Chapter 3: Herbology ^.^v

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"Lily Luna Potter, wake up!" Rose Weasley said shaking the 12 year old out of her slumber. Lily woke up and dressed in a grumpy state. She was dragged down to the grand hall by her two brothers and her two cousins. Hugo was laughing and holding her school bag while Rose was going over her time table. James and Albus were supporting most of her weight, joking around with her while she still had her eyes closed as if she were asleep.

"10 more minutes" she whined as her brothers set her down on the bench in front of all the food.

"Come on Lils you need to wake up already. Sleeping in isn't an option anymore" Albus said.

"How do you people do it? I mean getting up at 6:30 every morning? It's so unnatural!" she said grabbing a goblet of well needed coffee.

"You'll get used to it" Rose said with a smile.

"I don't think so" she sighed dramatically, making Hugo laugh.

"Aw come on Lils! It's not that bad!" he nudged her. She scoffed

"Easy for you to say! You wake up at like 6 every morning. Do you know how hard it is for me to get out of bed before 1 in the afternoon?" James laughed before shoving a plate of toast in front of her.

"Just eat your breakfast and shut up" he said smiling.

"Hey just because you're older doesn't mean- is that strawberry marmalade?" she was momentarily distracted by the jar of red gooey substance that she loved more than anything. It wasn't long before Louis Weasley, their other cousin joined the group. He was followed by the Scamander twins, Lysander and Lorcan. Once everyone was seated and eating happily, the doors of the grand hall opened and Lily felt the urge to look at who it was. There, smirking at her was Scorpius Malfoy. She blushed bright red and frowned at him before returning to her friends and family. Scorpius only smirked at the young red head. He had grown to think rather fondly of her since they met only the day before. He found her funny and proud. By the end of the day he knew one thing about her was certain: she didn't want things handed to her, she didn't like being helped or protected. Even though she had enough family to keep herself safe, she preferred taking things head on instead of hiding behind her large family. He happened to be walking by the Herbology class room while Lily was taking a class when he made this particular discovery. He watched carefully as she started to struggle with a plant. When her cousin Hugo went to help her she refused, wanting to do it on her own. She even smiled at Professor Longbottom and turned down his offer for help because she wanted the satisfaction of achieving the assignment by herself. She ended up being one of the only ones that did the assignment correctly, along with Hugo of course, and was rewarded with 10 points for Gryffindor for her determination. He thought about all of this after classes were over for the day. He was leaning against a tree that provided him with shade with his Potions homework. He had briefly considered asking Albus Potter for help, seeing that he was the best Potions student in the whole school, but quickly dismissed the idea. He was about to give up on his homework when he saw the young Lily Potter walk towards him. She sighed once she was in front of him, pulling a book out of her backpack.

"I found this outside of the Herbology room. I thought I should return it" she passed him the leather bound notebook. His breath caught in his throat at the gesture. No one had ever been so nice to him. All his friends were Slytherin, and well… no one in Slytherin was nice. Ever.

"Um… thank you" he smiled putting the book in his backpack. She walked off without him noticing, and by the time he did, it was too late to stop her.

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