(500) Days of Lily Pedals

Long chapter for a long wait! I've had this up forever, apparently, and just never posted. This MAY be the last chapter. I don't know. This is the last one I have pre-made. But, perhaps I'll work on it, again. It was really just a random boost of inspiration. But, I hope you've enjoyed it up to this point, regardless if I continue or not.

This is, actually, my favorite chapter, so far (:

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Scorpius, Albus, Frank and Roy entered the Three Broomsticks. It was around 6:00 on a Saturday night so there was plenty of time to do whatever it is Frank had planned. He had his arms around Scorpius and Albus while Roy walked significantly far away from him with his hands in his pockets looking less than amused. Though, even Roy liked a good drink.

Scorpius almost stopped dead when he entered the Three Broomsticks. Lily was here; Frank wasn't lying. Frank saw his face and smirked smacking him on the back a few times. "I told ya, buddy," he said, smiling.

Lily was here with a few friends and some family. No boys, clearly. Albus recognized them. All his cousins. Rose, Lucy and Roxanne were the extent of family and a few of Lily's friends that Scorpius recognized in Gryffindor.

"Come on, lover boy. Later," Frank said and led the boys towards an empty table. They sat down and Frank ordered four fire-whiskeys. They sat in silence for a while. Scorpius was still staring at Lily. Albus was staring at Scorpius. Roy was staring at the ceiling and Frank was just sitting there grinning, looking at all three of them.

"Do you think I should go over there?" Scorpius asked.

"You do anything your peni-"

"Frank," Albus warned.

"Thing suggests you to," Frank said, correcting himself.

Scorpius bit his lip staring at her. Lily's hair was hot pink today, even though she hated that color. She was smiling and laughing and blowing out the one candle that was placed on a cupcake. Scorpius couldn't take his eyes off her. Albus rolled his eyes.

"I'm leaving," he announced. Scorpius didn't stop him. He probably didn't even hear him, having stared at her for so long. As Albus was leaving, he was stopped by his sister.

"Big brother?" Lily yelled. She then ran over to him and greeted him in a hug, kissing him on the cheek.

"Oh, hi, Lily," he said. "Happy birthday." His voice was very unenthused.

Lily was less than five steps away from him. Albus gave him a look that seemed to say 'I dare you' and he looked like he meant it. When Albus was angry, don't mess with him.

"Hey, do you guys want to join us? My friends wanted to meet some cute guys, anyway," she said with a smile. Albus was not amused. Frank was up in a second. He went over to Lily and put his arm around her.

"You know, sweetie, love to meet them but do you perhaps have any attractive homosexual friends because I happen to roll the opposite way, if you know what I mean," he said, flicking her nose with his finger. Lily giggled.

"Frank, I think the tables know what you mean," Roy said, unenthusiastically.

"You must be Roy," Lily grinned. Roy looked up at her, confused.

"Have we met?" he asked, a little seductively. Scorpius kicked Roy under the table causing Roy to chuckle. He loved messing with him.

"No, but Albus talks about his friends all the time. He says you're fluent in sarcasm," she said.

"I'm fluent in other stuff too, ya know," he said with a smirk causing Lily to laugh. Scorpius gave Roy the death look but Roy didn't care.

"Roy," Albus warned.

"Oh, relax, big brother. All in good fun. Come on, you guys," she said, tugging on Albus's arm and tilting her head towards her party. Roy, Scorpius and Frank all followed Lily and Albus to her birthday table. Scorpius held his head a little taller that day.

He was slightly frozen at the idea of celebrating Lily's sixteenth birthday with her. Albus wasn't too enthused but he'd get used to it.

Frank was having the time of his life talking with the girls. A gay guy, for some reason, was the object of the attention.

"So, Frank, have you ever kissed a guy?" Roxanne asked, giggling.

Frank chugged the rest of a bottle of his fire-whiskey. "Have I ever kissed a guy? I've gone a little farther than that!" All the girls squealed. Roy rolled his eyes.

"Well, I think Frank's had a little more alcohol than his system allows," Roy said.

At this, Frank paid attention to Roy. He put his arm around Roy and kissed his cheek. "You know, me and Roy did a little bit of stuff one time." Roy gave Frank a death look.

"I am digging your grave when I get back, Longbottom," he growled.

