Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. All characters (with the exception of all Original Characters) are the sole property of our Queen JK Rowling.
Calm before the storm
Monday morning – The Great Hall
"Oh god Lily if you could swoon anymore I'm sure you'd fall of your seat." Rose said looking at her cousin in amusement.
Lily sighed dramatically and drew her eyes away from across the hall to look at Rose. "It's not my fault he's so bloody gorgeous." She mumbled. Rose could only roll her eyes at her cousin's antics. "Oh, don't act like you don't agree!" Lily said with a sneaky smile. "Besides it's not like there's much to look at here." She continued motioning to the Gryffindor table. Looking up and down the table she frowned. All the boys in her house were either taken or too intimidated that she was Albus Potter's sister. Yep nothing to see here, she thought, and so her eyes went back to a particular sleepy looking blonde.
"She's right you know," came a soft voice beside her. Lucy flittered down on the bench, "Even you can't deny his gorgeous… they all are." Lucy giggled when Rose shot her a scowl.
Rose groaned and followed Lily's eyes to the Slytherin table to see Demetrius Malfoy sipping leisurely on his coffee as he listened to Charlie Zabini rattle of beside him. He looked up for the briefest of seconds catching their gaze and gave them a sweet smile. Lily blushed and smiled back nervously. He looked to Rose and she saw the briefest of that famous smirk on his face before a tall figure clapped him on the shoulder before sitting down beside him.
Rose inwardly groaned as she watched the second familiar blonde sit beside Demitri. They spoke brief words before she found grey eyes looking back at her with interest. His gaze was confident, unlike Rose who suddenly felt a bit flustered having both Malfoy boys looking at her. She couldn't deny Lucy was right, both Malfoys were gorgeous and it didn't hurt that both had an exceptionally charming personality. It was only when she saw the tiny hint of a smirk on Scorpius' face that she scowled and looked away.
Lucy looked at her triumphantly, knowing she was right. "Don't'," Rose warned her stopping whatever ill – conceived thought crossed her mind, "Just don't."
Lily wasn't about to let up that easily though, "Oh come on Rosie! Admit it."
Sighing in defeat and seeing no other way for her cousins to change the topic, "Fine! They're bloody gorgeous! Happy now?" she grumbled.
Who's gorgeous?" Dominique Weasley asked joining the girls at the Gryffindor table.
"The Malfoys" Lily said with a small smirk.
"Oh, so you've finally admitted to that have you Rosie?" Dominique asked with an equally discomforting smile.
"Stop calling me Rosie and I only said it because they wouldn't shut up about it. Now can we stop talking about this already?" She said ignoring Dominique's comment.
"Fine, let's talk about the Hunt this year," Lucy said with great eagerness.
"No Luce!" Lily quickly objected. "Rose is Head Girl now. She can't know all our secrets." Lily teased.
Lucy looked aghast at the idea of Rose turning against them, "You wouldn't… would you?" she asked sceptically.
"Well technically the Head Girl and Boy have been given permission to stop this ridiculous Hunt you lot are so insistent on." Rose explained. Lucy looked rather upset, "But if I don't know anything then I can't stop it now, can I?" Rose added with a small smile. They all laughed before Rose gathered her things and left the Great Hall. She rounded the corner rather quickly and collided with a solid figure, before her ass hit the floor.
"Ow!" she cried from where she sprawled out on the floor.
"Crap! Rose, sorry I didn't see you!" Albus said reaching down and helping her off the floor. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine." She said dusting her skirt and then looking at her cousin. Albus Potter looked more like his father than James did with the untidy black hair and green eyes. Albus seemed to be scanning the corridor looking for someone. "Who are you looking for?"
"Louis!" he said anxiously, "You haven't seen him, have you?" he asked as an after thought. Rose shook her head. "Dammit! We need to discuss this year's Hunt and I personally think that –"
Rose clamped a hand over his mouth to stop him from talking. "I can't know this Albus. Plausible deniability and all that crap." She reminded him.
