A/N – Alright so I know a lot of you are desperate for the next chapter so here it is! I hope you enjoy it!
Disclaimer – I do not own Harry Potter
Things in my house were tense. My mother was the only person who would speak to me, my father wouldn't look at me and my brothers glared at me or looked at me as if they didn't know me at all. Ever since we ended up at Malfoy Manor two days ago and they had heard what Scorpius said, they had practically acted as if I wasn't there.
Not only that, but when my Aunt Hermione and Uncle Ron came for lunch with Rose and Hugo the day afterwards, my uncle ignored me too after he and Dad disappeared into Dad's office. Rosie was always closer to Albus than me so I wasn't surprised when she seemed to stick with whatever Albus was doing and Hugo decided to stay out of the atmosphere.
Things got worse on the third day after our trip to Scorpius' house when my boyfriend actually floo'd in during dinner.
"Um, hello? Is 0anybody home?"
I turned to look at the doorway, not even bothering to fight the smile on my face as my father sighed and my brothers glared.
"Oh, I didn't mean to interrupt anything...um, I'll come back tomorrow. Sorry for interrupting -"
"No!" I stood from the table and pushed my plate away. "I'm done, we'll go upstairs. Um, is that alright, Mum?" I didn't look at my father because I know he'd have shaken his head or not acknowledged me speaking to him at all.
"Sure honey," Mum blew out a deep breath and nodded after glancing at my father and brothers momentarily.
"Oh Lily, leave the door open." Mum called when I took Scorpius' hand and led him out of the kitchen.
I bit back a bitter filled retort about James and Albus never having to keep their doors open when they had their girlfriends round. It would do no good to start a fight with my Dad when he was already not speaking to me. Instead I just nodded my head and practically ran down the hall and up the stairs and dragged Scorpius into my room.
When Scorpius was inside I stood in the hallway and pulled my door closed and then opened it until I could see the corner of my bed - that should satisfy my mother, father and brothers that we aren't having sex while they're sat pushing their food around on their plates directly below us.
"I thought we had to have the door open?" Scorpius asked when I finally came into the bedroom. I kicked my shoes and socks off and sat in the center of my bed, pulling Scorpius down on to it with me. He sat directly opposite me with his back to the door. I moved my legs so they were trailed across his folded ones.
"The door is open, they didn't say how far." I smirked when he moved his hands so they were on either side of my waist.
"What a sly little witch." Scorpius smirked too.
"Well we are Slytherin's." I nodded to the Slytherin colour bed spread we were sitting on.
Scorpius chuckled lightly and moved his hands so they were entwined with mine and then lifted our joined hands up so they were resting on his shoulders.
"Things downstairs seemed tense." Scorpius noted.
"They are...my Dad hasn't spoken to me in nearly three full days. James and Albus are angry." I bit my lip; the declaration from Scorpius was clearly going to make an appearance soon.
"They seemed angry when they left."
I didn't reply. I just nodded my head slowly.
"They'll come round." Scorpius leaned forwards to rest his head on my shoulder and I moved my head so my cheek was on his head.
"How do you know?" I whispered, inhaling the scent of Scorpius.
"They're your family." Scorpius said.
"My Uncle Percy spent three years not speaking to my mother or her brothers. My Dad hasn't spoken to his family since he was barely older than you." I pointed out stubbornly.
"Percy and the Weasley's were during a war but they came round and I don't know much about your Dad's family except they're muggles. But if your Dad and brothers love you as much as I do then they won't be able to stand to see you miserable."
Scorpius and I stayed in my room for a couple of hours, just hanging out. We didn't dare do anything more than a couple of harmless kisses just in case my father or brothers stormed in uninvited to see what we were actually doing. Around eight Scorpius said that he should probably go home.
"Do you want to come to my house the day after tomorrow?" Scorpius offered when we walked through the upstairs hallway and saw James on our way to the staircase; I know why Scorpius was offering me to go to his house. His parents won't glare at or ignore us and he doesn't have any siblings.
"I'll ask my Mum if I'm allowed." I smiled at the invitation.
