:aVOIDING POTTER OR NOt: ……… you know you love it! Lol.
Author: -POTTER.loves.EVANS- (so true!)
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Dedications: Well, this chapter is dedicated to all of my reviewers… you guys made me so happy when I read all of you're reviews! Oh yeah and my BETA who also reads and reviews (like duh why would she be my BETA if she didn't read and review? Huh gosh silly! Lol)
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Notes: I have just written a one shot about Lily and James (of course) and I just want to say… its not my favourite story I wrote… I'd say first its ApoN (aVOIDING POTTER OR NOt), WTHID (Where the Hell is Dad?) then NBK (nEvEr BeEn KiSsEd).
The never been kissed one is the one shot. I got the idea from the movie never been kissed and I think my story wasn't long enough but ah well, it was my FIRST one shot… im just not you know… a one shoty person. I mean I love reading them I just don't write them. I'm a full on chapter story person ya know? Yeah cool glad we settled that out lol. Oh and thank you to ALL the people who reviewed that story… (kisses)
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Lily the Marauder
YAY! Streamers float in the air, part poppers go off, fireworks EXPLODE! Yeah you get the drift, im excited about Lily the Marauder being my beta as I REALLY need one! I saw the mistakes I've made and I was like, cringing. It's like…
OM MY GOD! Mistake! (Cringe. Wince. Blushes)
So yes, thank you Lily the Marauder lol. You were the FIRST one to say you wanted to be my BETA!
So yeah… thank you!
Anyhoo, the suspense is KILLING us all! Here it is Ladies and er… gentlemen (If you're reading this) get ready for………………… CHAPTER TEN!!!
Chapter 10
"Guys we're gonna go get ready for the ball" Emm said to Remus, James, Sirius and… Peter (A/N: Stupid little git… god dunno why I include him… oh yeah because he's a marauder! Also a traitor… but not YET!).
James threw a snowball at me and his eyes widened. "But it's in three HOURS!"
I picked one up and threw it at him, hitting him square in the face.
"Why the hell are you getting ready three hours BEFORE the ball?" Sirius asked incredulously.
"There girls mate" Remus said rolling his eyes.
"Huh? Oh yeah" James said and I stuck my tongue out and he repeated the gesture.
"Oh come on! We have to get ready!" Emm said grabbing mine and Becky's arms.
"NO! Sirius! Help me! Don't let them take me away! They'll put MAKE UP on me! Help… help!" Becky moaned and Sirius grinned. "There there now Becks, you need to make yourself all pretty for me!"
"Why the hell would I make myself pretty just for you?" Becky asked rolling her eyes.
"Remember we're going to the ball together!"
"Only as friends!"
"Duh! Why did you want to go as more then friends ey?" he grinned and Becky glared at him.
"NO!"
"Uhuh sure…"
"Alright, see you guys later" I called dragging Becky along.
"HELP!" she screamed and Emm helped drag her. "NO!"
"Man, she really is girl slash boy" James said making a snowball.
"I HEARD THAT!" Becky called back and James shrugged.
He turned to Peter. "Hey Pete! I want you to close you're eyes and I'll count to ten!"
"Why?" Peter asked. James smirked.
"Just do it!"
"Oh okay" (A/N: idiot!)
Peter closed his eyes tightly and said "ready".
"Okay… one… two… nine… TEN!"
James threw the snowball at Peter and hit him smack dab in the face and he let out a girlish scream.
Remus, Sirius and James all cracked up laughing and Peter scowled.
"You cheated! You didn't count properly!"
"No I didn't! I just… skipped a couple of numbers to you know…"
"Save you from the suspense" Remus supplied and Sirius and James nodded.
"Exactly" They said simultaneously.
Peter sighed… This has been a long day!
"Oh my god Becks! You look so…"
I was speechless! She was so…
"Beautiful!" Emm said and I nodded. "Yeah you do…"
Becky nervously turned to the mirror.
"Do you think he'll like it?"
"And why would you care?" I asked slyly.
"Uh, no reason" She said blushing.
I smirked.
Becky was wearing a light blue gorgeous two piece evening gown in American Satin designed with a halter-neck bodice and detailed with a beaded trim on skirt and bodice. The dress fell to the floor gracefully. It looked absolutely beautiful.
