Chapter three

Harry looked down upon both of his children, a frown etched firmly across his face. The situation reminded Harry of when he had done the exact same thing to Scorpius's father, Draco. Sill, though it didn't excuse him from being guilty, at least he hadn't known what the spell would do. James knew full well the content of the spell, and what it would do to the victim.

"What do the two of you have to explain yourselves?" Ginny was the first to speak.

Lily still had a trace of tears in her eyes, but she wiped them away angrily before they could fall.

Harry prodded when neither of them would speak up. "You could have killed him, James. What were you thinking?"

"He wasn't." Lily spat, still refusing to even look at him.

James agreed, shamefaced.

Ginny and Harry turned towards their daughter. "And how are you involved in all of this?" Ginny asked.

This time, James replied first. "She's his girlfriend." He spat the last word.

"Is that true? You're going out with a Malfoy?" Harry asked, gaining a nudge from his wife.

"Yes, I am. I love him." Lily replied quietly, wishing that they would all just leave her alone, no matter how much she loved her family.

Ginny looked down at her daughter in surprise. "Dear, you're only fourteen! You can't love—"

"I can, and I do!" She shot back defiantly.

The four of them were seated in Headmistress McGonagall's office, with Minerva herself seated behind her large desk.

Minerva cleared her throat. All heads turned at the sudden noise. "Actually, Harry, I was hoping to have a word with you alone, if it isn't inconvenient for you." Harry nodded and the two of them curtly left the room.

Once they were out of earshot, McGonagall turned to Lily's father. "I was hoping that you would consider a job position."

Harry's eyes shot open wide, his arms lank at his sides. This was way too sudden. "I—I can't teach—"

"Oh, nonsense! You taught the DA, didn't you? Don't deny it, I heard all about it from your wife."

Before he could reply, Minerva cut in again.

"It's not permanent, so you don't have to worry. Our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher has come down with something sudden and decided to resign on short notice. We simply need you until we can find another teacher suitable for the job." She smiled. "I know you'll do great."

Harry stepped back a bit. "You of all people should know how important my job is. Minerva," He was still getting used to saying her name, "I'm the head of the Auror department. I can't just get up and leave. And what about the twins? I can't leave the two of them, not for that long."

She brushed him off. "Ginny is perfectly capable of handling them."

"You don't know Fred and George. They're living up to their namesakes." Harry muttered.

Minerva sighed. "I merely ask that you think about it."

"He's going to teach?" Albus asked, shock covering his features. "Our father, Harry Potter, is going to teach here?"

James nodded enthusiastically, a grin following his mood. "Isn't it great? And I thought I was going to get murdered when I saw him come back, with the look he had on his face."

"The Harry Potter is actually going to teach us?" Piped in Eric Jordan, the student Quidditch announcer. "Really?"

"Really!" James sounded too exited.

That was Rachel's opinion at any rate. "Would you boy shut up! We're trying to study here." She, Rose, Hugo, Albus, and another couple of Gryffindors were seated around the fireplace in their common room, studying vigorously for class exams, as it was nearing Christmas break. "Don't you guys have any studying to do?"

James laughed, turning to Rachel with a grin. "Study? What are you talking about?"

"James has never studied a day in his life." Albus told her, flipping a page from the book that he was reading, titled; All About Potions, a Young Wizards Guide to Potion Making.

"Like you even need to." Was James retort as he and Eric continued on with their jabbering.

Finally, Rachel had had enough. Slamming her own book down upon the small coffee table, she marched up to James. "If you don't shut up, I'll—"

"You'll do what?" Eric interjected, grinning snidely. "Tell your mummy on us?"

Rose stood up, irritation spread across her features. "I'll tell your mum, if you don't shut up."

At the mention of the Flying Instructions teacher, Eric shut up immediately. His father, Lee Jordan, had married Angelina Johnson, who was now the Flying teacher for the first years at Hogwarts.

Rose nodded with a smirk and sat back down, along with a mumbling Rachel.

