The sixteen days until the ball went by very fast. It was the evening of October 31st and Lily and Lauren were upstairs doing their hair and make-up.
"Lily, where's Raven and Rebecca?" Lauren asked, twisting Lily's hair up into a French twist.
"They're mad at us because we broke Mafia rules. But I don't care, I don't want to be in the Mafia anymore… Don't twist so hard, that hurts." Lily said, wincing.
"Sorry. So do you really want to ditch them?" Lauren asked.
"I guess so. I mean, Raven keeps trying to steal Sirius away from you and Rebecca is really slow…" Lily explained.
"I'm done," Lauren said, letting go of Lily's hair. "Anyways, I already told Raven the next time she even talks to Sirius; I'm going to ram her face in with my fist. Sirius was laughing so hard… You should so claim him in front of everyone; it lets him know how dominant you are and how serious this whole thing is. I mean, he is your bloody boyfriend." Lauren said, putting on blood red lipstick.
"My boyfriend?" Lily asked.
"Well, he is isn't he?" Lauren asked.
"I don't know…" Lily said, putting on black eye shadow.
"Then ask him." Lauren said.
"How do I do that? I mean I can't just waltz up to James and say, `Are we boyfriend and girlfriend?'" Lily said.
"I think we are." James said, standing in the doorway.
"GET OUT!" Lauren screamed, pushing James out of the room. After making sure James was out of the room, Lily asked,
"How did he get in? The stairs turn into a slide when a guy walks up them," Lily said.
"Well, I taught Sirius how to get in. What you do is you stroke the railing three times. And then I think that Sirius taught James. I'm upset that he told James…" Lauren said.
"You told Sirius Black, the most perverted boy in school- You told him how to get into our sleeping quarters?" Lily screamed.
"Um… I didn't really think about it like that…" Lauren said.
"Then how did you think of it?" Lily asked.
"That my boyfriend could come in here for a late night snog," Lauren said.
"Whatever…" Lily said. "Let's go… It's 6:45. We have fifteen minutes to get to the great hall." Lily said. "And James and I have patrol."
"Patrol for what?" Lauren asked.
"Patrol to see if any students under their fourth year sneak in uninvited. I think everyone should be allowed in but everybody else thinks that would be a bad idea. Majority rules." Lily explained. They grabbed their sweaters and went downstairs.
"Lily!" James said, handing her a lily. "Sorry about a minute ago… You guys were taking too long and… You look beautiful." Lily blushed.
"Thanks. Lauren did my hair… Are we going?" Lily asked.
"Yeah, let's go. Lauren, Sirius?" James asked.
"What?" Sirius asked.
"Well, Lily and I have patrol for a half an hour, so we have to go check in with Dumbledore. We'll see you, then." James said, ushering Lily out of the portrait hole.
"We don't have to see Dumbledore." Lily said, correcting him when they were halfway down the hall.
"I know, but I figured we needed to talk… Do we?" James asked.
"How do you know everything?" Lily asked him coyly.
"I just do. Now not to be nosy or anything… But I heard that Miss Evans has a question for me. And Lily," He said, placing his hand on her cheek, "My answer means nothing. It's just what you want. What you want, I want." Lily smiled and said,
"You know what, James? I think I want the answer to be yes."
"Me too." He said, kissing her.
"Evans! Potter! You two should be patrolling the entrances to the great hall, not `snogging' each other by the portrait of the fat lady!" McGonagall said.
"Sorry Professor, it won't happen again." Lily said.
"Well, this evening has been an odd one at that." McGonagall replied, rubbing her glasses.
"If it's alright may I ask what's wrong?" Lily asked.
"Oh, you're head girl, I can share it with you, I guess. It's Sirius Black. He… He asked me to go to the ball with him at dinner… It was rather… queer." McGonagall said, with a weird expression on her face.
"I will have to ask Sirius about that." James said with a dead serious face on.
"Yes, yes. Alright then, go patrol." McGonagall said. After making sure McGonagall was out of sight, Lily and James rolled on the floor in laughter.
"We have to tease him about that one!" Lily cried.
"We should. But we should go do patrol before we get busted." James said, pulling Lily into the great hall.
The rest of the night was filled with dancing and laughter of the currently care-free teenage witches and wizards. Sadly, a few would not live to see the next full moon.
A/N: THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS (SO FAR) I WANT MORE… PLEASE! OKAY, SO THAT WAS CHAPTER FIVE AND SO CHAPTER SIX WILL BE FILLED WITH- STUFF.
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