A/N: So, I planned on updating before I left, and I wrote it, but I didn't post it -.-

This is what I wrote in my authors note before I left:

Hey everyone! I'm posting this a few hours before my plane leaves so you can read it I'll be writing whilst I'm away, and if there is Wi-Fi where I'm staying in just about a week and a bit, I'll update again, if not, I won't be updating for just under three weeks. I hope you like this, and thank-you to . . . for reviewing! You two motivated me to update again

Also, I have made a Tumblr page for my Fanfiction account, it's called myharrypotterdiary and I will be posting sneak peeks of the next few chapters on there and I'll also be writing when I plan to update. So I can let you know that I haven't abandoned the story if I don't update for 6 weeks or something. There will be a time from late September to early November where I won't be able to write as much as I will be finishing up Year 12, but I will write though; I'm just letting you know that it won't be every single week or something, not that I even do that, haha.

I hope you all like this chapter! It's much longer than usual.

Harrypotterforeverx

Picture to Burn.

By the time that Lily's tears had stopped, and the chatting resumed again with a few concerned glances towards her, the train had arrived at Hogsmeade. It was a slightly warm evening with orange and light purple skies which glowed above the swaying pine trees. You could hear the loud noises of a crowd of about 500 students talking and moving up towards the carriages which would take them to the castle. It seemed like a pleasant evening to many students.

"Hey, Lily!" somebody called out, as she turned around she saw Scorpius running up to her after they had reached the castle doors, his face pink. He's got beautiful eyes, Lily suddenly thought blushingly. Which he did, they were an amazing bright blue, like sapphires which glittered when the sunlight hit them.

"Hey, Scorpius, what's up?" she asked curiously, he looked slightly nervous and uncomfortable. His cheeks were turning red and his eyes were looking downwards as they walked into the entrance hall.

"Well, I was wondering-" his voice was cut off by a loud yell as someone stalked over to them.

"Why the fuck are you talking shit about me, whore?" Vincent snarled at her, his face looked irritated but slightly amused. Only he could pull that look off.

"What are you talking about?" Lily asked exasperatedly, couldn't he leave her alone? It almost seemed as if he was stalking her.

"I meant, why are you talking shit about me? Everyone hates you, and nobody cares about you. You're a pathetic little girl who goes and cries to everyone because no guys like her, and who would? You're hideous." Vincent snorted, but his face looked confused when he watched Lily's expression change to a small smirk with her eyes narrowed.

"I think you're talking about yourself, actually. You're the one that everyone hates, you're the one that everyone is just too fucking scared of to say that they actually hate you. Don't you get it, Vincent? You're just a loser with no life. What's your problem with me? Don't you get it? We were best-friends, you ended the friendship, yet it's you that continuously comes up to me and says shit, you badmouth me to my friends and your pathetic little followers, and you probably spend the rest of your time thinking of ways to try and ruin my life. You're failing, by the way. I'm the one with friends that actually care about me and my general well-being, and most of all; I don't have to manipulate people to like me." Lily said calmly, it was calm, but you could sense the anger in her voice that grew with each word.

"Keep talking shit and someone's going to hit you one day" he snapped at her. Scorpius let out a snort at his words.

"Vincent, just leave." Lily said, her fingers rubbing her temples. This term was supposed to be better, and it was already starting badly.

"Goyle, fuck off! Can't you see that nobody wants you here?" Ashleigh Shreurs spoke up, "You know, I have no idea why you're in Gryffindor, you just go around and make Lily's life hell. She doesn't deserve to put up with your bullshit, so grow some balls, and piss off!"

"Leave me alone, Vincent. And just go." Lily sighed, she was so sick of this.

"No" Vincent snapped at her. He was incredibly immature.

"For God's sake, what is your problem?" Lily said exasperatedly,

"God, you're stupid" he snapped at her, and then Scorpius shoved him against the wall. Vincent's eyes widened in shock, and the crowd that was already watching them gasped. Scorpius was usually reasonably quiet and kept to himself, and Vincent was just a jerk who a lot of guys hated. Actually, most of them hated him because they thought he was 'gay'. Lily didn't have anything against people who were homosexual, she liked them because they had the ability to be themselves and most of them were happy with who they were and how they were.

