"Bye, Mum. Bye, Dad!" Lily Potter called to her parents out of one of the doors before it could close aboard the Hogwarts Express. She sighed, turning as she began her search down the train in search for her family.

Lily weaved her way through the long corridor, avoiding running into the other students.

Suddenly, a leg shot out in front of her, tripping her. Lily practically flew through the air when she tripped, landing flat on her face.

"Ouch, that's gotta hurt."

"Hey tomato head, watch where you are going."

A tear slipped out of the corner of Lily's eye as she struggled to pull herself up, though there were so many people trying to push her back down and stepping on her.

"Hey! Leave her alone," someone called. Lily heard someone kneel down beside her and felt herself being helped up. Looking up she saw the face of family friend (and secret crush), Scorpius Malfoy.

"Scor!" she exclaimed as he pulled her up so that she was once again standing. Lily threw her arms around the blonde in a tight hug. Scorpius smiled down at the eleven year old.

"Hey, Lils. Come on, I was just looking for you. Let's go find your brothers," Scorpius said.

Lily and Scorpius walked down the busy corridor, stopping occasionally to check inside a compartment for Al, James, Rose, and Hugo.

"So, how was your summer, well, at least, the part of the summer that I wasn't there?" Scorpius questioned with a laugh.

"Um…it was, well, to be quite truthful, boring. The only fun time this summer was when you were there," Lily said, and then blushed when she fully realized what she had said.

"Well, I'm happy to hear that I 'brightened up' your summer. My summer was similar, though, you were the one who made it less boring, not me," Scorpius said grinning.

"Great! I loved spending time with you and my brothers not being able to exclude me like they usually do. You should have seen the look on their faces when my mum told them that I got to hang out with them while you were there. It was priceless!" Lily said, babbling on and on.

"Whoa, hold up! You're talking at lightning speed!" Scorpius said, holding his hands up, smiling. Lily blushed a light rosy pink.

"Sorry about that. You know how I get sometimes," Lily replied, "It's just…It's like I can't control what speed I'm talking at or something."

"Yeah, that seems to happen a lot when I'm around," Scorpius said back. Another soft blush graced Lily's cheeks sweetly. "And that also seems to happen a 'tad bit' as well," Scorpius said teasingly, a grin on his face.

"Oh, come on. Let's just go and find my 'dear' brothers," Lily said rushing ahead and tripping over her trunk.

"Ouch!" She yelped as she landed in a heap on the floor. Scorpius, chuckling, reached down, picked her up by the waist, and set her back down on the ground.

"It seems that you just keep tripping today, doesn't it?" he said smiling as he watched her brush herself off.

"Yeah, almost like I have a tripping charm on me," she said, rolling her eyes. Then a thought hit her.

"A tripping charm! That's it! Al and James must have put it on me when we got on the train. Those little sneaks!" Lily fumed, balling her hand into a fist.

"I'm guessing that you'll be wanting pay back?" Scorpius said with a smirk. Lilly looked up at Scorpius and grinned evilly.

"Do you think that you could-"

"Oh no, I'm not getting caught up in one of your mad schemes, Lil. You know what happened last time," Scorpius said, cutting her off.

"But, this time no one will have any proof. You can use your wand!" Lily begged, "No one will figure out that it was you or me!"

"But what if they do? Hmm? They'll send a letter right home to your mum. And though she appreciates a good practical joke, I don't think that she would be too keen on the idea," Scor reasoned.

"Oh, come on, Scor. Please, please, please!" Lily pleaded, pushing out her bottom lip in a cute beg-pout.

Scorpius bit his bottom lip lightly and looked down at her. Then, with a sigh he said, "Well, what did you have in mind?"

A grin broke out onto Lily's face as she jumped up and down and then hugged him tightly. "Oh, Scor, you're the BEST!" she exclaimed.