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Authors Note: Everything you recognize is from the Harry Potter series!

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CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The Celestial Ball

Remus' POV:

He fills my mind, always.

I could be in the middle of class or reading a book or sleeping in my bed and he fills my mind.

Sirius' hands are all over me in dreams like these. And I kind of love it. Imagining being with him in vivid dreams and touching his soft skin.

Until I get woken up by his annoying arse.

"Moony!" Sirius whisper yells.

"Wake up, wake up!" James adds, shaking me.

"What." I mumble, rubbing my eyes and looking at them all leaning over me as I lay in bed.

"We've had a brilliant idea!" Peter says.

"I'm honestly upset we haven't thought of this before!" Sirius complains, shaking me again.

I sit up, "What time is it?"

"2 am." James says, smiling.

I glare at him, "What is this 'brilliant' idea you've thought of that required you to wake me up at 2 in the morning?"

"We're gonna slide down the moving stair cases on our matresses!" Peter says, excitedly.

"What?" I furrow my eyebrows at him.

"It'll be so much fun!" Sirius smiles. "Come on!"

I roll my eyes and groan, "Fine."

We each grab our own mattress and start dragging them down the stairs into the common room, and through the portrait, earning an annoyed glare from the fat lady. (Nothing we haven't got hundreds of times before.)

We lay our mattresses in a line next to each other at the top of a set of stairs. "Now what?" I ask.

"We sit!" Sirius says, as he jumps crisscrossed onto his mattress.

The rest of us climb onto ours and James takes a quick look at the Marauders Map to make sure we're still in the clear and then Peter begins counting down.

"5," He says excitedly.

"4," James continues.

"3 2 1!" Sirius yells before pushing off and sliding down the stairs, the rest of us following closely behind.

We scream and laugh as we almost go head first into the railing at the bottom. "Again!" James yells.

"What on earth are you boys doing?" We hear a voice behind us.

We all quickly turn and see Lily standing at the top of stairs in her pajamas, with her hands on her hips.

"Uhhh, nothing." Peter smiles.

"It's ok, Lily-Flower, you can just pretend you didn't see anything and put your pretty little self back to sleep, ok?" Sirius grins.

She rolls her eyes, "No."

"Please don't tell on us, Lily!" James pleads.

Lily shakes her head in disappointment, "James, you're head boy,"

"I know, I'm sorry." He replies.

"And I'm head girl," She continues. James looks at her apologetically. "And we've been spending a lot of time together lately because of that."

"Yeah?" James says, confused at her point.

"So you should know me well enough by now to know that I would have loved to go mattress sledding!" She smiles.

"Wha-" Sirius starts.

"You wanted to join us?" I ask, surprised.

"Hell, ya!" She says, happily. "I did this all the time as a kid. I'm a pro!"

James laughs, "Here, come sit on the front of mine. We'll go down together and show these losers what head boy and girl can do!"

She smiles and runs down to sit on the front half of James mattress, as the rest of us line ours up to go down the next flight of stairs.

Sirius counts down again and we all push off, Peter landing at the bottom first.

"Boom! You guys suck!" He yells in victory.

"You cheated!" Sirius argues.

"Did not!" Peter replies.

Lily had fallen backwards while sliding down and was now basically laying on James, in-between his legs. He looked fairly pleased about that though and they were both still giggling.

We went down a couple more flights, Sirius making it his mission to beat everyone, but somehow failing every time. The rest of us going red in the face from laughter.

"We should probably go before someone catches us." I say.

They all agree and we grab our mattress, walking them back up as Peter and Sirius continue to bicker about who is the "better mattress sledder."

In the morning (the actual reasonable time to wake up, morning), Sirius, Peter and I head down with Marlene and Hestia to meet the others for breakfast. We see Alice, Frank, James and Lily sitting in the middle of the Gryffindor table and walk over to join them.

"Oh shove off, you prick." Lily laughs.

"Who's being a prick?" Marlene asks.

Lily raises her eyebrows at her, "Who do you think?"

James laughs, "All I said was that you're really fun when you loosen up."

"And I'm not fun otherwise?" Lily asks, eyebrows raised.

