AN:/Hiii guys, sorry about the delay:( To make up for it, here's my longest chapter yet! Yay!x

"Bloody ow Alice! Watch where you're sticking that!" Lily moaned as her three friends fluttered around her. The room smelt heavily of perfume and burnt hair. Hestia was curling Lily's hair into ringlets, whilst Marlene painted her toenails. Alice was sticking a make up brush into Lily's eye.
"Sorry Lily!" Alice said, her face was concentrated and she blinked slowly.
"Oh, quit moaning Evans." Marlene said as she looked up at her friend. They were all wearing their dressing gowns.
"This is horrible!" Lily yelped as Alice tugged sharply on her eyebrows.
"Honestly Lily, do you ever pluck your eyebrows?"
Lily shrugged, feeling self-conscious.
Hestia had finished with her hair, and she waved her wand over Lily's head, murmuring a spell she didn't recongnise.
"What are you doing?" Lily asked.
"It's this spell Mary Macdonald showed me. It keeps your hair perfect all night!"
Lily rolled her eyes. "Are we nearly done yet?"
Marlene laughed. "You still have to get your dress on."
Lily gulped. "Dress?" She said in a small voice.
"Yes Lil's, you're going to act like a girl tonight. You will talk in a squeaky voice and moan about your weight with all the other girls who talk in squeaky voices and moan about their weight."
Lily closed her eyes, feeling the need to cry.

"Oh hell no." Lily muttered. "I'm not wearing this!" She shouted. The girls had sent her to the bathroom with a dress…if you could even call it that.
"Yes you are!" Marlene said back, through the door. "I'll come in there and force you to put it on it you really want!"
Lily shuddered. "Fine! Give me five minutes!"
She set the dress on the sink and stared down at it. It was nice enough, and she was sure Hestia or Marlene would look gorgeous in it with their huge height and bodies like the models in Witch Weekly.
But Lily?
She looked like your average twelve-year old boy. Her chest was a washboard and she had no curves whatsoever.

Sighing, Lily threw the thing on, getting tangled in the straps. She looked in the mirror. The dress ended too far above her knees for her liking. It was black with a lace panel across her shoulders. The back…well, there was no back. Fabric drooped over her shoulders and descended all the way down either side of her. Her entire back was bare. Lily thought she looked absolutely ridiculous. Her eyes were black and her hair was in massive curls.

Lily scowled and stepped out into Marlene's bedroom.
The girls looked over and ceased talking. "Wow…" Hestia said.
"I look horrible!" Lily shouted.
Marlene rolled her eyes. "Wise up! I wish I could wear that dress, you don't even need to wear a bra!"
Hestia nodded rapidly. Lily blushed. "It look's stupid. Why can't I just wear jeans?" Alice laughed.
"Marly?" She said. "Get the shoes!"
Marlene jumped up and opened her wardrobe. After some searching, she pulled out a pair of heels. Dark green heels that were at least 5 inches tall with a t-bar strap.
"You've got to be joking." Lily breathed in.
Marlene grinned. "Sit down, I'll put them on for you."
Lily grumbled and sat down on the bed. She was going to fall flat on her face! What was Marlene thinking?
"Okay…stand up."
Lily pushed herself off the bed and stood. The heels were shaking.

"No way. I'll break my ankle!"
"You just have to get used to them!" Alice said. "Take a few steps."
Lily stepped forward, staggered a little, and promptly fell flat on her face.
"Bloody hell!" Lily rubbed her face.
Don't touch your face! You'll smudge the make up!"
Lily pushed herself up to face the three girls.
"I can't do this!"
"Of course you can. You look amazing! You want to make James jealous, right?" Lily shook her head. No! She really didn't. She hated the boy, despised him. Why on earth would she want to make him jealous? Lily knew the answer. Marlene had told Hestia and Alice about the dream, and they were all under the illusion that Lily liked the boy. Eugh.

After a few more failed attempts at walking, everyone was getting frustrated.
"It's not that bloody hard!" Marlene shouted. "We'll be late if you don't get a move on!" They were all dressed now. Marlene looked stunning in a blue dress, which reached past her knees. Hestia was wearing one similar, only it was lilac. Alice had a strapless one on which fanned out around her at her hips.

"Wait!" Hestia said suddenly. She walked over to the dresser and grabbed one of the magazines she was subscribed to. "I read this yesterday…" She flicked through the pages. "Ah! Here it is." She grabbed her wand.
"Lily, lift your feet up."
Lily, too bored to argue, lifted her feet into the air.
"Mallonollio reconcillius." Hestia said.
"There. Stand up now." She was smiling smugly.
Lily stood and looked down, shocked. The heels were still there, but she felt like she was wearing flats.
"Hestia Jones, I bloody love you!"
Lily grinned. Marlene breathed out in relief.
"Thank Merlin." She grabbed a purse. "Right, let's go. We're already twenty minutes late."
Lily walked down the stairs behind her friends, smiling happily. Now her feet weren't aching, she thought maybe she could actually have an all right night.

