LPOV

James was waiting at the bottom of the stairs. I reached the landing and his face was of utter shock. I looked down at my silky green dress, embarrassed to look up. He took my hand and kissed it softly.

"You look beautiful. Scratch that! You look stunning!" He exclaimed. He took my hand and led me out of the dorm. His fingers entwined with mine. He looked down at me and grinned. I grinned back, my heart fluttering. We walked into the Great Hall and I stopped. The sight was amazing. The ceiling showed light gray clouds, and there was a charm that made it snow but the snowflakes disappeared right before they touched your head. Baby blue, silver, and white streamers hung from the walls. The tables were moved to one side of the Great Hall and had sparkly baby blue table cloths and an ice sculpture as the center piece. They were sculpted in the shape of snowflakes, each one different. The dance floor was sparkly silver that reflected the white, light blue, and dark blue lights of the disco ball.

"You did a great job," a voice whispered in my ear. I turned to see James smiling. Not grinning, smiling.

"You helped! You came up with this theme!" I exclaimed, shocked at how modest he was being.

"Yea, but you put it together," he reminded me. We saw our friends sitting at a table and we went to join them. James pulled out a chair and right as I was about to sit down, he sat. He pulled me onto his lap and rocked me back and forth.

"You guys act so coupley!" Sirius yelled.

"Sirius, that's 'cause they are a couple," Sylvie explained as if she were talking to a 5 year old.

"They don't have to show it to everyone," he complained.

"Hey!" James yelled, "You're the one snogging Sylvie every chance you get and you don't care who sees!" Sylvie turned a deep red and turned her head.

"You're hot when you're embarrassed," Sirius winked.

"Point proven," James murmured. I laughed and he hugged me closer to him. I wanted to freeze that moment, me wrapped in James' arms, safe and protected. James and I picked our meals from the menu; we both liked the same meal. Chicken parmesan and rice, butter-beer, and for dessert, treacle tart. We ate rather quickly and were content when we finished.

"Want to go for a walk?" James asked.

"Yea, a walk sounds nice, I need to stretch my legs." We got up and walked out into the calm, cold night. I wrapped my shawl tighter around me as we walked around the perimeter of the forbidden forest. James had one arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him. I looked up at him (considering he's like 6 inches taller than me) and smiled. He bent down and kissed the top of my head. We were silent for most of the walk, we had that kind of relationship where we didn't always need to talk, and as long as we are with each other we are content. We sat down on a bench, close to Hagrid's cabin, and looked at the sky.

"You really do look beautiful, Lily," James said softly, looking at her dress, then her face.

"You don't look too bad yourself," I replied. I chuckled softly as I looked him over. He was wearing a muggle suit but the tie was all over the place.

"Okay, it's not as easy has it looks," He chuckled.

"Oh, most definitely!" I said sarcastically. I reached over and re-did his tie for him.

"So that's how you do it!" He exclaimed. We both laughed and he hugged me to his chest.

"You're cold," he said.

"I'm fine," I replied.

"Lily, you're shivering. Take my coat."

"James it's fine, really."

"Take the coat," he said firmly. I gave in because I knew that he wasn't going to give up. As soon as I put it on I felt much better. We walked back inside, his arm around my waste. It was a lot warmer inside so I took off James' coat and my shawl. I walked back to James and kissed him gently on the lips. He kissed back slowly and passionately. He pulled away resentfully.

"Would you like to dance?"