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In the Gryffindor girl's dormitory, there were only a few girls left while the others already left for to eat their breakfast.
" You broke my friend's heart again?" Milly asked while she continues to look for something in her bag.
"How many times do I have to tell you that I won't date Potter? There are plenty of things that could go wrong between me and him. It's not a theory but a fact." Lily sat beside Milly who was sitting on her bed.
" So It'll be as impossible as me telling Remus that I liked him?" Milly looked at friend.
"You'll tell Remus someday as for Potter and I, it'll never happen." Lily smirked. Milly just ignored what Lily said as she continue to look for her wand
"What is that?" Lily pointed the letter on Milly's bed.
"Just a letter from a friend." Milly replied as she continued to search inside her bag.
"Have you searched under your bed?" Lily suggested. Milly stopped for a moment and peeked under her bed to find her 12 1/2 inches Alder wood with a Phoenix feather wand.
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After weeks of Lily persuading Millicent to confess her feelings to Remus, the results were the same. The longer she insists of Milly doing it, the more she felt that her friend won't do it. She knew that her best friend won't do anything that might end up embarrassing herself. It didn't matter how many times she assured Milly that everything would be fine, Milly would tell her something about their plan backfiring. Even if Milly was the type of person who usually risked things, she wouldn't like to risk her friendship with Remus. She has been told a coward by Lily, only to provoke her into telling Remus how she felt but it didn't work. If there's one thing that Lily hated about her best friend, it'll be her pride.
"Not another rose." Milly sighed as she picked up a single red rose with a small piece of parchment attached to it on the front door of the girl's dorm.
Dear Milly
Roses are red, Violets are Blue
The world stops when I look at you.
Milly left the girl's dormitory holding the rose and parchment, looking rather annoyed. She had received three roses from the same mysterious person. Instead of being intrigued and excited like some of her friends were, Milly didn't feel any excitement at all. She just thought that it was a prank being played to her. As soon as she saw Lily and spotted a trash bin, she rushed to her side.
"I bet that you seemed to enjoy crushing my friend's heart." Milly said as she threw the rose and parchment in the trash bin.
"Potter deserves it. He's annoying."
"He's been asking you to go out with him, he's very persistent."
"I bet that Potter has more courage to ask me out then you'll ever have the courage to ask Remus out."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"If I ever do it, what would happen then?"
"If you ever ask Remus to go into Hogsmeade in front of your friends, then you can make me do anything you want."
"Deal." Milly extended her hand towards Lily.
"Bluff all you want Milly." Lily knows that Milly would chicken out, shook Milly's hand, sealing their deal.
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At the Great Hall, everyone was having their dinner. Lily seemed to notice that her friend was tensed though she was trying to calm herself down. Lily ignored her friend's rather strange action during dinner. Remus noticed it as well and became worried for his friend. After they all finish their dinner, Remus and Lily was about to head and take rounds around the fourth floor for their prefect duties when they heard Milly said Remus' name. James, Peter and Sirius stopped as well looking at Millicent.
"Remus do you mind accompanying me to Hogsmeade on Saturday?" Milly could feel her cheeks fluttered but the corridor was dimly lit and it may not be really that visible at all. Milly waited for seconds but to her it seemed like an hour. It was the moment of truth, if Remus agreed then Milly would feel that there might be a good chance between him and her.
"Not at all, I could do that." Remus let out a short laugh.
"We should get going Remus." Lily already headed to the corridor with a grin on her face.
Milly waited for Lily to be out of hearing range before she spoke again.
"That means a lot. I mean I have to buy a new telescope." Milly said lowering her voice that only Remus could hear it.
"What happened to your telescope?"
"I lost it."
"That's all Remus. Thanks." Milly smiled at him and waved as the four of them headed to their dorm. As they reached the Gryffindor common room, the three boys and Milly exchanged goodbyes as they headed to their own dorm. Unknown to Milly the boys only pretended that they headed to their dorm but they just all just stayed in the common room. As they heard Milly closed the door to the girl's dorm, a huge grin appeared on their faces.
"You think it'll work?"
"It should work after our efforts?"
"I wonder why a telescope was involved when fluffer asked Moony to Hogsmeade."
"Maybe Moony couldn't think of anything to say."
" We should have a plan for their date to be perfect!"
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Milly was awaken up when was being violently shaken by someone.
"Milly, wake up." Lily tried to shake her best friend again. Milly buried her head in her pillow and said something that Lily can't understand. Lily stopped shaking her friend as seeing that it didn't give any much effect on her. Lily smiled as an idea crept into her mind.
