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For me, Wednesday mornings are always the worst. Double transfiguration always puts a downer on my day, but what makes it worse is that today, McGonagall decided to put us in pairs. And guess who I got stuck with. Oh yes. Just peachy.

"Today, class, we are vanishing kittens. As this is slightly harder than vanishing mice, I shall give you a demonstration first, then watch you each in turn so you do now make any mistakes and accidently," she looked knowingly at Sirius, who grinned at her "transfigure it into a dung bomb." I lazily picked up my wand and stood next to James at the back of the room.

"So…Hogsmeade is coming up again…" James started awkwardly, trying to create a conversation to fill the awkward silence.

"Yeah."

"Are you…are you going with Frank?" Was that jealously I detected?

"I don't know. I guess. I take it you're going with Alexis?" I tried not to make my voice sound too bitter.

"Yeah…" He trailed off. The conversation had ended. Just in time, McGonagall came sweeping up to us.

"Ah, Miss Evans and Mr. Potter, well, let's see what you can do." I stared at the cat sat in front of me.

"Evanesco." The cat vanished into thin air.

"Very good, Miss Evans, very good." She flicked her wand and the cat came back. She turned to James and gestured for him to give it a try. Needless to say, James completed the spell perfectly. And got the cat back on his own as well. A smug grin was plastered on his face. Honestly, how was he so perfect and yet so arrogant at the same time?

"Bravo, Mr. Potter!" McGonagall walked briskly over to Sirius and Heather, a pretty Ravenclaw who I knew from Prefect meetings. Whilst she had her back turned, Frank came running over to me.

"Hey Lils!" He gave me a warm smile and I felt awful when I felt my mood drop. Wait…this could work to my advantage…Lily Evans, you are brilliant.

The snow covered the village of Hogsmeade, making it look, for lack of a better word, magical. I shivered under my coat. Where was Frank? I'd been waiting for over twenty minutes now, surely he hadn't forgotten that he had agreed to meet me? Just as I thought this, James and Alexis came through the door out of Honeydukes. He smiled at me slightly when he saw me, and I just noticed Alexis scowl at me before she quickly replaced it with a fake smile. I rolled my eyes at this, and noticed Frank running down the street.

"Lily! I am so sorry, I was busy sorting out an incident with the Slytherin boys. Honestly, they're all too vicious for my liking." He frowned slightly, then looked down at me and smiled a smile that should have made my stomach flip and my heart pound…but it didn't. I saw James disappear into The Three Broomsticks and smiled slyly.

"Hey, Frank, would you mind if we went in The Three Broomsticks for a butter beer first? I'm kid off thirsty." I lied. He grinned at me and began walking over in that direction with me besides him.

"So, I heard the Christmas Ball is coming up." This was what I had been dreading. I really, really didn't want to go with Frank, and if my plan worked I wouldn't have to, but no. He had to bring it up.

"Um, yeah! I've already got the decorations planned. It's going to look beautiful…at least, that's the idea." He leaned down and kissed the top of my head.

"Not as beautiful as you, Lily." He mumbled, then slid his hand into mine and carried on walking. Again, my heart should be pounding at this but it didn't. Why? Because it wasn't the person I wanted to do it. Sure, Frank was charming, sweet, understanding and handsome, but let's face it, he was no James. He didn't have the mysterious aspect that James did, nothing that suggested that there could be another side of him that he hadn't shown yet. He was everything I wanted and yet he wasn't. I'd already realised that what I wanted wasn't a traditional fairy tale prince to come and whisk me off on his noble steed. What I wanted, what I needed, was a fun-loving prankster to come and whisk me off on a broomstick. And that was exactly what I intended to get.

The Three Broomsticks was not my favourite place in Hogsmeade, not by far, but I needed to make James jealous if my plan was to go ahead. The warmth greeted me welcomingly and I smiled when I noticed James sitting in a booth drinking what I very much hoped was only butterbeer. My smile fell, however, when I saw Alexis cuddled in next to him, grinning stupidly and twirling a long strand of hair around her little finger. Please.

Frank went off to get the drinks and left me to choose a seat. I picked the one right next to James' table. He was too busy snogging Alexis to notice me, however, so I waited for Frank to come back before I made myself known.

"One butterbeer for you…" Frank grinned placing the glass down on the table. I smiled sweetly at him.

"Fraaaannnnkkkkk...I was wondering…no, never mind…" I said a little more loudly than actually necessary.

"Lils, what's up, you know you can tell me anything."

"I was just thinking, are you free tomorrow night? It's just, it's Alice's birthday party and I was wondering whether you wanted to go with me." I smiled when I remembed what had happened when Alice had come to borrow a book from the Heads Dorm yesterday.

****Flashback****

"Liiiillllllyyyyy, where is that book?" Alice asked, coming through the portrait hole.

"Hello to you too."

"Oh, yeah, hi. But seriously, where is the book?"

"Which one?"

"The one you bought from Hogsmeade last year. You know, the one about the werewolf!"

"Hairy Snout, Human Heart?"

"Yeah! That one!" I got up and walked lazily over to the bookcase, pulling the book out and handing it to Alice. She turned around and walked over to the portrait hole, before stopping and looking back at me. "Hey, Lils, can I ask you something?"

"Sure, anything."

"You and Frank…are you close?" I frowned, then smiled. Alice liked Frank. Maybe this could all work out OK anyway. Frank would love a girl like Alice. Nobody would get hurt.

"Well…not really. I mean, kind of. I don't know, maybe? He just doesn't seem right for me, you know?" Alice's face brightened up a little in hope. "Why do you ask?"

"Oh, no reason, just wonder-"

"Do you like Frank?" I interrupted, smiling.

"Well...y-yeah. Maybe. PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!" I laughed, shaking my head.

"You'd be great together.

"W-w-what?"

"You would. He's a great guy."

"I know." Alice grinned sheepishly.

****Flashback over****

A/N - :O Lily's getting sneaky! So whatcha think? I tried not to make it look like she was using Alice or Frank, although she kind of is…But anyway! Review and tell me what you think, I'd love to hear your opinions. And who knows? If I get a good response for this chapter I may update on Thursday, since I've got a day off from school. We shall see, but to make it certain, REVIEW!