A Valentine's drabble for Michal, who never fails to make me smile with her energy and creativity :) I know I'm a bit late, but Happy Valentine's Day!
Lily Luna Potter is in a dress and her hair is done and her nails are filed to perfection, but she doesn't feel beautiful.
She stands in the Great Hall among her girl friends, but she doesn't feel pretty at all; on the contrary, she feels very exposed, as if she hasn't quite dressed up nicely enough, as if her efforts to be girlish for the Hogwarts Winter Ball are all in vain.
In addition, Lily feels very exposed, as if someone is watching her as she dances with her cousins.
At the end of the night, Lily just happens be turning when, out of the corner of her eye, she sees a boy with platinum blond hair staring at her. She makes eye contact with him, and something unfamiliar and warm floods into her heart.
She turns away and a smile creeps onto her face.
Lily Luna is approached by Scorpius Malfoy the following day at the breakfast table. He simply saunters over to her spot and sits next to her as if Al and Rose aren't openly gaping at him from their spot down the table.
"Hello," she says, slightly alarmed at his presence. She flushes, aware that his eyes are fixated on her wandering ones.
"Hello," he says in a voice that makes her shiver with pleasure. He shifts uncomfortably. "You looked really-" He turns a bit pink as he fumbles for the words. "Really, er, nice last night. And, er, now too."
Lily Luna is in a Muggle sweatshirt and jeans and her hair is a mess and she's bitten down all over her nails, but for the first time in her life, she feels absolutely beautiful.