Elsi: And now, ladies and gentlemen, we welcome you to the presenting of: Lessons and Lies- Ice Cream.

Trek: It's basically the exact opposite of the chapter before it! See, in that chapter, it was a serious, after-Hogwarts, thing. In this one, well...it's really not.

Elsi: Gueeeeeess what?

Trek: What?

Elsi: I don't own Harry Potter. If I did, well...it would probably have died because I wouldn't have finished it...


Ice Cream

Lucy skipped through Diagon Alley, her strawberry-blonde braids flapping out behind her. Her bright blue eyes followed the shops as they passed by. It was all so big!

"Lucy, don't go too far ahead," warned Percy Weasley. Lucy stopped turning around to face her parents and Molly, who was struggling under the weight of her new school books.

"Sorry, Mum!" she said cheerfully. "I'm just so excited!"

"Excited!" groaned Molly, looking out from behind her giant stack of books. "You're not the one going to Hogwarts!"

"You'll have a wonderful time, Molly," Audrey soothed.

"Sure," snorted Molly. "Because everyone knows that Victoire and Teddy have so much fun with their schoolwork."

"I think Hogwarts will be great!" chirped Lucy, taking her father's hand and skipping along once more. "There will be magic…and Quittich…and friends…and-."

"And schoolwork," cut in Molly.

"What's so bad about school?" asked Lucy incredulously.

"Lucy, you're seven," replied Molly with a quick roll of her eyes. Sticking her bottom lip out, Lucy crossed her arms and glared at her sister.

"So?"

"So, I-."

"That's enough, girls," Audrey cut in. Molly rolled her eyes again; Lucy stuck out her tongue defiantly.

Just then, there was a jingling noise, and a young girl around Lucy's age walked out of the ice cream parlor nearby.

"Daddy, Daddy!" cried Lucy, pulling on Percy's hand to steer him around. "Can I get some ice cream?" Percy and Audrey exchanged a glance and a shrug.

"I don't see why not," replied Percy. "Audrey, can you take Molly to get her robes? We'll meet you outside Madame Malkins."

"Yay!" celebrated Lucy, clapping her hands as her mother and sister strolled off in the other direction. "Yay! Thank you, Daddy, thank you!" Energetically, Lucy tugged her father towards the ice cream shop, stepping in and smelling all of the flavors. She bounded up to the side of the display case and pressed her face up against the glass, peering in at all the colors of the various ice cream flavors.

"Can I have that one?" Lucy asked, pointing to the ice cream that was bright pink. Percy glanced over at the case.

"Raspberry hazelnut?" he questioned.

"I want it!" declared Lucy.

"Alright, then," agreed Percy, and he began to order. Lucy kept staring at the ice cream flavors, not even noticing when a young boy pressed up to look next to her.

"That looks really yummy," he commented, pointing to a light green flavor.

"Yeah," she agreed, looking at him. The boy had blonde hair, so light it could be called white by some standards, and grey eyes. He was short and skinny, a very pale, slightly mousey little boy. "I'm Lucy. What's your name?"

"Scorpius," replied the boy. "Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy."

"That's a really nice name," Lucy commented. She licked all the syllables and the sounds it made. "Scorpius. Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy."

"I like your name, too," Scorpius told her. "It's really pretty."

"My sister's name is Molly," continued Lucy, "but I like my name better than hers."

"Yeah," agreed Scorpius. "Yours has that pretty c- sound in it."

"What ice cream are you getting?" asked Lucy.

"That one," Scorpius told her, eagerly pointing to a pale blue flavor with chunks of red scattered through it. "What about you?"

"That one," Lucy answered, indicating to her flavor. "I think Daddy called it hasberry razelnut or something like that."

"Mmm," said Scorpius. "I like ice cream."

"Me, too!" cried Lucy, clapping her hands together. "I'm sure our ice cream is going to be really yummy."

"It always is," answered Scorpius.

"Lucy! Come on!" Lucy turned away from Scorpius to see Percy walking towards the door, looking over his shoulder. He had two ice cream cones in his hand, one for the both of them.

"Okay!" called Lucy. She skipped off towards him, but turned back to wave to Scorpius. "Bye!"

"Bye, Lucy!" replied Scorpius, waving in return.

"Who was that little boy?" asked Percy, handing Lucy her ice cream. After taking a lick, Lucy looked up proudly.

"His name is Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy," she answered promptly. "Isn't that a pretty name, Daddy?" Percy didn't reply, for his face had lost its happy glow. Lucy's smile fell from her face. "Daddy?" Shaking away his instant sorrow, Percy turned to Lucy and forced a smile on his face.

"Of course, Lucy," he told her. "It's a very pretty name."


Elsi: How do you write Scorpius/Lucy? It doesn't come easily to me, because Lucy seems like such a little kid in my mind. Like, the other Lucy/Scorpius chapter is about a fluffy little critter. Seriously?

Trek: Don't diss yourself. I liked your chapter.

Elsi: Thank you. HEY! LOOK! I HAVE THREE CHAPTERS UP - as soon as I update the next one - IN ONE WEEK! I hope that's good enough payment for last week's little weakling total of ONE.

Trek: You know what would get those chapters a-coming?

Elsi: Reviews. See, I love this story to bits. How about you guys? Any suggestions for something I MUST DO in a later chapter? Just a "That was cool" type of comment? Pretty please?