(Platonic) lily and remus at the Yule ball <3
Remus was glad that the full moon had landed on the Sunday before the yule ball. While he had never been one for dances such as this, it was the first time he’d ever had the choice of going. The Yule ball the year prior had landed on a full moon and the one before had been cancelled. However this year the dance had been announced for the first of the month, two days after the full moon.
Remus allowed himself to, just this once to be excited for such a trivial occasion. The marauders had first promised to go to the ball without any dates, just the four of them. Peter was the first to break this promise when he asked a sweet hufflepuff girl ,who he’d fancied for a while, to the ball. James and Sirius following closely behind. Sirius had asked Mary McDonald to the dance- much to Remus’ dismay. He tried not to let his face fall when Sirius had (very obnoxiously) asked her in the middle of the great hall after dinner. He shouldn’t have been surprised, Mary and Sirius had been dating for a couple of months, it was only natural that Sirius asked her to the dance the moment he could. James however had been a total surprise. Everyone had expected him to pounce on the table when the dance was announced and romantically declare his love for Lily Evan’s and propose she be his date to the dance. James, however, did not do this. Instead his eyes had dimmed and his smile superficial. He remained silent until he turned to the marauders and asked them if they wanted to go all together -no dates. A week later, he had a date that he refused to provide the name for and a blinding grin whenever the secret date was mentioned.
That’s how Remus had found himself alone in the common room, the day of the Yule ball, fully dressed and so utterly alone.
“Lily?” He asked, brows twisted in confusion. Lily emerged from the girls dorms, fixing her hair behind her ear as she waked towards him.
“Alone too?” She asked softly. Remus sent her a small pitiful smile.
“I guess so” he chuckled out. Lily paused in front of him,the silence welcomed between them.
“You didn’t ask anyone to be your date?” She questioned.
“Well, Sirius,Pete, James and I were meant to go together, but the plan was changed and i -” he let out a sigh “Nevermind that, what about you? I can scarcely believe that no one asked you”. Lily let out a playful huff.
“Oh Remus how you flatter me” she laughed slightly. “I was supposed to go with Mary” she began, eyes trained to the floor as her lips twisted to a sad smile. “But, well - you know” she finished off.
“Yeah, I know” Remus replied.
“How about we go together?” He asked her after a short pause. She looked back up at him surprised.
“What? Wont James have your head for going with me?” She joked.
“You know James hasn’t asked you out for a while and he’s been very adamant that he’s over you so he doesn’t get a say in whether I can take my best friend to the dance. So, what do you say?” He leant out his hand.
Lily knew this of course. It was clear that something had happened during spring, soon after the confessions and love letters had stopped. It wasn’t until a couple weeks later that she had learned the reason. James had found someone, a person who made his heart explode with joy and his smile broad and wide. It was a boy who he wasn’t supposed to love yet he couldn’t fight his feelings. That night, Lily had seen a new side of James, one that she hadn’t seen in all of the years that she knew him. Under the starry sky, she had told him her own confession. How she had been slowly but irrevocably falling for someone who would never love her back. A girl more beautiful than any painting. To her, the girl had redefined beauty for Lily. From then on, they decided to be friends. She promised to actually give him a chance and she had yet to regret that.
“Yes, let’s go” she placed her hand in his and together they walked down the tower to the dance.
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