"Ask me what?" Mum heard me since she was crossing through the downstairs hall to go into the living room. Dad was in there too, sitting in his armchair reading the newspaper intently. Albus followed us in, glaring at Scorpius hatefully.
"If I can go hang out at Scorpius' house the day after tomorrow." I looked at Mum as I said this, throwing her my best pleading look.
"We're going to your grandparents' house that day. We're having a barbeque." Dad spoke from behind his paper. He folded it and moved it so we could see his face.
"Why don't you come too, Scorpius?" Mum offered, ignoring the incredulous looks she got from Dad and Albus. "I think Mum said something about Freddie, James, Molly, Dominique and Lucy taking their girlfriends and boyfriends. I'm sure my sister-in-laws would like to meet you."
I rolled my eyes at her not so subtle way of inviting him yet warning him that the men in my family would be hostile towards him.
"Sure, I'd love to. Thank you for the invite Mrs. Potter." Scorpius beamed one of his heart-stopping smiles at my mother and I almost rolled my eyes again. "Is there anything you would like me to bring?"
"Suck up." I muttered, digging him in his ribs with my elbow.
"A swimsuit most likely, there's a pond close to the house that the children go swimming in." Mum chuckled before she made a show of checking her watch and standing up from her spot on the sofa.
"Albus, go and fetch me your dirty washing please." Mum gave Albus one of 'her looks' until he got up from his favourite chair with a hearty sigh. "Harry, come check something in the kitchen with me. Now." she also gave Dad one and added the 'now' in a stern voice when Dad looked ready to argue.
I bit back a grin at her way of giving Scorpius and me a moment alone to say goodbye.
At least one member of my family seems to like my boyfriend.
The day before Grandma Molly's family barbeque was agonizingly slow. What made it worse was Mum was working at the office all day, Dad was working from home, Lucy was with her mother and Dominique with Elliott, her latest boyfriend so I had nobody to keep me company.
I spent the entire day trying to find an outfit that seemed casual for a day at the Burrow but also would impress Scorpius.
On the day of the barbeque, I ended up ditching my denim shorts and vest top plans and settled on a pretty little white mini sundress with a Slytherin green two piece swim suit on beneath it. I slipped on a pair of sandals and applied minimal water-proof make up.
"You're going to Gran and Granddad's, not a house party." Albus scowled when he saw me when I walked into the living room, ready to go.
"Whatever." I said breezily and pushed in front of him to use the floo.
The Burrow was incredibly warm - I was grateful that I ditched the shorts and vest top because the loose material of my dress was much cooler and refreshing.
I smiled and waved at my Grandmother who smiled back on my way to where I could see Lucy sitting with Toby. Dominique and Elliott were with the two of them - both boyfriends were getting glares from my uncles who had formed a group at the barbeque which my Dad joined when he apparated in.
"Where's Malfoy? I thought he was coming today too?" Elliott asked when I dropped into an empty seat at the small table.
"He said he'll be here at twelve." I checked my watch and frowned when I saw it was already nearly twenty minutes past. "Maybe his Mum or Dad is running late." I suggested when Lucy and Dominique exchanged a little look. He did say he would ask a parent to apparate him here since he didn't know where it was to floo or Knight Bus it.
"Yeah, maybe that's it." Lucy nodded slowly.
I was saved from answering by the sight of Albus and James who had his arm round a Gryffindor girl from seventh year whose name I couldn't remember.
"Where's Malfoy? He chicken out?"
"Actually, there he is." Dominique scowled at my brothers and nodded behind them. I looked to where she was nodding and saw Scorpius and his father stood at the gate. Scorpius was holding a muggle cooler in one hand and nodding slowly to his father.
I got up and made my way over, careful to not make it look like I was rushing to them.
"Make sure you eat everything that Mrs. Weasley puts in front of you. And remember your manners. If word gets round that you've been rude to the Weasley's your mother and Grandmother Narcissa will kill you." Draco pretended to scold his son but his teasing grin gave him away.
"Yes Dad...you can go now. I'll floor or get the bus home. Or get Elliott to take me home." Scorpius scowled at his Dad - well scowled at the floor, he wouldn't look up from it and wouldn't face me.
