Lily glared at Clara. "It's detention for God's sake! Not a date!"

"Date, detention, same thing," Clara mumbled. "The point is that you guys are going to be alone together for a few hours!"

Lily loved Clara like a sister, but sometimes she just wanted to strangle her. "We will not be alone. Professor Filch will be there." She continued scribbling down her last inch for Charms. After barely any sleep last night and the fact her essay wasn't done, she had headache.

She dreaded fifth year and the O.W.L.s.

"Whatever, but like I already proved, everyone knows you like each other!" Clara said dreamily.

Lily glared. "You're way too soft to be Slytherin."

"I am not! I can be tough!" Clara tried to hide her blush. "I'm not one of those girls who swoons or cries because she broke a nail!"

"Never said you were. I just said you were soft. Enough about my love life though. What about yours? Anyone you're interested in?" Lily asked.

Clara blushed brighter. "Well... You know Taylor Thomas?"

Lily nodded. "Yeah, his dad and my dad used to be friends. Continue though."

"Well, I sort of maybe really like him. But he's Gryffindor and wouldn't even consider talking to me," Clara mumbled.

"Maybe not, but I've always been good with Gryffindors, mainly because I wanted to be one, but I could talk to him for you. He's really nice. And my brother's best friend," she added. "So, he's been to my house a few times. Kissed him once when I was thirteen, didn't really like it."

Clara stared at her wide-eyed. "You kissed him and didn't tell me?" she burst out.

"Uh..." Lily rubbed the back of her head nervously. "Maybe..."

"Some best friend you are," she muttered. "Anyway... If you do talk to Taylor for me I'd totally forgive you for not telling me..." She smiled inspite of herself. Lily just laughed.

"Deal," Lily said, still laughing. She finished her essay then rolled it up. Taking out her wand, she tried to turn her quill into a button with no luck. "Wow, I really suck at Transfiguration... Let's get to breakfast," she said all of a sudden.

"Um, okay," Clara responded, standing up. The two friends exited the common room to the Great Hall. It was already filled with students when they got there. They sat down at the Slytherin table, immediately picking up their earlier conversation. They hardly even noticed the group of boys, Malfoy included, who sat across from them.

"No," Lily said through gritted teeth. "It is not a date!"

"But you and Mal-" Clara's eyes darted across the table, then lowering her voice she finished, "Foy would be perfect together. Don't give me that, I don't like him crap."

Lily sighed. "You just don't understand, Clara."

She crossed her arms. "Try me."

Lily narrowed her eyes. "Fine, he's indescent, rude, my dad's old rival's son, and only cares about himself." The boys across the table seemed to catch on who they were talking about. Lily noticed this, grabbed a piece of bread, then fled from the Great Hall.

"Ready, you undeserving little twits?" Proffesor Filch asked them the next night.

They both nodded, not saying anything.

"Then come along." He started out of Hogwarts towards Hagrid's little hut. Hagrid was standing outside already.

"Them?" Hagrid exclaimed. "What did they do?" Hagrid caught Lily's eye and gave her a smile. She smiled back.

Filch scoffed. "That's unimportant, just do it. Send them back when they're bruised." Scorpius stared at the professor weird. Filch didn't notice and walked off without a backward's glance.

Hagrid started laughing. "Oi, memories. Both of your dads got their first detention together doing the same thing. Well, let's go now, I don't wanna be out 'ere all nigh'."

Lily and Scorpius sent each other nervous glances. Hagrid and his boarhound Fang started off into the forest. "The forest?" Lily mused.

Scorpius didn't look so carefree though. Hagrid laughed more. "Yeah, your dad was scared senseless too, Malfoy. Now Harry he wasn't the least bit nervous tha' I remember."

"I am not scared!" Scorpius said. He took out his wand mumbling, "Lumos."

Lily did the same to her wand. They walked into the dark forest in silence for mere minutes before Fang started barking and howling at the top of his lungs. "Shh!" Hagrid kept saying to him but the dog wouldn't shut up.

When everyone thought Fang had stopped he took off, chasing a small figure. "Uh-oh!" Hagrid took off after him.

"Hagrid!" Lily shouted but he didn't turn back. Now she was slightly nervous. "Maybe we should turn back?" Lily offered.