I grinned and looked at Emm when she came back out of the bathroom. Her dress was light pink and was a gorgeous taffeta evening gown featuring halter neck with beaded tie straps. Cut out loop detail and ruched detail at bust.
I smiled. "You look very nice Emm, beautiful"
"No she doesn't" Becky said but grinned. I knew she was only joking.
Emm smiled too and threw a pillow at her and I smiled as I watched them have a pillow fight. But then…
Tragedy struck…
Dun dun dun dun……………….
Emm gasped. "My dress!" she shrieked as she looked down at it.
It had ripped at the bottom and Emm was close to tears.
"Oh no" Becky whispered.
"Hey come here Emm, I'll fix it for you" I said softly as I grabbed my wand and repaired it. (A/N: I couldn't ruin Emm's night now could I? That'd be horrible! Imagine the HATE mail!)
"Oh Lily thank you! You're a life saver!" she said hugging me tightly.
"Actually she's a dress saver" Becky said smirking and clapped me on the back.
"Go get into you're dress Lils"
"Okay" I said once I made sure Emm was okay.
I walked into the bathroom and put on my dress. I was wearing an emerald green classic two layered evening dress with diamante detail and shoestring straps. (A/N: Yes I copied these descriptions off the site I found the dresses! I suck at describing them and my chapter would be simply ruined if I tried to describe them… imagine that… the nightmares… oh and make sure you go into my profile and look at them, you'll see what I'm talking about!)
I walked out into the room and the other two gasped. "Wow Lily! You look amazing!" Emm whispered and I blushed. "Thanks" I said quietly.
"You look… hot! You look totally awesome Lils!" Becky said grinning like a mad man.
"Thank you" I said softly. I turned and looked into the mirror and smiled. The other two came and stood beside me and we looked at our reflections.
"Hair" Emm said and pulled us over to the vanity she had. She sat Becky down first.
"What do you want Becks?" She asked smiling.
"Um… a pony tail?" she said and Emm glared.
"Uh, only joking!" She said frowning at her reflection.
"I dunno, Lily what do you think?"
"Well… I never see you wear it down"
"It gets in the way all the time!" Becky said pouting but Emm seemed to be thinking. "That's a good idea Lils"
She flicked her wand and Becky's hair was down and straight.
Becky frowned. "Its always straight"
"At least you're hair isn't like James'" I said grinning. She smirked.
"I'll add some waves to it" Emm said and with another flick we heard Becky scream.
"WAY TOO CURLY!"
"Oops, sorry! Here" She flicked it again and it was perfect. Not too many curls… but also not straight.
"I like it" she said smiling and I grinned too.
"Yep, perfect"
"You're turn" Emm said to me and Becky got off of the chair and I sat down.
"No braids or plaits" Becky said straight away.
"I agree. They are the everyday choices that she wears and this isn't just everyday, this is the one night we can all make a difference"
"Yep" I said nodding.
"Loose bun?" Emm asked and I smiled. "Okay"
And with a swish of her wand, my hair went up into a loose bun with a few strands of hair loose at either side of my face. "Like it?" she asked nervously.
"No. I love it" I replied and she let out a low breath.
"Wanna do my hair?"
"Um, I'm not such a fashion person type of thing and I'd screw up you're hair. So Lily I think you should do it" Becky said smiling.
I nodded. "Okay, sure"
I looked at Emm. "What do you want?"
She smiled. "Half up, the rest down and strands of hair on either side"
"It seems you already knew what you wanted" Becky said smirking.
I grinned and did her hair and when we were finished we complimented each other.
"Make up now!" Emm said excitably and Becky groaned. "Lily first this time" she said grumpily. I grinned and shook my head and applied eye liner, mascara and lip gloss.
"That's it? That's all you have to do?" Becky asked her eyebrows raised.
"That's all I'm doing" I said and Becky did the same.
"Wow, Becks! You should wear make up a lot! The eye liner brings out your pretty eyes" Emm gushed.
Becky blushed.
"Hey Emm have you realized that you've been less shy since you started dating Remus?" I asked suddenly realizing.
