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Chapter Two: If That's Not Love (The Naked Brothers Band)
"I swear to god when I found out who did this-" Scorpius paced back and forth in the living room of the condo, talking to himself aloud. He had heard Hugo's voice outside as he had emerged from the shower and when neither of the boys had returned inside, he had run out of the house shirtless to find them.
Lily was on her knees in front of Roland, running disinfectant wipes over the scrapes and bruises on his face. Tears were streaking down her face as she assessed the damage of both Hugo and the severely damaged brunette. Roland had refused to let go of Hugo's hand since they had stumbled into the house.
Still cursing, Scorpius punched the wall next to the fireplace as hard as he could. Hugo began to cry hysterically when his fist burst through the plaster.
"Stop it. You aren't helping anything by being aggressive." Lily snapped at the blonde over her shoulder, placing bandages over the deep gash above Roland's right eye.
Now Scorpius was bleeding along with the other two boys, causing Lily's temper to flair even more. She still wasn't over the way he had acted that afternoon, but now was hardly the time to bring it up. And as she had once thought his protective nature was endearing, she now found it childish and uncalled for.
Glaring down at his girlfriend, Scorpius spit verbal fire at her. "Are you the only one allowed to get angry now?"
"No, but you're acting like a child. Look, I'm not arguing with you right now." Under her breath she hissed, "Even if you were acting like a drooling slut over the blonde."
Immediately regretting her choice to say it aloud, Lily clamped her mouth shut tight as she turned to deal with Hugo's curled up form. He wasn't nearly as hurt as his counterpart, there were only a few scratches where the man's rings had made contact when he was slapped.
Feeling the tension rise in the room, Hugo's cries rose in volume. Roland pulled the thin boy to his chest, "Will you two cut the shit? Fight when there isn't a bawling child in the room."
Both of them watching Hugo cry into Roland's bloody shirt, Lily and Scorpius clammed up. Draco appeared in the doorway of the living room, obviously angry from being woken up my the loud conversation. As his eyes passed over the damaged group of teenagers he switched into a character he had never before possessed. A father.
"What happened? Is everyone alright?" Crossing to Roland, he pushed the boy's head back to assess the damage as Lily had already done. "I'm calling the police."
Hugo, finally coming back to himself, grabbed the older Malfoy's wrist. "No, don't. They won't be able to find them, it's not worth going through an investigation."
It took more pleading, but finally Draco agreed to refrain from calling the cops. Sweeping his wand over first Hugo, and then Roland, Draco watched as his magic healed all of the wounds that Lily had just bandaged.
Not wanting to be treated like an invalid any longer, Roland rose to his feet. A sharp pain shot through his torso, sending him tumbling to the floor.
"Bloody hell!" Scorpius caught the brunette before his head could make contact with the carpet. "What's going on?"
Shaking his head vigorously, Roland wrapped his arms around his own waist. "I think my ribs are broken. Fuck!"
When the men had repeatedly kicked the entirety of the boy's body, they must have made enough substantial contact to break some of his bones. He hated to show weakness, he had been raised to do just the opposite, but this was much more painful than anything he had experienced throughout his many fights.
Draco tried to fix the ribs with magic also, but no such luck. The boy would be forced to heal just as slowly as a muggle. There went the lovely vacation in the Caribbean.
With the help of Scorpius, Roland stumbled down the hallway to his bedroom. Immediately crawling into bed, he beckoned Hugo to join him. He had been hoping that he would have the younger boy in his bed that night, but this wasn't exactly what he had had in mind.
Closing the door on the two boys, Scorpius returned to the living room where Lily sat, looking out the window. Leaning against the entrance to the room, he watched her sit.
"You can go to bed, you know. I wouldn't be able to sleep even if I wanted to, so don't wait up for me." It was the first semi-kind words Lily had spoken to Scorpius all evening. She wished that she could forget about Cherry, or more importantly the sudden flip in Scorpius' behavior, but she couldn't force herself to ignore the signs of his old self returning.
She had stayed up many nights, fearing this exact thing would happen. Unfortunately now Lily had to admit to herself that she had feared correctly. Turning to look at the tall blonde, she chewed her lip in thought.
Staring at his socked feet with bloodshot eyes, Scorpius nodded slowly. "Alright. Goodnight, Lily."
Then he was gone and the redhead was alone, both in thought and in reality. What had she done to deserve her world suddenly crumbling?
The low rumbling of an engine pulled Scorpius back into reality. It was just barely light enough outside to see where he was going, not that he himself knew. Sleep didn't come for him until he was over the entire concept.
