TRENTE TROIS
it's a mystery that james is still head boy!
"WILL YOU GO to the ball with me?" Lily asked James during breakfast. It was the last week and a half leading up to the ball and huge proposals were being made.
Some of the most memorable included when Ryan Allen-Chang commissioned the Gryffindor Quidditch team to choreograph a dance to "Adore You" by Harry Styles in order to ask Nyah. And when Fred ( with the help of James ) decked out the entire Great Hall in red roses overnight and released doves the next morning during breakfast to ask Lorcan.
The younger years also got into it, but perhaps not as much as those that knew this would be their last shot at childhood. However, everyone was waiting for James to ask Lily, but it never came.
Perhaps they were both too busy checking the decorations and food and everything over and over again to make sure it was perfect. But, this was James and Lily, no matter what they did, it would be perfect because of the amount of care they put into it.
"Are you fucking kidding me?" James shouted.
"Mr. Potter!" Clearwater yelled from the teacher's table.
"'t's not my fault Professor!" James yelled as he stood up. "I was going to ask my girlfriend to the ball, but she beat me to it! It was going to be wicked!"
"Oh shit," Lily muttered. "Sorry? You can still ask me though."
"No, no the moment's ruined," James huffed as he plopped back down with crossed arms.
"Please," Lily pleaded with him as she took his hand. "I really want to see it."
"Fuck fine," he grumbled. "Start 'er up boys!"
Then, Fred, Lorcan and Lysander all got onto the tables. Lorcan was on bass, Fred on electric guitar and Lysander on drums. Lysander, sat, twirling the drum sticks in his fingers, while Fred and Lorcan waited for James.
Assuming he had cast a summoning spell, a microphone flew into James's hand and the intro to "No Control" by One Direction started to play.
"Oh dear lord," Lily whispered as she set her head on the table. "Do you know what this song is about?"
"'course," James replied with a wink.
She knew there was no way she could stop him from singing it, even if she made another recommendation, based on the way she saw some of the house elves that worked in the kitchen pushing lights into the room.
James started singing, perfectly in tune. And he had an incredible voice. Lysander was vibing on the drums and Lorcan and Fred shredded their respective instruments.
Each boy was on each of the house tables, Lysander was, obviously, seated, but Lorcan and Fred danced around each of their tables. When it came to the chorus, the boys all harmonized like the band members.
If their fan girls weren't already crazy, they went feral. Lily, however, sat trying to hold in her laughter at the song choice. She looked up, amused, as James danced provocatively on the Hufflepuff table above her, her head in her hands.
Once James started the last chorus, the lights in the Great Hall dimmed and went black. Then, burst to life with gold, red and black confetti burst everywhere. James, Lorcan, Lysander and Fred were no longer in their uniforms but all of them in skinny jeans, James in a loose ( not very buttoned ) button up, Lysander with just a jean vest, Fred in a muscle tee and Lorcan in a loose green t-shirt.
The boys danced even harder on the tables, really getting into the song. They jumped and high fived people and spun around. Everyone started to get up and dance on the ground with each other, yelling the lyrics at the top of their lungs.
James had his big finish with shooting gold fireworks behind him that read: "Ball?" into the air. They lit up Lily's eyes as she looked up with the biggest smile he'd ever seen. She feigned considering saying no.
"I'll do it if you give us an encore," she said smugly.
The hall started cheering and agreeing with her.
"Let's get her boys!" James yelled into the mic, sending Lysander a smirk.
Lysander led them into "Midnight Memories" and holy shit, everyone, not just the fan girls went feral. They were all dancing and yelling at the top of their lungs as the boys sang their hearts out.
Their eyes shone as they sang each verse and yelled into their mics at the end of each chorus.
Nyah hoisted Lily up and they spun each other around to the beat, but Lily saw Ryan out of the corner of her eye and shoved Nyah towards him. She looked up at James and admired him and how much he was into his performance. The lights were now red and blue rather than gold and more confetti had appeared, but this time in black and white.
James caught her eye and winked, making her roll her eyes, but blush. Ben's hand found her's as he spun her around in place of his sister. So, while James sang his heart out, Ben and Lily danced to his voice, screaming the lyrics at the tops of their lungs.
If one started singing in place of the other, the hall took a moment to cheer their name. All four boy's faces were bright red as they played.
Once Fred let the last few notes ring out from his guitar, the crowd went wild.
"That was amazing, darling," Lily yelled up at James.
He pulled her onto the table and looked at her expectantly as the crowd quieted down to hear her answer.
"Yes, I will go to the ball with you," she said as she started to laugh at the drama.
James shut her up with a quick, sweet kiss. He then turned towards the crowd and lifted his and Lily's hands in the air together as some people cheered and others clapped.
All of the joy that James felt soon turned to nerves as the tournament approached. They'd had preliminary games over the past couple of weekends, but soon the day of the tournament arrived.
Yes, the day. James Sirius Potter had stupidly scheduled the entire tournament for one day so it not only tested their skill, but also their stamina. And so, the next morning after singing One Direction at the top of his lungs in skinny jeans, he sat at the Gryffindor table quietly pushing eggs around his plate.