A/N: I would just like to thank everyone who reviewed, they really make my day and make me want to write faster. I was a little disappointed because I got fewer reviews for chapter 4 than I did for 3… (hint hint- lol)
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Kristin
Chapter 5:
The week went by quickly, and before they knew it, it was Halloween. The students had been given the afternoon off in order to get ready for the dance, when Sirius heard this he got up and cheered, when Lily heard it, she looked panicked and muttered something about not having enough time to get ready.
At 7:00 that evening, Lily, Leah, Sammy, and Kate were running around the Gryffindor girl's common room trying to finish getting dressed. Lily brought her stuff over to her old dormitory so she could get ready with her friends.
"Have you seen my other shoe?" Kate asked as she held up a light blue kitten heeled shoe.
"It's under your bed." Leah replied as she applied a little mascara to her large blue eyes.
"Thanks." Came Kate's muffled reply from under the bed.
"Does my dress look okay?" Lily asked nervously as she straightened the wrinkles from her dark green halter dress. The dress fell right above her knees, and with her hair in a curly up do, her makeup in place, and dangly earrings, she looked beautiful.
"Oh! You look so pretty!" Sammy said, glancing over at Lily as she put diamond studs into her ears.
"So do you!" Lily responded. Sammy was wearing a dark pink strappy dress that fell in layers from above her knee to her mid calf. Her hair was curled and hung at her shoulders.
"We all look so lovely." Kate said as she admired her light blue dress in the mirror. Golden locks had been teased into a French twist and it completed her outfit.
"Mmm hmm" agreed Leah. She was wearing a black strapless dress that fell to just above her knees. She'd paired a long pearl necklace with it along with pearl studs. She'd parted her short hair on the side and held it back with a bobby pin.
"So once we finish our makeup we'll be ready to go!" Lily exclaimed.
"Yeah, this is going to be so much fun!" Sammy agreed.
After a little while, the girls went downstairs to the common room where Sammy was meeting Remus and Leah was meeting Sirius. Both Sirius and Remus offered their dates their hands and proceeded to walk down to the great hall. When James saw Lily in her dress and all made up, his heart stopped, or at least he thought it did. She was breathtaking in his eyes, and it made him so mad that he wasn't her date.
"Hey James." Lily said with a smile.
"Hello Lily, can I escort you to your date?" He asked politely.
"That would be lovely." Lily replied.
The two walked down to the Great Hall together, with Kate following behind them, thinking to herself that they looked like an old married couple and that it was unfortunate they weren't going to the ball together.
"We are here my fair lady, I must leave you now for I see my date." James said with a grin.
"Thanks for walking me James." Lily said with a smile, and she went to find Ryan.
At 9:00 the dance floor was packed. Lily didn't think she'd ever seen so many gyrating hips in one place, heck, she was one of the people dancing like that! Ryan had been so sweet to her, so attentive, and he was an awesome dancer, so in all, he was perfect. Lily sighed and moved closer to him, turning her body around so she was facing him. Still moving to the music, she linked her arms around his neck and kissed him quickly on the lips. It didn't take Ryan long to kiss back. The two were tangled on the dance floor, heavily snogging. They weren't the only couple in a lip lock, but they were the only ones whom James noticed. He had been on the dance floor for most of the night dancing with Jenny. She really was nice, and turned out to be a really great date, but he couldn't get his mind off of Lily.
"James, are you okay?" Jenny questioned. She'd seen him looking over towards Lily who was still in a lip lock with Ryan Adams.
"Just peachy." He answered, although his grip on her hips became tighter. Luckily, Lily broke the kiss and the two went to get drinks.
"Good." She said with a smile, as she continued moving her body to the music.
Suddenly, a slow song came on and all of the couples turned to face each other. Jenny's arms linked around James' neck as she pushed her body closer to James'. The two were dancing contently, until James spotted Lily and Ryan again. It seemed that the two were fused by the lips, locked in a heavy snog, and not willing to come up for air anytime soon. James' grip on Jenny tightened as he tried to control his anger.
"James, could you loosen your grip on me, you're starting to hurt me." Jenny asked quietly.
"Oh, sure. Sorry, I didn't realize I was holding you so tightly, sorry." James replied, his gaze never leaving Lily and Ryan. Jenny sighed. She knew that James was looking at Lily.
"I don't understand you." Jenny said simply.
"What do you mean?" James asked, tearing his eyes away from Lily for a nanosecond.
"Nothing, I meant nothing." Jenny snapped.
"Well you obviously meant something by it." James said with irritation, he stopped moving to the music and moved a away from Jenny slightly.
"Fine, but you're not going to want to hear what I have to say." Jenny said with a sigh.
"Just tell me!" James demanded.
"I just don't understand how you can't see what's right in front of you!" Jenny exploded.
"What? I can see what's right in front of me!" James retorted.
