DISCLAIMAER: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER

A/N: I am sooo sorry for the delay everyone. So I will be posting a lot more sooner I promise!

Chapter 8

It was 10 minutes before her parents we due to arrive for dinner, Lilly was a nervous wreck. She was pacing, Andrew was watching Lilly from an arm chair near the fire with a look of amusement on his face.

"Lilly come here and relax for a minute before you give your self an anxiety attack." Andrew said playfully.

"Oh alright," Lilly said and she walked over and sat in Andrews lap.

"Now, isn't this better," he said as he leaned in to kiss Lilly, when there was a knock on the door.

"Oh my God that is them, they could have seen us, what am I going to do, I can't go through with this," Lilly said as she continued to pace.

"Well, are you going to pace all night or let them in?" Andrew said

"Right! Lilly said as she straighten her clothes and grabbed Andrew and walked to the door.

She opened it to find her Mum and Dad standing at the door with a bottle of fire whisky.

"Mum, Dad it is so good to see you, please come in!" Lilly exclaimed.

Once Harry and Ginny were inside Lilly hugged them both and Harry shook Andrews hand.

"Well, let's start on dinner," Andrew said as he led them to dinning room.

They chatted happily through dinner. After they had finished eating they all went to the sitting room and Lilly knew it was now or never.

"So Mum, Dad, we brought you here for a reason, something has happened." Lilly began.

Her mother look scared and her father looked like he was ready to draw his wand.

"Now before you jump to any conclusions please let me tell you I am fine. But, I was attacked and…" She could not finish her sentence before Harry broke in.

"Was it Malfoy! I am going to kill him! What happened, did he try to do an unforgivable curse on you.!" Harry's face was bright red, and he had a vein popping out of his neck.

"Mr. Potter, it was not Lord Macafoy. This is difficult Lilly please let her finish." Andrew looked over at Lilly and ushered her to go on.

"Well I was attacked, on Hogwarts grounds, after I had my Sunday afternoon visit to Andrew's, it was a student, at least I think it was. He attempted to rape me, he left some bruises and scratches, but luckily some one came and he ran off, but he said if I told any one he would kill me," Lilly explained giving them the abridged version.

"This happened a week ago and you did not tell us sooner?" Ginny said almost in tears, as she rushed up and held her daughter.

"Mrs. Potter, Lilly was frightened, she confided in me today, I am the first person she told, I said that we had to keep her safe, and this perpetrator could be anyone."

"Thank you for looking out for our Lilly," Ginny said

"Andrew, son, do you know who did this?" Harry asked.

"No sir, but I intend to find out. I know Lilly does not feel safe at Hogwarts any longer, after what happened in her first year and now this, so we have talked and if it is alright with you, and granted Minerva, if Lilly were to stay with me for the remainder of the School year."

Harry was taken aback he did not know what to say. Hogwarts is the safest place he knows, but if this really did happen to his daughter, then he wants her to be protected. He knows Andrew would protect her with his life.

"Andrew, Lilly would you mind if I had a moment to talk this over with my wife?" Harry asked.

"No problem Sir, we will be down the hall if you need us." Andrew said as he led Lilly out of the sitting room and into his bedroom.

"Andrew, I do not this is going well." Lilly said

"Hold that thought," Andrew said as he locked his bedroom door and turned and kissed Lilly passionately.

They broke apart. "What do you want to do if he denies us?" Andrew said.

"Well, I am of age now, and I will just tell them I am moving in, whether they like it or not!" Lilly said and she kissed him again.

He gave Lilly a quick kiss then he stepped away, "It is time to go back now my love." Andrew said

"Alright let's go?" Lilly said.

They walked back into the sitting room, and sat down next to each other and looked at Lilly's parents. They waited in silence until Harry spoke.

"Lilly, is this what you want?" Harry asked.

"Yes dad, this is the only place I feel safe any more." Lilly said honestly.

"Well sweetie, you father and I will support you no matter what. We will talk to Minerva. We will come to the school tomorrow. Until then I will Owl Minerva and inform her that you are staying here tonight, and that we will come for a meeting with you and Andrew first the in the morning." Ginny said.

"Thank you Mum & Dad, I really appreciate it," Lilly said as she ran up and hugged both of her parents.

"Well, Andrew would you mind if we used your owl to send a message to Minerva?" Harry asked.

"Not at all Mr. Potter, come with me," Andrew instructed as he led Harry out of the room.

"Andrew you are pretty much family, please call me Harry." Lilly heard her father say as they left the room.

"Lilly, so how long have you and Andrew been dating," Ginny asked.

"What, how did you know?" Lilly asked.

"I saw the way you two were looking at each other." Ginny said with a small smile.

"Oh my God, does Dad know," Lilly asked horrified.

"Please child, you father maybe a powerful wizard but he knows nothing about these sort of thing.

"Oh well, we have been together for 2 weeks," Lilly answered honestly.

"Well, despite what you might think, your father would be very happy that you were with Andrew, besides he only wants the best for you. Please Lilly tell me this was not some plan so you and Andrew could move in together." Ginny asked her daughter.

"No mother, I was really attacked." Lilly said as she showed her mother all of her bruises."

"I am sorry for doubting you honey, but I remember what it is like to be young and in love, so have you been intimate with him?" Ginny asked.

Oh on, what could she tell her mother, she could not tell her Andrew and her self made love, that would be too embarrassing.

"Well, umm…" Thankfully Lilly did not have to respond because her father and Andrew came back into the room, in deep conversation about Quidditch. Lilly was relieved.

"Well, Ginny and I better get going, we will see you both first thing in the Headmistress office." Harry said.

Lilly hugged and kissed her parents and bade them good night.

When her parents were finally gone, Lilly collapsed on the couch and sighed.

"It was not that bad my love. Besides, your parents allowed you to stay here." Andrew said as he went to kiss her.

A split second before he kissed her Lilly blurted out, "My mother knows about us."

Andrew froze, "Come again?" he asked.

"My Mother knows about us, she figured it out," Lilly said.

"Was she upset?" Andrew asked with a worried expression in his face.

"At first she thought that we were moving in together to be closer to each other, but I explained to her that I really was attacked and I showed her my bruises." Lilly explained.

"Well that does not seem so bad," Andrew said.

"Wait, it gets worse, she asked if we had been intimate yet." Lilly said just above a whisper.

"Uh, what did you tell her?" Andrew asked as he turned white as a ghost.

"Nothing, you and my father walked in and they left."

"WOOSH," Andrew let out a sigh of relief.

"Our relationship is getting harder and harder to hide." Lilly said.

"Well what do you think we should do?" Andrew asked.

"I have been thinking about it, maybe we should tell everyone. I am of age, and everyone who matters knows about the prophecy, they will understand."

"Lil, are you sure about this?" He asked

"Yes," she said as she gazed into his eyes.

"When do you want to tell everyone?" Andrew asked.

"Christmas, it will be perfect!" Lilly said happily.

"That, sounds wonderful, I can not wait," Andrew said as he held Lilly in his arms.