Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter, the world would know by now. That is how loud I would scream it. :P I don't own any songs either.
Lily
"Lily... Can I talk to you?" Scorpius asked as he sat with Lily in his room after a heavy Christmas lunch.
"Sure, Scorpi!" The red head answered brightly. "What's up?"
Scorpius took a deep breath. "I know Frank told you something while we were leaving a few days ago. What was it?"
The smile immediatly disappeared from Lily's face. "You saw that?" she asked quietly. He nodded and she sighed. "He told me this wasn't over. He said I would pay."
Scorpius's eyes widend. "I'm scared Scorpi." Lily said. "He scares me."
Scorpius wrapped his arms around her comfortably and Lily sank into them. She felt safe in his arms. They were strong but not so strong she couldn't move, like Frank's, they were warm and comfortable. "I won't let him hurt you in any way. I promise, I won't let him touch you." Scorpius vowed.
Lily's heart fluttered. This felt so right. His arms around her, the feeling was indiscribably incredible. Blissful. This was how things were supposed to be. Then, why weren't they like this? "Becasue he's my best mate!" Lily told herself. "I can't be falling for my best mate. Besides, he couldn't be falling for me... Then why does this feel so right?"
Lily turned around to face him. They were getting closer, closer, closer. She gazed into his misty grey orbs. She could see a light scar still on his face from his father, there noses were almost touching.
"KIDS!" Ginny yelled from dowstairs causing Lily and Scorpius to jump away from eachother. "Get ready! We have to leave in a few minutes!"
"We should probably get ready." Scorpius said scratching the back of his head nervously.
"Yeah. Yeah. We should probably do that." Lily turned and ran out of the room. "Did I really just almost kiss Scorpius Malfoy!?" she asked herself as she threw on some jeans, a full sleeve shirt and her green Weasley jumper. "Bloody Hell."
When she arrived downstairs she found the whole family and Scorpius ready to go. She and her best mate seemed to have reached an unspoken agreement to forget what had happened, or almost happened, in the guest room.
"Ready to go flower?" Harry asked.
"Yep."
They arrived at The Burrow early. Apart from Grandmum and Granpa Weasley, there was Uncle Bill, Aunt Fleur, Victoire, Loius, Domonique, and...
"TEDDY!" Lily shrieked running towards her god brother and throwing herself into his waiting arms.
"Lils!" he said hugging her. "It's been too long." Teddy Lupin was Harry's godson. Even though he had been raised byhis grandmother, Teddy had spent a large amount of time with the Potter's and had become a brother to the three Potter kids. Being a metamorphagus, Teddy could change his appearence at will. That day, he had decided to be festive and his long, curly hair was a brilliant red with green stripes.
Teddy Lupin was currently dating Victoire Weasley who resided at The Burrow. He had popped in for a visit when Grandmum Weasley had invited him to stay for Christmas dinner. As he didn't have other plans, he had accepted the invitation gratefuly.
"Where have you been mate!?" James said as Teddy patted his back in a brotherly way.
"Yeah." Albus agreed. "You never stop by anymore!"
"Sorry guys." Teddy apologized. "I've been busy."
Lily noticed Scorpius hanging back a little awkwardly. "This is my friend, Scorpius Malfoy." she introduced dragging Scorpius over.
"Hi." Scorpius said a little shyly. Lily knew he was worried about what Teddy would think of him as he was a Malfoy.
Teddy scrutinized him. "Hello." he said stiffly before turning to his god parents.
Scorpius sighed and faced the floor. "When will people relize I'm not like the rest of my family?" he asked Lily quietly. "I didn't choose to be a Malfoy."
"I don't know Scorpi, I really don't."
Their discussion was cut off by the arrival of the Scamanders and Longbottoms. Slowly, the house began to fill with people. Last to arrive, again, were Uncle Ron, Aunt Hermione, Rose, and a sullen and angry Hugo.
