Hey guys, so I was writing my other Lily/Scorpius story (if you like that pairing check out my other story!) and I was struck by a lovely idea. So since I don't have ten new reviews on that one (hint, hint) to update, I decided to start a new story! Enjoy, and remember, I don't own Harry Potter!

"Hey Scorp," I said, sitting down next to the blonde boy at the Gryffindor table.

"Hey Lil' Red," he said, grinning as I rolled my eyes at the nickname.

"What gives Lily?" Al said indignantly. "Say hi to Scorpius but not your own brother?"

"I'm so sorry," I rolled my eyes again. "How are you, Albus Severus Potter, dear brother of mine?"

"That's more like it," he muttered. "And I'm absolutely smashing, Lily Luna Potter, my darling sister."

"You guys are nuts," James plopped into the seat across from us, quickly followed by Freddie and Daniel.

"Cause you're so normal," I stuck my tongue out at him.

"Never said we were," Freddie said, taking a bite of toast.

"Lily!" I turned around to see my cousin, dormate, and best friend hurrying towards me.

"Yes Roxy?" I asked as she came to a stop.

"You didn't wait for me!" she cried, grabbing a muffin off the table.

"I'm so sorry," I laughed, eating more cereal.

"Scorpius!" I groaned as I heard the sickly sweet and ridiculously annoying voice of Rose coming.

Rose and Scorpius had been dating for nearly a year, but you could just tell that Scorp really wasn't in it. Whenever Rose showed up he tried to go the other way, but right now there was no escaping.

Al looked pointedly away, James, Daniel, and Freddie pretended to heave into their cereal bowls, while I rolled my eyes and stood up. Grabbing Roxy's arm, I hauled her, muffin and all, off the bench and out of the Great Hall, the others following, leaving a very miserable Scorpius behind stuck with a very annoying Rose.

~O-O~

"Hey Scor," I said quietly, sitting next to him. We were alone on the stone steps, and he was sitting with his head in his hands.

"Hey Lil' Red," he said softly.

"Could you use some fire?" I asked, pulling out a jar of bluebell flames.

"It helps," he smiled sadly at me, warming his hands.

"So…"

"So…?"

"What's wrong?" I cut to the chase. "Is it Rose?"

He chuckled softly. "Yeah, it's Rose. You're cousins a maniac, you know?"

"I know," I nodded, laughing.

We sat in silence for a few minutes.

"Do you love her?"

"Do I love her?"

"Yes," I repeated. "Do you love her?"

"You know Lil' Red, I did at one point, but now… I don't think so. She's just so… I don't know. But what we have, it's falling apart Lil' Red."

"Break up with her," I whispered.

"What?"

"I hate seeing you like this. Break up with her, she's causing you too much pain." Scooping up my little flames, I put them back in my bag in the jar, and turned around to go to Transfiguration, lightly letting my fingers brush his cheek as I passed.

~O-O~

I didn't honestly think that Scorpius would take my advice when I said "Break up with her." But I was wrong.

I walked into the Gryffindor common room to quite a sight. The entire House was lined up along the walls. Looking for the source of the commotion, I saw a stunned Scorpius, standing across from a sobbing Rose.

"What the hell?" Roxy said loudly. Unfortunately, everybody's attention was attracted to us, and I saw Rose's features twist from sad to angry in an instant.

"YOU!" she shrieked.

"Me…?" I said warily.

"YOU!" she shrieked, tears mingling with rage. "This is YOUR fault! YOURS!"

"Um, excuse me for asking, but WHAT is my fault?"

"Rose," Scorpius said. "This isn't Lily's fault!"

"Yes it is!" she bawled. "If it wasn't for HER, than this wouldn't be happening!"

"Rose!" Scorpius yelled back at her, the first time I'd heard him actually sound upset. "This is not Lily's fault! Things just aren't good between us! Accept it! We're over."

With a whip of her hair, she turned around and stormed upstairs, leaving a slightly bemused common room full of people.

"What the hell?" I said.

Scorpius just sat down on the couch, and put his head in his hands, and I followed the other girls in my dormitory upstairs.

"What just happened?" Roxanne said once her; Kara Shacklebolt, Jenna Finnegan, Cleo Wood, and me were sitting in bed.

"Well," Cleo said, casting a silencing charm over the door. "Scorpius tried to dump Rose, and she went berserk. Like nuts. And then you guys walked in, and well yeah."

"Wow," Roxy breathed. "To think I'm related to the most insane witch in England! I'm so proud!" she brushed a fake tear from her eye as the rest of us collapsed in heaps of giggles.

"I'm gonna go see if Scor's okay," I said, slipping out of the room and downstairs.

I didn't have to go very far before I found him sitting on one of the couches, his head in his hands. Placing a hand lightly on his back, I clambered over the edge, and sat down on the couch. Slipping a single finger beneath his chin, I tilted it upwards so he was looking at me.

"Hey Lil' Red," he whispered.

"Hey Scorp," I smiled softly. "Come on." Grabbing his hand, I lightly tugged him off the couch and slid out of the Portrait Hole. I dragged him down hallways and up the stairs until we reached my secret spot.

"Where are we?" he asked as I sat him down on a ledge atop the Astronomy tower.

"My secret spot," I giggled, leaning my head against his shoulder.

"Makes so much more sense," he laughed, smacking his forehead.

"Are you upset with me?"

"Why would I be upset?"

"Well, it sorta is my fault, that you and her broke up."

He laughed, smacking the back of my head. "It's not your fault!"

"It's… not?"

"No! She had it coming to her! The girl's bloody mental!"

I laughed, doubling over. "You've got that right!"

He laughed, rubbing my back. I shivered slightly in the cold air, and he pulled me to him, ruffling my hair.

"You know Lil' Red?"

"Tell me Scor," I said, rolling my eyes.

"I reckon life's gonna be a lot better now that Rose and I aren't dating. She was right clingy."

"Good luck," I snorted. "She's not giving up on you." I shivered again as the breeze blew through.

"Come on Lil' Red," he said, pulling me to my feet. "We're going back inside." We walked back to the common room in comfortable silence, and I waved goodbye as it was time to split.

Scorpius POV

I can't tell you how many times Al has told me she's off limits. Every time he catches me looking at her. But there's something about her. The way her hips do that thing, the way her red hair falls down to her waist, her slight form fitting perfectly to me. I can't help but want her to be my own.

Off limits my ass. I will get Lily Luna Potter, I will. And Al will get over it. Besides, Lily Luna Malfoy has a nice ring to it.