"Yeah! You're more… out there… like out going" Becky said nodding and Emm blushed.
"Still a little bit shy" I said smirking.
"Oh hush up!" Emm said and then we stood in front of the mirror.
"We look totally rad" Becky said happily.
"We look beautiful" Emm said smiling.
"Yeah… we're awesome" I said.
"Lets go. Ten minutes until eight o'clock" Becky said and we walked down the stairs. Before we even got down to the common room we heard excited voices, squeals of delight and laughing and of course talking.
When we entered everyone turned around and looked awed. We all blushed except Becky who said to a fourth year; "What are you looking at?" and I tried not to laugh.
We spotted the boys and walked over to them. Peter was sitting with his date on his lap… Melanie Ashford! Ahhh! He asked her out! Finally! I remember when ever she walked past him he always went red or either walked into something… and then blushed. She would smile at him in class and he would accidentally knock over his ink pot.
When we reached them they looked up and immediately all three jaws dropped. (Peter was busy staring at Melanie)
I smiled.
"Hey guys"
"Now I know why you guys get ready early" Sirius said and we laughed.
"They aren't girls for nothing" Remus said standing up and taking hold of Emm's hand and kissed her.
Sirius rolled his eyes and offered his arm to Becky who took it. "I knew you'd come with me. That's why you held off answering me for four days, you didn't want to seem so keen"
"Oh ha ha you're so not funny" Becky said rolling her eyes.
James stood beside me, his mouth still hanging open.
"You can shut it now" I said closing it for him and he smirked.
"May I say you're looking extremely gorgeous slash stunning tonight?" James asked and I blushed.
"Thank you. You don't scrub up so bad yourself"
He grinned. True, he was wearing a black suit with a white shirt underneath and the first two buttons undone.
Sirius and Remus wore identical ones.
"Why do you guys have the same suits?" Emm asked curiously.
"Because me and Prongs were too lazy to go pick out our own and told Moony to get us the same as him, just as long as they weren't too nerdy"
"That's nice" I said sarcastically.
Sirius smirked. "I know"
James offered me his arm. "Excuse me Miss Evans but may I escort you down stairs?" he asked curtly and I took his arm.
"Yes you may Mr. Potter" I replied and he winked.
We walked into the Entrance Hall and Carly stood there waiting by the steps. "James! Come here now!" She demanded and James rolled his eyes.
"I'll be right back" He whispered into my ear and walked over to her. She looked angry. I couldn't help but smile.
"Miss Evans there you are! Are you and Mr. Potter ready?" Professor McGonagall asked hurrying over. I looked over at James who seemed to be nodding at Carly but wasn't really listening.
"Almost Professor. James is just doing something. He won't be too long" I said and she nodded. She looked at Becky and Sirius who were playing the clapping game 'apple on a stick'.
She walked over and scolded them and they stopped but as soon as she walked away they continued playing.
"They are like little kids" whispered a familiar voice in my ear. I grinned and turned to look at James as he stood there watching them.
"Oh, so you got away?" I asked smirking.
"Luckily. I told her I had to go because we're almost ready to go in and walked off before she could call me back" I laughed and James just smiled.
"Everyone can I have you're attention please? Can the Head Boy and Girl please stay here while the rest of you move off into the hall" McGonagall said over the crowd. Sirius and Becky joined the cue going into the hall and I smiled at her. She gave me the thumbs up and walked into the hall with Sirius.
I looked at Emm. "Well, this is it"
She nodded. "This is it"
"Cya later" James said and Emm and Remus followed everyone else.
I turned to James. "Ready?"
"No. I feel like puking" he replied. He did look a little green.
"Spew on me and you're in big trouble mister"
"Yeah right" he said and I grinned.
"True, true I'd make sure you were okay and then use my magic to get rid of the-"
"Time to go in" McGonagall said cutting me off. She walked in and James offered his arm which I took.
"Relax, you'll do fine" I said reassuringly and he nodded, but still looked a bit nervous.
We walked into the Great Hall and stood in the middle of it. It was beautiful. True, James and I did decorate it but it still looks amazing! The floor was covered in fake snow and fake snow also fell from the ceiling. There were tables all around us; circular ones that only seated ten and it seemed as if everyone had occupied the tables. I saw that our friends had saved us seats and I smiled.
