This isn't as long as we'd all like, so I'm sorry, it's mainly just a filler chapter. BUT this chapter also shows the sort of problems that their 'perfect' relationship has and I really want to know your thoughts on it. I mean it, this isn't me just trying to get reviews I really want to know your thoughts on the problems :)
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"We've done the stroll through that long park, ice-skating, that green statue, the busy square thing with all the lights. What next?" I asked Scorpius as we both stood in the bathroom over separate sinks. He was shaving and I was washing my face before we went to bed.

"We can do whatever you want to do during the day tomorrow, babe." Scorpius told me. "But tomorrow night we are going out for Dinner. That muggle who brought the bags up for us told me that he also works at a nice little restraunt in Little Italy. I asked him to make us reservations." I finished washing my face so I moved to sit on the counter in front of him. I took the razor out of his hand and started shaving his cheeks gently.

"Little Italy? Very romantic." I smiled at him. "What's the occasion?" I raised an eyebrow as I made him tilt his head back so I could shave under his chin.

"We're on holiday celebrating five years together. Tomorrow is our last night here, I want it to be special." He shrugged, or as best he could considering I was holding a sharp razor to his throat. I had a feeling that if he was looking me in the eye he would have looked away.

"Every night with you is special." I tried to back him in a corner, to get him to admit what he was planning but it didn't work. "Well then tomorrow will be extra special." He simply said.

I raised my eyebrow and cocked my head to the side slightly. He was up to something, I just hope he wasn't planning what I thought he was planning.

"Babe," He sighed and moved away from the razor so he could look me in the eye. "Just trust me." Scorpius smiled and pressed his lips against mine for a second before he pulled away and tilted his head back again.

"I do trust you." I pushed him back slightly so I could jump down from the counter. "I don't however, trust myself so here." I handed him the razor back and made to walk away but he put his hands round my waist and just pulled me back and pinned me against the counter. He reached out with one hand and took my wrist gently, he then put the razor into that hand and put it against his neck and slowly used my hand to shave.

"I trust you." He whispered and let go of my hand when the last part of his neck needed shaving.


"Lily? Are you alright?" Scorpius' voice brought me back down to earth, we were walking through the streets of New York to this restraunt Scorpius told me about earlier. We were both silent, I don't know about him but I was thinking about an incident that happened earlier. "You seem a bit spaced out."

"Oh, I'm fine. Just thinking about how much Belle and Katy are going to love their gifts." I lied, smiling up at him. He smiled back but didn't say anything. Almost as soon as he looked away from me, I replayed this afternoon in my head.

Scorpius and I were taking one last stroll through the park, laughing and joking around and generally having a good time. When we stopped to look at something we saw an old couple who were walking hand in hand towards us. "Are the two of you on your honeymoon?" The woman asked us when she saw Scorpius and myself walking down the street, he had his arm around me and we were laughing at something he said. "You look like newly weds!" She giggled, her husband rolled his eyes and gave the two of us a sheepish look.

"No we're not, we're just on a holiday." I smiled to the old woman, holding my left hand up so she could see my ring less fingers.

"Oh, well I would snap this young lady up and put a ring on her finger as soon as possible young man!" The woman looked towards Scorpius with an amused expression.

"I'm just waiting for the day she'll say yes." Scorpius nodded to the woman, who just laughed and smiled at the pair of us.

"Well, dear, I'd say yes today if I were you." The woman laughed and smiled at the two of us before her husband led her away. I laughed nervously and glanced up at Scorpius who wasn't looking at me, he was watching after the old couple.

"Do you think we'll be like that when we're older?" Scorpius asked as we began walking. I felt my eyes widen and quickly licked my lips and cleared my throat.

"Um, what? Old, interfering and no sense of politeness?" I tried to laugh but all that came out was an awkward sounding squeak.

"No, don't be nasty she was sweet. And I meant still madly in love, taking walks through the park, holding hands, still married -" He scolded me but spoke softly.

"Whoa! We're not even married now!" I pointed out quickly. Scorpius looked down at me and just looked into my eyes for a minute.

"No, no we aren't."

Marriage was always something that people teased me about. When Scorpius and I moved in together both our mothers started planning a wedding, until we told them to stop. Scorpius asked for my parents permission and my brothers approval before he asked me to marry him the first time, and of course since he asked James and Albus, the entire family knew within hours. Everybody was excited for the pair of us, and when we went to the Burrow for Gran's weekly Sunday family meal, every single member of both our families were in the garden, waiting to have a celebratory barbecue for us. It got awkward when Scorpius explained to them all that I said no.

The second time Scorpius asked ended in disaster. I had been in Europe for Quidditch and he had been on a mission that ended sooner than expected. When I got back to the flat, which I expected to be empty, I was met by every surface covered in flowers and candles. I walked in the living room to see Scorpius on his knees holding the box out. Before he even opened his mouth I simply shook my head and walked into the bedroom to put my bags away.