"That's not what I said! You are fun otherwise! I didn't mean it like that." James responds quickly, worried he upset her.

"It was a joke, Potter." Lily laughs.

James grins, "Oh."

"So, Pete. Are you gonna ask Greta to the ball?" I ask him.

"Ya. After breakfast." He smiles.

"Good! It's only 2 days away! You were running out of time!" Sirius replies.

"I know!" Peter rolls his eyes.

"Ya, I secured my beautiful date, last week!" James smiles, ruffling his hair.

"As friends." Lily reminds him.

"Not for longgg." James smirks.

Lily rolls her eyes, "In your dreams."

"Yes. You are correct. That does happen in my dreams." He winks, causing Lily to go a bit red.

"Oh would you two just shag already?" Sirius huffs. Making Lily even more red.

The rest of us laugh at Sirius' confidence to say what we were all thinking.

"Anyways," James smiles, "There's Greta now, Wormy!"

Peter turns to look at her and takes a deep breath to calm his nerves, "Wish me luck."

"You don't need it! You've got this, mate." Sirius reassures.

We continue about our breakfast and chat for another few minutes before Peter comes back with a frown, "She already has a date."

I look at Sirius for a moment and then back at Peter, "I'm sorry, Peter."

"We'll find you another girl, don't worry!" Sirius smiles.

"The dance is in two days. No one else is gonna be available." Peter frowns again.

I look down for a moment, thinking and then smile at him, "Peter Pettigrew, will you be my date to the Celestial Ball?"

He chuckles, "Really?"

"Of course!" I say, "No one else I'd rather go with then my best friend!"

Peter smiles, "Ok, sure."

"You ready to go, Remus?" Lily asks me with a smile.

"Yup!" I grab my bag and stand up.

"Where are you two going?" James asks.

"To study," Lily answer. "And no, you can't join us."

"What, why?" He responds.

"Because you have Quidditch practice, idiot." Lily laughs.

He goes a bit red in the cheeks and smiles, "Right."

Lily and I make our way to the library and settle into our favourite table way at the back where there's less people and its quieter.

We study for about half an hour before Lily stares at me for a moment, contemplating what to say.

"What?" I ask.

"I want to tell you something," Lily says.

"Ok?" I respond, setting my quill down and sitting up straighter.

"But you can't tell anyone!" She replies, eyes going a bit wider.

I look at her curiously, "I won't, Lily. You're my friend."

"Ok," She pauses. "I fancy James."

I look at her for a moment, thinking about the valuable information I was just given, "Ya, I know."

"How? Did Marle-" She starts, sounding upset.

"No, Lily." I interrupt. "It's just obvious." I laugh.

She goes a bit red in the face, "Shove off." She laughs.

The second that Lily decides she's done studying for the day and walks out of eye sight of me, I sprint down the halls and down to the Quidditch pitch. They're just finishing up practice when I get there, panting like a dog.

Peter walks over to me from the stands, "Are you ok?"

"Ya. I just really need to talk to James!" I say, still trying to catch my breath, "Big advancement in the Lames department!" I smile.

James and Sirius see us and walk over, "I thought you were studying with Lily." James says.

"Ya, but now I really need to talk to you!" I say, excitedly.

"Why? What's going on." James questions.

"Lily fancies you!" I smile.

He raises his eyebrows, "What?!"

"She just told me that she realized last week that she fancies you! She smelt you in the Amortentia!" I reply.

He smiles so big, "Merlin, really?"

"Yes!" I smile with him.

"Way to go, Mate!" Sirius says, patting James on the back.

"Lames is officially happening!" Peter grins. "I don't think I've ever been this happy."

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Lily's POV:

The ball is in one hour and the girls and I are getting ready in my room, "Can someone zip me up?" I ask. Hestia zips up the back of my dress and I look at myself in the mirror. I'm wearing a floor length, A-line, Emerald green dress with flowy, off the shoulder sleeves and lace around the top. It matches the necklace James bought me perfectly.

"Beautiful." Hestia says, looking at me in the mirror as well.

Marlene turns to look at me from the chair she's sitting in while Alice finishes pinning her hair up, "James is going to drop dead when he sees you, Lily."

I laugh, "I hope not, I'm already worried enough about how the ball is going to run tonight. Don't want to deal with it all alone."

