A/N: I really love this paring, but there are almost no stories that are long enough for my liking, and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who thinks this, so I tried to give it a go. I hope you like it.
- - - Jenna
My name is Lily Potter. I am the youngest child of Harry and Ginny Potter and this is my story. The story of how I fell in love with my brother's best friend who is also the child of my father's former enemy. I suppose I should start on that early October morning of Albus' first year at Hogwarts.
I was sitting in a window seat in my bedroom in our eldest and grandest house that dad inherited from his father who inherited it from his father and so on and so forth. It was the Peverell Mansion at some point in time dad told me once in utter secrecy, but was now called Potter Manor. No one was supposed to know about that side of our ancestry for some reason. Maybe it was the money that came from being a Peverell or the Deathly Hallows, who knows? Anyways, I was sitting there looking at the Scottish countryside, and missing the coziness of Godric's Hallow when Jilly, one of our youngest house elves, popped in giving me a letter from Al.
Hey Lily!
I miss you, but it is fun here. You're going to love it. I'm the new Gryffindor Seeker. I've made a few friends. My best friend is our house keeper. You can't tell mum or dad about who he is. I'm going to tell them soon. I promise. His name is Scorpius Malfoy.
My brother is best friends with a Malfoy? What is going on? Dad is going to kill him. That's all I could think at the time. I was freaking out.
I know what you're thinking. Calm down, Lily. He's nothing like the stories dad told us about his father. He's really nice. He's smart too. Like almost as smart as you! You'd like him. Have fun in Scotland Lil.
I love you,
Albus.
P.S. James said he'll write you this afternoon.
P.P.S. You're still my favorite.
The last two lines of my brother's letter made me smile. My brothers may fight amongst themselves all the time, but I'm their pride and joy. They would quite literally kill someone before they let said someone hurt me. James was my protector. The poster boy for all big brothers, and Albus was my best friend. We did everything together. I had a hard time getting used to being the only child at home. It was lonely. I spent a lot of time with Teddy in the beginning.
I kept Al's secret for exactly three and a half weeks until my parents got a letter from him telling them animatedly about all the friends he'd made including 'Scor'. I tried so hard not to laugh as dad's expression when from looking concerned to angry to scared to worried to confused and back to concern. He turned and looked at me.
"Lily, did you know anything about this?" he asked me in a gentle tone. Of course he would know I knew.
"Of course I did, daddy. He told me about a month ago," I told my father honestly, "I was obligated not to tell you. I was practically sworn to secrecy," I told him trying not to laugh again as his look turned into that all knowing parent look.
"Have you ever talked to him? Scorpius I mean" dad asked.
"Uh, No? He's Al's friend not mine. Give him a chance. Not all children are like their parents. I mean look at Gabby, She's nothing like Neville or Hannah, and she's still their child," I pointed out.
He looked thoughtful while he thought of little Gabby Longbottom with her dark curly hair, big brown eyes, and personality the opposite of Neville and Hannah's. "I suppose you're right, Lil."
"I usually am," I told him smiling my smile that could turn daddy into my personal slave before walking away.
A week before Christmas Al asked if Scorpius could stay with us for Christmas, because his parents had some sort of business emergency. Dad's automatic reaction was to say no, but my mother quickly talked him into saying yes.
The day we left Godric's Hallow to go pick up the boys at the train station it was snowing, so daddy decided we were going to Apparite to London. James was the first off the train. He walked over and picked me up hugging me to his chest, "James, put me down. I'm not a baby anymore!" I complained. He squeezed me tighter before setting me down.
Albus had walked up with who I supposed was Scorpius. He was quite a few centimeters taller than Al with hair that was so blonde it was almost silver, and the most beautiful grey eyes I'd ever seen that complimented his ultra-pale skin perfectly. Albus introduced him to our parents first and then it was my turn.
"Hello it's nice to meet you," I said shaking his hand. He smiled down at me without saying anything. His smile woke something up inside me that would never go back to sleep. As I looked into his eyes my crush began. That Christmas was an interesting one for sure, especially when we went to the burrow. After that the next four years went by so fast. This is when the story truly begins.
The last few of months of my fourth year things started to change. Mine and Scor's relationship began to change. We had lingering glances, his hugs seemed longer and more intimate than before, we had a stolen kiss here and there, and every time he looked at me or touched me my heart fluttered and my stomach knotted.
It was June twentieth and my fifteenth birthday. Victoire and I had decided to have my party on the Mediterranean coast of France. We couldn't seem to figure out who was going to Apparite with who until James shouted, "Merlin's Beard! Lily, you and Scor come with me. Al you can go with mum and dad or just do your own thing!"
