Gateway to Heaven - James and Lily Potter (Jily) #Wattys2016

Homecoming - James

Here's James' part for you guys! Don't forget to leave a comment and vote :) #struggles aye.

The 'rocky' song to which they dance is 'Fifteen Feet' by Balthazar. Pretend it's some rad wizard band.
Furthermore, as Laura will play an important role in this chapter, I'm adding her - aka the beautiful Jessica Brown-Findlay to the media :)
Also, please keep in mind that they're all just around sixteen in this chapter!

"Oi, Prongs, you know there's homecoming this year, eh?" Sirius asks as we stroll through Diagon Alley. We've purchased all our material to start our sixth year at Hogwarts and, as the summer sun shines above us, we've decided to take a look at the new Nimbus Five Hundreds at Quality Quidditch Supplies a few streets away."Oh yeah... that..." I answer as nonchalantly as possible. Of course I haven't forgotten homecoming. How could I have? It's been haunting me all summer. "You know we're allowed to bring dates and such," Sirius comments, a little smirk plastered to his face." "I'm sure we're both perfectly aware of that matter, Padfoot. And I've got my sights set on that one." I point towards Madam Malkin's. I be wrong, but I could've sworn I saw a flicker of red hair walking through the rows of robes.

"Is Lily in there? Do you think Marlene is with her or?" my friend looks just as curious as I as we both cross the street and lean our faces against the window. "Ah, dang it, it's only Daisy." Sirius likes Daisy fine, but it's the bubbly Marlene he's crazy about. We both privately agreed that the blonde girl would be a perfect match for Moony, not Padfoot. Not that Remus actually cares about girls - he cares as much as Dumbledore does about shaving.

"She's so pretty, though," I state as I watch Daisy twirling around in a bright blue dress. I'm not lying, she really does look pretty in that dress. It's just that no one will ever match the beauty of Lily Evans.

"Really, now, Prongs," Sirius says, his nose scrunched against the glass,"are you suggesting you've got two ladies on your mind? Isn't that a tad bit too much for someone who's never even..."

I punch him playfully. "As if you've had any dating experience." "I have!" Sirius says smugly. "Remember Emmeline Vance from the fourth year?" I snort, unimpressed. "That lasted no more than a week, Padfoot. That's nothing to brag about. And besides, you didn't seem too fond of her in the end, from what I remember." "Yeah, well, it's more than you've ever experienced, so I'm still ahead on that one." he replies and I leave the matter at rest.

"Look, she's heading towards the changing rooms!" Sirius exclaims as he points towards Lily. She's holding a shimmery blue-green dress tightly to her chest. "Merlin's beard, I hope she tries it on."

Sirius and I take subtle glances through the window, pretending to be waiting for someone, as we wait for the changing room doors to open. "There she is!" Sirius exclaims as I hurriedly plaster my face against the glass once more.

Holy quaffles. She looks like a mysterious angel in that dress. A wood fairy, perhaps. Or some kind of nymph. Either way, it's the most beautiful sigh I've ever seen.

THUMP. Two hands push me towards the glass as I collapse against the window, painfully smashing my knees in the process. "SIRIUS!" The bloody idiot's crying with laughter, clutching his sides for support. I see Lily looking at me with apparent shock and shame as she blushes lightly. Still on my knees with my head against the window, I give her a cocky smile and wink at her mischievously.

I however do not get to see her reaction as an annoyed Madam Malkin shoos us away yelling "Get out or I'll curse you!" Still chortling, Sirius hauls me up and the two of us run away from the shop, the broomsticks long forgotten.

"Lookin' good, Potter. Too bad that hair won't stand slick for once, eh." I sigh as I ruffle my hair, exasperated. I've unsuccessfully tried to straighten my hair for over an hour and the only help I've gotten from my friends is some sort of potion from Wormtail that, in his words, "guarantees a great coupe", but which turned out to be some kind of sleeping draught - the idiot tried it on first and now he's snoring on his bunk bed. Moony has tried to wake him up multiple times, but without any result.