Wow…I'm a terrible person. I haven't written in FOREVER! I'm in two AP classes and my life is hectic, so don't expect many updates. On with the story…

Chapter 7

"Keep your eyes closed! Don't open them yet!" James walked down the street with Jade's hand in his.

"Where are we going, James?" Jade whined. James led her to Magic Meltdowns, the local ice cream parlor, and opened the door.

"Now, do you prefer chocolate? Or vanilla?" James asked.

"Vanilla…what is this, James?"

"Hold on!" James turned to the cashier, "One vanilla, please." The cashier handed him a small vanilla ice cream cone. "Now, open your mouth." Jade obediently opened her mouth and let James put the ice cream into her mouth. her eyes flew open the moment the ice cream hit her tongue,. Her green eyes filled with terror.

"What?" James asked, concerned "what's wrong, hun?" Jade sputtered and spat the ice cream out, but it was too late. Her face began to turn red and boils burst out all over her face. "Oh my God! What's going on, Jade?"

Jade managed to cough out the word, "Allergy!"

"Someone! Will someone please help me?" James shouted. All of a sudden, two wizards appeared on either side of Jade and one of them disappeared with her.

"Hey! Who are you? Where's Jade? What is going on?" James was screaming now.

"Come down, James." The other wizard said in a soothing voice, "Jade will be okay. Charles took her to the hospital. She has a severe allergy to ice cream and has to be under special care for the next few days."

James' eyes widened, "Next few days? But…the dance and her birthday. What am I going to do?"

The other wizard patted James on the back, "There will be other dances, son. I'm sure you can find another pretty lady to accompany you tonight. Now, I will take you back to Hogwarts."

"I am such an idiot, Sirius," James moaned, "How could I do something like that to her?"

Sirius rolled his eyes, "how were you supposed to know she was allergic to ice cream? I mean, who the heck is allergic to ice cream?"

"But I did know! She told me a few weeks ago. I am so stupid." James put his head down on the common room table. "Some birthday present."

"Prongs, it's okay. Really. Jade will survive and everything will be okay again. I promise." Sirius marveled at James' ignorance.

"I know, but I still feel horrible." James ran his hand through his hair, "and she was so excited about the dance tonight." At mentioning the dance, James groaned again and pounded his head on the table.

Sirius took this as his chance. "Well, what are you going to do about the dance? You can't not go. People are counting on you."

James lifted his head up, "How are people counting on me?"

Sirius thought fast, "well, Remus was really excited about hanging out with you at the dance tonight. And I was thinking about inviting Amy to go with me and we would be a group again."

"I guess you're right." James grimaced, "but I don't want to go along."

"Ask someone else."

"Who?"

"Lily's not going with anyone."

At the sound of Lily's name, James smiled, "Hey! That's a good idea, but do you think Lily will go with me?"

"You wont know until you ask." Sirius smiled.

Lily slammed her books on the table in the library. Her red hair was a mess and she was frantically studying for her Defense Against the Dark Arts quiz. Searching through her notes, she heard a noise behind her. Spinning around she was surprised to see James standing right behind her.

She jumped, "Oh my God, James! You scared me."

"Sorry, Lily." James turned bright red, "I wanted to ask you something."

"Okay, shoot!" Lily already knew the question.

"Jade got really sick and I need someone to go to the dance with me. Will you come?"

"I don't know, James." Lily smiled mischeviously, "I really need to study for this quiz."

"Oh, come on, Lils!" James cried, "I need you!"

"I guess I can come."

James practically fell to his knees, "Thank you, Lily. You have no idea what this means to me."

Actually, I think I do.

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