FLASHBACK
"How about the ball, you still never answered…"
"I'd love to."
Lily then walked over to James and on her tiptoes gave James a kiss on the cheek, and walked out of the room.
"Prongs? Earth to Prongs! HELLO?"
Remus tried shaking him but nothing worked. James Potter was in love with a fiery, beautiful, and perfect redhead named Lily Evans and this time, she loved him back.
"C'mon mate, let's go." Remus said dragging the dazed James out of the hospital wing.
END OF FLASHBACK
LATER IN THE SHRIEKING SHACK
"And then...SHE SAID YES! Can you believe it?"
"Mmm."
"Yep."
"Nah, I thought her answer had changed since the first time you said it. Do you realize how many times you've told us this story?"
James shrugged.
"10 BLOODY TIMES, PRONGS! Gods, now we realize what Lily meant when she said you were annoying."
The marauders laughed, except for one. Peter. (A/N: The little nasty rat faced...I won't finish that sentence...lol)
Should I tell them? I mean, after all, they are my friends. No...I can't! The Dark Lord will punish me. Just think Peter, all the power you will have. No, I won't tell them. Sure he's bad, the Dark Lord is. But the power, oh the power you'll have! Much more power than James, Sirius, and Remus have put together! Then we'll see who gets pushed around...
Peter then after thinking joined in the laughter and snacked on a licorice wand. After a while, he remembered his meeting with Bellatrix Black, Sirius' cousin from Slytherin. Some bloke, Lestrange, and Bella were going to teach him some things about the dark arts.
"Uh, guys? I, uh...well, you see...the thing is..."
"Spit it out, Wormtail!" Sirius said impatiently
"I have to go...I have a potions essay to finish." He lied. He hated lying to his friends but there was no turning back now.
"Okay, whatever. If we haven't come back by the time you are finished, come back here. We'll be here late with James chatting nonstop about Lily." Remus said.
I don't deserve friends like you, Peter thought.
"Okay, bye." He said
"Bye." James and Sirius chorused.
Remus sat there in silence. Slughorn didn't assign an essay this whole month...
MEANWHILE IN THE GIRLS DORMITORY
"I still can't believe you said yes, Lils." Katy said exasperated
"Yeah, it's not like he's changed much." Sarah added
"In a way he actually has, guys! He's more... mature. Except for Snivellus, he's been much more mature."
"Did I mention that I'm going to the ball with Sirius?" Erin said for maybe the 7th time that night.
"Yes, Erin, many times." Christina laughed. She'd been invited to their little party too.
"I thought you said you didn't like him..." Molly said as she looked at Erin with suspicion.
"I-I...DON'T!! Are you guys on CRACK?! I despise that-that thing."
"Yeah, sure. Whatever, Erin." Liz said
"Hey, you guys, do you know where Remus goes every month? I mean, he says his aunt is sick or he has a family issue but I don't think that's really where he goes." Christina asked.
Everyone bit their lip; they all knew about Remus' "furry little problem."
"Oh, uh...no his family is just really sick...there's more to it but you should ask him." Lily finally said.
The silence was broken when Abigail entered the room.
"And then James kissed me!"
Lily's jaw just about hit the floor. Her words were supplied by Katy.
"Don't be outrageous Garrett, James has just asked Lily to the ball and we all know it so just shut your ugly face!"
"Yeah and if you EVER lie or do anything to hurt Lily or James' relationship, we'll hunt you down! Mush has buff muscles so he can kill you!" Sarah added.
"Well, we'll just have to see who he really likes Evans. Me, the popular, beautiful--" Katy tried to hide her snort of laughter, but failed miserably, receiving a glare from Abigail. Abigail continued, "--and oh so very sweet Quidditch cheerleader. Or you, the bookworm, the ugly red hair and green eyed freak."
"Oh sod off Garrett! We all know you're jealous of Lily. She has auburn hair and emerald eyes. You have yellow hair, not blonde because we were best friends until we were 11 and I know for a fact that you were a brunette. Yes ladies, Abigail is a fake. What a complete shocker there! You also have hazel eyes, like James. If I am correct with muggle science, opposites attract. Therefore, you and James do not. Also, muggle math says a positive-that's James- times a negative-that's you- equals a negative. A negative is what the chances you have with James. So stop being a bitch and get over the fact that James doesn't like you, HE LOVES LILY!" Molly exploded.
Abigail retreated crying and the others sat there in silence. It was no wonder they did; Molly never spoke up like that.
"Wow." Sarah finally said.
"Yea." The others said in unison.
"Since when have you been so outspoken?!" Katy demanded
"Since...I met someone." Molly said blushing.
"Molly Prewett has a c-rush. Well, who's the lucky guy Molls Dolls?" Katy said.
"Arthur Weasley. He's a seventh year." Molly said, now as red as her own hair.
"Goodness me, we've got two red heads in love now." Sarah said
"Actually its three, Arthur has red hair too." Molly said giggling.
"Have you asked him out yet?" Christina asked.
"No."
"Why not?"
"You're nuts, we've seen him look at you!"
"What's the reasoning behind this?! You have to ask him."
"Yeah, Molly. Just ask, he won't say no!"
