DISCLAIMER: I do not own of JK Rowling's wonderful work, only the characters that you may not recognize from the original story.

"Sing it for the boys, sing it for the girls. Every time that you lose it, sing it for the world."

The girls prepared to get ready for the first of the last balls they would be attending at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They were preparing to have a night of laughs and smiles, one they could remember in years to come and smile at the way it turned out.

"Do you think I should make my eyeliner thicker, or is this good?" Kela asked, looking at herself in the mirror.

Marcy turned to see her friend. "I like it like that. Too thick will make you look like Helen."

The three girls giggled at the thought of being 'Helen.' She was a well-known fifth year from Ravenclaw, she was more well-known for other things then just her makeup.

"I like it too. It makes your eyes way bolder." Lily smiled, as she too put the finishing touches on her makeup. Grabbing her wand, she began to put her hair into tight curls.

"Man, James is not going to be able to keep his eyes off you tonight!" Kela said looking at the red head.

"Oh, hush! Like Sirius is going to be able to keep his hands off of you." Lily countered.

Kela's face turned crimson. "What exactly is that supposed to mean?"

"You know exactly what it is supposed to mean, Kela. We see you and Sirius exchange googley eyes all the time even though, and I quote: "I hate that stupid ass-wipe-jerk-face." Is that about right?" Marcy said mockingly.

Kela huffed. "Fine. No. I.. Fine. Okay he's hot. That's it."

"Uh huh." Both of her best friends said as they prepared for the Halloween ball.

"What do you think the girls are doing?" Sirius asked as he lied on the couch with his legs in the air.

Remus shrugged. "Probably their hair, and makeup, and nails, and what else do they do?"

The four boys exchanged looks horrified on what the answer may be.

The girls looked at themselves in the mirror satisfied as to what they looked like.

"Damn, I gotta say. We look hot!" Kela squealed. "Those boys are gonna have drool protruding out of their mouths!"

Her two best friends giggled as they started to file out of the head girls bedroom, into the common room where the boys sat around, already wrinkling their costumes.

Remus and Marcy had already decided on going as Romeo and Juliet, both in the appropriate attire of tights. While the other two girls, Lily and Kela, had decided to have matching costumes of being fairies. Lily's was white, with green accents, while Kela's was blue with silver accents. Both had decided on curling their hair, so that it would bounce up and down as they walked. Kela had fixed up her platinum blonde hair with aqua blue highlights that matched her costume, making her eyes stand out magnificently with the thick black eye liner she had done. While Lily kept her hair all red, but kept her skin pale, with red lips.

All three of the girls costumes hugged their curves, making them feel more feminite then their usual uniforms they wore.

The other three boys had decided on being the Three Musketeer's. Sirius and James both looked prominent in their costumes, where as Peters simply clung to his plump body, in an unflattering way.

"Well don't you all look lovely." Marcy smiled as she grabbed Remus' arm and headed towards the exit. "Come along now. Dinner will be starting right away. And don't the Head boy and girl need to be early? Hmm."

Lily and James exchanged looks. Both starring at the other. James swallowed deeply. "You look.. You look wonderful Lily."

"Hot. You look hot, is what he means." Sirius interrupted, making James blush.

Lily giggled. "Well, thank you. Both of you. You both look.. Swell as well."

With that the group of seven awkwardly walked down the hallways and stairs towards the Great Hall, unsure of how to interact with one another.

Sirius burst into the Great Hall, with much excitement after seeing all the different colors that the costumes brought. "This is fantastic! Why don't we have this everyday?"

"It takes too much bloody work to have it everyday." Lily sighed. "Everyone does look wonderful though."

"Uh, Lily?" James said.

She looked over at her partner.

"We should go talk to Dumbledore. He looks like he's waiting for us."

"Right. We'll be right back. Save us some seats." She said to the rest of the group as they began to look for a table, since eight person tables around the great hall had replaced the four long house tables. Lily and James had thought that this way people would be able to sit with their dates if they were from a different house.

"This turned out fantastic. Thank you Lily and James. You have done a wonderful job. Now all I ask of you is that you will be prepared to keep an extra eye out on misbehavior of your fellow students. I know that I can count on the two of you to show leadership. You two have shown so much strength in the last two months of school. I would just like to take this time to thank you and tell you that I still expect only the best from you for the next eight months. Now please rejoin your friends, and have fun. Like you are supposed to do." Dumbledore smiled at the two head students and watched them walk away bickering.

"He knows about what you four have planned! I knew something bad would happen. I told you not to have this dumb party!" Lily whispered as they passed fellow students on the way to their table.

"Calm down, would ya? It's going to be fine. He doesn't know anything. Stop worrying for once and have fun. Just this once would ya?" James looked into Lily's eyes challenging her.

Lily was taken back by what James had said. He hadn't spoken to her like that in a long time. "Whatever." She stormed ahead of him and sat down in between Kela and Sirius. James sighed and walked over taking his seat in between Remus and an empty chair.

The group unaware of what had occurred between the two head students continued chatting about what the night was to bring.

Lily sat quiet, not bothering to contribute to the conversation. Tears weld in her eyes, but she fought them back. She glanced up at James, who too like her was in his own world. She looked at him, observing how he sat.