"What's wrong?" Lily asked her cousin worriedly.
"It's her." Hugo spit out venomously. "Everything is always about her. Rose this, Rose that, oh Rose is brilliant but who cares about her little brother!"
"Hugo what happened?" Lily asked alarmed.
"Nothing." he said.
"Something obviously happened." Scorpius said.
"It's nothing."
Ron passed by and Hugo glared at him.
"Did he say something?"
"Yeah. I-it's nothing. Just a fight. That's all."
"Hello Harry, Ginny." Ron said loudly.
"Hello." They answered. All three of them were using overly polite tones that made it clear that neither of them had forgotten the arguement from earlier that week. Hermione rolled her eyes and greeted the Potter's in a friendly manner. Lily noticed her send a slightly worried look at Hugo and an angry one at her husbahnd.
Grandmum Weasley sighed. Lily knew she hated it when the family fought but, it was a family filled with different people. Fights were sure to happen.
"Why don't we all eat now." she suggested using the one thing that everyone liked as a distraction. You could not be part of this family without enjoying food. Especialy, Grandmum Weasley's cooking.
There was a murmur of agreement and the large family walked into the dining room. On the dining table, there was a large assortment of food ranging from chicken to potatoes and even a plate of broccoli covered in cheese. Of course, there was also a few pieces of rare steak for Uncle Bill.
Lily sat down and was alarmed when Frank decided to sit next to her. However, just as Frank was about to sit, he fell to the floor and Scorpius immediatly filled the vacant seat. Lily saw the blonde discreetly put his wand back into his pocket. She raised her eyebrows at him and he put a finger to his lips. Rolling her eyes and smiling slightly, Lily began to help herself to food.
Scorpius
Scorpius preferred to listen to the chatter rather than actually participate in it. He was still slightly dazed from the events earlieer that day. "We almost kissed!" he thought. He felt a brief bout of resentment towards Aunt Ginny for yelling when she did. He had been so close, he had been able to count the freckles on her nose. Of course, fate didn't seem to want him to get what he so deeply desired. "I guess I'm just not good enough for her." he thought sadly. He looked at Lily, who was talking intently with Teddy. Would she ever love him?
"Anyone want this?" Hugo asked holding up the last trecle tart.
No one said they did so, Hugo put the piece of trecle tart on to his plate. He was just about to bite it when his older sister piped up. "I want that tart."
Hugo scowled. "Well, so do I."
Rose glared at him. "Daddy, Hugo won't give me the last trecle tart and I want it!" She tattled.
"Hugo, give your sister the tart." Ron ordered.
"That's not bloody fair!" Hugo argued. "I had it first and I'm supposed to give it to her just because she wants it?"
Ron rolled his eyes. "Yes, yes you are. Now hand it over."
Anger blazed in Hugo's eyes. "Not happening."
"YOU GIVER HER THAT TART THIS INSTANT YOUNG MAN!" Ron yelled. Now, everyone had stopped what they were doing to look at the two Weasley's.
"NO!" Hugo yelled back defiantly. "IT'S NOT FAIR THAT SHE GETS EVERYTHING SHE WANTS AND I NEVER GET WHAT I WANT!"
"SHE DOES NOT! THE POLITE THING TO DO IS TO ASK BEFORE YOU TAKE THE LAST OF SOMETHING!"
"I DID ASK!" Hugo said exasperated. "NO ONE SAID ANYTHING SO I TOOK IT!"
"Ron, it's just a tart and he is right. Rose needs to learn she can't always-" Hermione was cut off by Ron.
"HUGO, YOU GIVE ROSE THAT TART RIGHT NOW OR YOU'RE GROUNDED FOR THE REST OF THE HOLIDAY!"
Hugo sighed angrily and reluctantly put the tart on Rose's plate.
"RON!" Hermione screamed outraged. "THAT WAS NOT RIGHT!"
