They day had gone by rather slowly for Lily. Despite the time spent outside playing quidditch and throwing snowballs, the darkness of night could not have approached any faster.
Gulping down her dinner in the most lady like manner possible, Lily had been the first one upstairs to shower and start to get ready for the night. After going through the clothes she had brought to her grandparent's house, and begging Rose to conjure the rest of her wardrobe there, Lily had opted for a violet colored halter which buttoned at the back of her neck and left the majority of her back and a large portion of her chest exposed, but still leaving the mind to it's imagination. She wore skinny jeans that clung to her slight, all be still present curves, and donned silver stilettos of which Rose kept reminding her, "Beauty kills."
Lily wore her auburn hair up and gentle ringlets fell around her face, accenting the crystal clips that held her hair up. She looked older than sixteen, and was the pure image of attraction.
"Do you think the boy's are ready?" she asked Rose as she grabbed a hunter green coat to hide her alluring and slightly provocative appearance from her parents before they left.
"They've probably been waiting for an hour already," Rose replied as she finished putting her lip-gloss on. Rose had decided on a soft pink silk miniskirt which she had temporarily enchanted to look longer so her own father would not flip when he saw her leave. She wore black see through tights and a black top that fell off her shoulder and ran across the top of her bosom. Donning a similar pair of shoes as Lily, and following her cousin's idea with a coat, the girls exited their room and hurried down the flight of stairs into the kitchen where the boys and their parent's were.
"So the boys tell me you're going to Diagon alley for the night," Ginny said surveying the children's appearances, they were all to well dressed for a simple night in Diagon alley, but she knew that she, Harry, Ron and Hermione had gotten into their own sorts of trouble in their day and could turn a blind eye when needed.
"Yup, and we're late meeting up with some friends, so we should go… don't wait up for us!" Lily smiled at her parents, aunt, and uncle. Ron and Harry grimaced at her statement and they watched as the children and Scorpious left the kitchen to the family room where they would floo out.
James was wearing a tee shirt that showed off his years of Quidditch playing muscled arms, and a pair of jeans Lily was sure he had bought especially for this occasion. Adjusting his glasses, he grabbed a pinch of floo powder and cried, "Leaky Cauldron!"
In a burst of green flame he was gone. Lily watched as Albus and Hugo went through, each wearing a navy blue and maroon colored button up respectively, Albus' hair gelled up and Hugo's swept to the side. When it was just Lily and Scorpious left, Lily motioned for him to enter the fireplace.
"Lady's first," he insisted and with a coy smile and a dash of powder, Lily found herself on the leaky cauldron's hearth.
"Is that it?" Tom the bartender asked as Scorpious emerged from the green flames. James nodded and Tom tapped the mantel with his wand, despite being the owner of a magical pub, he was not one for people flooing in as they pleased.
"Come on, I want to make an entrance," James said hurrying the group out of the pub and around the corner. Bright lights of the nighttime hit their faces, and the bustling sounds and actions only increased their anticipation of the night.
Lily and Rose walked arm and arm behind James until they reached the entrance of the club. The beat of loud music was bursting through the shut door, and the line of expectant entrants went down the block.
With little knowledge of the muggle rules to enter the establishment, the group walked up to the door to only be stopped by the bouncer. He looked over the group of kids and obviously sensing not all of them were of muggle age, let alone wizarding age he pointed two fingers at Rose and Lily.
"You two can come in, the rest, out," he said and turned back to the clipboard of names he held for the V.I.P.'s.
"But surely you can let them in, they're with us," Lily said in a cooing tone of innocence and when this didn't shake the bouncer's opinion, Rose whispered, "Confundus."
"Thanks man," James said patting the bouncer on the shoulder who only scratched his head in return.
The group walked in, smiles plastered on all their faces. They found a small table in the corner and immediately grabbed it and placed their belongings down.
"I'm going to go meet up with Violet at the bar," James had to shout over the music. Albus and Hugo quickly followed him, happy to immerse themselves in this scene.
"I think I'm going to get a drink too, you guys want anything?" Scorpious shouted the question, they shook their heads no and he shrugged with a smile.
"We're gonna go dance!" Rose shouted and took off her coat. Lily followed suit and was positive she saw Scorpious' jaw drop slightly at her appearance. Deciding it was better not to comment, she let Rose drag her out onto the dance floor.
Scorpious walked over to the bar where he spotted the boys, but he was unable to get his mind off of what he just saw. Lily looked utterly breath taking, and her outfit made his body want to scream. Everything about the way she looked tonight had shattered his impression of her, of the little girl and little sister she had been like. He was more than positive that Lily was in fact a woman, and that the feelings he had for her that he was sure weren't there, were most certainly and undeniably present.
"And this is Scorpious," James said clapping him on the back as Scorpious reached the bar, his eyes searching the crowd on the dance floor for Lily.
