Wow. Okay, so its been pretty much 2 months... I apologize.

I just can't help but procrastinate, especially since I didn't want to update... haha 8P

Well, I won't waste your time any longer. Enjoy! 8D

"Lily! We have to go eat lunch! Get up! NOW." yelled Taylor as she was walking out of the bathroom after her shower.

Lily groaned. She hated waking up early on Saturdays, and yes, 12 pm was early. It was the day of the dance, and every girl was thinking about tonight, hoping everything would go perfectly. Lily was the only one still in bed in their dormitory – Mia had gone down for lunch with Avery. Taylor had just woken up and showered and then kindly woke up Lily.

"Come on, Lily! At least put on some fresh clothes so we can go down to lunch together." Taylor pleaded.

"Fiiiiineee." Lily said while slowly sitting up in her bed. She yawned and started going through her clothes, looking for something to put on that was presentable.

Meanwhile, down in the Great Hall, Mia was slowly picking at her lunch, looking slightly glum.

"You okay Mi?" Avery asked, looking slightly worried for her friend.

Mia sighed, "Do you think I'm fat? Be honest."

Avery looked down at the table, considering her words. "You're not fat, Mia. But it could do you some good to lose a few pounds…"

Mia exhaled heavily and slowly pushed away her plate, and resigned to staring aimlessly at the floor.

Avery decided that Mia was best left alone for now, and that talking about it right now might be a little complicated. So Avery decided to change the subject.

"So, are you excited for tonight?"

"Yeah, I guess I am." Mia replied, then sarcastically added, "How about you? Are you excited to dance with dearest Frank?"

Avery took a deep breath and exhaled, "No. Not in the least bit. Why do I have to be so nice? Why?"

"It's not such a bad thing, although in this case, yeah. It is." Mia said with a small smile.

"Thanks. That really makes me feel better, Mi." despite her sarcastic words, Avery did smile.

Avery went back to finishing her lunch while Mia went back to looking lost in thought, staring off into space. Avery was just about to say she was finished, when Taylor and Lily came up to the two of them and sat down.

"Good morning!" Taylor said cheerfully while helping herself to a plate of food.

"You can hardly call this morning, Taylor. It's past noon." remarked Avery, with a small smirk.

"Whatever. I just woke up, this is my morning." Taylor replied while pouring some pumpkin juice in her goblet.

Lily yawned and decided that she wasn't hungry, so she just had a glass of pumpkin juice, hoping that the cool beverage might wake her up a little.

"Wow, Lily, you look exhausted."

Lily looked up from the table and slightly nodded back at Avery – she didn't feel like one for talking at the moment.

"So. Dearest Lily, would you care to tell us just HOW you managed to get Cameron Blineks to agree to take you to the dance? We're all dying to know." Taylor said while smirking at Lily from across the table.

"He asked me to, in the library the other day. He just came up and asked… I didn't even know he knew I existed, to tell the truth. I'm just as shocked and confused as you are. But I'm probably a lot happier than you are." Lily said with a little laugh.

"I'm perfectly happy with Damian, thank you." replied Taylor, as she took a sip of pumpkin juice.

"At least you all have dates that you wanted. I'm stuck with boring Longbottom. Of all guys at Hogwarts, why him?" Avery said, mournfully. As she said this, Lily swore she could see Avery's eyes flick slightly over to where the marauders were sitting quite a ways away.

Clearly, Lily wasn't the only one who noticed because Mia said, "I wonder if the marauders have dates to the dance…"

At this comment, Taylor almost spit out her pumpkin juice. After she swallowed, she said, "Are you kidding me? Of course they do. They're the marauders. As much as I hate to say it, they're probably some of the best looking guys in school – obviously excluding Peter - they have girls practically falling at their feet wanting to go with them. It's disgusting, really."

At this, all of the girls looked in the boy's direction. What Taylor said was true. They all were extremely good looking, apart from Peter as Taylor mentioned before. James was adorable and hot at the same time, with his messy black hair and dreamy hazel eyes and trade mark smirk. Sirius was carelessly handsome with his dark locks that fell elegantly in front of his mesmerizing grey eyes, he had this dark elegance about him, as well as his own trade mark smirk. Remus was the sweet and shy looking kind of guy, with his sandy colored hair and golden eyes and sweet, shy smile. All of them were tall as well, and then there was Peter. Peter had mousy brown hair and watery blue eyes, and was…well, quite chubby , especially when compared to his friends. Peter just didn't seem to be in the same league as Remus, Sirius, and James, and was quite a few inches shorter than them as well.