Ron ignored his wife's protests. "Good. See, that wasn't so hard was it?" He asked as if speaking to a three year old instead of a fourteen year old.
Hugo muttered something under his breath that sounded suspiciously like "Bugger off".
"What did you say?" Ron asked dangerously.
"Ron." Hermione snapped. "Leave him alone."
"What did you say?" Ron repeated.
"I told you to bugger off." Hugo said bravely.
"Don't use that type of language with me young man!" Ron warned.
"I'll do what I want."
Without warning, Ron reached across the table and struck Hugo across the face.
Hermione stood up angrily and many adults gasped as Ron sat down still fuming. In the Weasley/Potter family, people didn't hit their children. When they were younger, yes a parent might deliver a few swats and sometimes if older children were really out of hand but a parent never struck their child on the face especialy if there was no reason to. In fact, if you did, it was considered a terrible thing to do. Scorpius looked towards Rose to see her reaction and was disgusted to see that she looked half amused. How could she be amused?!
Hugo's eyes filled with tears as his hand went up to cup his cheek. The look in his eyes was of sadness and betrayel.
"Hugo-" Hermione started but, Hugo jumped off his chair and ran out of the room.
Lily immediatly got up and ran out after him. Scorpius followed her and vaugely heard a fight begin in the dining room.
"Where could he be?" he asked running after Lily.
"The garden. It's our favorite place. We have a sort of... secret spot there. It's a sort of tree house we built."
Scorpius followed Lily to a tall weeping willow. "Hugo." the later called softly.
There was no reply but the two Slytherins heard a small sniffling noise coming from the tree. Without hesitation, Lily swung herself on to the lowest branch and began climbing the tree and Scorpius hastened to follow her.
They found Hugo sitting on a flat, circular piece of wood that stretched throughout the tree like a platform. Lily and Scorpius sat on either side of the red head. Lily wrapped an arm around him while Scorpius comfortingly patted his back.
"You ok Hu?" Lily asked softly.
"H-he h-hit m-me!" Hugo sobbed. "H-he's yelled at me a bunch, grounded me, threatened me, swatted at me occasionaly, b-but, he's never h-hit m-me!"
"I'm sure he didn't mean to. He probably just got angry!" Scorpius told him.
Hugo shook his head. "He doesn't care for me. It's all about Rose. She gets everything all the time. She even got one of my Christmas presents because she wanted it. That was what we were arguing about before coming here. It's not bloody fair!"
"It's not." Scorpius agreed. "But, atleast he doesn't beat you up for no reason." Lily shot him a look. "At least your mum cares about you!" Scorpius continued. "And you know you don't deserve it. You've got a great and very big family who loves you even if it seems like your father doesn't."
"I'm sure he does though." Lily said. She shot a nervous look at Scorpius. "Atleast you aren't like abused or something." Scorpius figeted uncomfortably. He was regretting bringing the topic up.
"I guess." Hugo said calming down.
"So, shall we devise a plan to trick your slaggy sister?" Scorpius suggested.
Hugo cracked a small smile. "Yeah. Thanks guys."
"No problem." Scorpius said.
"Does this mean we're back to being BCF's?" Lily asked. "Best Cousin's Forever." she added in response to Scorpi's questioning look.
"Definately."
The three teens clambered down the tree and into the garden where they found an anxious Hermione. "Oh Hugo!" she cried throwing her arms around him. "I was so worried, I thought you ran away! Are you hurt! Did he hit you very hard?! I think I can see a bruise! Oh Hugo!"
"I'm fine mum." Hugo said prying himself from her grip.
"I can't beleive your father!" She shrieked angrily. "How dare he! I was so angry, Ginny told me I needed to go calm down! And this is Ginny. She's never rational when she gets into one of her tempers and she was definately furiouse!" she said to no one in particular. "She would usually never stop me from kicking Ron's arse! I mean yes he's swatted you before when he got really gets angry but never on the face! I CAN'T BELIEVE HE STRUCK YOU!
