AN: So after being inspired to write a Lily/Scorpius one-shot, I went and got inspired to carry it in. Yay! Also, thank you for the reviews, they're ever so much appreciated and make me feel supermegafoxyawsomehot :D But anyway, I'm *hopefully* going to making this into a fully fledged fanfiction. I suffer from a serious lack of motivation however, but I'm on holiday, so will have loads of time now, so I'll see how it goes. I really like this fanfic though, so am gonna try my very best to keep it going. Hope you like this chapter. There's not gonna be anything massively interesting happening, I'm just establishing their characters and relationship at the moment.
Disclaimer: I still own nothing except the storyline.
"Hello Mr Malfoy, Mrs Malfoy. I'm Lily Potter," the young Gryffindor walked up to the couple confidently, smiling and extending her hand as Scorpius trailed behind her looking embarrassed.
Both of Scorpius' parents looked a little startled at how forward and confident the little redhead was and didn't respond straight away. His mother was the first to recover from the shock.
"Please, call me Astoria," she said kindly, taking Lily's hand and shaking it.
"Lovely to meet you Astoria," Lily said, pulling off the nice, polite young girl act incredibly well. This seemed to please the older woman, who smiled down at Lily.
"You can call me Draco. Mr Malfoy makes me seem far too old," Scorpius' father said awkwardly, but trying to be as polite as possible.
"Of course, my father hates being called Mr. Potter as well, I think he thinks he's still a teenager, but don't tell him I said that," she looked over at Scorpius with a twinkle in her eye, completely unfazed by the stares she was drawing. Scorpius stood just behind her with a look somewhere between exasperation and amusement.
"Anyway, as you should know, I have invited Scorpius to spend a week of the holiday at my house. Now I understand that you may not be too keen on this idea. I am aware of the whole Gryffindor/Slytherin rivalry and you and my parents may not have seen eye to eye on a few...subjects, but I don't believe this should get in the way of friendships and being able to spend time with each other. I personally would be thrilled if Scorpius was able to stay with us. You probably don't know what it's like to have 2 older brothers and let me tell you, it's not the most fun, especially when those brothers are James and Albus Potter and I know I would much rather spend my time with a nice, mature boy like Scorpius as opposed to them any day. But of course I do understand if you'd rather he stayed at home, I'm sure you've missed him and would like to spend as much time with him as possible," Lily had obviously planned what she was going to say in advice, but she performed it perfectly, with just the right amount of respect and joking at the same time.
"Oh no, I'm sure we can spare him for a week. I'm sure Scorpius would much rather spend his time with friends than his parents. That will be fine, won't it Draco," Astoria gave her husband a pointed look, not really giving him much choice but to agree.
"Of course, there shouldn't be a problem with that," Draco however didn't need this persuasion, he had already been won over by the young girl and had a genuine smile on his face.
"Now, you behave yourself Scorpius and have a good time, we'll send an owl to arrange how you'll get home," Astoria said, giving her son a stern look.
"Well, it was lovely meeting you two, I hope to see you again soon. We should really be going to find my parents now though, otherwise they'll start to wander where I am," Lily said, smiling at the two adults before heading off to find her parents with Scorpius following behind her.
"How on earth did you manage to do that? My father hates everyone!" Scorpius said incredulously once they were out of earshot.
"It's all about your tone of voice and how you present yourself. Also, you have to make them feel sympathetic to you, but then make it seem like their choice. It's a fine art, took me years to perfect, but I can certainly give you some hints," Lily told him, trying to hide the smirk threatening to show on her face.
"Are you sure you're not a Veela or something?" Scorpius joked.
"No, you're thinking of my cousins Vicky, Louis and Mini, their great-grandmother or something was Veela," Lily shook her head.
"They're the blond one's right?" Scorpius asked, frowning slightly.
"Yeah, Vicky's already left Hogwarts, Louis's is in his 6th year, and Mini's the same year as me," Lily explained, craning her neck, looking for her family.
"Ahh, there they are!" she exclaimed, pushing her way through some people before stopping in front of a large group of people, made predominantly of redheads.
"Mum, Dad, this is Scorpius. You said it would be alright for him to stay with us for the first week of the holidays," Lily put on her most angelic face, pulling a slightly embarrassed Scorpius up beside her.
"Of course, it's lovely to meet you Scorpius," Ginny smiled at the two, seeing through her daughter's sweet act completely but just amused by it, having used the same look on her own parents many times before.
"Thank you for letting me stay, I hope I won't be an inconvenience Mrs. Potter," Scorpius replied politely.
"Please, call me Ginny," Lily's mother almost echoed Scorpius', causing both children to almost burst out laughing. They still managed to keep straight faces however.
"This is my husband, Harry. Again he much prefers being called Harry than Mr. Potter," Ginny added, giving the man a pointed look, not dissimilar to Astoria's in an attempt to tell him to be nice.
"Oh I know...I mean, Lily said that earlier..." Scorpius trailed off, almost nervously, earning him an amused look from Lily, which made him blush slightly.
"Where are James and Al? They seem to be taking their time," Lily commented, in an attempt to save her friend from his embarrassment.
Just at that moment, Lily's eldest brother, James sidled over casually, a mischievous look on his face.
"What have you done this time?" Lily raised an eyebrow at him, knowing the look on his face all too well.
"Me? Why I'm completely innocent," James said, looking anything but. He then noticed the blond boy standing next to her uncomfortably.
"Sorry about the bump on the head and stuff mate, Lily told me about it. Nothing personal, all in the act of pranking, you know?" James patted the younger boys shoulder cheerfully, a grin on his face.
"James tends to think he's friends with everyone, don't pay much heed to anything he says, he's completely harmless really," Lily whispered to Scorpius, chuckling at her older brother.
Scorpius smiled back a little at Lily, relaxing a little. It wasn't for long though, as Lily's other brother, Albus came walking over, the annoyance and dislike barely masked on his face when he saw Scorpius. Lily noticed this look and gave her brother her legendary Weasley glare, causing him to mask his features a little more and avert his eyes from the Slytherin.
"Well it looks like we've got you all here now. We'll be travelling by floo powder, I hope that's alright Scorpius," Ginny addressed the blonde in a motherly way, ushering her family towards a door in the side of the station wall.
"Of course, I generally travel by floo," Scorpius answered politely, following through the door behind Lily.
"Good. Harry, if you go first, then we'll all follow," Ginny said to her husband as she gave some bronze coins to a robed man with floo powder.
Harry took some floo powder, threw it into a fire at one end of the room, stepped in and said, "Potter residence."
The black haired man disappeared instantly and the fire returned to normal. Lily then stepped forwards and took a handful of floo powder herself.
"I'll go next, then you come after me Scorpius," Lily offered, copying her father's actions and disappearing after him a moment later.
Scorpius followed Lily's lead and repeated the same actions, disappearing soon after Lily for his first trip to the Potter's house.