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Lily started off with a unusual morning.
She had woken up by a sharp tap on her window. Groaning, she got out of bed and opened the window.
A large owl flew in and collided with her head. Lily shrieked and fell over, landing on the hard floor by her chin.
She let out a cry of pain, clutching her jaw.
The owl gave a apologetic sqrawk before dropping the envelope and flying out of the window.
Lily stood up, cursing the stupid owl and picked up the envelope.
She ripped open the envelope and took out a little card.
She opened the card, curiously...
To Miss L. Evans,
The professors of Hogwarts have decided to organise a Christmas Ball, taking place on Christmas Eve.
The ball starts at 8pm and will be taken place at the Great Hall.
Every student in the school is invited, though it is not a demand that you must come.
Pupils who are coming need to have a date and students are asked to dress formally.
We hope that all the students will be able to attend this wonderful occasion.
Sincerely,
All the staff in Hogwarts
A ball.
Lily had always dreamed of going to a ball since she was little.
She couldn't hide the fact that she was excited about this.
"But then, who would want to go with me, anyway?"She suddenly thought, bitterly.
She put the invitation card back in its envelope and tossed it aside.
Attempting to forget about the ball, she quickly got dressed and ran down to breakfast.
When she got to the Great Hall, the place was much louder than usual.
As she made her way, to where Jenny and Amy were sitting, she could here that every conversation taking place was mainly about the ball.
She sat down, between Amy and Jenny and started helping herself to some porridge.
"Hey, Lily! Did you hear about the ball!" Jenny asked, as soon as she'd seen Lily.
"Yeah! I can't believe it! A ball!" This wasn't spoken by Lily but by Amy, who seemed to be way more excited than Lily had ever seen her.
"Er, yeah. I heard about it."Lily replied, shortly.
"Well, who are you going with?"Amy asked, practically jumping up and down in her seat.
"Are you kidding me? Who on earth would want to go with me?"Lily snorted.
"Oh, Lily! There's plenty of people who'd go with you!"Jenny said.
Lily snorted, once again.
She didn't bother listening to Amy and Jenny ramble on about the ball and what they would wear.
It was just after lunch.
It had only been several hours but Jenny and Amy, already found dates.
Jenny had been asked by a hansome Gryffindor called, Matt Woods. Jenny seemed to be very excited and kept talking about what she was going to wear.
It seemed that Amy's dream came true and Remus had asked her to be his date, where she accepted, immediately. Amy was happier than Jenny and Lily had ever seen her. She, too, kept going on about what she was going to wear and how she was going to do her hair.
Lily nodded and smiled, looking happy. But her facial expression was just a mask.
Deep inside, she was thinking about something else.
She knew who she wanted to go to the ball with.
James.
But he was most likely going with Katelin.
Lily quickly excused herself from Amy and Jenny, without explanation and ran to her dormitory, not being able to stand their happy happy talks, any longer.
Just as she was runnning up the corridor to the portrait, she ran directly into someone, causing them, both to fall over.
Lily went bright red, as she picked herself up.
"I'm so sorry!" She said, quickly."I was just in a rush. I-"
She looked up at the person and met James' eyes.
"James? I- I'm really sorry! I was just running to the dormitory and I-"
James held out a hand, as if to interrupt her."Evans, it's ok. I'm not injured. I'm going to the dormitory too, so we may as well walk together."
"Oh, well. Um. Ok."Lily said.
So they walked to their dormitory, together.
"Well, um. I'll see you later"Lily said, as she got to her bedroom door.
"Yeah. See you."James smiled, before walking into his room.
Lily sat down on her bed.
She couldn't stand it. All those moments she spent with James, she felt weird feelings inside her and it made her feel light.
She sighed. She picked up her diary and started writing.
"Dear Diary,
Why do i have to be like this?
Why did i have to realise i love James, after he started going out with that bloody Katelin?
I'm so stupid. If only i hadn't been so stubborn and idiotic, James and I might be together!
The only person i want to go to this stupid ball is James. Though that's never going to happen!
You know what? I'm too tired to write..."
With a sigh, she snapped her diary shut and put it on her bedside table.
James was sitting in his room.
Something was weird.
His girlfriend was pretty. She was smart. She was kind. But there was something missing.
He had thought this last time, but had pushed the thought out of his mind.
But now, he would think about it...
Katelin was basically perfect. All the guys wanted to date her.
But why wasn't he sastified with her?
Then, the answer struck him like a lighting bolt...
She wasn't Lily Evans.
He was still in love with Lily.
James sighed. Why was he in, such a mess?
Then, he knew what he had to do...
"Hey! Katelin!"
Katelin turned around and stopped.
"Hey, James!"She said, smiling at him.
"Hey." James said, catching up with her."Listen, can we talk? In private?"
"Yeah, sure. Of course!"Katelin replied.
They walked out onto the grounds and ended up settling by the lake.
"So...what was it you wanted to talk about?"Katelin asked, curiously.
James took a deep breath.
"Katelin. I really like you. I really enjoy being around with you. But listen, I like you as a friend, but not as a girlfriend. I really value your friendship... I feel as if i'm leading you on, so i think it's better for us to break up."
There was a moment's silence.
Katelin smiled.
"I thought you'd be doing this, sooner or later. I know you aren't in love with me, i feel the same way...I like you just as a friend, too. I guess we just kind of needed each other."
James smiled, relieved."So, we can still be friends, right?"
Katelin smiled back."Of course!"
They had a friendly hug and walked in seperate ways...
A/N:Hey, I hope you liked this chapter. For those of you who wanted Katelin to have a painful death...Well, James and Katelin are broken up now, so i hope you're all happy about that.
I'll still update on saturday, as usual, since this chapter was updated sooner to make up for the previous one.
Anyway, thanks for reading!
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