Giggles and Twirls can't fix everything

It was the morning of the Halloween dance. Fay and Rissa both had dates with some boys in their year. Rissa was going with Max; the boy she had being eyeing up for a few weeks but Lily knew nothing would come of it because Rissa changed her mind about who she liked every other week. Lily didn't understand how Rissa could suddenly be so attracted to a new boy that quickly but she just went along with it. It seemed to make Rissa happy so Lily couldn't really complain. Fay on the other hand had a date with Corey, a sweet boy who matched Fay in her personality. Though he was sometimes reserved in groups he was confident enough to bring Fay out of her shell in large groups. Lily thought Corey was a good choice for a date and she wondered if he would hang out with Lily and her friends some more another time so Lily could get to know him more.

Lessons had been cancelled after lunch so that everyone had enough time to get ready for the dance. The teachers had realised that nothing would have been achieved if the lessons remained on as the students would all be too distracted. After lunch Lily was walking back to the common room with Fay and Rissa and was listening to her friends jabber about how they would do their hair and what colour eye shadow they would wear. Lily rolled her eyes, she had never really been one for makeup but Fay had convinced her to let Rissa do her makeup claiming, 'she is a wiz at makeup trust me.'

When they walked through the door of the common room the girls were called over my Henry and Aaron. 'Oi, Girls over here!' They all smiled and the three girls wandered over to the far side of the common room. Lily flopped down onto the sofa between Henry and Scorpius and was completely happy to stay there until six and just catch up on some rest. Apparently much to Lily's disgust Rissa had different plans.

'Well as much as we would love to stay and chat we have to go now. Come on Lil,'

Lily looked confused, 'where are we going?'

Rissa rolled her eyes, 'upstairs to get ready obviously.'

'No way, I know you are going to do my makeup and hair but there is nothing you could do that would possibly take five hours to do!' Rissa frowned at Lily so she continued, 'I just need to chill for a little bit, I'll be up in an hour okay?'

Fay glanced at Rissa before speaking to Lily, 'Yeah that's fine Lil, just come up when you're ready and me and Rissa can start getting ready while your down here so we won't have to fight over the bathroom kay?' Lily smiled gratefully at Fay before her two friends walked up the girls steps to begin getting ready.

Lily turned back to the boys, she glanced at Aaron as she said, 'I have no idea what your sister is going to do to me, should I be scared?'

Aaron laughed, 'you should be very scared Lil. When we were younger she used to make me play dress up with her and it was horrible.'

Scorpius and Nate burst out laughing and Josh stared at Aaron in shock, 'I cannot believe you used to play dress up!'

Aaron shrugged and chuckled, 'Dude, have you ever been on the receiving end of my sister's pout and pupyy dog eyes? It is impossible to resist her when she does that. There are many things I've done that I'm not proud of because of her. I spent two weeks wearing some fairy wings and glitter so she could be a fairy princess and I could be her fairy prince or something like that.'

They all laughed but they knew he spoke the truth, it was impossible to resist Rissa when she gave you puppy dog eyes. Lily found her throat feeling slightly tight at the mention of Aaron playing games with Rissa as a child. It made her sad because only a few years ago Al and James had done the same for her.

When they were young they were very close for siblings. James and Albus got on as well as brothers could do but they had both worshipped Lily. They were prepared to do anything for her as long as it made her happy. James had spent a month in a tutu whilst Albus had piggy backed Lily everywhere she went for an entire week because it made her giggle every time. When her brothers had gone off to Hogwarts Lily had worried that they would forget about her. She was wrong. Her brothers had sent her an owl at least once a week, they wrote to her more than their own parents. They had told her their secrets, about their pranks, quidditch, hidden rooms. They had written openly about how much they had missed her and how they couldn't wait for the holidays because that would mean they could see her again. Behind her brother's manly exteriors and tough guy attitudes they were both suckers when it came to Lily. They would stop at nothing to keep Lily happy and safe.

She couldn't believe that they had changed so much. She would never have thought ending up in a different house would have destroyed the relationships she had with her brothers.

Lily had been spaced out for a few minutes but the boys noticing the glazed over look in her eyes decided to leave her to her own thoughts until she was ready to return to the conversation. When she re-joined their discussion to a passer-by they would think she was fine. But to Lily's friends they still observed a slightly distant look in her eyes. By the end of the hour she had returned to her normal self and was back to moaning about the woes of being a girl and having to dress up.

Scorpius poked Lily before saying, 'Lil quit your whining. We have to dress up as well and you know that these next few hours will all have been worth it when you are standing at the top of the stairs feeling like a princess.'

Knowing he was right Lily sighed and said her goodbyes as she started to walk towards the girls stairs. She called over the shoulder to the boys, 'If I'm not back in four hours send a search party!'