He looked at her with wide eyes for a moment and then just nodded. Rose took her hand away, "You know having both you and Scor as Head's is rather inconvenient."
She laughed, "I'm so sorry to hear that," She joked. "Try the Great Hall. You know Louis is always late to breakfast." She called over her shoulder as she walked away.
Rose headed to the Head's dormitory to retrieve her things. Thinking back to The Hunt that seemed to get all her cousins hyped up. It was ridiculous really but she couldn't deny the fun in it. The Hunt was something that Teddy Lupin had started during his time at Hogwarts. Each year a group of students from each house would get together and comprise a list of items. This was then given to the mysterious Gamemaker's who would approve it. Then they would have the list distributed out to all houses, discreetly of course. They would have a week to collect all the treasures and bring them to some location within the castle. It was no easy feat and it seemed over the years, the Hunt had become a very serious matter for most of the students.
The teachers didn't approve naturally. Not when the previous lists hand included things like a toilet seat from Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, the chandelier from the Great Hall, the Sorting Hat and twelve Cornish pixies. As the years went by the list had gotten more extreme and eventually the Head's were urged to stop it in any manner. But a Hunt had never been stopped and it seemed even more unlikely this year. With Scorpius as Head Boy and Rose as Head Girl and considering that virtually all her cousins were so eager for it, she didn't have the heart to stop it. Scorpius Malfoy seemed more disappointed that he couldn't join in this year.
Once Rose had deposited her unnecessary books in her room, she headed back down for double potions. She opened her book to a rather fascinating potion on aura's when suddenly she collided – again – with something solid. Expecting for the second time that morning to land on her ass, she was very surprised when the fall did not come. Instead strong arms quickly caught her and she was pulled against a firm chest. Looking up she saw grey eyes, and suddenly Rose was feeling a little breathless and it had nothing to do with almost falling.
"Are you okay Red?" he asked softly. Had Rose been of coherent thought she would have scowled at the use of his nickname for her. But she wasn't, all she could manage was a nod.
Damnit to hell! She thought. What was with this boy and his touch? This was not the first time his touch had left her feeling slightly scrambled. She had thought that by now it wouldn't have affected her so much, but she was wrong. As always when it came to Scorpius Malfoy she never knew what to expect. It had started in third year when Albus had begged that she try and get along with Scorpius. It wasn't too long after that that Rose found Scorpius wasn't such bad company. In fact, he was rather funny and she couldn't figure out why it had taken her so long to realise that. After all he was best friends with Albus Potter.
Their dynamic had changed slightly this year. She had felt it and so had Scorpius. First it had been a mere brush of the hands when they worked together in potions, then the patrols started and Rose found herself craving those few hours with him. As the term eased on, they became more comfortable around each other – reaching far beyond the boundaries of 'friends'. His touches became more frequent and every time Rose was left wanting a little more. It frightened her and she did the only thing she could think of. She distanced herself from Scorpius Malfoy and his alluring charm. It had been going well… up until she ran into him. Literally.
Now she was in the one place she had tried to avoid. In his arms, stuck flat against his chest as his arms were sliding down to hold her even tighter than before. Rose tried to move out but Scorpius was having none of that as he just readjusted her and held her firmly again.
"Have you been avoiding me Red?" Scorpius asked curiously.
Rose scowled, "Don't be ridiculous Blondie," she said avoiding his gaze. "Why would I avoid you?"
"You tell me," he said softly and then brought his hand up to move a piece of her fiery hair away from her face.
"Like I said you're being ridiculous," she muttered unconvincingly.
"And if I don't believe you?" he whispered softly moving so his nose gently brushed hers.
"I would say that sounds like a you problem," she said sounding a little more like herself. Rose felt his chest rumble as Scorpius laughed and instinctively her hand gripped the front of his robes.
He didn't say anything else but simply smiled. Not a smirk but a true and proper smile. The ones she had only ever seen on him when he spoke about his family or when it was just the two of them. He closed what little space was between them and placed a gentle kiss on her cheek.