"Looking back. I'm not really surprised." Hugo admitted. "It's not like he actually gives a damn about me."
"Hugo Arthur Weasley! Don't ever say that! Of course your father cares about you."
Hugo rolled his eyes. "If he does, he cares about Rose more. Way more."
"Hugo, that isn't true!" Hermione said desperately. "He just has a short temper."
"Only with me! If I wanted the tart he would have let Rose keep it. If I wanted Rose's new Firebolt 2000, he would yell at me for being selfish and not being thankful for what I have."
Hermione sighed. "Look, I know you really wanted that broom-"
"That's not what matters! It was my Christmas present! Not hers! And it wasn't even from dad." Hugo complained. Then, he gasped and covered his mouth as if he'd said something he shoudn't have.
"What do you mean it wasn't from Ronald?" Hermione asked him with a voice of forced calm.
"Nothing. Forget I said that."
"Hugo. You tell me right now."
"I told dad I wanted it for Christmas and he said it was too expensive and he'd only 'buy' it for me if I saved up in enough money to pay him back for it. So, I saved up all year and gave him the money to buy the damn broom and he let Rose have it!" Hugo spit out quickly but angrily. "That was all my money. Every last knut. My girlfriend broke up with me because I couldn't afford to buy her a birthday present!"
"RONALD BILLIUS WEASLEY!" Hermione screamed barging in the house.
Scorpius, Hugo, and Lily exchanged amused looks as Hermione's voice penatrated the once silent night. They quickly ran inside to see what was going on.
"HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO YOUR OWN CHILD! YOU GAVE HIS BROOM TO ROSE EVEN THOUGH SHE GOT A KNEW ONE LAST YEAR!"
"WHAT?! SHE WANTED IT!"
"SO YOU GIVE IT TO HER? SHE NEEDS TO LEARN THAT SHE CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING! THAT WAS HUGO'S MONEY!"
There was a collective gasp from the family and Grandmum Weasley exclaimed, "RONALD WEASLEY!" Scorpius privately would not want to get on her bad side. This was the woman who killed his Great Aunty Bellatrix Lestrange.
"WELL-I-HE-" Ron seemed to not know what to say. "SHE DESERVED IT!"
"SHE DESERVED IT? I'M NOT SAYING ROSE IS A BAD KID BUT THINK ABOUT IT: SHE THREW A QUAFFLE AT LILY'S HEAD,"
"SHE DROPPED IT!"
Hermione went on. "SHE LOCKED LILY IN A CLOSET,"
"THERE IS NO PROOF!"
"SHE ASKS FOR EVERYTHING!"
"SHE HAS A REPUTATION TO KEEP UP WITH!"
"AND SHE'S BEEN ACTING UP QUITE A BIT. ROSE. ISN'T. PERFECT."
Rose's eyes filled with tears. "Stop being so mean!"
Hermione sighed and knelt by her daughter. "Rosie darling. I didn't mean to offend you but, no one is perfect darling. Your brother deserves as much as you do and he just isn't getting that. Would you please give him his broom back? He bought it himself."
"But I want it!" Rose exclaimed.
"She does not have to give him that broom back just because he wants it!" Ron argued. "If Rose isn't supposed to get something because she wants it. Neither is Hugo."
"But, that broom is actually mine not someone elses!" Hugo pointed out."I bought it."
By this time, most of the family had left as it was getting late. The only ones left were the Potter's, Teddy, Uncle Bill and his family, (Most of them had gone upstairs to their rooms.), and Grandmum and Grandpa Weasley.
"I don't care." Ron replied.
"Of course you don't. All you care about is Rose."
"Don't use that tone with me!" Ron raised his hand threateningly and Hugo flinched.
Hermione put herself between them. "That is enough! Ron, I am not going to let you hit him again! You need to leave and calm down."