This all came out at once from all the girls.
"GUYS!" Molly exclaimed
The room became silent.
"The reason I haven't asked him is because he asked me to the ball this morning."
The chatter was restless for the rest of the night. Finally at 2 am, Christina announced the ball was in 17 hours and they needed their beauty sleep. She trucked off to her own dorm. The girls fell asleep in minutes upon hearing this and were woken up by Erin.
CLUNK.
CLUNK.
CLUNK.
CLUNK.
Erin was stomping her foot next to everyone's ear one at a time.
"What is that noise and why on earth is it occurring at 8 am on a SATURDAY?" a very annoyed Lily asked in a monotonous way.
"IT'S BALL DAY!! UP! UP! UP! UP!" Erin exclaimed
"Ugh."
"No."
"Five more minutes."
"What the bloody hell is wrong with you? We have 11 bloody hours to prepare for the bloody ball!"
These were the responses from the 6th year Gryffindor girls. As you can see from the last response, Katy did NOT like to be woken early on a Saturday.
"I don't care how tired you are! Get up or I will have to put a 24 hex on the shower so that it only has cold water."
That seemed to wake everyone up and a half hour later they were all heading down to breakfast.
Apparently all the girls in the school had the same mind as Erin as they were already finishing their breakfast as the girls entered the Great Hall.
Chatter was among the girls as to who was going with whom and what everyone's dress looked like. It was pre-ball pandemonium and as the guys entered the Great Hall, they didn't know where to sit without hearing the girly gossip.
"I don't see what all the fuss is about." Peter announced
"I know, really. It's just a ball ladies." Sirius said
"Yea. I mean it's not that big of a deal." Remus added.
"Are you kidding?! It's the first time Lily has ever said yes to my questions concerning us going out!" James said.
Everyone just laughed.
The day whizzed by and the crew mostly spend the day by the lake. 6:00 rolled around rather quickl and the girls rushed off to their dorms.
The dorms were full of stress.
"Where's my brush?"
"Where's my lip gloss?"
"Hannah, give me my mascara!"
"Wait, I'm almost done!"
"Will you please hurry up in the bathroom?"
Lily noticed this and suggested she, Katy, Sarah, Erin, Molly, Liz, and Christina go to the prefects' bathrooms.
They all smiled gratefully and walked off to the bathroom, dresses in tow.
6:55 pm, 5 minutes before ball time.
In the prefects' bathroom...
"Are you guys done yet?" Lily asked. They all agreed to walk out at the same time from their private dressing areas.
"Almost." Christina yelled.
The group groaned.
"Okay...on the count of three."
"1...2...THREE!"
All girls stepped out of their dressing stalls.
They all gasped in awe.
A/N: If you don't like descriptions, scroll down.
Lily was by far the most beautiful. She had a beautiful emerald dress matching her eyes perfectly. It hung down to a few inches below the knee. It was a halter with sequins as a belt on her waist. She had a pair of velvet green ballet slippers to match. Her hair was let down, natural. She had light makeup and diamond studs.
Katy's dress was a light lavender that went down to her knees. She had some light make up and a darker lavender pair of high heeled shoes. Her hair was curled and was in a half ponytail. Her earrings were silver chandelier earrings with amethysts embedded into the silver.
Sarah had a baby blue gown that was tight until her waist and flowed down to the floor from there. She had, though you couldn't see, ballet slippers that matched her dress. She had her hair in an up-do with a few loose curls framing her face. She had blue earrings that hung down to her chin. Her makeup was a little darker accenting her eyes.
Erin had a dark pink dress that went down to her ankles. She had pretty pink heels with sequins. Her makeup was barely there because frankly she didn't need any. Her hair was straightened, instead of its naturally curly state. She had pink earrings in the form of little wands with little pink sparks coming out every so often.
Liz had a red dress. It was sparkly and it went down to just above her knee. She was made a full 3 inches taller with her red heels. She had light makeup except her lipstick which matched her dress. Her hair was tied back and curled with a clip matching her dress.
Molly had a yellow dress. It was long sleeved and it went down to the floor. It hung low in the from showing not too much but enough to Arthur's liking. Her red hair was in curls and was clipped to the side with a clip containing little yellow rhinestones.
Christina had a typical little black dress. It went down to her knees and it was short sleeved. She had darker makeup but not too much. She had black heels and her earrings were chandeliers with some black beads on the ends. Her hair was straightened and this time, it actually worked thanks to a straightening charm.
They are were appalled at their friends' beauty and the silence was broken when Liz said,
"Its 7:00, we should go."
All girls nodded and started to walk down to the Great Hall. They all took a big, yet subtle, breath as they turned the final corner to the hall.
A/N: OMG!! I haven't updated in months. I'm SOOOOOO sorry!!! I just had a lot of things to worry about and I put my fics on the back burner for a while. I'll try and update ASAP but I can't guarantee it. I can say this story, after it is finished will be rewritten because I look back at my other chapters and I am disgusted with my lack of writing skills. As for my other stories...I dunno if I'll continue those. I'll probably delete and rewrite them or something. I just don't see where they are headed. But enough of my babbling...REVIEW!!