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Lily sat with her head in her hands. She hadn't slept in days. Her letter still hadn't arrived, you see. It had been four days. To top it all, Scorpius Malfoy made it a point to always be in her presence. Not only was he in her presence, but he also insisted on commenting on her present state. 'You know, Lily, I got my letter from the Department within three days!'

'Good for you,' she muttered, with her head still bowed.

Scorpius smirked. 'It's been…what? A three day delay already? First they make you wait a week for the response, and then they delay by three days! Merlin, what is this world coming to?'

Lily lifted her head. She looked him straight in the eye and said, icily, 'It's been four days actually. And if you're trying to get me to hate you, Malfoy, there's no need. I already do.'

That stung him somewhere deep inside. But of course, he didn't let it show. The smirk still in place, he said, 'Well, actually, I'm conveying a subtle message to you.'

'What, that I'm probably not going to be allowed into Auror training?' she asked, with narrowed eyes. 'If you must know, that thought has crossed my mind more times than I care to admit. So, I don't need some dick warning me about it.'

'But I thought you preferred dicks.' That was, obviously, the wrong thing to say. If Lily's eyes had been narrowed before, they were nothing compared to the slits that they were now. Scorpius' smirk wavered under her death glare and he took an involuntary step backwards. Lily stood up, with her wand in her hand. She looked ready to kill.

Scorpius was a complete loss for words. Never had his mouth failed him like this. His mouth was a little open with shock…shock at how murderous she looked, and shock at how amazing she looked when she was murderous. The only thought that crossed his mind was, Huh, maybe she could make a good Auror.

Fortunately for Scorpius, at the same moment that Lily raised her wand, Al entered the room. She was momentarily distracted as she glanced at her wide eyed brother. 'What the hell're you doing?' he shrieked, sounding like a girl.

Scorpius let out a sigh of relief. 'Let's just get out of here, Al,' he said, trying not to sound shaky. He saw a triumphant smirk form on Lily's face as she watched him leave. He slammed her door shut and bolted to Al's room.

'What the hell was happening?' Al asked again, impatiently.

Panting, Scorpius recounted the whole encounter.

'And here I was, thinking I was tactless,' Al said, smacking Scorpius' head. 'You really don't know when to shut your mouth, do you?'

'Well, excuse me if Lily happens to take offense to everything I say!'

'Explain to me how one doesn't take offense to what you said to her.'

Scorpius threw Al a dirty look. Curiously, Al asked, 'Why are you hanging around her so much anyway?'

'No reason in particular. I was bored,' Scorpius lied easily, shrugging.

'Look, you're my best mate,' Al said, seriously. 'But if you try anything with my sister, I will pull your guts out and stuff them down your throat, understand?'

Scorpius was a little taken aback. Albus Potter wasn't known to be the violent one. That was James. Well, actually, it was Lily, but he didn't know her that well yet. 'Alright, Al, relax. I won't try anything. But if something happens between us, it wouldn't bother you that much, would it?' Scorpius asked, laughing slightly to clam the tension.

'It would,' Al replied, coldly.

'C'mon, Al! Fine, I'll be completely honest with you. I've known your sister for like five days now. She's freaking hot, and I'd be stupid if I thought differently. And I love annoying her, because well, it's fun. If something happens between us, it wouldn't only be my fault! She'll feel the same way, too. I mean, it's not like I'll force her to do anything.' If Scorpius had thought that his little speech would calm Al down, he was mistaken, to say the least. The area just underneath his left eye came in contact with his best friend's fist. 'HOLY FUCK, AL WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?'

His hand still clenched, Al watched Scorpius press his hands to his face, swearing at the top of his voice. He had to admit, he felt a little satisfaction. But mostly, he felt sorry for Scorpius. He realized that he might have reacted harshly. 'Shit. Listen, Scor, I'm…er…sorry. I guess I reacted a tad bit harshly.'

'A tad bit?' Scorpius demanded, furiously. 'I'm going to kick your arse!' And with that, he launched himself at Al, and started punching his stomach. Al, of course, reacted defensively.

'Pathetic,' came a voice, drily, from the door. Al and Scorpius stopped fighting to see Lily leaning against the door frame, watching the two of them, her eyes filled with amusement. Al was on top of Scorpius, straddling his waist. On seeing Lily, Scorpius pushed Al off, with an angry, 'Get the hell off of me!'

Lily continued to watch as her brother and his best friend straightened out their clothes and stood quite far from each other. 'Well,' she said, controlling her laughter, 'I'm sorry for walking in on you. Merlin, you were going at it like dogs! Forgive me.'

At the looks of utter annoyance on their faces, Lily literally died laughing. 'Lil, get out,' Al said to his hysterical sister, impatiently.

'Um,' she said, shrugging, 'no.'

'What happened to the letter?' Scorpius asked, thinking it would shut her up.

She merely laughed. 'Ah, the letter. Well, I've decided I don't care anymore. I wasn't so keen on becoming an Auror anyway.'

'What the hell! You can't just change your mind like that!' Al yelled.

'Actually, dear brother, I can. It was your pussy of a mate who made me change my mind anyway.'

'Excuse me,' Scorpius began, but he was cut off by Al. 'What did you say to her?'

'It wasn't anything he said, in particular. It's just that he's been spending his time pissing me off, and I've done nothing about it. And it just didn't feel right not to react. And I'm not going to brood all my life just because I didn't get a stupid letter now, am I?' Lily said, raising her eyebrows and grinning at her brother.

'You know what, it's your life, I don't even care,' Al said, shaking his head.

Lily smiled more widely. She turned to leave, but stopped and said, 'Oh and a little piece of advice: next time you two want to fight, use your wands. You are wizards after all. But, excuse me for not realizing,' she said, her eyes glinting mischievously. She looked straight at Scorpius and said, 'Your wand probably isn't that powerful, if I'm not wrong.' Smirking, she left the room.

Al found the comment about Scorpius' "wand" unsavory. It disturbed him. He shook off the feeling in a few minutes, however.

Lily realized that she ought to live her life to the fullest, and not be bogged down by her not receiving a letter. And when she heard swearing from Al's room, she couldn't help herself from commenting. One more thing she couldn't help was staring at Scorpius. Merlin, did her look sexy with that bruise under his eye.

As for Scorpius, Lily's jibe at his "wand" amused him. It also lit in him some hope. Some? Nah, loads of hope. If he thought he'd liked the Lily he'd known for the past five days, he was going to love the real one. He took the jibe as a challenge. Alright, Lily Potter, I'll prove to you just how powerful my "wand" is. Challenge accepted.

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