How to crash a holiday party
In the morning I wake up and remember that today I leave to go back home, even if it is for a short time. On top of that Scorpius is staying with us. This day seems great, but at the same time I get a sense that if Scorpius and I do one thing to show that we are a couple, all hell will break loose. We plan on telling my family soon because he is afraid that his father will kill me. Please, if I can take on Greyback I can totally stand up to Draco Malfoy…okay maybe not. I'm not James. I wouldn't go and try to fight an Auror, as a third year, maybe as a seventh year.
"Lily, come on your family is getting ready to leave already," Lena says pulling me down the stairs casting a spell on our school things so it would follow us down.
"Why are we leaving? The train doesn't come for another hour?" I ask my best friend. "Well, we don't want to almost miss it last year. You always stall to the point where you almost miss the train," Lena complains as we walk into the common room where everyone is waiting for us. I notice that Izzy and Kyle weren't with everyone. I swear if they're snogging each other and keeping us waiting…
"Where are Izzy and Kyle?" I ask James since he seems like the only likely person to know where they are.
"They had to go home late last night. Izzy's mother was kidnapped. Izzy and her family are out looking for her right now," James says quietly looking very upset.
"I guess the search mustn't be going well since her family is so small," Rose comments and everyone just looks at her astonished by her cruelty. Out of impulse, and pure stupidity, I walk up to Rose and slap her across the face.
"Come on Lena, we're leaving for the train," I say storming past my family and Scorpius to get to the train.
The hour passes quickly and the train starts moving. Amanda and Lena had to step out of the compartment for a little bit. Now, I'm here, all alone. When out of nowhere the door swings open and Artemis walks in looking slightly agitated.
"Something I can help you with?" I ask petting Duke on the head while he slept.
"Yeah, I just heard from Amanda that you and Scorpius are dating," I am going to kill Amanda. Why would Amanda be telling Artemis anything in the first place? Who knows?
"What if I am?" I snap back at him not really caring that he looks like he is about to explode from anger.
"He's a Malfoy!" Artemis shouts at me and on cue I roll my eyes. Scorpius always said that this would be the reaction that a lot of people would have hearing that a Potter and a Malfoy are dating.
"So? He's a nice person and I like him for that. Why is it that when someone hears his last name they automatically think he's a bad person? If you get to know him then you would know that he isn't," I try to remain calm and use my inside voice, trying to keep the fiery redhead in me quiet. Is it working? No, not really.
"Maybe you should date someone who would be able to keep you in a stable relationship," Artemis suggests and I look at him like he is crazy.
"Like the last one worked out so well for me," I retort and Artemis looks like he is at a loss for words and just leans on the wall running his hand though his blonde hair, obviously thinking about what to say next.
"If he does anything to you, I will kill him. I don't care who is father is," Artemis says storming out of the compartment. "Fine!" I yell after him sitting back down in my seat rubbing my temples from the stress of the argument.
"Is everything okay? Al and I heard yelling," Scorpius comes in and walks over to me wrapping his arms around me.
"Artemis and I just got into a huge fight. Amanda told him that we were dating. He got really mad," I sigh and wait for an answer from him.
"Well, that's because Artemis likes you, Lily," Pale blonde fifth year say what now? - That is my brain, it isn't in working condition right now. Please leave a message after the WHAT!
"Since when?" I ask him curiously.
"Not sure, but he is always watching you. It makes my skin crawl," Scorpius admits. "Do I sense jealousy?" I tease him and he flushes a bright red, telling me all I need to know. He is jealous!
"Am not," he says trying to hide his blush. All of the sudden my stomach lets out a growl and Scorpius starts laughing since he obviously heard it. He left the compartment for a moment and came back with a bag of candy in his hands. "Red vine?" =3
Sorry I am ending it here. I have writers block…again. This is the perfect place to end this part though. The idea just came to me.