"Have a good day - and remember what I said about that." Draco waved a hand to Scorpius' bowed head and then turned to me. "Have a pleasurable day, Lily."
"Bye Mr. Malfoy."
He apparated on the spot before Scorpius could chuck the cooler at him.
"Why are you - have you been fighting?" I gasped when Scorpius finally looked at me. His lip was bust and when I looked down at his hand; his right hand was swollen around his knuckles, scabbed and very sore looking.
Since he was wearing knee length shorts and a v-neck t-shirt I could see his knee was bruised too.
"Yeah, last night - I didn't start it though!" Scorpius whispered when we began to slowly walk towards where the women of the family were stood. I ignored the silence amongst my entire family; the women were curiously looking at my boyfriend whereas my uncles, father and grandfather were glaring at him. My cousins had a mixture of responses, Freddie, Hugo and Louis weren't too bothered. Dominique and Lucy were whispering with their boyfriends and Rose, Molly and Roxanne were sat together watching us with amused expressions.
"Gran, this is Scorpius Malfoy. Scorpius this is my Grandmother." I introduced Scorpius to my grandmother awkwardly; ignoring the feeling of shame that he wasn't only twenty minutes late but bruised also.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Weasley. Lily has told me so much about you." Scorpius smiled politely, or as politely as you could with a bust lip. "My mother made these, a few burgers, salads and butterbeers." he held the cooler up and my grandmother took it with a polite smile.
"These are my aunts, Hermione is Rose and Hugo's mum. Fleur is Dom's mother, Audrey is Lucy and Molly's mum and Angelina is Freddie and Roxy's mum." I introduced each of my aunts when my Aunt Angelina cleared her throat lightly.
"It's lovely to meet you all." Scorpius smiled at them too.
"Have you been in a fight?" Aunt Audrey asked with a slight frown; the most placid member of my family of course had to be Lucy's mother.
"No, Mrs. Weasley. I was flying yesterday afternoon and took my eyes off the direction for a second and ended up crashing into a fountain. My mother won't heal me. She says it's payback for breaking her favourite statue." Scorpius lied smoothly and easily, making my mother, aunts and Grandmother laugh lightly.
"Come on Scorp, you'd better go meet my Granddad and uncles." I muttered, taking his non-bruised hand and leading him away.
"Don't bother lying to these; they'll sense it straight away." I whispered as we crossed the short distance to where the men in the family all seemed to stand straighter and clutch their bottles of beer tighter.
"Granddad, this is my boyfriend Scorpius. Scorpius this is my Granddad Arthur." Scorpius extended his non bruised hand for my grandfather to shake, which he did.
"It's an honour to meet you sir." Scorpius spoke in a very polite voice.
"These are my uncles; Ron is Rosie and Hugo's Dad. Bill is Dom's dad, George is Freddie and Roxy's dad, Percy is Lucy's dad and this is my uncle Charlie." Scorpius offered his hand to each and every one of them and they all shook it. Admittedly Uncle Ron barely touched it before he dropped his hand, but at least George, Charlie and Bill seemed to be giving him a chance.
"I hope you gave whoever busted your lip a smack back." Uncle George nodded to Scorpius' bust lip, breaking the awkward silence.
"Um...yeah, yeah I did." Scorpius muttered, glancing down at me for a brief second.
"Good, I'm glad that at least one of our girls' boys can look after them. Molly and Dom's look like a strong wind would knock them over." Charlie laughed, nodding to Elliott and Molly's boyfriend, a Ravenclaw who I didn't know.
"I don't know sir, Elliott is a decent guy and although I don't know Matty personally I've heard he's in good shape." Scorpius laughed back.
"Mind if I ask why you have a bust lip?" Uncle Ron turned his Auror head on as he looked at Scorpius.
"I...I don't really get on with many people, sir." Scorpius told my uncle honestly, I just looked up at him through slightly narrowed eyes. "I was in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people I guess you could say." he shrugged.
"Why didn't your mother or father heal you?" Uncle Bill asked.
"My mother hasn't seen me yet and my father said that I should wear my bruises as punishment for fighting." Scorpius didn't lie there, I could tell straight away.