"How? We don't even know which way we came," Scorpius said. She nodded, not sure what to do. "But I'm sure we'll be okay," he said, sounding like he was trying to convince himself.

They both tried to breath quietly. Something snarled behind them. Lily let out a little yelp and Scorpius was now scared senseless.

They turned around to find a werewolf growling at them. Before either of them could say anything, Scorpius was pinned to the ground, the werewolf digging his claws into his shoulder blades.

"Scorpius!" Lily screamed. She took out her wand, pointing it at the werewolf. She was about to say 'Stupefy' but the creature whipped around pushed Lily aside, creating claw marks on her back and blood started to spill. Lily fell to the ground. She barely lifted up her wand and grumbled, "Stupefy."

The werewolf fell over backwards, unable to move, before it had a chance to bite Scorpius, who was now spilling his own blood.

Lily painfully moved over to him. "Are you okay?" she asked.

"Me?" He chuckled slightly. "What about you?" He wiped a thumb across her forehead, to show she had been cut there.

"That wasn't fun..." She gave him a shaky smile.

He smiled back at her. "You saved my life, Lily. Thank you." They both stood up, clutching each other for support. They ignored that both of them had blood everywhere, Scorpius on his shoulders, Lily on her back and forehead. "Filch will be happy..."

Just then, Hagrid came bounding towards them. "Merlin's beard! What happened?"

Both Lily and Scorpius didn't want to explain so they just shook their heads. "Can we just get back now?" Lily asked.

"O' course!" Fang turned up behind Hagrid. All of them walked as fast as they could back to Hogwarts, Lily and Scorpius still holding each other.

Filch was waiting for them at the entrance. "Less than an hour and you're already back?" he asked, then glanced at them, smiling evilly. "Very good, Hagrid, they're more than bruised and in less than an hour!"

Lily just glared at him. "Let's go to Madam Pomfrey," she muttered to Scorpius. Releasing each other, they both walked away from Hagrid and Filch to the hospital wing.

"It's so late, how did you manage to get this badly hurt?" Madam Pomfrey asked them when they go there.

"Werewolf," Scorpius told her.

She got wide-eyed. "Were you bitten?"

They both shook their heads.

Madam Pomfrey. "Good... Sit, I'll patch you up." Both Lily and Scorpius sat down next to each other. She easily and quickly healed both of their cuts.

Lily had no scar on her forehead but when she looked at her back she saw thin white lines that were almost invisible against her skin. Scorpius had the same situation.

"Thank you, Madam Pomfrey," Lily said gratefully. She smiled at Lily then motioned for them to leave.

Lily turned to Scorpius when they were out of ear shot of Madam Pomfrey. "I'm sorry," she said to him.

Scorpius looked at her quizically. "What for?"

"Everything. Lying to you," she mumbled the last part mostly to herself.

"What did you lie to me about?" he asked.

She looked up into his gray eyes. "For what I said in the library."

"Since we're apologizing, I'm sorry for..."

Lily raised an eyebrow at him, amused. "You really have to think about it?" she asked.

"Well, according to you, I'm indescent, rude, your dad's old rival's son, and conceited," Scorpius summed up.

"I never said conceited, I said only cares about himself. That's different. But now that you mention it, you're conceited too." Lily smirked.

Scorpius looked at her half-amused, half-irritated. "What are my ups, then?" he asked.

"Well... Uh... You're okay looking and... Yeah that's pretty much it," Lily told him. "But after tonight I'm willing to be friends if you are?"

Scorpius smiled. "Yeah... Almost being killed with someone really puts things into perspective."

Lily, before she lost her nerve, kissed him on the cheek. He raised a hand to touch it. "What?" she asked.

"What was that for?"

"I don't know, saving me on the Quidditch field?" Her cheeks started to heat up even though she rarely blushed.

"In that case-" He kissed her cheek "-that's for saving me tonight."

YAY! They're friends now! Only took 9 chapters but they're friends! And I only got 1 review! If you want me to update I'm going to need at least 3!

And if you didn't notice I sorta stole the 'Almost being killed with someone really puts things into perspective' from Maximum Ride. Max said, 'The funny thing about almost dying is that it really snaps things into perspective'

But whatever! I NEED THREE REVIEWS!

Song I'm listening to: Stereo Hearts by Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Leving

-LilyAndScorpiusIsForever