The rest of the ride was uneventful, except when Al caught James and Violet snogging each other senseless in one of the compartments. I thought poor Al was going to pass out. Seth then tried to murder my brother, but Violet stopped him, sadly. Lena and Artemis were laughing so hard they were rolling on the floor.
"I wonder how Izzy and Kyle are doing," I say out loud and everyone turns to me, remembering that they aren't here.
"We could always ask dad. I doubt he'll say anything, but maybe we can get a status report out of him," James suggests as we walk off the train.
"Seth and I are coming to watch you guys over break…since you can't be trusted at all," Violet says making us all remember last break when Izzy had gotten hurt. I flinch at the memory of her bleeding shoulder.
"You okay, Lily?" Seth asks putting a hand on my shoulder. How does Seth notice all these things about me? Is he watching me? Or am I just paranoid?
"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for noticing," I thank him and he nods walking off ahead with his sister.
"Seth acts just like your brothers," Scorpius comments on Seth's behavior. I guess he's right. It's just that my brothers don't really act like brothers unless I'm dying. Al used to act like that towards me when I was much younger, but then he became a teenager and stopped hanging out with his little sister.
"I guess, if my brothers did that for me," I say seeing my dad and walking over to him and giving him a hug.
"How's my little Lily-bug?" My dad asks me and I want to beat my head against a wall. How many times do I have to tell him not to call me that in public? I turn to Scorpius, who now has a mischievous look on his face after hearing my nickname. CRAP.
"It's nice to see you, Mr. Potter. Thank you for letting me stay at you home," Scorpius says very politely, but my father just shrugs and walks over to my brothers ignoring him.
"He'll warm up to you eventually. I promise," I say attempting comfort him as we go over to my brothers, who are talking to some of their friends. Then my dad sees Neville and talks to him for about fifteen minutes and finally we leave the station. We go to the car next and travel twenty minutes to the house. I decide to break the silence in the car with some conversation…
"Dad, have you heard anything about Izzy and her family?" I ask out of concern and my father gets a look of sorrow on his face. Izzy is like a second daughter to him and when she is in trouble he goes to all means necessary to help her.
"Yes, we have heard that the Rides are dead," My dad breaks the news to us and James looks lost and then asks, "What about Kyle?"
"We haven't heard about the Griffiths, but we are pretty sure that they're fine. Our information could be wrong. The Ride and Griffith's families are very hard to get good information on," My dad says trying to comfort his eldest son, it isn't working. We pull up to the house and see someone standing in front of it. "Greyback," Seth snarls getting out of the car only to see him get knocked down by an invisible force.
"You dog, you thought you could kill me and my family? Well, look who was wrong," Izzy says becoming visible again. Her clothes were ripped and scorched in certain places, but she was alive and well.
"I thought I killed you when we shot down the plane you were on," Greyback comments making Izzy roll her eyes. "Hardly, it takes more than an explosion to kill me," Izzy snorts pulling her wand out.
"Want to make that a reality, Ride?" Greyback asks and Seth steps in the middle of them, causing Greyback to glare at him menacingly.
"Leave the dog to me, you go and get Kyle," Seth says shooing Izzy off, but Greyback tries to grab her. In the blink of an eye Seth has a hand on Greyback's arm. I guess this is why Seth is guarding us. I look back at Violet to see what she is doing, only to find her watching her brother intensely. I turn to the fight at hand and see Seth wrestling with Greyback.
"Strong little leech aren't you?" Greyback snarls at Seth and he only gives a lopsided grin. What did he mean by leech? "Only to pathetic weaklings like you," Seth answers causing Greyback to throw him in the air.
"Seth!" Violet yells, but it's to no avail, Seth comes crashing back down with a loud thud.
"Let go of me, James!" Violet orders James as she tries to get to her brother.
"He'll kill you!" James tells her not letting her arm go.
"No, he won't. I was hired as help for a reason. Now, let me go," she hisses at him and he releases her arm. My dad is looking at both of them curiously.
