A/N: Sorry for the wait. I get so caught up reading everyone else's stories that sometimes I forget to write. But this is just a little sweet chapter with a fun ending!
Ch. 16 The Ask
The past few weeks had been wonderful for Lily and Scorpius. Every minute they weren't in class or at Quidditch practice was spent in either hidden in secluded nooks of the castle or in the Room of Requirement. They spent hours attached to each other. Al had commented on the scarcity of his best friend and every time Scorpius would mock Al saying, "Well, I'm so sorry for finding this great girl and I like hanging out with her better than you." Scorpius would then smirk at Al and then feel obligated to spend the next day hanging out with his best friend. Scorpius didn't really mind spending the time with Al, but it just meant more time away from Lily.
Lily in turn would go off to find either Alice or Hugo. This was a day just like that. Alice and Lily hung out in their room.
"Lils, has Scor asked you to the Yule Ball yet?" Alice asked.
"No, not yet which I find a little strange, but hopefully he asks soon because I want enough time to find the perfect outfit."
"I hope he does it in a grand, romantic way because I have to live vicariously through you since my life is pathetically lonely," Alice laughed melancholically as she fell back onto her bed. Moments later Lily came thumping down next to her.
"Oh shut your mouth, Longbottom, that's my best friend you're talking about. I think she's wonderful and beautiful and I just know someone amazing is going to ask her to the Yule Ball he's just a little slow in asking, haha." Lily reassured her friend and Alice kindly smiled back. Lily really was a great friend when she wasn't attached to Scorpius' mouth.
Alice only joked about that of course. She was immensely happy Lily found someone that brought a smile to her face and got that horrible Kevin away from Lily. She didn't know much about him, but her father said he wasn't well behaved in herbology. A few times Alice and Hugo had to tell Kevin to get away when he tried to coming to the Gryffindor common room. Luckily, every time Lily has been elsewhere with Scorpius. Between Alice and Hugo and even Al, Kevin wasn't allowed anywhere near Lily and Scorpius.
Alice obviously was happy about having more time to be around Al Potter. There were a couple of sheets of parchment that said, "Al & Alice 4ever" written many times over and over again. Alice hadn't heard if Al had asked anyone to the dance, but at the same time Scorpius was talking to his best mate about the same dance.
The two Gryffindor best mates walked down to the kitchen to hang out. They were growing young men after all and they could eat a large amount at any time. The house elves made a fuss about the two of them. Al and Scorpius were finally set-up with three plates of sandwiches, a pile of fruit and a massive bowl of pudding. Neither boy complained about the amount of food because they were most honestly starving. They gulped down three sandwiches and two glasses of pumpkin juice before either boy talked to the other.
"Scor, when do you plan on asking my sister to the Yule Ball? I'm sure she's going crazy since you haven't asked yet," al inhaled down another sandwich and chuckled.
Scorpius laughed too, "I'm just giving her a little trouble with the wait. She needed a little ribbing since it took her so long to realize how awesome I am. Plus I wanted to plan a romantic war to ask her. She does get a funny face when we're together almost pleading with her eyes for me to finally ask, but nothing is going to ruin my perfect plan." Scorpius smirked and remembered yesterday when Lily told him she believed the Malfoys had trademarked their smirks.
Scorpius was proud of his plan, but he hadn't shared much of it with anyone and only a little with Al. Although, Al did have a part to play. "Al, just remember to have Lily down in her chair for dinner tomorrow. Or else I will tell your mum about the time you nicked her broom to meet that muggle girl." Al vehemently shook his head in agreement. His mum couldn't know about that meeting.
"No worries, mate, I'll have here there even if I have to put a permanent sticking charm on her seat." The two friends laughed out loud knowing Lily would kill them for sticking her to a seat in the Great Hall.
"Al, when are you going to ask anyone to the dance?" Scorpius had an idea who his friend wanted to ask, but he was going to drag the answer out of him. Or he at least hoped Al knew who he should ask. The answer was obvious.
