wow. okay, so its been awhile. a long while.

i was bored today, and i basically just started summer holidays, and there was nothing to do... and then i remembered that i had a story i was writing... hahah

so, this is really short, again, but at least its an update... if anyone reads this 8P

disclaimer: i dont own harry potter blah blah blaaaaahhhhhhh

well whatever, here it is...

enjoy...? 8)

Almost two months had passed since the start of term, and Lily was still thinking about when James had kissed her. Lily couldn't help it – he was everywhere she went it seemed, and even when he wasn't, her mind always strayed to thoughts of him…

"LILY! Did you hear?" screeched Taylor as she came bounding through the portrait into the Gryffindor common room.

"Hear what?"

"This year, the heads are planning a Halloween dance! Isn't it exciting?" Taylor hastily exclaimed.

"Um, sure? I don't think its that big of a deal, its only a dance…"

"Only a dance? Only a dance? Are you kidding me? This isn't just "a dance", this is the type of dance where you're supposed to DANCE WITH BOYS! Well, where girls are supposed to dance with boys and boys are supposed to dance with girls…"

"Taylor, slow down! You're talking really fast. And what difference does it make? Isn't any dance like that? Where you're "supposed" to dance with boys?"

"Well, yes, but we never get them at Hogwarts! That's why this is so exciting!"

"Okay then…?"

"So… who do you think will ask you? And who do you WANT to go with?"

"I don't care at the moment, Tay. I'm trying to write the Potions essay, can you please leave me alone now?"

"You're such a buzz kill, Lils. But I know who you're thinking about right now." Taylor said with a smirk as she proceeded to go up to the girls dormitories.

Do you now?, thought Lily, Well, you're probably right… Merlin I hate him.

Just then, the marauders entered the common room, and Lily swore she could feel her cheeks immediately heat up. She chanced a look in their direction, and was relieved to see that James hadn't noticed her just yet.

The marauders were just coming back in from outside it seemed, because Peter had dead leaves stuck to his robes and his light brown hair. Sirius was just laughing as Peter attempted to shake them out of his hair, but failed miserably, and James and Remus seemed as if they were deep in conversation about something…

"Oi! Prongs! Moony! Why is it that whenever Wormtail does something that makes him even more pathetic, you two are always off in your own worlds talking about something boring?"

"Padfoot, it isn't boring. You just don't know enough of anything to be able to tell the boring stuff from the interesting stuff."

"Moony, shut up. Just because you read books and think they're interesting, doesn't give you a right to go poison Prongs' brain with your foolishness!"

"Padfoot, we weren't talking about books you dolt."

"Oh."

That was the marauders conversation as they were heading up the stairs to their dormitory. Lily couldn't help but eavesdrop, she wasn't able to focus on her essay anyways because of James, so why not listen to his conversation with his friends?

Okay, now I really DO sound like a stalker. Lily thought to herself as she gathered up her books and parchment to go up to her own dormitory. Lily hoped she would have better luck focusing in there, where there most definitely wouldn't be any chances at all of being interrupted by James and his friends.

As Lily was getting up from the desk she had been sitting at, she turned around and was face to face with none other than James Potter. She was so startled that she lost grip of her things, and everything went falling to the floor. Before Lily could collect them herself, James was already handing them to her.

"Thanks…" mumbled Lily as she shoved everything into her bag and slung it over her shoulder.

"Any time." replied James smoothly, never missing a beat.

Lily made to walk around him, but James caught her wrist. The shock of his touch made Lily's skin tingle where his hand was grabbing her wrist. She turned around and met his eyes, about to demand what he wanted when he spoke.

"So, have you heard about the Halloween Ball the head girl and boy are planning?"

Lily simply nodded, afraid her voice might not be useful at the moment.

"Have you got someone to go with yet? It is in 5 days…"

Lily started to shake her head, but instead ended up stuttering out, "O-oh, n-no I don't."

James eyes seemed to light up ever so slightly at her words, and he proceeded to say,

"Well, I guess what I was wondering was… would you like to go with me? To the ball?" James asked, his expression hopeful.

Lily could feel her cheeks getting brighter by the second, and each intake of breath got shakier and shakier.

"Uh, I don't know… I-I" Lily started to say, but was cut off by James.

"That's ok, Lily. I get it, you don't want to. Well, I guess I'll see you around then."

And with that, James strode away, looking slightly let down, but at the same time he was able to keep up his confident look.

Lily just took a deep breath, and made her way to her dormitory to tell Taylor about what just happened, and to try to figure out why James didn't let Lily finish her sentence…

"Prongs! How did it go?" asked Sirius as James entered the boys dormitory and crashed face down into his pillow and mumbled something that no one could understand.

"I'm guessing not so well then… where did she hit you this time?"

"She didn't hit me, but she didn't say yes either. Why is it that every girl in Hogwarts would gladly agree to go with me, except for Lily? Why is she so… difficult?" James said, sounding more and more desolate as he went on.

"I don't know, mate, but you sure can pick them. Why don't you just give up and find another girl?" Sirius asked, but knowing the answer all the same.

"Because I am in love with Lily! You know that. No other girl can even compare to her…" James trailed off into his thoughts.

"Except maybe that Lowney…" mumbled Sirius, so quiet that James almost missed his comment. Almost.

"What was that, Padfoot?" inquired James, a huge smirk already plastered to his face.

"Nothing! I said nothing!" shouted Sirius as he hid his face in his pillow so he wouldn't be seen turning red.

"Padfoot loves Lowney! Padfoot loves Lowney!" said James in a very sing-song voice while laughing.

"I do not! She's ugly, and fat, and…and… dumb! And she's horrible at quidditch…" Sirius said, trying very hard to think of reasons about why he doesn't like Taylor.

"Padfoot, every word you just said was a lie. You know perfectly well that she's not ugly or fat, and she is most definitely not dumb, and she's not horrible at quidditch – she's a chaser on the Gryffindor team, along with me and you. So you cannot, you CAN NOT. Say any of what you just said is true." explained James, getting more and more smug by the minute.

"Ugh. Whatever you say Prongs. Just don't you dare tell anyone about this conversation! Not even Moony or Wormtail!" Sirius said while glaring at James.

"So you admit that you love Lowney?"

"I admit to nothing."

please, please, please! R&R! it would mean alot to me 8)

i would update more? possibly, yes.

-HazelEyes8D