AN:/Yeah I know I said I'd post longer chapters...but this isn't one of them...SORRY:(
Soppy and overly dramatic chapter coming right up!
Lily left, realising she was bloody freezing. She returned to the house and was more than grateful to find Hestia in the first room she tried.
Upon seeing her friends' distraught look, Hestia grabbed Lily's arm and took her upstairs.
"Lily? What's wrong?"
Lily sniffed; her eyes were beginning to tear up again.
"Hest, I know we're meant to be staying at M-Marlene's t-tonight…but I j-just really want to be alone. T-take me home?"
Hestia frowned but pulled her friend into a warm hug. Lily sighed as more tears rolled onto her friends shoulder. She pulled back.
"I'm sorry."
Hestia shook her head. "Don't be silly, Lil'."
She paused. "You can talk about it if you want."
Lily shook her head. "N-not here."
Hestia nodded and put her arm around Lily.
"Alright, let's get you home. I'll tell Alice and Marlene after."
Unfortunately, they did not get to the front door unnoticed. Lily realised what a mess she must look, with panda eyes and smudged red lips, but she was uncaring at that moment. Thinking of what Melinda and James were currently doing made her want to burst into more tears. This did confuse her; how could she have gone from one extreme to the next in about four hours? From full cold blooded hatred and revulsion to this heart breaking, traumatic yearning. She didn't understand it at all.
She didn't understand herself.
"Oi, Evans! Jones!" Lily flinched at the voice of Sirius. "Leaving so quickly?" He walked past them then turned around, giving Lily an odd look.
"Everything alright, poppet?"
Lily buried her face in Hestia's shoulder, not willing to deal with a rat arsed Sirius Black on top of everything.
"No," Hestia snapped. "And I'll bet it has something to do with your Potter!" She seemed angry, and Lily looked up.
"No one insults James in front of me!" He was slurring his words. "Just cause poor Evans got her wand stuck too far up her arse."
Lily shot him a glare, which must of looked delightful to the onlookers.
"You don't know anything." Hestia warned.
Sirius barked a laugh. "That's cause there's nothing to know!"
Sirius bowed mockingly. "Leave then. Party'll be a hell of a lot better without you soppy princesses anyway."
Hestia made to turn around, but Lily shrugged her arm away from her.
"Hestia. I'm not bloody leaving. Come and do my freaking make up."
Lily wanted nothing more than to fall into a heap in her bed and take the goddamned dress off. But what Sirius had said irked her. He thought she was a boring, goody two shoes. And James clearly didn't like her.
So what did she really have to lose?
Half an hour later, for the second time that night Lily found herself replenished with perfect make up and hair. She took great pleasure in using up Melinda's entire expensive make up anyway. After leaving the bathroom, she purposefully walked away from Hestia, leaving her standing baffled.
Feeling all too sober, Lily grabbed a glass of Firewhiskey and downed it, then another…and another. Feeling better now, Lily walked back to the dance room where people were still going crazy. Far too gone to be self-conscious, Lily approached Amos Diggory.
She danced close to him to get his attention, then, during a break in the music, said "Hey, Amos." in her best flirty voice.
The seventh year looked down at her, grinning. "Alright, Lily?"
Lily danced with him for about an hour, frequently topping up her glass so it was never empty.
She was even drunker than earlier, having almost forgot about James Potter. She focused on the good-looking boy in front of her, enjoying his company.
Though, in the back of her mind, Lily seemed to remember a cosy night in the girls dorm, and Hestia telling the girls how much she liked Amos…
Lily lost her train of thought as she was offered another drink.
Soon, at around two in the morning, things began to slow down. Quite a few people had already left. Lily was sitting with Amos on a small armchair clearly meant for one person. She had her head on his broad shoulder, staring dazed at the patterned ceiling.
One moment she was telling Amos that she'd had a lovely time dancing with him, and that she'd better go, the next he was kissing her.
He'd turned his head suddenly, and crashed his lips onto hers.
Lily vaguely remembered putting her arms around his neck as he pulled her closer. Her legs resting on his as she played with the back of his hair, which was very short…not much to do really.
"L-lil…Amos…w-what?"
The couple broke apart. Hestia was standing at the door with her and Lily's coats. She could see Alice and Marlene behind her with shocked faces.
Hestia's was the worst though. She looked so betrayed and hurt.
The fact that Amos didn't really understand what exactly was wrong didn't help.
"Hello Hestia." He said casually, smiling in a friendly way.
Hestia dropped Lily's coat to the floor.
"You can find your own bloody way home." Her voice was empty, but Lily could see the unshed tears in her eyes. She pushed past Alice and Marlene. Lily jumped up. "Hestia…wait I-"
"Save it Lily." Alice said. She was frowning.
"I really can't believe you'd do something like that, Lily." Marlene said, looking disappointed.
They turned around and left without another word. Lily stared after them but found she had no more tears to cry.
Instead she turned back to Amos, and did the worst possible thing.
"Where were we?" She said.