James grabbed my hand, and Scor gently held onto my hand with shaking fingers. I looked up at the young man who was a head taller than my five feet tall and smiled. He smiled back and then we were gone.
Moments later we were on a French beach and my brother was looking at me with a cocky smile. I slapped him in the face and practically screamed, "James Sirius Potter! If you ever Apparite without telling me again I swear to God I will hit you!"
"Lil, calm down," Scorpius told me. Placing his hand on my back
I turned around and looked in those calming grey eyes. Ugh. He was right I needed to calm down. It wasn't like he killed someone. "Sorry, I hate Appariting as it is. He doesn't have to make it more traumatic for me," I told him with a sigh.
James started laughing. I turned and glared at him before ripping my hand out of his. I took off my navy polo and short khaki shorts. No one seemed to notice how skimpy my bikini was besides Scorp, but then again no one besides me seemed to notice how amazingly sculpted his chest was, he had taken his shirt off as I was taking of my clothes off I guess. He smiled at me before throwing me over his shoulder like I weighed nothing and ran to the water.
"SCORPIUS HYPERION MALFOY! PUT ME DOWN!" I screamed while trying and failing not to giggle.
He paused as if thinking about it. "Okay, if you insist," he said dropping me into the ocean.
I put my hands on his shoulders to keep my head above the water. "I hate you," I told him with an adoring smile.
"Is that so?" He asked before kissing me. The moment his lips touched mine my brain stopped working and my body took over. I knotted my fingers in his hair, while his hands were around my waist crushing my body to his. We kissed until we were out of breath. I turned and saw my entire family. Everyone was beaming or whistling beside Teddy, Rose and Al. Al looked very disgruntled and Teddy was glaring at his very happy, very pregnant wife. While rose looked utterly confused. I looked at Victoire who was beaming at us with her hands on her protruding tummy.
I turned and looked at a very pleased looking Scorpius. "You two planned this, didn't you?" I accused.
He laughed, "of course we did. Do you not like it?" he asked me playfully.
"Of course I love it," I said smiling at him before turning serious, "We need to talk about what this means, what we are, and we need to tell your parents," I paused to groan, "and grandmother," We both knew Narcissa was most likely going to be very opposed to this.
"Yes I agree we do need to talk. Our friends won't be here for a couple of hours. Let's take a walk and talk about this," he said pulling me out of the water.
Victoire was the first to hug me. "Oh, Lily, It's about time! The two of you have been in love for so long! I can't believe you kept it a secret for so long!" she cried hugging.
I laughed, "Thank you, but I must give you some credit. Your choice of clothing for today helped I'm sure," I told her. I put my hands on my Godchild and whispered, "Hey baby, you missed it, but don't worry. I'm sure your mummy has pictures. I love you, pumpkin." I kissed her stomach before I turned to Teddy. He looked so sad, "Hey, don't look like that," I told him wrapping my arms around his waist laying my head on his chest.
"Sorry, Lils, it's just hard. I can still remember the day you were born so clearly. It's hard to watch you turn into a woman. You won't be my Lilybug anymore," he told me kissing my forehead.
Sometimes I forgot that Teddy wasn't my brother. He loved me so much it was almost hard to comprehend how much. I looked up at his and said, "I will always be your Lilybug to some extent, Lupe, I'm just growing up. This is what happens," I told him.
He laughed looking me up and down. Dad interrupted before he had a chance to answer, "Yes, we can all tell. Did you really think you needed that little clothing to get Scorpius' attention?" he asked.
I smiled at Scorp who was talking to my mother. "Of course I didn't," mentally adding he's seen me in much less, "Victoire picked out todays attire," I told him. Turning to see a group of people around Scorpius "Alright, we'd love to stay and chat but there really are some things we need to discuss," I told them all in a rather loud voice before grabbing Scorpius' hand and walking away from my family.
The moment we were far enough away that they couldn't hear us I asked the question I'd been wondering since he kissed me in front of my family, "How long have you known?" I asked him.
"Well, you know when I decided to tell you, but I realized sneaking around wasn't an option the week after the quidditch match when you got hit with a bludger and fell of your broom breaking your arm. My patronus changed to yours," he told me while looking at our hands.
I knew what he was implying. He loved me, and quite frankly I loved him. I always have. I pulled his face up so he had to look at me. "I love you, too. It might be too soon to say that if you weren't my best friend, but you are. It's not a crime to be in love, honey. I am sorry that your patronus doe, though," I told him in complete honesty.
He wrapped his arms around me and kissed me passionately, "I could get used to this," he whispered against my mouth before pulling away. He looked deep into my eyes. "I love you, Lily," he told me.
"I love you, too, Scorpius," I told him before kissing him. When we pulled apart we got down to business and decided to tell his parents the next night, and his grandmother was going to find out during the Christmas holiday.