James and I had to open the dance by dancing to the one song, then we would all sit down and eat and resume dancing. Dumbledore had decided on a juke box, that way people just had to go up to it, tap it with their wand and say the song and the artist and it would play. Muggle or wizard type, it didn't matter. That's what I like about it.
Also James had decorated the grounds, but wouldn't let me see it until later because it was a surprise. I know for a fact that Remus and Sirius helped him.
The music started and James took my left hand in his right, placed his left on my waist and I placed my right on his shoulder. And the muggle song; A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton came on. And we began to dance, amidst cat calls and wolf-whistles.
Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces pass
And I'm home bound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way
Through the crowd
And I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder...
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight
It's always times like these
When I think of you
And I wonder
If you ever
Think of me
'Cause everything's so wrong
And I don't belong
Living in your
Precious memories
'Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder...
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight
And I, I
Don't want to let you know
I, I
Drown in your memory
I, I
Don't want to let this go
I, I
Don't...
I rested my chin on James' shoulder, and smiled.
Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces pass
And I'm home bound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way
Through the crowd
And I still need you
And I still miss you
And now I wonder...
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass us by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you...
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
If I could
Just hold you
Tonight
When we finished, there was applause, clapping, cheering, more cat calls and everyone was smiling. Dumbledore stood up and said very clearly; "Welcome everyone to the 1979 Christmas ball. It is to my great pleasure that we all sit down and eat, as dinner was just a few hours ago and due to the ball we decided to eat when it started rather then at the usual time. And I'm sure all of you're tummies are rumbling. So, without further ado, tuck in…"
I swear I heard Sirius yell; "Hear hear!" Which was what he and James always did. I used to find it annoying, but now I actually think… I dunno to be honest. Not annoying but, I dunno. Pleasant, funny, odd, weird… I just really don't know.
Me and James sat down at our vacated seats and picked up our menus. The other four looked at us pointedly for a few moments before it started to really bug me.
"What?" I blurted out.
They shook their heads and Becky said; "Well it's just that we don't know how to order our food, so we're watching you's for some tips ya know?"
"Oh… Well all you have to do is look at the menu and say what you would like and it'll appear right in front of you"
"Oh! Righto! Yeah… er Shepherd's pie, pork chops, hot chips, sauce, sausages and er… supreme pizza" Sirius said smirking.
"Geez, would you like the whole menu?" Remus asked sarcastically but Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Gosh Remus, no need to be mean about it… nah I'm just jokin wif ya pants!" Sirius replied and James snorted into his punch, causing him to start coughing and choking. Sirius thumped him on the back and I shook my head. Emm just laughed and Becky tried her best not to.
We all ordered what we wanted, and began to eat happily, chatting away while at the next table I wasn't aware of Carly's plots to have me killed.
The rest of the night was well, an interesting one.
Carly had actually thrown a knife at me, but I had dropped my fork and bent down to pick it up at the last second and it landed where Sirius' hand was about five seconds ago (A/N: Remind anyone? Does that sound familiar? If not I suggest you read the Order of the Phoenix again… It's the part where Fred and George use their magic to put the food etc on the table on Harry's first night at Grimmauld Place… if you don't believe me just read the book gosh!) Thank god he had moved his hand to grab his drink.
Then when I went to go dance with Becky, Emm, Sirius, Remus and James I accidentally tripped on my dress and ended up falling forwards and Remus (who had turned around just in time) caught me and helped me back up.
Then glass was thrown at me and missed me badly and hit Malfoy instead, which brought on many cheers and laughter.
Then we went and sat back down, and Carly's attempts to have me killed were put on pause. For now…
"James! Where the hell are you taking me?"
"Uhuh can't tell you! And no peaking!"
"Well, it's a bit hard for me to peak since you're hands are covering my eyes and I couldn't see even if I had x-ray vision or I had rabbit eyes" I retorted and James chuckled.
"You amuse me Evans" he said happily.
We walked out into the grounds and his hands were still covering my eyes.
"Are we there yet?" I asked about a minute later.
