"Leave me alone, Lily." Albus screamed.

"Yeah, just go away!" James also screamed.

"What? What did I do? Dad! Al and James are telling me to leave!" Lily yelled, slightly panicked.

"They're right, Lily. Get out of our lives. We don't want a Slytherin in the family." Harry said, shaking his head in disgust.

"Daddy? No! Mum, please help me!" Lily cried. This is NOT how she had planned her Christmas holiday to go.

"Listen to your father, honey." Ginny said as she smiled.

"I thought we taught ya better, Lil, I really did. First, you're not being obedient. Second, you're a Slytherin? I despise Slytherins! Thirdly, you're romantically involved with a Malfoy! Coulda picked any other kid in the whole school. Heck, any other Slytherin for all I care, but a Malfoy!?" Ron ranted angrily.

Lily, now in tears, sobbed, "Aunt Hermione??"

"Keep your grades up, sweetie!" Hermione chimed.

"Get out of this house NOW!" Harry shouted.

"No! This isn't happening! This isn't happening." Lily sobbed

"Potter! Potter? POTTER!" Lily heard someone scream.

Suddenly, she was looking up at Professor Snape's ghost.

"You woke me up, Potter. If I were you, I'd run up to breakfast before it's too late. Get OUT of here!" Snape said.

"Y-Yes, sir!" Lily stuttered.

"And stop your blubbering, girl" Snape added as he drifted through the wall.

As soon as Snape was gone, Lily jumped out of bed, got changed, and ran up to breakfast.

In the doorway of the Great Hall, she stopped to catch her breath. A portrait on the wall stared at her.

"What….What're you looking at?" Lily gasped.

The wizard in the portrait silently walked away.

In the Great Hall, she went straight to the Slytherin table. As she walked, she tried to ignore all of the pairs of eyes that were watching her every move. Sitting down at the very edge of the table, she ate.

Scorpius, just spotting her, ran over to see her.

"Good morning, sleepy head. Long night?" he joked.

"Shuddup, Mmfoy." Lily grunted as she ate her pancakes.
"Jeez, slow down. You're going to choke yourself." Scorpius said.

"Will you just go away? Leave me alone." Lily said sternly.

"Why should I? It's not like you have any other friends." Scorpius said matter-of-factly.

"You're NOT my friend. And people are staring! You better go away before Al or James spots you near me." Lily warned.

"You think I'm SCARED of them?" Scorpius said, suddenly angry.

"You should be." Lily said firmly. She then kicked the bench back and stormed out of the Great Hall.

Scorpius groaned. "What am I going to do about her?" he wondered aloud.

Lily ran up two flights of stairs and collapsed on the floor crying.

I can't let him think I like him. I can't get too close to him, either. She thought.

After sitting and crying for a little while, she decided to wander the castle before her first class. She started out with trying to find the Gryffindor Common Room, but gave up at the fifth floor.

She then walked by the plaque that was put up for the Room of Requirement.

As she read it, she though, Wow, it must have been an amazing room…I wish I had a place to be alone right now…

Pacing up and down the corridor, she thought she heard a clicking noise.

"Ugh, that'd BETTER not be you, Scorpius!" she said. Even though I want it to be you… Lily thought as she looked up.

Lily gasped. There, right in front of her, was a large, majestic looking door.

"Oh my gosh." She breathed. "This is it! The Room of Requirement! But, wait…Why is it opening for me?? It didn't even open for Mum and Dad when they came back…"

The doors suddenly opened. However, Lily didn't see what she expected to see. The Room of Requirement was completely empty. Spotless.

"What happened in here?" she exclaimed.

"What did you require?" a voice behind her said.

Lily whirled around and saw Scorpius with his head down, leaning against one of the brass doors.

"What are you doing here? Oh, no, go away! My family will hate me. Just leave!" Lily screamed at him. She then felt weak and fell to the ground, caught by a pile of pillows.

Scorpius did not approach her. "With the Room of Requirement, if you require something when you're in it, the room will provide accordingly." He then backed away from the door and left.