No matter how much Lily loved spending time with her family, she couldn't help but want to get back to Hogwarts to start her fourth year.

"Lily?" her mom called.

Lily, who was sitting in her room finishing a letter off to Clara, answered back, "Yes, Mum?"

Ginny walked into her room holding a neatly folded piece of parchment. "Your new booklist just came. Do you want to go tomorrow to get your books?"

"Yes," she answered. Her mum walked out of the room. Lily signed her name then attached the letter to Odden's leg. "You know where to go." Her brown owl flew out of the window. Lily looked down at her list. Only one new book:

Defense Against Demons by Micky Dent

Lily smiled. She really counldn't wait until she got back to school.

Later that week, the Potter family was school shopping in Diagon Alley.

"You really need new robes, Lily," Ginny told her daughter. "Do you want me to go with you to get new ones?"

Lily shook her head. "I got it, Mum." She smiled at her Mum.

"Okay, hun." Her mum squeezed her shoulder and Harry and her and the rest of the kids walked into Flourish & Blotts.

Lily walked into Madam Malkins. Inside the shop, the little witch was tailoring a robe for Liam Blitts, a guy from Hogwarts. He waved to her.

"Just a moment, dear, I'm almost done here," Madam Malkins said to Lily. She waited patiently by the entrance.

Five minutes later Madam Malkins said, "I'm ready for you, dear." Lily walked over to Madam Malkins.

"Hi," Liam said as she passed. He was in Ravenclaw and had light brown hair and brown eyes. She smiled at him.

"Hi, you ready for fourth year?" she asked him.

"Definitely. See you soon." Liam walked out of Madam Malkins.

Lily walked over to the little witch. "New robes? What are they feeding children these days? They're growing so fast!" exclaimed Madam Malkins. Lily smiled at her.

Madam Malkins starting pinning robes on Lily, when the door chimed and someone walked in. Scorpius.

Lily tried to avoid his gaze. Scorpius seemed to be doing the same.

Later that night Lily recieved a reply from Clara.

Dear Lily,

Someone told me that the Ravenclaw guy, Liam, was going to ask you out once we're back at Hogwarts?

Can you believe it? And he's really cute. You're super lucky. I'm not surprised though, you are really pretty. I've expected this to happen.

Just don't forget about me, okay? We are still best friends!

Yours truly,

Clara

Lily couldn't believe this. She had just saw Liam a few hours earlier and he didn't seem to pay anymore attention to her than at school.

Scorpius's face flashed in front of her face while she was thinking about Liam. She shook her head.

Why would she think about Scorpius when she could be daydreaming about Liam? She didn't even like Scorpius. He was inconsiderate, mean, rude, and insincere. There was no reason at all why his name should even cross her mind. She shouldn't even be thinking about this right now.

Lily sat on her bed, then burried her face into her pillow. Why did his face even cross her mind at all?

Someone knocked on her bedroom door. Her mum. "Everything alright, Lily?" she asked.

Lily shook her head.

"What's wrong?" Her mother came over and sat next to her on the bed. "Something happen in Diagon Alley that I should know about?"

Lily shook her head again. "It's just... What should I call it? Boy troubles?"

"Boy troubles?" Her mum sounded have concerned, half amused. "What kind?"

"Clara told me that this really nice guy named Liam was going to ask me out once we got back in school!" Lily exclaimed.

"What is the problem here?" Ginny asked her.

"So, I started thinking about him-" Lily blushed "-And then Scorpius sort of invaded my mind instead. I don't know what that means. I mean I hate Scorpius! But his face kept coming back. I couldn't stop thinking about him..."

Her mum put an arm around Lily's shoulders. "You're too young to be worrying about boys."

Lily's dad appeared in the doorway. "Not that I object but, Ginny, you were 13 when you got your first boyfriend... Lily's 14." Lily stared at her parents strangely. "Now what's this I hear about 'too young too be worrying about boys'?"

Lily, not wanting to explain again, motioned for her mum to tell. When she was done Harry stared at Lily. "Scorpius Malfoy? Why on Earth are you worrying about Scorpius Malfoy?"

"Harry," her mum said sharply. Her dad straightened his shoulders and walked downstairs. Ginny looked down at her daughter. "Just be careful, okay? Don't go for someone you know you can't trust." She kissed Lily's head then walked from the room.

"Scorpius?" Clara asked her on the Hogwarts Express weeks later, using the same tone her dad used.

Lily nodded. "I mean, I much rather prefer Liam but... I just thought I should tell since you are my best friend, remember?" She smirked.

Clara rolled her eyes. "I remember, but... Please, please, just stick to Liam!"

"We don't even know of he's going to-"

The door to their compartment opened to reveal Liam. His brown hair was windswept like he'd stuck it out of a car window while it was driving, his brown eyes remained calm, but his smile was lopsided and he had a small dimple on his left cheek.

Clara gave her the told-you-so look. "Hi, Liam, haven't seen you since Diagon Alley. How've you been?" Lily asked calmly.

"Great, spent the summer in Switzerland visiting my Muggle family." That's right, Liam was a Half-Blood too, Lily remembered. "I was hoping I could get a word with you alone?"

Lily, remaining a calm composure, followed Liam down the corridor to his empty compartment. "Yes?"

Liam grinned quirkily at her, reminding her of her Uncle George. "I was wondering if maybe you would want-"

The door to the compartment slide open. "Liam!" Several Ravenclaw boys piled him, giving Liam pats on the back. "How've ya been?" one of the boys asked.

"Good, but-"

"Haven't seen you all summer!" another one exclaimed. Lily was pushed over into the corner.

"We need to catch up," a tall one said.

"Guys!" Liam said really loud. They all looked at him, surprised. "I was sort of in the middle of something. Can we catch up later?" He grabbed Lily's hand and pulled her from the corner. "You sort of squished her."

They all gave him apologetic looks then filed out.

"Where was I? Oh yeah, I was wondering if you'd want to go out with me to our next Hogsmeade trip?"

Lily smiled. "Of course."

He smiled back at her. "And maybe study together in the library sometimes?" Lily nodded. "Great!" He leaned down and kissed her cheek. "See you later." He walked out of the compartment, leaving her dazed.

Lily walked back to the compartment Clara's compartment. "So?" she asked.

"He asked me out!" Lily told her. Clara and Lily went into a fit of giggles and squeals.

"You guys are going to be so cute together!" Clara said to her happily. Lily smiled, imaging her and Liam holding hands and walking through Hogsmeade together. Suddenly Liam turned into Scorpius, but Lily was still smiling.

What was going on?

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