Hi everyone! This is my very first fanfic and I am quite excited about it! I'm not really sure how it's going to turn out, but I have had this idea in my head for about a month now and finally got the courage to start writing it. Hopefully it flows well, but please review and tell me what you think! I would love to eventually write something novel length if I could become good enough to do it and I'm pretty sure it'll never happen without the help of all of you!

So please review and thanks in advance for reading!

-Nicky Lee

He probably looked like an idiot staring at her. It wasn't as if he hadn't seen her before. It wasn't even as if he hadn't met her before. He had known her for over eight years. In eight years, how was it that he never noticed her? How had he not noticed how beautiful she was? It was as if he was under a spell, he couldn't look away.

She looked beautiful. She was wearing a dark green satin gown that came down to the top of her knees. The gown was strapless and showed off her natural curves. Her fire red hair was twisted elegantly into some sort of knot that he was sure had a special name. She had on strappy silver shoes that made her long legs look like they went on forever.

She finally noticed him staring at her. He watched as she smiled and excused herself from the conversation she was having with some distant muggle cousin. It had all happened so fast that he didn't even have time to think. One second she was across the floor, the next she was standing right in front of him.

"And what exactly are you staring at, Mr. Malfoy? You like what you see?" she asked, teasingly. The question and tone was exactly Lily. She had inherited her mothers quick wit and her uncles sarcasm. Scorpius could usually keep up with her quick remarks and for the first time in eight years, he was speechless. All he could do was stare at her.

"Scorp? Scorpius!"

He finally seemed to snap out of the spell that she had unknowingly captured him in. She was looking at him, her eyes full of concern.

"Scorpius... You're supposed to make your speech soon. Are you going to be okay or do you want me to try to stall them a little bit?"

He nodded, everything was finally coming back to him. Albus Potter, his best friend since their first train ride to Hogwarts, his adopted brother, had gotten married today. He married another of their best friends from Hogwarts; Sophie Thomas.

Scorpius had always teased Albus that he would end up marrying a red head, just like all of the other Potter men. James (senior, of course) had married Lily while Harry had married Ginny Weasley. Albus' brother James had even married a red head, Karleigh Jordan, the summer after he had graduated Hogwarts.

Here they were, two years later, and Albus was marrying his red headed love and Scorpius was his best man. He hadn't been worried about his speech, but he was now having trouble remembering what he practiced. His mind was still thinking about Lily.

"Scorp, you didn't answer my question... Are you okay? Do you want me to stall the speeches?"

"You are gorgeous."

He had finally found the ability to speak. Looking back at this moment, he was incredibly embarrassed. Scorpius was a Malfoy. He was smooth with women. They didn't have "word vomit" and they never became speechless! What had he done?

So he waited. He just continued staring at her and waited. He wasn't sure how long he stood there, waiting for a response. It could have only been seconds, but it felt like time had stopped completely. His mind had gone into overdrive and he almost missed her reply.

"Thanks, Scorp" she said smiling. "You clean up pretty nice yourself. You will save a dance for me, won't you? Besides, without Albus living at home now, I probably won't be seeing you as much anymore."

"Lil, your mother has already made me promise to come over at least once a week for dinner. She has made it perfectly clear that just because Al has moved out of the house, I am still welcome to come over anytime I want. My week wouldn't be the same without seeing everyone a couple times" he replied, finally able to finish a complete thought.

"And you'll save me a dance?"

"Of course, Spitfire, I wouldn't want to dance with anyone else."

She smiled at his special nickname for her and walked away, swaying her hips just a little, saying she'd find him later.

Next thing he knew, he was being dragged into the middle of the dance floor to make a toast to the new couple. It was a little over an hour later, after multiple conversations with the many Weasleys that he felt a small, warm hand slip into his. His heart started beating harder and faster as he was lead onto the dance floor by the little red head.

He was happy to realize that the song playing had a slower rhythm which allowed him to hold her closer than was probably necessary. They didn't say anything for the first minute. They just allowed themselves to enjoy the peace while swaying back and forth.

He should have known the silence wouldn't last. Lily never could handle silence. She liked to talk and she liked forcing other people to talk. It was actually because of Lily that the entire Weasley clan had adopted him as a member of the family. Once Lily got him talking, they realized that his personality shouldn't be judged by his last name. He was closer to Lily than he was to any of the other Weasley women, but he'd never tell Rose that. Rose was a part of their group at Hogwarts but the two of them didn't have the friendship that he and Lily had.

"Scorpius?"

"Hmm?" he responded, still holding her close with his chin resting on her head. He was enjoying the closeness and didn't want it to end.

"Do you really think I'm pretty?"

At that he finally pulled away a little bit to look at her, disbelief clearly shown on his face.

"No, Lils, you're more than pretty. I think you're gorgeous. I think your spitfire personality makes you sexy. I think your caring nature makes you beautiful. I think your optimism makes you radiant."

He had done it. He had actually brought tears to her eyes. Before he even got a chance to ask what was wrong, she was kissing him. It took him a couple seconds to realize what had happened, but he closed his eyes and kissed her back. Just like in the movies (He had seen movies thanks to Mr. Potter and Mrs. Weasley. It was one thing about the muggle world that fascinated him.), they pulled back just as the song ended. To his disappointment, she started to pull away from him.

"Thank you, Scorpius. I'll see you later."

Then she was gone and he was left standing in the middle of the dance floor wondering what had just happened.