"Scorpious," the girl, who he assumed to be Violet said, his name foreign to her tongue and came off in harsh syllables. "What a peculiar name. What'll it be for you?"
"Fire whiskey," he said not really paying attention to her, and she raised an eyebrow, James laughed nervously and shook his shoulder roughly.
"Just a mix of drinks we came up with at school, he'll just have a shot of plain old whiskey," James reassured her, he could sense that she was picking up on the peculiarity of his friends and family.
"Guys, help me out here okay? Play it cool," he begged the boys surrounding him. While Albus and Hugo nodded, Scorpious' mind was elsewhere.
Lily and Rose had entered the dance floor and let the beat of the music take over them. The music was almost like a spell, entering their bodies, moving throughout their veins.
"This is amazing!" Lily shouted, everything was going as she had expected, and the fact they were in a muggle nightclub was incredible.
"He can't stop watching you," Rose yelled into Lily's ear, as much as she was tempted to look at him she refused, 'let him see what he could have before he backs down,' she thought with a smile.
It wasn't long after she and Rose had started dancing that two men who were clearly in their twenties had come up to them. Lily didn't have to even look at Rose to know that the man on the left was everything Rose had ever wanted in a man's physique. He was tall, with broad shoulders and olive skin; he had dark brown hair that was combed back and dark blue eyes, accompanied by the whitest smile.
"Hey beautiful," he said to Rose who blushed. "Wanna dance?" Rose looked to Lily who nodded for her to go and Rose was consumed into the crowd of people and dancing with the man.
Lily looked to the other man who was standing next to her, he was a little taller than her and he had dirty blonde hair, his green eyes smiled at her when she looked at him. He didn't have to say a word to ask her to dance; she just took his hand instead.
The beat of the music controlled their bodies as they began to dance with one another. His hands held onto her hips as they grinded into one another, her back to his chest. She moved up and down his body and couldn't help but hide the smile that was growing on her face, she knew Scorpious was watching, and she hoped he was going crazy. Lily realized that she liked putting on these little shows for him, making him see what he could have if he could just realize she wasn't a little girl.
As the song ended another man, more attractive than the last came up and began dancing with Lily, much to the first man's displeasure. Lily didn't care who they were, what their names were, she just wanted to prove to Scorpious she could be his.
James and the boys sat at the bar, Scorpious eyes never leaving Lily alone. The more he watched, the more angry he got, 'Lily is so…innocent. These jerks shouldn't be looking at her like that, touching her like that… I shouldn't be thinking like this…' Scorpious inner battle of whether to act on his ever apparent feelings only continued to grow throughout the night, and each time he slammed down a shot of Whiskey to try to distract him from the torment of watching other men manhandle what should be his.
'She's not yours!' he thought to himself harshly. But the nagging thought that she could be only continued to ebb and grow within him.
"Do you see who Lily is dancing with?" Scorpious asked Albus who had just finished getting a number from a girl.
"What am I supposed to do with this?" Albus asked and shoved the napkin in his pocket. "And who?" Scorpious pointed to the latest dance partner and held a scowl on his face that Albus surely didn't notice.
Part of Scorpious issue with approaching or even starting anything with Lily was that he wasn't sure if her brother's and the rest of her family would be okay with it, sure he had been around all of them and they seemed to like him, but he could imagine just how everyone's opinions could change if he dated the baby of the family, and facing Harry Potter as his girl friend's father was a scary thought.
"Lily's a big girl," Albus replied as he looked at his sister on the dance floor. "She can handle herself, and she knows if she can't we're here." Albus' reasoning was solid from a brother's point of view, but Scorpious was filled with a feeling of rage at the men who were touching her. He couldn't believe it, but he really was jealous.
"We're getting drinks, want to join us?" Rose asked Lily as she remerged from the crowd, the same guy she had started dancing with holding her hand.
"Sure," Lily said, and walked off with her cousin and her friend. They found three seats at the bar and took them promptly. Scorpious began to make his way over to Lily, it was the first time she was alone all night, but there was a crowd of people blocking his route.
"What'll it be?" the bartender asked. Rose's friend ordered for them. When the male bartender looked at Lily, she opened her mouth to speak but was cut off.
"Two shots of tequila for me and the pretty lady," a man sitting to Lily's right said. She blushed and turned to him.
"I don't accept drinks from strangers," she said coyly.
"Well, let's not be strangers. Name's Ethan Cartwright, and you are?" he said sticking out his hand. Lily couldn't help but laugh as she shook his.
"Lily Potter," she responded. "And thanks for the drink."
The second Scorpious had finally gotten through the crowd of people, he saw that he was already too late; she had already met another person.
'This is ridiculous!' he yelled at himself. He couldn't stand to see her with another person, what if she ended up with one of these schmucks, they would never appreciate her as much as he would, never love her like he knew he was capable of, never know her the way he already knew her and would love to continue to get to know her. He didn't know why he didn't let himself see it before, but Lily was perfect.
