Chapter 14: The Date
A/N: Warning: VERY Sappy
Christmas Eve,
"Excellent." Lily said as she positioned the "Christmas prank" on the guys. "Now, we just have to wait for morning. When the guys come down…Bang."
"And it won't stop until we give the signal." Spica said.
"And the best part is that they won't be expecting this." Melissa added.
"Don't you think they could have heard us?" Spica asked.
"Probably." Lily said. "But we didn't say WHAT we were doing."
"And Potter, Black, and Lupin will have to swear not to tell anyone what they did." Sara added. "Too bad John went home."
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The next morning,
"CHRISTMAS!" the three boys (Peter went home again), called as they came rushing down the stairs. When they got to the doorway, they saw the girls and,
BANG!
Snowflakes came tumbling down on the three boys. When the flakes slowed, but didn't stop, the boys looked up.
Each boy had some mistletoe hanging over their heads.
They quickly moved over to the tree, but the snow and the plants followed them.
"What the…?" Sirius started.
"Watch your language Black." Spica told him. "It's Christmas."
"How do we get rid of it?" Remus asked.
"That's for us to know and you to find out." Melissa told him.
The boys made the attempt to ignore the falling snow as they started opening presents with the girls.
"What in Merlin's name?" a voice said from the door.
The kids turned around to see Peeler and Westley looking at the mistletoe.
"Hilarious." Peeler told the girls.
"Yet brilliant." Westley added.
"Thank you." The girls told them.
"Can you at least tell us how to get them to stop snowing on us?" James asked.
"I'm sure you'll find out." Peeler said grinning.
"Why didn't I ever think of that?" Westley asked. "I could have done it before I told you my feelings."
Just then, Lily got to James' present to her. It was small.
She opened it up to find a necklace. The chain was 24K gold and the pendant was an emerald surrounded by diamonds and rubies.
"It must have cost a fortune." Lily gasped.
"Have you seen his place?" Sirius asked her. "Money is not an issue."
"Sounds familiar." Westley looked at her boyfriend
"What do you mean?" Melissa asked
"Ever since we've started dating, SOMEONE has been giving me extremely expensive gifts." Westley said glaring at her boyfriend.
"Like Sirius said, "Money is not an issue."" Peeler told her. "Have you seen my vault?"
"No. But I've heard stories." She told him. "This was last year's Christmas present." She added to the kids showing a diamond bracelet (A/N: He sent it to her with the note she mentioned)
"And these," she continued moving her hair from her face, "Were this years."
Two diamond earrings shown from her ears.
"Whoa!" the kids exclaimed forgetting the snowing mistletoe.
"They were going to be larger," Peeler said, "But the largest would have been too heavy."
"My mother would kill you if she knew." Westley told him.
Lily went back to admiring her necklace.
"Here." James said moving towards her.
He took the necklace and put it on her.
"It's beautiful. Thank you." Lily said and kissed him on the cheek.
The boys were too shocked by the action to notice the mistletoe stop snowing and falling to the floor.
"You're welcome?" James said dumbstruck.
A few minutes after some more present opening,
"HEY!" Sirius exclaimed. "Prongs' mistletoe is gone!"
Spica and Melissa gave their victims from the detention last year a peck on the cheek. The mistletoes stopped snowing and dropped.
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A few days later,
"Bushtail!" Lily said coming into the 7th years girl's dorm. "I need you to do me a huge favor."
"What?" Spica asked.
"Throw me off the astronomy tower or into the lake. I just agreed to go on a date with James Potter."
"He asked you?" Sara asked.
"Worse." Lily paled. "I…I…."
"You asked him?" Melissa asked in awe.
"I don't know what came over me or who was more shocked." Lily continued "Me or him."
Flashback
"James?" Lily asked as the Heads left their apartments to meet their friends for breakfast. "Do you want to do anything Friday night before the rest of the school gets back from holiday?"