Both times I said no before Scorpius even managed to show me the ring, I didn't want to fall in love with a ring that I would not accept.

"What are you thinking?" Scorpius' voice brought me back to reality again. I looked around to see where we were at. "Um, where are we?" I laughed, not recognizing anything at all.

The entire street seemed to be made up of little Italian stores and restraunts, with couples sat at tables in the sidewalk. Every couple of feet there was a streetlight that wasn't lit, but streaming through every streetlight and across the street around the opposite streetlights were fairy lights. Not the real fairy lights that we used to decorate our Christmas tree or the ones that lit up the Burrow's garden on a night, the muggle ones that Granddad was currently obsessed with.

"We're in Little Italy. Look, there's the restraunt. We're not sitting outside in January." Scorpius told me, he nodded to the building we were stood outside of and smirked when I gave a sigh of relief. This no magic trip could suck at times.

Without giving me the chance to do or say anything else, Scorpius pushed open the door and led me inside.

"Ah! Mr. Malfoy! It is so good to see you again!" The man who brought our bags up to the room for us at the beginning of the week greeted us at the door and helped us both out of our coats. As I scanned the restraunt I noticed a couple of things; first, the entire place screamed romance. The lights were minimal and instead of bright lights lighting the place, every individual booth had a candle in a wine bottle. Second, a booth in the middle of the restraunt was already set up with wine and champagne bottles waiting in buckets of ice, and finally; the restraunt was empty apart from myself, Scorpius and the waiter.

"Let me show the two of you to your seats." The waiter smiled and led the two of us over to the lit up booth. Once we were both seated he handed us both a menu and poured us each a glass of wine out. Scorpius said thank you for the both of us and opened his menu, while I kept quiet and kept my menu closed.

"What's the matter, Lily? Are you not feeling well?" Scorpius asked me when he noticed I wasn't looking at the menu.

"I'm fine, I just...why are we the only people here, Scorpius?" I sighed and looked around the empty restraunt, I didn't know where the waiter had went.

Scorpius looked a little sheepish and looked around too. "I booked the entire place. I thought it might be romantic and have a greater impact." He admitted a little bit awkwardly.

"A greater impact on what?" I raised my eyebrow and hoped that he wasn't going to pull that little black box out of his pocket for a third time.

"For this, I was going to wait until after Dinner but..." He took a deep breath and took my left hand in his. I bit my lip and tried to keep a straight face as he took something out of his trouser pocket.

"Lily Luna Potter; everyday for the past five years has been like I'm living someone's life. I love you more than I have ever loved anybody in my entire life and I know that I always will feel that way for you. These past five years have been the greatest ever and I want to ask you now if you'll promise to spend the next fifty, sixty, seventy and hopefully eighty years with me? Lily, will you -" His words did make me feel so happy and so overcome with emotion I couldn't help but smile at him. I stopped him just as he was about to open the box.

"Scorpius." I put my hand on top of his, stopping him from opening it. "I love you. I love you so, so much; I'm just not ready to be married. I'm twenty years old Scorpius, I still want to live my life while I have the chance." I took his hand that wasn't holding the box in both of mine and caught his eye. Just like the last two times, he looked upset and disappointed.

"I promise you Scorpius Malfoy, I promise that one day I'll say yes. I promise, just not yet." He closed his eyes for a second and when he opened them his expression completely changed. He put the box back in his pocket and smiled at me.

"You know, I'm going to get tired of asking pretty soon." He joked, he tried to smile but it didn't quite reach his eyes.


The rest of the evening wasn't as enjoyable as we both would like. After I turned down Scorpius's proposal, the meal became sort of strained and awkward. Even more so when the waiter came out when we were leaving and congratulated us both. The walk home was silent, instead of him putting his arm around me and pulling me close like he normally did, we just simply held hands. When we got back to the apartment we changed for bed in silence.

He quickly changed and got into bed while I was still brushing my hair out of the curls and removing all my make-up. When I finally went back into the bedroom, the light was off and he was lied with his eyes closed.

I stood in the doorway of the bathroom, looking at him for a minute.

Every time he proposed he did this, he sulked and pouted for days. After that Albus usually talked him round, or his parents, and then he was fine.

"Are you planning on getting into bed and turning that damn light out?" Scorpius snapped as I just stood there and watched him.

"Are you planning on actually acting your age and not acting like a spoilt baby?" I snapped back, I slammed the bathroom door shut and stormed over to the bed. "You do this every time I say no! You sulk and pout -"

"Well maybe if there wasn't a pattern I wouldn't sulk and pout. Maybe if you actually said yes -" He sat up and turned to face me. I sighed and sat up as well.

"Scorpius, I don't want to get married. I'm twenty years old, we aren't our parents. We don't have to get married as soon as we leave school. Look at Teddy and Victoire, they didn't get married until their mid-twenties and they are the happiest couple I know -"

"Yeah, now they are. Don't you remember before the girls were born they fought constantly?" He reminded me.