Her heart thudded after observing him. She sighed, knowing that maybe in the end it was just her and her inability to open up to someone, whom she may grow to love.

James cursed at himself at what he just caused. He had no intention of making Lily mad at him. But she was the only person that he knew who could get her blood boiling the way it did.

He looked at her, and saw the tears that she was covering. The tears that he caused. He cursed at himself before looking at the head table.

"Welcome all the first Halloween ball this school has had in over ten years. I would like to personally thank this years Head boy and girl, Lily Evans and James Potter for all the work they had done. They have done this in the hopes of all these difficult and dark times, that we as witches and wizards of all ages, will remember what it is like to live without fear. To live without worry. I would like to tell everyone that tonight, all the doors have been looked for your own safety. No one will be leaving the school. With that said, please enjoy the feast..." Dumbledore smiled and raised his hands. Immediately all the tables were full of everything that an empty stomach could think of.

"This is fantastic! I'm so ready to get my groove on!" Sirius managed to say in between mouthfuls. "I feel so ready to party."

Lily rolled her eyes. "We need to cancel the party."

Everyone stopped to look at the red head. "What? Why?"

"Dumbledore said to James and I that he wanted us to keep an eye for trouble, and this party. This party is trouble."

"Uh Lils' stop being so uptight. Have fun! Like we did this summer!" Kela pleaded with her friend. "You had lots of fun at James' house remember?"

Both James and Lily's face grew crimson as they remembered that night at his house. "This is different though. We're at school now."

"Lily, I promise you on any children that I may father, tonight, everything will be fine. Nothing bad will happen." Sirius looked at the head girl. "I swear."

Lily sighed. "Whatever." Clearly pissed, she got up and excused herself, saying she had to use the ladies room.

She stopped on her way to the bathroom and leaned back against the wall, her head swimming with the images of the summer. That and of the way Logan used to push her further every chance she got. Tears fell down her face as she ran to the bathroom.

"Get a grip Lily. Nothing is going to happen. Just relax." She spoke to herself, grabbing her wand to fix her makeup. "Just relax."

She looked at herself and tried to smile, but it felt to fake to keep it for long. Lily picked up her wand and walked slowly back to the great hall, not wanting to make her friends worry.

The ball was in full swing now, everyone appeared to be having fun. That is except a few people. Lily walked around talking with people, making sure that their night was going well. Hoping that at least one other person was having a better time then she was. As she mingled, she always found herself straining to find the boy with the messy hair.

Sadness filled her as she felt him slipping farther and farther away. After she had returned to the table she noticed a fifth year from Ravenclaw had joined their table sitting directly beside James. She was pretty, her name was Rachel.

Lily knew all about her. Blonde hair, big boobs, the perfect curves that any girl would die for. She sighed knowing that he chance was gone.

The girl had her breasts sticking so far up that James practically had his face in them. She took slow breaths making the pain and hurt that filled her subside as she made her round.

The last time that she had seen James, he had been talking with Rachel, the girl not leaving his side.

James smiled politely at the girl beside him. He knew her well from the previous year. She was the girl that he would go to when the hurt and pain of Lily would just be too much and he needed to forget it all. Whether she had a boyfriend or not she would always be there for him.

He realised now just the trouble that it had caused. She was looking for more now. He knew that. He knew that she deserved better.

"So what do you think of leaving this place early before the party and having some quality time just you and me?" Rachel whispered in his ear, kissing his neck.

James grabbed her hand. Last year they had gotten farther then he had ever with a girl. He wasn't sure if this was the way that he wanted to lose his innocence. "Maybe. I got some head stuff that I have to do."

Rachel giggled. "It will only take a couple of minutes." She rubbed her hand down his body, getting lower.

"Rachel! Not here."

She sighed taking a step back. "I'm going to go freshen up. Tell me when your ready to leave."

James put his head in his hands. He felt helpless. The old him would of pulled her straight up the stairs without thinking twice. But now, after becoming such good friends with Lily. He didn't want to screw this up.

Lily watched as Rachel leaned into James. Her eyes held tears as she saw what was going on. Never had she thought it would hurt so much. She was too late. She had waited too long.

Her heart dropped as she knew that her life had forever changed, she would not have the happy ending.

A/N:

Aw ya! Another chappie for ya!

What do you think? Hmm.. What do you thinks gonna happen? Will James give into temptations? I mean he is a male.. It happens.. Right?

I LOVE everyone that has reviewed! You keep me going. But alas once again I feel to be losing inspiration. I think a bit more reviews would help me gain it back! :)

Okay, questions. Well statement then questions :).

I don't know about anyone else, but I feel that I can relate to any typical love story. Don't you? Like there's always a guy/girl who seems to far out of reach. Then when they are in grasp you go and screw it up! Sometimes its like WTF! Why are human beings so typical? I also think that love is a difficult, complicated, emotional roller coaster that can get anyone in trouble. At ANY AGE! No matter your age, you feel love. Whether it be for your new teddy bear, or the cute boy down the street or the new guy at work. Though it occurs in different stages. Personally, say in the dating scenario I find it WAY more difficult to open up to a guy whose been my best friend for a while then a guy whom I just met.. Is that weird? Or do you yourself feel the same way?

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From the World of a Blonde Haired, Slightly Confused, Scarred, Typical Girl