"See you in potions Red," he said in her ear before letting her go. Rose watched as he climbed the stairs and disappeared into his room.
Damnit! Rose thought trying to calm her frantic heart. This was the very thing she had tried to avoid. But there was something so mysteriously alluring about Scorpius Malfoy that Rose couldn't help but be drawn in. Taking deep breaths, she set her feet in motion and made her way to potions. Rose was going to need all her wits if she was going to survive double potions with Scorpius.
}{}{}{}{}{}{
Scorpius Malfoy cursed himself as he shut the door behind him. He had been doing so well. Trying to get Rose Weasley out of his head had proved a truly difficult challenge, and he had done so well. Well almost anyway. Demitri had set it all in motion again this morning. There was no doubt in his mind that Demitri knew exactly what he was doing when he mentioned Rose at breakfast. His little brother was a sneaky devil no doubt about that.
Scorpius wasn't sure how it happened, or when but all at once it was like Rose Weasley was all he could think about. Soon he had craved every prefect meeting, every patrol and every damned potion's lesson. Spending time with her was becoming second nature to him and then it stopped. Two weeks ago, they had almost kissed before she panicked and flew from the room and had been promptly avoiding him ever since.
Until this morning; when he had caught her looking over at the Slytherin table. And if Merlin wasn't cruel enough, Scorpius had found himself in a more torturous position. Rose Weasley in his arms was all he had thought about in the past two weeks. And rather unexpectedly that was exactly where she had landed.
But Scorpius knew that he would have to tread carefully. She was talking to him again, that that was some progress. He grabbed his potions book and headed back down only to see Demitri sitting on the couch.
"Shouldn't you be heading to class?" Scorpius asked his little brother.
"Shouldn't you be chasing after Rose Weasley." he shot back with a cheeky smile. Demitri was a sixth year and while having a rather pleasant disposition and being sorted into Slytherin, meddling in his brothers' lives was a favourite past time of his.
Scorpius swatted his brother upside the head, "I think if I chase after her, she's only going to run further." He said after a moment.
"Well you better not wait too long. I head McLaggen is looking for a date to Hogsmeade this weekend." Demitri informed him.
Scorpius scowled for a moment then looked at his brother carefully. "Who told you this?" he asked curiously.
"Well Mia heard Henry McLaggen asking Louis if Rose had a date for this weekend." Demitri said recalling what the Hufflepuff had heard.
"Okay… but how did you find out if it was Mia who heard about it?" Scorpius asked still confused.
"Mia told Roxanne who told Dominique. Georgie overheard them and told Charlie who told me." Demitri sighed as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Scorpius looked slightly horrified at his brother's explanation. "Aren't you the gossiping little witch?" He commented after a moment.
Demitri wasn't bothered in the least bit by his brother's comment. "Aunt Daphne would be proud."
"That's never a good thing." Scorpius groaned. "Come on get out, I actually have a class to get too."
"Double potions with Miss Rose Weasley. Do enjoy dear brother." Demitri teased as he walked out the heads common room after his brother.
Scorpius only smiled. Yes, he was going to enjoy this very much.
}{}{}{}{}{}{
He was late and that was never a good thing. McGonagall was going to kill him. His footsteps echoed in the deserted corridors before he came to a screeching halt as entered the classroom as quietly as he could.
Fuck! It was just his luck that all the seats at the back would be occupied. There was no way he could sneak in now.
"Aah Mr. Malfoy so kind of you to join us at last." Professor McGonagall said causing the entire class to turn and look at Demitri.
"Sorry Professor," he said smiling, picking up his charm.
"Such tardiness won't be tolerated Mr. Malfoy." She said exasperatedly and then pointed to a seat near the front and continued with her lesson.
Demitri released a breath at having escaped at losing house points or a possible detention. He moved quickly to the seat he had been allocated before McGonagall could change her mind, and slid into his seat.
