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Lily entered the Great Hall with Alice on the evening of the Halloween Ball. Marlene had lent her a black knee-length cocktail dress, which thankfully fit Lily perfectly.

It was a strapless dress which fit like a bodice till the waist from where it flowed out, the lower section of the dress had an extra layer of lace to it. Alice had helped her with her hair, putting it in a flaming red bun with a few loose strands of hair framing her face. Lily's mum had sent her a pair of shoes just for the occasion. They were a pair of nude colour high heels which made Lily's legs look longer than they were, for which she was thankful.

Lily trotted along the hallways in her heels, Alice walking beside her holding her hand just in case. sure Lily had worn heels before but none of them had ever been this high. As they neared the Great Hall Lily let go of her best friends hand attempting to look confident. She smiled at a few passing students and ignored the stares she was getting. She scanned the crowd and saw Mary and remus talking in a corner, oblivious to their surroundings. She saw Marlene dancing with some random boy in the middle of the dance floor, making the boy earn a few envious glares.

Her eyes stopped when she caught sight of James, staring right back at her with his mouth slightly open. She smiled to herself and made her way over to him with Alice right behind her.

She needed to thank Alice for forcing her to dress up for the event. Back in the dorm Alice was sitting on her heels, rummaging through Lily's trunk looking for some accessories. She found some small studs, some were just singular pieces, their pair completely lost. She finally settled on some simple diamond studs which had been a gift from Lily's grandmother. She was looking for something more when she found a small box. She opened and saw a plain bracelet, chaste in design.

"Why don't you wear this?" she asked Lily, holding it up. Lily looked up to see Alice holding the bracelet James had given her back in fifth year. Lily had completely forgotten about it, she didn't even know that she had it.

"Alright," she said, not minding the choice. "Are you done?" she was getting tired.

"I'm not even getting started," she smiled back evilly as she moved forward to attack Lily's hair.

Lily snapped back to reality just in time to see James look her up and down, but not in a way like the other boys. It was a different look... a look Lily couldn't quite place.

"James!" she greeted him, taking both Alice and the Head Boy by surprise. She realised her mistake and immediately cleared her throat. "Professor McGonagall asked me to inform you that the Heads shall be leading the dance. I hope you knew that." He nodded in response. He was being far more responsible than Lily ever thought possible.

The teachers began making appearances. Professor Dumbledore stood at the end of the room, farthest from the entrance.

"Welcome children, although I can hardly call you that, to the Annual School Halloween Ball. A massive thank you to the prefectorial body for organising such a fantastic event for us," there was a round of applause. " Please do enjoy yourselves but remember; no unruly behaviour is expected of you," he gave a knowing look to Sirius, who undoubtedly had planned on sneaking Fiewhisky into the Hall.

The music began playing once again and a few notes in James took hold of mLily's hand and led her to the dance floor. Lily could feel several pairs of eyes boring into her back as James cautiously placed his hand on her back, taking her right in his left. They moved with the music but Lily could tell James wasn't much of a dancer. She found herself leading him instead of the other way around but she didn't mind. She was glad she was wearing high heels otherwise her partner would have been towering over her, but even now he somehow managed to be taller out of the two.

She looked up to see a slight look of disbelief on his face. He held her at a respectable distance but even then she could see the slight golden colour in his otherwise hazel eyes.

"You're... That's the... Isn't that the bracelet I gave you?" he asked, stuttering. "You still have it?"

"Alice pulled it out for me," she replied and watched his face fall a fraction. She realised how rude that must've sounded. 'Good job Lily,' she thought. 'Way to go!' She sighed," I meant Alice told me to wear it."

They carried on dancing for a little bit and Lily didn't even notice James hand which had made its way down to rest on her waist. She glanced down and tried to hide the blush creeping up her neck. She cursed her hair for not being around to cover it up.

At this point several other pairs of students had joined them. James seemed to notice too and he abruptly stopped, dropped her hand and moved away from her' getting lost in the crowd.

Lily was a little disappointed as she walked away from the happy couples and began searching for her friends. Alice was with Frank while both Mary and Marlene had disappeared. Dejectedly she grabbed a glass of pumpkin juice and sat down sipping it. After refusing a few invitations to dance, Lily decided to call it a night and slowly began making her way back to the Gryffindor common room.

AN: Hey everyone! Please help me name some of the chapters I was unable to on my own! You can leave suggestions in a review or a PM and if I use your idea I WILL GIVE YOU CREDIT. Thanks for reading, I hope you liked it and please review! I might just end up uploading one tomorrow. Probably not. But there's a small chance of that happening.