Thank you all my amazing reviewers! I love y'all! Thank you all of you who pointed out some helpful hints. I'll gladly comply, however, as I am told Astoria Greengrass is Scorpios's mother(which I am I told is spelled Scorpius, so will be from hereforth), I can't really changed everything without a bunch of work I don't wish to do, so forgive me, but she'll stay as Pansy. I love all the reviews and the helpful hints! You are all so amazing!
Chapter Nine:
Lily woke up early that morning, with Scorpius's arms still around her. She just lied there for a moment, resting her head against his chest. Finally, she carefully slid out of his arms and walked in to the bathroom.
She took a nice shower, got dressed, and went downstairs for breakfast.
"Morning, Lils," Hugo said. "Excited for classes and your first day of marriage?"
Lily glared. "Leave me alone, Hugo."
"How was your night?" he continued teasingly.
"Leave me alone."
Hugo laughed a little. "Relax, Lils. It's gonna be okay."
Lily leaned back against her chair, rubbing her eyes.
There was a voice from behind her that nearly made her scream, it scared her so much. It almost literally came out of nowhere. "Tired, Lily?"
"Scorpius!" she squeaked. "Don't do that! Gosh! YOU'RE gonna give me a heart attack!"
He smiled sheepishly at her. "Sorry, Lily."
His smile melted her heart a little, and if she hadn't been so careful, she probably would've been drooling all over the rug...ugh. Why did she like him so much when she knew that she couldn't trust him to love her?
"Would you like to go practice Quidditch, Lils?" asked Hugo. "We have a game next weekend!"
Lily yawned. "I'm not up for it this morning. Maybe later."
"Okay," Hugo said. "But you're going to get out of shape if you don't practice. You haven't attended practice since...oh, two weeks ago. It's a surprise Albus doesn't find a replacement."
"You're so inconsiderate!" she said angrily. "Why can't you help for once instead of being...ridiculous?"
"I am not being ridiculous!" Hugo replied indignantly.
Scorpius sat down next to her and put his hand on her knee. "Calm down, Lily."
"Don't tell me to calm down!" she shouted, her voice shrill. "I'm tired of everyone telling me to calm down when they don't understand anything!"
"What don't I understand?" he asked calmly, almost icily.
"You don't understand anything!" she cried, pushing her chair out and running away.
That's right, said the evil voice in her head. Run away. Run away from everything. As if that'll solve your problems. Run away, Lily. Run away.
That disconcerting voice in her head made her cry more, and when she finally made it back to the married people's commons, she sank in to the couch by herself and she cried. When she finally stopped crying, she just leaned against the back of the couch and watched the fire burn.
"Hi, Lily," sniffled a voice.
Lily looked up and saw Jana.
"I'm Jana. Didn't officially introduce myself yesterday." Jana sounded like she was trying desperately not to cry.
Lily had to do the same, forcing her voice to be strong. It still trembled a little. "Is something wrong, Jana?"
"Yes." The older girl sat next to her and hid her face in her hands.
"What's wrong?"
Jana sighed and looked up. "He says he loves me. I'm scared to tell him."
"Tell him what, Jan?"
Jana smiled a little, sadly. "You know, he calls me that. Jan. Heh, reminds me of the month, January."
"Tell him what?"
She sniffled, wiping away a tear. "I love him. I love him so much because he's so sweet and caring and gentle. I'm scared to tell him, I'm pregnant."
"Oh, Jana," Lily said, smiling truly for the first time that day. "That's great."
"Great?" the Slytherin girl's eyes focused in to a glare. "Great? He's a..."
"A what? A muggle born? I thought everyone was over that. A Hufflepuff? I thought that if you two loved each other, houses wouldn't matter."
"What if he just says he loves me? What if he doesn't?" she started crying. "I...I love him. I'm so scared..."
Lily jumped up quickly. "Can I go get him? Please?"
"I will forever be in your debt if you can help make this better, Lily. But you are just a little girl still. You shouldn't have to be worried about getting married so young. You are just 15. I'm sorry, Lily."
"Don't be sorry, Jana. I'm so happy you are in love! And if he is brave enough to tell you that he loves you, that's great! I'll go get Tom! Stay here." Lily rushed downstairs and nearly ran in to Scorpius. "Scorpius!" She suddenly and painfully remembered her argument with him just an hour previous. "Um..."
"Lily, I have to tell you something," Scorpius said quickly.