"I don't see how you can put up with them…"

Lily's hand rested lightly upon Scorpius' as she waited beside his cot in the Hospital wing, seated on a small stool. There were hardly any other patients, and those that were there were all asleep, giving her the peace that she had longed for ever since her parents had arrived. People wouldn't stop bugging her about the fact that they were simply there, and now it was even worse, because her father was going to teach DADA classes. Of course, she knew that if anyone could teach that class, it would be her father. However, it would have been much more exciting if it weren't her father and it were just some famous wizard, like he was to everyone else.

A rustle on the bed alerted her to his awaking presence. Scorpius shifted for a moment, and then opened his grey eyes. They were her eyes again once he spotted her.

"Lily?" He asked, his voice a bit scratchy. He looked down at her arm to see the bandage. "I'm sorry—"

"Don't be, it wasn't your fault." She interrupted firmly, lifting her hand to brush away a stray lock of silvery hair. She gazed down into his stone-colored eyes. "Headmistress McGonagall has called your father. He'll be here soon."

Scorpius flinched notably, making him wince even more from the sudden pain.

"Your wounds should be mostly healed, but they were really deep…" The mention of his cuts only proved to dampen both of their moods.

"I really do think you need to be more careful around my brother. He can get really defensive." She tried not to sound like she was defending him, even though they both knew that she was.

"I think that you need to be careful where you go. Even if we hadn't started that fight, we still would have gotten in a load of trouble." He reminded her. "Not to mention that James was acting like an asshole the entire time."

"Scorpius!"

He turned on her. "Stop defending him, Lily! I know he's your brother, but that doesn't change the fact that he is a complete bastard."

"Don't call him that! You both talk the same way, you know that? You guys are so much alike!"

Scorpius grabbed her wrist firmly, straining himself to sit up. "Don't you ever say that!" He looked into her brown orbs. She could tell by the look in his stone-hard eyes that he was being completely serious. "Don't ever compare me to him."

Realizing that he still had a firm grip on her wrist, he let go quickly, turning his face.

"I'm sorry." She apologized, resting a hand on his shoulder.

Scorpius took in a few deep breaths before turning back to her. With the eyes that were hers, he looked at her. "Me too,"

The door to the Hospital wing abruptly flung open, revealing a tall black-haired woman as she sped thought he entrance.

Mrs. Malfoy came sprinting in, emotions coming and going across her face in rapid speed. Once she arrived at Scorpius' cot, she turned her conflicting face towards Lily. "Who are you?" She demanded.

Lily stumbled, attempting to answer the woman. "I—I'm—"

"This is my girlfriend, Mother." Scorpius replied, nodding towards her.

His mother opened her eyes in shock, and then speculation. "Is she—"

Scorpius sighed. "Yes, mother. She is as pure as they get."

She seemed to take it well, though she completely ignored Lily from that point on. She hadn't even stopped to introduce herself, or to even ask Lily's name.

"Boy, when your father gets here, you'll have a lot of explaining to do! But I must say, if you ever get caught in a fight again like you were, make sure it's a Potter. Filthy blood-traitors, the whole lot of them."

Lily was about to say something, when Scorpius caught her eye. Blood-traitors! Lily couldn't believe the nerve of the woman.

"Mother, please refrain from calling the Potters any cruel names. Simply because you don't care for their father, doesn't give you permission to bad-mouth their entire family."

Mrs. Malfoy looked like she as about to have a heart attack. She even raised her arm, as if she were going to slap him. However, in that moment, Scorpius' father, Mr. Malfoy, came striding into the room, flanked by Madam Pomfrey and Lily's own father, Harry Potter.

It seemed as if their fathers were having a conversation as they entered, and it looked rather civilized. Mrs. Malfoy dropped her arm immediately, and then went rushing to her husband.

Draco came striding up to Scorpius' bed side, and then turned to Lily, nodding slightly. "Miss Potter," Then went straight to his son.

Scorpius' mother looked as if she were about to explode. "Potter? She's a Potter?" She exclaimed, looking from Lily to Harry. When Harry nodded towards her, she bleached. "But that can't be! Scorpius said that they were together!" She pointed again towards Lily.

