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The fire crackled as the children of the Weasley-Potter clan sat down around it in the burrow. Christmas decorations still hung around the home from the holiday a few days ago, and their stomachs were full with left over Christmas pie.

The children talked and laughed amongst each other, weaving there way in and out of the conversations surrounding them; Lily Potter being the one to connect them all.

"So boys, and lady," she said turning quickly to her older cousin Rose who just rolled her eyes and smiled, Lily and Rose had grown used to being surrounded by men mostly. "What are our plans before our eventual return to school?"

All of the kids looked towards each other, deciding on which way was best to spend the New Year. Six sets of green and brown eyes grew extremely mischievous, while one set of grey ones sat contemplatively, watching the family before him concoct another one of their ingenious plots.

"We can break into Uncle George's store again, and set off fireworks in Diagon alley," Hugo offered, as had been their great adventure last year. Hugo was the same age as Lily; he had longer red hair than any of the boys, and it hung in his bright blue eyes despite his mother's attempts to trim it almost weekly.

"That was awesome!" Albus, Lily's older brother said high fiving Hugo. Albus had his father's hair, and his mothers chocolate brown eyes, and unlike his older brother James, he did not need glasses.

"Oh boys, please," interrupted Rose. She was the second oldest of their group and as long as any of them had remembered she had always held a certain dignified air about her. She flipped her strawberry blonde curls behind her head in one swift moment before adding, "Can we think of something more original? Plus, Uncle George will make us be the test dummies again and I don't think anyone wants to walk around with purple spots for another two weeks."

This caused them all to laugh as they recalled their punishment for last year's escapades.

"What about you Scorpious? Any fresh ideas?" Lily asked. Although Lily was the youngest of the group, she found it easy to run around with her seventh year brother, cousin, and friend. She was as tall as her eldest brother James, and she had beautiful auburn color hair that fell past her shoulders. She had a light sprinkling of freckles that were only visible when you were a breath away from her, and she had her fathers bright green eyes that were most noted by her family.

"Fresh out, squirt," Scorpious replied and they all watched as Lily's cheeks flushed a light rouge. Scorpious was none other than Draco Malfoy's only son, and despite the initial dislike of the name, Albus and he had become the best of friends when Albus had been placed in Slythern his first day at Hogwarts seven years ago. Subsequently he had been enveloped into the family with welcome arms and was almost like another brother or cousin… almost.

His shocking blond hair was one factor that ultimately separated him from the other Potter's and Weasley's, and his stormy grey eyes were foreign to the other families as well. Scorpious was deadly attractive, breaking girls hearts with a single glance, but the effects of his good looks were lost on the people surrounding them… most of them.

"Well I don't know about the rest of you, but I for one am going to that club tomorrow night," James said. He was the oldest of the children, and he was out of Hogwarts. Holding a steady job as a low level auror, he was slowly working his way up the ladder to take over the position his father held, but that was met by much scrutiny amongst the magical community. Besides the fact that James was a spitting image of his father, the fact that another Potter would one day be in charge of the auror department lead people to believe that the system would be forever rigged; James on the other hand, could careless what people thought and knew that it would be his talent instead of his name to take him places.

"Club? What club?" Rose asked, for once she had been left out of the loop.

"Oh you haven't been privy to James' new apple of his eye?" Lily asked immediately, getting up on her knees.

"At least that makes one of us," Albus quickly interjected. "Oh Violet!" he said in his most romantic voice possible mocking his brother.

"With her long, wavy, chestnut hair," Lily added.

"And hazel eyes… oh and those eye lashes!" Albus replied.

"And those lips!"

"And nose!"

"And breasts!"

"That's enough," James replied also flushed in the cheeks. "You, Lily, were not supposed to hear that last part."

"James, I am the sister to James and Albus Potter, do you really think that you can get away with saying anything and I won't hear?" she teased smiling at him triumphantly.

"But I still don't understand!" Rose cried and everyone laughed. "Who is she? Certainly not Violet Boot? With that nose, and those teeth, and… yuck," she said which only added to the laughter. "And what about a club?"

