Lily shoved her robes into her trunk. She'd had this trunk ever since she was a first year. Now it was the last day of her fifth year. She bent down on her knees to retrieve her broom from under her bed.

Something soft brushed the back of her legs. "Stella," she whispered, scooping up the small black cat in her arms. "How'd you get up here? Aren't you supposed to be in the Gryffindor tower room?" Stella had managed to escape from Hugo 19 times since they'd really started hanging out together.

The little cat meowed in response. Lily scratched her behind her ears, causing Stella to purr like a car engine. "You sneaky little cat." She stood up, laying her broom on her trunk. "Let's get you back to your careless dad." Lily walked down the stairs, almost running straight into a short, curly-haired girl. "Whoa, sorr-, Clara?"

Wide eyes looked up at her. "Oh, hi, Lily." Her voice was cracked and squeaky, but she managed to remain her composure. The only thing that gave her away were her tear stained cheeks.

"Err, hi. Something happen?" Stella squirmed in her arms. Lily released the cat and it darted out of the open door as a Slytherin entered. "You look like you've been crying."

Clara wiped her eyes. "Oh, it's just that Scorpius broke up with me." Hearing his name was like a punch in the stomach to Lily, but hearing that they broke up made her feel like celebrating.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Clara. What happened?" The way that the two girls were talking almost made it seem like they'd never stopped being best friends.

"H-he said that he was in love with someone else." Then she made a big sob/choking noise. Lily could've sworn she almost threw-up.

Instead, all she said was, "Oh..." She cleared her throat. "I'm sorry." What surprised her most was that, Clara threw her arms around Lily and sobbed into her shoulder. Lily patted her back awkwardly. "It's okay..." What made things worse was that Lily felt really guilty about the previos year and what happened with Scorpius. "I need to tell you something."

Taking her by the arm, Lily led her over to a couch by the fire. "What?" Clara choked out between sobs.

Lily then explained what had happened between her and Malfoy the previous year. She finished with, "Then I broke up with him because I felt super guilty about going behind your back." Her stomach churned with anxiety. At the same time it felt good to actually admit it.

Clara burst into fits of laughter, that eventually turned into louder sobs. Some Slytherins near them gave them odd looks. Lily just gave them glares. "I'm so sorry," Lily soothed. "I should've told you earlier."

"It's not that. I knew you liked him the whole times, it's just that when you said you didn't like him I went for it anyway, knowing I'd get hurt in the end." Lily hugged Clara then. "Now it's too late for the both of us."

Lily wanted to cry too then. "It's okay. We'll both get through this. Friends again?" She didn't try to hide the hopefulness in her voice.

"Best, forever." Both girls laughed and hugged. "Missed you, Lils."

"Missed you too, Clara." Lily drew back from Clara. "I have to finish packing. I'll see you on the train in an hour." Clara nodded and turned towards the fire. Instead of going back up to her dorm though, she slipped through the door, up and out of the dungeons. She found Scorpius leaning lazily against the castle exit. It was beautiful outside and birds chirped. "Hey, Malfoy!" she shouted at him.

The silver blond boy turned towards her. A look of confusion crossed his face. "Potter? What are you-" Before he could respond Lily slapped him across his face. "What the hell?"

"That's for hurting Clara!" She scowled at him.

"I didn't hurt her. I told her the truth, which is much better than hurting her. I didn't want to lead her into false pretenses." His voice was calm, but his eyes looked cracked and sad.

"And you couldn't of done it earlier and not waited until you'd been dating for over a year!" Her own voice held the anger and sadness she'd had over him for the past year.

He scoffed. "No, I wanted to see if I could try to love her like I love this other girl, but it turned out to be impossible. I apologize for any inconvenience."

Lily swallowed. "I'm not the one you should be apologizing to. It's Clara." She turned her back on him, wanting nothing more than to find James who was no longer at Hogwarts. Instead she found Albus packing up the last of the Quidditch items. "Albus?" she whispered.

He jumped, turning around. "Oh, Lily, hi, something wrong?" When he saw that she was on the verge of tears but also fuming with anger, concerned filled his every emotion. Swiftly he walked towards her, placing his hands on her shoulders, and waited for her to respond.

