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A different kind of love:

"You're WHAT?" Harry Potter asked his daughter.

"I'm dating Scorpius Malfoy." Lily answered.

"For how long?" Harry asked.

"Almost a year." The fifteen year old witch answered.

Harry heaved himself into a chair and put his head in his arms. The boy, Scorpius, he was nice enough. Harry had met him a few times. He knew Lily and the boy were friendly which each other but he would never have expected his daughter to tell him she was dating him. He was a Malfoy! He was Draco's son!

"Daddy?" she asked quietly. "It's not that I have rushed into it... we were friends and then he asked me out and, well, I really really like him, daddy. I love him."

This news shocked Harry even more. She was in love with him? A battle raged in his mind. If he didn't allow it, his little flower would be miserable. She might even run away with the boy. If he did allow it, well, this was a Malfoy! He didn't want a Malfoy anywhere near his preciouse daughter. Then again, the boy may not be like his father... and his father may have changed.

"What about your family Lily?" Harry heard his voice ask. "Would you still love them?"

"Of course I would always love you all. I do love you all. I just love him too... It's a different kind of love."

"A different kind of love." Harry repeted.

There was a moment of silence.

"Does your mum know?"

"Yes. And so do James and Albus."

"And they were all right with this."

"Jamie and Al weren't at first but, they understood."

Another moment of silence.

Lily took a deep breath. "Daddy, I know you don't like this but I swear, he's not like his father. He's sweet and kind and loving. I've never had a better boyfriend ever. He's always there for me and daddy, he makes me happy. He makes me feel so good. He make me happy. Very happy."

Harry regarded his daughter. She wasn't the little girl he remembered. Instead of two cute little red pigtails were curly locks of red hair. Instead of a cute little dress was a pair of skinny jeans and a Holy Head harpies T-shirt. She was no longer 3 feet tall but 5 feet tall. His little girl had grown up. She loved this boy.

"Would you choose him?" Harry asked knowing the answer.

"Yes daddy. I would choose Scorpius."

"Then, I guess I don't really have a choice." It was either let Lily be with the Malfoy boy or loose his daughter completely.

"Are you ok with it?" Lily's voice was anxious and desperate. "Please daddy."

Slowly, he nodded. His daughter squealed and wrapped him in a suffocating hug.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she shrieked beaming. "I'm going to go write to him and tell him the good news!"

Still smiling, Lily ran out of the room.

Maybe it was worth it. If it made Lily so happy, it was worth it.

After all, she was right. It didn't mean she didn't love him. It was just a different kind of love.

Author's Note: Here it is! Um.. I've got nothing to say but, REQUEST! unless you do, I can't update.

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~4everbookworm