"Fine. Come on then, we're leaving." He stormed out of the room and Rose followed him haughtily.
"I don't want to go with him." Hugo said a littly fearfuly.
"Daddy, can he stay with us tonight?!" Lily asked hopefuly. "Please!?"
"Of course he can." Harry answered hugging his nephew. "If your alright with that Hermione."
"Yes, I think that's a good idea. I'll floo by with his stuff." she pulled Hugo into a hug. "Don't worry. Ok love? You'll be fine. I'll see you later. Love you."
"I love you too mum." he called as she walked away.
Lily
Lily, Scorpius, and Hugo spent a while filling eachother in on their lives. It turned out Hugo didn't really seem to fit in with the family either, had a girlfriend for a brief period of time, and most of the Gryffindors saw him as Rose Weasley's dorky little brother except for his friend Jordan Thomas.
"But, even he thinks I'm different." Hugo admitted. "I'm really jealous of you sometimes."
"Of me?" Lily asked astonished. "My cousin tried to kill me twice, I'm in a totaly different house than my whole family, and have a crazy abusive ex boyfriend, who just happenes to my godbrother and wants me 'to pay'. You're jealouse of me?"
"Look at it from my perspective. I'm really different but, everyone expects me to be the same because I ended up like everyone else. And atleast you have a protective father, mother, friend, and brothers who care about you! All I've got is my mum when things get rough."
"You've got us!" Scorpius added.
"Yeah." Hugo mused. "I do!"
"I guess I never really thought about it that way." Lily said. "Atleast I can show that I'm not my mum. Everyone knows who I am, not who I should be."
"Exactly!" Hugo exclaimed. "I really wish I was in a different house sometimes. Everyone expects me to be like Rose but I'm not...And I'm glad I'm not Rose."
"Are you three coming?" James asked appearing in the doorway. "Al and I are still waiting in the basement."
The five children had decided to have a sort of slumber party in the Potter's fully finished and furnished basement. Lily, Sorpius, and Hugo were supposed to be getting their things from upstairs but had taken advantage of the time to talk. The piles of 'supplies' were still sitting on the floor.
"Oh. Yeah we're coming!" Lily answered.
"I'll help you." The seventeen year old said as he picked up a large pile of comforters and pillows.
Eventually, they managed to bring everything they needed down. "What should we do first?" Albus asked.
"I don't know." James made a face. "But mum says we have to go to sleep by 1:30. What a kill joy."
They all laughed. "We could watch a movie." Scorpius suggested.
"Cool, which movie..."
Lily rolled her eyes. "As fun as a movie would be, does ayone know how to work that thing?" she asked pointing at the Potter's plasma screen T.V.
"Oh." James said. "Dad's the only one that does. I'll go ask him."
"No use." Albus said stopping his brother. "He's a sleep. And when Dad sleeps, it's not easy to wake him. We'll just have to figure it out ourself. I mean, how hard could it be?"
They spent the next hour trying to figure out how to work the T.V. They new how to turn it on but... it wasn't plugged in. Once they figured out how to do that, they had to figure out how to hook up the D.V.D player. This, they could not do. Especialy because the instructions were written in Japanese.
"Any one know how to read Japanese?" Albus asked. "Because judging by the picture, this says we need to either insert the wire thingy into one of those weird holes in the back of this thing or hit the thing with the wire thingy."
"You really think we need to hit it?" Lily said rolling her eyes.
"You never know. These muggles are mad." Albus said wisely.
Finaly, James got frustrated. "Work!" he yelled angrily poitning his wand at it. There was a loud boom and smoke filled the air.
All the kids began coughing and peering through the haze to find eachother.
"Scor, is that you?" Lily said grabbing someone's arm.
"Yeah. Let's find the rest."
Slowly, the smoke cleared to reveal an odd sight. Hugo, Lily, and Scorpius were stading close together. The three laughed at James and Albus. The two brothers had been frightened. They were both hugging eachother tightly. When they realized the smoke had cleared and what they were doing, they broke apart looking horrified. "This never happened." James told his brother.
