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Four years later it was the thirtieth Annual Memorial Ball for the war. Lily was twenty two, Scorpius and Albus twenty four. To celebrate, Draco and Astoria opened the Malfoy Manor for the Ball, and anyone related to the war so many years ago and their families had arrived. The Minister and his family had been there from the beginning, and anyone of power arrived as well.

Scorpius and Lily, who had never broken apart again since the day in the locker room, were dancing in the center of the tile dancer floor. Scorpius' arms were around her body, and Lily was resting against his. Over the last few years, Scorpius had ended his career as a Chaser after he and Lily realized they could not successfully play side by side while in a relationship. He could not continue on with the game as Lily fell or was injured, and eventually withdrew himself from such a situation. For the time being, Lily remained in her position, and Scorpius was known to practice with the team every so often.

As the song ended, Scorpius stepped back to peer down at Lily, his grey eyes appearing to search for something within her blue ones. She narrowed her eyes at him in confusion. "What?" She asked softly and Scorpius shook his head lightly before he pressed his lips to her forehead.

"Just thinking." He answered as he wrapped his arm around her waist and walked with her off of the dance floor. Both were so focused on each other, that they hadn't realized four sets of eyes were watching them. Harry and Ginny were across the room as they watched their only daughter with the man it seemed she would spend a great deal of her life with. It was different, and they both knew it, but neither understood why. Harry had no problem with his sons and their girlfriends, serious or otherwise, and though Scorpius was absolutely perfect for Lily in his eyes, he could not force himself to let go of his little girl.

Closer to where Scorpius and Lily had moved to, Astoria and Draco watched them as well. They envied the young couple for the simplistic nature of their love affair. They had never experienced the darkness their parents had, nor had they been forced to overcome their own flaws to find love. Perhaps they did in their own way, but Scorpius had never subjected to the hardship his father faces before finding love in the soft spoken Ravenclaw at his side. They envied Scorpius and Lily, but wouldn't have it any other way. They'd sacrificed and lost friends to war so that their children could live the lives they did, and Draco especially wouldn't have changed anything in his past no matter how dark it once was.

"You never answered my question you know." Scorpius commented and Lily sighed as she knew which question was coming. She lifted a cup from the drinks table before she turned to stare up at Scorpius. "You never said which House you were supposed to be in."

"I should feel hurt that you think I'm a liar when I say I am at heart a Ravenclaw." Lily responded and Scorpius let out a dry laugh.

"But you aren't." he responded. "Because I'm right."

"You're so self satisfied aren't you?"

"If not the House, tell me why Ravenclaw."

That time, Lily laughed as she turned from Scorpius and began to walk. Scorpius followed only a step behind her. "I'd rather tell you the House." Lily admitted and Scorpius let his hand rest on her waist. They began to walk around the edges of the ballroom and stopped to speak to several people along the way. Small talk was the driving force of the Memorial Balls, and Scorpius' sweet nature made him rather exceptional at it. As such, he pulled Lily along with him until they reached Albus and James, both of whom had dates on their arms. Before any conversation could be started, however, the music stopped and the room fell silent as Alex, who made quite a living organizing the minor details of any high profile event, stood up onto the stage where the band played.

He quickly introduced the Minister and said a few words before the Minister replaced him behind the microphone. As he did every year, he gave a simple speech, praising the usual names before he stepped down during the customary applause.

"Now," Alex returned to the center of the stage and grinned in the general direction of Lily, her brothers, and Scorpius. "With the next song, I'd like to invite my very good friend Scorpius Malfoy to the dance floor with his exceptional lady, the lovely Lily Potter."

Lily sighed as she looked up at Scorpius, who grinned back at her as he motioned for her to follow him to the floor. She did her best to focus completely on Scorpius as he pulled her into his dance, their footsteps sliding together easily, but she could not completely ignore all the eyes watching them.

"What did you do?" Lily asked with a laugh as she looked up at him. He only shook his head as though he had no idea to what she was referring. As she laughed a second time, Scorpius pressed his lips to her forehead, and began to pull away from her, even though the song had not yet ended. She tried to keep hold of him, but as he reached into his pocket, Lily paused and narrowed her eyes at him.

When Scorpius bent down and held up the small ring between his thumb and forefinger, the murmuring around them suddenly became much louder in Lily's ears. She saw his lips move, mouthing the question, but she couldn't hear his voice. Nonetheless, Lily beamed as she held her hand down and let him slide the ring on without ever requiring an answer from her.

