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Socks

Scorpius walked through Diagon Alley hopelessly. He had come here today in hopes of finding a birthday present. And this wasn't just any present. This was a present for that girl. The girl that he had liked for almost forever and was too shy and too afraid of rejection to do anything about. She didn't even know that he liked her. Heck, even his best friend didn't know he liked her, but it wasn't like Scorpius would tell Albus; Lily was his sister after all. And best friends just don't date each other's sisters. He wasn't sure how Albus would react if he found out that Scorpius had been lusting away over his baby sister for almost four years? He would probably be six feet under by now. But now Scorpius decided that he had to do something about it. He had decided that her birthday would be the perfect opportunity to show his affection, and that he could amaze her at the same time with the greatest present ever… if only Scorpius could work out what that was.

He sighed as he ran a hand through his perfect blonde hair and licked his teeth out of habit. He had been searching for hours and still nothing had come to him. Any thing that he had seen that he had at first thought would be an amazing present always had a default; It was too bright, too dull, to cliché, too embarrassing, not meaningful enough… you kind of get the drift. He saw one of the few magical jewellery stores and peered in the window hopefully, thinking that maybe he might see a necklace or ring that she might like, but a problem came to him; Rings were too presumptuous and they weren't even dating (yet, he thought hopefully… the hopeful voice was slowly being strangled by the worried voice) And of course, necklaces were too cliché and overdone in attempts of guys wooing girls. Scorpius wanted to stand out, he wanted to show her that he didn't just follow the crowd and was willing to step outside the lines for her.

After a further two hours of nothing, Scorpius gave in. He would never find something for her. Not something that would impress the socks off of her. His last thought startled him as he looked up… why was he thinking about socks? He looked up at the brightly decorated window before him and grinned amusedly at the bright display of magical and otherwise socks. He had always loved this place. It was so bright and cheerful and amusing that it always cheered him up when he had shopping depression. And that always seemed to happen a lot. He sighed to himself once more. Perhaps he just wasn't meant to impress her. Maybe he should just give up. But he still wanted to get her a present; he had always given her one. Scorpius was grinning widely as he entered the bright yellow door, a tinkling sound echoing through out the store. He looked at the walls, which were covered in all shades, from canary yellow to deep burgundy to pale violet to rich scarlet. He could see almost every colour ever imagined hanging there and even more could be seen filling the row after row of socks.

Scorpius sat on his favourite bench in the western charms courtyard and wrote slowly and precisely onto the parchment before him, completing his transfiguration assignment that was due the next day. Today was the first day back at school after the Easter break and Scorpius had enjoyed using the time to catch up with his friends, but now decided that the homework could no longer be put off. He heard the sound of rushing feet and an animated voice called his name jovially. Scorpius lifted his head and smiled as he watched Lily Potter skipping happily towards him. She was dressed in her normal crazy way, which made Scorpius smile. Her Shirt was black and had flashing pink and green love hearts all over the front. Her tight black skinny jeans were rolled up at the bottom and unnecessarily held up by a pair of loose lucid green suspenders. Her shoes were a miss matched pair of converses, one pink and one green, and her short red hair was flying messily around her face. She plopped down beside him on the stone bench and grinned widely at him.

'Hello Scorpius!' she exclaimed loudly. Scorpius smiled back.

'Hello Lily how was your holiday?' She peered at him perceptively, her bright green eyes snapping with amusement.

'Eh… It was good…' Scorpius shook his head and rolled his eyes.

'And your birthday?' Lily bared her teeth in an exaggerated smile.

'It was awesome!!! I got the best present ever!' Scorpius smiled, knowing that it had to be either the new pair of Dragon Hide Quidditch gloves from Albus, or the unusually coloured ferret from her parents.

'Let me guess… is it Philip, the amazing green and black ferret?' Lily cocked her head to the side.

'Well, no, it wasn't… I guess I have to say the second best present then. Philip is quite amazing, isn't he?' Scorpius laughed at her, only she would want a pet ferret, but he had to admit that Philip was a pretty cool animal. 'Anyway, no, as I was saying, the second best present! C'mon, guess!'

'The Dragon Hide Gloves?' She shook her head 'The broom care kit?' She shook her head again. 'The candy? The dress? The joke materials? The jacket? The Jewellery?' a no was the answer to every guess 'Then what?' Lily grinned at Scorpius and swung her legs up onto his lap. She reached down and pulled up the folded ends of her pants, to reveal a pair of brightly coloured rainbow stripy socks that ended just above her knees.

'How awesome are these? And look at what they can do?' She tapped them with her wand and Scorpius watched in amusement as the colours started to move in a strip down her legs, dizzying anyone if they stared for too long. She smiled at Scorpius happily. 'Thanks! These are the awesomest socks ever!!! You always seem to get the best presents.' Scorpius smiled back.

'Glad that you like them. They took so long to pick out.' Scorpius' Hopeful voice was jumping for joy, having sprung back from the dead.

'Really, Scor, Thanks.' She smiled again, this time seeming different to the others. She swung her legs down again and covered the socks before engulfing the blonde Ravenclaw in a hug and kissing him on the cheek. When she pulled back, she blushed hard and stood up. 'Well… uh… I have to go!' She squeaked out and quickly ran away from Scorpius who was also blushing like mad.