Slipping on a sweater and sneakers, he had gone for an early morning jog. Even he could feel himself slipping back into old habits and it scared him more than anything. But at the same time, he couldn't help but be aggressive towards the redhead that had always seemed to be able to push his buttons more than anyone.
"Scorpius, get in the car."
Reluctantly, he climbed into the front seat of his father's rental car. The two rode in silence all the way to the cliffs that overlooked the rolling waves of the ocean. It had never felt comfortable to spend time with his father, but he couldn't help squirming at the tense air surrounding the car.
The older Malfoy tapped the steering wheel with long, pale fingers. He wasn't sure what to say to his son, they had never had a talkative relationship with each other and he wasn't sure they could start now.
Taking the plunge, the older blonde took a deep breath. "Would you like to tell me what has you so upset?"
"No." Scorpius glared out the windshield, folding his arms across his chest.
Draco mentally chastised himself for thinking his son would want to confide in him when he had only proven time and time again he wasn't trustworthy. But he hadn't expected to me shot down so quickly. It was apparent that something had gone on the burn the affection that had been there between Lily and Scorpius only a day prior. It wasn't like him to care though, so he pushed his worries aside.
"Fine then. We head home tomorrow, there's no point in suffering for any longer than necessary." Pealing away from the cliffs, leaving all hopes of a relationship with his son dangling from the ledge.
Sitting on the grass of the yard in front of the condo, Lily balanced her laptop on her knees. She watched the mixture of tourists and locals flow by, occasionally tensing up at what she thought was Cherry passing by the house.
Her fingers flying across the keyboard, she sent her mother emails of false happiness and a wishful "see you soon". Closing her computer just as Scorpius sat beside her on the grass, Lily shut her eyes to mentally prepare herself for the harsh words she was sure would come.
"It's seems like I've needed to say this to you more lately than ever, but I'm sorry. I've been a jerk, again." Laughing at his own ridiculousness, Scorpius pinched the bridge of his nose. "I guess I'm just such a shitty boyfriend that I need to apologize nonstop."
Watching him fight himself in order to apologize, Lily felt the corner of her mouth tip up in a sly smile. "I agree that you're a jerk."
Scorpius stared at her in disbelief. He definitely hadn't been expecting her to agree, but the grin on her face put him at ease. "Well thank you for agreeing with me on something at least."
"I'm sorry you don't understand why I'm angry. I just- The way you looked at her- No, never mind. It doesn't matter." Blinking away tears, Lily shook off the feelings depression rising within her. She had a sudden ache to be home, in her own bed, away from this dreadfully beautiful island.
Sensing the silent messages of depression radiating off of the younger girl, the king of Slytherin slid his arm around her waist and pulled her against his chest. Whispering down into her ear, he closed his eyes as if he was forcing himself to believe his words along with her. "You are the only one I will ever want, Lily. I love you so much it hurts. And when I start acting like a jerk like I have been, it's you that brings me back down to earth. I don't know what I would ever do without you."
There was no reply to his comment for there was no need. He understood that she felt the same way, but something inside of Lily kept her from loving him back completely.
Until she could put her finger on what was off with the tall blonde, they would never truly be together.
The classroom filled with laughing students quickly, everyone eager to return to their real home. Percy Weasley was, as he had promised, still the Headmaster of Hogwarts and had it running quite smoothly now. It was soon apparent that the group of close friends would be separated more now than they had the year before.
Not even Elle and 'Manda had more than two classes with each other during the day, but they were the fortunate ones out of the group. Despite being two years ahead in Transfiguration, Lily had been informed that she would be required to take the course with her fellow fifth years.
She should have been happy for one class that would come to her easily, but now all chances of helping Scorpius were out of the question. Falling onto the crisp grass beside her cousin and best friends, Lily closed her eyes to the world.
"Are you having as bad of a first day as I am?" Hugo sat with his chin in the palm of his hand, his elbows on his knees.
Nodding silently, the redhead made herself sit up and fake a smile. "It'll all be okay though. We just need to get back into the swing of being apart."
But even she couldn't believe her own words. As annoyed as she had been with Scorpius lately, she still hated to be away from him. Elle must have been having the worst time out of all of them, but she didn't show how much she missed James for she was too proud to admit weakness.
'Manda, the only single one left in their group, was clearly annoyed by the prospect of missing someone so much but of course, she was too shy to say anything. Taking it upon herself to put 'Manda out of the misery of listening to their complaints, Lily jumped to her feet.
Her hand lifting Elle's stick straight hair, she yelled out to the world. "Tag! You're it!"
"Hey! That's not fair!" Rearing backwards in an attempt to catch her best friend on the ankle, Elle scrambled towards her retreating body. Hugo and 'Manda jumped into action just before she could turn on them.
