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Hattie: How do you think they say "LOL" in German?

Maxine: (heavy German accent) EHL OH EHL

Lily hated being sick. She always hated the feeling of being helpless and having to rely on others. That was the reason she hadn't told Scorpius why she couldn't see him that week. She realized that he, being the over-protective person he was, would try to do everything for her. She didn't want that, not even from him. It was bad enough that her mother had tried to make her come home for a few days until she was feeling better. And, of course, she just had to be one of the few people that the Pepper-Up Potion had no adverse affects on. It sucked that she always had to deal with colds the Muggle way.

So, that was how she ended up on the couch in her flat, alone, in a cocoon of blankets and pillows and surrounded by used tissues. The television was on, and a sappy rom-com was playing with the volume down extremely low.

Lily gave up on trying to get her tired eyes to concentrate on the screen as the male lead dramatically proclaimed his love for the female lead. She let her head fall back onto the mountain of pillows and sniffed loudly. She must have sniffed in an amount of dust or some other airborne substance, as she felt herself giving in to a rather large sneeze. Her hand grabbed a tissue in time to cover her sore nose and stop a large amount of unidentifiable green stuff from ruining her blanket.

"Lil?" Being so engrossed in the sound of her sneeze, Lily hadn't heard the door being unlocked and a person entering. Of course, it just had to be the one person who she didn't want to see her while in this state. She heard the sound of heavy footfalls making their way from the front door of her small flat and into the lounge where she sat. Lily tried to plaster a fake happy look onto her face.

"Hi!" she managed to rasp out, the dryness of her throat causing her to wince in pain. Scorpius gave her an amused look.

"You okay?" he asked her as he moved a piece of hair out of her eyes. Lily nodded quickly and tried to look as though she was not sick, but rather had just been in a relaxing sleep. This image was ruined by an untimely sneeze. As she blew her nose, Scorpius frowned slightly, a soft smile still on his face. "I'll take that as a no." Lily huffed and crossed her arms. She closed her eyes and turned her body away from his, letting him know that she was ignoring him. Scorpius sighed.

Lily heard some movement, and then felt the other end of the couch sag under his weight. She felt her frozen feet being dragged into his lap, and was about to question his actions, when she felt a pleasant sensation of two warm hands running along the arches. She moaned groggily.

"That… feels like… heaven…" she sighed as she sank further into the bedding. "Keep going…" She could here Scorpius chuckling softly from his position at her feet, but the soft strokes continued to cover their journey up and down the base of her feet.

It wasn't until much later that Lily woke up from her massage-induced slumber. She realized three things. One, the television was no longer on, which had caused the room to become dark from lack of light; Two, Scorpius was no longer sitting on the couch, though her feet were still tingling from the sensation of his hands; and three, there was a delicious smell wafting from the kitchen of her flat. Lily yawned loudly, when she was finished, she heard movement from the kitchen. A second later, Scorpius' head appeared in the doorway. He smiled as he saw her awake and gave her a small wink. Then he disappeared. Lily pouted at his disappearance and closed her eyes again when a small cough and a nudge in the side of her body caused them to shoot open once more. Scorpius towered over her, in his arms he carried a heavy tray, which was emitting the same smell as her kitchen had been.

'What is that?' Scorpius smiled softly.

'Soup. Now, sit up.' She did as she was told and he placed the tray lightly onto her legs. She raised an eyebrow at the dark brown liquid in the bowl and then shifted her gaze up to peer at her boyfriend.

'Aren't you supposed to eat chicken soup when you're sick?' she questioned him. Scorpius just shrugged at her and grabbed the silver spoon from its resting place. He scooped up an amount and blew on it before placing it level with her mouth. 'What am I, a baby?' As she asked him that, Scorpius managed to empty the warm fluid into her mouth. Lily glared.

'No, not a baby, my Love. Just my incompetently sick girlfriend.' She tried to protest against him, but he silenced her with another spoon of French Onion Soup. 'Just humour me, please? I like to think I'm useful.' They stared at each other for a moment.

'Fine, just this once.' She gave in to him and Scorpius broke out in an adorable grin. Lily smiled with him, but hid her grin before he could notice it. 'Well?' Scorpius was startled out of his euphoria from winning.

'Uh, yes?' Lily smirked.

'Are you going to keep feeding me, or what?' Scorpius rolled his eyes and dipped the spoon into the bowl of soup once more.

AN: This one has been a while in the making... hope you all enjoyed it... thanks to lollie for beta-ing it for me... and, as she knows, the other six things I sent her... lol... I AIM TO BE STAGGERING!! hehehehehe...

oh, also, I have an exchange student from Germany living with me... I think that that may have been my inspiration to write stuff this weekend...

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