Author's Note: Thank you for all of the reviews! I am so sorry that I have taken so long to upload this chapter. I've been extremely busy with college and grad school apps. Thank you for everyone that has reviewed this story! I will be posting a "Chapter 30" to this story which will include a new surprise! It's about a story that I hadn't intended on writing/posting on here but have decided to do so. So please come check out the "teaser" for that when I post it within the next couple of days. In addition, I will post a formal thank you in "chapter 30."


His Best Friend


Eleven Years:


Dear Mum and Dad,

I'm just writing to inform you that you'll have to pull out your old school scarves for the first game. Why didn't you tell me the dungeons were so cool?! We already had our first 'exam' in potions; and I did the best out of all of the first years. I have to get to class!

With Love, Your Son, Scorpius H. Malfoy

P.S. Mum, where are all of those treats you promised me?

Astoria read over his letter with a laugh. "Well he's a very happy Slytherin, Love." She looked up as Draco smiled proudly. "And he did the best of all the first years in potions so far."

"It's a Malfoy trait." Narcissa smiled primly and proudly as Astoria laughed and nodded.

"Malfoys are always the smartest." Draco smirked as his wife kissed his head on her way out of the room.

"No need to be cocky darling. We all know I got higher marks on my OWL's than you..."


Twelve Years:


Draco watched as Scorpius flew around the pitch, his green and silver robes pooling around his feet. Unlike Draco, Scorpius was very naturally good at quidditch which could probably be attributed to all the time that the two of them spent playing it in the summer.

"He's such a mini you." Astoria commented with a smile as she squeezed her husband's hand.

"He has your good sense and kindness." He kissed his wife's head before focusing his attention back on the game.

"I know." She smirked. "And my brains. Top of the class."

Draco smirked at his wife before they both erupted into laughter. This new younger generation of Malfoys was so unlike the pre-war Malfoys that sometimes people did double takes of the inviting family.


Thirteen Years:


Dear Mum and Dad,

You'll never believe what happened at the sorting ceremony! Lily Potter was sorted into Slytherin! Some of her family are going absolutely mental over it. Can you imagine the Princess Potter in Slytherin?

Anyways, she's actually quite nice (not at all like her brother Albus or cousin Rose)...but in an interesting way. She almost seemed excited to be in a house away from her family (I would be if I were her.)...like she'd done something underhanded. (Which she probably had. She's just as much of a trickster as James, but she's so much sneakier.) She's so amusing! The things she says are so odd. And, she's really smart too. She's tested out of muggle studies, so we're in Divination together. Plus Adora loves her! Thinks she's going to be the sweetheart of Slytherin. I suppose she's rather pretty too.

I have to meet Lily and Adora for dinner, but I'll write soon!

With Love, Your Son, Scorpius H. Malfoy

"We have a letter from Scorpius." Astoria smiled happily at her husband as they sat down for dinner and she spoke in a knowing sing-song voice.

Draco smiled at his wife's happiness. "So, what does he have to say?" He began eating as his wife's grin grew.

"It was all about a girl!" She laughed as her husband raised an eyebrow in question. "I had wandered when he'd start being interested enough in a girl that she'd make it into his letters."

"Who is it?" Draco asked as he considered all of the possible Slytherin girls in Scorpius' year. He hoped it wasn't Pansy's daughter...he didn't really want to get stuck having them over to dinner like he was sure Astoria would do over Christmas break.

"A first year, actually." Astoria smiled as Draco looked bewildered. "Don't worry. She's a Slytherin..." Astoria's voice was light with amused merriment, which meant Draco knew that he should in fact be worried.

"Is it Blaise's daughter?" Draco asked hopefully as his wife shook her head smiling.

"No, not Cleo." She watched as her husband took a bite of meat. "It's Lily Potter, actually." She couldn't help but laugh as her husband choked, making him look like a fish out of water.

"Lily...Potter?" Draco asked as a sneering expression made its way onto his face. "Is a Slytherin?"

"Yes." Astoria smiled as she took a sip of wine. "She's Harry and Ginny's youngest and only daughter. And apparently she is the most amusing girl our son has ever met. His words, not mine." She grinned as Draco sighed and shook his head.

"At least she's not that idiot, Ron Weasley's daughter...I suppose." He let out a puff of air as Astoria hugged him.

"That's the spirit! I figure we can meet her this weekend. At Scorpius' first quidditch match." Draco nodded as excitement shone in Astoria's eyes. Leave it to his wife to not care less who their son found interesting...


Fifteen Years:


Astoria smiled as the entire family sat down to their first dinner back together for Christmas break. As always, she had missed these affairs where Scorpius would entertain them with whatever stories he had lived over the past few months of school - usually involving Lily Potter. The girl that Astoria Malfoy was sure would marry her son one day.

"Dad, how did you go to Mum's house and get along with her family?" Scorpius looked up from his plate as his father's eyebrows furrowed and his mother smiled as she sipped her drink.

"Are you asking about this because of Lily Potter?" Draco rose one eyebrow as his son merely shrugged and disinterestedly moved the food on his plate about.

Adora snickered as she nudged her cousin with a wicked grin. "Of course it is. But don't worry. You know they're just best friends." She mimicked Scorpius' voice as he nudged her in the side.