Laughing uncontrollably as she avoided Elle's every attempt at catching her, the redhead ran towards the entrance to the school. The game was cut short for her when she looked up to see Scorpius leaning against the stone wall just inside the front doors.
He had a lazy smirk on his face, arms crossed across his chest as he talked to none other than-bet you can guess- Cherry.
Lily watched in shock as he grabbed the blondes waist and pulled her against his body. Both were completely oblivious to the traumatized girl watching the touchy exchange.
"Tag! You're it." Elle had finally caught up with the frozen Lily, slapping on the back with more force than necessary. When she realized that her best friend wasn't moving, she followed her line of sight right to the heated contact going on between the two beautiful blondes. "Oh, fuck."
Just as Scorpius turned to the familiar voice, Lily jumped out of his line of sight. Grabbing the smaller girl's hand, she pulled her across the grounds to where Hugo and 'Manda were waiting.
Moments before she reached the exhausted pair, she hissed into Elle's ear. "Keep this quiet. No one needs to know what we saw, especially Scorpius."
She had no idea why she was so eager to cover such a disgusting, selfish act but she felt that saying it aloud would only make it more real. It wasn't like they had been kissing, although she was sure if he hadn't turned to the voices, they would have been.
Raking her bangs back from her face as she always did when she was about to get emotional, she breathed shakily through gritted teeth. What was that saying that she had never thought she would use?
Oh, yes. FUCK. MY. LIFE.
"How the hell would I know?" Scorpius snapped at Lily, causing her to jump back at the tone of his voice. He didn't want to be sitting in the Gryffindor common room with two fifth years, doing homework. Not to mention every time he even made a movement like he was going to touch his girlfriend, she would shift away like he was about to hit her.
Maybe that's what she wanted. At least then she'd have an excuse to think he was such a shitty boyfriend. When had his view of the innocent girl turned into seeing her as a vindictive bitch?
It didn't matter. All he knew was this isn't what Scorpius Malfoy should be doing on a Saturday night when there was so little time left for him to be social at this damn school.
Hugo must have grown testicles over the last week because he flung his pencil down on the stack of opened textbooks. "Why don't you just fuck off then? If you don't want to be here, then leave."
Her eyes flickering between her boyfriend and cousin, Lily pursed her lips and kept silent. The two boys were glaring into each others eyes with such intensity she thought one might burst the other into flames at any moment.
Shoving his chair back from the table, Scorpius nearly knocked over a passing first year but didn't pay any mind to it. "That's cool with me. I'd rather be anywhere than here with your queer ass and her whiny attitude. Find me if you want to actually have fun for once, Potter."
As if to complete the cliché of the angry situation, he slammed the common room porthole door on the way out, causing many first years to jump inches into the air.
Lily took no shame in collapsing onto the textbook covered desk, letting mascara filled tears stain the crisp pages. All Hugo could do to try and comfort her was rub her back as she sobbed.
He didn't know what was going on between the, until just recently, happy couple but it took all he had to not beat the shit out of Scorpius. Well it's not like he was tough enough to really fight, as was shown by the jumping in the Caribbean, but he had a feeling that he could win based on pure fury.
But instead he pulled up an old philosophy that he was pretty sure didn't even exist.
When it doubt, run to your gay boyfriend and the best friend of the jackass hurting your cousin. Right?
After a few days Lily had shed enough tears that she realized the ridiculousness of her situation, deciding that she wouldn't let the blond Slytherin push her around anymore. Not surprisingly though, her guard was immediately broken down when Scorpius pulled her out of the hallway the next Monday after their last class.
She followed him loyally, though not exactly willingly, through the corridors. Amazingly, she hadn't seen Cherry around school since that dreadful Saturday, not that she was complaining.
But why was she at Hogwarts at all? She definitely hadn't been at the wizarding school throughout the last five years, that was for sure. Lily was almost positive that her sudden arrival had more to do with Scorpius than a formal wizarding education.
The tall blonde stopped short in front of a giant slab of gray stone, his eyes squinting in concentration. Before Lily's eyes, the wall broke into immensely smaller sections and separated into a giant doorway. Inside of the magically summoned room, a large bed was positioned in front of a romantic fireplace.
Her heart jumped into her chest, suddenly aware of Scorpius' purpose for conjuring the Room of Requirement. The smoldering look in Scorpius' icy blue eyes made her more afraid than anything.
He had, undoubtedly, brought her here for sex.
Roland couldn't believe his ears. He knew better than anyone how much Scorpius was in love with Lily. But why was he acting this way towards everyone he had once cared about.
Not even trusting in his best friend, Scorpius was keeping everything from the outside world. For a moment, Roland had thought that his best was really changing as he had, but he was obviously wrong.
