Title: Family Portrait
Competition: 2nd Annual Triwizard Tournament Stage 1
Restriction: No Timeskips. Continuous scene.
Word count: 410
Warning: Coarse language
Lily knew it was wrong to eavesdrop on her parents, but it was hard not to with how loud they were. She sighed as Albus entered her bedroom, shaking his head and asking her, "They're at it again Lil?"
Lily sighed before answering, "Yeah. Did you just get home?"
"I walked through the front door and the first thing I heard was, 'You're cheating on me with that whore at your office aren't you Harry?' screamed at the top of moms lungs."
"That wasn't even the worst of it Al."
They both turned to the door suddenly when a crash was heard followed by, "What the fuck Ginny? I already told you I didn't fuck her."
Both children rolled their eyes knowing their dad most likely did given his track record. Both teens thought it was about time their mother stopped believing him. There were more crashes and bangs followed by harsh words. They looked at each other as they heard the door to their parents' bedroom slam open and angry footsteps pounding down the staircase. The last thing they heard was the front door slam shut.
"Bet 10 gallons it was Mom."
"Al, taking your money is too easy. It was definitely dad," Lily replied with a small smile.
"Probably. You know Lil, I can wait to move out till you go back to Hogwarts so that you don't deal with this alone," Albus trailed off awkwardly scratching behind his head.
"No, no Al. go. Do your thing. I can handle it for a couple months."
"I mean, if you're positive. I promise I'll come back every couple days and you can always stay at the flat with me and Scorpius if it gets bad here."
Lily knew her brother was worried for her more than he should since their parents hadn't been very active in her life since she first went to Hogwarts and they began the fighting that year. Now she's going into her last year and they're still fighting. It was a lot to handle but not so bad sometimes seeing as they ignored everything she did.
Lily sighed, got off her bed, grabbed her wand and jacket before telling Albus, "Well personally I'm getting the fuck out of here and going to Scorpius's party tonight while they're too busy to noticed I'm gone. You coming?"
"Of course."
With that both Potter children left the house without a backwards glance at their now rarely silent house.