"It's gonna be great, Lils!" Alice smiles, "The team you guys picked to set it all up is super reliable, the band is amazing, and the decorations are gorgeous!"

"Thanks." I smile as well.

"You guys ready?" Hestia asks.

"Ready as I'll ever be." I laugh and we walk out of my room and down to the common room where the guys are sitting around on the couch chatting.

"Well don't you fellows clean up nice." Alice laughs.

James turns and looks at me, eyes tracing up and down my body with a small grin on his face. He runs his hand through his hair and walks up to me, takes my hand and kisses it, "You look absolutely stunning, Lily."

I blush, "Thank you, James."

"You ready to head down?" He asks, putting his arm out so I can link mine through it.

I smile, "Yes." I say as I take his arm.

As we walk through the corridors, we laugh at the chaos that ensues on ball night. Boys standing around in groups, checking their hair before their date arrives, girls trying to walk down the stairs in heels and poufy dresses, and the professors looking distressed as they try to get people to the Great Hall faster.

We walk into the Great Hall and it's everything I had hoped for.

The ceiling charmed to be a beautiful starry night, dark blue and shimmery white curtains draped over the walls, twinkle lights running wall to wall above the tables which are decorated with blue table cloth to match the walls and silver chairs.

"Wow." Marlene says, smiling.

"You guys did an amazing job." Peter says.

"It was mostly Lily." James admits with a smile.

Hestia chuckles, "Either way, it's gorgeous!"

"Thank you." I smile.

"Oh, there you two are!" Dumbledore says, as he approaches us, "I just wanted to congratulate you two on doing such a stunning job! It looks wonderful!" He smiles ear to ear.

"Thank you, Professor." We reply.

"Well get out there and dance, you lot!" He smiles, waving his arm to direct us further into the room.

Everything is going well so far. The band sounds great and people seem to be enjoying themselves for the most part.

"Awe." I frown.

"What?" James asks while we take our second lap around the room.

"That girl over there. I think she's alone." I say, nodding towards a girl who looks to be in about fourth year, sitting by herself at a table while everyone else dances.

"I've got this." James says as he approaches her and I watch to see how he plans on cheering her up.

"Hi. I'm James Potter." He smiles.

"Oh.. Hi- I know."

He laughs, "What's your name?"

"I'm uh- Marcy." She stutters.

"Nice to meet you Marcy." He grins. "Would you like to dance with me?"

Her eyes widen, "Really? You want to dance with me?"

"Of course I do!" James smiles. He puts his hand out, which she takes and he directs her to the dance floor.

I watch and smile at how sweet and caring he is, even to complete strangers.

"Hi, Lily." I hear Severus say from behind me.

I turn around, "Oh, Hi Sev." I smile politely. "I'm glad you came, are you having fun?"

"Not really," He laughs. "This isn't really my scene."

"Ya I know." I smile.

"Did you want to dance with me though? Since I'm here." He asks.

"Oh- um, sure." I agree and walk onto the dance floor with him. He puts his hands on my waist and I awkwardly place mine on his shoulders, trying to keep somewhat of a distance. I catch James' eye from across the dance floor and he looks between Sev and I with a frown before turning back to Marcy and smiles.

"So how have you been?" I ask.

"Not bad. Still working on some new potion recipes." He smiles. "What about you?"

"Things are going better." I respond.

"I'm glad. Did Petunia ever respond to you?" He asks.

I frown, "No. I doubt she ever will."

"I'm sorry, Lily." He smile, sympathetically.

The song ends and Severus lets go of me and smiles, "Did you want to grab something to eat?"

"Thanks, but I actually have to get back-" I start.

"Are you actually having a conversation with a Mudblood?" Mulciber asks from behind Severus.

Sev jumps slightly and spins around, "Of course not!" He answers quickley.

"Well then what are you doing?" Avery asks with disgust.

Severus looks between me and his friends, "I was just telling her that she's the next Mudblood to go."

I feel my stomach drop. It's like fifth year all over again. I see James walking over and feel slightly relived, "Is there a problem here?" He asks, glaring down at Severus.

"No. We were just leaving." Severus answers.