As he looked to the figure sitting beside him, it really shouldn't have surprised him who McGonagall had seated him next too. It really was just his luck. Lily Potter looked up, gave him a small smile and then went back to taking notes. It didn't seem like anything special but for some reason Demitri couldn't focus for the rest of the lesson. Instead his eyes flickered between Lily and the board as he absent-mindedly took down the notes.
Lily, much like her brother Albus, resembled more of her father than her mother. She had long black hair rather than the famous Weasley red, and green eyes like her brother and father. While Demitri was very familiar with Albus, what with him being best friends with Scorpius, Lily Potter was something new to him. It probably had something to do with the fact that Albus was extremely protective of her and even though he was not in Gryffindor, he was doing a fine job of keeping all the boys away from his little sister. In fact, it was probably because he was in Slytherin that made him all that more frightening. Even Demitri had to admit, Scorpius and Albus were a formidable force to be reckoned with. So respectfully Demitri had kept his distance. How much longer he would be able to do that, he wondered.
Eventually the lesson came to close but not before McGonagall assigned them two rolls of parchment on metamorphmagus transformations and its dangers. As the rest of the class tumbled out moaning about the homework, Demitri frowned at the prospect of the essay.
"You alright Malfoy?" a gentle voice called from beside him.
"Hhhm? Came his unintelligible reply until he realised who he was talking too. "Yeah I'm great."
Lily smiled, "You sure? You look a little… frazzled." She said and Demitri heard the tease in her voice.
"You're forgetting I'm a Malfoy. We don't get frazzled." He said shooting her his dazzling smile.
"Well you must be the first then," she shot back, not falling for his charm that easily as she walked ahead of him disappearing into the crowd of students. She might think him gorgeous but it was best he didn't know that…yet.
Demitri stared after her in wonderment. He had a feeling things were going to get very interesting.
}{}{}{}{}{}{
Scorpius had arrived shortly after Rose and taken his allocated seat beside Albus. Albus looked to be frantically scribbling something on a piece of parchment, but the minute Scorpius stepped into his sight, he chucked the parchment and quill hastily into his bag.
Scorpius raised an eyebrow intrigued, "Do I even want to know?"
"Oh yes," Albus said with a big smile but then it faltered a moment later, "No... no you really don't want to know."
"Why not?" Scorpius asked now deeply interested.
"Plausible deniability and all that crap as Rose says," Albus said looking slightly guilty.
Scorpius sighed and only nodded. It really was such a shame he wouldn't be able to help with the Hunt this year. The previous years had seen the two Slytherin boys practically rule the Hunt with their sneaky tactics at collecting all the desired items. Of course, they had fun with said items afterwards too. Like setting the Cornish Pixies loose in the Great Hall during lunch and placing a temporary sticking charm to the Sorting Hat before putting it on Filch's infernal cat.
Now all Scorpius could do was watch. Nevertheless, he had to respect his duties as Head Boy. The start of the lesson brought their conversation to an end as Professor Vector started speaking. As his fortune would have it, Professor Vector felt like a change up was necessary and shuffled everyone around before Scorpius found himself paired with none other than Rose. They worked in compatible silence as first, as Scorpius tried to focus on the task at hand rather than the fiery redhead beside him.
"I see Albus is very excited for the Hunt this year," she finally said. Scorpius started a little at the sound of her voice.
"Albus is excited for anything that goes against the rules," Scorpius replied with a smile.
She chuckled slightly, "Yes, I suppose that's what you get when you have an Uncle like George Weasley around."
"Yes, it must be a Weasley thing," he teased finally looking at her.
Rose smiled despite her best efforts not too, "I don't suppose you plan on stopping any of it this year?" she inquired.
It was Scorpius' turn to laugh, "Even if I wanted to, I don't think it would be even remotely possible."
"So, we're just going to ignore it all?" Rose asked with a small smirk. She knew how much Scorpius hated having to sit out of The Hunt this year. It made for a fine opening to tease him just a little. "We're just going to walk around and pretend we don't see the lists and maps and coded messages with the where and when on it?"