Before Uncle Ron could make an insensitive comment I took Scorpius' hand. "Come on Scorp, we'd better stop Elliott, Lucy and Toby from boring Dominique with endless Quidditch talk."
Scorpius didn't mention the fight but it was clear several people knew what had actually happened. Fred, James, Elliott and Toby were the only people who weren't surprised to see Scorpius bruised. Toby and Elliott actually looked relieved to see he wasn't more bruised.
"What the hell happened?" I hissed to Scorpius when Dominique and Lucy took their boyfriends to get a drink.
I noticed that Scorpius had winced a lot when he was moving his torso and when he did it again I put my hand under his shirt and pulled it up - ignoring the feeling of the disapproving stares from uncles, brothers and cousins. It's not like I was groping him.
The right side of his ribs were a little purple, where somebody had obviously punched him repeatedly and hard.
"I was at a party and some dicks who graduated last year started talking trash about my mother. They called her things that I didn't like so I stopped them." Scorpius muttered. I believed him.
"Does it hurt?" I asked him, running my finger tips gently over the large bruise, feeling his skin twitch and tense under my touch.
"A little, but that makes it feel better." Scorpius admitted.
I grinned at him and stood from my chair.
"Wait here a minute."
Before he could say anything I turned and headed into the house, straight into the kitchen cupboard where my grandmother stocked a case of bruise removal paste. With so many grandchildren running through her house on a daily basis, it was well used.
I grabbed a small jar and went back into the garden where Scorpius was sitting alone at a small table.
"Come with me." I took his hand and gently led him over to a small bench beside the broom shed. Far away enough the adults won't be able to hear our conversation but close enough that they'll be able to see us and not feel the need to come find us.
Scorpius and I sat down and as soon as we did I made him pull his t-shirt up to his shoulders.
"Lily what are you - ooh, that feels good." Scorpius shuddered when I dabbed my first two fingers in the paste and began to slowly rub them in circles around and over the large bruise on his ribs.
I watched intently as the bruising started to face and Scorpius began to relax. I then applied the paste to his knuckles as well since they were so swollen he couldn't flex his hand properly.
"Better?" I asked after a while. He smiled and nodded.
"Now I can do this." He leant over to kiss me softly on the lips. I laughed but pulled away fully aware that the entire male population of the family had their eyes on us.
"Come on we are all going for a dip in the pond before we eat." I told him, grabbing his hand and pulling him from the bench.
The Burrow's pond was my favourite thing about it in the summer. It was cool and refreshing and the charms put on it stopped it from becoming murky and dirty. It didn't really have any particular shape; it was simply a large splodge shaped pool of water at the far end of the garden.
This would be its first use of the year. Usually it was left untouched until the summer but since it was unnaturally warm today we decided to make use of it. I already had my bikini on underneath my dress but popped inside with Lucy and Dom whilst they changed.
When we were all ready we all trekked down the length of the garden, younger ones carrying all the towels and the older ones following with a variety of sun beds and chairs hovering above them or being dragged behind them.
The adults didn't mind us messing about in the pond, it was far enough away that they were left alone for a bit of adult time but near enough that they could keep an eye on us and appear within a second if anything happened.
As soon as the chairs were all in place they were claimed instantly by the females who were not quite hot enough for a dip in the water yet. Whilst all the boys ran, jumped and dived straight in splashing everyone.
Scorpius cautiously sat down on an empty deck chair looking awkward and uncomfortable.
It struck me that he wasn't used being with such a large group of family members. He'd told me about his life before Hogwarts. He, his parents and grandparents had fled to where the first Malfoy, Armand Malfoy had originated from in Normandy, France. They had lived in a manor away from civilisation. He had been homeschooled by his parents and then when he was slightly older, an elderly ex teacher they had hired. Some of his relatives from various pure blood families visited sometimes but he never met any of his cousins. The only company he had as a child was from his elders and the occasional child he met when visiting the local village.
He had explained to me how hard it had been for him to make the decision to enrol in Hogwarts, to start late at a huge school with no one he knew. I knew how happy he was now that he had me and Toby and the other Slytherins but this was a whole new ball park for him. My family was so large and close that it must be hard for him to fit in.
