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Chapter seven – The beginning of a new routine

It was still dark when Lily woke the next morning. As it was getting lighter, Lily figured that it would be best if she stayed awake. She got up and got dressed in silence, before sneaking out of the dormitory, her bag on her back, robes and tie over her arm. She went out and sat in one of the green winged chairs by the fire and watched it crackle as she entered, disturbing the silence and staleness that was the morning. She put her robes on and tied her new green and silver tie, making sure it sat neatly on her body. Lily wished she had a mirror so she could see what she looked like. A door opened and Lily turned to see Scorpius exiting the boy's dorm and come to sit beside her on the arm of the chair.

"Morning" he whispered, tying his own tie.

"Morning" she whispered back, watching him tie it wrong. "Want some help?" she asked, having had enough of watching him fail.

Scorpius nodded and let his hands fall to his side as Lily took over. "How come you know how to do this?" he asked, when she was finished and was tightening it so that it sat comfortably.

"Dad taught all three of us when James started. He knew we'd need to wear our ties. So he saved himself the time and taught us together." Scorpius nodded again, as the doors opened and some of the older students walked over.

"First years! Vacate that chair" one of the boys said.

They did as they were told and stood before the group. Lily looked into the speakers eyes while Scorpius looked to his feet, as though he were ashamed.

"Stop staring, girl" said one of the boys. Lily only continued to stare more. One of the girls whipped out her wand and pointed it at Lily, before saying "Singultus" and watched as Lily burst into a fit of hic-ups. The older students laughed as they walked out of the common room, the wall shutting behind them.

Scorpius looked at Lily for a moment before gathering both his and her bags, before grabbing Lily's hand and pulling her out the common room too. Scorpius ran up the stairs, pulling Lily roughly. He headed to the Great Hall, in the hopes that there would be a professor already eating.

Entering the Hall, he was relieved as he saw three professors sitting at the head table. "Professor" he yelled, echoing around the empty hall. Three heads turned to him. "Please help" he whimpered, pulling Lily in front of him, showing the hic-upping girl to the confused professors.

Scorpius noted that Professor Logan was there, the bald man that yelled at James and Albus last night, along with a young man with blonde hair and a rough look about him, complete with a crooked nose.

"What happened to Miss Potter, Mr. Malfoy?" asked the young one, his voice rugged and strained.

"She was hit with a curse that was Singultus, I think." He said, trying his hardest to remember what the others had used.

The young one got out of his chair and came to stand in front of Lily, staring into her eyes. "You were staring again weren't you, little flower?" Lily could only nod, recognising who the professor was by the use of her nickname from him.

The young professor sighed and tapped his wand on Lily's head, instantly she stopped hic-upping. She let out a sigh if relief before hugging the professor in recognition. "Thanks" she whispered to him before letting him go. Lily sauntered off, with Scorpius trailing behind, looking just as confused as the other two professors.

"Lily, what was that about? You can't just hug a professor" he hissed as they sat down to eat their breakfast, which had only just appeared on the tables.

"I know that. But I know him too well to just let him help me and not thank him." She said, avoiding the question, but answering it at the same time, and grabbing some of the porridge in front of her.

Scorpius grabbed some bacon and ate some before he continued. "Yeah, but hugging a professor is not the way to do it" he scolded. Lily shrugged and poured some honey over the porridge before digging in.

"Scorpius, trust me when I say that I know him better than anyone" she smiled, finality of the conversation clear in her voice.

Scorpius was about to comment, when Dysis walked in and sat on the other side of Lily "Morning, guys" he said merrily, oblivious to what had just happened.

It was clear that their conversation was indeed over for the morning. More students filed in and the noise level grew. Soon everyone was there, eating and laughing. They all compared timetables to see who had what as the professors handed them out. Lily, Scorpius and Dysis were comparing theirs when the screeching of owls could be heard over head.

They looked up to see hundreds of owls flying around, looking for the recipients of their packages. Scorpius was surprised when two owls flew their way. One landed in front of him, which was brown and speckled with white. The other landed in front of Lily and was a snowy owl.


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