Once on the Hogwarts express, Lily, Albus, Scorpius, Rose and Hugo all sat in the same compartment. There was no need for them all the crowd into one compartment, as the train wasn't very full, but they all enjoyed sitting together. Albus, Rose, and Hugo all talked about their fascinating Christmas breaks. How Rose and Hugo had left the Christmas party early to go meet their girlfriend and boyfriend, how Albus was still laughing over the fact he'd stood up on a table during the party and proclaimed hi love for a girl, who wasn't even there. But, Lily as Scorpius both sat silent, looking down into their laps. Suddenly, Albus whispered to Hugo and Rose, and all three announced they had to go to the bathroom at the same time. Scorpius looked up to Albus, red and shaking his head lightly, Lily just chuckled under her breath and smiled to herself.

"Excited to get back?" Lily asked Scorpius, about a minute after the others had left.

Scorpius nodded. "Mhm."

Lilys smile widened, finding something they both had in common, "I can't wait for our quidditch game in a couple of weeks against Hufflepuff!"

Scorpius smiled also, "Badgers are always easy to beat."

"Hey, I have friends in Hufflepuff, don't go underestimating them, they will kick some ass if needed."

"Oh, I know. Believe me," He paused, "Why do you assume they all left us here?"

Another smile crept up on Lilys face, "I don't know."

"What aren't you telling me, Ginger?"

"What aren't you telling me, Malfoy?"

Scorpius stopped, he looked to Lily and the adorable smile she had on her face. She couldn't know, could she? Albus promised to keep his mouth shut. And if she knew, she would surely confront him, wouldn't she? Unless she didn't care about his feelings for her and was ashamed he even looked at her, Scorpius turned red from embarrassment, "I have to go to the bathroom too, Lily," And stood up without looking at her.

Lily stood up, grabbing his wrist and looking straight in his eyes, "Wait."

Scorpius knew this was his only chance to ask Lily what he had been working up the courage to do without the eyes of a million students looking down on them, "Willyougotohogsmeadewithme?"

"Huh? Scorp, I didn't catch that."

Scorpius took a deep breath, smiling as his eyes looked to her, his heart beating so fast he thought it might come racing out of his chest, "Will you go to hogsmeade with me, our next trip?"

Lily gently let go of his wrist and smiled, "I would love to, Scorpius."

They both just stood there for a minute, looking into eachothers eyes, Scorpius was beaming. He couldn't believe he'd just done what he'd been waiting four years to do. He had an urge to kiss her, but he told himself to take it slow, they weren't even together, they were just going on a date.

They both quickly sat down as Rose, Hugo, and Albus entered the room, grinning, Lily rolled her eyes, "Extendable ear, I take it?"

"Yes," Albus said, still grinning, "Works great, too!"

Lily blushed as Rose sat next to her and they chatted away about how to make the most of their last stretch of their last year at Hogwarts together. Albus and Hugo talked about how they could rise hell the rest of the school year. But Scorpius, he stayed silent. Smiling, and sneaking occasional glances at the beautiful Lily. How her Wavy red hair fell around her shoulders perfect, nearly to her waste, and how her sparkling brown eyes stood against her pale skin so well. Once, Albus looked at him when he was looking at her, and he kept his head looking in his lap for the rest of the ride, but never wiped the tiny smile off his face.

Once Lily got off the train, she was basically attacked by her two best non-family friends, Gryffindor Kelly Goyle and Hufflepuff Alexandria Morshon. Lily almost was knocked over at the impact, but she still laughed, "Alex, Kelly, i've missed you!" Lily exclaimed to her best friends.

"You wouldn't of had to miss us, had you not left for christmas! It's was a blast here," Seeing Lilys exasperated face, Alexandria quickly added, "But don't worry, we understand why you left!"

The girls then all linked arms and made their way to the great hall for dinner, first taking Lily to her dorm so she could drop off the books she'd packed to study over break. When they got to the great hall, Alexandria sat down at the gryffindor table with her friends, getting glares from other gryffindors, but ignoring it. "So," Alexandria began, "You know who left off the staff over christmas break?"

"Who?" Lily asked, still chewing on a peice of bread.

"Filch! He broke his back or something, not important, but he is gone!"

Lily laughed, she'd always hated him. He seemed to have it out for everyone, but her family seemed to be his main victims, "That's horrible he hurt himself, but that's great! No more having to worry about getting caught by him, huh?"

