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Key

Scorpius awoke on Christmas Morning in high spirits. He jumped swiftly out of his bed and quickly dressed before heading into the lounge where there stood a silver and white decorated Christmas tree. Underneath it was a pile of presents for him, and he smirked as he sat cross- legged on the soft carpeted floor and started to slowly open them.

In the end, he had one from everybody. Well, almost everybody, but the one that was missing was the one that made him worry the most. He frowned slightly. It wasn't that he wanted more material things; those hardly mattered to him. It was just the fact that Lily hadn't given him anything for Christmas, hadn't even sent a card to him, and it upset him that she had forgotten him. They had been going out for over six months now. His fears had just started to get the better of him when the doorbell rang loudly. He jumped slightly and ran quickly to open it, coming face to face with Lily, who was still dressed in her pajamas under her thick coat. Albus stood down the hall, similarly dressed and shivering slightly from the cold. He waved quickly at Scorpius with a friendly smile and turned away, rubbing his arms out of sheer desperate measures.

'Hey Scor.' Lily grinned happily as she threw her arms around him 'Merlin I missed you.' She kissed him lightly on his warm lips. Scorpius smiled, truly happy, and hugged her back.

'Missed you too, my love.' He kissed her forehead 'What are you doing here though?' Lily bit her lip slightly.

'I wanted to give you your present in person.' Scorpius looked at her empty arms skeptically and Lily laughed lightly before pulling a small, rectangular package from her coat. She handed it over and Scorpius shook it, causing a rattling noise to issue from it.

'Hmmm...' he gently tore away the starry purple paper to reveal a plain, white and almost flat box. He prised the lid of and frowned. 'A key?' Lily laughed embarrassedly.

'Yes.'

'Why?' he asked her incredulously.

'Well, I couldn't think of what to get you...'

'So you got me a key?' he cut across her.

'Scor, shut your mouth a minute, will you?' she slapped his arm playfully. 'It's symbolic, okay?'

'Okay,' he agreed, smiling slightly at her aggressive behaviour. 'Sooo... what does it mean then?' Lily bit her lip again and chewed slightly. She picked up the tiny golden object and watched as it glittered in the soft hall light.

'This, is the key to my heart. And, since my heart is yours, you get to be the keeper of the key. Always.' Scorpius just looked at her and Lily blushed with embarrassment. 'It's stupid. Just- Just forget it. I...' Scorpius plucked the tiny thing from her fingers and put it into his pocket.

'Thank you.' He kissed her sweetly 'This is the best present by far. Period.' Lily grinned happily up at him. Down the hall, Albus coughed loudly and pointedly.

'I have to go now. Our parents are waiting for us.' Scorpius nodded silently. 'Happy Christmas Scor. I'll see you tomorrow.' She waved goodbye and started off towards her elder brother.

'Happy Christmas, Lily.'