"Oh really? Well can you see that there are loads of girls in this school who'd love to go out with you? And can you see what an ass you are by staring at Lily Evans all night? Because you are! She doesn't like you, can't you tell, she's with another guy so just get over it okay? It's not going to happen! She doesn't think of you as anything other than a friend, and it would do you a lot of good to open your eyes and see what you're missing because of her!" With that, Jenny stomped away and into the nearest girl's bathroom. It seemed that the two had made quite the scene, there were many people staring at them. James rumpled his hair in defeat and went to sit down at a table.
Was Jenny right? Was he stupid to think that Lily might ever return his feelings? And was he really that obvious about the way he felt? And suddenly, James got mad. He got mad at himself, and at Lily. He was mad at himself for falling for Lily in the first place, but he was mad at Lily for kissing him in the tree house. He was mad at her for not trying to work things out with him, mad at her for not going to the ball with him, and mad at her for not seeing him in a romantic way. James sighed and put his face in his hands. What he needed right now was an alcoholic beverage but he had a feeling McGonagal was watching him intently, so that was out of the question. He looked around and saw Sirius in the far corner dancing with Leah. They looked like they were having a great time as did Remus and Sammy. James sighed again.
"Hey." Came a familiar female voice. He looked up into the greenest eyes he'd ever seen.
"Hey." He grunted grudgingly.
"I saw your fight with Jenny before, want to talk about it?" She asked as she took a seat next to him.
"No." James said avoiding her gaze.
"What's the matter with you, why are you being such an ass?" Lily asked, annoyed.
"Having fun being Ryan's slut?" James shot back, glaring daggers in Lily's direction.
Lily looked shocked. "You did not just call me a slut James Potter, I am anything but that!"
"You know what? I'm tired of this Lily! I'm tired of you denying everything okay? Maybe you're not a slut, but you sure were acting like one on the dance floor." James shot back.
"Everyone was hooking up on the dance floor, you make it seem like I was the only one! What's the real problem James?" Lily asked him loudly.
"YOU!" He shouted.
"What have I ever done to you?" Lily yelled at James.
"I don't want to do this here." James muttered.
"Well that's too bad, we're here and we're going to do this." Lily said, narrowing her eyes dangerously at James.
"Lily, I've got some punch, want to come sit over here away from him?" Ryan asked sweetly as he walked up to Lily carrying two cups of punch.
"Not now Ryan, we're in the middle of something." Lily replied, not even looking at her date.
"Well if you don't hurry up soon I'm going to find myself another date, okay?" Ryan told Lily snootily.
"Ryan, I don't give a damn what you do okay?" Lily said through gritted teeth. "Just leave!" That was all it took, Ryan was across the dance floor and in the arms of another pretty young lady within seconds.
"Now, what in Merlin's name is your problem?" Lily asked James again.
"I hate you Lily, I really and truly hate you okay? You were the one who kissed me, and now you're denying all feelings, but I know you felt something because I felt something too, and it's been tearing me up inside. I'm pissed that you went to the ball with Ryan. We always go to balls together, it's been our tradition since we started having balls at Hogwarts! I hate you for making me like you okay? And you know what, I hate you even more for not liking me back, so just leave me the fuck alone." James said as he got up from his chair and left the great hall.
Lily stood for a moment, her mouth hanging open in shock. She had no idea how James had felt, she had no idea that some of his feelings matched her own perfectly. When Lily turned around, she saw the entire student body staring at her. Everyone had witnessed her fight with James. Suddenly, Lily saw Sirius on the stage where the band had been playing. He charmed himself so his voice would be loud and said,
"Ladies and gentlemen! Nothing to worry about, a simple lovers spat between two almost-should be lovers whom are too stupid and or blind/stubborn to do anything about it. Carry on with your lovely dancing, and let me see those hips gyrate!"
Then Sirius dove off of the stage and sailed across the students, screaming at the top of his lungs, "I am Sirius here me roarrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"
Lily smiled slightly. Sure, she didn't always get along with Sirius, but he knew how to make a great distraction so that she could make an escape.
Dumbeldore sat by and watched as Lily and James fought loudly. Many times over the years he'd assumed the prophecy he'd heard in the Hogshead was about Lily and James. It made complete sense, they were best friends, both quite powerful, and they had a childhood habit of sleeping in James' bed during a storm. He remembered a night in their first year when McGonagal dragged both Lily and James into his office, saying she'd found them in bed together. He allowed it to continue because he believed them to be part of the prophecy, and told McGonagal in order to ease her troubled mind. The only part that had been missing was the bit where they came to hate each other, and the part about the greatest power to ever be born, but it seemed that the prophecy was slowly coming to life. Dumbeldore sighed. It seemed that it was time to tell them that they were part of a prophecy.
Lily walked back to her room right after her spat with James. She was so confused. Yes, she had felt something when they had kissed, and yes the month they hadn't talked was the worst of her life, but would a relationship with James ruin their friendship? That was something Lily didn't think she could bear; then again, did they even have a friendship anymore? It didn't look like it anymore. Lily entered the Heads common room and took a look around. James was no where in sight. She climbed the stairs to her room, and got into bed, vowing that tomorrow she'd talk to James and that they'd work everything out.
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