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Lily climbed through the portrait hole into the Gryffindor common room three nights later to find James Potter sitting on the couch by the fire, twiddling his wand and looking anxious. James looked up at the noise of the portrait hole closing and saw Lily. He jumped up and tried in vain to flatten his hair.
"Hello, Lily," he said rather nervously. "Can I talk to you?"
"What do you want, Potter?" Lily asked rather unkindly. She was not about to be nice to a boy who had tormented her every day since second year.
"I wish you would call me James, Lily," he said.
"And I wish you would leave me alone, Potter, but it looks like neither of us are going to get what we want."
"Anyway," continued James, "I was wondering if you had a date to the dance yet."
"Don't even think about asking me, James Potter. You know that it's ladies' choice. Besides, I'm already going with someone."
James seemed to deflate before Lily's eyes. "Oh. Who?"
"You mean you honestly don't know?" she replied scathingly. "I thought that you knew EVERYTHING."
"Just tell me who you're going with!" said James. He was starting to get angry, and as a result, his volume of his voice began to rise.
"Fine. If you really want to know, I am going with none other than your friend, Remus 'Moony' Lupin."
James looked as though he had been slapped. Lily took the opportunity to dash up the girls' staircase without so much as a good night.
The next morning (a Saturday), Lily was awakened the next morning by shrieking coming from the next bed.
"He said yes!!!!!" screamed Alice.
"Huhwah? Hoosayas?" asked Mary rather unintelligibly.
"Frank! Frank Longbottom! He agreed to be my date to the dance!"
Lily dashed over to the next bed and gave her best friend a hug. They talked happily while taking their time getting ready.
"So now that we all have dates," said Mary, "We have to decide what to wear! Ohmigod, we only have a week! It's a good thing that we get to go into Hogsmeade today. We're going to look so fabulous!" If there was one thing in the world that Mary was very passionate about, it was fashion.
After breakfast, the three girls made their way down to Hogsmeade, the nearby wizarding village. They ran into the first boutique they saw and started looking for dresses. After a few hours, each girl had found the perfect dress and the three friends decided to celebrate by treating themselves to some butterbeer.
A little while on, when Lily had excused herself to go to the bathroom, she heard someone being shoved up against a wall and low, angry muttering. She cast a Disillusion Spell on herself and stepped around the corner to see what was going on. To her horror, she saw James Potter holding Remus Lupin to the wall with one hand, the other raising his wand in front of Remus' face.
Remus was saying, "I just don't see what the big deal is, Prongs, she wouldn't have asked you to go even if I had said no!"
"That's not the point, Moony!" spat James. "You're supposed to be my friend, you shouldn't have accepted an invitation to the dance with the girl that I fancy!"
"Well, it's not as if she fancies you back! She hates you, and you know it!"
"No, she doesn't! She may not realize it, but we are meant for each other! In fact, I bet she only asked you because she's scared to admit that she's in love with me."
"I'll leave you to your fantasies and go finish my butterbeer, thank you very much." With that, Remus broke free of James' grip and headed straight toward Lily.
Only by jumping very quickly to the side did Lily manage to avoid being run over by Remus. James waited for a moment, breathing heavily, before he followed Remus back into the bar. Lily just sat there on the floor of the Three Broomsticks for a while, thinking, until Alice came looking for her.
A/N: Still don't know where this is going, but I have a bit clearer picture in my head now. I am really thankful for the reviews that I have so far! Please keep reviewing!!!!!