"Is that true?" Lucy laughed.

Frank chuckled. "You bet your pretty face it's true. Made out. Tongue and all. One too many fire-whiskeys for the both of us, eh, Roy?" Then, Frank let out a large burp. He twirled Roy's hair within his fingers. Roy was not amused. The girls were looking at Roy, expectantly. "Come on, Roy. Tell 'em."

Roy sighed, not satisfied. Though, he was cornered. "It's true." All the girls started screaming. "If you girls don't shut up, I swear to God-"

Frank laughed. "Don't mind Roy, here. He's always been shy."

Scorpius and Albus were sitting there in agony listening to the conversation. Yes, they remembered the night Roy and Frank did stuff. They don't talk about it mainly because Roy would pound them to a bone if they ever mentioned it again. That and he promised that if it was ever brought up again he would never help them out with their homework assignments. And, let's face it, without Roy, they'd all fail.

Lily stood up with a butterbeer in her hand, laughing at the conversation between Frank and Roy. "I'm gonna use the restroom, peeps," she announced, placing her butterbeer on the table and left. Scorpius watched her as she left and stood up.

"I'm going to-" he started but no one heard him or cared so he didn't even bother. He followed Lily to the restroom and waited outside the girls restroom for her.

It took a while but she finally came out. She came out the door and ran into him almost straight away. "Oh, hi, Scorpius," she said.

Scorpius cleared his throat. "Hi." There was a long pause. "I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday," he told her.

Lily smiled, showing her bright white teeth. "Thank you. You, too," she laughed.

Frank suddenly showed up. Scorpius made a mental note to help Roy dig that grave for Frank he was talking about earlier. "Scorpius! I was looking for you," Frank announced. He nearly fell on top of Scorpius. He was drunk, that's for sure.

"You okay, Frank?" Scorpius asked.

"Well, the Four Broomsticks isn't here anymore because I drank it," he said.

Scorpius smirked. "Three, Frank."

"Is it? It feels like six," he said. "Hello, pretty lady. You're the birthday girl, right?" Lily smiled and nodded. "You know, he likes you," Frank said putting his hand on Scorpius's shoulder.

"Okay, Frank, you need to shut-"

"No, it's okay. Don't be shy, man. He loves you. Like a lot." Scorpius started pushing him. "Hey, I'm tryin' to help you out!"

"Kay, Frank how bout you go sit over there and I'll walk you home so Roy doesn't murder you. That's if I don't murder you first," he said, mumbling. Frank gave Scorpius a wink and went to sit down where he had suggested him too. He then turned to Lily and scratched the back of his head awkwardly. "Sorry about 'im. He can't really handle his alcohol at all. Gets drunk really fast."

Lily pursed her lips together and nodded. There was a pause and then she smiled. "Is that true?" she asked.

"Oh, yeah. I remember one time he even hit on a girl he was so wasted. And he's strictly gay. I mean, men. Nothing else. Though, it was a shock to see Roy and him tog-"

Lily laughed. "No, uhm, the other thing." Scorpius looked at her like she was crazy even though he knew exactly what she was referring to. "That you…like me," she said.

Scorpius was extremely uncomfortable now. He was sweating a bit and he was trying to loosen the knot on his tie. It made Lily laugh. "Uhh, yeah, of course I do. I like you."

"As a friend?" she asked.

Shit. She was good at this. "Erm, yeah. Of course. As a friend," he said with a forced smile. Idiot. No! Not just as a friend. No!

"Just as a friend?" she asked with her cute smile.

Scorpius was really nervous now. He could feel the sweat glands in his hair and became self-conscious. "Wow, I don't feel good," he said. Possibly the stupidest thing to say in this situation. "I think I'm gonna go take Frank home and uh…throw up."

He was about to leave when she said something. "Hey," she laughed. "Wait." She grabbed the edge of his shirt and pulled him towards an area of the bar where no one could see or spy on them. When they were successfully out of sight, she pushed him up against the wall and kissed him. Her soft lips brushing up against his extremely nervous ones. But he kissed back which is actually harder than it sounds. Her hands rushed through his hair but his just stayed at her side.

It was the best kiss in the world. This was bliss.

Don't you just LOVE Frank in this chapter? haha

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