A/N: Can you believe this? I've actually gone and written the next chapter! I didn't actually expect people to like this so much, but from your reviews I guess it doesn't totally suck. I keep having thoughts about what happens in between these scenes, but I seriously lack the motivation and time to make this a proper fic, so I'm afraid you're just gonna have to make do with this. As a result you don't really get to understand their thought processes so much, so apologies for that. But anyway, here's the next chapter, hope you like it!

Disclaimer: Despite my plan for world domination, I haven't actually put that plan into action yet, so I don't own Harry Potter just at the moment... *evil laughter*

The fourth year Slytherin girls sat huddled round in a circle in their dormitory in their pyjamas, heads bent together and giggling a little. They were passing round a bottle of smokey, redish looking drink, taking small sips as they went.

"Soo, Arianne. Who do you like at the moment? I never talk to you! It's a shame, we really should talk more often," Lily said, her words a little longer than usual as she grinned at her fellow Slytherin.

"We should! I couldn't agree more," the usually uptight girl exclaimed, nodding her head.

"Well, who do you like? There's got to be someone!" Zara asked, her eyes glinting with mischief, handing Arianne the drink.

"Umm, well promise not to tell anyone, but I may have a little bit of a thing for Damien Flint in the fifth year," she practically whispered his name, blushing profusely as she did and taking a large sip from the bottle to hide her face.

"Ooh yeah, he's kind of cute, I'll give you that. I bet he'd be more than happy to go out with you," Isobel said, grinning as she took the bottle from the blonde girl and took a sip herself.

"I myself, as of yesterday, have a boyfriend, so I don't have to worry about such problems," Isobel said smugly, passing the bottle on to a wide-eyed Lily.

"You've been holding out on us missy! So Jack finally plucked up his Gryffindor courage then?" Lily scolded, hitting her friend playfully on the arm, but grinning none-the-less.

"I was going to tell you, I just hadn't found the right moment!" Isobel blushed slightly as she said this, grinning almost shyly.

"Have you guys kissed yet? When are you going on your first date? How did he ask you out?" Lily bombarded Isobel with questions, leaning in closer to her friend.

"Enough about me and Jack, I thought we were talking about who we all liked. I'm pretty sure I know who it is you like Lily," Isobel quickly changed the subject, smirking at the red head.

"I don't like anyone at the moment," Lily said a little too quickly, a hint of panic flashing though her eyes for a fraction of a second.

"Don't be silly, of course you do Lily. It's pretty obvious that you like Scorpius," Zara said with a grin, taking the bottle off Lily and drinking from it.

"Don't be ridiculous, Scorpius and I are just friends," Lily rolled her eyes, grabbing the bottle off Zara again and taking a big gulp.

"You're not going to fool us Lily, the whole of Slytherin knows you like Scorpius, except perhaps Scorpius himself," India laughed a little, leaning back against her bed.

"I don't blame you Lily, apparently he's a good kisser too, well Cleo Nott in 6th year said he was anyway," Arianne said, leaning her head on her hand and smiling at Lily.

"Scorpius has kissed Cleo? But Lily's way prettier, and smarter than her, she'd be so much better suited for Scorpius," Isobel frowned, pouting slightly as Lily took another sip of the drink.

"Actually, I was talking to Clara Harrow, Cleo's best friend and she was saying Scorpius only kissed Cleo because of some bet between the 6th year boys. From what I've heard, Scorpius likes someone but won't tell anyone, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's you Lily," India grinned at Lily, being well known for hearing all the gossip and little secrets in Slytherin house.

"Don't be ridiculous. I've already told you, we're just friends," Lily insisted, looking down at the floor.

"I don't believe it for one second," Zara rolled her eyes, taking the bottle from Lily and having a sip.

"I bet, if you went down there right now, and kissed him, he uh...?" Isobel didn't seem quite sure how to finish the sentence and frowned a little.

"The point is, you should totally go kiss him," Arianne quickly said, grinning at Lily.

"Seriously? No, just no," Lily shook her head, laughing a little nervously.

"I'm afraid it's out of your control now Lily. We all agree it's in your best interest. You're coming with me," Zara declared, putting the bottle of drink on the floor, standing up and grabbing Lily's arm.

India stood up and grabbed Lily's other arm and the two girls hoisted a struggling Lily off the floor. They guided her out the door, which Isobel had opened and half dragged, half carried Lily down the stairs towards the common room, Lily struggling and protesting the whole way. By the time they turned the last corner of the stairs, Lily had given up and walked as slowly as possible, while the other girls pushed her forwards. Because of this, she tripped over the last step and threw her arms out to stop herself from face-planting. Due to the amount of alcohol she had consumed however, she still managed to hit her head, causing it to spin horribly. Her dorm mates all burst out in giggles, causing her to look up. She wasn't actually surprised to see, instead of her friends, standing right in front of her was none other than Scorpius Malfoy, with a bemused expression on his face.

"Need some help there Lily?" he asked, reaching a hand down to help her up.

"What happened...? We were just in our dormitory...and then? I fell..." Lily frowned, taking Scorpius hand and standing up. It seemed she'd hit her head pretty hard because she couldn't seem to remember what had just happened. Once Lily was standing, Scorpius let go of her hand, stepping back to give her some room. This was a bad idea however as she staggered, her legs almost giving way. Scorpius quickly stepped forward and caught her in his arms, bringing the two Slytherins very close together.

"Oh. Hi," Lily giggled slightly, looking up into his eyes as her face involuntarily moved closer to his. It was only when their lips were mere centimetres apart that she seemed to realise what was happening. Her eyes widened and she immediately stepped back away from him, her head spinning round to find the other Slytherin girls all watching her.

"I, uh, got to go...bye," she muttered, turning round and pushing past the other girls and running back to her dormitory.

I don't know what I think of that...it's getting harder to come up with ways for them to nearly kiss...I would love to hear what you think about it though. Next chapter, I'm planning to make more centred around Scorpius, as so far they've shown Lily's thought processes a lot more. So look forward to finally finding out what Scorpius is thinking about Lily ;)

Edit: Ok, so after Eto117's review, I realised for some stupid reason, I changed it to first person for about 2 sentences, I have no idea how I did that...but I have rectified that problem now :P