"Fine. Let me rephrase that then. I wonder if Peter got a date. Better?" Mia replied.

"Doubt it. I mean what girl could want that? It's kind of really revolting." Taylor said harshly.

As Mia heard these words, she just looked down, and seemed to be slightly crestfallen.

"Hey – wait a minute. Why would you even want to know, Mia? Does it matter to you?" Taylor said, as she looked questioningly at her.

"Uh, it doesn't matter, to me… not really, I mean I sort of, never mind." said Mia, all the while looking flustered.

"Oh my god! You fancy him don't you? You liiiiikkkeee himmm!" Taylor practically yelled, then added much more quietly and low key, "That's so gross…"

Avery and Lily shot Taylor a warning look, because Mia looked like she might start to cry either from embarrassment of Taylor's yelling, or from taking offense from Taylor's last comment. But Mia did neither – instead she stood up and walked swiftly away.

"Look what you did!" exclaimed Avery, with an exaggerated look of disappointment.

"Me? How was it my fault?" asked Taylor.

"Because she left because of YOUR words, obviously." stated Lily, seemingly smug at making Taylor realize her idiocy.

Taylor made an "o" expression and resumed eating her lunch. Lily glanced back over at the marauders and saw that they were leaving and headed to, or so it seemed, the courtyard. Lily brought her attention back to her pumpkin juice and took another sip. Avery looked slightly bored, and Taylor was busy eating. Lily glanced around the great hall and noticed that Cameron was looking at her, and when he saw her turn he smiled and did a little wave at Lily, and she returned the gesture. Lily felt butterflies fluttering around in her stomach when he smiled at her, and she started to get more excited for tonight. She watched as Cameron turned back to his best friend, Damian McLaggen, and she turned back to her friends.

Avery had clearly just watched this whole exchange, and gave Lily a "what-was-that" look. Lily just smiled and shrugged slightly, she knew it wasn't the sweetest gesture he could've done, but it was good enough for Lily.

"Well, I think I'm going to go to the library and return some books now," Avery said as she was standing up, "I'll see you guys later."

"See ya." said Taylor and Lily simultaneously.

Lily sighed, and got up from the table and started heading towards the common room. It was about 2:30 now, and she figured she could read for a bit and then start getting ready for the dance.

Lily made her way up to the dormitory to grab the book she had been reading for potions homework, and then went back down to the common room and sat on the couch and started reading about love potions and their antidotes. Lily was finding it difficult to focus, so she just sighed and shut the book. She decided maybe she could just go for a walk around the grounds for a bit.

Taylor was just starting to make her way up the grand staircase when all of a sudden three boys ran right in front her, cutting her off and were followed by a much slower fourth one. Remus, being the nicest one of the four, paused and turned around to face her.

"Sorry, in a bit of a rush." he said with a smile, and then just like that he was taking off after his friends again.

"Wow…" Taylor muttered to herself as she began again her ascent up the staircase. When she made it to the third floor, she could hear an explosion that seemed to take place just outside the entrance hall, and suddenly she understood why the marauders had been in such a rush to get away from the area. Pointless, really, Taylor thought to herself, not many other students at Hogwarts who would do such a thing. As she continued to climb the stairs to the Gryffindor common room, Damian came up behind her and caught her wrist and spun her around to face him.

"Hey, listen. I was just wondering if maybe you'd like to help me with choosing what to wear tonight? Just so I know you'll think I'll look good." Damian said with a smile, while still holding her wrist.

Taylor felt her stomach flutter at his touch, and was staring into his brown eyes, and she almost forgot how to speak.

"Oh, uh… well, it would be nice if you surprised me a little," Taylor replied with a shy smile, "just if you're going to wear a vest, don't wear it buttoned up, and don't tuck in your shirt, and make sure that if you're wearing black pants, don't wear shoes that clash. And you better be wearing a tie."

"Alright, I'll use that information. So I guess I'll see you tonight, then?" and before Taylor could reply to his rhetorical question, he kissed her on the cheek and continued past her up the stairs.

Taylor took a deep breath in and exhaled happily, with a huge smile on her face. She couldn't wait until tonight. It was going to be amazing, she was sure of it.

Well, I hope you liked it! Hopefully the next chapter won't take two months, but I'm starting highschool on tuesday... so I can't really make any promises 8P

But please review! Not only do they make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, but they also make me update sooner, or so my best friend says 8)

Ta ta for now!

- HazelEyes8D