"Yeah, fine. I'm just going to miss you next year." She hugged him, crying into his shoulder. "All my brothers will be gone."

He kissed her head. "That's hardly true. You can always write to James and me. Plus, you have Hugo and Freddie. Don't forget there's quite a lot of the Weasley family, even if you are part of the youngest generation. Teddy wants you to write to him more often as well. You're never really alone, Lily. You have more than the average family who loves you to pieces."

She sniffled, then wiped her noise. "You're right. I'm just really going to miss you."

"I'm going to miss you too, but don't get rid of me just yet. We still have a whole summer together, remember?" He laughed lightly.

Lily cracked of smile. "Wouldn't even consider it."

...

She laid her head against the window of the Hogwart's Express. Hugo, Freddie, and Clara sat with her in the compartment. Stella kept weaving herself around Lily's legs, making Odden sqwuak at her.

"Shut up, you stupid bird," Lily snapped at Odden. Stella let out an appreciative meow. Hugo plucked his cat off the ground into his lap.

"Stella seems to like you more than me," Hugo observed.

"Nah, I just feed her bits of bacon at breakfast." Freddie and Clara chuckled in response. Lily tried to get to sleep after that, but she was restless. Her cousins and friend chatted around her, while she pretended to sleep. In truth, she was still upset about Scorpius. She should've gotten over him a year ago and she had. Or at least she'd thought she had. She'd just buried it. It was uncovered when she bumped into Clara. Her heart still yearned to have him with her.

Not soon enough, the train pulled into King's Cross Station. Lily heaved her trunk out of the train. She spotted her parents waving at her. She smiled a true smile at them. "Well, I'll see you soon, Clara."

"Write to me, okay?" she asked.

"'Course." They both hugged, before Lily made her way over to her parents. "Hi, Mum, Dad." She hugged both her parents tightly.

"Something wrong, kiddo?" Harry asked his daughter.

She shook her head. "No, everything's-"

Lily was interrupted by, "Potter." In a moment someone had pressed their lips against hers. She was so surprised at first that she didn't respond. Then she was even more surprised when she saw it was Scorpius. Instead of reacting with her brain, she reacted with her heart. Lily kissed him back with all the passion, pain, sadness, and anger she'd felt over this past year, completely oblivious to her parents standing right behind her. Her wand clattered out of her hand. Scorpius placed both hands on Lily's face. This motion had a sort of protective and possesive meaning to it. Lily tangled one hand in his silvery, blond locks, the other on his shoulder. The only thing that forced them a part was the need for oxygen.

Harry stared at his daughter, not saying anything. Ginny stood with her hand covering her mouth. "Oh, my," was what she said.

Slightly out of breath, Lily asked, "Can I talk to him for a moment? Alone?" Harry looked like he was about to protest, but Ginny coaxed him away. "Scorpius?"

"Lily, I'm so sorry. Last year was a mistake. Asking you to choose between me and your best friend... I didn't know I was that selfish." Scorpius gazed at her like she was his Juliet. The longing in his look sent shivers down Lily's back.

"Yes, it was selfish. I wished you could've figured that out earlier." She touched the cheek that she slapped earlier. "But some people deserve second chances."

"But I don't deserve a second chance, Lily. I don't deserve you at all." His voice was pleading, filled with sorrow.

Lily shook her head, laughing. "That's the thing. It takes a big man to kiss a girl in front of her father, when their fathers hated each other in school, and her father is one of the most famous wizards of all time. It takes an even bigger man to admit that you were wrong and selfish and mean it. Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy, I've wanted you since you showed me to the Owlery in my first year, just didn't know it. Don't ruin it now with a modest ego."

He looked like he was about to cry. Instead he pulled her close to him. Lily could hear his heart beating against his chest. "I can't lose you again."

"You don't have to." Then she pulled his face down to meet hers and kissed him again.

Yay! They're back together! I know it's fast but people PM'd death threats cause they broke up... I got them back together cheasily though! That make you happy? I'm probably going to have one more chapter after this. If you want a sequel tell me! I have an idea for one if you'd like.

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