"Alright, alright, everyone, bring it in!" The Slytherin Quidditch Captain, Nelson Walsh, had finally called a grueling three hour long practice in the pouring rain and howling wind. The entire team hurried to the dressing room and looked unsurprising like drowned rats when they could see each other.
"That was so productive," Scorpius, a Chaser, sneered under his breath as he began stripping off the outer layer of his drenched robes. He quickly looked at Lily while he was talking, who hid her smile appropriately.
"Nice job today, Potter," Walsh said as though he didn't hear Scorpius or at purposefully ignored him.
"Not very hard, when none of you could see the goal posts," Lily the Keeper shrugged. When half the shots either didn't make it far enough or weren't even on target there wasn't all that much to be thrilled about.
Walsh talked to them for a few more minutes, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses and then discussing the match against Gryffindor that would take place two weeks later, before dismissing them to get undressed. Lily moved quickly out of the room and into the adjacent bathroom where, as the only girl on the team, she always changed by herself. Lily was thinking about the Chasers that she would face during the match and their tendencies and moves when she exited the bathroom fully dressed to find Scorpius sitting patiently on one of the benches.
"Oh, hello," she said, a little shocked. "Did everyone leave you here to wait for me?"
"No, I volunteered," Scorpius grinned. "A lovely lady like you shouldn't have to run all the way up to the castle all by herself."
"Well, Mr. Chivalry, how very kind of you." Lily smiled, secretly glad that someone had decided to stay back and even happier that it turned out to be Scorpius who stayed behind. She wasn't friendly with most of the guys on the team, probably due to the fact that she was the youngest, the only girl, and a member of the Potter family. Some members of her house still found the latter fact somewhat unnerving.
"Give me your bag," Scorpius said, holding out his hands for the pack holding her Quidditch robes.
"I was joking about the whole chivalry thing, ya know" she smirked, but handed her things over. "None of the guys I know have ever done anything like this before. I quite like it."
"You obviously haven't met very many decent guys."
"Well, I certainly haven't dated them." Their laughter was cut short once they reached the door of the changing room that led to the Hogwarts Grounds. Rain was coming down in sheets and the wind was howling menacingly. They looked at each other, gathered their courage and sprinted to the castle. Luckily for them, it wasn't late enough for the doors to be locked.
"Well, changing looks a bit useless now, huh?" Lily said as she looked at herself and Scorpius. They were drenched yet again, but now they were panting and completely out of breath. They started their walk down to the dungeons and Common Room, talking about the upcoming match and Quidditch in general.
"At least we didn't drown out there," Scorpius said as though it were entirely possible. "Why in the name of Merlin we had to practice in that God-awful weather is beyond me. I don't think I got one good shot off."
"No you didn't," Lily agreed matter-of-factly. Scorpius looked at her incredulously, still carrying her bag over his shoulder.
"You were supposed to tell me that I was the best one out there today, and no one could hold a candle to me."
"I could have, but that would be lying," Lily said nonchalantly while Scorpius shook his head in disbelief.
She turned to the seemingly unimpressive stretch of wall that served as the entrance to the Slytherin Common Room and muttered the password.
"Well if that's the case," Scorpius said in a voice that did not make Lily feel very comfortable. "I guess you don't want your things back."
He ran before Lily could even react, and was down the path that led to his dormitory. She had her wand out, but it was too late to hit him with a spell, so she just decided to run after him. She passed a few doors before finding the Sixth Year Boys' room and attacked the door, but it was locked and Alohamora did nothing to help.
"Scorpius," she whined, which was something she did not normally do. But Lily was tired, drenched, and sore to the bone. And she was not at all happy with her teammate. "Give me my stuff back."
"Say 'please,"' Scorpius demanded through the door. Lily bit her tongue to avoid saying anything too nasty.
"Fine! Please?" Scorpius opened the door and handed the bag back somewhat reluctantly. Lily snatched it ever so nicely.
"That wasn't very sincere," Scorpius accused. "But I kinda like you, or else I would have gone through it and looked for your knickers."
"Well, surprising as this might sound, I'm actually wearing my knickers, so your search would have been fruitless."
"Can I see those then?" Scorpius asked. Lily sincerely hoped he was joking.
"In your dreams," Lily answered. She turned on her heel and walked away.
A/N: Not sure how I feel about this, but I've been sitting on it for a while so I decided to just post it. We'll see how it goes I guess.
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