A/N: LEMONS! TWO OR THREE PER CHAPTER! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED! THIS IS A VERY DIRTY FIC! I do hope you enjoy it though!

Disclaimer: Not mine, J.K. Rowling's.

Settling Down Happens to Other People

Chapter One

The First

If Lily Luna Potter had it her way the whole world would be made up of cute boys with cute bums and no outdated ideas about monogamy. This is not to say that she wasn't happy for Rose and Scorpius. Truth be told she liked them both and really liked them together. They were perfect for each other and even a commitiphobe (cough Lily cough) could recognize that. She just thanked Merlin that the bloke currently snogging her senseless knew better than to expect fidelity from her. (Or so she assumed).

It was one of Lorcan Scamander's better qualities. Along with a fine body and masterful kissing abilities, Lorcan didn't for a second think that Lily Luna Potter wouldn't kiss another bloke if she was given half a chance. But if she so much as twitched a finger in his direction he was more than willing to climb into a broom closet with her or, as in this case, lead her off his grandfather's house and snog her senseless on his mum's old bed.

It started the way it always did for them. Lily had an itch and Lorcan knew just where to scratch. Perhaps because they'd known each other so long and some sort of friend-snog sensor had developed between them. He always knew when she needed a kiss. Whether it was because she was feeling a little kiss hungry or because she needed the comfort only his embrace offered. Whatever it was when she needed it he was there. She just thanked Merlin they were in the same House. Lysander had ended up in Ravenclaw like his mum and Lorcan was in Gryffindor with her.

Anyway, Lily was surrounded by lovey-doveyness at Rose and Scorpius' wedding reception in late August watching the sickeningly happy couple dance together for the first time, neither one could keep from smiling for longer than a second. Rose had seen fit to punish Lily by making her maid of honor like it was some kind of thank you for saving the newlyweds relationship. It didn't help that she looked really cute in her dress and that the party was swarming with Scorpius' Greengrass relatives. One of his barmy cousins was trying to charm her, he refused to take a hint. Lily yawned again and still he remained.

She sent a look across the dance floor to where Lorcan stood with a female Greengrass. He looked up, knowing she was watching him. Lorcan bid farewell to the girl and came right over. How he knew she would never know.

"Got a book I wanted to show you, Potter," he said, oh so casually. Didn't want the fam to find out and ruin everything, did they?

"Brilliant, Scamander," she said, getting up. "You know how seriously I take my studies." He rolled his eyes.

She didn't bother excusing herself from the Greengrass, instead she let Lorcan lead her over the hill to the tower that Xeno Lovegood called home. He was off at the wedding and would be for several hours, so the place was quiet, private, safe and perfect. When her family was ready to go they wouldn't have to look far and when they found her they would have no idea what she'd been up to. The whole family knew she and Lorcan were just friends.

Ever the gentleman Lorcan held the door open for her; as soon as it closed behind them his arms were around her. Lily felt him pull her back against his chest, her heart fluttered knowing exactly what was coming and looking forward to it. His mouth latched onto her ear lobe, nibbled and sucked at it until she melted into his arms. Only then did he let her turn around and kiss him properly. His hands moved to her bum, lifted her up and placed her on the dining room table. This was his favorite snogging position because it let him get under her skirt.

Lily hadn't been entirely honest with Rose. When she found out how far her cousin had gone with Scorpius it made her uncomfortable to note that the only bloke she'd let touch her between her legs had never been and would (very likely) never be her boyfriend. Lorcan was the first and only bloke to give her any kind of sexual pleasure. Something about the fact that they would be friends forever made it okay to be that intimate with him. She knew that though they wouldn't ever get together properly he would always be in her life. It was comforting to know that the first bloke she ever kissed was also the first bloke to touch her between her legs.

Over time they migrated up the stairs to Luna's old bed. Lily's skirt was crumpled up around her hips, her legs wrapped around Lorcan's rump as he pressed against her. She ran her fingers through his platinum blonde hair, his lips leaving hickeys and love bit on her throat. One of his hands was running up and down her thigh while the other toyed with her breast. She was left absolutely breathless by his assault on her senses. He was the only guy she'd ever kissed who managed to do that. He knew just how to torture her, just how to tease, how to make her ache for more. It was probably why over the years she kept coming back to him.

Their first kiss hadn't been anything near this intense. It had been an innocent peck on the lips by the lake their first year. Lily had just started getting attention from boys and was concerned about her first kiss. She wanted it to be with someone she knew would be in her life for the rest of her life so she laid it on Lorcan. All of the sudden, mind you. The poor boy hadn't seen it coming and had immediately insisted on a proper kiss. Upset that her first hadn't been that fabulous, Lily agreed. They pressed their mouths together for a full thirty seconds before pulling away and wondering out loud if they'd done it right.

