p style="margin: 1em 0px; color: #666769; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"The cold, hard concrete that floored the old astronomy tower made Scorpius shiver as he laid himself down on the ground for the last time. His 7th year at Hogwarts School for Witch Craft and Wizardry had flown by and now he laid, listening to the music coming from the great hall blast around the grounds as he tried to come to terms with the fact that this would be his last night at the place he had come to see as a second home over the last 7 years./p
p style="margin: 1em 0px; color: #666769; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;""What are you doing up here?" the redhead asked, looking down at her boyfriend. His long legs were out in front of him, one precariously balanced on top of the other and a tanned arm was crossed behind his head as his white hair tickled his forehead./p
p style="margin: 1em 0px; color: #666769; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;""What am I doing up here? The question is, what are you doing up here? You aren't even supposed to be out of your dorm". A sarcastic laugh left Lily's lips as she sat cross-legged on the ground next to her boyfriend, placing a hand on his chest which he quickly covered with his own. /p
p style="margin: 1em 0px; color: #666769; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;""Why are you hiding out when there's a whole graduation party being thrown for you downstairs?"/p
p style="margin: 1em 0px; color: #666769; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;""I just-, this is the last day of just being Scorpius Malfoy the prototype, tomorrow I am done, I am just Scorpius Malfoy. I'm supposed to be able to look after myself, I'm not supposed to forget spells or need someone to guide me anymore. I'm on my own. It's weird, I've looked forward to this day for so long and now that it's here I just wish I could wind back the clock, go back to the day where I first got on that train, when I first met Al, when I first met you. When I first got here it was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen. I was excited to get up for classes and stumble my way through the halls until I finally found the right room, over time it just became routine; I forgot to see the beauty in it, now I'm dreading ever having to leave"./p
p style="margin: 1em 0px; color: #666769; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;""Jesus Scor, I would do anything to be leaving with you tomorrow. I know you're scared but there is so much more beyond these grounds, so much more beauty you have yet to see. Leaving school doesn't mean that you're done, it means that Scorpius the student is done, now it's time for-" she paused to think of her words while Scorpius played with her hand, "now it's time for intermediate Scorpius, adventurous Scorpius, the one who gets to screw up and experience things for himself. You're only done when you chose to be done, you only stop growing when you chose to close your mind to new experiences and possibilities"./p
p style="margin: 1em 0px; color: #666769; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;""A true poet" he laughed, pushing himself up off the ground and pulling Lily into a kiss./p
p style="margin: 1em 0px; color: #666769; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"Scorpius may have been scared of what awaited him beyond the Hogwarts grounds, but he was ready to face it./p
p style="margin: 1em 0px; color: #666769; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;""What are you doing up here?" the redhead asked, looking down at her boyfriend. His long legs were out in front of him, one precariously balanced on top of the other and a tanned arm was crossed behind his head as his white hair tickled his forehead./p
p style="margin: 1em 0px; color: #666769; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;""What am I doing up here? The question is, what are you doing up here? You aren't even supposed to be out of your dorm". A sarcastic laugh left Lily's lips as she sat cross-legged on the ground next to her boyfriend, placing a hand on his chest which he quickly covered with his own. /p
p style="margin: 1em 0px; color: #666769; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;""Why are you hiding out when there's a whole graduation party being thrown for you downstairs?"/p
p style="margin: 1em 0px; color: #666769; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;""I just-, this is the last day of just being Scorpius Malfoy the prototype, tomorrow I am done, I am just Scorpius Malfoy. I'm supposed to be able to look after myself, I'm not supposed to forget spells or need someone to guide me anymore. I'm on my own. It's weird, I've looked forward to this day for so long and now that it's here I just wish I could wind back the clock, go back to the day where I first got on that train, when I first met Al, when I first met you. When I first got here it was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen. I was excited to get up for classes and stumble my way through the halls until I finally found the right room, over time it just became routine; I forgot to see the beauty in it, now I'm dreading ever having to leave"./p
p style="margin: 1em 0px; color: #666769; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;""Jesus Scor, I would do anything to be leaving with you tomorrow. I know you're scared but there is so much more beyond these grounds, so much more beauty you have yet to see. Leaving school doesn't mean that you're done, it means that Scorpius the student is done, now it's time for-" she paused to think of her words while Scorpius played with her hand, "now it's time for intermediate Scorpius, adventurous Scorpius, the one who gets to screw up and experience things for himself. You're only done when you chose to be done, you only stop growing when you chose to close your mind to new experiences and possibilities"./p
p style="margin: 1em 0px; color: #666769; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;""A true poet" he laughed, pushing himself up off the ground and pulling Lily into a kiss./p
p style="margin: 1em 0px; color: #666769; font-family: Cabin, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"Scorpius may have been scared of what awaited him beyond the Hogwarts grounds, but he was ready to face it./p