The next morning, Scorpius ate breakfast while Draco read the newspaper. He finished quickly and got up. Scorpius grabbed his cloak and was about to leave.

"And where do you think you're going." Draco asked his voice steely.

"Um... To a friend's house." Scorpius muttered.

"You're going to Luna's house aren't you?"

Scorpius looked down at his feet. "Yeah."

"Be back before dark." With that Draco turned around and left.

Scorpius let out a sigh of relief and silently punched the air in victory then apparated to Luna's house. Scorpius found her outside in the garden. Lorcan and Lysander were behind her, drinking pumpkin juice while Luna tended to the flowers. Luna looked up and smiled when she saw Scorpius walking towards them.

"Hello dear! How are you?" Luna's grin shone even brighter then the sun.

"Fine thank you." Scorpius smiled back.

"Would you like some muffins?"

"Uh... Sure." Scorpius nodded even though he'd just had breakfast. Luna brought some out from the house with her wand.

"These are blueberry muffins and these are chocolate chip muffins. As you might have guessed, I'm crazy for chocolate." Luna handed the entire plate to Scorpius.

"I like chocolate a lot too." Scorpius bit into a chocolate chip muffin and smiled, it was delicious.

"Why don't you boys play wizard chess while I finish up here?"

Lorcan's jaw dropped open. Play chess... with Malfoy?

"Mum, I'll help you while Lysander and Malfoy play." Lorcan said.

"Alright." Luna nodded and handed Lorcan some weeds.

Lysander went inside and brought out the game board. He set it up and sat down on one of the garden seats, and placed the board on the table. Scorpius sat next to him while finishing the last of the muffins.

"You don't talk much do you?" Scorpius asked Lysander.

"No. I find nothing interesting enough to talk about."

They resumed playing in silence. Luna and Lorcan finished with the garden and sat down next to Scorpius and Lysander. After a while, Luna brought cold butterbeer, chips and sandwiches as a snack. Scorpius had never eaten this much in his life and nothing as a 'snack' only proper meals. At 2:00 exactly, Ginny burst through the front gate. She flung her arms around Luna and crushed her in a hug. Max followed behind.

"Oh Luna! I've missed you so much!" Ginny exclaimed.

"I've missed you too. Come; let's get you something to eat." Luna gestured towards the table.

Max hugged Luna too and joined everyone at the garden table. He was surprised to see his friend Scorpius there. He pulled him into a hug.

"Scorp! How have you been old friend?"

"Fine. How about you?"

"Oh I feel better now that I've seen you. I miss the good old days."

"Me too." Scorpius smiled as he thought of their mischievousness in Hogwarts.

Max greeted Lorcan and Lysander and the four of them started chatting pretty soon. Even Lorcan was talking civilly to Scorpius. Ginny and Luna went inside and sat in the living room.

"What's Scorpius doing here?" Ginny asked.

"I ran into him yesterday. He seemed lonely and I decided to be his friend, I still want to be a part of his life."

"I haven't seen him for a while. Draco usually comes alone these days to visit Blaise."

"I have never seen someone so young be so sad, it hurts me even more."

"He looks just like Draco. Did you hear about Astoria?"

"How she died? Yeah, I heard. It just makes it harder for my dear Scorpius."

"Neither of them cried at the funeral and Blaise talked to Draco for hours after. Scorpius was the one who found out first but no one knows the whole story. Are you going to ask him?"

"No. If he wants to tell me, I'll be there. If not then I won't pressurize him."

"Are you going to tell him the truth soon?"

"If Draco wants me to. If not then I won't even though I feel it's better if Lorcan, Lysander and Scorpius know. But for now I'm going to continue acting like I don't know him."

Ginny and Luna continued to talk about various things while Scorpius lost for the first time against Lysander in chess. Lorcan challenged him next and Scorpius agreed. Scorpius ate supper at Luna's house and left just as soon as the sun set, hugging Luna good-bye. Max and Ginny left too. Lorcan and Lysander were fast asleep when Luna took out an old photo from her locked cupboard. She smiled sadly as she looked at a family of five. The very young woman and man sat next to each other while the woman held a baby and the man held two. That was the last picture of them together.