Chapter 71: On the Dancefloor

"Stef and Remus look cute together." Lily commented as she danced to the song I Do Cherish You with James.

"They certainly do." James agreed.

"Hey, look at Bell and Sirius." Lily said excitedly. "They seldom talk so civilly to each other."

"This is certainly unusual."

"Samuel is asking Bell for a dance now." Lily looked at Arabella's direction, not noticing James' eyes were fixed on her throughout.

"That's nice."

"Bell is dancing with him now. Poor Sirius."

"Poor thing."

"Hey, why are you sounding so bored in the conversation??"

"I'm not." James defended. "Just not interested in other people's business."

"They're not other people." Lily answered back. "They're my friends."

"Our friends, you mean."

"Yeah. And Sirius have this jealous look on his face." Lily laughed at Sirius a little, still not looking at James.

"He'll ask Bell for the dance soon."

"You sure know him really well."

"We're friends for over a decade."

"Really envy you guys sometimes, so closely bonded."

"You and Stef and Bell too."

"We are. But you guys are just different."

"I supposed so." James said, sounding uninterested in the topic.

"Am I boring you with all those stuffs??" Lily said frowning.

"No, you're not."

"Your tone of voice doesn't match with what you say."

"I mean what I say."

"Whatever." Lily said. "Since you're so bored with me already, I think you better get another dance partner."

"I'm not bored of you. Why don't you believe??"

"Your tone of voice doesn't tell me so."

"If you don't believe then so be it."

"Why are you throwing your temper at me for no apparent reason??"

"I didn't. You're the one throwing your temper at me."

"Ok. Fine. It's my fault." Lily stormed off the dance floor. James gave a shrug and left at the opposite direction.

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What did he think he was?? Throwing temper at me for no reason. Male chauvinist pig!! Lily thought angrily as she stormed off to the corner of the common room.

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Throwing her temper at me. What the hell is she doing?? I was being so nice to her and this is how she treats me. James thought angrily. In the midst of the crowd he could see Lily sitting alone across the common room. Spoil my evening. To think I actually took her to Hogsmeade to get her mind off things. Ungrateful fella.

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That idiotic guy. Surrounded by girls again. Lily looked at James across the room. A group of second year girls walked up and took a seat beside him. Flirty idiot. Mean guy. Insensitive jerk. Rude idiot. Stuck up pig. Arrogant sissy. Idiot. Idiot. Lily could feel her anger boiling inside her. Why should I let him bother me and ruin my night??

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"No thanks, I would prefer to sit here alone for awhile." James said uninterestedly to the girls surrounding him. His eyes were elsewhere on a particular redhead.

"Let go for a dance." A second year persisted.

"No thanks." James said, not bothering whether he sounded rude.

"Fine. Whatever." The group of second years left him alone once again and he was thankful for that moment of peace.

Why is she talking to Daniel and Samuel so happily?? James thought to himself. Daniel and Samuel had approached Lily across the room and the three of them started talking. Lily seemed to be laughing at their jokes.

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"May I've a dance with you??" A third-year asked Arabella.

"Sure." Arabella said in amusement. She was surprised that a guy three years her junior would approach her for a dance.

"Not again." Sirius mumbled in his breath and left Arabella and the third-year dancing to Can't Help Falling In Love. He left the dance floor giving the dancing duo another look.

"Hey Padfoot."

"Not having a good time??" Sirius asked James, noticing his glum expression.

"You don't look too happy too."

"Bell is dancing with too many different people."

"Those greedy girls certainly do enjoy all those attention."

"You're referring to Lily??"

"Who else??"

"She's not dancing with anyone."

"She had been talking to Daniel and Samuel for more than five minutes."

"Someone is jealous."

"I'm not."

"Prongs, I advise you to deflate your ego a little when it come to girls."

"She pissed me off."

"What did she do??"

"Don't feel like talking about it."

"Then you go apologize."

"Why should I?? It's not even my fault."

"Girls don't like to apologize. It's only a word."

"It's against my principle."

"Your pride you mean."

"It's her fault."

"Don't be stubborn."

"No way."

"I better get back to Bell. Don't want her to dance with other guys for too long." Sirius left James alone at his corner and headed back towards the dance floor.

Still talking so happily with those guys. Bitchy. The sight of a happy Lily with other guys made him felt slightly jealous.

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What on earth is that idiotic James doing?? Look until like that. Lily turned and used her back to face James instead. I could still feel his stare. Argh. Spoil my evening.

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"Is there something going on between Lily and James or am I being oversensitive??" Stefanie asked as she danced gracefully with Remus along with the music.

