Lily prided herself on her ability to mimic anybody's voice. She used that ability to her advantage by scaring her brother Albus by impersonating her mother so that he would do her chores. It got her in trouble more often than not, but she rationalized that the fact that she got away with it even for a while was worth it. She practiced every day in places where she thought nobody could hear her.
If people heard her practice, it would spoil the fun of the shock people got when she impersonated a teacher. That was the best part of having a talent in imitating voices. She wouldn't call herself cruel for laughing hysterically at people's reactions to her impersonation act. About ninety eight percent of the students fell for the mimicking and were mimicked by Lily at least once. (She didn't like thinking about the remaining two percent.) Usually, the people Lily mimicked found it flattering afterward.
Scorpius Malfoy, however, was one of the people with a voice that was impossible to mimic. It wasn't that he was a guy or anything, since she was able to successfully able to impersonate voices of men twice her age with voices deeper than hers. His voice wasn't nasal or squeaky or anything; in fact, it was soft and mellow.
Scorpius was a quiet guy almost to the point where people were shocked that he talked at all. He was friendly with her cousin Rose and her brother Albus, which was odd since Rose was bossy and hard to deal with if you didn't fight back and Albus was outgoing and silly. Lily found the trio of Rose, Albus and Scorpius hysterical which is why she sat by them during lunch that afternoon. Rose glared at Lily when she came by, clearly angry about something.
"What are you doing here, Lily?" Rose asked.
"Why do you act like you're about to get a disease if I sat by you?" Lily asked in a mostly innocent tone.
"The last time you sat by me, you mocked me mercilessly. That hurt, Lils, to the bottom of my soul." Rose stated dramatically.
"Relax, Rosie, it was all in good fun." Lily responded.
"It was a perfect imitation, Rosie, how could you have hated it?" Albus said enthusiastically. Rose snorted and went back to pouting into her food.
"I know why you're here." Albus said knowingly. Lily raised an eyebrow expectantly. "You want to hear Scorpius talk to break the icy exterior of Scorpius the Silent. Apparently, it's a game around Hogwarts to try and make Scorpius talk. Dunno who started it though." Lily was shocked that Albus guessed correctly.
"Hello, Scorpius. How are you doing?" She asked in her best imitation of Scorpius. She was proud of herself. For someone with minimal contact with Scorpius and even less reference with his voice, she thought she did well mimicking his voice. Scorpius grinned.
"You've almost got it," he said, "with a little work I think you can get it right."
With that, she vowed to work harder to get his voice correct. It was a weird thing to vow, Lily thought to herself, but she wanted to get it perfect. Lily talked to Scorpius more often about various subjects. He was very fun to talk to, Lily realized and she was sure that he became the tiniest bit more outgoing around her.
"So, Scorpius, is my imitation of you getting better? I've been working really hard at it and I personally think that I've improved." Scorpius smiled. Lily assumed the best.