"No, not yet"
"Are we there yet?" I asked two seconds later.
"Nope"
"Are we there yet?"
"Lily! We aren't there yet!"
A couple of minutes later…
"Are we there yet?"
"Jesus bloody crist! No we are NOT there yet!" James yelled.
I smirked.
"Okay"
…
…
…
…
"Are-"
"No"
"We"
"No"
"There"
"No"
"Yet"
"NO!"
"Are we there yet?"
"No we are not there yet"
I could tell James was getting really pissed off by the sound of his voice.
"Are we there yet?"
"Yes"
"Really?"
"No"
"Are we there yet?"
"I swear if you ask me that ONE more time I will throw you into the lake" James said, a hint of amusement in his voice.
"Okay… Are we there yet?"
James ignored me.
"James?"
"What?"
"Hi"
"Hi Lily" He said in a very irritated voice.
"James?"
"Lily?"
"Are we there yet?"
"Yes, we are"
"Really?"
"Yes"
"Well then why is it that all I see is black?"
"Because you're eyes are shut" he replied and I knew he was smirking, even if I couldn't see.
"Oh" was all I could say.
"Can I open my eyes now?"
"Well we are there"
"Yeah well, we might not have been"
"Nah Lily, you're gonna see the surprise with you're eyes shut" James said sarcastically and I smiled. But when I opened my eyes, I was full out grinning.
James had bewitched the grounds to have fairies in little coloured glass balls floating around in midair. He had attached a swing to the beech tree where he always sat with the Marauders.
There were bushes everywhere, and they also had lights. Fire flies were flying around over our heads and I smiled.
"You do like it don't you? That smile on you're face is a good thing right? You like it?"
"No James…" (His face fell) "I love it" I whispered and his face lit back up and we stood there, looking around and I beamed.
"This is so… there's no word for it! I can't explain it! It's amazing and beautiful but those words aren't strong enough, or meaningful enough" I said softly, taking in the sweet smell of fresh pines and the outdoors, before I realized that it was James who smelled like that. I sighed and hugged him, inhaling his scent.
And unbeknown to me, he was doing the exact same thing.
"Lay down Lily, and look at the stars with me" He whispered and we did just that, and I gazed happily up at the stars.
We sat in silence for a while before I broke it.
"You know when I was little, my dad used to take me to this one spot, and we would just lie on the bonnet of his car and stare at the stars. He'd tell me stories about when I was young and we were so close…"
My voice broke and James moved closer to me. "It's okay" he whispered.
"That all changed when I went to Hogwarts. He started working more, he was barely home. He missed my birthdays except for my fourteenth. He never took me back to that spot again. Then there's Petunia. We were close, but then after I went to Hogwarts, everything changed. I was a freak, she told me that often. She hated me, and vice versa. But I didn't really hate her. I was just angry because she hated me. But mum and me, we're still close. But I don't tell her anything anymore. I stopped confiding in her when I found out Voldemort was out to get Muggleborns and Muggles. I didn't tell them. I was too scared to see the looks on their faces. But everything was different. I got friends, friends I could confide in and tell them anything and they'd understand. I'd go home and say something about this world. My world, our world. They would just look at me and Petunia would call me a freak but quietly so mum and dad couldn't hear her. Dad would just say; "That's nice" and mum would look confused. I was just so… I just didn't belong in the Muggle world. Petunia reminded me of that. And when I first came here I thought I didn't belong here either. Because of what the Slytherins said…"
"Lily you do belong here! Don't pay attention to those gits… they don't know anything. Listen Lily, you're dad, and you're mum and Petunia all care about you, they all love you even if they don't show it. It was different for you when you found out, but think of how they felt. They had just learned that their daughter or sister was a witch. They didn't understand what that would mean. They still love you Lily, but they're just confused"
"I know, I know it's just that I'm so confused too! I miss the way it used to be, I miss the way me and Petunia used to talk and she'd tell me about what she did at school and about how her crush accidentally spilt cordial all over her favourite blouse and all she could do was smile. We'd sit there talking about our dream weddings and the guys we'd want to marry. Petunia's would always be the same, Mark Andrews. I used to laugh at her and she'd force me to tell her what I wanted in a guy"
'What did you want?" James asked quietly.