"Violet, get back here," my dad says, but she isn't listening. Violet walks up to Greyback with her wand out. "Leave my brother alone," she tells Greyback and all her does is laugh at her. The scary thing is that Violet is completely serious.
After Greyback's laughter stops he takes a punch at Violet. I close my eyes so I don't see her get hurt. A couple seconds later I hear Scorpius whisper quietly so no one would hear, "Open your eyes." I listen to him and see Violet avoiding his attacks with ease.
"Seth, get up. I don't have time for you to be out cold," Violet hisses and Seth starts to stir, but Greyback finally grabs Violet.
"Violet!" James shouts helplessly from the side lines. Why isn't my dad doing anything? Is he testing the help? I look behind to me to see that he isn't here anymore! What the hell?
"Dad went to help Izzy look for Kyle and the rest of her family," Al tells me. This isn't good, we have four underage wizards and two teens fighting a werewolf, one is out cold and the other is grabbed by the neck by said werewolf.
"I'll snap your neck like a tooth pick," Greyback exclaims excitedly about his captured prey.
Suddenly, Greyback's face changes from one of victory to one of pain. He drops Violet quickly making all of us feel that much better. I look down to see that Seth had stabbed Greyback in the leg when no one was watching. "Don't you dare lay a hand on my little sister," Seth snarls at him, going into over protective brother mode. Greyback is so dead, no human can stand an onslaught brought on by an elder sibling.
"What is this knife made out of?" Greyback hisses dropping it on the ground. "Silver, it is a lovely metal that can seriously hurt werewolves. I have many more of these things up my sleeves," Seth tells him grinning slyly. Greyback took out his wand and apperates quickly.
"I didn't have anything up my sleeves," Seth says honestly walking over to his sister who is unconscious on the ground. James runs over to her, but Seth stops him part way and tells him to stand back. I wonder why Seth was able to dodge Greyback so well…Violet and him are siblings, why is he so much stronger?
"Is she okay, Seth?" I ask him and he bends down to check her pulse and then nods that she is okay.
"She'll be fine, she just needs rest. Her neck isn't broken and that was what I was worried about," he tells us picking her up like she weighs nothing at all.
I grab my keys out of my trunk and open the door for Seth, who is still carrying his sister. "I always thought that Violet was the older one," I comment and Seth just grins at me. I know that grin, my brother's use that all the time with me when I get something wrong.
"A lot of people tell me that, Lily. I'm older by five minutes," he tells me putting Violet down on the living room couch. James, Scorpius, and Al carry the all the trunks in house. Then I remember that I brought home thirteen books home…I wonder who got my trunk.
"Lily, what do you have in these things? Has Rose poisoned your mind with books?" James asks me looking through my trunk. He better not pull anything out of that it.
"Since when have you been wearing these?" James questions holding my bra up right as Scorpius walks in. The look on his face only says that he wishes he hadn't seen that.
"James, give that back right now!" I yell at him grabbing my bra and throwing back in my trunk.
Soon enough everyone is doing their own thing, Seth is watching for my dad to get home, James is creeping on Violet while she is out cold, Al is reading a book in his room like the nerd he is, and Scorpius and I are on the sofa enjoying each other's presence.
"How do we break the news to my family?" I ask him breaking the silence.
"I'm not sure, should I tell your mum or your dad first? I think either of them will kill me, but your mum might do it painlessly," Scorpius suggests, but my mum won't be home for another three days.
"My mum is coaching her quidditch team at the moment. She won't be back for three days. We are going to have to tell my dad," I sigh letting out a yawn. This has been a long day and it doesn't seem to be getting any better. Scorpius and I talk for a while longer till both of us drift off to sleep, my head on his shoulder and his arm wrapped protectively around my waist.
A/N
Okay, so pretty soon I'm going to be hit by Hurricane Irene. She's such a home wrecker! Get back to you guys after she hits! =D