Scorpious spent his birthday and his mum's death with Serena as Draco and Sicily were on their honeymoon. Her husband, George Weasley, was strangely warm to the young Malfoy even though there was some heat between these two families in the past, other people said it was a way for him to kiss up to his wife. But even their children had manners and staid polite to him.
He seemed miserable compared to the other three. May, the oldest was about to turn sixteen; then Alan, Scorpious' age/same year in Hogwarts (Alan was adopted at age six) then there was baby Ami who turned two last September. They were all very happy little pranksters.
Only two more days, Scorpious said to himself in his thoughts.
"Hey there," May sat down next to Scorpious in the backyard.
"Hi…" he's always just heard her talk or just seen her walking around by herself but never really spoken to her. She looked a lot like her mother. Amber eyes, chocolate colored hair that framed her pale face perfectly. But she had freckles that she got from her father's side, but nether the less she was gorgeous.
"Want a lolly pop?"
"A what?"
"It's an American sweet. My friend owled some to me," she smiled brightly, with that her dimples showed.
"I'm-I'm good thank you."
"If you don't take it then that's gonna make me do something really bad," she giggled.
"Make you do what?!"
"I'll shove it in your face if you're going to be such a sour puss."
"Wha-why?"
"You need to loosen up kid." Then there came a small thud as she fell on her back and crossed her arms behind her head.
"Fine…give me one."
"That's more like it!" She threw him a cherry flavored one.
"Ack! That hurt!" May sat up to find the poor lad rubbing his forehead with his bottom lip sticking out.
"Maybe you should get better at catching," May chuckled. She reached out her hand and grabbed Scorpious'. With his hand out of the way she felt for any bump where the little red spot has started to appear. "It looks fine. Do you want me to kiss it better?" She smirked teasingly.
"Uh-It's f-"
But before he could finish, his sentence was cut short from a strange shock that flew from his head to his toes. May's lips laid upon the small area that ached.
"May honey! Can you come here?! You need to finish your chores," Serena's voice hummed throughout the house to the backyard.
"Coming mum!" May yelled then turned back to Scorpious with another grin, "Try not to hurt yourself with that lolly pop."
With that she was gone. Scorpious' thoughts went into a haze, he never felt this way before. Embarrassment? Shyness? What was it that made Scor's heart thunder in his ears? That made it feel as if his chest was filled with butterflies?
Only two more days for these weird things to be gone, Scorpious sighed and unwrapped the strange sweet. It was almost like a red round crystal stuck on top of a white stick…how odd? Slowly he stuck it into his mouth and the sweetness of cherries danced on his tongue.
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And so the days passed by, Sicily and Draco came home only a day before Scorpious would be going back to Hogwarts. He was now entering his third year as a Slytherin. He wasn't very praised there, meaning: he had no real friends. There were those who were nice to him but later he found that they have been just using him to their advantages.
"So how was your aunt Serena's," Sicily asked as she cleaned up the mess from breakfast.
"It was good," he muttered. He was still picking at the scrambled eggs that lingered on his plate.
"Um…so are you-um looking forward for tomorrow?"
"Sure…"
"Scorpious, c'mon. I'm trying my best here. Can you at least give me a chance?" the boy looked up to find that Sicily had sat herself down in the chair right across from him.
"Why would I do that? You're not my mother."
"Scor- I-I just want you to like me. At least as a friend? Can you at least do that?"
"I'll try. But no promises," Scor tried his best at a jokingly smile but it easily failed. But that was all the new step-mother was looking for and went back to work with a smile on her lips.
