Of course Scorpius would end up in Slytherin. Tamra clapped with everyone else just to fit in with the rest of the people at the table. Scorpius surprisingly sat across Tamra with a smirk on his face.

"Since Teddy Bear isn't around, maybe now I can see if you're worth talking to," Scorpius said over the noise of the Great Hall as students continued to get sorted.

"I'll talk to anyone, Scorpius. It's just a matter of rather or not they want to talk to me," Tamra said coolly. She hid the fact that her heart was racing and that she was keeping her eye out for Teddy.

"Is that right?" Scorpius asked while acting surprised. "You might have more gall than I thought you did since you hardly ever speak while Teddy is around." Tamra raised one of her eyebrows at his sarcastic remark.

"Well if you haven't noticed Malfoy," Tamra responded using his last name, "you hardly ever say two words to me. Teddy can handle himself anyway."

"Just because we have rarely spoken, doesn't mean I might think of you like I do Teddy Bear," Scorpius replied ignoring that she had addressed him by his last name. Tamra could have made a comment about him thinking about Teddy, but suddenly plates of food and goblets of orange liquid appeared on the table.

Tamra ate silently as Scorpius chattered and boasted about his family history with other Slytherins.

"What about her?" Another Slytherin boy asked as he nodded his head in Tamra's direction. "She doesn't look like a Potter. She looks as if she came from a more respectable family."

Scorpius turned to the boy who had spoken and gave a look Tamra only saw given to Teddy. "The Potters are a very much respectable family. Even if she isn't connected by blood to them, what difference does it make who her parents were?" Scorpius scowled. Tamra almost spit her pumpkin juice out at his words. She knew her adoptive father and Scorpius' father were on fair terms. She never expected Scorpius to see her family in such a good light. Nothing else was said from then on and soon afterwards the plates on the table disappeared. The students began going to their houses. Tamra looked around for a sign of Teddy when she stood up and got in line with the rest of the Slytherins. She thought she caught a glimpse of him, but the crowd of people grew and he disappeared from sight. Before Tamra knew it, Scorpius was in line in front of her.

"Scorpius," she said loud enough for him to hear. He turned around and smirked at her as if nothing had happened at the dinner table. "You didn't have to say all that. You know, right?" Tamra added keeping her face serious.

"My dad and yours knew each other in school," Scorpius told her. "Your father has helped my family in many ways. My father didn't specify why for some of them, but I have nothing bad to say." Tamra opened her mouth to say something. "Teddy is a different story."

Tamra felt odd talking to Scorpius like he was one of her friends. She had seen him on a few occasions as a child, but other than playing games at Christmas parties she didn't keep Scorpius in her normal social circle. Tamra thought that they could be friends, but she didn't know how to handle Teddy fighting with him every chance they got.

Somewhere in the halls, she felt a note being slipped into her hand. She tucked it into one of her pockets so she wouldn't get questioned. Scorpius started talking about how his family had all been in Slytherin and how his father and grandfather would be so proud. Tamra nodded when needed and listened, but her thoughts kept wondering to Teddy and her own family. She had in mind to write Harry before she went to bed and send him an owl tomorrow evening.

"What have you heard about where I came from?" Tamra asked Scorpius out of nowhere. Scorpius looked directly at her as they followed the line through the halls.

"Just that you were adopted by Harry Potter," Scorpius told her. "Although my grandfather might know something, he is a little bit weird sometimes. He seems interested in you."

"Why would he be interested in me? What's so special about my birth parents?" Tamra asked not knowing if she should feel creeped out or interested. Scorpius' face went blank for a moment like he knew the answer but was forbidden to say it.

"I don't know. He won't say. He's old and crazy," Scorpius said as though he had rehearsed it. Tamra left it at that. Maybe his grandfather knew or maybe he really was senile and didn't know what he was talking about.

Tamra finally made it to her bed and unpacked what she was going to sleep in. She brushed her teeth and while in the bathroom she opened the note that she received in the hall.

"Don't worry so much. We have class together first thing in the morning. I will see you then."

Teddy

She slipped the note back in her pocket as a wave of relief washed over her. Tamra didn't want to be around Scorpius too long anyway. It felt too awkward. After getting ready for bed, she wrote Harry a short letter about her first experience at Hogwarts. She left out the part where she thought Scorpius knew about her family history.