It had gotten better as time passed. Once they'd reached their third year Lily had had at least twenty "boyfriend" (blokes who held her hand in the hallway and kissed her chastely outside of her classrooms and sat with during meals) and had dealt with her first proper break up. As in he dropped her instead of the other way around. Lorcan had come to her rescue as he always did.

"He wanted to snog properly!" she had whaled in the dark depths of the library where he'd dragged her to talk. "I told him no and he dropped me!"

"Did you tell him you'd never snogged a bloke properly before?" Lorcan had asked.

"No, and what does that matter? If I don't want to do more than kiss a boy it's none of his business why, is it?"

"If it's a serious relationship he deserves to know these things," he had rationalized.

"Oh, shut up, Scamander," Lily snapped. "It wasn't serious."

"Then why are upset?"

"Pride."

"And?"

"Perhaps I do want to snog properly… just not with him."

He took the hint and kissed her for the first time since their first year. He held her around her waist and slipped his tongue in her mouth. They both agreed that that made it a real snog. It wasn't until their fourth year that he touched her bum. Her fifth when he touched her breasts and her sixth when he slipped his hand between her legs. Over all that time they managed to keep their… affair sounded right… to themselves. An unspoken agreement that there was no reason to let anyone know considering the fact that they weren't legitimately together anyway.

Over the summer they'd gone a little farther. Lily could honestly say that she knew what Lorcan looked like naked and he knew what she looked like naked. He was the first bloke she'd seen without his clothes on and he was certainly the first and only to see her without her clothes.

But now as they entered their seventh year and graduation loomed closer and closer Lily was beginning to think that they couldn't keep this up indefinitely. Sooner or later he would meet a girl he would want to spend the rest of his life with and Lily would have to deal with it. Before that though she'd have to make sure they reached the finale together. They'd done everything else, it was only appropriate.

But right now Lorcan was all hers. Lily smiled as she felt his hand move up her thigh towards her center. He was much more assertive than his mum. One of her favorite things about him was how he would take charge. No other boy she'd been with had had the balls to boss her around.

At the moment Lorcan was doing two things to drive her mental. One hand unsnapped the halter of her dress and pulled the top down to reveal her breasts. Lily tore his button down shirt open so their chests could press against each other. Chest to chest was the best feeling in the world. Her hard nipples rubbing up against the short, coarse hair on his chest, it drove her mad.

His other hand snuck under her knickers.

A few things happened at once. As soon as his fingers touched the bare flesh between her legs, Lily broke the kiss, gasping and arching her back. It felt so good having him so close. His fingers danced over her skin, until two digits thrust into her opening and the heel of his palm rubbed against her clit. She nearly screamed it felt so good. He kept up his assault on her senses as Lily kicked her feet against the bed and moved her hips in time with his fingers. Lorcan's mouth moved down her throat before latching onto a breast. After a few minutes of his fingers inside of her and his mouth moving from one nipple to the other Lily felt herself falling. Knowing her tells Lorcan moved from her breasts and covered her mouth with his, swallowing her satisfied scream.

After she recovered her ability to breath, Lily pushed him off her and onto his back. She unbuckled his trousers, pulled down his boxers and looked at him. His manhood wasn't overly large or thick, but impressive all the same.

(She'd seen a few… bananas and nuts as it were, in naughty Muggle magazines that she hid under her mattress. Lorcan's wasn't anything like that and she thanked Merlin for it. He was just the right size and shape in Lily's opinion and thus far her opinion was the only one that mattered.)

She could so easily imagine him inside of her. She slicked her hand by rubbing it against her moist center before gripping him. She twisted her hand as she moved up and down his length. Being sure to run her thumb over the sensitive head with each pass. He massaged her breasts, plumping them and teasing the nipples, staring right into her eyes as she brought him to completion. He exploded onto his chest with a long loud groan.

"Best. Friend. Ever!" he gasped.

"Oh, shut up," she snapped, without any heat.

Lorcan laughed and pulled his wand from his pocket. With a flick he cleaned them both. Lily got off him and began fixing her clothes. Lorcan watched her the way he had for the last few weeks, before tucking himself back into his trousers. He flicked his wand again to fix his shirt as he got out of bed and came to her side by the mirror.

"I've been thinking-"

"Not while we were in bed, I hope," he said, fixing his tie.

"Cheek will get you-" Lily began while fussing with her hair.

"Everywhere." He kissed her shoulder, reminding her silently of the hickeys and love bites that needed tending to. She pulled her wand from her pocket and vanished each blemish in turn.

"I've been thinking about the future actually," she said. Lorcan froze mid pulling on his dress robes.

"You've peeked my interest, don't leave me hanging," he said. Lily smiled slyly while pulling her high heal sandals on.

"I think we should have sex before we graduated." Never a terribly modest girl all of this was said without the slightest bit of hesitation or blush.