Lily stood at the top of the stairs and thought back to Scorpius' words. He had been right although the last few hours had been ever so slightly painful. She hadn't ben able sit still when Rissa was trying to do her makeup so the mascara wand had been poked into her eye three times. Yet she stood there in her Green dress and knew she looked pretty.

Her dress came to the middle of her thigh and it was gathered at the waist. It was made of a light fabric that flowed out from the waist down. The top of the dress had small silver stones on it that twinkled when the light fell on them. She had ordered the dress from one of the magazines that had been lying around in the common room because she hadn't brought any fancy dresses with her to school and the things in her wardrobe at home would have made her look very young compared to everyone else.

Fay was wearing a light blue dress that had thin spaghetti strap and went down to her knee. Rissa wore a dark red dress that was long but had a slash up the side so she could still move freely. The three walked down the stairs and felt like a million galleons. The third year boys were lounging on the sofas wearing their robes and the girls couldn't help but giggle. They looked handsome but it was so peculiar to see them looking so neat yet flopped out so casually on the common room sofas.

Aaron wolf whistled at the girls making Lily blush. The other boys stood up and began chatting with the girls as they all waited for their respective dates. Scorpius and Aaron stood either side of Lily and began teasing her that they ahd been right all along. Whilst Lily hated boosting their egos she couldn't help but admit that they had been correct and she felt great.

Scorpius and Aaron didn't have dates either, so the three had decided to head down to the dance together and then see how things went from there.

The Great Hall had been lit up with candles and there were pumpkins everywhere you looked. They ate a huge feast at their normal tables before Professor McGonagall got everyone to stand up behind the benches. With a wave of her wand all the tables vanished and the room darkened. Coloured lights began to flash and music started to play. Turning her wand to her throat she magnified her voice over the buzz in the Hall and said with a small smile, 'Enjoy everyone.'

Lily had spent the first hour of the dance joking around with her friends whenever they weren't on the dance floor. Aaron and Scorpius had stuck by her side to make sure she wouldn't be left on her own but after Aaron was asked for the fourth time to go and dance with a girl Lily snapped. She turned to Aaron and told him sharply, 'Aaron I will not have you wasting this evening standing beside me whilst you pass up offers to dance with all those girls. Go now.' Aaron shrugged and smirked at her, 'If you insist Lil.' He wandered off in pursuit of one of the girls who had spoken to him earlier.

She looked at Scorpius who had remained silent whilst she spoke to Aaron. 'Scorpius Malfoy, I swear you had better go and ask that pretty blonde to dance before I drag you over there myself.'

Scorpius turned his head to look at her, 'What girl?'

Lily laughed, 'Hmm I don't know perhaps the girl you have been staring at all evening, the Slytherin one who has been returning your stares.'

'Lil I just don't want to dance right now.'

Lily rolled her eyes, 'Scorpius Malfoy you are horrendous at lying so don't bother trying. Now I will hex you into next year if you make her wait any longer so go!'

'I don't want to leave you by yourself though.'

'Scorpius, I am a big girl. I can take care of myself for a while. Now go and dance with that girl!'

Scorpius seemed to war with himself over what to do for a few moments before sighing knowing that Lily would get her way no matter what. He began to walk over to the blonde and Lily retreated to the side of the room smiling as the blonde beamed at Scorpius. She looked so happy to be dancing with him and Lily even saw Scorpius smiling after a few dances. They appeared to be having great time and Lily was really glad that she had made Scorpius go and speak to her. Whilst part of her wished he was dancing with her Lily knew that Scorpius needed to live his own life and not be a part of her crush. Lily knew that it was only a matter of time before she got over Scorpius but in the mean time she wanted him to still have a good time.

Lily mooched around in the Great Hall speaking to some of the people she knew but after another half hour Lily decided to return to the dormitories. She decided that an early night would be more fun than wandering around on her own. She was glad that her friends were having a good time with their dates or dance partners and she thought that if she slipped away now they could continue having a nice time without having to worry about her.

On her way out of the hall she had seen all of her cousins dancing and laughing. It reminded her of when she was younger and they had all dressed up for the New Year's Eve party at her house. This time however the boy's robes fitted and the girls could actually walk in their heels. All the boys wore their dress robes and the girls wore beautiful dresses. She had overheard Roxy telling Hugo that they had gotten Aunt Fleur to help them choose their dresses, no wonder they suited them so well. She wished just for a moment as she watched her male cousins twirl the girls around that things could go back to the way they were. To be able to dance and laugh with her family was what her heart ached for. She imagined running up to the group and grabbing James and starting to dance with him. He would see how much he had missed his little sister. The other would follow his lead and welcome her back with open arms and things would be as they used to be. Lily knew however, some twirling and giggles wouldn't fix everything that had been said and done.

Sorry its been a while but exams are coming which means sadly I have to revise. What did you think? It's a bit of a filler chapter but things will begin to get more interesting as the holidays roll around... Thank for reading, please review! x