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Note - I know it's been awhile since I've posted an outtake, but I've been pretty focused on the main story. But, I've been playing with making this an outtake, since we'll probably never see it, or at least the entire scene, in a flashback. So, I finally decided to show it to you guys. So read, enjoy, and let me know what you think.
Slytherin's Potter: The Outtakes
Lily and Lorcan - Why Do People Kiss?
Date: May 6, 2013
Ages: Lily - 5, Lorcan - 8
Young, five-year-old Lily was awake, but bored. She sat in the kitchen, watching her mum fixing some kind of meal. It confused Lily. Everyone had already eaten breakfast and lunch. Why more food?
Ginny glanced over at her daughter, and smiled fondly. "Lily, why don't you go and play with James and Al?" she asked.
Lily shrugged. "I don't want to. They're being boring."
Ginny laughed lightly. "How are they boring?"
"Because all they want to do is look over Chocolate Frog cards, or try to make a house of cards with Exploding Snap cards. It's boring," Lily replied easily.
"Well, Aunt Luna will be coming over, and she'll bring the twins. And Aunt Hermione is bringing Rose and Hugo. Maybe they won't be boring," Ginny assured.
Lily nodded. Then let her curiousity get to her. "Mum, what are you making?"
"Hopefully my lunch?"
Lily turned at the sound of her daddy's voice. There he was, back from work, standing in the doorway. Lily smiled as she hopped from her seat, and hurried to hug him around the waist. "Daddy!"
Harry chuckled as he picked his little girl up. "Hello, princess." He carried her over to where Ginny was standing, and gave her a short kiss. "And hello to you, Gin." Then he moved to sit Lily in her chair again. But Lily looked at them curiously, and with child-like confusion.
Ginny smiled at her husband, and kissed him on the cheek as she set a plate in front of him. "Hey. I got your note. Any reason you're coming home for lunch?" she asked.
Lily zoned away from their conversation as her curiosity brought questions to her mind. And no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't answer them. But she still wanted answers. "Daddy?"
Her voice caught the attention of both her parents, who turned to look at her. Harry raised a brow. "What is it, princess?" he asked. He was obviously amused at the confusion on his daughter's face.
Lily tilted her head slightly. "Why do you kiss Mommy?" she asked. She knew was a kiss was, obviously. After seeing her parents do it so often, she finally asked James. But she still didn't get why people did it? Why did one person put their lips on another person's?
Ginny bit her lip, her smile obvious. She patted her husband's shoulder. "It's all yours, honey," she teased. "I'll check on the boys."
When she left the room, Harry looked a little unsure of what to say. But Lily looked at him with curiosity, confusion, and determination. He cleared his throat as he put his fork down. "Well, princess, it's . . . something I do to show my affection for your mother. Like when I kiss you on the forehead before bed," he explained.
Lily scowled. That wasn't what she'd wanted. "But why do you kiss Mommy on the lips? I don't get it. You only do that to her. Why?"
Harry scratched at his head. "Well . . . it's a sign of love between two people. Not like siblings, or between a parent and a child . . ." Harry was obviously lost on how to say it.
But Lily felt like she was getting closer to her answer. "So . . . it something two people who aren't related do?"
"That love each other," Harry threw in quickly.
Lily nodded as she took it all in. "Oh. But . . . why?"
"What?" Harry asked.
Lily shrugged. "Why kiss on the lips? Why choose that to show you love someone? I don't get that part."
"You'll understand someday," Ginny spoke as she walked back into the kitchen. Lily turned to look at her. "One day in the future, you'll get it."
Harry scowled at his wife, who looked smugly at her husband. But Lily felt disappointed. She wouldn't know until later? Why not now?
Lily later laid on the grass in the backyard. The sky was a bluish-pink color now, and Lily found it pretty, even though she wasn't very fond of the color pink. But before Lily could decide if the color pink was ok in the sky, a face appeared above hers. Lorcan.
"Hi, Lily!" Lorcan greeted. "Why are you sitting out here?"
Lily turned to lay on her stomach, and looked up at Lorcan. He had short, and really blonde hair. And his eyes were a grey-blue color. And his smile was happy. So she smiled too. "Hi, Lorcan. I like being outside."
Lorcan moved to sit next to her on the grass, so Lily moved to sit up too. "I do too. It's nice outside."
Lily nodded. "Why are you out here?"
"Because I saw you were out here alone," Lorcan answered.
"Oh," Lily replied simply. Then she looked at him seriously. "Lorcan, does your daddy kiss your mum?"
Lorcan nodded. "Yeah."
"On the lips?" Lily added.
He nodded again. "Yeah. Why?"
Lily shrugged. "That's my question. Why? Why do people do it?"
Lorcan scowled as he started to wonder. "Huh. I don't know?"
"My daddy said it was a sign of love between two people who aren't related. But I still don't get why you would kiss someone on the lips. And then my mum said I wouldn't get it until later. But I don't see why I can't know now!" Lily complained.
Lorcan looked just as curious and confused. "That's weird. I never thought about it. But why would you touch lips?"
"That's what I wanna know," Lily pouted.
Then Lorcan had an excited look. "Wait! Maybe it's like food!"
Lily gave him a confused look. "Like food?"
"You know! You never know how good it is, until you try it!" Lorcan answered proudly. "Maybe it's like trying new food."
Lily gave a nod as it started to slowly make sense in her head. "So, you have to try it to get it?"
Lorcan gave her a serious look, but with a smile still on his face. "Wanna try it?"
Lily nodded with her own smile. "Sure!" It would be perfect. Then she'd finally understand why her daddy was always kissing her mum.
Lorcan turned his body completely towards her, then stopped. "How do you do it?"
Lily shrugged. "I don't know. I think your lips are just suppose to touch."
Lorcan gave a nod. "Sounds good to me. Let's try it."
They both sat, and then leaned toward the other. And after a few seconds, their lips finally touched. It was a simple, and normal, touch. Then they both moved away from each other to sit normally. Lily licked her lips, and tasted what she thought was Chocolate. So she looked at him. "Did you eat a Chocolate Frog today?"
Lorcan nodded. "James gave me one. Have you eaten a cherry?"
"A Bertie Bott bean," Lily replied. Then she sighed. "I still don't get it."
Lorcan shrugged. "Me neither."
They sat there for a moment, not saying anything. Then Lily shrugged and smiled. "Oh, well. Maybe parents are just weird."
Lorcan laughed. "Probably. Like when my dad says that you can lose your eyebrows playing Exploding Snap!"
Lily giggled too. "Wanna help me finish the box of Bertie Bott's?" she asked.
Lorcan nodded as he stood and held out his hand. "Sure!" Lily took his hand, and let him pull her to her feet. They were the same height, which Lily liked. She was tired of always being the short one. "Race ya?"
"Loser has to eat an earwax bean?" Lily suggested.
"You're on!" Lorcan agreed, both of them shaking hands before Lily let go of his.
"Ready?"
"Set?"
"Go!" Then they were both running to the house, because every kid knew that the bad part wasn't losing, but having to do the dare afterwards.
And they never saw Rose watching from the upstairs window.