They approached the doors to Melinda's stately house. The blonde girl was waiting inside to greet everyone.
"Lily!" Melinda grinned as Lily stepped up first. "Glad you could come!" Lily nodded and walked past, but the hostess grabbed her arm.
"James just arrived! I think he's in the kitchen if you want to see him!"
Lily rolled her eyes and walked on into the house. A group of seven or eight Ravenclaw's smiled at her.
Well, Lily thought, at least she knew were not to go.

She waited for Marlene, Alice and Hestia by a closed door at the end of the corridor.
"We need a drink!" Marlene smirked.
"No!" Lily said. "We're not of age!"
Marlene scoffed. "Didn't stop you when you got rat-arsed before the OWL's."
"That was Potter's fault!"
Hestia winked. "Wow Lily, you seem to be talking about James a lot." Lily glared.
"I hate him."
"Doesn't mean you don't like him."
Lily sighed. How could she avoid James all night?
She vowed to try as hard to stay away from him.

The plan didn't go too well.
As soon as she pushed open the door behind her open, she caught his eye. Lily groaned. She'd walked right into the bloody kitchen.
He was sitting beside Sirius on the counter, a cup in his hand. Remus and Peter were standing on either side of them.
Lily stopped, causing Alice to fall into her back.
But Lily barely noticed.
What she did notice was James. He was wearing muggle attire, the first time she'd ever seen him wearing it, jeans and a black t-shirt. His hair was, if possible, more mussed than usual. His glasses were perched right on the edge of his nose and as he lifted his cup to his lips, Lily saw his muscles tense.
…wow.
Lily felt herself shiver slightly.
What was wrong with her? It was as if her eyes were glued to him. She just couldn't look away.
Alice put her hand on Lily's shoulder and shoved her out of the way, giving her a strange look before heading to the drinks table.
Marlene and Hestia had now moved in front of her, blocking James from her view.
"What's up with you?"
Lily stared wide-eyed, shaking her head slightly.
"Okay, now I need a drink."

Lily walked quickly over to the table, which was laden with bottles of Butterbeer, Firewhiskey and, to her shock, vodka.
Lily grabbed the bottle of white spirit and wrenched it open. Ignoring the cups, she took a swig, wincing as the liquid hit her throat and burned it.
"Merlin!" She heard Sirius shout.
"Not holding back tonight, I see?" She looked over and smiled.
"You look fit, Evans. No doubt about that." He winked.
Her smile turned into a grin and she turned back around, sucking in her stomach, realising quite how tight the dress actually was.

Lily poured the drink into a cup and walked back to Hestia, Alice and Marlene.
"There's something up with you." Marlene said.
"What? Can't I just have a fun night once in my life?"
Marlene shrugged. "Whatever, gimme some of that." She tugged the drink out of Lily's hands and took a gulp, before returning it.
"Lets go see the marauders." She said, Lily felt dampness in her hand and rubbed it on her dress.
"Okay." She whispered. She could do this.
"Alright boys?" Hestia said when they reached the boys.
James nodded. He was looking at Lily, examining her body in apparent awe. Lily put one hand on her hip, refusing to look at him. She took another drink and started up a conversation with Remus, making sure to push a hand through her hair every so often.

Lily had no idea why she was acting like this. So…seductively.
So unlike Lily Evans.
She didn't even care about James.
As she finished her first cup, Lily's mind clouded over and her vision blurred at the edges. Though she felt amazing.

JAMES POV
Was she trying to kill him?
James still had his eyes stuck on the girl in front of him. She was chatting to Remus, laughing and acting so un-Lily-like.
She was also ignoring him.
Apart from when she'd entered the room, Lily hadn't given him one look of notice.
And it was horrible.

Of course, why should she? He hadn't exactly been nice to her on their last meeting. James only wished he could just talk to her.
All plans of getting a girlfriend had been forgotten as fast as Lily could toss her hair over her shoulder.
The girls soon left, going to dance in the large living room. Sirius was smirking at James like a mad man. James rolled his eyes.
"Oh, I see their plan." Sirius said.
James looked up. "Ha?"
"They're just trying to torture you as much as possible. I'm sure Marlene, Alice and Hestia weren't ecstatic about how you treated their friend."
"You think so?"
Sirius nodded. James looked to Remus for confirmation. He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know…maybe."
"Yeah, well! It's working! I usually can't stop staring at her, even when she's just wearing her school uniform. Now, with her in that dress…I don't know if I can last the night."