Chapter Seven
Once again I do not own a thing. Jo Rowling owns the lot. Except the characters I made up, but still…without her, they wouldn't exist either so…yeah! :)
"You are too good to be true Malfoy" she whispered, opening her door and walking into her room, closing the door silently on Scorpius' face and leaving him standing , staring longingly after her.
…
"Ugh! Al is going to kill me" Scorpius sighed. He was currently in the boy's room, everyone else was hanging around the house somewhere but he had been sitting in the kitchen, reading some books he'd found when Lily had walked in and cornered him…
"Hey Scorp" She had said, smiling sweetly and innocently, but he knew what she was really like…boy did he know.
"Lily" he said, nodding his head at her.
"What, that's it? No 'hello my love' or 'my sweetest pea, how art thou'" She joked, sticking her tongue out at him.
"Very funny, you can't speak like that. Anyone could hear us Lily, especially your brother" Scorpius said pointedly.
"Yeah, yeah. You'll get cursed, I get it" She said, sliding onto his knee and obviously not 'getting it'.
Scorpius raised an eyebrow at her and swiftly lifted her onto the table,
"I'm going upstairs to get changed for dinner, I'll see you later" He said, stacking his books and lifting them.
"Great! I'll come help!" Lily said, bouncing down from the table and winking.
"Help with what?" Daisy had just walked in and whilst Lily's attention was elsewhere, Scorpius took his chance and slipped past her and out of the kitchen to his bedroom…
"That won't do you any use my dear boy!" the blank canvas on the wall said to Scorpius who was currently banging his head against the wall next to it. He stopped and looked at the portrait.
"Oh yeah? What do you know? You're just a portrait, a blank one at that" He replied cheekily.
"Just a portrait! I'll have you know I was once the headmaster of Hogwarts and head of the finest house of the four." The portrait replied huffily.
"The finest house huh? So Slytherin then?" Scorpius asked.
"No Sly-wait what? You're not a Gryffindor?" Phineas appeared from the right of the frame, "Finally! A man worthy of speaking to" He added, eyeing Scorpius up.
"You look like a Malfoy" He said after studying him, "We are related then? You must be a distant cousin…the Malfoy's were great in my day, a powerful family worthy of Slytherin…"
"Yeah, right…well, it was nice meeting you" Scorpius said awkwardly turning away from the portrait and walking hurriedly from the room.
Outside he slumped against the wall and sighed deeply,
"Merlin…" He said, running his hands through his silvery hair, "Why couldn't I have just been an ignorant prick like every other Malfoy? Only I could fall for a Potter" He mumbled to himself.
"Did you just say my name?"
Albus had just appeared at the top of the stairs, man what great timing that boy had. Scorpius straightened up and looked at his best friend.
"Nah, you're imagining things mate" He said, winking, "Going absolutely mental, you are, it's the Weasley in you, I'm telling you, those blood traitors, they're all the same" Scorpius joked, making fun of each other was a form of male bonding wasn't it?
"Yeah, whatever…Tell me Malfoy, if you're parents got divorced, would they still be brother and sister?" Albus teased.
"Of course! Wanna see my extra toes?" Scorpius said, pretending to untie his shoe lace.
"Yeah! After that can I show you how muddy my blood is?" Al said.
"You are the weirdest people I have ever met…"
Scorpius and Albus turned around to find Victoire standing the door to the bathroom looking at them as if they had an extra head each. She raised her eyebrow,
"I honestly do not want to know…" she said, suddenly clutching her stomach and turning back in to the bathroom.
There was a spluttering noise and Scorpius and Al both looked at each other, then Al ran forward into the toilet to help his cousin out and Scorpius ran down the stairs two at a time slamming every door open looking for Teddy.
"Whoaaa!"Teddy cried, flinging out his arms to stop Scorpius, "Where you running off to?"
"It's Victoire…she's throwing up…thought you should maybe know…Al's with her now…" Scorpius said, breathing heavily.
Teddy ran up the stairs and stopped at the bathroom door, Al was holding back Victoires hair while she was being sick into the ancient toilet.
He walked forward and took over from Al, motioning for him to leave.
When Al had shut the door, Teddy leaned forward and rubbed Victoires back.
"Vic, you've been ill for days now, I wish we could take you to a healer…" Teddy said as Victoire pushed herself up and wiped her mouth with a towel.
"No Teddy, I am a healer and I know I'm not sick okay!" She snapped. Teddy raised an eyebrow at her,
"Not sick? What would you call what you just did then?" He asked sceptically.