Both now fully dressed and presentable, Lorcan came to stand in front of Lily.

"We- as in you and me?"

"Yes."

"And sex- as in-"

"Insert rod A into slot B, as it were."

Lorcan gaped at her. "You've lost your mind."

"No, I haven't!" Lily insisted, affronted. And to think she thought he'd be flattered.

He turned towards the stairs and threw over his shoulder, "Sex isn't something that people just do, Potter."

Following him, Lily said, "Actually, Scamander, it is."

He scoffed as he led the way out the door and locked it behind them. "That is not what I meant. Normal people, who don't date seven different blokes in seven days, don't just have sex."

"That was not intentional!"

He gave her a very pointed look.

"All right so maybe it was dare, but I won ten galleons off Dominique and nearly gave Albus a heart attack, so I reckon it was worth it. Besides who said anything about dating? We were only kissing."

"Yes, I know I was the one who found you with three of them," Lorcan snapped, as they walked over the hills back to the Burrow.

"No need to get tetchy. It's not as if I've done half of what I've done with you with anyone else." She grabbed his arm to stop him. "Look you've been my first… well everything. My first kiss, my first snog, my first orgasm. You ought to be my first lover."

"I- I- I ought to. Do you hear yourself? You're talking nonsense."

Lily let go of him. A foreign concept had occurred to her. Her forehead scrunched up. "Do- do you not want to have sex with me?" The very idea was ludicrous.

"Don't be ridiculous, Lily, of course I do. I'm seventeen and you're gorgeous. Half our year would kill to be in my position."

"And yet there's a problem."

"Yes there's a bloody problem."

"Well what is it?"

He sighed and continued walking. "After all these years, Potter and you still don't get it."

"Don't get what?"

They reached the edge of the party but remained in the shadows. "If you won't tell me that's fine. And if you won't have sex with me that's fine as well. I'll just find someone else-"

She hadn't finished the word before Lorcan had grabbed her by her shoulders and got in her face. "You wouldn't dare."

"I don't want to. You're the only bloke who's ever been able to handle me, Scamander. The only one who's ever been strong enough for me. You're my oldest male friend who I'm not related to and I want you to take my virginity. I don't want anyone else."

"So it's all about you, is it Potter? It doesn't matter what I want-"

"Of course it does! It's not like we'll be having sex with you just laying there passively. I want you to be an… active participant. So what do you want, Lorcan? I'll make you breakfast," she offered. He shook his head and pulled away, clearly not seeing that coming. "My parents will be at work tomorrow. Both James and Albus have moved out. We'll have the whole house to ourselves. Come over in the morning, I'll make you breakfast than we can go up to my room and-"

She caught sight of her mother over Lorcan's shoulder. Ginny Potter was heading her daughter's way, fast.

"Make up your bloody mind, will you?"

"I'm not having sex with you for a meal."

"How about two? Breakfast and lunch?"

"No." There was no fire in his voice now. It was calm. He knew what he wanted. Which was good because her mum was getting closer.

"What then?"

He licked his lips and crossed his arms. "I want you to be my girlfriend."

Lily snorted. "No, seriously what do you want?"

"What I want is for you to be my girlfriend. What do you say?"

"You've lost your mind!"

"That's what I want, Lily. It's up to you. I'll be by tomorrow, make up your mind by then."

Lily gaped at him as he walked away. Her mum approached her a moment later.

"Are you all right, dear?" she asked.

Lily blinked and looked back at her mother. "Yes. Sorry. A Greengrass was bothering me so Lorcan dragged me off to his granddad's house."

"Of course, well your father and I are heading home. Are you coming? You can stay a little later if you'd like."

Lily looked over at Lorcan. He was back with the Greengrass whore he'd been talking to before coming to her aid. Well she certainly didn't have anything more to say to him.

"Yeah, let's go."

Lily sat in the living room watching dad's Muggle television the next morning waiting for Lorcan. He said he'd be there and he had yet to break a promise to her. Beyond that she'd made up her mind. First kiss, first snog, first orgasm – why not first boyfriend. Well, first proper boyfriend anyway. It wasn't going to be anything serious. Not like what Rose and Scorpius had. Lily wouldn't have to worry about whether or not Lorcan was her boyfriend. They were going to get that all settled today. There wouldn't be any drama either. Because it was only temporary.

Right, only temporary. Only until they had sex. How long did normal people wait to have sex? Like a month or two? Lily could date Lorcan for a month or two. She could last that long. Besides she liked Lorcan. They hung out all the time at school. How could this be all that different? Except now when she wanted a snog she could immediately go to him instead of having to flirt with some bloke who might end up being a prude or wanting more than she was willing to give. Lorcan knew her limits and now knew that he could push them to the very end. This would be good. Very good.