Scorpius sighed for a moment but saw the mischievous look in her eyes and immediately knew what game she was playing. He sighed, "Well I guess I'll have to find some way to keep myself busy then."
"And it doesn't bother you that you won't be privy to any of these details?" she questioned feeling more confident in her attempts at baiting him.
"You're right… I won't be able to bear it," he teased back. "I guess because you'll have to find some way to console me."
"Me?" Rose questioned in surprise, "Why me?"
"Because we're the only two students in the entire school that's not allowed to take part this year," he answered, "So if anybody would understand my pain, it would be you Rose Weasley."
"Alright," she said smirking a little more, "what do you suggest?"
Scorpius sighed rather dramatically as he ran his fingers through his blonde hair as if thinking about it seriously, before leaning in close to Rose. So close that she gasped in surprise as his musky scent overwhelmed her senses and his hot breath tickled her ear when he spoke, "Surprise me."
He quickly pulled back before they could attract any wandering eyes from their fellow classmates. Scorpius couldn't conceal the triumphant smirk as he saw a blush to rival her hair set onto Rose's cheeks. Somehow, they had both managed to retain some semblance of rational thinking and complete the potion without blowing up the dungeons. After bottling it and placing the vial on the desk, they were dismissed. Scorpius slung his bag onto his shoulder and walked out the classroom, passing Rose as he went. Their eyes met for the briefest of moments and seeing her flare up into another blush, he smirked and threw a small wink her way before joining Albus outside.
The rest of the morning passed by in somewhat of a blur and before he knew it, lunch had rolled itself around. Scorpius whistled as he moved between the thick crowds towards the Great Hall for lunch. It had been a good morning so far. The universe was finally working in his favour. He was not far from the entrance to the Great Hall when he caught sight of something that made him stop dead in his tracks.
His brother was casually leaning against one of the pillars chatting to Lily Potter. Yet there was something about the appearance of the two together that made it seem like anybody who looked their way might be intruding on them. When did those two get so cozy?
"What the hell?" he asked to no one in particular. But someone did answer.
"So Demitri finally made his move," Caius said. Scorpius did a double take at the sudden appearance of his youngest brother.
"What do you mean?" Scorpius asked intrigued as they moved into the Great Hall. Was it possible Demitri had a thing for Lily Potter?
"Demitri's liked Lily Potter for years." Caius said as if it were the most obvious thing.
"But he never said anything." Scorpius said trying to jog his brain to some point in which Demitri might have told him about taking a fancy to Lily Potter.
"Well I imagine that is because he's only realised it now." Caius supplied, "Or at least he's finally realised he can't hide from it any longer… I wonder what Albus is going to say about this." he said as an after thought.
Scorpius had to wonder the same thing. He looked up to see Lily and Demitri walking into the Great Hall. Demitri said something causing Lily to laugh before he bowed slightly and turned around, walking to the Slytherin table.
"What was that?" Scorpius asked once Demitri was seated beside him.
"What was what dear brother?" Demitri asked innocently.
"That… with Lilly Potter." Scorpius said motioning to the Gryffindor table, where she sat.
"Just making friendly conversation," was all Demitri said. Scorpius gave him a disbelieving look. "She's just helping me with my transfiguration homework. Relax Scor."
Scorpius merely shook his head. It wasn't that he didn't trust his brother; in fact if anyone could get Albus to let up on his promise regarding Lily, it would be Demitri. He was just that persuasive. The only thing that concerned Scorpius was that Demitri could be rather indecisive when it came to the girls in his life. He just wanted Demitri to be absolutely sure he knew what he was getting into.
Scorpius turned to his brother to warn him of the very same thing but caught Demitri gazing across the Great Hall with a look of longing on his face. Following his line of sight he saw Lily, seated beside Rose and Dominique, and when she looked up and caught Demitri staring, she blushed, and then gracefully stuck her tongue out at him before turning back to her friends. Demitri seemed unfazed that he no longer had her attention. Realising then that this was something different for his little brother, Scorpius said nothing at all. Instead Scorpius turned back to the Gryffindor table and sought out an interesting sight of his own. Caius looked at his brothers with amusement. Yes, he thought, this was going to be fun to watch indeed.
