-I Can't-
Come Together
"Expecto Patronum!"
Nothing, once again.
Lily raised her wand again, "Expecto Patronum!" A little wisp came out of her wand and withered away, almost as if it was never there in the first place.
"Lily, remember to think of the happiest thing you can. Let it take over you," Scorpius instructed the frustrated girl. "Now just try again."
Lily closed her eyes and thought of the happiest things she could think of in her anger filled state. Being Sorted into Gryffindor like the rest of her family had been for generations, how proud she knew her family would be to find out. She let that feeling fill her body and soul and tried again, "Expecto Patronum."
The wisp that came out of her wand was brighter then before and lasted a little bit longer, but was still not enough to pass off as a Patronus.
"Much better," the boy encouraged. "But not quite enough. What did you think of anyway?"
"The day I was Sorted," Lily said shyly.
"That's a good one, but I know you can think of a better one. I've known you since you were eleven and I can think of about eight moments that are better then that. Those are just while I was around."
"Name one!"
"OK," Scorpius retorted. "How about last year, when you caught the Snitch in our last Quidditch match and won us the House cup."
"Tried that one," Lily snapped at the blond.
"OK, then how about in your third year when you managed to get a one hundred and ten percent for your Transfiguration final?"
"Fine," Lily said defensively. "I'll try that one. If it doesn't work then I quit. I'll just except that I can't make a Patronus."
"Go for it."
"Expecto Patronum." The wisp of smoke that came out of her wand stayed there for almost a full minute, before it slowly faded away. Lily looked at the blob of light, "I can't do it. Just face it, I can't do this."
"Please try one more time," Scorpius almost begged the stubborn girl, "for me?" Then he made his perfect begging face.
Lily's defiant face faded to half anger. "That should only work once or twice. Not every time"
Scorpius just smirked. "You're the only one it works on."
"I'm only going to try one more time. Then I'm done!" Lily closed her eyes and thought of the happiest memory she could think of. "Expecto Patronum."
Right after the charm was spoken, the bright light come flying out of the tip of the girl's wand and formed into a perfectly formed pure white kitten. The kitten ran around Lily and Scorpius's feet and started playing with its tail when it started to fade away. Once it was gone, Scorpius looked up at Lily and laughed.
"I knew you could do it," He exclaimed and hugged the fifteen years old. "What did you think of anyway?"
"That's for me to know and you to find out," Lily teased, sitting down on the sofa by the fireplace.
"When can I find out?"
"Never," The girl continued to tease.
"You're not even going to tell your best buddy?" Scorpius played along.
"Nope!"
"Okay fine. If that's how you want to be," Scorpius pretended to pout. "I'll just leave now."
Lily couldn't hold in her giggles any longer. Scorpius started laughing with her. They stayed in the chairs by the fire for an other hour talking and telling jokes to each other. After an hour pasted, they both noticed that it was almost eleven o'clock and they both decided it was time to go to bed.
As they parted where the staircase did, Scorpius waved Lily good night and Lily returned the favor. They wished each other a good night and went to bed.
While Lily got into her bed, she thought about her Patronus. She truly would never tell a soul what she thought to get that beautiful kitten to appear.
Scorpius helps me out with more then he thinks, she thought to herself as sleep over took her.
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