Lily heard the door open, but didn't bother turning around. She knew that the only people who actually knew where her house was were friends. Whoever it was, was definitely friendly. She heard them walk to the kitchen and figured it was one of her brothers. They always made a bee-line for the kitchen whenever they came home. She realized a few minutes later that she was wrong when she smelled food cooking. Her brothers never cooked. It was ready made or starvation.

She got up and went to the kitchen. Lorcan stood at the stove frying up an egg. "Fried egg sandwich?" he offered.

"I already ate," she said.

He dumped the egg between two slices of bread and ate it in three bites. "So, you made up your mind?"

"Right to business, I see?"

"Not business… romance."

"It's not very romantic, you blackmailing me into dating you," Lily snapped.

"Blackmailing? Really?"

"Yes! The only way I get to lose my virginity the way I want to is by being your girlfriend. You have something I want and you're making me do something I don't want to do in exchange."

He stared at her for a second before flipping a mint into his mouth. "Fine. Blackmail. If that's the way it's going to be then I think rules are in order."

"Rules? Really?"

"Yeah, rules. Now let's see… We'll have sex over Easter Break-"

"That's eight months away!" She couldn't be someone's girlfriend for eight months!

"Exactly. This way we'll have to be together over Winter Break. We'll have to tell the family."

"Gran Molly will be planning our wedding before the end of dinner!"

"Worse things could happen."

"I don't see how!" Lily exclaimed.

"What is this fear of commitment? Honestly it's like I'm asking you to murder someone-"

"You are!" Lily insisted. "You're asking me to murder me!"

"Oh, so dramatic," Lorcan said, rolling his eyes. "Do you have any idea what the guys in our year say about you?"

Lily's mouth dropped open. Where had that come from? "What're you talking about?"

"You have no idea how many blokes I've given detentions to for calling you a slag? You might think it's all in good fun but guys are arseholes and when you snog a bloke and then ditch him for another he going to call you easy."

"I'm not easy! I just enjoy casual snog-based relationships."

"You mean liaisons," Lorcan corrected.

"I know what I mean, thank you very much," Lily said, tensely. "What do you think? Do you think I'm easy?"

He shrugged. "I think that you know none of those guys are right for you and you've been running like hell from the one bloke who is. Why? I'll never know."

"Who are you talking about?"

"Merlin, you're dense. I'm talking about me."

"That's nonsense. I've never run from you. In fact I recall running to you upon occasion."

Lorcan rolled his eyes and walked past her. Lily followed him as he made his way up to her room. "What are you doing up here?" He pulled his shirt off. "What are you doing?"

He wrapped his arm around her waist, leaned his head down and sucked her ear lobe into his mouth. Lily gripped his arms, holding him close. "I'm hoping to change your mind," he whispered, kissing his way down her throat. "You are the most amazing person in my life. Do I think you're easy? No way. You're the most complicated difficult woman in the world. And I want you anyway. So, will you be my girlfriend for eight measly months?"

Lily bit her lip. Eight months wasn't too much longer than she intended. Besides this was Lorcan. Even if he was being dense and stupid about them being together. Instead of answering Lily slipped her tank top over her head. She wasn't wearing a bra.

Lorcan smirked. He wasn't looking her in the eye. "Very nice, but are you going to answer me?"

"Can't we just snog and leave it at that?" Lily asked petulantly.

He pulled her close and kissed her. "No. Tell me I'm your boyfriend and then I'll snog you."

Lily pressed her lips to his and whispered, "Blackmail." Lorcan snorted. "Fine. You're my boyfriend."

"Not very enthusiastic but I'll take it."

He picked her up and carried her over to the bed. They fell onto the mattress together, with him on top. He unsnapped her jeans, pulled them down with her knickers. Lily felt lust burn through her chest as his eyes ate her up. She touched his cheek bringing his eyes back to hers.

"We don't have to wait, you know?"

He shook his head, "No, no we don't. But we're going to."

Lily growled in frustration. Lorcan ignored her and laid next to her. "I want to try something. You interested?" Lily reached to his belt, but Lorcan brushed her hand away.

"I trust you," she said.

Lorcan pushed Lily onto her back, gently spread her legs and fell into the cradle. She hiked her legs around his waist. They lay still for a moment, her enjoying the rough texture of his jean clad erection against her center. He rubbed up against her and she nearly screamed it felt so good.

"That's it, love," he whispered.

He sealed his mouth over hers and continued to thrust against her. Her hips began to move in sync with his and her nails dug into his back. With every upward thrust the tip of his erection brushed against her clit. She felt moisture leaking from her, soaking the front of his jeans. It was the single most satisfying moment of her life. They kept up this dance until Lily fell to pieces in his arms.

As soon as she recovered she pulled him from his trousers and rubbed him to completion. They lay together for a few minutes, Lily lost in pleasure.

Hell, she thought, if dating is anything like this I might actually enjoy it.