"Yes, because Teddy went halfway round the world every other week! He'd tell her he would only be gone for a week and then show up a month later! That was their fault. Look at Hugo and Polly, exact same scenario; travel reporter and a healer. Those two make it work -" I couldn't believe I was actually defending Polly Longbottom.

"Look, we aren't arguing about Polly or Teddy. Why don't you want to get married?" He asked me directly. I rolled my eyes and tried not to sigh. We've had this fight too many times before.

"Because I am not my mother. When she was my age she was playing for the Harpies, she was married, she was intent on starting a family. I don't want to be married and I don't want to start a family - you can get that idea out of your head!" I added when Scorpius looked a little defeated.

"I told you years ago that I didn't want to have kids until I was at least twenty six. You were alright with it. Don't get all broody and paternal on me!" Scorpius didn't say anything, he just looked at me and shook his head.

"All I want is to marry the woman I love and start a family with her. Is that so much to ask?"

"When we live in the public eye? Yes it is!" I tried not to shout at him, but it was so hard! Why won't he see my point? "You know I've never seen the point in marriage; we know we love each other. We know we're never going to love anybody else the way we love each other right now, why do we need to prove that to everybody else? We know it. Our friends and family know it. What else matters?" I added in a whisper, I tried to move closer to him but he sighed and got out of the bed.

"What else matters? Everything Lily! Five years we've been together! Normally after five years normal couples are married and starting the next step of their relationship!" Scorpius shouted as he flicked the light switch on. I rolled my eyes and got out of the bed too.

"Why though? Why should we make that next step? Look at Maddy!" I pointed out, Maddy Goyle was still one of his best friends. "She got married and that didn't even last a year! Now her and Jason can't even stand to be in the same room as each other!"

"That was different! Those two were nineteen -"

"I'm barely twenty! I'm the same age as those two were when they got married. Why is it I always have to get you to understand this?" I ran a hand through my hair in frustration and took a deep breath.

"I love you. I have ever since I was fifteen, I will right up until the day I die. One day I will say yes, one day I will start a family with you." I told him slowly and loudly.

"Don't speak to me like I'm a child!"

"Then stop acting like one! Stop brooding and pouting because I said no." I snapped back at him. Scorpius stood and scowled at me before he stormed out of the room.

"See! I said no so now you're pouting and running away!" I shouted after him, I heard a door slam somewhere so I slammed the bedroom door, flicked the switch off and climbed back into bed.

I didn't sleep much; at first I waited for Scorpius to come back to bed but after the clock on the bedside table showed it was past three in the morning I accepted that he was probably brooding in another bedroom, or most likely over-working himself in the gym. I snuck over to the bedroom door and quietly opened it and listened for any source of sound. Sure enough, I could hear the clanking sounds of metal banging off of each other. With a scoff and an eyeroll I slammed the bedroom door again, locking it this time and climbed back into bed.

I only got about four hours sleep when Scorpius woke me up.

"Lily, we have forty five minutes until a car is coming to take us to the airport. Get a shower." He shook my shoulder gently but turned away when I sat up. "I've left you some clothes out and packed everything else." He muttered, nodding to the two suitcases stood waiting by the door. I could see a pair of my jeans, a t-shirt and my coat folded over a chair for me.

"How did you even get in here? That door was locked. You said no magic." I scowled when I saw the bedroom door was wide open, I heard him chuckle a little bit.

"My parents own this entire building. I went down to reception and asked for a key. We may be fighting but I don't really want to leave you in America by yourself." He smirked before he left the room.

I didn't say anything, I just had a quick shower and got dressed before he came back into the room.


"Home sweet home." Scorpius yawned when we walked through the doors of our flat. I didn't say anything, I just picked my suitcase up and took it through to the bedroom. Instead of unpacking, I just stood it up at the back of the walk in wardrobe we shared that led off from the bedroom. Since it was night time in the UK, and even though I wasn't tired at all, I decided to go to bed anyway. There wasn't any point in staying awake in the flat all night long if Scorpius and I weren't on speaking terms.

I was just pulling my t-shirt off when I felt arms wrap around me. "I'm sorry for acting like a spoilt kid." Scorpius whispered into my ear, I automatically relaxed into his arms, moving my head so he could put his chin on my shoulder. "I'm sorry for getting upset for you saying no." He added before he began to kiss my neck lightly

"I'm sorry for saying no and being unreasonable -"

"You have nothing to apologize for. I was the one who tried to rush you. I was the one who stormed out last night. I was the one who acted like a dick." I turned round and wrapped my arms around his neck.

"I love you. I will marry you, just not yet. In a few years, we'll talk about the idea." I looked him in the eye and smiled lightly. "Until then, lets just have some fun. Lets just live life like normal young people, while we still can." I didn't give him chance to reply, I just pressed my lips against his.