}{}{}{}{}{}{
Demitri had spent much of his free period before lunch trying to track down Lily Potter. "She's in the library, obviously," Lucy Weasley had told him. "Why do you want to know?" she asked eying him suspiciously.
But instead of answering, he simply thanked her and headed to the library. It didn't take long for him to spot her, sitting in one of the quieter corners hidden by the book shelves. She didn't seem to hear him approach and for a moment he stopped just to take her in, as she sat their unguarded and blissfully unaware. Her long black hair fell across the book, and was pulled back into a hasty ponytail with a few strands falling into her face. She furrowed her brows as she read something before picking up her quill and jotting down on the parchment before her.
"Lily Potter," Demitri called softly finally making his presence know, as he took a seat beside her.
"Demitri Malfoy," she said arching an eyebrow in curiosity, "What do you want?"
"What makes you think I want something?" he questioned.
"Well, you're either very stupid or very brave for speaking to Albus Potter's sister for no reason," she said rolling her eyes in annoyance at the thought.
"Your brother and my brother are best friends. Surely that makes me an exception to the wrath of Albus Potter." Demitri said.
Lily laughed, "This is Albus Potter we're talking about. There are no exceptions to the rules."
"That's a little hypocritical considering your brother is practically the king in rule breaking," Demitri frowned.
"Well it's not really his choice I guess. It was the only thing James asked him to do after he left Hogwarts." Lily said with a sigh. Her eyes widened when she realised just how loose her tongue had gotten around Demitri.
"So, it's more James' rule than Albus?" Demitri asked intrigued.
"It's not so much a rule as it is a promise." She said unable to stop herself from speaking.
"To keep you from boys?" Demitri asked scrunching his handsome face in dislike at the thought.
"To keep me safe," she corrected. "It doesn't really make sense, I know, but it comes from a good place in their hearts so I guess I can't really be mad at them." She said. Sure, the promise frustrated her at times, but she had realised a long time ago that it was her brother's way of showing their love for her. She couldn't fault that. She would rather have James and Albus with all their silly rules than have no brothers at all.
"So again I ask you, what do you want Malfoy?" she asked before her tongue could get away from her again.
"Demitri," he said quietly.
"What?"
"That's my name." he said simply.
"I know that," she said frowning at him. "Are you feeling alright?"
"There are three Malfoy's at Hogwarts right now," he explained, "Makes this conversation a little difficult to keep track of if you're going to call me Malfoy. Besides Demitri sounds nicer don't you think?" he asked giving her a cheeky grin. There was an unreadable expression in his eyes and Lily fidgeted slightly under his gaze.
She wasn't sure she could call him Demitri. It seemed too personal, like she was crossing some invisible line. The urge to do as he had asked was great but she found the strength to listen to reason instead.
"What do you want?" she repeated softly.
If he was disappointed, he hid it well. Instead he sighed running his hand through his long blonde hair. It was their trademark. The Malfoy boys all had brilliant blonde hair that reached the collars of their shirt. Unlike their father who had worn his slicked back at his time at Hogwarts, Caius, the most meticulous of the boys always had his neat and proper despite the length. Demitri didn't seem to pay it much attention and left his hair to its own devices while Scorpius wore his much longer than the other two boys and even allowed some to fall into his eyes. Lily drew her eyes away from his hair and disregarded the urge to run her fingers through it.
"Well I was thinking we could make this years Hunt a little more memorable for our two heads." He said.
"You know they can't take part," Lily sighed.
"Yes, and you know they're going to be miserable because of it." Demitri argued back.
"What exactly are you planning Malfoy?" Lily asked, not one to beat around the bush.
"Your cousin and my brother like each other. Now I'm rather tired of seeing them play this little game of denying their feelings, aren't you?" he asked simply.
