The next morning, Scorpius was out of bed early. He didn't really know when Lily was going to be out there but he didn't want to miss her. He got dressed quietly hoping not to wake the others. He grabbed his cloak and was outside within minutes. It really was very peaceful he realized as he walked towards the tree.

The air was cold and he wished that he had thought to grab something warm to drink. His stomach growled and he wished that he had grabbed some breakfast as well. He had just wanted to get down here. He had something he wanted to talk to Lily about. There was no one at the tree, so he sat down to wait.

It wasn't long before he heard the sound of a falcon. Suddenly Bludger came into view. He landed on a branch above Scorpius' head. Scor watched as Lily followed behind. When she saw him she smiled.

"Glad to see you could make it." She set her shoulder bag on the ground. "Stand up a sec." Scor gave her a confused look but stood up. She took a blanket off the top of her bag and laid it down so they could sit.

"I get cold easily." She sat down and waited for him to do the same. He did, but before she could say anything else, he spoke.

"So why didn't you say anything yesterday?"

It was now Lily's turn to look confused. "About what?"

"About the fact that you were chosen to be the new Gryfindor seeker. I mean it's bad enough, all the attention you guys get, but you had to be good at quidditch too?" He was irritated and he didn't really know why.

"What are you talking about? Yes I am the new seeker, but what's wrong with that?" He could see that she was starting to get angry. "And what's this crap about attention seeking?"

"You know exactly what I'm talking about. You and your brothers sneeze and it hits the papers. You perform a spell and they act like you preformed a miracle. Now you have to go and try out to be on the quidditch team and you get on in your first year because you are a Potter! I worked for three years to get on my team and all you do is walk in there and you get a spot!" He had stood up and was now yelling at her.

"Excuse me, are you kidding? I practiced every day I could to EARN a spot on that team. I wasn't handed a spot. In fact, they tested me twice just to prove I was better than the others trying out. I'm sorry I didn't have to wait three years to get on the team, but it doesn't mean I didn't deserve it!" Lily was now standing and yelling as well.

Scorpius glanced up to the sky for patience. As he did, he spotted the quidditch pitch. His voice grew cold, "So that's why you've been down here in the mornings." His icy eyes started into her fiery copper ones. "You were spying for your team. You wanted to see what you could find out before you played Slytherin. That's why you sit here and draw us playing!"

She followed her gaze. She became stiff and for once her eyes lost their spark. Instead they went cold. Her voice was low and controlled. "You think that I was watching you practice? You think that's the only reason I come out here? And you think Potter's are full of themselves. I can assure you that you were the last reason I came out here. I came out here to find peace, not to have it disturbed."

She sat back down. "By the way, I revoke my invitation to sit with me while I draw." And with that she turned her head away from him. He was in shock. He had expected more yelling, more denial, but nothing came. All he got was silence. He was angry, he wasn't finished yet! He walked around the tree so she had to look at him again. She looked up.

What he saw floored him. Tears leaked from her eyes, but she made no move to wipe them away. It was almost as if she thought if she ignored them, he wouldn't see them. He cleared his thought, now at a loss for words. This seemed to be the sound to set her off. She was on her feet again.

"I'm warning you, it will be best if you leave now Malfoy." He cringed at the venom in her voice. He didn't move. He couldn't. His feet felt rooted to the ground. "I can guarantee that the daughter of an auror knows a few hexes, and right now I want you gone!"

A threat was not taken lightly by Malfoy. He smirked. "Oh and what is a little first year going to do to me? Do you honestly think that will scare me?"

Before he could say anything, Lily had spun towards him with her wand raised. All of a sudden, he was being attacked by vicious bats. She had unleashed the bat-boogy hex. He tried to fight them off, but they were everywhere. He didn't know what to do. He swatted at them and started firing with his wand. Through the haze of bat wings, he saw a small red head run over the hill and out of sight.

It took ten minutes for him to finally gain control of the hex and by now he was angry. More than angry, he was pissed off. This little girl had just bested him and had wounded his pride. He told himself that she had attacked him because he had been right about her spying and she had done it to spite him.

But the voice in the back of his mind told him that she had spoken the truth and he had deserved what he got. Now, at dinner, he looked up to see her head quickly turn away from his direction, but not before he received a death glare. He looked down at his hands. Good going Scor. You managed to lose two friends this year.

His head snapped up. Did he just say friend? Did he really think of a girl he barely knew as a friend? He thought for a moment. Yes he did. He had found a friend, and he had screwed it up royally. He looked at her again. He knew, deep down, that he had attacked because of pride. Now he knew he was going to have to swallow that pride and find a way to apologize. He swallowed hard. He wasn't sure where to start. But it had better be soon. He was not in the mood for another of Lily Potter's hexes.