He looked to his beaming wife once before setting his own fork down. "To be completely honest Scorpius, it wasn't much of an issue for me." He watched as his son looked up a bit disheartened. "Your Mother and my marraige was arranged from before the time she entered Hogwarts. We spent a great deal of our childhood time together outside of Hogwarts. And your Aunt Daphne was in my class."

"It's only natural to be a bit uncomfortable around her family, Scorpius." Astoria cut in with a warm smile. "You have a much smaller family than her's. And I know her family is much more rambunctious than ours. But what you have to remember is that she wants you there; and that's more than enough reason to feel welcome there. Her opinion is the only one that needs to matter to you. So long as she is happy so will her family be."


Sixteen Years:


"Lily!" Scorpius called in surprise as the snow that she had with no warning pushed against his head fell into his face and ears, sending shivers down his spine.

She laughed as she ran from him in a hurry towards the lake at the end of the Malfoy property. Her smile lighting up her face and causing Scorpius to smirk as he chased after his girlfriend.


"What are you watching?" Draco smiled as he entered his wife's favorite room of the house, the library. He kissed her head as he looked out the window to see his son's figure growing smaller as he made his way farther from the house.

"Young love." She smiled as she kissed her husband softly. "Do you remember when you were sixteen?" She watched as his face darkened slightly before he captured her lips softly.

"Of course I do." His voice was low and husky as he ran the pad of his thumb against her face.


FLASH BACK:

Astoria's eyes widened in shock when Draco pressed his hand against her hip. Her mind was reeling as to why he was suddenly interested in closing the gap of formality that they had always maintained. Her breathing hitched when his left palm softly caressed her cheek, causing her eyes to flutter closed in anticipation. At first she stood rigid as he kissed her softly, but as he deepened the kiss she felt herself leaning in and kissing back.

Draco smirked slightly as she relaxed into the kiss and began to kiss him back confidently. He felt her wrapping her arms around his neck, their bodies now fully pressed together. He let his arms slide down her sides slowly until he looped them about her waist loosely. He was no stranger to snogging or heated make-out sessions. However, this was entirely different from all of those hasty moments...and he couldn't place why he felt something spark in him...and why this was somehow even better than all of those kisses (despite Astoria's inexperience).

She felt her mind whirling as she pulled back slightly for air, feeling light headed and buzzed. She had always hoped that her first kiss would be magical...but she had never expected it to go so smoothly. No bumping heads or akward audiences watching them (as there had been in the past).

He smirked at her dazed expression, feeling happy for the first time in months. It was nice to be with her...to be with someone that didn't know he was a Death Eater, that didn't demand his attention, that didn't incessantly question him. "Merry Christmas."


"It was the first time that I ever kissed you." He smiled as she leaned in and kissed him softly.

"You know, even after all of these years I still feel giddy when you kiss me." She smiled as she rested her head against his; and he in turn moved her so that her back was against the couch as he kissed her more deeply; and the door of the library locked with a click.


Age Twenty-Five:


"What are you thinking?" Draco's voice was soft in his wife's ear as he quietly snuck up behind her and wrapped his arms around her middle as she leaned against him.

"That our own engagement seems just a short while ago." Her voice was soft and happy as she watched from behind the shrubbery as their son bent down on one knee in front of Lily Potter. She turned quietly in his arms before kissing him. "It's funny how quickly time slips away from you."

"Then I'm glad I've spent all of mine with you." He smiled as he kissed his wife - somehow more in love with her than the day that he proposed in this very same garden.


Fin


IMPORTANT: AN : Thank you for everyone that has reviewed this story! I will be posting a "Chapter 30" to this story which will include a new surprise! It's about a story that I hadn't intended on writing/posting on here but have decided to do so. So please come check out the "teaser" for that when I post it within the next couple of days. In addition, I will post a formal thank you in "chapter 30." For those of you that don't know, "Petal in the Snake Pit" is the sequel and it is posted/finished. The third story is now also available - two chapters in!


In Response:

LindsayC173: Thank you so much for your sweet review! Be sure to stay posted for the new announcement in "chapter 30!"

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Jade Ninja: MJ, Thank you sweetheart! I hope that America is treating you well; and that you aren't too homesick! :) *virtual hugs*

amama123: Thanks so much! And I know...I was sad to see it end too. I just I can't say goodbye to this couple. I love them too much - so many potential storylines!

speedsONEandONLY: Haha, you are a seer! And...I imagine he doesn't even remember that as the day he first met Lily Potter...Then again maybe he'll take his own child to the doctor's office and have his memory jogged... :) Thank you for always reviewing - I love your reviews.

snitchstar: Thanks so much! So sweet of you!

Lizaluvsdoggies: Thanks so much! And I think that Draco would be a stellar dad...laying on the floor in designer robes to play with his son...I just think he'd be more than what people sometimes expect

FanofSlytherins7711: Thank you so much! I like giving "glimpses" of characters at random points in time.

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dids107: Thank you so very much! I'm glad you've enjoyed it. I still have a 'special announcement' in chapter 30. However, the sequel to this story is posted and available "Petal in the Snake Pit." The sequel is complete. I am currently posting the third story, "When I Find You, I'll Find Me."

With Love, Tori