"I'd call it morning sickness, or afternoon sickness, or whatever hell time of day it is sickness…" Victoire whispered, watching Teddy's face closely.
"Morning sickness is when you're pregnant Vic, not when-wait, you're not…" Teddy said, glancing down to her stomach then back up at her face which was scared looking.
"I am. I was going to tell you on Christmas day but then this happened and everything just seemed to make me want to postpone telling you, I wanted it to be special, not for it to come out in a toilet…"
Teddy was still staring at Victoire in absolute shock.
"Teddy sweetheart…are you okay? Aren't you happy?" Victoire said, stopping forward and putting her hands on either side of his face, looking deep into his eyes.
Teddy suddenly focused on Victoires face, and a massive smile filled his own face.
"I'm going to be a dad…Merlin…We're going to be parents, we're going to have a baby!" He cried, lifting Victoire into his arms and spinning her. His eye's widened and he quickly stopped, putting her back on the ground,
"God, I forgot you were pregnant already, sorry for spinning you like that" He told a slightly green faced Victoire.
"It's fine, I'm just glad you're happy! Because we're going to have a baby! A little mini you!"
Teddy's face dropped, memories from his childhood spilling into his head…
"Grandma, why does Victoire have a mum and dad but I don't? Did I do something really bad?"
"No, sweetheart, your parents were brave and loved you and died so you could have a safe world to live in"
"Do Vicky's parents not love her then?"
"Of course they do silly, but some people are just really lucky, it doesn't make her any better than you. You have me, and Harry and Ginny and all the Weasley's"
"I'm gonna make my hair black like Harry because he's my favourite..."…
What if something horrible happened to Victoire and himself, would his baby be left without the special bond between a child and their parents?
Or what if he or she was a metamorphamagus like him…
"Oh my god, look at his hair!"
"I know, did you see it yesterday! It was all purple with orange bits in it…"
"Ew, if I could change my nose, I wouldn't pick that one!"
"But this is my real nose…"
"Well maybe you should use some of that weirdo magic you have to change it"
"What is wrong with you? You're such a Freak!"…
He had loads of friends as a kid, but he had even more bullies. He went through school getting called freak and a weirdo because he could do something that was different, would his baby suffer the same fate?
"Ted…what is it, why are you crying?" Victoire asked worriedly wiping his face with her sleeve.
"Nothing I just…I think I'm gonna go talk to my dad for a bit okay?" Teddy mumbled, pulling out of Victoires grasp and walking out of the door.
...
''Dad? Can I come in?" Teddy knocked gently on his fathers bedroom door, and slowly pushed it open when he heard him answer.
Remus looked up from where he was ling on his bed, marked his page and put down the book he was reading, swung his legs around and sat on the edge.
"Hello Teddy, how are you?" Remus said awkwardly.
"I'm fine" Teddy said, "How do you feel knowing im your son dad?"
Remus stared at Teddy for a moment then glanced around at the window, staring at the birds sitting on the ledge,
"A little nervous at the thought that in a few short years i'll be a father, but im glad its to a wonderful man like yourself" Remus beamed at Teddy.
"But pretend mum just walked in right now and told you she was pregnant, would you panic, or would you be happy because you love her?"
"I don't love...Oh well, I guess I will...I would panic, if i didnt know it turned out fine and you weren't a werewolf? I would be running for the door"
"Victoires going to have a baby" Teddy said
Remus eyes widened and he stared at his son before breaking out into a loud laugh. Teddy raised his eyebrow at his dad,
"I honestly dont think you heard me right..." He said slowly.
"Oh I did, In a few weeks i've became a dad and now im a grandad to be? This is brilliant!"
Teddy stared for a second then a smile began to grow on his face and he joined in with the laughing until there was a soft tap on the door,
"Come in" Remus yelled gleefully.
Victoire walked cautiously throught the door frowing in confusion at the two giggling men.
"Am I missing something here?" She smiled, glad to see Teddy was happy.
Teddy jumped up and ulled Victoire into a massive bear hug,
"I just told dad"
Victoire smiled at her huband, being able to tell his dad he was going to have a baby must have felt amazing, a small tear rolled down her cheek and onto her chest where Teddy caught it,
"Why so sad sweetheart?" He asked, confused.
"These are tears of happiness" She laughed and she kissed him softly on the chest where she could reach...
...
"Is that your wand in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"
"It's my wand..."
"Oh..."
