"Presenting the lovely, and very sexy Hanna—OUCH, MOLLY, I WAS KIDDING, love!" boomed Arthur Weasley, who was presenting everyone into the room as though this were a Grand Ball. Arthur was now being pulled out of the room by Molly Prewett, his no-nonsense girlfriend, not surprisingly. I waited on the outside worried that the charm Hanna had fixed my hair with was really very temporary.

I cannot give Potter another reason to laugh at me.

Holding my head high as I could I strode into the loud room, where the Gryffindor partiers were blasting music and knocking over chairs. I rolled my eyes.

Nervously I made my way over to Hanna who was being chat up by a giggling gang of First Years. She seemed to be humouring them, and I couldn't help laughing.

She looked nervously at my unnaturally straight hair when she managed to detach herself from the boys.

"Lils, I don't know if it will last much longer if you keep shaking your head like that…" she murmured

I stopped shaking my head, not even knowing that that was what I was doing.

A roar exploded from behind us as the large crowd gathered around the main event. The return of the Quidditch players. And Sirius, of course.

I pushed out a sigh and glanced warily up at my hair, which seemed to be obedient, for the moment.

That's. When. He. Came. Over. To. Me.

"Lily!" he shouted, making his way through the buzzing crowd "Lily!"

I shot him a venomous glare and he furrowed his eyebrows, confused.

"Oh?" I said with an edge of sarcasm that I could plainly see was hurting him, and I gulped down my apologies "You're talking to me, now?"

He looked cut and I softened my scowl "But seriously, Potter, what's going on?"

"It was stupid, so so stupid" He turned to look over his shoulder and stared at Sirius and looked back at me, as though that was supposed to make me forgive him. Well it did, but there was no way I was telling him that.

I sniffed and a gaggle of Hufflepuffs made their way between us. I eyed them evilly. Muahaha. They seemed to be standing around the people who were slow dancing to a slow song by the Weird Sisters and Sirius was doing some kind of robot dance in the middle.

Anyway.

He mumbled something that I didn't catch.

I told him to take the sandwich out of his mouth and try it again.

He did. "Lilywillyoupleasedance…uhm….with….me?" He sped through the words, and I had no I and I looked at his earnest face that seemed to be looking for an answer.

"Potter," I said plainly "You are simply unintelligible"

He looked distraught and I let a humourless giggle escape my lips, seeing as Potter is almost never in a situation where what I say affects him. I asked him to repeat himself.

"Lily Evans. You silly fool." He put his hands gently on the sides of my shoulders as though I was a child he was trying to get a message through to "Please accompany me to the dancefloor so that I could have the honour of dancing with you?"

The more I dragged out my stunned silence the less confident he became. I could see. His usual 'Hi-I'm-James-and-I-can-do-whatever-I-want' look was fading fast and I could barely utter a sound.

Then it happened. And it happened fast.

My hair. Exploded.

It seemed to all happen in slow motion at this point. First my mouth formed the words "yes" which in my mind was strong withdetermination and the sudden desire to put all the bad things that happened in the past behind us and perhaps develop our…friendship? But all that escaped my lips was a inaudible gasp. And my sleeked down hair spontaneously puffed up into an untamed fiery red afro. Angry tears sparked in my eyes as I saw the Hufflepuff girls dissolve into giggles at the sight of me and I felt so foolish.

I let out a cry of frustration and humiliation and I fled to the girls dormitory feeling weaker with every step and as I turned back for one furious look, Potter was gone and Sirius was in stitches laughing. I saw Remus flash me a sad smile which Hanna took to mean he was making fun of me and briskly hit him over the head with the end of her miniature broomstick. He playfully grabbed it out of her hands and put his arm around her shoulder. Flirt.

Well this just sucks.

I ran embarrassedly down the corridor towards the girls dorm and every step seemed to be dragging me further away from my destination. I heard frantic footsteps behind me.

"Lily? Lily? Please don't run, I wasn't trying to embarrass you! I just…I want to talk to you!" Potters voice rang through the hall that was lined with marble and I gulped back tears and fled up the narrow spiraling staircase, still being followed.

Why couldn't he just go away? As soon as I made it into my room I dissolved into tears. It was his fault. He must've done something to it. Or. Well. He got me so surprised and I was meant to take it easy so that the hair would stay straight. My eyeliner was running unattractively down my cheeks and I screamed as I heard a bang on the dormitory door. It was James. Well I wasn't going to forgive him.

"Please let me in"

Potter, go away.

"Lily, please"

Go. Away.

The door clicked and he nervously came in. I forgot to lock it. Smaaaaaaaaaaart Lily.

"Lils?" I stared daggers at him.

He came to my side and I scowled and childishly turned away from the overwhelming sincerity on his face.

"Lily, if I explain everything to you will you please go out with me?" He murmured into my ear

"Theres not a hope, Potter" I spat

"Well I at least want you to know" A grin spread from one ear to the other "How incredibly adorable your hair is at the moment"

I threw a pillow at him and he barked a laugh, but his face grew serious again "and you are the most beautiful girl I've ever seen no matter what happens to you, I mean" He blushed and my eyes flew open wide as I stared incredulously at this pink tinge in his cheeks that I've never really seen before "You still looked amazing even when you were knocked out cold"

The most shocking part was that, by the way he was looking at me, I knew he wasn't lying. I hoisted myself up so that I was facing him and he leant in for a kiss.

Before I knew it my hands were wrapped tightly around him and as he caressed my lips, then my cheek, then my neck with his own lips I melted into him, feeling his muscular body pressing against my own and he lowered me down to the bed as we kissed. The soft kisses turned to fast, pressured kisses of passion and I allowed his tongue into my mouth, my first kiss.

It was, of course, at that moment, where my mind was going numb, and the once hated Potter was now making out with me, that the girls dormitory door flew open leaving the silhouettes plastered against the light that was now shining into the dark room.

Hanna. Black. Remus.

Potter didn't seem to notice them and was too engrossed in our kiss to stop so I bashed him over the head in surprise and gracefully fell off my own bed. I lied. It wasn't graceful at all and it really hurt my head.

"NICE JOB, POTTER" Sirius bellowed and Hanna proceeded to cast a little freeze charm on him and said cooly.

"That'll make things a little easier" she smiled and winked at me, causing me to blush furiously, and dragged out the Black statue and Remus smiling like afool, slightly drunk on the alcohol that the Weasly boy brought to the party and said to Hanna "Why can't we do something like that?"

As they shut the door a little tense silence filled the room and Potter started to grin at me

"So does this mean that you're my girlfriend now?"

"In your dreams, Potter" I scoffed, not with the same confidence as I usually do.

"But it does, doesn't it?" He smiled wildly at me and I could see his dark eyes sparkling

"…I suppose it does" I let a little smile dance upon my lips though I tried to hide it. I was going out with James Potter. Potter for heavens sake!

He grinned at me and edged a little closer to put his arm around me, which I didn't refuse. He was really warm and had strong arms. I felt…safer with him.

"Sooooooo, Evans, am I a good kisser?" He made kissy lips at me and I bashed him in the face with a pillow before dragging him out the door by his ear muttering something like "You wish, Potter, grumble grumble grumble"

But as I shut the door and let my fingertips touch my lips, I felt a tingle in my body from all the places he touched me and nodded to myself.
"Yes, Potter, you are."

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