"Milly, there's a spider crawling on your bed!" Lily yelled. A second later, Milly jumped out of the bed hugging the pillow accompanied by a shrieked.
"Where is the bloody spider?" Milly asked her eyes widening in terror. Her eyes were busy looking at her bed to see where the spider was. She wouldn't let any spider touch her. Then she slowly turned to Lily, who was holding herself from laughing. She was glaring daggers at her friend but Lily still finds what just happened amusing.
"What? I just want you out of the bed."
"Sure."Milly yawned her eyes still fixed on Lily.
"You should be happy. Remus and you are going to Hogsmeade together tomorrow.
The two girls were about to head on the great hall when Milly stopped and held Lily's arm.
"What is it?" Lily looked at her friend, confused.
"Remember the deal?"
"What deal?"
"I'll ask Remus and I can ask you to do something."
"So what is it I'm going to do?"
"You're going with James to Hogsmeade tomorrow."
"Milly! You can make me do anything else that doesn't involve Potter. I'd rather dance in the center of the great hall but a date with Potter?"
"I made up my mind Lily. If you can't say yes to James then you're not keeping your word as a good friend." Milly stated then she hooked her arms to Lily and entered the Great Hall. Milly was smiling as she sat next to the marauders and beside her sat Lily who looked rather gloomy.
"The sun is shining, the birds are chirping. What a beautiful day it is. Would you like to go at Hogsmeade with me Evans?" James smirked. Lily just looked at James. James was quite surprised, Lily wasn't giving him an annoyed look like she usually does or saying no the instant he asked her out. Milly watched her friend stare at Prongs, Milly kicked Lily in the leg, causing Lily to look at her. Milly just smiled teasingly at her knowing that her friend would be forced to do it.
"Yes." Lily responded. Everyone who heard Lily's response to James froze their eyes looking for Lily to James.
"Yes? As in yes yes? It's really a yes?" James stood up, looking surprised and at the same time happy.
"If you ask me one more time Potter I wouldn't hesitate to take my word back." Lily looked back at Milly before she continue to eat.
"Yes!" James screamed in happiness while his friends were still in shock. After a few years of being rejected by Lily and loosing hope their best friend finally managed to finally go out with Lily Evans. James' screaming caught attention but he didn't care.
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Yesterday was quite normal except James was unreasonably happy that he got the chance to date Evans. Lily on the other hand seemed to be melancholic. She should have known that the prize of getting her friend to date her crush was going out with James to Hogsmeade. Milly was nervous even if she did ask Remus to go with her to Hogsmeade to buy a new telescope. After discovering that she did liked Remus, a part of her was afraid that she might do something or say something that she'll regret later. The male marauders cheered not only for James but for Remus as well. Remus argued that they would just buy a telescope and it'll be over but Sirius begged to differ. Sirius claimed that after dating tons of girls from the previous year, she knew girls better and there was a meaning behind Milly's action for asking Remus to go out. Sirius wasn't the only one who was suspicious, Peter and James were. They knew Mily didn't have to ask Remus about accompanying her and Milly haven't asked Remus to go with her in advance before.
Lily went inside the girl's dorm after a few minutes of waiting in the common room.
"Milly what's taking you so long?"
"Nothing-Ouch Cassandra can you please be a bit gentle?"Milly was sitting on her bed while Cassandra was brushing her hair. Cassandra Hawthorn was one of their dormates. She was taller than her roommates and Milly always joked about her being a quarter giant. It was a good thing that Cassandra could take jokes or Milly would be in trouble. Cassandra was good with fixing hairs, she was the one who fixed her jet black hair into a pigtail which suits her.
"If you've been brushing your hair, it won't hurt." Cas said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"I brush my hair. Just not often." Milly shrugged.
"We're going to be left out if we didn't leave any sooner." Lily looked at the two girls.
"I'm almost finish Lily." Cas said as she continues to brush Milly's hair.
It only took a few seconds before Cassandra finished braiding Milly's long black hair.
"Thanks Cas and now we should go."Milly held their hand and run. Reaching into the Hogwarts entrance, there were already students in their muggle clothing.
"I should go. My friends were there." Cass said before leaving the two.
"Bye." Milly and Lily said in unison. Milly easily spotted the marauders and pointed them to her best friend. It wasn't long until the four boys saw them. Lily took a deep breath before she and Milly walked towards the boys.