"Hmm.. Looks like there's something on between them." Remus agreed, looking from James to Lily and back to James again.

"Should we do something??" Stefanie suggested, looking from a happily chatting Lily to a pretended happy-looking James.

"Leave them alone first." Remus said, turning back to look at Stefanie. "They're always like that. The bickering factor seems to have transferred over to them lately."

"It's not that. James is getting more and more chauvinist lately. Not to mention that his fans are boosting his ego greatly."

"Can't blame him, vice-captain for Gryffindor quidditch team, potential captain next year." Remus commented. "Though many times his prefect badge was handed to me, he has the highest chance to be the Headboy next year, due to his talent and brains."

"How can you be sure?? He's great and with brains and brawn and stuffs. But still, he's the Ringleader of your little group. Chaos will fall upon Hogwarts if he ever become Headboy."

"You can be sure Lily can control him when they become Heads together."

"Lily is going to be Headgirl??"

"I'm pretty sure of that."

"How you – how could I forget?? You travel to the future." Stefanie said with a sudden look of understanding.

"How could you forget??"

"I nearly forgot that I had extra powers as well. I felt so normal for so long."

"That's because Dumbledore never stress us on that."

"Let's not have such serious discussion today." Stefanie changed the topic since there were too many people surrounding them on the dance floor. It would not be safe even though they were whispering.

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"Wanna dance??" Samuel asked Lily. She took a look over at James and saw him deep in conversation with some fifth-years.

"Sure." She smiled politely and took Samuel's hand and headed towards the dance floor together.

"Are you and James together??" Samuel asked as the twosome danced along the slightly fast paced song I Lay My Love On You.

"Huh??" Lily gave a quizzical look.

"Are you and James together??" Samuel repeated louder and leaned closer to Lily.

"Of course not. We're just friends." Lily defended herself with her hands forward.

"You two looked like more than friends."

"You must be kidding. The few of us are all good friends."

"Alright, whatever you said."

"Yeah. Then what about you and Michelle??"

"What's with us??"

"C'mon, who don't know you two are going everywhere together."

"Don't change the topic."

"We're still along the line of couple topic."

"I can't hear you."

"Yeah right."

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"I'm going out for awhile." James said suddenly. The group of giggling fifth years was annoying him.

"Let's go together." One of them suggested.

"I want to be alone."

"But-" James could not be bothered with them and left the common room. Along the way he noticed Lily and Samuel at the dance floor looking genuinely happy.

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"I'm gonna dance with Arabella next." Lily told Samuel as the song was nearing the end.

"Sure." Samuel shrugged. The two continued dancing together until the song ended.

""Thanks." Lily headed towards the corner of the dance floor where Sirius and Arabella were dancing very close together. "May I??" Lily asked in a joking manner and held out her hand for Arabella.

"Sure." Arabella smiled and gave Sirius the apologetic look.

"Lily!! I can barely have a proper dance with Arabella when the whole Gryffindor came to ask her for a dance."

"At least you two shared the first dance." Lily laughed. "Now, can I have a dance with my best friend??"

"I would like to say no." Sirius joked.

"I rather dance with you." Arabella laughed and took Lily's hand. Sirius gave a pretended dejected looking face and walked away. Within five steps away, some first years approached Sirius, seemed to be asking him for a dance. Afterall who could resist the most-good looking guy in Gryffindor.

"I'm gonna miss you." Lily said sincerely.

"Me too." Arabella said. "We'll meet again soon enough."

"I know. But still."

"Alright, let not talk about this." Arabella changed the topic. "Where's James?? I thought I saw you two dancing together earlier on??"

"We did. He pissed me off."

"What did he do this time??"

"He was being so arrogant and stuck-up and egoistic and bored and flirty and-"

"Alright, alright, so where's he now??"

"No idea." Lily looked around the common room. She noticed the girls who were chatting with James earlier on were now alone with some other fellow Gryffindors.

"He probably went out to hide from the girls."

"He love every minute of it. Why would he??"

"How do you know he love being surrounded by girls??"

"Sirius definitely loves that attention." Lily turned to see Sirius talking and a small congregation were gathered in front of him giving him their foremost attention.

"He's an attention seeker."

"James too."

"You're jealous."

"I'm not."

"Don't try to hide from me."

"I'm really not jealous of other girls or anything."

"Well, maybe he is jealous of the other guys."

"Oh please, you know who is the more popular one around."

"Well, wait and see."

"I'll prove you wrong."

"You'll show me that I'm right all along." Lily frowned slightly at Arabella's cheeky smile.