"Well, I'd have to check with the others to see if they'd…" James started.
"I meant the two of us." She interrupted. "Alone."
"Alone?" He repeated "Together? Just you and me? Like a date?"
"Well, yes." She admitted.
James had been taken by surprise. "Well, sure. What do you want to do?"
"I don't know. Friday is New Years Eve. I'm sure we can think of something."
End Flashback
"What did I do?" she asked in horror.
"You gave him a chance." Sara said.
There was a brief silence.
"NOW REMUS AND I CAN GO OUT TOGETHER IN PUBLIC!" Melissa suddenly cheered.
Everyone looked at the wolf animagus.
"You weren't supposed to hear that." Melissa told them.
"You've been going with Lupin all this time?" Sara asked "For how long?"
Melissa murmured something.
"Sorry Adolpha. I didn't quite catch that." Spica told her.
"Fifth year." Melissa admitted.
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"Guys?" James said to his friends after Lily asked him out. "Something weird just happened."
"What are you talking about Prongs?" Sirius said taking a drink of Pumpkin juice.
"Lily Evans just asked me if I wanted to do anything with her Friday night, just the two of us, and I said "Sure"."
The Pumpkin juice came right back out all over Remus.
"WHAT?" Sirius exclaimed turning to his best friend.
"Excuse you!" Remus said to Sirius.
"Sorry Moony." Sirius said not even looking at the werewolf. "After all these years of trying to ask her out, she asks YOU out?"
"Well, yes." James said still in shock.
"When did this happen?" Remus asked his friend as he cleaned himself off using magic.
"This morning. I have to do SOMETHING with her. I can't very well just do rounds around the castle. It's New Years for crying out loud. And the first date. It has to be special." James Potter said worriedly as he started to hyperventilate.
"You'll think of something." Remus said.
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Friday night (so you don't have to wait),
Professor Peeler had enjoyed the past week immensely. It had been difficult to see who was the most frantic Head Student. James, who was trying to pull a date together, or Lily, who was trying to figure out what to wear, proper etiquette, etc.
It was finally time for the big moment.
9:00 p.m. : James had everything ready. He had forced Remus and Sirius to put the finishing touches on the plan. He also warned them no pranks for the night and no spying. Lily would kill all three of them. He paced outside the Head Girl's dorm. The others watched from around a corner when they were done with their work.
She came out wearing a green dress that matched her eyes and went beautifully with her hair. Around her neck, she wore the necklace James gave her for Christmas. James starred for about five minutes which she found very amusing.
"Shall we?" she asked breaking the ice.
James snapped out of it.
"Sorry" he apologized.
"Where are we going?" she asked.
"That's a surprise." He told her as he took out his cloak and wrapped it around them.
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Meanwhile,
"I can see what's happening." Sirius said.
"What?" Remus asked.
"And they don't have a clue." Sirius added.
"Who?"
"They'll fall in love and here's the bottom line…"
"Huh?"
"...this trio's down to two."
"Sirius." Remus warned as he realized where Sirius was going.
"The sweet caress of twilight."
"That's enough."
"There's magic everywhere."
"Please." Remus sighed
"And with all this romantic atmosphere…"
"Don't even…" Remus warned
…DISASTER'S IN THE AIR!" Sirius sang off key.
"Take some singing lessons." Remus told his friend as he covered his sensitive ears.
"This isn't "The Lion King"." Melissa said coming up from behind the boys out of Spica's cloak.
"And what about Peter?" Remus asked.
"I said this trio. If Peter was here, then I would have said quartet." Sirius said.
"Let's go to the kitchens." Sara suggested.
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9:15: Lily found the two of them on the Astronomy Tower. The crescent moon looked down on them surrounded by billions of stars. There wasn't a cloud in the sky.
Lily, however, wasn't looking at the scenery. She was looking at the candlelit picnic dinner that was on the observation deck.
"Oh James." She gasped.