"I don't know that anyone has really caught my eye yet. There are some possibilities though." Al didn't want to give away his heart to the girl he had in mind, because he wasn't sure if she felt the same way. But Al did want to ask that girl to the dance, he just had to build up his Gryffindor courage.
"You're not going to ask Alexandria Nott to the dance are you? I don't think I could stand a whole evening with her." Scorpius smirked again. He hoped that outrageous guess would get his friend to admit his crush.
"No, definitely not Nott. Ha, not Nott. Oh, that's punny." The two boys laughed.
"Yea, Al, you're a regular comedian. Maybe you should go on a tour and give up magic." Scorpius chided his friend. After all, what were friends for.
"Well, now I'm never going to tell you who I want to ask." Al stood up and walked towards the exit planning to leave Scorpius by himself when Scorpius yelled back at him.
"You better ask Alice before some Hufflepuff dork asks her first," Al then turned as red as his mother's hair. Scorpius could hear him yell back.
"You know, I really hate you." Al enjoyed Scorpius' friendship. He was certainly glad they shared a compartment that day in September when they first boarded the Hogwarts Express. Although sometimes Al thought they had to stay friends forever because Scorpius knew too many of Al's secrets.
Lily got out of Potions early. She and Alice dropped their books off in their room and headed down to the Great Hall for dinner. Lily hadn't seen Scorpius all day and it definitely dampened Lily's mood through her classes.
Lily and Alice sat down and noticed no other Gryffindors were seated down to dinner yet except one black haired boy.
"Hey, Al, how are you the only Gryffindor down here eating now? I at least thought Hugo would be here?"
In between mouthfuls Al said, "I don't know. Lils, I'm not Hugo's keeper, nor do I keep track of every single Gryffindor at Hogwarts." Al was terrible at keeping secrets and he didn't dare look at Lily or Alice, knowing they would read his face and know something was up.
"Wow, keep your panties on, Albus Severus. It was just a question." Lily huffed at her brother and took a seat next to him. Just then the doors of the Great Hall opened and a massive amount of students came through to the center of the room. Lily noticed each student was carrying something and oddly enough every student seemed to be a Gryffindor from years 1 through 7. They all made a line in a formation and turned around to face Lily. They had a message written down.
As the letters came together Lily read out loud, "Flower, please be my beautiful date to the Yule Ball." Then Scorpius appeared next to Lily. She had no idea how she didn't notice the blond hottie next to her. Lily laughed and a feeling of calmness washed over her. Whew, she thought, he's finally asking me.
Scorpius knelt down at Lily's side, obviously noticing her extreme happiness and gave Lily a flower. And not just any flower, an everlasting lily. Scorpius knew he was laying the cheesy romance on thick, but how many Yule Balls actually happened. And Scorpius knew he wasn't going to waste an opportunity to show Lily how wonderful of a boyfriend he was and how deeply he was in love with her without officially saying it yet.
"Lily Luna Potter, will you do me the honor of letting me escort the most entrancing, beautiful girl at Hogwarts to the Yule Ball? Please keep in mind and know I am a Champion, so I need a pretty and fierce date!" Lily hesitated only long enough to make Scorpius feel a little anxiety. Lily was never going to say no to him and the scary thought was she didn't think she could ever say no to Scorpius. 'He's just so beautiful,' Lily thought.
"Lily?" Scorpius asked a little quieter than he expected.
"Yes! I'll go with the most handsome guy here!" Lily was then thrown into the air as Scorpius had picked her up and twirled around. Every Gryffindor clapped and even many of the other Houses. They were in awe of the new Hogwarts Golden Couple, but two students did not applaud the happy couple.
No one saw Al slip behind the Gryffindor formation and light the fireworks he had specially ordered from his Uncle George. Al also sent a message to his potential date. And as she read the words hanging in the air, Al barely had any time to gain his balance as Alice's small frame launched into his arms and said, "Yes, you stupid git."
The four friends were blissfully happy and had no idea that one person sitting in the Great Hall wanted to shatter that happiness.
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