Disclaimer: It's so far into the story that I really don't see the need to write this, but I AM NOT J.K. ROWLING. I own nothing but the plot and a few of the characters that I came up with. There is also a song in this chapter, and I don't own that either. Yes, I know that the song did not exist back then.
Lily was awoken on Saturday morning by a pillow hitting her in the face. She sat up abruptly, looking around. Mary was standing over her, laughing her head off.
"Mary!" screamed Lily. "What the bloody hell was that for?"
"In case you haven't noticed, Princess, it's eleven o'clock," said Mary.
"What?!?!?" shrieked Lily. She ripped the clock off of her bedside table. It was true. She only had seven hours to look totally perfect. AND she hadn't eaten breakfast yet. "CRAP!!!!! Wake up Alice! I have to get dressed for breakfast!"
Once the trio had finished breakfast, they sprinted back up to Gryffindor tower. They each took their time taking showers, and by the time they were ready to start actually getting ready, it was getting late. The dance started at six, and they wanted to be downstairs at five thirty, which meant that they had to be ready by five. That left them only three hours, or one hour per girl, because they agreed to help each other.
First, they started in on Alice. Alice had chosen a bright yellow (that was one of the colors of Hufflepuff, after all), strapless bubble dress that she looked absolutely amazing in. There was a small knot in the front that looked like a rose. For her hair, Mary put a charm on it so that it flipped out a little bit. She was wearing white sandals with a one-inch heel, to give her some height (Frank was very tall). The girls had agreed earlier to be understated with the make-up.
Next, Alice and Lily started in on Mary. Mary had chosen a beautiful pink V-neck with silver circular rings connecting the straps. Alice tied her long black hair up onto the top of her head, and Lily cast a charm that made it curl into ringlets. Mary wore black stilettos, which she knew that Sirius loved.
Lastly, the two girls started in on Lily. Lily had chosen an absolutely beautiful sky-blue, spaghetti-strap dress with silver sparkles. The girls left her hair down, but charmed it so that it fell in soft curls down her shoulders and back. Because she was very tall, Lily wore a pair of simple white flats.
Satisfied that they were ready, the girls made their way downstairs to the common room, where the boys were probably waiting for them.
When Sirius and Remus saw their dates, their jaws dropped. Both of them were wearing black tuxedoes and had on bowties. Sirius' was black (hehehe) and Remus' was green, to match Lily's eyes. Alice excused herself to go down to the entrance hall where she had said she would meet Frank. Lily supposed that James and Peter were already down there.
"Wow," said Remus as Lily walked up to him. "You look... beautiful."
Lily smiled shyly. "You look rather handsome yourself."
Remus was too shocked to say anything more as he slipped a corsage on her wrist (White Calla Lily), took her arm, and led her out of the portrait hole after Sirius and Mary.
Down in the entrance hall, the three girls and their dates talked and laughed for about ten minutes, at which time the doors to the Great Hall opened and everyone was permitted to enter the hall. Lily gasped.
The hall looked so beautiful! Up where the House Points were usually shown, there was large fountain. There were small tables seating five couples each placed around the outside of the hall, instead of the usual house tables. There was a golden dance floor in the middle of the hall, and the lights were dimmed so that it seemed as if they were all outside on a warm summer evening rather than in the Great Hall in the middle of spring.
All of the couples sat down at the smaller tables. At Lily and Remus' table sat Sirius and Mary, Alice and Frank, James and Carissa, and Peter and his date, a Hufflepuff named Janice emerald. Lily noticed that James gave her a pointed look as he sat down next to Stewart.
Lily spent much of the dinner happily talking to Remus, who could not stop smiling. When dinner was finally over, Dumbledore asked the heads and their partners to take the floor for the first dance. Lily and Remus embarrassedly went out onto the golden floor, followed closely by James and Carissa. A slow song struck up, and Lily and Remus took hold of each other and began to rotate on the spot. A few feet away, James and Carissa did the same.
Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air
If I should die before I wake
It's 'cause you took my breath away
Losing you is like living in a world with no air
Oh
I'm here alone, didn't wanna leave
My heart won't move, it's incomplete
Wish there was a way that I can make you understand
But how do you expect me
To live alone with just me
'Cause my world revolves around you
It's so hard for me to breathe
Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air
Can't live, can't breathe with no air
It's how I feel whenever you ain't there
It's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gonna be without me
If you ain't here, I just can't breathe
It's no appearance, no air
No air, air
No air, air
No air, air
No air, air
I walked, I ran, I jumped, I flew
Right off the ground to float to you
There's no gravity to hold me down for real
But somehow I'm still alive inside
You took my breath, but I survived
I don't know how, but I don't even care
So how do you expect me
To live alone with just me
'Cause my world revolves around you
It's so hard for me to breathe
Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air
Can't live, can't breathe with no air
It's how I feel whenever you ain't there
It's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gonna be without me
If you ain't here, I just can't breathe
It's no air, no air
No air, air
No air, air
No air, air
No air, air
No more
It's no air, no air
Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air
Can't live, can't breathe with no air
It's how I feel whenever you ain't there
It's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gonna be without me
If you ain't here, I just can't breathe
It's no air, no air
Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air
Can't live, can't breathe with no air
It's how I feel whenever you ain't there
It's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gonna be without me
If you ain't here, I just can't breathe
It's no air, no air
No air, air
No air, air
No air, air
No air, air
As the song ended, Lily and Remus broke apart, as did James and Carissa. The students clapped, and then joined them on the dance floor when a faster song started up. Lily saw Mary and Sirius tucked away in a corner, much too busy to dance, and saw Alice and Frank just swaying back and forth, looking into each other's eyes. The rest of the evening passed in a whirl of laughter and fun for Lily and Remus, and when they returned to Gryffindor Tower after the dance was over, they agreed that it was the best night ever.
A/N: I liked writing that, it was fun! Please don't laugh at me for my bad descriptions of the girls, I actually suck at fashion. There are links to pictures of their dresses on my profile page if you would like to see them. Please review! The next chapter should be up soon because I, of course, am grounded (Thanks, Mom)! Again, I KNOW that 'No Air' wasn't written until after Lily was dead, but I can dream, can't I?