I sat down on my boyfriends lap and wrapped my arms around him. I felt him laughed slightly before relaxing and hugging me back.
"Oi Scorp, put Potter down for a sec and get in here!" Toby shouted across the water. He was stood quite far in with Lucy hanging on to his shoulders. Toby smiled at us teasingly before suddenly dunking both himself and Lucy beneath the water.
He looked at me expectantly making me smile.
"Its fine, you go in, I'm going to stay and talk to the girls for a while." I told him nodding my head to Rose, Molly, Roxanne and Dom who were surrounding us.
He grinned and pecked me on the lips before moving me and jumping up. He quickly pulled off his v-neck, leaving him in his grey trunks which matched his eyes perfectly. Seconds later he was diving into the water expertly.
Now he had gone all the girls blurted out questions about my blonde beau.
"What exactly do you see in Malfoy Lily?" Rose asked me. "I thought you hated him?"
Out of the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse of Scorpius using his hands to pull himself out of the water and on to the bank. His hair was now slicked right back and the water was glistening off of his body. I openly checked him out and felt a self-satisfied smirk build bigger and broader on my face as I over looked his six pack, his pecks, biceps and broad shoulders that I know from experience are large enough to hold me. I licked my lips at the sight of the line of hair trailing from his belly button into his shorts. I also know from experience that when my fingers trailed down there, Scorpius found it incredibly ticklish.
His shorts were extremely tight and wet and had now stuck to his body, outlining his area much to my enjoyment and from the looks of it, the other boys' misery.
I laughed when Scorpius stretched his arms, making his muscles tense and then relax. He saw me looking and winked at me teasingly.
"Well...that has a huge impact...no pun intended." I joked making the others spin around and gawk at my boyfriend.
Beside me the sound of Roxy gasping slightly at the sight of his body made me smirk.
"I never knew he had tattoos?" Dom remarked referring to the marks Scorpius had. He had two tattoos, one on his chest just above his left peck and another at the top of his inner right arm. I smiled and remembered asking him about them after Christmas since they hadn't been there before. That was the conversation that had lead to him telling me about his childhood.
"What's this, you didn't have this before Christmas?"I asked Scorpius, we were laid on his bed after a make out session. His shirt was unbuttoned and I was tracing my finger over the strange tattoo on his chest.
"Yeah I got that on my seventeenth birthday during Christmas; it's a Malfoy tradition to get a tattoo of the Malfoy coat of arms once you turn of age." He explained. I inspected it closer recognising the green and black shield flanked by the two black dragons from a book I had read. There was an elegant M but the writing that I remembered being beneath it was gone.
"Get anything else new over the holidays?" I joked.
"Yeah I got this done as well," He told me pulling off his shirt completely and showing me another tattoo on the inside of his upper right arm. This tattoo was done without colour and looked like some kind of flag. Beneath it in elegant handwriting was the word 'Famille'.
"It's the French flag," He explained "The Malfoys originated from France and that's where we lived before we came back to England."
"Earth to Lily!" I was pulled out of my memory by the sound of Dom shouting at me. I looked at her with raised eyebrows.
"Malfoy, tattoos, details?" She asked and I saw that the other girls were looking at me too.
"Oh yeah, the one on his chest is the Malfoy coat of arms and the one on his arm is the French flag, its where he lived before they moved back here." I explained quickly my eyes back on Scorpius.
"Malfoy peut parler français?" Dominique spoke in fluent French. I just raised my eyebrows at her since she knew I never understood her when she spoke her Mothers native language. She rolled her eyes at me before repeating the question in English.
"Does Malfoy speak French?"
"Err yeah I think so." I replied not entirely sure.
"Well you do learn something new every day." Dom said to no one in particular before getting up and strutting off in the direction of Elliot who was beckoning to her from the edge of the pond.
I shook my head before getting up, pulling off my dress and following her. I leapt into the water splashing everyone and quickly paddled over to where Scorpius was with Toby and Lucy right in the middle.
