jean jacket, some eyeshadow, mascara, and lipgloss.
Shanese was wearing a white tanktop that had a Chinese symbol on it with a long flowing white skirt. She wore a jacket similar to the jean jacket, but a different material and it was black. She had on eyeliner, eyeshadow, lipgloss, and some blush.
Teri wore a v-neck t-shirt in purple, with tight blue jeans. She was wearing eyeshadow, lipstick and some blush.
Lily, who didn't consider her going with James and Peter a date, had on simple blue jeans and a short sleeved, green shirt that had the word Hi on the front and Bye on the back. She held a green denim jacket in her hands. She had on some eyeliner and lipgloss, but nothing else.
Keila looked the best of them all though, she was the one with the least amount of makeup and the one who hadn't tried very hard. She wore simple, plain blue jeans, although they did look a little tight on her, and a blue tanktop they went a little low but not too much to be considered slutty. She wore a small amount of silver eyeshadow and a little bit of clear lipgloss. She had recenty highlighted her hair so now it was brown with strips of a blondish color. (A/N: Actually, the blonde looks kind of orangew but cool. Don't' I sound great? LOL. Omg it took me forever to plan what everyone would wear. I switched a lot of things around in the story and got kind of confused. Oh, yeah, and: PIE!YAY!LOL.I am so weird.)
"Wow, you look good." Sirius said to Teri. Teri just smiled and took his arm.
"Hi." Logan said timidly. "You are Sam, right?"
Sam laughed and said, "Yeah, you look extra hot today. Did you do something to your hair?"
"Yeah." Lagan said as they walked out.
"Hi Shanese." Said a guy who had to be Mike.
"Hi, ready to go?"
"Yeah."
"Hey Lily." James said. "Peter couldn't make it. I guess it's just you and me now." Lily turned red.
"Oh, okay, let's go then." She didn't look too happy about that one.
"You look beautiful, by the way, Lily." James said. Lily just blushed more.
Remus just stood there. He was in awe. AWE, people, AWE! His mouth was wide open and he just stared. (And yes, I am aware that this is a Lily/James fic, but there are other couples in it too. 75 of it is Lily/James and the other 25 is the other characters. It adds…um…flavor? To the fic. So don't flame. Thank you, your wonderful author, cheezrulz84.)
"Hi" Keila said shyly.
"Wow." Remus whispered. Keila blushed. "You look…just…wow."
"Um…thanks. Let's go, the others are long gone by now."
"Right." He kissed her full on the mouth and said, "I'm ready now."
Keila just laughed.
Ok, back to Lily and James, since like I said, this is a Lily/James fic. Thanks for the patience, peoples.
As Lily and James walked out of Hogwarts, Lily looked down at her outfit. It wasn't too dressy, she didn't consider her day with James a date. She was hoping Peter would be there to break the silence. AS they sat down in the carriage, when James sat down next to Lily, she didn't glare, in fact, she smiled. A genuine, happy, I'm-not-going-to-kill-you-James, smile.
Just a passing fancy, just a passing fancy. It's just a passing fancy…on James Potter, of all people. But, honestly, you can't blame me. He really is an okay guy, when he isn't hitting on me. Just a passing fancy, calm down. CALM DOWN WOMAN! I'm calm. Calm. Super calm. Not calm, not at all.
"So, I need to go Zonko's first, then Honeyduke's, and the Quidditch Emporium, and then we can get a butterbeer and go wherever you need to go." James said.
"Okay, I'll need to go to the bookstore for a few books." Lily replied.
"School books?"
"No, books to read, fiction books."
"Oh." He looked like he had never read a fiction book before. "Sounds good."
When they got off the carriage, James headed straight towards Zonko's. Lily followed, thinking that they shouldn't even let him in the joke shop. He walked around, grabbing various items off shelves and dragging Lily behind him. He looked like a kid in a candy shop.
Eventually, James dragged Lily to the counter. When he got their he said, "Just put it on my tab." To the man at the counter.
"Ok, nice to see you again, James."
"Thanks, you too." James said, and waved goodbye.
"Off to Honeyduke's then." James said happily.
"Uh, okay." Lily said.
The rest of the day went that way. James dragged Lily around, they had a few butterbeers, then Lily dragged James into the bookstore. Then they got back into the carriage and went back to Hogwarts. They walked back to the common room in silence. When they got to the portrait James said the password ( Chocolate Frogs) and walked in.
"Thanks for hanging out with me today James." Lily said.
"Lily, there is nothing I would rather do then hang out with you." James said.
"Uh…right well thanks." She said.
"Yeah." James replied. "It was really nice. We didn't yell at all and we had civil conversations."
"Mhm" Lily said. "We should do it again sometime."
James smirked.
"No um…not like a date or- anything-that's-that is not what I meant, uh…I-" She stuttered.
"I got it, keep your shirt on, jeez." He laughed.
"Right well, goodnight."
"' Night Lily."
She quickly walked over to him and hugged him. Then she ran up the stairs. James watched as she ran up the stairs then walked up the stars on the other side of the room.
A/N: Well, thanks to my reviewers, I'd thank you personally, but I didn't write your names down and I am not allowed on my computer, I am typing this all on my laptop, which does not have internet access. But, soon, you will be rewarded. Thank you so much and keep on reviewing! I luffles you all…in that…friendly kind of way (LufflesLove).