"For fucks sake, Goyle, can't you leave her alone?" Scorpius growled, Vincent suddenly had a smirk on his face. Neither of them realised that Lily was edging closer and closer to Vincent, her fists tensing and her face slowly turning red.

"It's not my fault she's such a tramp; anyway, you'd know that wouldn't you, Malfoy? Seen as you bang each night" Vincent smirked, "She's been around the whole school, and everyone knows how she is in bed-" and then Lily punched him in the mouth.

Screams were heard from the crowd, shouts from some of the closest people surrounding them, "Fight! Fight! Fight!" Girls were gasping as Lily repeatedly slapped Vincent across the face; he had his hands around her throat, slowly choking her. Albus had suddenly appeared, he and Scorpius were attempting to pull the two apart whilst Pixie just stood there in shock, her two best-friends rolling around on the floor screaming obscenities at each other, the people who were watching were saying to others in the crowd that it looked like "They want to kill each other".

Vincent was now on top of her, his leg in between hers and attempting to choke her whilst Lily slammed her leg up into his groin.

"Dirty Slut!"

"Spoilt Faggot!"

"Suck a fat one, whore!"

"I hate you!"

"Why don't you just kill yourself?

"I've already tried!"

With the last scream that Lily made, the crowd gasped in shock, her friends looked stunned, Pixie looked horrified, Bella's face just looked . . . blank. Her brother's face looked as if it was made of stone and had aged 10 years. The room was as quiet as a dark night. And Lily realised what she said, and she got up, and she ran. As she ran through the doors, she heard the room burst into whispers and people's shocked exclamations; "Lily Potter tried to kill herself?" "But she always looks so happy" "I had no idea that it was that bad" "I feel so sorry for her" "Why would she try to kill herself over a jerk?" "It's probably attention-seeking" "She's so pretty though"

She ran as fast as she could, up the stairs, through the hallways and corridors, up another flight of stairs, towards the astronomy tower.

Tears.

Pain.

Memories.

Hurt. Everything hurt.

"Accio, pictures" Lily whispered, and the pictures appeared within seconds. They were old pictures of her and Vincent. Her and Vincent, having fun, eating ice-cream, flying on their broomsticks, at Hogsmeade, on the train, at Hagrid's hut, swimming in the lake, in the common room, camping, everywhere.

She picked up the first picture with the tears streaming down her face, "Incendio" she whispered, and it slowly burned.

Soon it turned to charcoal and bits of it flew off of the tower with the wind.

She did that with every single one of those pictures, all 300 of them. All burnt, charcoaled, and gone in the wind.

"Lily?" Scorpius asked softly, the door had creaked open with Scorpius looking at her through the small gap. His face looked concerned for her; there was also a bit of blood.

"Come in," she sighed, although it was warm, she had a scarf around her neck. It was green and had been knitted by her grandmother years and years ago. Scorpius walked over to her, and they sat closely together, creating warmth.

"I'm so sick of it, Scorpius" Lily muttered as she leant her head against the crook of his shoulder as his arm went around her shoulders to bring her in. He smelt nice, like a musky type of scent but with that nice forest fire smell.

"I know, Lil, I know" he replied softly, she had such a small body and it was resting against him. Part of him twitched and tensed and his face went red, hoping she wouldn't notice. She didn't.

"It's just so irritating. It's just like, as soon as I'm finally happy again . . . someone ruins it. I'm never able to be happy for more than a day or two. I find it hard to remember when I was happy for about a week now." She said softly,

"It sucks, doesn't it?" Scorpius muttered, their legs were pressed against each other.

"Yeah" Lily replied, he was such a nice guy, sweet, kind, funny, loyal . . . good-looking. What was up with her today? Why was she thinking these things about Scorpius? They were good friends, and that's all they ever would be, Lily thought.

Their bodies became even closer as the night became colder and Scorpius's hold around Lily's shoulders loosened but in a way, tightened, as they dozed off.

It was the most peaceful sleep she'd had in a long time.

A/N: Hope you liked it