Draco sent a surprised look to Harry, who nodded in conformation, a slight twitch in his lips at Mrs. Malfoy's apparent distaste.

Madam Pomfrey spoke up. "Now, now. Young Mr. Malfoy needs his rest. You can come back and see him tomorrow."

Two weeks later, Lily sat comfortably in the burrow, enjoying her vacation.

Scratch that, she would have been enjoying her vacation; if it weren't for all of the awkward stares she kept on receiving. Her uncle Ronald had taken to the news of her new boyfriend the worst. He hadn't seemed to get over his silly rivalry towards the Malfoys just yet. Her brother James was acting as usual as ever, except when he was around her. He would hardly ever talk to her, and when he did, he wouldn't ever look into her eyes. Albus was simply Albus, and the twins were too young to know anything.

At the though of the twins, Lily turned to her youngest brothers. Both of them had unruly dark hair exactly like their fathers, accompanied with his green eyes. They were the only two to have the black on green combination, though they had the personalities of their uncles and namesakes. Though none of the Potter children had ever gotten to meet their late uncle Fred, they heard stories of him endlessly by his brother, George.

Turning her head towards the window next, Lily spent the next few moments simply staring out into the snow-covered land. Whenever she saw snow, thoughts of Scorpius invaded her mind. It wasn't as if it was snowing the first time they met or anything. However, for some unbeknown reason, the snow reminded her of him.

Flashback

Beginning of Lily Potter's fourth year.

Lily went sprinting down the Hogwarts corridors, breathing in heavily with strain. Another few seconds and she would be late for class, and she knew that her Potions teacher wasn't going to be very happy with her. She would probably receive another detention.

Her thoughts were so jumbled up that she completely undermined the fact that she was about to run into something.

Lily's breath caught as she slammed hard into a firm wall-like object. Looking up with dazed eyes, she caught sight of her target. She gasped as her eyes locked onto the Slytherin's.

Michal Jacobs looked down with dark eyes at Lily's short form with disgust. "Look who it is, guys. It's a Potter." His two companions turned to look at her.

Lily smiled hesitantly, attempting to take a short step back. Unfortunately for her, one of Michal's friends had come to stand directly behind her, blocking her escape.

"I don't think so, little Potter. Don't think you're getting away so easily." Michal started, looking down at her. "I'm a bit agitated with that perfect brother of yours, and you look like a perfect way to relieve some anger."

Lily's face paled slightly, though she tried desperately to keep her cool. All three of them were in the beginning of their seventh years, while she was still only starting her fourth. They quite literally towered over her. "I'm sorry to ruin your fun, but I really must be off. You see, my class starts—"

Michal leaned down closer to her. "I don't bloody well care when your class starts, and I obviously don't care that you're just a little shrimp." He grinned viciously. "James will have a fit when he sees what I've done to his precious little sister."

Lily's eyes spread wide in shock as strong hands locked tightly around arms, holding her back. Michal pulled his wand out of his robes as his other friend laughed from behind.

"Ian, go find us a better place to do this. I don't want to be interrupted." Michal ordered, sending the other Slytherin off as he touched the tip of his wand to her chin. "It's your fault for being a Potter."

Moments later, Ian came back to lead them to a vacant classroom that wasn't going to be used for the rest of the day down near the dungeons. Michal pushed her up against the far back wall as Ian and the other Slytherin stood guard at the other side of the door.

"Go ahead, call for your brother. It won't help any."

Despite her currant situation, Lily sent a dark look towards him. "Why do people always assume that I need my brother?"

Though slightly shocked that she had actually answered him in such a way, he gave her a snide grin. "It doesn't seem like your doing too well on your own there, little Potter."

As Lily made a gesture to retrieve her wand, Michal pointed his own towards her.

"Accio wand!" He called as her wand went flying towards him before she could get a good grip on it. He smirked at her, throwing her wand back to the other side of the room.