I paused, trying to remember. "Well… I know that I always wanted a guy that would listen to me. He would care about me so much and go to the end of the world for me. I dreamed what every little girl dreamed of, a handsome prince coming to rescue me on his noble steed. Then Petunia would laugh and say, "There's no such thing as prince charming Lily" and I'd ask her about Mark and she'd say; "He's not prince charming Lily. Because he's not perfect" I was confused and said; "well I want I guy who loves me for me, and not my looks. If I was sick and had a cold, they'd stay and look after me even if I warned them not to. But then they'd get the cold and I'd look after them" We had such great times together, me and Petunia. But they all faded away when I went to Hogwarts"
"Lily, you should talk to her. If you asked her why she is the way she is she might tell you. Heck, if that doesn't work, get her drunk and then talk about all the fun times you had and then maybe that might work" James said smiling. I couldn't help but smile too. I sat up and looked at James who sat up too.
"Thank you" I whispered and James nodded.
"No problemo" he replied.
"What about you're dad?" he asked suddenly.
I shrugged, "I dunno"
"You know what you have to do?" he asked.
"Get him drunk and talk about all the good times?" I asked smiling.
"Awww shucks, you read my mind" James said pretending to blush.
And I laughed. I laughed the hardest I'd ever laughed in a long time. And James soon joined in and we sat there, laughing, not having the faintest clue why. But just because we can.
We laid back down and after awhile I said; "Wanna here what my mum used to sing to me and Petunia before we went to sleep?"
James nodded.
"Close you're eyes
And give me you're hand darling
Do you feel my heart beating?
Do you understand?
Do you feel the same?
Or am I only dreaming?
Is this burning, an eternal flame"
James nodded. "God you're a beautiful singer Lils" he whispered and I blushed.
"Jamesie goo goo!" Carly called loudly.
Me and James were sitting at the table, half an hour later and Sirius was dancing with Emm and Remus was dancing with Becky.
Remus and Emm had a deal… they would try to set Sirius and Becky up. Good luck with that!
"What?" James asked as Carly came running over.
"Wanna dance?"
James looked as if he was about to refuse but I pushed him up. "Go on" I said smiling.
"You sure?"
"I'll be fine James, honestly. Go dance" I said and Carly dragged him away.
I sighed as I watched Remus talking to Becky, and Becky raised her eyebrows.
Remus' pov
"Hey Becky" he said as they danced to a nice, sweet song.
"What?" she replied smiling.
"What are you're feelings towards Sirius?"
"What? Um, friendly ones… you know that!"
"Ok, Rightio"
Becky frowned. Just what was Remus Lupin up to?
Emm's pov
"Hey Siri-poo" Emm said smirking.
"Please don't call me that" he groaned and Emm shook her head.
"What are you're feelings towards Becky?"
"Huh? Um, uh well, you know, uh friendly ones! Yeah we're just friends… that's all"
"Uhuh, I see" she replied, but Sirius saw past that.
He sighed and then frowned. Just what was Emmaline Vance up to?
Back to Lily's pov
I sighed as I watched James. He seemed to be looking over at me a lot. He didn't look like he was enjoying his little dance.
"Hey hun" said a voice behind me.
I turned around and Alice was standing there smiling.
"Hey! Sit down!" I said patting the chair beside me.
She did and we talked for while, about her and Frank, about the ball, how we wanted Sirius and Becky together, how cute Remus and Emm were, and me… and James.
"So you and James huh?"
"What about us?" I asked quickly.
She smiled. "I see the way he looks at you, and the way you look at him"
"We don't… look at each other specially. He has a girlfriend and I… have my mates"
"Uhuh, sure" but the knowing smile on her face told me she knew the truth.
"Okay, maybe I like him… a little but just as a friend" I said blushing a bit.
"Oh, yeah right… and I'm gonna end up married and pregnant to Malfoy" she said sarcastically.
"Look Alice, there isn't anything going on, really"
But before she could reply James walked up and parked his backside on my lap.
"Do you mind?" I asked, trying to sound angry but failing badly.
