LILY

After Rose left we just sat down in the broom shed.

'Rose is right,' I said. 'This could mess up relationships more important than this one.'

'Lils I really don't know what to do. I mean everything felt right yesterday. I knew that I wanted you and I knew you wanted me back. It honestly didn't seem more complicated than that,' he said.

'Do you honestly like me?' I asked. 'I mean I know you want me but is it just the whole thrill of the chase and forbidden fruit sort of thing?'

He didn't say anything.

'How about we put this off for a bit,' I suggested. 'You know try and figure out what we're doing before we rush into anything.'

'Okay,' he said. 'That sounds like a good idea.'

I could tell that what Rose had said really struck him. On some level I suppose it hadn't really felt real. And Rose finding out made him see what he truly stood to lose. We got out of the broom shed and walked back to the house in silence. Ria was sitting at the table with Mum.

'Hey what're you doing here?' I asked.

'Oh I um…' she said.

'She's dating Al,' my mum said excitedly. Really I think she was more pleased about it than Ria was. After all the crap that happened with Violet and Albus last year and then Al's thoroughly inappropriate relationships I knew Mum was thrilled that he had finally found someone.

'Congratulations,' Scorpius said mechanically.

'Thanks,' she said.

'Where's Al?' I asked.

'Oh he said he needed to go out for a bit,' she said.

'He's gone to see Violet,' Mum said her voice suddenly devoid of emotion. Mum liked Vi but on a certain level she blamed her for my idiot brothers' fallout. She just didn't know quite what to do with her almost daughter-in-law.

'He went to see Vi?' Scor asked surprised. 'But why?'

'Something about making things right,' Mum said.

Dad walked into the room a couple of minutes later. 'We're heading out to the village,' he said. 'Do you want to come with us?'

'I'll wait for Al,' Ria said.

'Okay. Do you two want to come?' he asked.

'Yeah sure,' Scorpius said.

'I'll come too,' I said. I know I said we should figure things out but a weird part of me still wanted to spend time with him. How stupid does that sound?

'I'm in,' Mum said smiling. Dad kissed her. My parents are still disgustingly in love. They're in their mid-forties and they still snog all the time. It's gross.

Al walked in. 'Did it all work out?' Ria asked.

'Yeah I think it did,' he said with an odd smile on his face.

'We're going to the village for lunch,' Dad said. 'We'll give your Gran a break.'

So we all walked down to the village. When I say all I mean all. The house emptied out.

Teddy and Vi dumped John with me and went off on their own. They said they would be back in time for lunch at Martins. Slowly everyone wandered off. Fred and James went to a coffee shop where they were meeting up with Violet and Xavier Campbell. Al went off with Ria. That left Rose, Scorpius and me. Rose quickly made excuses and went off too. So I was stuck with a baby and Scorpius. We walked into a bookstore and started browsing.

'Oh Merlin,' Scorpius groaned suddenly.

'What?' I asked.

'Rita Skeeter's doing a book signing here,' he said.

'Okay let's get out before she sees us,' I said.

John was laughing at the changing pictures on the cover of one of the books. Scorpius picked him up and started walking out. He started yelling and though Scorpius managed to get him quiet he attracted a rather lot of attention. John calmed down and giggled happily. He turned his eyes the same shade of grey as Scorpius's.

'Aww he likes you,' I said, tickling his stomach.

'What do we have here?' someone asked.

Oh god please no I thought desperately.

'Hello Rita,' Scorpius said disdainfully.

'Lovely to see you too Malfoy,' she said. 'What a cute baby. You must be so proud.'

'Not mine,' Scorpius said hurriedly.

'I'm sure,' Rita said. 'And I assume you're the mother Miss Potter after all that shade of red hair could only have been inherited from you.'

Fuck fuck fuck.

'It's not our baby,' I said. Sure his hair was red but that was because he had spent so much time with Weasleys all of whom had bright red hair.

'This is my nephew,' I said.

'Your nephew who has the Scorpius Malfoy's eyes,' she said. 'Oh of course Rose.'

'He isn't mine you stupid woman,' Scorpius said. 'Or Rose's. He's Lily's cousin's Victoire's.'

'Oh how convenient,' she said. 'After all Teddy Lupin is a Metamorphmagus so it's likely his son has inherited the same ability. That's an excellent cover story Miss Potter. Now do you think Rose would like to give an interview on the hardships of raising a child while still in school?'

'The baby isn't Rose's,' I said.

'Then it's yours?' she asked. 'Smile for the camera Miss Potter.'

There was a flash. Scorpius who was still holding John grabbed my hand and we ran.

'That lunatic,' I fumed when we reached a safe distance. 'How on earth could I have possibly had a baby?'

'No one will believe her,' he said. 'It's ridiculous.'

'They have a picture of a child with your eyes and my hair,' I said. 'There are going to be a couple of people in the world who will believe it.'

Then out of the blue he started laughing. 'Oh that was hilarious,' he said. 'You should've seen your face when she asked you if it was yours.'

'Well you didn't look too pleased either,' I said, laughing too.

'Do you know how angry Rose is going to be if tomorrow's Prophet has a story about her supposed love child?' he asked laughing.

'She's going to flip out,' I said.

'Come on,' he said. 'I think I've had enough excitement for one day. Let's go eat lunch.'

'Do you think we should warn them?' I asked.

'No, they'll just make fun of us,' he said.

We headed to lunch. The only good thing about this whole incident was that Scorpius was more relaxed around me. We could make this work. I knew it.

a/n: So I hope you liked the chapter. I'm actually not a hundred percent sure if I like it as much as I've liked the others but I hope you do. So anyway please revieww :)