As Lily's last form of defense, she aimed a punch straight for his face as he came up to her. Unfortunately for her, Michal dogged her blow easily, grabbing her arm with a strong grip.

"What are you going to do now, Potter?" He jeered, leaning down.

Lily spat defiantly in his face, her eyes narrowed to slits.

Michal let out a noise of disgust as he wiped away the saliva on his eyes. Raising his arm, he punched her in the cheek, causing her to want to cry out. However, she held it in as a small trickle of blood oozed from her mouth.

"You bitch." He started, throwing another jab at her side. "You know you want to cry. Come on, beg for you brother's help."

"What are you doing, Jacobs?"

Both heads turned towards the new voice.

Scorpius stood in the doorway, Ian and the other Slytherin cowering behind him. A strange look was in his grey eyes, though she couldn't seem to figure out what it was. She couldn't even figure out why he was even there. No matter how much she had fanaticized about him since they meet on the Hogwarts Express, she knew that he wouldn't ever return her feelings. She was more like an occasional acquaintance to him anyway.

Michal scowled at him. "What does it look like, Malfoy?"

Scorpius shrugged as he strode farther into the room. "It looks like you're beating up on a student both younger than you, and smaller. Not to mention she's a girl."

"This is none of your business, leave."

Scorpius shook his head from one side to the next. "I think you're the one that needs to leave, Michal."

With one lingering look towards Lily, the Slytherin dropped her arm, standing back. As he neared the entrance, he passed by closely to Scorpius. "I won't forget this, Malfoy." He spat, leaving the room.

"I'm sure you won't." Scorpius replied out the door. He then turned to her. "That was stupid of you."

Lily's eyes widened as quick anger filled her. "How was this my fault?" She asked hotly, wiping away at the blood on her chin.

"First," He started, grabbing something off of the ground. "You dropped your wand. And secondly, you didn't call for help."

"I didn't need to." She told him, arms crossed. She could feel a bruise start to form where Michal had grabbed her arm.

Scorpius turned to her, handing her the wand. "Obviously not."

Lily grabbed it quickly, looking him straight in the eyes. "I can do things on my own."

"How can you even think that, Potter?" He was calling her by her last name. That wasn't a good sign for her. "All three of them are older than you, and they only want to hurt you because of your idiotic brother. I wouldn't put it past Michal to kill you, for what James has done to him."

"They weren't too tough. You got rid of them." She pointed out as the he came closer to her. The look he had on his face was scaring her.

"That's because of my name. Most Slytherins won't mess with me, just because of how much influence the Malfoys have over the house. A Gryffindor like yourself, on the other hand, won't be so lucky." He was extremely close to her now. "Lily, you're an idiot."

Rage burned within her. "It's not my fault!" She shouted, shoving him away from her with both hands. "Just leave me alone, Scorpius, if you're going to keep telling me how stupid I was."

"Well, it's not like I'm lying or anything. You should learn from your mistakes." He lectured, placing his feet firmly on the ground, so that she couldn't shove him any further.

"You're being pompous."

"Well, you're being difficult." He retorted.

Lily seethed, clenching her fists at her sides. "You know what, Scorpius? I don't give an effing shit. I can't believe that you would just walk in here, help me, and then go on lecturing me like you're my father or something!"

Scorpius continued as if he hadn't even heard her. "From now on, you can't walk around alone."

"You can't tell me what to do, Scorpius!"

His eyes darkened. "I can, and I will."

Lily was taken aback at his straight forwardness. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

"You know what's wrong with me? I care about you!"

Lily gasped, her eyes saucer-like. Before she could say anything more, Scorpius grabbed her by the shoulders, pulling her into a tight kiss.

It was their first.

End flashback

Lily sighed inwardly at the memory. She wished that he was with her now. She hated it when they were apart. The two of them had decided together that they would both stay at Hogwarts for Christmas; however, both sets of parents had refused to let them stay, insisting that each would go to their respective household.

Lily Potter was starting to think that telling everyone about them was a bad idea.

A/N Sorry it's been so long. I try not to count. I've just been working on life and such, with school coming up an all.

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