(500) Days of Lily Pedals
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Scorpius and Hero were skipping rocks into the Black Lake. It was their 'brother-sister' time, or so everyone else called it. Hero didn't call it that.
"She likes Shakespeare and Greek Mythology. Her book bag is flooded with stickers of the Bulgarians and the Weird Sisters."
"Your favorites," Hero said, emotionless, skipping a rock that seemed to bounce off of a fish or something.
"She's like a copy of me. It's uncanny. I think I love her," Scorpius said with dazed eyes.
Hero rolled her eyes. "Oh, brother."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Just cause someone likes the same weird Muggle and retarded sh*t you do doesn't mean she's the one. You don't even like Greek Mythology."
"Yes, I do," he protested.
"Name one god."
"Uhm…Pluto," he said.
Hero laughed. "That's a Roman god, genius. It's also a planet and the name of some stupid dog."
"She's just interesting is all," he said, skipping his rock into the lake getting seven skips. No matter what Hero said, it would never convince him that she wasn't 'the one or whatever' as Hero would say it.
When a person believes something to be true, it takes damning extremely true information to change their mind; and even that, sometimes, isn't enough. Scorpius had always been an extremely true believer in true love, love at first sight, and soul mates. Though, there was more evidence to condemn this theory than prove it.
Exhibit A: Emma Taylor. In first year, Scorpius sent the girl he liked a Valentine and watched anxiously from across the room as she opened it. Mortified, he saw another boy ignite the Valentine into flames.
Exhibit B: That one girl. We'll call it a random make-out buddy. It was love at first kiss as Scorpius made out with a girl he met at a party. Right after he left, he stalked her. Not an hour later, she was already making out with another girl.
Exhibit C: "I love you so much, Nat. I feel like I've known you my whole life." Natalie Benson. "I think we should see other people."
Exhibit D: Alice Flint.
"What's complicated? I thought you loved me. You said you loved me."
"It's not that easy, Scorpius." Scorpius looked at Alice for a long moment. A long, agonizing moment. "Would you stop looking at me like that?"
"Like what? This is just how my face looks."
Alice rolled her eyes. "Okay. You know how you wanted me to read the play MacBeth and I loved it?" Scorpius nodded. "I still love it, don't get me wrong. It's just…I don't want to read it anymore."
"I don't understand."
"I'd rather read something else. Do you see what I'm getting at?"
Scorpius looks at her like she's crazy. It starts to sink in but he won't have it. "But that play is freaking awesome!"
Haha. Poor Scorpius. Love hurts XD