SCORPIUS
Andrea rolled off me immediately. 'Who is Lily, Scorpius?' she said venomously.
Fuck fuck fuck. I gaped at her like an idiot.
'Who is Lily?' she asked again looking angrier than I had ever seen her before.
'I'm sorry,' I said weakly.
She pulled her clothes on and left without even looking at me. I held my head in my hands. I'll admit it, I was a right bastard when it came to girls, but I had never mixed up names. I had screwed around a fair bit and the girl who had just stormed out of the room was probably one of the few I had actually liked. I held my head in my hands. I'm an idiot.
I finished the rest of my shift in a daze. Oh fuck. I liked Lily Potter, like really liked Lily Potter. I liked my best friend's little sister. I knew I was attracted to her because, let's face it, she was one of the hottest people I had ever met. But I hadn't realized that I really did have feelings for her. Now that I think about it the dreams should have been a red flag. Fuck.
I was pretty sure I wouldn't be able concentrate enough to apparate back home. So I took a taxi. I just collapsed on the couch. Mr. Potter, Mrs. Potter and Lily had gone to see Violet's parents. Al refused to go. He said he couldn't stand pureblood bigots and that it probably wouldn't make it any easier on Violet if her future brother-in-law attacked her parents. Mr. Potter tried to get out of dinner by using the same excuse. Mrs. Potter just glared at him and he shut up immediately.
Al sat down next to me. 'Rough day?' he asked sympathetically.
'You have no idea,' I sighed. 'I fucked up Al'
'Did someone die?' he asked worriedly.
'No I didn't accidentally kill someone,' I said with a laugh.
'Then it couldn't have been too bad,' he said comfortingly.
'I nearly slept with Andrea Thomas,' I said.
He looked at me shocked. 'Like the Andrea Thomas who cheated on you?'
'Yes,' I said, so incredibly embarrassed.
'You said "nearly". Why didn't you go through with it?' he asked.
'I said someone else's name by mistake,' I groaned.
'You are an arsehole. You know that, don't you?' he said.
'I know,' I said.
'So who was it?' he asked.
'Who was what?' I asked, knowing exactly what he was talking about.
'Who's name did you say? You probably have weird repressed feelings for this bird,' he said laughing.
'I said Lily,' I whispered ashamedly.
The smile froze on Al's face. He looked like someone had stunned him.
'Well I suppose it's good we're moving out in two weeks then. But listen if you try anything I will hex your balls off.' With that pleasant statement he left. I worry myself sometimes.
LILY
Oh boring boring boring. Millicent and Graham Greengrass were two of the dullest people I had ever met in my entire life. I could feel my father tense every time they used the word mudblood. The only thing that prevented him from hexing them was Violet's pleading face.
'Though we would have preferred it if Violet had married a Nott or a Goyle, I suppose your family does have a fairly impressive pedigree. With the exception of your mother,' Mr. Greengrass said gesturing toward my father, 'your family is largely a pureblood one and-'
'Furnunculus,'Violet screamed.
Her father broke out in boils. Her mother whimpered.
'You have to stop being such arseholes!' she shouted. 'I know you're my parents and I want you to be a part of my life and my baby's life but you cannot say stuff like that.'
'Shut your mouth girl,' her father roared. 'You have been nothing but a disappointment to me since you went to school. You have tainted the name of Greengrass by fornicating with that blood traitor and when your mother and I try to meet you halfway you insult us.'
'Don't ever talk to her like that,' James yelled at Mr. Greengrass.
Mr. Greengrass whipped his wand out, 'Crucio' he shouted aiming for his daughter.
Dad jumped in front of Violet and screamed as the spell hit him in the chest. Mum pulled her wand out and shouted 'Incarcerous'. Ropes shot out of her wand and bound Mr. Greengrass. He struggled. All the other diners had moved away from us. Thankfully this was a wizard restaurant so we didn't have to worry about muggles but it was still very embarrassing.
Dad quickly recovered from the effects of the curse thanks to his Auror training.
He looked Mr. Greengrass straight in the eyes, 'I am not going to take you to prison. Though the use of an Unforgivable does warrant time. I'm not taking you to Azkaban because I don't want to put Violet through that. But this is your last chance, don't come near her or any member of my family.'
I shivered; I had never seen Dad like this. He was so calm and in control of everything. He radiated power. This must be what he's like when he's tracking down dark wizards. We started leaving the restaurant.
'Violet, if you leave now you are no longer a part of our family.'
She turned around and looked at them sadly. 'I haven't been a part of this family for the last eight years. I found one that accepts me for who I am and supports me no matter what.'
As we left Violet started sobbing quietly.
'I'm going to get her home,' he said. He hugged dad and kissed mum and then apparated away.
Mum kissed Dad passionately. 'You how much your strong and powerful Auror persona turns me on.'
He smirked and grabbed her arse. Yes my middle-aged parents were practically ripping each other's clothes off.
'Eww, I am still here,' I said wrinkling my nose.
They laughed and we apparated home. My parents ran up to their bedroom because they are incredibly horny. I sat next to an exhausted looking Scorpius.
'How was dinner?' he asked.
'Disastrous, we nearly blew the restaurant up.'
'Yeah well Uncle Graham is a bastard,' he said with a shrug of his shoulders. He seemed unsurprised that the dinner hadn't gone very well.
'Yeah he was disgustingly rude so Violet hexed him. He insulted her so James yelled at him and then he tried to throw an Unforgivable at Violet but Dad jumped in front of her. Then Mum tied him up, and Dad did his whole threatening Auror act and we left. Oh Mum get's turned on by this stuff so they're probably upstairs banging.' I said fairly grossed out by the idea of my parents doing disgusting things to each other.
'Well your parents love each other. An awful lot. I'd give anything for my parents to love anyone as much as your parents love each other. My mum is a serial adulterer and the ghosts of the people he's murdered haunt my dad. I mean not literal ghosts like the ones you can see but the ones that live in his mind, which is honestly a lot scarier. I stopped talking to them after we had a huge fight about my career choices. It's been a year but I still can't forgive them. It's not because they didn't support me it's because they just messed me up so bad. I've known about my mother's affairs since I was ten. I didn't understand everything but I knew I couldn't tell Dad. It killed me to keep it a secret, but I did because I didn't want to break my family up,' he took a break to breathe.
'And Dad's never ever been there for me either,' he continued. 'I used to wait every morning, hoping to see the large tawny family owl come in and give me a letter. Never happened. He didn't congratulate me on becoming Seeker; he didn't come to any of my Quidditch games. Even when I got Head Boy he didn't say anything. Nothing I did seemed impressive. Sometimes I feel like he lives in his own world. Not noticing anything around him. So I left my messed up family and found a new one.' He finished bitterly 'And they never even tried to get me to come back.'
I just leaned over and held him. I didn't say a word; we just hung on to each other. He cupped my face in his hand and gently brushed his lips against mine. I pulled him closer and kissed him properly.
a/n: So I promised a long chapter and here it is. Please tell me what you think :)
