A/N: BDSanta2001 again had a great idea. Draco and Harry have a bit of a truce right now, so to get sparks to fly (a little bit anyway) Lucius is the one to do it. He is set in his ways and had no problem insulting Harry and friends before, so time to bring him back!

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Scorpius turned to look at his dad, but he soon realized that his dad was not looking back. Draco Malfoy was staring straight at Harry Potter. The two seemed stiff, but not menacing or wary of each other. The children stood, quietly watching the exchange. Draco finally spoke.

"Potter."

"Malfoy." The tense silence continued. Harry cleared his throat. "We were just wishing Scorpius a Merry Christmas."

Draco looked quickly to his son and back to Harry. "I was not aware that you knew my son, Potter."

"Well, I met him earlier this year."

"Ah, so the Potter magnetism seems to even draw in my son. Seems things have not changed much since school…" Draco placed a hand on Scorpius' shoulder. The grip tightened as he began to turn Scorpius away.

Harry interrupted. "Actually, he met my daughter. You have a wonderful son Malfoy. In fact, Ginny and I were talking…." Draco stopped and turned again to Harry. He sighed.

"Yes, Potter? We really need to go."

"Well it seems that Lily and Scorpius have become fairly good friends these last few months."

"Have they?" Draco glanced at Scorpius, who winced. This had been why he was so reluctant to tell his dad. He hadn't been sure of his reaction. It was going better than he had hoped though. No one was yelling, or pulling out wands. He felt the need to speak up though.

"Yes sir. We met on the train at the start of the year." He made sure his voice was calm and polite. He did not want to mess this up. He gently pulled away from Draco and went to put an arm around Lily. "Dad, I would like you to meet my friend, Lily Potter."

Draco looked dumbfounded. Scorpius knew the feeling. It was the same feeling he had had every time he had a conversation with one of the Potter children. Well at least the first few. You were not sure how to react, and they were so polite that you could not do anything but maintain the polite conversation.

Finally, Draco Malfoy reached out his gloved hand and gently shook Lily's hand. Scorpius looked at Harry, who had the same dumbfounded look, but he quickly shook his head and continued the conversation.

"Well, we have a family Christmas party every year. We have friends and family over just after Christmas. Ginny and I would like to invite Scorpius to come." Harry paused, and when Draco did not walk away, he finished. "You and your wife would also be more than welcome."

Lily looked up at her dad and smiled. In the train, the group had talked about trying to convince Draco Malfoy to allow Scorpius to visit sometime. Of course, they had been thinking about summer. They had thought Draco would need that much time to get used to the idea.

"I see. Well, we will talk about it." Scorpius' heart started to beat faster. He looked at Lily and saw her smile widen. This was going so well! Sure, his dad didn't sound enthusiastic, but he wasn't shooting down the idea right away either. They had a chance. He looked at Harry and gave him a thank you smile, which Harry returned.

Draco nodded to the group. "Well, we really must be going. Come along Scorpius." Draco turned to leave. Scorpius quickly hugged Lily. He whispered in her ear. "I'll keep working on him, so maybe I'll see you right after Christmas." Before Scorpius could turn around to join his dad, a cane came into view and Lucius Malfoy came forward.

Harry had been a little stiff with his father, but when his grandfather came into view, Harry had straightened and his emerald eyes lost the merry twinkle they usually had. They turned cold and hard. The tense mood increased tenfold. His grandfather seemed to know the effect he had and he smirked.

"Well well well, we meet again. It has been far too long Mr. Potter." Lucius spoke in quiet, controlled tones, but you could hear the underlying contempt in his voice as he spoke to Harry.

Harry made no move to greet Lucius or to acknowledge that he had spoken. Lucius turned his cold eyes onto Scorpius. "Of course, I expected more of my grandson. To think, you have lowered yourself to associating with this little half blood."

Ron came forward, an angry expression on his face. "You miserable git! Harry is more a man than you will ever be. And your grandson has more taste in his little pinky than you have in your whole bloody body!"

Harry put an arm out to hold back Ron. His face was still stony. Scorpius looked up with wide frightened eyes. He had not expected his grandfather to show up. One of the few people that scared him was his grandfather.

His father could be cold and unyielding, but he had never felt fear around his father. Grandfather Malfoy was different. Lucius had no problem talking to everyone who would listen about how his name used to mean something. After the war, his name no longer held the same power. He blamed Harry Potter for this. He was not silent about his dislike. Lucius had become a bitter old man and Scorpius did not trust his grandfather's reactions. Slowly, he stepped in front of Lily.

Lucius gave Ron a cold look. "Still the same vacant expression I see Mr. Weasley. How is your father?"

Harry stepped in front of Ron. He spoke in a quiet voice. "I suggest that you not say another word. I have fought you and won on a number of occasions, I think I can do it again."

Lucius glared at Harry. "You impudent little pup! I should have killed you when I had the chance."

Harry stepped close, pressing his face close to Lucius'. "You had the chance, and you failed. I'd like to see you try."

Draco looked around and noticed they were starting to draw stares. He stepped forward. "I think it is time for us to go. It has been…interesting Potter."

Draco put a hand on his father's shoulder and turned him away. After one last, hard look Lucius started to walk away. Draco nodded to the group. Before he turned, he looked at Harry. "He did not take the end of the war well. Do not take it personally." Harry nodded and visibly relaxed.

"You are still welcome to the house."

"I still don't like you Potter."

Harry actually smiled, "I know."

"Come along Scorpius."

Scorpius nodded. He whispered to Harry. "I am sorry sir. I didn't know he was coming."

Harry put a hand on Scorpius' shoulder. "I know. You're a good kid. You have my trust. I hope we see you at the party."

Scorpius smiled, and turned to follow his father and grandfather.

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A/N: Next comes the Christmas party. I wonder if Draco will decide to come with his son or not. Also, I got a request to help write a new story so I may have a few stories going on at one time. I will continue to update this one often because I really enjoy this idea. Thanks for continuing to read and review.