"I'm sorry I had to come to you about this, I just don't know what else to do. If anyone can talk some sense into him, it's you." Hugo struggled to keep up with the older boy's long stride. Only minutes into Hugo's rant, Roland had taken off like a bat out of hell to find his fellow Slytherin.
Shaking his head vigorously, Roland let his hand slip into Hugo's as he strode towards the Gryffindor common rooms where he hoped to find the young couple. "Don't be sorry. I've got this."
But as he had been dreading, Lily and Scorpius weren't in the common room. Which meant they could be anywhere in the huge castle and Scorpius could be ruining his life as they spoke.
Taking off towards the moving staircases, Roland broke into a sprint.
Hugo didn't bother trying to follow, so he yelled over the railing at the retreating figure of his boyfriend. "How are you going to find them?"
"I have no idea!" The tall brunette yelled over his shoulder, his vision blurring as he ran faster.
Lily's back hit the soft comforter spread across the bed, her wrists being pinned to the bed by Scorpius' long fingers. He had a hungry look in his eyes that, under any other circumstances, would have sent shocks throughout her whole body.
Oblivious to the uncomfortable look on Lily's face, the invasive boy crushed his lips to hers. That's when she detected the hints of alcohol on his breath, explaining his erratic behavior. She tried to not let it bother her, forcing her eyes shut against how wrong this whole situation felt.
Over the past few months she had contemplated sex with Scorpius, how amazing of an experience it would be to share with him, but this wasn't how it was supposed to happen. She didn't have any unrealistic expectations like most girls her age, there wouldn't be romantic music playing in the background and it would most likely happen in a rush so as to not get caught, but this was ridiculous.
Before she realized what was happening, Scorpius had his hands under her shirt. Foreplay the last thing on his mind, he grabbed Lily's breasts painfully hard. That was it, she refused to let this happen to her.
"Stop it." Scrambling away from him on the bed, she covered her chest with a thin arm as if to protect it from further abuse.
This didn't even sway Scorpius. He simply reached for her waist, pulling her down the bed towards him. Taking the end of her long sleeved shirt, the blonde tugged upwards as hard as he could.
Eyes glazing over with the intense need to just get what he wanted, Scorpius didn't realize that he ripped the shirt almost in half. Not quite sure why she would be emotional at a time like this but not able to stop it, Lily began to sob uncontrollably.
"Scorpius, please. Please, stop."
Finally coming to his senses, the tall boy stared at the seemingly tiny redhead in horror. Stumbling as he backed towards the closed off entrance to the secret room, he apologized over and over again. "I'm so sorry- I didn't-I have to go."
The entrance shut quickly behind Scorpius, the whole time he was backing up. Once in the hallway, he took off in a sprint and didn't look back.
Cherry's phone rang just as she was returning to her room after her shower. Her heart did back flips as she saw the words New Message from Scorpius Malfoy scroll across her screen. Opening the message as quickly as possible, a grin spread across her angelic face.
On my way. Need to relieve some tension. Care to help?
Scorpius.
Sending back a message in the affirmative, she sprinted around her room in order to get dressed on time for his arrival.
Headmaster Weasley had welcomed her with open arms into Hogwarts after she had decided that "homeschooling" just wasn't enough for her anymore. Well that was one reason why she had made the decision, the other of course being the boy about to show up in her room.
Sure, he had a girlfriend but if she didn't make him happy enough to stay away from Cherry, wasn't that her fault? At least that's what the tall blonde kept repeating to herself as she brushed her teeth, all the while staring at her reflection in the mirror.
Some days she wasn't sure how she could stand her own reflection, but it wasn't hard to do when your outer appearance masked the inner pain and ugliness.
The insistent knock on the door made her suddenly very thankful that she had gotten a room to herself, due to all the other seventh year Slytherin rooms being filled.
Pulling open the door, Cherry set a sexy pout onto her full lips. "Scorpius. Shall we?"
The muscular boy let his eyes openly scan the voluptuous body in front of him. Her hair was still damp from the shower he had obviously just caught her out of. Even without makeup, her face was flawless and glowing.
Thin, black lace covered only the most private parts of her body. An excited sweat broke out on the back of Scorpius' neck, the same savagely hungry look he had had with Lily still on his face.
"Oh fuck yeah."
Closing the door behind them, Scorpius crushed his warm lips against her plump ones. This time when his hands made contact with the softness of breasts there was no crying or complaints, he could simply do what he wanted with her body.
Which is exactly what he wanted. Right?
OH SNAP GUYS! XD Don't shoot me for messing stuff up a bit.. I need a plot now don't I? Review please! I'll love you forever!