By the time we got everything settled it was time to head back to the part of the beach where I was having my party. People were just starting to show up when we got there. Gabby and James were holding hands. "When did that happen?" I whispered to Scorp. He merely shrugged. The moment gabby saw me she pulled away from my brother and ran to me. "Are you two like together?" she asked us.
Scorp snorted and replayed sarcastically, "No I've just got my arms around her waist because it's cold.'
She stuck her tongue out at him before looking at me, "We'll talk about this later," she told me before going back over to James.
Bridgett Thomas was the next to come towards us, "Happy birthday, flower. Oh and congratulations," she said hugging me. She was one of our best beaters.
"Thanks," I said giving her a hug before walking over to Luna who was rocking back and forth on her heels while Lysander looked utterly pissed.
"Goodness, Luna, why are you so happy?" I asked her before hugging Lysander.
"She's been like this all day," he whispered in my ear.
"Because my little goddaughter is in love!" she practically sang. Leave it to Luna to get overly excited about this. "Go and have fun we'll have time to talk about this later," she told me.
Kathleen was the next to come up. She was a couple of inches shorter than me and looked just like Scorpius' mum. She crossed her arms and looked at her cousin, "I swear to God if you hurt her I will never speak to you again." She was so cute with her slightly Russian accent from spending so much time in Saint Petersburg with her dad.
He laughed before letting go of me and hugging his younger cousin, "I'm not going to hurt her. I promise," he told her. This made me so happy. I couldn't imagine being hurt by Scorpius. Just thinking about it pulled at my heart strings.
The rest of the afternoon went by pretty much as planned. We swam and the boys ate pretty much everything and the girls tanned. Everyone was curious about me and Scorpius, but that was to be expected. It was really one of my best birthdays, but that could've been Scorpius' doing.
After all of our friends went home we all headed to number 12 Grimmauld Place where I was expected to open my presents. We were all sitting around the living room when I opened my presents. Uncle Ron got me a new broom. Aunt Hermione got me a few books. Uncle George gave me a gift card to his store for some reason even though he gives me 'family discounts'. Aunt Fleur and Uncle Bill got me a kitten I named Coco because of her brow coat. Uncle Charlie got me concert tickets. Grandma and grandpa got me an owl which I wanted so much. I named her Moony. Teddy and Victoire gave me a gift card to Topshop, my favorite muggle clothing store. All of my cousins besides Victoire made me a scrap book with all of our childhood memories in it. My parents and brothers gave me dad's invisibility cloak.
"Daddy," I breathed. I couldn't believe he was giving me his cloak it was from his parents. How could he give this to me? I got up from my spot next to Scorp and sat in my daddy's lap, "I can't believe you gave this to me." I cried into his chest not only because he gave me the cloak but also for my grandparents that most of us didn't even get to meet. How was it possible to miss someone you don't even know? After I was done crying I hugged him, "Thank you daddy."
He beamed at me, "You're more than welcome."
Sometime later everyone was sitting around talked while I read one of my new books and Scorpius played with my hair when my mother told everyone to go to bed. While Scorpius and I were about to leave she said, "You two stay."
"What's up?" I asked her when the others were gone. This was weird. I knew my mother was up to something.
She smiled at me, "Nothing, Lily, I just thought you two would want some alone time," she told me before kissing my forehead and going upstairs.
"That wasn't weird or anything," I told a very happy looking Scorpius.
"She did it for me. I wanted to give you your birthday present in private," he told me pulling me into his arms.
"I thought you already gave me my present?" asked. I really didn't need anything else. He'd given me the thing I wanted most in this world.
"Not quite," he said as a blue Tiffany's box floated into my hands. I opened it to see the beautiful platinum and diamond Tiffany Keys necklace I looked at the muggle mall the weekend before. I know how much this cost, and I cannot believe he bought it.
"Oh Scorpius it's beautiful," I told him wrapping my arms around his neck.
"I thought you'd like it," he said smugly.
"Well I do," I told him before pulling his head down so I could kiss him.
"What did I ever do to deserve you?" he asked against my lips
"You've loved me every day for the past six and a half years," it told him before pressing my body against him. I twined my hands in his hair and brought his mouth to mine.
We made out until about midnight when he said, "It's pretty late, and we have a big day tomorrow."
"Don't remind me," I told him walking towards the stair when I remembered I had plans in the morning. "Oh and I'm going to London with Gabby and Victoire in the morning get a dress."
'Okay. I'll see you in the morning. Good night I love you," he told me. It makes my stomach so fluttery when he says that. I've wanted to hear him say it for so long.
"I love you too," I told him before going to my room.
A/N: Thank you for reading. Merry Christmas. Review? (:
