The eighteen year old Lily Luna Potter sat on her bed in her bedroom at her parents' house for the last time. The walls, where Gryffindor posters and pictures had hung for years were now blank, all her furniture gone, it was empty. She and Scorpius were finally buying their own house together. She was the last Potter child in the house, James had left ages ago and was now happily married with a beautiful daughter, and Albus lived in a comfortable apartment with his girlfriend, Kelly Goyle, who also happened to be Lilys best friend since second year. For once, everything was going perfect in her life, and she was determined not to let anything mess that up. She thought about how amazing it was going to be living with Scorpius. They were both Aurors, so they saw each other every day, but it wouldn't be the same as living together. James was also an Auror, and Harry was head of the Auror office, so they never had any privacy. Not that she didn't love working with her brother and father, but it was going to be so nice to be alone with Scorpius every single day. She couldn't be happier that she was at that moment. She slowly stood up as her mother approached her, arms open for a hug, "I'm going to miss you," Lily admitted to her mother; they'd always had a close relationship.
Ginny let Lily go, smiling at her with tears glistening in her eyes, "I'm so proud of the terrific, independent woman you have turned out to be," Ginny said with her lip quivering. Even though two of her children had moved out before, it hadn't gotten any easier. She actually felt Lily moving out was the hardest to deal with, because this was her youngest child, it'd only be her and Harry in the house, she thought about how she would definitely have to take on more hours writing for the daily prophet, "Oh look at me," she said with a laugh, wiping away the tears that were coming down her face, "I'm crying, what a surprise."
Lily half smiled as she put her hand on her mums shoulder, looking into her eyes, assuring her, "I'll visit so much, mum. And you're welcome at our place anytime," if there was one thing Lily hated seeing, it was her mum crying. Then Lily, without warning, felt tears pouring down her cheeks and laughed along with her mum, "Oh, look what you did," she joked, "Now I'm crying."
Before Ginny could respond to her daughter, Scorpius entered to room, smiling. When he saw their tears he held his hands in the air and backed away slowly, "Crying girls are not my thing," then he slowly backed around the corner, causing the women to laugh harder. That's one of the reasons that Lily had fallen for Scorpius; he had the best sense of humor, and it made everyone's day just a little brighter. A moment later he appeared again, this time serious, and walked into the room, hugging each of the girls with one arm, "I promise we'll make it over for family dinner every Wednesday, and you're welcome at our place any time, Ginny."
Ginny loved how this boy could go from comedian as the century to the biggest sweetheart ever in 5 seconds flat. Though she was sad Lily was leaving, she knew that Lily couldn't leave with a better guy. She smiled as she stepped away from the couple, watching as Lily leaned her head tiredly on Scorpius' chest, and how he stroked her hair. She surprised even herself when she said, "Oh, to hell with Ginny. Call me mum!" Scorpius and Lily both gazed at her, happily; she hadn't even invited James' wife to call her mum. She then saw the tired look in both their eyes and stepped into the hallway, "You two should get going," she said, and before anyone could respond and make her go hysterical, she ran into her room and shut the door, watching out the window.
Lily sighed into Scorpius' chest, then looked up at him, smiling, "I love you so much," she told him. And she didn't tell him that out of habit, or because she felt there was nothing else to say, but because with every waking moment she felt her love and affection for him grow, with every little thing he did, "I can't wait to start my life with you."
Scorpius kissed her forehead as he walked to the other side of the room, picking up her last box of things, which Lily had left last time on purpose, just to be sure that she could have a reason to come back, just once more. He smiled at the love of his life, who was his reason to breathe, "You ready to go?"
Lily took in a deep breath, taking one last look around the room and shoving her hands in her pockets, "As ready as I'll ever be," she responded, and they both slowly walked down the stairs, to find Harry waiting by the door. Lily lost it and ran into his arms, crying again, burying her head into his shoulder as if she were five year old again, "I'll miss you so much, daddy."
Harry smiled down at his daughter. Earlier, he had convinced himself that he wouldn't cry, but now, that promise was useless as tears threatened to pour out of his eyes. He hadn't cried when James or Albus moved out, though he loved his sons just as much as he loved Lily. But, Lily was his little girl. He'd hoped she'd somehow never grow up. He didn't say a word as he kissed her cheek and opened to door for her, but put his hand on Scorpius' shoulder, "Take good care of my little girl," he whispered, and Scorpius nodded, walking out the door and taking Lilys hand as they disapparated, off to their new home, which wasn't far away from the Potters. Lily smiled as they stood outside their new home. "And let the unpacking begin," Lily groaned but Scorpius caught her wrist as he set the box of Lilys things down.
He grinned down at her, holding her by the waist, "Woah, woah, slow down, Tiger," he teased. Tiger had been a nickname she'd acquired by Scorpius when they started dating in Lilys' sixth year, because after they'd started dating, a Slytherin girl tried putting moves on Scorpius when Lily was just across the corridor, and well, it hadn't ended well for the poor girl. "Unpacking isn't the first thing on my list," he said with a sly smile.
Lily grinned back up and him, biting her lip, "I wonder what is?" She asked with a false curiosity in her voice. But before he could respond, she pulled away from him, grabbing his wrist, and leading him up the stairs and into their shared bedroom.
Later that night, Lily lay cuddled up next to Scorpius under the sheets, on the verge of drifting off to sleep. She groaned as she sat up, "We have to get up, Love muffin," she said gently, almost regretfully.
Scorpius pouted as he looked down at her, "Why?" he challenged, though he knew they should probably get up, get dressed, and begin working at the piles of boxes sitting before them. But he really didn't want to. If he could, he would've sat next to Lily under the covers forever.
Lily playfully hit his shoulder as she sat up, yawning, and got dressed again, and Scorpius sighed, following suit. As the couple silently worked on unpacking the boxes, it seemed to never end. Within two hours of unpacking, Lily looked over at Scorpius with her mouth hanging open, "This will never end."
Scorpius chuckled at her, she rarely had any patience, he was surprised she'd actually made it two hours into this. He sat down on the bed for a small break, but the glare he got from Lily said that he'd better get his butt up. He did so, and at seeing how miserable Lily was, he said, "I'll take care of this for tonight, okay? Why don't you just go make dinner?"
Lily laughed at this, causing Scorpius to look at her in confusion, to which Lily replied, "Kinda hard to make dinner without food."
Scorpius nodded and took out his wallet, handing it to Lily, "Why don't you go shopping he said?" And Lily nodded, quickly taking the wallet and running before Scorpius changed his mind and wanted her help.
As Lily made her way out the door, she looked around suspiciously. She couldn't shake the feeling that someone was watching her. She wasn't too worried about it though, and she shrugged it off, rationally thinking that she was just nervous being in a new house and new area, it was probably getting to her head. But to tell the truth, she should've stuck with her first instinct, because there were a pair of eyes watching her from the woods surrounding what she thought of as her new paradise. Could this new paradise actually become an old nightmare?