"Great creatures house-elves." He told her. "They'd do ANYTHING for you."
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9:30: The couple were eating the picnic dinner the house-elves packed for them.
"You look very nice tonight." James told her.
"Thanks." She said shyly.
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10:00: The couple were now talking about James.
"So, you have a sister?" Lily asked.
"Yes. Jennifer. She five years younger than me. But, ever since the rise of Voldemort, my parents sent to a cousin who lives in America. I'm sure you've heard about the Potters and Gryffindors."
"Yes." She told him. "Melissa pointed it out. I think I had skimmed over it once reading Hogwarts, A History. But I didn't pay too much attention to that."
"Well, Jenny was sent there to get away from the dangerous activity just incase something were to happen here in England." James explained further.
"Well, at least she's safe from the violence."
"Yeah."
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10:55: Now the couple were talking about Lily.
"Your sister doesn't like magic?" James asked when Lily told him about Petunia.
"Correct." She sighed. "She even made sure she got a boyfriend who hates it just as much. HE doesn't know about Hogwarts though."
"Where does he think you go to?"
"Some school for the deplorable." She told him. "I've threatened Petunia with my magic though. I love it."
"Good. You shouldn't let your sister get the best of you."
"If I EVER have a kid, I'm making she he or she does NOT meet my sister." Lily said.
"I'll help make sure of that whether or not I'm the father." James vowed.
She smiled and blushed.
James realized what he had just said and joined in the blushing.
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11:55: "Five minutes to the New Year." James said.
"To think." Lily stated. "This time next year, we'll be full time. No school, no Professors, no homework,"
"No detention, no Snape." James added jokingly.
Just then, Lily turned red.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Does your family have any traditions for the New Years?"
James thought. "We count down the minutes and we shoot of fireworks from our wands and sing Auld Lang Syne. Why?"
"Well, my family also count down, sing, and we drink champagne. And my parents…" she turned redder, "…kiss. They told Petunia and me that most adults do."
"Oh." James said. He really wanted to kiss her but wanted this date to turn out right.
"Three minutes." She said looking at the clock on another tower. "I guess we could do the wizards' tradition. Since you're used to it."
"Yeah." He agreed.
He then transfigured some water into champagne.
"James." She said noticing the beverage.
"We'll compromise." He told her handing her a glass.
"One minute." She said pulling out her wand with her right hand and holding the glass in her left.
James followed suite.
"30 seconds." James said watching the clock tower.
Lily looked over to James. She really wanted to kiss him, but she also wanted the date to turn out right.
"20" she said.
This was probably the first New Years where both students were nervous for the stroke of midnight instead of excited.
"10" James said.
"9" Lily added (it goes back and forth the rest of the numbers)
"8"
"7"
"6"
"5"
"4"
"3"
"2"
"1" both students yelled as the clock struck midnight.
Screw the date. It's probably the last on anyways.
Instead of doing the traditional muggle cheer (with the champagne) like they had planned, James and Lily both kissed each other on the lips. When their lips touched, both were so shocked that the other person was kissing them, they dropped the champagne glasses and wands on the ground.
Off on other towers close by, some people were shooting off fireworks and singing "Auld Lang Syne". James and Lily paid them no mind because they were lost in their own world.
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However, not everyone was singing Auld Lang Syne.
In the kitchens…
"And if he falls in love tonight…sniff… it can be assumed." Sirius sang
"Her carefree days with us are history." Spica added.
"In short our pal(Sirius)/friend(Spica) is dooooooommmmmmeeeedd." the two students named after stars sang together.
Then, they started crying on each other's shoulders each holding a mug of butterbeer.
Remus, Sara, and Melissa shook their heads in embarrassment.
"Why are we friends with them again?" Remus asked.
"They're so loveable." Melissa answered. "Happy New Years."
TBC
A/N: I don't own "Lion King" or "Can you Feel the Love Tonight."