Lily POV

I woke up to the sun streaming through my window and hitting me directly in the face. It startled me, as I usually slept with the curtains closed shut around my bed. Someone else squealed and shot out of bed calling my name.

"Oh my god! Lily! These have to be for you! How could he have managed this without the alarm sounding? This is so brilliant! Oh, you are so lucky, you have to go find him! Ahhh! Adorable!"

Every surface in our room was filled with a vase containing a dozen sego or calla lilies and a few ice blue candles with stay-lit wicks while the entire floor had been coated in red long stem roses. A crystal vase sitting by my bed held eleven real roses and one silk rose. The note attached had a romantic phrase penned in exotic blue ink.

Lily,

I will love you until the last rose dies. Happy Valentine's Day.

~Scorpius

It had to be the best surprise I had ever woken up to. Everything about it was romantic and smooth and soft. The blue candles complimented the white lilies and the red of the roses made the drapes on our beds that much brighter. Everything seemed to be cheery and lovely. A package at the foot of my bed caught my attention for the first time and upon opening it I found a stunning green and silver mini dress with a matching pin-in hat and thigh high stockings to go with it.

My dorm-mates had already begun scooping up roses and placing them in the half full vases to mix with the lilies. Scorpius had left enough room to fit all the flowers into water. It took a good ten minutes to do so but once we were done our room had to be the most magnificent room Hogwarts had ever seen. Smiling to myself I closed my drapes and dressed in the new outfit I had been gifted before pulling the drapes again and modeling it for the admiring friends in the room. One of them ran down to the common rooms to ask if anyone had assisted Scorpius in decorating and every girl had to come and see the room after being asked. Each sighed and mentioned how awesome it was that he snuck in and wasn't caught.

After the first five people peeking into our room I got tired of the crowd and announced that I was going to breakfast. Quickly crossing the Common room and exiting the portrait wasn't as easy as it sounded. Some people wanted a play by play of what had happened. To rush off I told them we woke up and it was there. It was the truth but I could tell they all hoped one of us had an inkling of an idea before waking up or maybe that one of us knew how the boy had managed. Finally I escaped and shut the portrait behind me, only to be swept off balance by a platinum blonde with a rose in his mouth and dipped into a romantic position before being allowed to stand.

"How are you ever going to out do this one? Aren't you supposed to save the most stunning display for a honeymoon or a five year deal? "

"Maybe but I am not one to be traditional. I just thought about something that would take your breathe away and decided to do it. There wasn't much more thought than that, really. I told Al my idea and mentioned not knowing how to do it and we researched and brainstormed. He thought about asking McGonagall's permission but it was too out of character and we couldn't bring ourselves to do it."

"How DID you manage? That was my first thought after, 'god's this is a ton of flowers'. There is no way it went off and didn't wake us and there is no way anyone but you did that."

"My dear, your brother and I didn't buy our way onto the Quidditch team we got on it out of sheer skill. We didn't touch the ground. I used a spell to unlatch the window and get in that way. Once we were inside we simply had to drop flowers into the position we wanted them in and magically adjust them. That was easily the most challenging and skillfully pulled off prank we have ever accomplished. It had the most at risk too. What if our sneakers had brushed the floor! We would have been caught with no escape but to stand in our half finished design. It would be like being caught with your pants around your ankles in some off limits area."

I could not stop smiling and as I entered the Great Hall every eye seemed to linger on me and ask the same question, "What had Scorpius done to make me that happy? Was it good enough to be new school gossip?" It was enough to make any girl's heart melt but it wasn't the normal kind of juicy information to carry through to next week; not unless some fake details were added. Which they would be.

Scorpius POV

I left Lily at the Gryffindor table to be swarmed by her fellow house mates who asked about the commotion in their room that morning. As I neared the Slytherin table Al raised his hand for a high five, which resounded through the noisy hall. Not everyone was up yet, most of those who didn't have a significant other slept in and went to Hogsmead with their friends at a later time. Shoveling my food down was made a bit more difficult by everyone asking what we had managed to pull off. When my mouth was full Albus answered but when we both ate and questions kept coming it was hard to remember the sequence of proper orders. Eat, chew, swallow, talk or was it talk, swallow, eat, chew? I ended up talking with my mouth full, breaking my own table manners, while Albus kept focused eating then answered between bites. Soon I had eaten everything I could and after making brief eye contact with Lily a few tables away we both rose and left the hall hand in hand.

Our walk to Hogsmead was uneventful and quiet as we enjoyed each others company. It was our third time here together and even though we already knew what each shop held I wanted to make it more special than before. I just had no clue how to. What did people do on Valentines Day? I had been so caught up the past few years with making sure I took Lily here for five years and now that we crunched through the snow I had no clue what to do.

"Er...So, would you like to get something to drink?"