"Can it wait? I promised Jana...I have to get Tom. See you in a few!" Lily rushed down to the Great Hall, leaving Scorpius staring after her sadly.
~Scorp's POV
"Scorpius."
"Jana!" Scorpius and Jana, being Slytherins, were good friends.
"Lily went downstairs. She wanted to get Tom for me."
"Yeah, I saw her," Scorpius found himself rather cross now.
Jana smiled a little. "Why are you upset, Scorp?"
"I wanted to tell her."
"Tell her what?"
"That she's very special. That I...I love her. I was just ready to be brave enough, now I don't think I'll be able to."
Jana smiled. "Oh, that's so sweet, Scorpius. You love her!"
"I don't think she likes me," he said. "We had an argument at breakfast."
She laughed. "An argument. Tom and I have those all the time. I still love him."
Scorpius sighed sadly. "She doesn't like me."
Jana smiled. "I think she does. She's scared that you won't love her. I bet you anything."
Scorpius shrugged.
"I'm here!" Lily climbed through the door excitedly, followed by Tom.
~Lily's POV
She grinned happily at Jana.
"Jana?" Tom walked over to her. "Lily said you wanted to tell me something."
Jana said quietly, "It's really important, Tom."
"Are you hurt? Is something wrong?" He put his arm around her quickly.
"Heh, no. I think I need to sit down to tell you this, though."
Tom led her carefully over to the loveseat and sat down next to her, his arm pulled gently yet firmly around her.
Jana blushed a little at his over-attentive worry. "I'm good, Tom. I..."
"What's wrong, my love? What's wrong?"
She sat up a little, taking a deep breath and glancing at Lily nervously. "I, um..." she smiled at him and whispered, "Did you know that I love you?"
Tom smiled, relaxing a bit. "I love you too. I know that you love me. I've known for a while."
"Even after what happened yesterday?"
"Oh, the argument? I'll love you no matter what, Jan."
Jana sighed a little. She leaned in to his embrace for comfort, her eyes starting to flood with tears.
"Oh, Jana!" Tom began to get worried. He wiped away her tears quickly. "Jana, Jana, calm down, love! I love you. Is something wrong?"
"Tom...I'm pregnant."
"Is that all, Jana? Is that what is making you cry? Were you worried?"
"I was worried you wouldn't love me," she whispered through her tears.
"I will always and forever love you, Jana. No matter what." Tom wrapped his arms around her. "I love you always."
Lily smiled at them, and poking Scorpius, she pulled him out so they could have time together alone.
"So that's why you went to get Tom?" asked Scorpius when they got outside.
"Yeah. Isn't it sweet?" she sighed with a happy smile.
"Do you love anyone? Did the marriage pull you away from a special someone?"
The question was so out of the blue, it made tears fall from her eyes. She quickly hid them. "No. I've never actually dated anyone or anything like that. Sure, I had a crush on a guy once in a while. I even had a crush on you once. When you and Albus first became friends, actually. I thought you were cute."
He laughed a little. "Really? I thought you were beautiful. I never allowed myself to fall for you because you were Albus's little sister. Falling for your best friend's little sister is not a wise idea."
"You fell for me?" Lily almost squeaked.
Scorpius stopped and looked at her eyes. "Lily, you are a pretty girl. A lot of guys like you. I thought I didn't have a chance with you, partially because you were young, and partially because I didn't ever want to take advantage of you."
"Now what do you think?" she chanced to ask, her voice small.
Scorpius smiled. "I'm very happy now. Because even if you do ever love, it can't be taking advantage of you if we're married."
Lily said, "You like me?"
"A lot," Scorpius said truthfully. He decided not to pull the 'I love you' statement yet. With the way she was, that might scare her away.
"Good."
Scorpius looked at her, shocked. "Good?"
"Good. I like you, too. A lot."
"Good. Let's go to class."
Lily frowned. "That's not fair, Scorpius. I don't have class with you."
Scorpius laughed. "Sorry, Lily. Looks like we'll have to see each other at lunch."
"Ugh, that's awful! I'll have to endure Albus and Susie being all over each other all morning!"
He smiled and patted her shoulder. "It'll be okay, Lily. See you at lunch."
Lily smiled at him too, and walked in to class, her mind fuzzy and full of seeing his beautiful blue eyes in the back of her head. She was being so ridiculously happy, she didn't notice Professor Sprout saying, "Lily, why are you late?"