I grabbed hold of Scorpius' shoulders and held on since I could no longer touch the bottom. Scorpius chuckled when he felt my legs kick against his knees and put two hands on my waist and pulled me so I could wrap my legs behind his back so he was carrying me easily in the water.
"Are you enjoying yourself?" I whispered in his ear.
"Yeah, even more now that you're here." He whispered back.
The barbeque its self was uneventful. We sat and talked and ate a lot but nothing else happened. No fights broke out, no accidents happened. All in all it was a successful meal. When we had finished I reluctantly let Scorpius go off with the other boys, trusting him not to get into any trouble.
I followed my female cousins, aunts and mum into the kitchen where we worked together clearing up.
"You know, I still can't believe that you and Malfoy are a couple." Molly spoke as we finished the last of the dishes and sat down around the table.
"Wait until you see them snogging in front of you, then you'll believe it." Dom cut in before I had the chance to reply making me and everyone else laugh.
"Or wait until you see a giant hickey on her neck" My mum added after Dom making me turn and look at her quickly with my eyes wide. I could feel my face getting redder as everyone laughed again.
There was a cough from the kitchen doorway making us all turn around. My dad was stood there looking a mix between awkward and slightly angry. I gulped and faced the floor.
"Yes Harry?" My mum spoke when my dad just stood there looking at us.
"Uh yeah can you pass me a glass please?" He spoke through gritted teeth. Rose stood up and passed him the empty glass left on the side. He thanked his niece quickly before spinning around and heading out the room.
"Well that was awkward." Aunt Angelina joked. "How did he take the news?" She asked both me and mum.
"Better than I thought he would take it to be honest." Mum explained to her sister in law before diving into the whole story of how Harry had found out and what happened after that.
When we finished tidying up the mountain of dishes we all trailed back outside to Gran and the men, I didn't look in my Dad's direction because I knew he'd be angry from what he overheard. I don't want or need my Dad blowing up in Scorpius' face. He can have a go at me once Scorpius leaves in a few hours.
Dom, Lucy and I walked past our cousins and their dates and over to where our boyfriends were sitting close to the pond. I sat on the floor in between Scorpius' legs, resting my back against his chest.
"What's wrong Blue?" Scorpius murmured as Dom and Elliott and Toby and Lucy struck up their own conversations.
"I know my Dad's gonna be a dick once you go home." I sighed and picked one of his hands up in both of mine.
Before Scorpius could say anything, my cousins all began to run over to us and then jumped into the pond. I groaned and rested my head against Scorpius' chest when I saw all of the adults following after them, bringing extra chairs and sun loungers for themselves.
I stood up and pulled Scorpius up with me and led him over to a patch of grass far away enough that my Dad couldn't interrupt our conversations or that uncle Ron's comments about Scorpius couldn't be heard.
"It's just a few more hours' baby and then we're done here and I'd have made it out alive." Scorpius chuckled. We were sat so we were facing each other and we could both feel the eyes of brothers, cousins and adults on us.
"I'm tired of being watched constantly. Dominique and Elliott aren't getting as monitored and they're a lot further on in their relationship than we are." I pointed out, nodding over to where Dominique and Elliott were snogging enthusiastically in the pond much to the enjoyment of my uncle Bill.
"How about we give them something to watch then?" Scorpius smirked, the spark in his eyes that I always saw when he wanted to cause some trouble right there.
Before I could say anything he moved his hand from my knee and cupped my cheek, moving his head forwards so our lips met.
I had never kissed him properly in front of my parents, brothers - or anybody in my family excluding Dominique or Lucy so at first I was a little shy. When he nibbled on my lip lightly I giggled into the kiss and opened my mouth, giving his tongue access to dominate my mouth.
I moved my hands to his shoulders and squeezed them lightly, feeling my nails dig into his skin slightly.
"Lily? Aren't you swimming again?" Mum called out in a strong voice; I pulled away from Scorpius and pressed my lips against his cheek for a quick peck before I answered.
"No...We're good for now." I didn't have to look over to where the adults were sat to know most of them had sour faces and were glaring at us.
Scorpius smirked down at me and cocked an eyebrow as he took one of my hands in his own.