"Hi guys." Milly greeted them grinning. Sirius looked at Lily and James before turning to Milly. He sent a wink to her and she responded with a smirk on her face. After being friends for so long, Milly and Sirius knew each other well. Sometimes they just need to look at each other and the other one knew what the other one was saying through the look in his or her eyes.
"Hello." Lily smiled finding herself in a situation where she hadn't imagined. She hadn't dreamt of being on a date with James Potter, the one she called arrogant jerk. In Milly's circle of friends, Remus was the only one that Lily gets along with.
"Evans you look lovely as always." James smirked looking at Lily. He still can't believe he would be going out with Lily. Everything seemed like a beautiful dream to him.
"Potter if you do anything funny I would call our date off." Lily warned James and James nodded.
"So we should all get going. I can sense it'll be a wonderful day! "Sirius wrapped his arm on Remus and Milly as the three of them walked first out of the castle who was immediately followed by Peter. James offered his arm to Lily gave him a look saying 'no'.
As they reached Hogsmeade, Sirius stopped walking and the others did the same thing.
"What is it?" Milly asked.
"Peter and I need to go in Gladrags, I've heard there are new clothes that have just arrived." Peter seemed to be surprised to what Sirius just said but Sirius just grabbed his arm and headed in the other direction. He doesn't remember Sirius telling him he needed new clothes but he didn't argue not that he had the time or courage to do it.
"Have fun!" James yelled to them.
"Now there's the four of us." Remus stated.
"Where should we go first?" Lily asked James. She thought that James had already a plan in his head on how they would spend their date since he had been asking her for years to go out with him.
"Oh no." Milly paused
"What is it?" Lily asked Milly.
"."Milly snatched Remus' hand and run towards the other direction before Lily and James could say another word.
"Now there's only the two of us." James grinned.
"I should have known." Lily sighed thinking of ways of how she could get back to Milly. The marauders were always up to something and Lily was right that Potter's friend had planned something for his date. She thought that it'll be a double date like what she had in mind but it turns out that it would be just her and James.
"It is not going to be bad. We will have fun." James smiled assuringly at her. Lily noticed something about James' smile. It wasn't one of the smiles he had given her before, the one that she just saw looked genuine. Something that she hadn't thought that James was capable of.
"Let's start our date Madame." James grinned and once again offered his arm to Lily. Lily just looked at it but before she could make a decision whether or not she'll take it, James took her hand gently on his arm. "I'm not going to bite."
When James and Lily started walking on the streets of Hogsmeade, Milly, Remus, Peter and Sirius watched them from afar.
"Don't they look lovely?"Milly smirked her eyes glued to Lily and James. The boys nodded, agreeing that both of them looked good as a couple.
"Oh wait."Sirius took something out of his pocket which turns out to be a camera. Not just an ordinary camera but a wizarding camera."Here will take pictures of them."
"You did prepared on our mate's date, didn't you?" Remus chuckled. He didn't know how he acquired a magical camera but he was the one who provided him the spell that could make a camera fit inside his trouser pocket.
"Of course I did." Sirius stated.
They followed Lily and James who entered the three broomsticks and watched how it was going. James seemed to be having fun because of the smile that hasn't left his face while Lily on the other hand had an unreadable expression. She was keeping a straight face but there were instances where she would smile at James.
"Are you two just going to watch them? I thought you guys were going out." Peter looked from Remus to Millicent.
Remus looked at Milly and Milly looked back at him before Milly nodded and Remus did the same.
"What are you waiting for? Move on then!"Sirius pushed them away.
"Is that your way of treating your friends?" Milly glared at Sirius.
"Padfoot pushing us isn't necessary." Remus scolded Sirius.
"If it's the best for both of you. Go" Sirius said in a stern voice as he pushed them again.
Remus wrapped his arm around Milly as he pulls her away knowing that Sirius will push them again if the two of them remain to watch James and Lily's date. When Milly turns her back on them, Sirius winked at Remus and mouthed 'remember what I taught you' to him which made Remus smile. Remus removed his arm around Milly and kept his hands in his pockets. Not standing the silence between them, Remus decided to speak first.
"We'll head to Dervish and Banges then we'll head back, correct?" Remus looked at Milly's hair which was braided. He can't remember Milly ever braiding her hair. He wasn't used to it but he thought that it suits her.
"That's the plan but I have another store to visit." Milly said while as she held her hands together behind her back.
"Zonko's?" Remus looked at Milly who was smiling.
"Nope. You like it there." Milly said still smiling at Remus.
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