As Scorpius stood again, he wrapped his arms around Lily's body, pulling her feet off the ground. Through her laughter, she managed to put their lips together, and everything went silent to her. She didn't know how long they had stood there, but eventually other couples had joined the dance floor again.

"I love you," Scorpius whispered softly and he heard her say back as she moved closer to his body. His arms tightened around her, and his fingers played with the tips of her long hair as they continued to sway to the music. As she pushed herself onto her toes, they paused their movements, and Lily aligned her lips with his ears.

"It was Slytherin."

Scorpius only laughed as he held Lily closer to him. He was glad to know at least one of the answers he'd wanted for so long, but now it seemed less important than he remembered. As time went on, he almost forgot the second part to his question. Almost. Lily had completely forgotten, or was at least glad that Scorpius had stopped asking. She was even happier, however, that it didn't seem as though he'd told anyone her secret. She felt as though Albus or James, or even her parents, had to know, though. If Scorpius could see it, she doubted her brothers couldn't.

In her wedding dress, her hair pulled up in the most beautiful curls she'd ever worn, however, it didn't matter. She shared a dance with her father, who had eventually come to terms with the progression of Lily's life. If it had been any other man, Harry knew things would have been completely different. Even if by some chance they hadn't found each other the way they had, nobody could ever replace Scorpius in the lives of his children. He doubt Lily knew, or even remembered, but nobody could compare to the little boy who had let Lily win in a silly race when they were just children. And of all the friends Albus and James had made over the course of seven years at Hogwarts each, and beyond, none compared to Scorpius.

As Harry pressed a kiss to Lily's forehead, and handed her hand to Scorpius' he knew that if he had to let go of his little girl, Scorpius was the one to convince him of it. Or at least lessen the blow.

Night fell around the wedding party, and eventually the guests had all left. Albus and his date were alone under a small gazebo near the back of the Potter home. James' date had long ago left, and Draco and Astoria were reliving their wedding as they danced to no music in the center of the empty dance floor. Lily and Scorpius, who had already changed out of their uncomfortable dress and dress robes, were standing near the tables where the food had once been, their arms wrapped around each other.

Most couples might've left as soon as they could for their honeymoon, but Scorpius and Lily were perfectly content where they stood beneath the glowing lights, surrounded by their families. Albus, James, Lily, and Scorpius couldn't see it, but their parents saw it easily. In fact, they'd seen it years ago, but it had never been so pronounced until that moment.

After the war, so many years ago, Harry and his friends had gone one way after giving deserving gratitude's to the Malfoys. The Malfoys returned the gesture, and it seemed that after seven years of fighting endlessly, the Potter-Malfoy rivalry had been put to rest. Not necessarily mended at the time, but left in the battlefield with the bodies. Now, as the Potter-Malfoy joint family lingered after the defining moment of Lily and Scorpius' relationship, the two men and their wives were more than convinced the silly rivalry had not just been ended.

At some indefinable point in time, their children had done something they never could. They could face the evils of the world and the losses of their loved ones, but never could Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy face each other like grown adults. It'd taken then eleven year old sons to see something in each other to truly end whatever silly rivalry lingered between them. Now, older and wiser, and expecting perfectly blonde or red headed grandchildren, all four were glad of it. But the four children who had truly been the cause for the change remained oblivious as they laughed at each other and defended one another, even if they were wrong.

Lily and Scorpius were more in tune to their parents' odd relationship than her brothers, but still never realized the full extent. Ignoring it, as it would never really bother them, Lily and Scorpius focused only on each other that night. Scorpius kissed the top of her head, not caring if it misplaced a few of her strands. Even when she was sure he'd messed up her hair, she looked perfect to him.

Smiling, Lily peered up at Scorpius and the two began to laugh at nothing in particular. As he reach up to push her hair from her face, he pulled a falling pin from her hair and held it out to her but not before noticing the emerald embedded in the silver.

"So, my Slytherin bride," Scorpius grinned and Lily sighed heavily. "Why did you join us smart Ravenclaws?"

"Does it matter?" Lily responded and Scorpius nodded.

"You wanted to be in Gryffindor. You wanted that more than anything."

"There was only one position left as Chaser on the Gryffindor team, so I went with second best."

"Don't try to fool me." Scorpius laughed as he kissed her. "Albus wasn't a Chaser when you were eleven."

Lily sighed heavily as she rested her head on his chest. Silence fell around them, but Scorpius knew she was close to answering the lingering question. Eventually, she lifted her eyes to meet his.

"Why not go with your brothers?"

Lily shrugged at first before Scorpius kissed her forehead. "I wanted to be with you."