I smoothed down his hair with my spare hand and tried not to laugh - my family had stopped staring when they realised what we were doing.
"Did it hurt?" I asked quietly, looking at the tattoo over his heart. I moved the hand in his hair to lightly trace over the detail of the Malfoy family crest and I smiled lightly when his breath hitched whenever I did that.
"A little bit, it's worth the pain though. The best things in life are always worth the pain."
"Can we go swimming again?" Scorpius asked after about a half hour of just sitting in contentment and silence, playing with each other's hands, laughing for no reason and then stealing quick kisses whenever we thought we weren't being observed.
"Sure, come on." I stood up, wiped the dust dirt from my dress and then peeled it off as well as my sandals.
"I'm not getting my hair wet though." I warned Scorpius as we walked over to where my parents were sitting so I could hand my mother my dress, Scorpius' shirt and both of our shoes - the only adult I really trusted with my boyfriend's clothes.
"What's the point of going swimming and not getting your hair wet?" Scorpius scoffed and shook his head, making my uncles George and Charlie and my grandfather chuckle softly.
"Because it's already frizzy enough and my curls will drop out." I shrugged. I had to tie my hair up before we ate because my curls were threatening to fall out. Looks like I'll have to re-apply the charm on it tomorrow morning.
"Girls are strange." Scorpius muttered under his breath. I don't think he intended for me to hear it.
"Whatever, come on give me a lift up." I patted him on the back - I'd end up there anyway so it wasn't worth waiting until we actually got into the water.
Scorpius bent his legs slightly and held his arms out behind him so I could literally jump up and he'd secure me with his hands.
My mother and aunts laughed while none of my uncles or my granddad did this time.
"You secure up there short stuff?" Scorpius teased. "I'm surprised you can touch any of the ground at all in there."
I rolled my eyes and dug my knees into his ribs now that they weren't bruised. "Giddy up horsey. Good boy." I patted his head.
Scorpius tightened his hands on my legs making me know that even if my arms unwrapped from his neck I still wouldn't be going anyway.
"Did you just pat my head?" Scorpius turned his head so he could look at me. I saw that gleam back in his eye.
"Don't you dare - SCORPIUS!" I screamed when he smirked and ran for the pond. When we were close to the edge he pushed off from the bank with all his strength and we bombed into the center and we went under by about twelve feet.
I kicked myself away from Scorpius - and hit him square in the back with my foot, and swam to the surface and then to the bank.
I could hear most of my family laughing now, only my Uncle Ron, Dad and brothers weren't - Scorpius' die hard haters.
Scorpius surfaced a second later and quickly swam and joined me on the bank, wiping water out of his eyes and shaking his hair like a dog.
"I told you not to get my hair wet!" I stuck my tongue out at him and grabbed my hair and twisted it until the water rinsed out.
"You kicked me! That's going to bruise!" Scorpius twisted his head and torso trying to see his back.
I stood and went behind him, grinning that he couldn't see me.
"Aww no! I'm sorry; here I'll kiss it better..." I knelt as if I was going to kiss his back but then I kicked him again so he fell back into the water with another splash.
This time nearly everybody laughed - only Albus remained miserable.
Dominique and Lucy were howling with laughter as was Elliott and Toby but those four stopped when Scorpius came back up for air.
I watched mid laugh as Scorpius grabbed the bank with one hand and then held himself up on it and jumped out of the pond, dripping water everywhere.
"Don't you dare - no!" I gasped when I attempted to run away but Scorpius caught me and picked me up, using his arm to sweep me off of my feet.
"Don't worry, Blue, I've got you." Scorpius whispered as my aunts and mother all 'aww'ed or giggled as my cousins all roared with laughter.
Scorpius leapt from the edge of the bank but didn't jump as high and when we were under the water he moved his arms so his hands went to my hips and he pulled me flat against him. Before I knew what was happening, my legs curled around his waist and his mouth was on mine.
I didn't care that I was under water and couldn't breathe. I didn't care that if I opened my eyes I would probably be able to see my brother's legs right in front of us. I didn't care that I'd be gasping for breath once I eventually came up for air.
