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"I have absolutely nothing to wear," Lily declared. It was the morning of the Hogsmeade trip and Lily was searching her closet for something to wear.

"How about this?" Gracie asked as she pulled out a tight pair of jeans and a black, low-cut shirt.

Lily shook her head, "No, I can't wear that. This has to be perfect, I want him to like me so bad."

"Alright, alright. Shut the hell up and I'll help you," Marissa said as she dragged herself out of bed. She had a grumpy look on her face that said 'don't mess with me before I've had my coffee.'

Marissa went over to her own drawer and pulled out a shirt. Then she proceeded to gather the jeans that Gracie had pulled out and put them with the shirt. Next, Marissa grabbed a pair of Lily's shoes.

"Go change now, and I'll get some jewelry," Marissa told her.

Lily looked at her in awe, here was a girl that had been awoken by the sound of Lily and Gracie conversing no more than five minutes ago and she had pulled an outfit together that would look amazing on Lily.

Once Lily was finished changing, she stepped out of the bathroom with a smile on her face. The outfit Marissa had chosen was perfect. The top was a white, ¾ length shirt that was slightly off her shoulders. The jeans were tight and made her figure look striking. The shoes that Marissa picked out were simple white sandals, not lifting Lily off the ground by more than an inch.

"How do I look?" Lily asked.

"You look great Lils!" Gracie exclaimed.

"Hmm," was all that Marissa said. Then asked, "What would you say to leaving your hair down for a change?"

Lily looked at Marissa for a second, she hated wearing her hair down. Ever since Lily grew it longer, she always felt that it was weighed down, and only looked good up.

Marissa didn't wait for Lily to answer; instead she grabbed Lily by the shoulders and shoved her down on a bed. Then she grabbed a brush and her wand. Lily heard her mutter some spell, and then she felt a brush go through her hair.

When Marissa was finally finished, Lily got up and looked into her mirror. Marissa had done the impossible, Lily's hair looked astonishing down. Somehow, Marissa managed to give Lily's hair some bounce to it, making it look shiny and smooth.

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Soon enough, Lily found herself in Hogsmeade with Shaun.

"So, do you want to get a butterbeer?" Shaun asked Lily.

"Sure, I haven't had one since last year," Lily answered.

"Really," he asked. "I mean, you don't ever come up here during the summer?"

"No, my parents are muggles, so we usually stay in the muggle part of England."

"Oh, that's right,. Sorry, I forgot."

"That's alright… Anyways, how's school treating you?" Lily asked, she actually wasn't quite sure what to talk about with him. She was so nervous not to say anything or do anything stupid.

"Not bad, Quidditch practices are starting soon so I'll be occupied with that," he replied.

"Yeah, did you make captain this year?"

"Sure did, and I'm so excited about it. I can finally run practices the way they were meant to be. I mean, sure Tim Swane did a good job, I mean we won the Quidditch Cup, but I know I can do better. You see, he didn't have us practice very long on the weekdays, but on the weekends, he nearly killed us he worked us so hard. We once spent five hours practicing one Saturday," Shaun informed her.

"Wow, that's a long time. And you had to stay on the broom that long?" she asked.

"Well, of course. Where else would we be?"

"I don't know. It's just that that's an awfully long time to be on a broom," she replied.

"Nay, it's all fun. You know soaring up as high as you can, then diving for the golden snitch, personally, I'd love it if I could spend all day on the Quidditch Pitch, just flying around," he said. Lily could see a smile forming on his perfectly formed lips.

"All day?" she asked.

"Of course, it's the best feeling in the world you know."

"I wouldn't know," she responded softly, hoping he wouldn't hear her.

Unfortunately for Lily, his ears were as good as his eyes. "What was that? You wouldn't know?"

Lily let out a sigh, "You swear you won't tell anyone?" she asked.

Shaun nodded his head and said, "I promise."

"During our first year, when we learned how to fly, I, well, I didn't have the best of luck," she admitted. There was a look in his eyes that told her to continue. "It took me the longest time to get the broom under my control, and by the end of class, while every one else was just coming down, I was just getting up. So I never really learned how to fly on a broom."

Shaun did something that Lily did not expect at all, he didn't laugh, instead he made an offer, "Well, how about sometime when we get back to school, for instance next weekend, I can take you flying. That way you can experience flying, and I can be with you."

"I'd like that," she answered flirtatiously.

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By that time they had reached the pub and gotten their butterbeers. Shaun saw a table and pulled the chair out for her to sit in.

Little did Lily know, James was at that pub seated a few tables behind her with Sirius. Lily couldn't see the two boys for her back was faced to them, but they could see her.

"Look at that asshole, thinking he's so smart just because he made her laugh," James commented to Sirius.

"Prongs, relax. They are just getting some butterbeers, don't freak out on me."

"I know, I know, it's just that I want to be there now. Not him, that bastard doesn't deserve someone as amazing as Lily."

"Seriously, I think that you are taking this a little too far buddy. Lily and Shaun will be over before you know," Sirius assured his friend.

"Oh really? Then why is he holding her fucking hands?" James asked, there was panic present in his face expression.

Sirius put his head between his temples and thought 'why did I agree to come here? I knew that all he would talk about is Lily, why am I here?'

"Can I get another butterbeer?" Sirius asked as one of the workers waked by. Sirius knew it was going to be a long day with James acting as crazy as he was.

Author's Note: Hope you liked it. And don't worry this is still going to be about Lily and James, they just need more time before they get together. Anyways, please review!