The six teenagers had finished polishing most of the trophies, and were lounging around the room until Professor Lupin came to get them. Technically, they still had two hours to go but the students worked fast when they weren't bickering. Albus, James and Remus had determined on separating Sirius and Scorpius, and keeping them away from Lily Potter. The grey eyed teenagers had sulked and complained, but followed their black haired best friends to different corners of the room, polishing in silence. Lily Luna Potter was making friends with the new girl, giggling about the prattish pranks Parker seemed to have pulled over the years especially to get the new girls' attention. She hoped Petunia would be sorted into Gryffindor – she, Hannah and Alison had a spare bed in their dorm, anyway. It would be perfect. She couldn't help but shake the strong feeling of affection she had for the green eyed stranger, her boyfriend, and his mates. Maybe it was because her eyes reminded her so much of her daddy, and her boyfriend reminded her of James. Two of the most important men in her life who she missed dearly while she was at school (although she'd avada kedavra herself before she admitted it to James). She was just entertaining her new friend with the story of her latest hex on Scorpius – a modification of the Weasley trademark bat bogey hex when the door swung open.

"HANNAH!" Lily screeched, grinning at her curly haired best friend, escorted into the room by a grinning Teddy Lupin. The professor winked at his godbrother, who had lit up at the sight of his girlfriend.

'I thought Uncle Neville – I mean Professor Longbottom put you with Flitwick?' Albus beamed at the shy girl with big brown eyes. How he had overlooked Hannah Longbottom for most of his life was beyond him. She had spent most of her childhood blushing around him and avoiding him, but Scorpius and Lily's shenanigans had led Albus to seek her out as a calming presence at boisterous Weasley/Potter/Scamander/Longbottom clan events. She had grown up a lot in her fifth year and Albus had spent most of the summer admiring her long brown curls, her sunny smile, her large doe eyes and, of course, her gently curved frame. After the first Hogsmeade trip of the year, they were inseparable, much to the Herbology professor's discomfort. Albus thanked Merlin that he wasn't in Gryffindor – it surely wasn't comfortable to have ones head of house glaring at you every time you kissed your girlfriend.

"Ahem… since Miss Longbottom has finished writing her lines, and still has two hours of detention to serve, Professors Flitwick and I thought she could join you miscreants" Teddy Lupin's blue eyes twinkled with mischief. James and Sirius noticed with a pang how the young professor resembled his father, who he had probably never met, due to the war. Remus, too, seemed to be fighting the urge to hug his "son".

'Thanks Teddy – I mean, Professor Lupin' Lily smiled, bounding up to her best friend and flashing her best dimpled grin at the young man she had grown up worshiping. Scorpius Malfoy narrowed his grey eyes, trying to ignore the clenching of his stomach as his cousin left the room.

Hannah Longbottom grinned at her best friend before shyly making her way towards her boyfriend. She couldn't remember when she had not had a crush on the green eyed head boy – growing up, Albus had always been mischievous, smart, studious, and more reasonable than his more rambunctious siblings. Prior to Hogwarts, the Potter siblings, along with Fred and Hugo Weasley had had a system for pranking. James and Fred came up with the crazier ideas, while Lily came up with practical ideas on how to implement these ideas. She also came up with the new hexes and jinxes they used on a regular basis. Malfoy – when he became Albus' best friend had joined her in this, and they had often attempted to best each other with creative spellwork. Hugo's job was to come up with small improvements for the pranks. Albus Potter, however, was the leader. He was the one who planned and put things together. She liked him not because he looked like Harry Potter (although the dreamy green eyes were definitely a plus) but because he was kind to the first years, playful and worked hard, never taking for granted the fact that doors would be opened to him after Hogwarts because of his family name. She snuggled up against his chest, sticking her tongue out at Lily's pout the way only best friends can.

"Merlin, Hannah. First you abandon me at lunch to go snog my brother, and now you pick him over me. I know you don't love me anymore, but you don't have to make it so obvious" Lily gave an exaggerated sniff, pouting at her best friend. Scorpius grinner slightly. Lily had been almost happier than Hannah the day Albus asked her out, but it didn't stop her from giving them a hard time every now and then. He could still remember the fearful, solemn way the couple had approached Lily to tell her of their relationship. Lily had glared silently for three whole minutes before bursting into laughter and giving her best friend a hug and smacking her brother for "waiting so long like a dumb prat."

'What can I say, Albus is the most attractive Potter in the room' Hannah winked, ignoring Scorpius' snort of protest and wondering at the wide eyed look of indignation on the face of one of the new boys.

"Prat… you probably could have saved me a detention today too. You usually stop me from going overboard."

Hannah Longbottom snorted. Her best friend had been out for blood that day, and nothing she could have done would have stopped her from hexing those Slytherins. Frankly, Hannah was surprised Greg Nott, Marcus Avery and Evan Finch still had their genitalia intact.

'Actually Lils, why did you hex them?' Albus Potter was now curious. His sister was a prankster, like most of their family, but she didn't dole out her pranks indiscriminately.

Sirius Black snorted, forgetting his temporary truce and moved towards the pretty Potter girl, casually slinging his arm across her shoulder. "They were Slytherins.. what more reason does she need?"

'My brother's a Slytherin, White' Scorpius cheered inwardly as Lily fixed her famous death glare on the newcomer. Attractive or not, no one said anything against her family.

"Yes, here in Britain, we don't discriminate based on house" Scorpius twisted his lips into his best Malfoy smirk and drawled, sounding just like his father and grandfather before him. He resolutely pushed the new boy's hand off of Lily's shoulder and cast his most forbidding, superior glare. Scorpius came from a long line of wealthy purebloods – he knew exactly how to be an arrogant arse. He frowned slightly when the black haired teenager matched him, scowl for scowl.

"Besides, Lils never hexes individual people for no reason. When she pulls pranks, it's usually on the teachers, her family members, or the whole school. Unless someone provokes her" Scorpius basked in his superior knowledge of Lily Potter. This American arsehole had nothing on him.

'You forgot to include yourself in the list of people she hexes' Albus grinned lightly. He knew he wasn't going to hear the end of it from Scorpius later, but with Hannah at his side, he could finally relax and enjoy the show. Scorpius could be rather entertaining when he was being stupid over Lily (which was often).

"As I said, when provoked. So Potter, what did the slimy gits do?" Scorpius Malfoy's eyes widened as a thought occurred to him, "they didn't hurt you, did they? Because Merlin help me, if they did…"

Remus Lupin, who had been silent for most of the conversation, noticed the deep, telling flush on Lily Luna Potter's cheeks. He smiled slightly – if he had known her better, marauder Remus would certainly have something to say about that. He looked at her best friend, who was smiling slightly, refusing to say anything.

'We told you how we ended up in detention' Lily Evans knew she sounded petulant, but she was interested in finding out what her new friend/granddaughter had done. Maybe she should ask her son to ground her? She also recognized the blush that had mirrored her own a few moments before. Unless she was very much mistaken, this Lily was no more indifferent to her prattish toerag of an admirer as she herself had been to James.

"They… said something they shouldn't have" Lily Luna Potter's cheeks were flaming as she glared around the room, her eyes resting on a particular pair of silver ones.

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