All I cared about was trying not to act on the fact that what was clear to Roxanne, Molly, Dominique and Rose a couple of hours ago when I noticed Scorpius' trunks clinging to him was firmly digging into my inner thigh as we snogged under the water.
I felt Scorpius double over slightly so pulled away and opened my eyes; we were on the bed of the pond and when I looked down Scorpius kicked off and used his feet to swim the two of us up to the water level.
The two of us started gasping in as much air as we could as quick as possible and I saw that his cheeks were tinted pink lightly and I could feel my own cheeks turning pink.
I took a quick look around when I heard a cough from not too far away and saw everybody looking at the two of us; my brothers glaring violently, my mother smiling slightly, my father looking through narrowed eyes and Dominique and Lucy were smirking at the two of us, their boyfriends doing the same.
I never let go of Scorpius as I climbed round him so I was on his back again. He swam the both of us over to where Toby, Elliott and my two cousins were sitting in the water where it was shallow enough that even I could reach the floor.
Towards the end of the day, all the guys drifted off towards the bike shed when Grandpa and James got Dads old motorbike out. Every single summer the men all tried to fix it to no avail; it could work and Dad would let us take a ride around the Burrow's garden sometimes but nobody could get it to both fly and go more than ten miles an hour.
"When do you have to be home?" I asked Scorpius; the two of us were sitting with the women, Toby and Elliott. Surprisingly the Slytherin boys' invitation to go tinker with the motorbike was left out. No matter how many times my family assured Lucy and me they were fine with us being Slytherins - they won't accept that we have Slytherin friends and boyfriends.
"I don't have a curfew. I just have to be at dinner with my Gran tomorrow night." Scorpius teased me quietly.
"How is your Grandmother, Scorpius?" My own Gran asked curiously. I forgot she and Andromeda Tonks were practically best friends and that Andromeda was Narcissa Malfoy's sister.
Those two reconciled several years after the war according to my Grandmother, when the death of their last shared relation had hindered both of them fatefully. Narcissa lost the last reminder of the best parts of her childhood and Andromeda lost her daughter.
"She's great, Mrs. Weasley. Misses France but she says she's happy to be closer to her sister and her family's graves." Scorpius smiled slightly.
"Is that...is that where your family moved to then?" Aunt Hermione asked awkwardly. All of my cousins around the table looked uncomfortable for a minute before Scorpius answered in a forced confident tone.
"Yeah - well technically I suppose we moved back. My ancestors originated from France you see and after the war and the...events afterwards, my Granddad thought things would be better if we returned to the Malfoy grounds."
I felt Scorpius' hand tense in mine under the table so I squeezed it reassuringly; I had heard all about what his father had done after the war from Scorpius and my family and I honestly don't care.
It annoys me when people praise me for my own father's actions - why should he be penalised for his father's actions?
"And you, do you miss France?" Aunt Fleur asked; she was always open about regretting not raising her children in her native country.
"Sometimes...but England has its perks." Scorpius laughed, looking at me out of the corner of his eye. "I'm just glad my mother insisted on teaching me English as my first language and French as my second."
I tuned out as Aunt Fleur asked Scorpius something in French and he replied in just as clear and fluent French instead I thought over what he had just said.
He basically said England was worth it because I was here with him...what if I wasn't here?
Not for the first time in the past four, nearly five, years I thought of how my sorting would have changed things. If I was a Gryffindor would he and I be together now?
Probably not since we first spoke to each other in the Slytherin common room.
Would we even speak to each other?
I felt a pang of sadness hit my stomach when I pictured my life without Scorpius - I couldn't do it. I've only known him eight months and I already cannot imagine him not being a part of my life.
My thoughts then turned to the outing of our relationship last week and his dramatic defiant filled speech to my father and brothers. He claimed he loves me and would always love me. Neither of us had mentioned it properly since but now I can't help but think his words over in my head...does he really love me? Will he always love me?
Do I love him?
"Come on Scorpius Malfoy the First." I stood up from my chair, interrupting whatever he was saying in French to my aunt. I smirked when his eyes lit up, remembering the private joke. "Let's go for a walk."
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