"No, plus Alice stole my chair and I thought it would be rude to steal it back so yeah"
"I see" I said grinning.
"How was you're dance James?" Alice asked grinning as well.
"A disaster. Whenever I looked away at anything but her she'd crunch my toes with her bloody shoes that are so sharp even sharp would they were sharp"
"That didn't make sense" Alice and I said at the same time.
"It doesn't have to, I'm beautiful!" James said and I shook my head.
"Oh my gosh, you're such a weirdo" I said and he grinned.
"Yeah I know, but you know what? You still-"
"Love you? Yeah…"
"See you know me so well you finish my sentences" he said happily.
"Yep… oh god get off me Carly looks like she wants to murder me" I said and both James and Alice laughed.
"This is serious guys! I could die!" they shook their heads.
"She'd have to go through me first Lils" James said smirking.
"Yeah anyway get off. She already attempted to kill me and you know it"
James just chuckled. "As you wish" he said getting up.
Alice stood up. "I'm gonna go find Frank. Cya later"
"Bye, enjoy the rest of the night" I said smiling.
"You too!" she said with a mischievous glint in her eye.
"Don't worry, we will!" James called out to her and sat down next to me.
"So, I saw you look at me when you danced with Carly. Admit it, you missed me too much and decided to run away and sit with me" I said jokingly.
"Touché Evans that was part of the escape plan" he said shocking me.
He grinned and Becky and Sirius marched over, looking annoyed.
"What in the name of Merlin's most baggy y-fronts are you two annoyed about?" James asked as we all cracked up and laughed. (A/N: Hey! I had to put that in there, its one of my favourite quotes out of Deathly Hallows)
"Nothing just had to endure Moony and Emm try to get us together, it was silly if you ask me" Sirius said and I replied with; "You are silly Sirius. Silly Sirius"
"No, no, no! It's seriously Sirius! You're Silly Lily who loves a guy named Billy and likes to chew on his chilly flavoured willy" we all laughed again and I glared at Sirius.
"Touché Black" I said smirking.
Sirius bowed and Remus and Emm hurried over to us, grinning from ear to ear.
"James I need to talk to you" Emm said quickly.
"Me? Why?" He asked curiously.
"Oh, nothing just about something. I heard something about somebody" she glanced at Becky and back at him.
"Ooooh! A secret? Then pray tell what is it?"
"In private I'll tell you" she said and they walked off to the other side of the hall, leaving me curious.
Unbeknown to us, Sirius slipped off to listen to what they had to say…
Emm and James pov
"Did you hear about Becky?" she asked, knowing fully well that Sirius was nearby.
"No… what about her? Has she finally admitted she's in love with Sirius?"
"Yes she has" Emm lied. Sirius, who was lurking nearby almost dropped his glass of punch.
"You're joking?" James asked staring at her.
"Nope, she told me herself. She was crying because she thinks that if Sirius found out he'd-"
"What?" he asked curiously.
Emm whispered in James' ear something Sirius couldn't hear.
"It's a trick. Sirius is listening, I'm setting bait. With any luck, Remus and Lily are talking about how Sirius is in love with Becky and she'll be listening to them… they will both make moves and get together"
James grinned.
"Oh, well Becky really does love Sirius, everyone knows that. Everyone but themselves always knew they'd get together"
"Pity, people said that about you and Lily"
"I-What? We're just friends!" James said caught off guard.
"I know that. But Sirius and Becky are soul mates… they started out the same as you and Lily did, And now Becky is in love with Sirius, for all we know, Lily could love you" Emm said smirking.
"Yeah well, I think Sirius should know about Becky"
"No you can't tell him! Swear on the Marauders you won't tell him!" Emm said loudly.
"And why not? He has a right"
"Yes but she thinks he doesn't love her… and he'd tease her so much if he found out that Becky is head over heels for him"…
Remus and Lily's pov
"Remus what's going on?"
"You mean you don't know?"
"Know what Remus?"
Remus glanced around and caught sight of Becky standing nearby obviously listening. He quickly looked back at Lily.