Hugo and Daisy looked at eachother awkwardly then quickly leaned in and began kissing fiercly.
Daisy pulled away and looked into Hugo's eyes,
"Are you embarrased by me?" She asked shyly.
"What! No! Why do you even thing that?" Hugo said, his eyes wide with shock.
"It's just we always sneak of just to see eachother, you never take my hand like teddy takes Vics or Al takes Ivy's..."
"Because you told me to keep it a secret...I don't get girls" Hugo stated, frowing.
Daisy blinked and a small tear rolled down her cheek,
"Because I was scared you'd change your mind about me..."
"What! Why the heck would I do that? I would love to let everyone know you're my girlfriend! You are so beautiful and amazing, hell, I should be the one scared about you leaving me, you are the most amazing thing thats happened to me, I lo-" Hugo stopped dead, staring at Daisy.
"Say it" Daisy said simply.
"I love you Daisy, have done since I was about nine to be honest, but back then I just loved you becuse you used to share you're sweets with me" Hugo said, smiling lopsidedly.
Daisy laughed softly and looked Hugo straight in the eyes,
"I love you too. Maybe not since I was nine..thats a little bit creepy Hugh, but I do, I love you."
They stared at eachother for a long moment then Hugo leaned down and slowly placed his lips on Daisy's, her flowery scent filling him. Their soft kiss quickly changed into a long passionate one, they didnt even hear the footsteps coming along the corridor towards the room until the door was already half open,
"Oh i'm sor-Hugo? Daisy! What in merlins name..." Sirius just shook his head and a bag from the table near the door before walking out, muttering to himself.
"Um..I don't think we're a secret anymore.." Hugo whispered in Daisy's ear.
"You think?"
...
Scorpius was troubled. Troubled by a certain fiery red head. Did she think now they were something more? He shouldn't have led her on, he couldn't make her promises, especially with the amount of male relatives she had in this house. Too risky, far too risky. On the otherhand...it's not like he was a bad guy, maybe they'd be happy he was someone they could trust rather than a random man taking their baby sister or cousin. He got up from the soft bed, he'd decided to go with the optimistic view on things, he was going to find Lily.
"Lils!" He saw a flash of long red hair go into Tonk's and Victoire's room. He peeked his head in and Ginny looked back at him,
"Hey Scorpius." She grinned, "Looking for someone?" She asked knowingly.
"Why are you all ginger?" He muttered to himself, "Um..no..bye" He said to Ginny, backing out of the room.
''Hey watch where you're go-oh, hey Scorp" Lily looked up at him, smiling brightly.
"We need to talk" Scorpius said, taking her by the arm and leading her into the broom cupboard across from where they were standing.
"This is cosy.." Lily whispered, placing her small hand softly on his chest, "What is it?"
"I've been thinking and I was looking for you to tell you that there is nothing going on between us, we can't see eachother, I mean you're Al's sister and im out of school, you're too young-"
Scorp was cut of by Lily slapping his across the face,
"How dare you. We have spoke about this, stop being a pussy! Plus, if you do deny your feelings for me then you'll hurt me and my brothers will want to kill you more" she said with a determined look on her face, "Stop being such a drama ki-"
"LILY!" Scorpius half shouted, interupting her rant, "will you let me finish?"
"Okay" Lily replied, narrowing her eyes at him in a way that reminded him of Mrs Weasley when she used to listen to his and Al's far fetched stories when they were caught doing something wrong during the summers playing at the burrow.
"I WAS going to say all that to you, but as soon as I turned around and saw you're smile, I realised that it didnt matter about a silly age gap, its only what, two years? And i've always been quicker than Al with sheild charms so I can hold my own against him, I just want to see that smile everyday, because when I see it I know I get a silly look on my face like my dad does when he sees my mum or when Al sees Ivy and I like it. I like you"
Scorp was shocked when he felt another hard slap across the face,
"What the-"
"You idiot. Why couldn't you have realised this ages ago?"
"I..wh-"
Scorpius was cut of again, this time by Lily's soft lips crashing down on his, but it didn't last long. they quickly pulled apart as the darkness was disturbed when the cupboard door swung open, revealing a confused Sirius who just blinked at the two teenagers and placed a bag on the shelf before shutting the door on them, muttring about 'horny teenagers'.
"Aha..oops" Lilly giggled nervously.
I am so sorry thatt this took me sooooo long. I've just been really busy with so much boring crap.
But here it is! And Im trying to update more now! :D
No preview, purely because I havent started the next chapter.