"Some show you put on back there, Miss Potter." She put down her goblet and looked up to see Scorp grinning down at her. The Great Hall wasn't near as full as it soon would be. First years were assembling in front of the Sorting Hat, and Professor McGonagall, now headmaster, was motioning for them to step forward. Lily smiled when she saw their scared faces. She remembered her first year. Getting hounded because she was the 'Girl-Who-Lived'.

That was her nickname. Just because of her father. She thought it was pretty dumb considering she hadn't survived anything. But a lot of things were dumb, and Lily soon realized that she couldn't stop them from calling her that. "Thanks for helping me, by the way."

Scorp swung his leg over the bench to sit beside her. See, Scorp was so...him, that it didn't matter that he was sitting at his house's sworn enemy's table. Any other Slytherin that did that would have been shunned, or they would have been cursed. There had actually been cases like that before. But Scorp was Scorp. He could do whatever he wanted and it didn't matter.

"Oh, not a problem, love." He said, sending her a grin that made her heart stop. Well, not literally. "Gave me quite a scare there, Speck." That was his nickname for her. When she was in her first years, her freckles were very noticable. Now they weren't, but his nickname still stuck. When some of the Gryffindors began giving him looks, he got up and said, "See you during Prefect Patrol, alright?" He gave her a wink, before turning and walking back to his house's table.

"Oooo." Katie said, nudging Lily. "Someone fancies Scorp." Leena and Rosie exchanged smiles as Lily rolled her green eyes and said, "Come on, guys. You know that I-"

And at that moment, in all of his handsome and buff glory, Hanson Krum strolled down to take the seat in front of them. All four girls just stared at him like he had just appeared out of nowhere. Which, if you think about it, wouldn't really have been that strange.

"Miss Potter, nice to see you again. As if vould seem, for my stay here at Hogvarts, I am to be in Gryffindor." He was gazing at her, buy Lily's eyes drifted off to the Slytherin table again to see Scorp laughing with a bunch of his friends. When their gazes locked, he smiled. She returned his smile, but stopped when Katie nudged her.

"What?" She asked her harshy, but turned back to Hanson and said, "Oh, that vonder-, I mean, wonderful." He was about to say something else, but McGonagall had gotten up and started to give the welcome speech. Blocking her speech, Lily drifted off into her own thoughts. Had she honestly just witnessed her grandparents' murders? It seemed so real...too real...

"Riddle, Marvolo." Lily winced as a pain shot thru her forhead as if someone was carving into it with a knife.

"Potter, you alright?" Hugo asked her as he came to sit beside her. Why he, James and Albus were late, she didn't know. But she really didn't want to question it. She was definetley more close with Albus than her other brother or any of her other cousins, and he glanced over at her with a worried look on his face as he said, "Sis, you ok? Thomas told us you collapsed on the train. I went back, but that Malfoy kid said that you were already in the hospital wing-"

"-I'm fine, Al." She said, trying to be reassuring. Because Rose, being way to much like Hermione, would jump at the chance to write to her Uncle Harry and tell him about Lily. And Lily already knew that her father was plenty upset as it was. "I promise."

Al knew she was lying. He knew his sister well. Not caring at that moment if he knew or not, Lily turned back to watch the youngest Riddle sit down on the stool. No surprise to her when he was placed in Slytherin. Another pain shot thru her forhead as she glanced back at the Slytherin table. Scorp caught her eye and mouthed, 'Are you ok?' She smiled and nodded, hoping that would be enough.

"Boo." His voice tingled the back of her neck. She wasn't scared, she knew he was behind her. She smirked as she turned around and said, "Wondered when you'd show up." When he fell in step with her, he said in a teasing voice, "Yes. Because Lily Potter would never show that she was-" He gasped before saying, "-scared."

She rolled her green eyes as they walked down the deserted corridors. It would have been pitch black had they not been for their lighted wands and the various torches that hung on the castle's walls. She wasn't looking at him, but she knew that he was looking at her. She also knew that he did indeed like her and it was only a matter of time before he cracked. She was pretty sure that she liked him as well, but she wanted him to be the first one to say anything. Not that she wouldn't do it. Lily Potter wasn't scared of anything.

That's what she told herself at least. But sometimes it was hard to live up to everyone's expectations of her.

"So, next weekend is our first Hogsmeade trip." He said not like a statement, almost like a question. As they continued to walk down the dark corridors to "patrol" she said, "Yeah. So?"

"So-" Scorp said as they came to the Grand Staircase where they'd soon have to depart. "-I was wanting to ask you if-"

"Ah, Scorpius. I was needing to talk to you-" The voice stopped just as quickly as Scorp had. Scorp rolled his gorgeous blue eyes when his father came to stand behind him. With a nod and a smile, he said, "Ah, Miss Potter. A little late to be out, isn't it?"

"Oh, yes." Quickly realizing what she had said, she said, "I mean, no. I'm a prefect, sir." Draco's eyes fell on the badge she was wearing beside her scarlet and gold tie. He smiled up at her and said, "Well, Miss Potter. It would seem as if the halls were quite in order."