"I study at Oxford, just home for the holiday," he heard the man say. "And you?"
"I go to school in America," Lily responded, it was the first thing she could think of. "Home for holiday."
"Well cheers to that," Ethan replied, they clinked their glasses together and then took their shots.
"That's rough," Lily got out after grabbing her chest. It burned her throat on the way down, and left a putrid after taste.
"You get used to it… but before another round want to dance?" Ethan offered her his hand and she took it. Scorpious stood only feet away, he could barely stand it anymore, he needed to do something.
Following them onto the dance floor, he watched as Ethan placed his hands around her waist, and continued to watch as one hand worked its way up her stomach closing in on her chest. Scorpious finally reached his boiling point.
"Excuse me," he said invading their personal space, he saw the smile on Lily's face grow. "Can I have this dance?" Lily looked between the two boys, shrugged at Ethan and jumped into Scorpious' open arms.
"Big bad muggles get to you?" she asked as she turned his back to him. He slowly placed his hands on her hips, afraid that this was wrong, afraid it wasn't what she wanted, but it felt so right to him.
"A little," he replied as they danced. The feel of her against him made his body tingle, nothing had ever felt more right or more in its place than at that moment. Her supple, gentle form connected against him and all he wanted was more. His hands snaked around her waist and up to her stomach.
Trying to show him this was exactly what she wanted she interlocked her fingers with his, and grinded into him in the most seductive way possible.
They weren't sure how many songs had gone by, only that they were finally happy, and the feelings of desire were spreading fast between them.
Lily pushed some hair off her neck that had fallen from its clip revealing her milky white shoulder that was sprinkled with little freckles.
"Lily?" he whispered into her ear, despite the loud music that surrounded them they could hear each other perfectly.
"Yes?" she asked her breath hitching in her throat. He wasn't sure what he wanted to ask, could he love her? Could he kiss her? Could he spend eternity with her?
Slowly, but with confidence he didn't know he possessed, he brought his lips down to her bared shoulder. He kissed it lightly and he felt her shiver with excitement. He slowly kissed up her shoulder heading for her neck, and he could feel her lean into him, asking for more. He let his tongue slide out of his mouth and ran it across her shoulder which caused her to turn around and face him.
"Scorpious," she said and brought her arms around his neck. Without hesitation he brought his lips to hers. At first it was simple, they kissed as they danced, but as Lily thrust her hips into his, kissing they way there were wasn't enough. He wanted more, and she needed it.
Scorpious ran his tongue along her lip before taking advantage of the slight opening her lips made by sliding his tongue into her mouth. Lily moaned at the feeling and intertwined her fingers in his hair pushing him closer to her body.
Moving throughout the crowd they had eventually made their way to a wall on which Scorpious had leaned Lily against, his hand behind her head for comfort. His other hand was slowly traveling up the front of her shirt, eventually cupping her breast and squeezing. He could feel Lily moan with pleasure as he did this and it made him aroused to think he was the one who elicited such moans out of her.
Lily's body was on fire; every touch from him was pure electricity through her veins, sending her to a new state of euphoria. In her wildest dreams she never thought this would have occurred that night, all she had set out to do was shatter an impression of herself, but this result was even better than anything she had ever expected.
One of Lily's hands hung on to the waist of Scorpious jeans and she began to trace loose circles on his skin just below his hip. She could feel him hiss from the pleasure of it and it drove her body mad. Scorpious pushed himself against her, wanting her to feel the effect she had on him, and he could tell she felt the same way as she thrusted her hips once again at him.
"Ahem," a voice said rather loudly which caused the two to suddenly break apart despite their desire not too. Rose stood there, her arms crossed across her chest. "We're leaving, but I could stall a few more minutes if you wanted to continue to shag on the dance floor," she teased. Lily and Scorpious' cheeks both flushed a violent red. Rose walked away obviously giving them their privacy for only a few more minutes and Scorpious turned to Rose.
He tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and kissed her once more on her swollen lips.
"We should probably find them," he said with much disappointment, he didn't want to leave this position. With a sigh and a shrug Lily followed him to the front of the club where they met up with her brothers and cousins.
"We're going on a date Tuesday!" James cheered, putting his arm around his sister and clambering Scorpious on the back. "You know Violet's really into me," James continued. Lily would have normally used this time as a means to tease him mercilessly over his childlike demeanor, but her mind was a few paces back where Scorpious was following them.
Tonight had been the most amazing night of her life; she just wasn't sure how to proceed. Had it only been a one-night thing? Did he even want her anymore; maybe he had just been so drunk that he wouldn't remember what happened. Lily suddenly thought to herself that maybe this plan hadn't been worked out as well as she had thought, what if it had meant nothing to him, what if he didn't want to be with her. With sunken shoulders and a dejected countenance she let the drunk James' arm remain draped around her, too afraid to look back at the man she was sure she was falling love with.