September, fifth year

"Stacey would you please just shut up. It is barely 7:00am, I have already had to wake up to you ranting for the past half an hour, and he is just not that into you. Now where in Merlin's name is my other shoe?"

It was a usual morning in the dormitory. Stacey Flint was the most annoying girl Lily had ever met sometimes. Sometimes she was perfectly fine. It seemed to change by the day. But this morning she decided to discuss how Scorpius Malfoy must be in love with her because he happened to glance in her general direction or something which obviously meant they were meant to be together or whatever it was Stacey was on about this morning. Meanwhile, the other four girls in the dorm room were rolling their eyes or just nodding in agreement (they had given up on convincing her otherwise) until Lily had finally had enough, which wasn't hard at an early hour while she was hobbling around in one shoe.

"Check by that dresser, I thought I might have kicked something on accident last night," said Alison Higgs, who's beautiful golden blonde hair was somehow already perfect, as always. The other girls always asked for her secret, but Ali always just laughed and helped the other girls.

"Found it!" Lily called

"Ali must have kicked it under there after she was done snogging her boyfriend in the common room for half the night," Jenna Farley teased, patting down her wavy ash blonde hair in an attempt to make it look like Ali's. She gave up and decided to curl it.

"Ew stop. That's my brother we're talking about," Cassandra Zabini replied. She and her brother Alex were twins. Both had untamable brunette hair that somehow worked for them.

The other girls laughed at Cassandra's disgust. It was well known that Alex and Ali were usually all over each other all of the time. Everyone was used to it by now. Everyone except Cassandra, who thought having one of her best friends dating her brother was just weird.

Stacey stood in uniform, brushing her long black hair, looking at Lily.

"Well you haven't been helping much so I have to do this myself, now don't I?"

"Stacey I can't just force him to be head over heels in love with you it doesn't work like that," Lily replied.

"I know, but have you even tried?" Stacey whined.

"Yes, but this is a delicate process, it takes time," Lily lied. Truthfully she thought Scorpius could do much better than her. He had already dated many better than her before. Lily almost wished he would hurry up and get another girlfriend so Stacey would stop pestering her.

However, this morning she had more important things to worry about.

Lily allowed Ali to finish lightly curling her hair before applying a little lip gloss, pulling her skirt up a little higher, and heading down to the common room. She swung herself over the side of the black leather sofa and landed seated next to Scorpius Malfoy.

"Did you find a solution yet?" Lily asked. Scorpius nodded.

"I might have an answer. Nimbus just came out with a new line of brooms. It's called 'The Galaxy Series'. Each broom has specific features depending on what position you play. Here's the ad I found."

Lily picked up the ad and scanned down to the part about each broom.

Mercury

Named after the fastest planet in our solar system and the messenger god, the Mercury Broomstick is ideal for seekers. The broom is made with a sleek design for optimum speed and precision, also allowing very smooth changes in direction, even at top speed.

Venus

Our Venus Broomstick is the ideal choice for chasers. They are made to withstand impact while allowing swift changes in direction. This is made to come to quick stops at a moment's notice and is easy to handle even in the worst conditions.

Mars

Named for the god of war himself, Mars is best suited for beaters. This broomstick can take an impact. This broom is slightly larger than others in our series, but the swift direction changes are just as easy. This broom is made with vertical motion in mind, should a bludger come at the player in a different direction than expected.

Jupiter

King of the gods, Jupiter is perfect for keepers. The largest of this series, this broom can make swift turns to hit the quaffle back out onto the field. This broom is perfect for the best of keepers who want to step up their game.

Also check out our other Quidditch supplies, including gloves, bats, shin guards...

Lily didn't need to read about the rest of the supplies. She was sold.

"There's one problem," she said regretfully," that is an expensive broom, and I did not bring that kind of money with me to school. If I ask my parents for a broom like that then Albus will know and buy one too, and that would defeat the whole purpose."

"That is not a problem," Tim Nott said, as the rest of the team had showed up by then as well. "We have decided that we will collectively purchase your broom, and you can pay us back later."

"You don't have to do that," Lily protested, but it was no use. They had already decided that all three chasers were getting these brooms. As a matter of fact, the whole team was. This would be the best plan ever. They would not be losing to Gryffindor again.

The team happily marched off for breakfast, quite happy with themselves. Lily took a seat next to her boyfriend of a few months, Adrian Pucey, a seventh year who had been named after his father. Ali sat on her other side with Alex, and all of the other various friends and team members gathered around. Slytherin house was very close. It was a family, and although there is occasionally a member of your family that you disliked (or disowned, for that matter), everyone was for the most part there for each other. Will Montague, a sixth year, appeared to be struggling with something further down the table.

"What seems to be the problem, Will?" Adrian asked, helping himself to a piece of toast.

"It's my charms homework. I'm supposed to have mastered this one charm by now and I can never get it right. It's my first class today too," Will complained.

"Oh come on," Alex said with a smirk."Charms are easy. I mean all you've gotta do is..."

"SWISH AND FLICK," the rest of the Slytherins chorused. They all laughed among themselves. Professor Flitwick was old and had heard all of the swish and flick jokes. He didn't think they were funny anymore. The students thought they were hilarious.

