Harry's POV
It's been about three days since I had met Lily Crimson. I was heading back to Stonehenge, just for a walk when I noticed the familiar black haired girl sitting on a rock.
She looked lost in her thoughts, just staring at a patch of grass, not caring if it moved or not.
"Hey," I said walking up to her, "What's up?" She was wearing a black t-shirt and shorts that showed off her hourglass figure perfectly, and her black hair was flowing in the wind. She still haven't looked up from the patch of grass. Hadn't even acknowledged that I was there. "Hello?" I waved a hand in front of her face.
She jumped, shocked. "Oh Harrison," she said, "Nice to see you again." I sat down next to her on the rock and nudged her shoulder.
"What you thinking about so hard?" I asked with a smile.
"I just found out that I'll be going to the boarding school that my father teaches at. I'm not too excited about it," she replied.
"You'll be closer to your dad," I said, "That's got to count for something."
"Ah but here's the kicker," she said, "The headmaster of the school is sketchy. He's been trying to use my father for this… turf war. He's got my mom now, and now he's trying to get me."
"Wow… so your mom was literally kidnapped? That's fucked up!" I said, "Who would let that asshole run a school?"
She chuckled angrily and looked out towards the fields, "Someone with wool pulled over their eyes."
I started thinking about what she said. Dumbledore had put me, Ron, and Hermione in so many dangerous situations, but somehow they never made the news. It made me wonder what was really going on in that school. Was Voldemort really the bad guy in all this? Was Dumbledore really the good guy? With all that power and titles under his belt, he should have been able to get Sirius a trial.
He could have done a lot of things.
"You like my ring?" Lily asked holding out her right hand. She had a silver banded, haloed, ruby ring sitting on her finger.
"Nice," I said feeling a pang in my chest, "Your boyfriend get it for you?"
"No. No boyfriend to speak of," she said with a smile, "My father gave this to my mom while they were dating. Father likes to call it 'courting'. I guess he thinks it sounds fancier." She laughed, a real laugh. I couldn't help but think 'Her dad sounds like a cool dude.'
"Hey why do you call your dad 'father' when you call your mom 'mom'?" I asked.
"It makes him happy," she said with a shrug, "My Uncle insist I use his nickname though. Marvolo. Odd name right?"
"Yeah, but it sounds kind of familiar…" I thought trailing off.
"Well, while you think on that, why don't we go into town and get a cup of coffee?" she asked.
"Like a date?" I asked.
"No," she replied with a smile, "Just two friends getting coffee."
Draco's POV
I sighed. Marvolo and Severus had ordered me to follow Lily. Lately she's been humming this song that never failed to put a smile on her face. Marvolo, father, and I couldn't recognize the song, but Severus figured out within a day.
It was called "Not While I'm Around," from this play called Sweeney Todd. It was a song about protection. She's also been playing with her hair a few more times than normal. I was charged with the task of figuring out what was going on.
She was sitting at Stonehenge for an hour when a guy with dark red hair. He was wearing a grey t-shirt that showed off his toned arms and muscular chest and a pair of black denim pants. He looked pretty cool. Kind of like he and Lily would get along great.
The two were just talking. Nothing too exciting, until they got up. It was time to move. I followed them down the path to the village. They walked inside a café. I watched from the window, trying to think of a way to get inside without raising suspicion.
From the angle I was at, I could see that they were drinking coffee and talking. Lily was waving her hands in the air talking very excitedly with this huge smile on her face. She hasn't smiled like that since we got the news of her mother three days ago. Any smile or chuckle would be either sad, angry, or fake. She was quickly turning into her father and no one liked it one bit, but here, with this man, she looked alive again. I turned my back and headed back to the Manor. I couldn't in good conscious spy on them when she looked so happy.
When I got back to the Manor, Severus and Tom bombarded me with questions. I told them that she was a Stonehenge, thinking then went into town to get a cup of coffee. That was all they needed to know for now.
About two hours later, Lily walked into the house with a dreamy smile on her face. She really liked this boy. "Better wipe that look off your face before your father sees it," I said with my trademark smirk.
She did as she sat down on the couch next to me, "What look?" she asked.
"Is he helping you? Does he make you happy?" I asked.
"He listens to me, and he does… so far. It's only been two days."
"Was he the one that taught you that song?" I asked. Her blush was almost unnoticeable; if I hadn't known her for our entire lives, I would have missed it.
We just sat in a comfortable silence. She went to get a book and came back within a couple of minutes.
"Hey," she asked, "Where's Dobby?"
"Oh! You are not going to believe this," I told her the entire story of how Potter helped Dobby with a smile on my face as I did. Dobby was my favorite house elf, and when Lily found out how my father was treating the elf she went into a frenzy! Sent him a howler! It was so loud that it shook the house like a minor earthquake.
Lily wasn't against having house elves, just how they were treated. She really was awesome.