Albus nodded. "Agreed."
The younger three burst into laughter while Albus and James glared at them.
"What are we going to do about the T.V?" Hugo asked looking at the wreckage that lay through out the basement.
"I can do magic now cuz!" James said pointing to his wand.
"Obviously not." Albus said as James scowled at him.
"Reparo!" he cried pointing his wand at the wreckage. Thankfuly, instead of blowing up the pieces of the T.V put themselves back together.
"How about we don't watch a movie." James suggested. "And if mum asks, the sound was me dropping a pack of exploding snap cards. Which is why, we're going to now play exploding snap. He grabbed a deck of cards from a shelf and promptly dropped them creating another loud boom.
"Whoops."
"Kids, what's going on down there?" Ginny called.
"Nothing." James yelled back.
"James is just being a klutz. He dropped a pack of exploding snap cards...twice." Albus added stiffling his laughter.
"James, stop being a klutz." Ginny called causing James to scowl and the other four people to laugh. "Go to bed in half an hour." she added.
James looked at his watch. "Blimey. It's all ready 12:30. We spent a lot of time on that old T.V didn't we? Well, let's play."
The wizards occupied themselves by playing Exploding snap until Ginny came down threatening to take away their brooms if they didn't go to bed. Chuckling softly, the five children climbed into their comfortable sleeping bags and eventually, fell asleep.
Scorpius
Hugo remained with the Potter's for the rest of the holidays not wanting to return home. Hermione kept trying to convince him but, he never did go back. Instead, Hermione was spending an unusual ammount of time with Harry and Ginny in Harry's study having whispered discussions.
"Wonder what they're talking about." Albus said as the five sat in the drawing room.
"We could find out..." James pulled out several flesh colored strings.
Scorpius paled. "I-I don't think we should do that." he said quietly. His mid went back to the night he spied on his father and grandfather. He had learned his lesson that night. He didn't ever want to spy at a study doorway again.
"Oh come on mate." James wheedled. "The worse that will happen is we'll get caught and yelled at by mum and maybe loose our brooms for a week."
"I-if your sure." Scorpius said uneasily.
"I'm positive!" James chirped. "And, it's not like we're actually going to get caught. The one and only James Potter the second is too good for getting caught."
"Except when you took the map, and when you put suger in the salt shaker, and when you tried to steal a potion from Sluhorn's storage, and-"
James cut Albus off. "So, maybe I've been caught a few times. But that doesn't mean we're going to caught this time."
"And also, may I point out that if you're James Potter the second you aren't exactly the one and only."
"Fine the one and only James Sirius Potter. Better?"
"Much."
"So are we doing this?"
There was a moment of silence in which everyone debated wether or not they should spy at the doorway.
"I think Hugo should decide." Lily said out of nowhere. "It's his mum and they probably talking about him."
"See, Hugo has every right to snoop!" James exclaimed.
"I never said that. Hugo, I strongly urge you to think before making a rash -" Lily started
"I want to go." interupted Hugo. "I want to know what she's talking about."
"Super!" James quickly handed everyone a flesh colored string and lead them to the office door. "Go!" He ordered causing the extendable ears to wriggle under the crack in the door.
"... it always been this way?" Ginny was saying.
"For a while." Hermione answered.
"Has he ever hit him before?"
"Not on the face no. Not that I know of. But, he shows so much love to Rose and he treats Hugo like he's all ready a man instead of fourteen. Hugo's convinced ROn doesn't love or care for him. It hurts Hugo like anything. He just doesn't understand why." Hermione sounded consderably distraught.
"Do you know why?" Harry asked gently.
"No!" Hermione cried. "I-I have a suspicion though."
"Go on."