"His replacement arrived just last night!" Kelly added, "I think you will be pleasantly surprised at our new caretaker."

"Who is it?" Lily asked, curiously.

"Turn around and find out," Alexandria told her, smiling, She remembered how depressed she got after Teddy moved away, and couldn't wait to see her reaction to knowing he would be working at Hogwarts everyday.

Lily turned around, and tears of happiness immediately flowed down her face as she got up and hugged Teddy tightly, "I thought you had a girlfriend in the muggle world, what are you -"

"Fiance," Teddy interrupted Lily proudly, "And we want you to be in the wedding this summer."

Lily could feel more tears running down her eyes as she hugged Teddy even tighter and told him yes. He sat down with her, and told her that they decided to move to the wizarding world, in a house near lilys, so that when they had children, they could grow up around magic. As Teddy and Lily finished talking, Teddy went off to do some work and Lily, Alexandria, and Kelly made their way out of the great hall. Alexandria waved to the two girls and they split up and she went for the Hufflepuff common room.

"So, Lils, I have to ask you something, that may be awkward," Kelly started, looking down at her feet. "So, Um, I sorta maybe kinda might like your brother a lot," She mumbled.

Lily shrugged, smiling, "I'm not blind, kel. I've known. And he likes you too, kel."

Kellys eyes brightened at Lilys words, "Really?! Are you sure?!"

Lily laughed as she proceeded to tell her how she had been informed by James that Albus stood on a table, confessing his love for her, which made Kellys face turn as red as Lilys hair, "So yeah," Lily finished, laughing, "I'm pretty sure."

As they walked into the common room, Kelly saw Albus sitting on a couch next to Scorpius. She looked to Lily Nervously, "Lily -"

Lily laughed as she nudged her friend, "Go."

So as Kelly started making her way towards Albus, Lily noticed he started running his hand through his hair and hit Scorpius, mumbling something to him, Lily just rolled her eyes. How typical of him . . She then saw Scorpius standing up and moving towards her, she felt her cheeks burn as she walked towards him, also, "Hey!" She said, brightly.

"Hey yourself, Ginger. I got sent over here because Albus has to impress kelly and can't with 'a Malfoy like me hanging around', were his exact words," Scorpius laughed, shaking his head. "Anyways, it is nice to be back."

"Yeah, it is! You coming to quidditch practice tomorrow?"

"Wouldn't miss it for the world, you know how much I love knocking people off brooms, See you then, " He winked as he headed back to Albus as Kelly headed towards Lily, grabbed her wrist, and ran upstairs to her dorm with her.

"Lily!" Kelly squealed as soon as she got them both into the dorm and shut the door behind her, "He's going to go to hogsmeade with me! Like a date!" But, her smiled faded as she made a sudden realization, "Oh, Lily, I know we always have gone together, you aren't upset, are you?" she asked, her voice coming out as a scared whisper.

Lily laughed as she told her friend, "Of course not! I have a date myself, don't worry about it!"

A sly smiled came across Kellys face as she raised her eyebrows, "You forgot to mention this piece of information. Who's the lucky guy?"

Lilys cheeks turned red, "Um, you know, Just Scorpius -"

"SCORPIUS MALFOY?! THE HOTTEST GUY IN SCHOOL BESIDES ALBUS?!"

Lily gave kelly a look, "One, remember Al is my brother and i don't find him hot, And two, it's just a date, what's the big deal."

"The big deal is you've always liked him!"

"I most certainly have not!" Lily said, stomping her foot in defense.

"C'mon, I play on a quidditch team with you two! I see the way you guys looked at each other."

Lily sat down on her bed, her cheeks hot and arms crossed, "Not true."

"He's your boyfriend now, so -"

"He's not my boyfriend!" Lily said, quickly, "We're just going on a date."

"Like theres a diffrence."

"Actually, there is a big difference!" Lily said, letting herself laugh with her best friend. The rest of that night, Lily and Kelly talked of their dates and how excited they were for the next week at hogsmeade, as they drifted off to sleep, Lily, with a smile on her face said, "He isn't my boyfriend . . . . yet."

Ah, that didn't seem too rushed and unrealistic, did it? Trying to pace it as best I can! I rewrote this chapter several times and hope it turned out alright for you guys!