"Oh-" She looked down at Scorp who was looking very angry. "-of course. Goodnight Professor-" She smiled at Draco, then said to Scorp, "Goodnight, Scorp."

" 'Night, Lily." Was all he said before his father led him down the hallway. Lily was literally bouncing down the hallways as she made it to the common room. Smiling to herself, she said to the Fat Lady, "Polyjuice."

She smiled as she swung open and said, "Welcome back, Miss Potter." Lily gave a smile as she entered the portrait hole. Once she was inside, she wasn't surprised to see Rosie sitting by the fire reading a book. She was her mother, while Hugo was most definetley his father. She turned her brown eyes up on Lily when she came in.

"Where were you?"

"Patrolling." Lily said in a matter of fact voice as she tore off her tie and pulled off her cloak. Rosie was watching her closely as she started up to the stairs. When she was on the second step, Rosie said, "He asked you out, didn't he?"

Lily turned around and smiled at Rosie as she said, "Almost."

"Almost?" Rose asked with a snort as she pulled her bushy brown hair up. Lily walked back down the stairs and said as she took the seat next to the fire, "Malfy interrupted us before he got a chance to." Rosie laughed again, causing Lily to tear her eyes off of the fire and look at her cousin, "What's so funny?"

"Well, it just seems that Professor Malfl- I mean, Malfoy is trying to keep you two apart. Have you noticed that? In the bookstore, and now? I just think it's funny. I mean, imagine what Uncle Harry would do." Lily shuddered at that thought as she turned back to the fire. A familar pain shot thru her head, but she ignored it as she once more got lost in her thoughts, but this time instead of thoughts of the Riddle kids, it was thoughts of a certain Slytherin.

"...on page 36." Professor Longbottom said the next morning. She had no idea what they were talking about, and clearly, she didn't really care. He was writing something on the board as she looked across the room to Scorp. He smiled at her, apparently he wasn't listening either, and began writing something on his parchment.

Lily glanced over at Leena to see what she was writing. Since her father was the teacher, she had to pay attention. Though she never got a chance to see what she was writing, because Longbottom said, "Lil- I mean, Miss Potter. Is there a problem?"

Lily shot her head back up and looked into the face of one of her father's best friends. Forcing a smile, she said to him, "Of course, Professor." He raised an eyebrow as he leaned forward on his desk. He knew how her father was in school, and he also knew that she was just like him. "What did I just say?"

"Um...don't feed those plant thingies after midnight?" She heard Scorp and a few of the Slytherins laugh from behind her. When she glanced over at him, Scorp applauded silently. Longbottom sighed and said, "Lily, that's the third time this week."

"Today's the first day of classes...and I'm not helping myself at all am I?" Neville stared at her with a sad face. She was the daughter of his best friend. He hated punishing her, more so because it apparently didn't work, but because of Harry. "Miss Potter, I'm sorry. But you have a detention tonight with Hagrid-" She sighed out of relief. Neville was the only teacher that gave her detentions with Hagrid. Because he hated giving them to her, so he let her have them with Hagrid. "-to which Mr. Malfoy will accompany you."

Scorp's laughter dried up when he said that. He brought his wand back into his pocket, and the parchment that he had been levitating over to Lily dropped in the center of the class room. Professor Longbottom gave out a long sigh before he sat down on his chair and rested his hands on his desk as he said, "What am I going to do with you two? Every year it's always you two. Mr. Malfoy-"

He motioned for Scorp to walk up to the front of the class, letting a lot of the Gryffindors and Slytherins a like laugh. Lily smirked at him as he got out of his seat, straightened his tie in a perfect impression of his father, and made his way to the front of the class room.

"Wingardium Levi-" Lily stopped, and shoved her wand back into her robes when Neville looked over at her. Sighing again, he said, "Mr. Malfoy, if you would please-" He took his wand and pointed at the crumbled up parchment. "Accio Note."

It was in Scorp's hands a minute later. Pushing a strand of his silky, blonde hair out of his eyes, he glanced over at Neville who said, "What are you waiting for, Mr. Malfoy? You know the rules of my classroom. Read it." Scorp rolled his eyes as if it didn't phase him at all. Which, knowing him, it probaby didn't.

"Fine, fine, Professor." He said, folding it out, he read: "Lily, will you do me the honors in going with me to Hogsmeade next weekend?" That was accompanied by laughs, and a lot of whispering. Leena, Katie and Rose all stared at Lily who was too stunned to speak. Yes, she knew it was coming, but not like this.

"Well?" Scorp asked, unaware that his Herbology professor's jaw was dropped all the way to the ground. Leena nudged her, and Lily managed to say, "Of course." His friends started applauding. Scorp winked at her as Professor Longbottom said to himself, "Maybe I shouldn't have given you detentions together..." But a moment later, he was back at the board writing more notes about those plant thingies Lily had mentioned before, and having no idea what they were.

Unaware, or simply not caring that Hanson was glaring at him, Scorp glanced over at Lily and smiled, causing a deep blush to creep across her skin. She smiled to herself as she looked back over Leena's shoulder.

A date with the son of Draco Malfoy.

What would her father say?