"Big old brother here has a thing for a muggle girl who bartends at a club around the corner from the leaky cauldron, you know, on the main drag in the heart of London," Lily said matter of fact.

"A muggle? Who knew you would take grand pop's advice to heart, or to bed, which ever you prefer," Rose retorted. Their grandfather, Arthur Weasley had always encouraged them to not be ignorant to the muggle world shouldered with their magical one.

"Oh Rosie, sometimes I think being surrounded by men has truly diluted the femaleness of your mind," James replied which caused the other boys to nod in agreement.

"I hardly see any men around me," she said offhandedly and winked at Lily who nodded in return.

"So, are we in agreement, Violet's club tomorrow night?" Lily asked, she was excited at the prospect.

"As long as you don't cramp my style," James said warningly to his family.

"I'm in," was chorused around the room, Lily had been watching one person in particular though who had not given a definite answer.

"Good, now I need to get my beauty sleep if I intend to see Violet tomorrow," James said playing along with his brother and sister's interpretation of him in respect to the muggle.

The rest of the family rose up to follow suit, but Lily hung around waiting for Scorpious to get up last.

"So, are you ready to experience the muggle side of this world?" she asked. As much as Scorpious was experienced in their chaotic and crazy lifestyle, Lily couldn't recall venturing the muggle side of London with him at all. Scorpious gave a soft chuckle, and Lily couldn't help but notice they were trailing behind the others as they walked up to the rickety, yet always reinforced steps of the burrow.

"I never know what to expect from you guys when I walk into this house," he replied which made her smile. She liked surprising Scorpious with her family's antics; it gave her hope that she could continue to surprise him.

"Don't worry about it, it'll be like any other dance at school, except McGonagall won't come around to everyone separating them with a charm," Lily said, and she hoped Scorpious could hear her happiness about this fact in her voice.

"I'm sure it will be an interesting night," he said and Lily's smile grew.

"Oh come on, it's us, it's always interesting," she said as they reached the door to her bedroom she shared with Rose over the holidays. "And don't worry, I won't let the big bad muggles get you!" she teased with fondness which made him chuckle.

"I can always count on you, Lily," he said, and the way he said her name made her melt just a little bit inside.

"Well, good night Scorpious," she said and with a brief peck on his cheek, and without a moment's hesitation to gage his reaction she spun around and entered her bedroom.

'That wasn't too much was it? I do that to James and Albus all the time… at least I could…' she thought hastily. Maybe it had been a mistake.

"No, Lily, it wasn't," Rose replied as she lay on her stomach flipping through a magazine, she and Lily had grown so close over the years that they could practically read each other's minds, and from her hasty entrance Lily was sure Rose had known what she had done.

Scorpious lingered in front of the door a few seconds longer, touching his cheeks where her lips had just been.

'She does that to her brother's all the time…' he thought to himself as he turned to head up another flight of stairs. He couldn't help but notice a distant disappointment at this thought, but he was unsure why. 'Lily is just like the little sister I never had.' He reminded himself firmly as he entered the bedroom he shared with her older brothers, pushing away the thoughts and possible feelings that shouldn't and 'aren't' he reminded him self, feeling.

"Oh Rosie, I don't know what to do," Lily complained as she changed into her pajama's of emerald green shorts and a grey shirt with a snake on it. She, like Albus and Scorpious, was in Slythern, and proud of it.

"Lils, just relax, thinking into it too much will make it not work out," Rose reassured her as Lily flopped down on her bed with a soft thud.

"I just can't get over the feeling that I'll never be anything more than a sister to him, and even if he can look past that I'd still just be a little girl," she replied and rolled over, Rose laughed slightly.

"You're sixteen! Lily if you want to get his attention, you just have to make him see you're not a little girl, and remind him that he certainly isn't a member of your family… yet." Rose's words hung in the air as Lily contemplated them, a signature smirk growing on her face.

"Thanks Rosie," she said and turned off the light. She laid her head on the pillow and as thinking about ways to do just that, she fell asleep.