"Good." James says as Sev and his friends walk away. "Are you alright?"

I take a breath, "Ya. Just.. Severus." I smile sadly.

"Come on, lets grab something to drink." He smiles and takes my hand to direct me over to the drink table.

He grabs me a glass of punch before reaching inside his dress robes to grab a small flask and pour some into my cup, "Shhh." He smiles.

I laugh and take the cup. We walk around while drinking our punch and another slow song comes on, "Lily Evans, would you honor me in giving me this dance?" He smiles.

I smile as well, feeling my face go a bit red, "Of course."

He takes my hand and we walk onto the dance floor. He places his hands on my waist as I put my arms around his neck and smile. I can feel his breath on my skin and his twitching fingers slide down a bit lower as I twirl the hairs on the bottom of his neck in between my fingers.

"You really do look so beautiful, Lily." He says, as his hazel eyes skip between my eyes and lips.

I smile and look down between us to hide him seeing me blush this close to him.

"And you look very handsome." I admit.

He pulls me in a bit closer as he sways us to the music. I look at him again, not being able to stop myself from dropping my eyes to look at his lips.

He smiles and I look back up to make eye contact again.

"Kiss me already." I hear myself say.

He looks shocked and turns a bit red, "What?"

"Kiss me, Potter. Before I change me mind." I say, staring at his lips.

He pauses for a moment before leaning in and breaking our distance. His soft lips move against mine like they were always meant to be there and he moves his hands to my back to remove any distance that was left between us. It feels as though the room is spinning and we're the only two people in it. I move my hands to cup his face and feel him smile into our kiss before pulling back to stare at me.

I lean back into him, resting my head on his chest as we continue to sway to the music and he rests his hands on my back, hugging me in. I just know that he's smiling so big right now and probably getting a thumbs up from Sirius behind us.

The song, unfortunately, comes to an end and I step back, smiling at him.

"Silence, everyone!" Dumbledore says into the microphone on the stage. "I know this night has been quite excellent for most of you. Therefore, I would like to invite up the organizers of this beautiful event before the night comes to a close." He looks at James and I and I take a breath, nervously as I didn't expect to have to make a speech.

We walk up the stage and look down at all the people on the dance floor and sitting at the tables in the back.

"Well, I guess I'd just like to say a thank you to our wonderful prefects who volunteered to put hours into decorating the Great Hall tonight, the band who sounded incredible, and all of you for coming." I say with a smile.

"And I would just like to admit that all of this planning, decoration choosing and basically everything else was 90% Lily, and for that I want to thank her." James adds, smiling at me.

"Wooo, Lames!" Sirius yells from the crowd, getting a smack on the arm from Marlene.

"No," She says to him, "Go Jily!" She winks at me. I swear I look at them with horror before casting silencio on them when they continue to yell.

James laughs, "Anyways, thank you all for coming and get back to your dorms safe tonight." He says before placing his hand on my lower back and directly me across the stage to get down on the other side. When we get there, our friends are waiting for us. All of them smiling like they have just received the best gift in the world.

Sirius waves his arms around, trying to get me to undo my spell so they can talk again, "Are you going to me good?" I ask,

He nods, frevilously.

"Ok." I laugh before undoing the spell from both of them.

"You kissed!" He immideitally yells, grabbing James' arms and jumping up and down.

James laughs, "Yes we did."

Marlene looks at me with a big smile, biting her bottom lip and I smile back, excitedly.

"Eeee." Sirius squeals. "Tell me everything!"

James raises his eyebrows with a grin, "How about tomorrow? It's late and I need to get Lily back by her curfew."

I roll my eyes and laugh.

"Fine, fine." Sirius agrees.

"Goodnight, guys." James says as he puts his arm out for me to link mine through again and we start walking away. I turn my head to look back at them and smile ear to ear with widened eyes.

We walk back to our dorm in a comfortable silence and when we arrive he walks me all the way up to my bedroom door.

"I had a really amazing time with you, Lily. Like truly incredible." He laughs.

I smile, "I did too."

He looks at me for a moment before leaning down to place a gentle kiss on my lips. I smile when he pulls away, "Goodnight, Potter."

"Goodnight, Evans." He grins.

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