Lily was shocked. It had not been the answer she was expecting, yet it did excite her a little. Yes, she was indeed very tired of seeing Rose deny her feeling for Scorpius Malfoy. And it seemed she had not been the only one.
"So, do you have a plan then?" she asked after a moment.
He slowly broke into a brilliant smile. "We're going to use the Hunt to bring them together."
"That sounds rather ambitious," Lily said sceptically.
"Slytherin," he reminded her. "It will work. Scor loves the Hunt. And we'll just have to tempt Rose into joining."
"How exactly is this going to work?"
"I might know the people in charge of putting the shopping list together for this year. I could get them to make a few changes in our favour and that will be our way of getting Rose and Scor together." Demitri told her.
"This is insane," Lily said looking slightly excited but also nervous. She bit her lip as she tried to think of all the ways it could go wrong.
"Yes, and that is why it will work," Demitri told her confidently.
"What are you going to add to the list? It has to be something that will take her directly to Scorpius… and if you say his underwear I will hex you." she warned.
He held his hands up defensively. "I haven't thought about that yet but it can't be that easy… though it is a good idea." He said smiling appreciatively at her suggestion. She swatted him arm. "Ow!"
"Get your mind out of the gutter Malfoy!" she said.
Demitri mumbled something under his breath as he gazed down at the table. Lily followed his gaze to see it littered with her potions, astronomy and transfiguration homework.
"Of course!" she exclaimed suddenly, "I have the perfect item for them!" she said excitedly as she pulled her notes from the table and shoved them before Demitri's face.
He frowned at first not understanding but it only took him a few seconds before he broke out into another brilliant smile, "Lily Potter, you're a genius!" he said.
There was a distinct ringing of a bell signalling the start of lunch. Demitri offered to escort Lily to the Great Hall, not quite ready to leave her company just yet. It seemed she felt the same as her steps got decidedly slower as they neared the Great Hall. Demitri gently pulled her aside, leaning on the pillar so he could speak with her.
"How do I get your brother to change his mind?" he asked suddenly.
"What?" Lily asked confused.
"How do I get Albus to change his mind about this promise he made to James," he said simply.
"Why would you want to do that?" she asked eyeing him suspiciously.
"I have my reasons," he shrugged then looked at her indicating she should answer the question.
"I don't think you can." She said smiling slightly. "Albus is far too stubborn and any promise he made to James would not have been made so lightly."
"You underestimate my persuasive capabilities," he smirked.
"I think you're overestimating yourself Malfoy," Lily smiled despite her best efforts.
"I'd like to think of it more as me being… self-assured," he teased. "It's very much a Slytherin thing."
"Oh, that much I can believe," Lily retorted.
Demitri frowned slightly, "There's a little Slytherin in you," he said tilting his head to the side as if seeing her from a different angle would help.
"I highly doubt that," she said. "Do you really think this insane plan of yours is going to work?" she asked sceptically. "What if they find out and it only pushes them further apart?"
He chuckled, "Have a little faith princess." He said and led her into the Great Hall. Before they could go their separate ways, he turned to her, "I'll see you later," he smiled, bowing before her, causing a slight blush to appear.
Demitri quite liked the sight of her blushing. He liked it even more knowing it was because of him. Without another word, he turned and walked towards the Slytherin table, joining his brothers for lunch. Scorpius was saying something, asking questions but Demitri barely paid him any heed as he gazed across the Great Hall. She looked up and saw his grey eyes staring intently at her; she stuck her tongue out, laughed and then turned back to her friends. Demitri realised then something he should have known ages ago… Merlin help him, he liked Lily Potter!
}{}{}{}{}{}{
AN: This is my new NextGen story I have been working on for a while now. You will be pleased to know that it is a completed story so expect updates regularly! And depending on the reviews i might upload sooner! I haven't really read a scavenger hunt based story on FF and thought it would make a great plot! Leave me your thoughts on the matter!
This story is dedicated to my dear friend Katy. Every ounce of mischief managed is only possible through your love and encouragement! This story is yours and yours alone!
xoxo
Immortal Dragon Empress