"I think it may be because, well, Ron grew up with boys. You were the only girl Ginny. You always seemed to be his favorite sibiling so, I thought, maybe Hugo reminds him of his brothers and he favors Rose like he favored you. Or maybe, he just wanted a bit of change from boys. I mean I know he really wanted a girl."
"Oh." Ginny said. "But, that's not a good reason!"
Hermione must have shook her head. "It's not."
"Could it be Hu reminds Ron of Fred?" Harry suggested. "And he misses him so he distances himself from Hugo?"
"No, Hugo isn't like Fred..."
They all knew who Fred was. He was Uncle George's twin who had died in the war. He was why Grandmum Weasley cried when she mad Fred's Christmas jumper. He was why there was a room in The Burrow filled with jumpers embezeled with a yellow F that Grandmum knit every year.
"So, what are you going to do?" Harry asked.
"I don't know." Hermione wailed despaired. "I love Ron I really do! I love Rose too and of course I love Hugo. I couldn't live without any of them!"
"Which is exactly why your brief idea of divorce is out of the question." Harry's voice said.
Hugo's eyes widened in shock and the rest of the teenagers looked at him.
"I know, I know... I wasn't really actually considering it. I just don't know what to do! I mean, he struck him! I mean I doubt even Draco Malfoy would do that to his child!"
Scorpius closed his eyes hoping and praying this discussion wasn't taking this turn. "Please don't tell her, Please, Please, Please don't tell her!" he thought. He coud feel the stares of Albus, James, Lily, and Hugo.
"Er well, that's besides the point." Scorpius heard Harry say hastily.
"Yes, I suppose it is."
Scorpius breathed a sigh of relief.
"Perhaps, you four need to spend some time together." Ginny suggested. "After a huge fight in our house we always try and spend some quality time together to ease things up. Do you guys spend a lot of time together?"
"Yes, well, no. Not really. I mean, Ron usually takes Rose out for a special day so I take Hugo out so he doesn't feel left out. We run into eachother sometimes and eat lunch together though."
"That's not nearly good enough." Ginny said. "Come summer, I'm going to plan a day for you all and you are going to spend some family time. Maybe, if Ron and Hugo spend time together, they'll build a bond."
"Maybe." Hermione said sounding unsure.
The six young wizards heard the sound of the adults getting up and quickly scampered into the living room. James hurriedly shoved the extendable ears into his pocket.
The adults walked into the room. "Hugo, darling, will you please come home today? I miss you." Hermione pleaded.
Hugo slowly nodded and Hermione beamed throwing her arms around him. The Weasley's left in a hurry to get home where Hermione promised Hugo a treat. As Harry and Ginny went to prepare dinner, the five teenagers sat in the drawing room.
"Told you we woudn't be caught." James said smugly.
Scorpius barely listened to the general buzz of conversation at dinner that night. He was preoccupied with thinking of a memory from the summer before.
"What? You afraid to go back to your daddy?" Frank taunted. "See, this is why your a stinking Slytherin. Your a wimp."
Frank took a step towards Scorpius who insinctively backed away. "No one wants you here. You know that Malfoy? Your a charity case. It was damn good of the Potter's to take you in." Frank laughed. "It's funny how easy it must have been to beat you up. Isn't it Lily?"
Frank had known about his father. He had known. The Potter's and him hadn't told any of the family yet, Frank had known. It hadn't bothered him at the time. he had been to occupied with Lily's comment but now, it struck him.
How had Frank known?
"Scorpius, love, is everything all right?" Ginny asked worriedly.
Scorpius jumped. "What? Yes. I'm fine. Just thinking..."
Lily shot him a suspicious look and he mouthed, "I'll tell you later."
She nodded and offered him some more roles.
"Spill." Lily commanded as soon as the two of them escaped to her bedroom.
"I was thinking, after Mrs. Weasley said that about my father, we never told the rest of your family about my dad. Which I'm happy about. I don't want them to know. Then, I remembered when that arse Frank was taunting me last sumer. He said I was afraid to go back home and that it was funny how easy it must have been to beat me up. Remeber?"
