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I'm sure these are getting old, but I had to do one. Just one. I promise. Reviews are nice and greatly appreciated.

Love always,

Avoline

Lily Luna Potter sat on the couch of her small flat in Diagon Ally, staring at the floor. She was trying to process what the healer at St. Mungo's had told her. How could she be dying? Just a few months ago, she was healthy as a horse and had her whole life ahead of her. Now, she was told that something was wrong with her heart, and she could pass away any minute. Why her? Why now? She had just graduated from Hogwarts and was looking forward to being an Auror like her father.

Her father. She would have to tell him and her mother, as well as her five uncles and the rest of the family. Her father would be so heartbroken. She was the only girl out of two brothers.

Oh, Merlin, she had almost forgotten about James and Albus. How would they react to the news that she was slowly dying? They were her best friends and body guards, aside from Scorpius Malfoy.

Oh, Merlin, please, don't make me tell Scorpius!

She would never admit it to anyone, but she had a secret crush on the son of her father's childhood enemy. Scorpius was different from his father. She knew he cared for her deeply, but she wasn't sure if he felt the same way about her that she felt about him. She dreaded having to tell him that she was dying. He would probably laugh in her face and say she was crazy. He would try his damn best to give her hope.

Hope. That's what she needed. Hope that she would have enough time to get married, start a family, maybe even hold her grandchildren. She wasn't going to push the envelope and hope that she wouldn't die, but she could at least hope for enough time to fall in love.

She turned her head as the floo roared to life. Her heart clenched as a tall, lean built boy with pale hair stepped from the green flames.

"Scorpius," she exclaimed. "I didn't expect you!" A playful smile crossed his face.

"That was the plan," he chuckled. His face dropped very quickly. "Lily, what's wrong? You look like you've been crying." She bit her lip as he sat next to her. How was she going to tell him? She had hoped that she would have a few days to plan this out, but now that he was here, she couldn't not tell him.

"I don't know how to say this, Scorp," she whispered, trying to hold back the wave of fresh tears, "and I guess there's no easy way to say it." She took a deep breath, then looked into his silvery eyes. "Scorpius, I'm dying. There's something wrong with my heart, and the Healers can't figure out what it is." He stared at her.

"Lily, please tell me you're joking," he pleaded. She shook her head. "Why? Lily, you've just graduated. You have your whole life ahead of you."

"Had," she corrected. "Now I don't know how much time I've got." He shook his head slowly.

"This can't be happening," he muttered. "Lily, this can't be. It isn't fair!"

"Don't you think I know that," she half-sobbed, standing up and pacing the floor. "I've thought of every way they could be wrong, but they aren't! I wish they were! I wish I could guarantee another seventy years or so for myself, but I can't! I might not ever get to meet my grandchildren! I might not ever get to have children of my own!" She stopped as her emotions overwhelmed her, tears flowing freely down her face. "I might not ever get the chance to fall in love, Scorp." She saw him stand, and before she could blink, he had his arms around her.

"It's okay, Lily," he soothed. "I'm here. You'll fall in love soon. Just don't worry about it and live each day like it might be your last."

What Lily didn't know was that Scorpius was a mess of emotions as well. He was hurt because he could loose his best friend any day now, angry cause she deserved to live for a hundred years or more, and regretful cause he might not get the chance to tell her that he loved her. He knew his father probably wouldn't approve of her, but he didn't care anymore. Just cause her father was the one and only Harry Potter didn't mean a single thing to Scorpius. Lily was everything he could ever want in a wife; kind, caring, feisty, and overall beautiful.

Now he faced loosing her to the cold grip of death.

I know, it's short. But, if you review this chapter, the next one will be long and heartfelt, and might make you cry. Reviews are like Viagra; they make everything much, much better. ;)