"So have we made plans for the party yet?" Clarisse Warrington, Will's longtime girlfriend, asked.

"It has all being taken care of," Jenna said excitedly. Jenna was the planner of the group, and she always had every detail perfect. Jenna was in charge of planning the annual Slytherin Halloween party, and event unknown to all who weren't in the best house. "It's at the usual location, right after dinner as always. And it's even a Friday this year, so no repeats of what happened last year."

Lily recalled a hilarious event involving a drunken warlock, a pissed off cage of pixies, and a goat. If it ever happened again they would be found out for sure. It was a miracle nobody discovered them last year.

"So no goats then?" asked Scorpius, giving Jenna his classic smirk.

"Absolutely not," Jenna replied laughing.

Classes that day seemed to drag on. History of Magic was the worst, as usual, as the students were once again lectured by the ancient ghost teacher, Professor Binns.

Lily and Cassandra were having a fantastic time watching Stacey ogle at Scorpius all class. Scorpius was unaware, as he was seated Will Montague's younger brother and one of his best friends, Ben. Jenna had sat with Stacey, and was glancing over at Lily and Cassandra, pretending to gag. Ali was seated with her boyfriend. The Slytherins had one thing to look forward to in History of Magic, that being that they were seated in the back every class as they had it with Ravenclaw.

A note landed on the desk in front of Lily. She looked up to see Scorpius looking at her expectantly and an exasperated looking Ben Montague. Lily smiled at the sight and opened the note with Cassandra.

Would you please tell Ben to just ask out Katrina already? Apparently my opinion isn't good enough for him.

Lily laughed quietly. They all knew Ben was quite smitten with Katrina Robins, a pretty Ravenclaw in their year. However he was uncharacteristically afraid to ask her out. Naturally, Scorpius (who had dated a very wide range of girls at this point) was telling him to just ask her out. He was quite the player sometimes. And also naturally he had asked Lily, who had dated just as many guys, to tell off Ben. She quickly jotted down her response on the bottom of the original note and sent it back.

Man up and do it.

Scorpius opened the note before Ben could and laughed out loud. It was a miracle that Binns didn't notice. Ben just shook his head. The note came back.

He said "bite me"

Lily smiled mischievously.

Maybe later

Scorpius almost fell out of his seat and was laughing so obnoxiously that Ben put a silencing charm on him before turning to Lily and looking at her suggestively. Lily winked in return. It appeared to be the average day in History of Magic.

That night the Quidditch team assembled themselves in a quiet corner of the common room before dinner. The chasers were Scorpius, Lily, and Clarisse. The Beaters were the twins, Cassandra and Alex. Will Montague was the keeper, and Lily's boyfriend Adrian was seeker. Adrian was also Captain, and was impressed with the idea for the new broomsticks. The team ordered them that night, and its members were thrilled that the unveiling of the new Slytherin Quidditch team's brooms would be at their first game of the season against Gryffindor. Hufflepuff would be facing Ravenclaw tomorrow.

"Are you coming?" Adrian asked Lily, quite ready to go eat dinner.

"You go ahead; I have to ask Scorpius something. I'll meet you down there," Lily replied.

"Alright, see you in a few," Adrian said, kissing her softly on the lips before heading down with the rest of the team.

"So what's so important?" Scorpius asked, reclined back across a black leather love seat. He looked like an ass.

"You know what," Lily said, seating herself in a chair across from him.

"Oh not this again," Scorpius whined.

"She is out of control. Would you either ask her out, tell her you're not interested, or ask out somebody else? She is driving us all nuts."

"Hey Lily Lu, wanna go out with me sometime?" Scorpius asked, jokingly. Lily threw a pillow at him.

"Hey!" Scorpius protested. Seeing this was just getting him glares from a set of cold green eyes, he decided he had had enough teasing for the moment.

"Alright. How about I go find some other pretty girl to ask out then? Because I'm not going to go out with Stacey. She's mad."

"We all know you wouldn't be attending the Halloween party unaccompanied anyway," Lily pointed out.

"Actually, that is the only way to attend a party. No ties. I can snog as many girls as I like."

"You're an ass," Lily laughed, knowing now that she should have expected that.

"You, Miss Lily Lu, are just like me. You just won't admit it now that you've got Pucey to entertain you. Don't you want to change things up?"

"Sometimes I do. But I really like Adrian. He's a nice guy."

"I don't recall 'nice guys' being your type."

"I like to change things up." Lily called as she stalked off to dinner.

Scorpius chuckled as she left. He decided he should go to dinner too. After all, he needed to go find a Ravenclaw girl who would like to be his play thing for a while. He couldn't ask one of the girls in Slytherin or Stacey might kill them.

Scorpius exited the common room. He would find a girl by tomorrow morning, just in time for the Quidditch game.

Note from the author:

Hey! Thanks for reading. I started this story on a quotev account under the name "Once Upon a Slytherin" but I didn't like it much and restarted it here. Just in case you happen to come across it. I'm somewhat new to writing fanfictions, so tips are always welcome! Also, further ideas for the story are great too, because I actually don't know where I'm going to take this story or how it will end. Also, I know Lily isn't supposed to have the green eyes but I like them and this is a fanfiction so she is getting them. Happy reading!