"Sirius is in love with Becky"
"Well duh, even Trelawney could see that one coming!" Lily said smirking. (A/N: Just so you know, it's Sybill Trelawney's great grandma or whatever Cassandra Trelawney… she teaches Divination at Hogwarts in my story okay? Cool)
"Yes, but Becky doesn't know does she?"
"I dunno, she might"
"I doubt it"
"And why's that?"
Remus leaned in towards Lily. He whispered; "Go with the plan, Becky is listening… Talk about how Sirius loves her and DON'T TURN AROUND!" he hissed and Lily quickly looked back at him.
"Oh, Sirius and Becky… Becky and Sirius… I see it now… even their names suit" Lily squealed excitably.
Remus nodded.
"But Becky can't know about this…"
"Why not? Do tell me why Remus" Lily said immediately.
"Because he thinks that if she found out that he's in love with her she would laugh at him and treat him cruelly. She would tease him to wits end"
"I see, I understand… Don't worry I won't tell her, for Sirius' sake…"
"Yeah, come on let's get back to the others"
"Yeah, okay" Lily replied and they headed back to the table, where they sat grinning waiting for Emm and James to come back.
"Where's Becky?" Lily asked James.
He shrugged, "Where's Sirius?"
Lily shrugged. But little did they know that their plan had worked and Becky and Sirius had bumped into each other.
Becky's pov
Oh my god… he loves me. Sirius Black really loves me.
I suddenly realized my heart was beating faster then before.
He really does love me, and all this time I've been ignorant about it… I think I'm in love with him…
Sirius' pov
This is not true… no way… Is what Emm and James said true?
But of course, Emm's one of Becky's best friends… of course she would tell her…
Oh my gosh… Rebecca Taylor loves me… she really loves me… I think I'm in love with her…
No one's pov
"Oh sorry!" Becky and Sirius said at exactly the same time, not realizing they bumped into each other. They had been thinking about certain… things.
"Oh hey" they both said once they recognized each other.
And the next thing they knew… they were kissing.
Lily's pov
"James! They're snogging!" I hissed excitably.
"Really? Nah they just heard the other one loves them and they're gonna snog? No you must be joking!" James said sarcastically.
"Oh my god, I can't believe this! It worked! Oh someone pinch me!' I said happily.
"OI! You just pinched me! Ow!" I said rubbing my arm where James had pinched me.
"Well you did say to pinch you"
"It was an expression, you weren't really meant to do it!"
"Oh I'm sorry would you like me to do it harder?" he asked raising his hand.
I punched his shoulder. "Don't even think about it!" I hissed and stood up and dragged him onto the dance floor.
A slow song came on and he wrapped his arms around my waist and I wrapped mine around his neck.
We danced slowly, smiling at the other one.
"So, have you liked you're night so far?" James asked grinning.
"Yeah, its been interesting… you?"
"Same… its been pretty cool, and that's saying something since I hate balls…"
I smirked.
"Is Miss Lily being dirty minded?" James asked also smirking.
"No… course not" I said even though he was saying the truth.
"Never… Miss Lily never thinks of those type of things… or does she?" I blushed and he grinned.
Just then, we heard people saying; "Mistletoe! They're under the mistletoe" and pointed at us.
And we looked up, and sure enough there was a bit of mistletoe.
We stopped dancing straight away and soon people around us began chanting; "Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss" over and over again. I rubbed my eyes. I can't believe it! Even Dumbledore's chanting "snog, snog, snog"… oh but he is a bit drunk. And at the thought of a drunk Dumbledore I laughed… "Sirius spiked the punch…" I said softly and James nodded.
James' pov
"Yeah" my throat was dry…
People around us continued to chant the words either kiss or snog.
Hazel met green, and we leaned in and kissed… and the rest of the world just seemed to drown out… as if we were in a different world, floating away…
A/N: Dun dun dun dun! Ooooh! Cliff hanger! Mwahahahahaha!
Okay yes, I'm sorry for the long wait… but I had an assignment! Two actually… I finished one; I'm doing the other one tomorrow…
What do you think of this chapter? I finished it at… 12:30 AM lol… still it was worth it… I have been checking to make sure I can't hear anyone up lol…
Well I better go hit the sack, tell me what you guys think yeah? Lol love you's all!
-POTTER.loves.EVANS-
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