Half-Ponytail
He was nervous when her hair was in a half-ponytail.
Half-pony meant girls day. It meant giggling and gossiping, things he'd never associated with her in the slightest. But, Lily was a girl, and she loved her girl friends so the half-pony days meant she felt pretty and giddy.
Half-pony days were days where she was found chatting with her friends in the common room, in the Great Hall or even in the halls on the way to class. They were days she passed notes in class – while still managing to take diligent and detailed notes – and days she got caught for not paying as much attention.
Before they started dating, Lily's friends would surround her way too much for him to even say anything. They were days he threw away and spent the time plotting with the Marauders about their next joke, even though Sirius would tease him because he noticed how nervous he was. Now, he got a good morning peck before she was off to spend the day with the girls. Not much had changed really, except now, he knew, they gossiped about him.
And that was why half-pony days were nervous days.