"Yes but, what does that have to do with-oh!" Comprehension dawned on Lily's face. "How did he know?"
Scorpius shook his head. "I don't know. I though maybe you told him but-"
"I would never betray you like that! I wouldn't ever give away your secret without your permission."
"I know." Scorpius said smiling. "That's why I was certain it wasn't you."
"We are going to find out how he figured out. I promise. We can't have him spreading around your secret."
Scorpius smiled and enveloped Lily in a hug. He breathed in the sweet, cinnamony smell of her curly ginger locks. How he wished they had actually kissed.
"I love you Scorpi." she said making his heart flutter. "As a friend." she added hastily.
"Yeah." he said. "Me too. As a friend. Cause otherwise it would just be weird... sort of..."
"Not really but... yeah... I- Do you want to see if James and Al are interseted in a game of Gobstones or something?"
"Yeah. Let's do that..."
Lily
The day of their departure dawned bright and early. The five Potters and Scorpius stepped out into the chilly morning air and were plesently surprised to see a flurry of snow decending on them.
"Looks like its going to snow a bit." Harry said glancing up at the sky.
"Yay!" Lily cheered. She spun around in the snow, her long hair flying out behind her.
"Come on." Ginny said laughing. "Get in the car, we can't be late."
When they arrived at the station, the six wizards hurried to the barrrier between platforms 9&10. "Quickly! Quickly!" Ginny said urging them onto platform 9 3/4.
Scorpius and Lily ran onto the platform followed by James, Albus, Harry, and Ginny. The two Slytherins hurried along the trainlooking for a compartment. Finaly, they found Annie and Timmy waiting for them.
"Where were you?!" Annie exclaimed.
"We thought you were going to miss the the train!" Timmy added.
"Well, we didn't."
Scorpius and Lily stuck ther heads out the window and waved to Harry and Ginny as the train pulled away.
Suddenly, Scorpius drew back from the window his face pale and fearful. Lily noticed this and quickly whispered into his ear, "What's wrong?"
"Later" he whispered back.
"GUESS WHAT!" Timmy yelled.
"What?" Lily and Scorpius asked.
"Finnegan lost his prefect badge because he got caught in a broom closet with some bird. So, guess who they gave it to?" Without waiting for an answer Timmy yelled, "ME!"
"Congratulations!" squealed Lily shotting a glance at Scorpius who had smiled weakly before relapsing into his state of fearfulness.
Neither Annie nor Timmy seemed to have realised that Scorpius wasn't paying attention..
"Speaking of that, I have got to go to the meeting now..." Timmy said.
"I hope you two don't mind, I'm going to sit with my cousin, she found out she was magical too! A Ravenclaw if I saw one though. Constantly ratteling of random facts."
"Nope. We don't mind." Lily said.
"Great!" The couple bounded out of the compartment slamming the door behind them. Lily quickly locked it and faced Scorpius.
"What happned?"
"It was him." Scorpius said quietly. "I saw him on the platform."
"Who?" Lily asked worriedly.
"My dad." Scorpius sounded terrified. "I saw my dad on the platform. He was looking for me. I know it."
Lily put her hands to her mouth horrified. "Did he see you?"
Scorpius slowly looked up at her and nodded.
"Yes, he saw me... and he didn't look too happy."
Author's Note: Here it is! I know the last few chapters have been kind of short so, I wrote a nice long one for you guys filled with a few little Scorily moments! I hope you liked it!
I know Ron seems a little extreme but, I re-read the last chapter and this is just how he came across to me. This chapter shows that Lily's family isn't perfect either because no family is. From now on, Hugo is going to be a big part in this fic.
Right now I'm sick, :(, but, that means I have a lot of time to write!
Um... the thing about Domonique is still open so... tell me what you think!
Remember to R&R!
~4everbookworm