"Sure! It is colder than usual out here!"

"Well, I know of this tea shop we haven't been to yet. We could go. Have you been to Madame Puddifoots' yet?"

"No but it sounds super girly and pink."

"I've never been so I couldn't tell you. Want to give it a shot?"

"I'll try anything once."

She said it with a smile as we laced fingers and walked past the nearly empty Three Broomsticks toward the lower end of the small town. As we turned a corner violent shades of fuchsia and cotton candy pink blared into our eyes. Couples filled the store and in every window there was a cupid throwing confetti and sparkles down on the tables below. In my stomach I felt a pit rise. I didn't want to take another step. I would if Lily wanted to. As I looked down at the top of her head she looked up at me and had the largest smile on her face. Panic rose in my throat. Did she really like what she saw?

"Well, this might be the cutest little shop I ever did see!"

Her voice was higher than usual and super squeaky as she spoke that line and the next.

"I think I might vomit pink from just glancing at it!"

A bubbly laugh escaped her mouth when an audible sigh escaped my mouth. I would sell my soul to the devil to avoid that place. Lily turned before I did and pulled me back towards the Three Broomsticks. Or that's what I thought. She led us down another street and into the grimy pub Hogwarts students tended to avoid. The Boar's Head. Inside the candles had spider webs coating them slightly and a few oddly dressed people sat nursing their mugs. Before I could full take in the sights of this unsightly tavern Lily had pulled me into a dark corner on top of her and began snogging me with such intensity I thought my lips were going to fall off. After a solid ten minutes in our corner we lay there, Lily resting her head on my lap, and quietly looked at each other.

"I'll go get the Butterbeers then."

I returned to find her melting the bottom of a candle with her wand and sticking it to the table. She lit it and watched as the flame steadily grew taller and flickered as the people shifted in their chairs. With a bang I set the slightly graying mugs down on the table and in my most silly seductive voice I wished Lily a Happy Valentine's Day before sitting across from her to sip the froth off my golden brew. Lily watched me over her glass and laughed as she wiped dirt from the bottom of the mug onto her little dress. I saw the emerald necklace gleam every time she adjusted her dress and moved to sip her drink. She wore it every day, unless there was a match or had a high chance of getting damaged, like a dueling session or something. I felt her leg brush mine under the table and she deviously smiled when I quickly finished the rest of my drink.

Outside the air was still chilly and we walked to Honeydukes and stepped inside to attempt to wait for warm weather. I had found Lily's weakness our first trip here. Sweets. The girl could eat gummies until she passed out in a sugar coma. She had a secret stash in her room and I kept a stash for her in my satchel so when ever she wanted something she need only ask for my bag. In here she was hazed over and it took a few times of calling her name to get a response. I did this intentionally knowing she would be a few minutes. Once she turned the corner of a shelf holding some of her favorites I stepped back outside and ran across to the post office to pick up the package I ordered to be here for pick up. Inside the delicate box sat a charm bracelet with another emerald in the shape of a leaf, a diamond in the shape of a lily, a ruby heart, and a golden citron carved into likeness of the sun. After checking the pieces and smiling at my purchase I returned to the store to see Lily still bent over the same shelf with her fingers struggling to contain the already desired candy in their grasps. She spotted me and waved her full hand about then continued to pull things off a few other shelves. As she made her way up the register I picked out a hand full of my favorite things and set them with hers and pulled out my pocketbook.

"I got the tab today. She snacks through her money, literally."

"Oh, yes, everyone here knows what to stock up on before Hogwarts trips. Lily buys more stuff here than any student who has been before her or will come after. It's amazing you stay so thin with all the candy you eat."

She shrugged as she chewed and smiled around a licorice wand.

"I pway a wot of Quidditch and exwerfise a too. My brovers eat mor van I do..."

She earned a chuckle from the shop keeper as we left and he wished us well. We put our candy stock into my satchel and laced fingers as we walked back towards the local bakery for some bread and cheese. It seemed more empty than usual today and we were able to whisper sweet nothings to each other while we munched on our loaf of bread. Usually the words would have been lots over the chatter and giggles of others but those who were here seemed to all be jammed into the pink-drenched tea store a few blocks away. Here it was just us. Just Lily.

As we sat she pulled out a handsome black metal ring and without announcing anything about it or dulling the moment with words she slid it onto my left pointer finger and smiled. I pulled the charm bracelet from the box in my pocket and clipped it snuggly onto her wrist. She began to tear up, she always did when presented with gemstones. She loved them more than anyone I had ever known. They were more precious to her than eating. If there were an uncontrollable fire at Hogwarts she would fly to her dorm and grab her collection of jewels before evacuating. I knew this and had planned on buying her every piece I could get my hands on. Anything to see her dazzling smile. Always.