Hogwarts Chapter 6
Lily woke up the next morning, fresh and happy. She wasn't thinking about James. She was thinking about Hagrid. They were to have tea with him today. She made her way to the great hall with Rose. Rose was also excited. She kept asking Lily how Hagrid's hut looked like.
"It looks like a normal hut, Rose, just more welcoming." She told her for about the fifth time. Suddenly a huge figure blocked their view.
"Hagrid!" They both said. He beamed down at them, "Alrigh', Lily, Rose?" Rose nodded shyly. "Never better!" Lily said.
Hagrid smiled at her warmly. "You look just like Lily Evans. She was the best witch o' her age I ever met." Lily looked down sadly. "It's quite a shame we never got to meet her." Hagrid too, nodded at the ground. He looked up and changed the subject. " Go' somewha' special wai'ing for you at me hut. I'll see you a' six o'clock." He waved and parted.
Rose turned to Lily as soon as Hagrid had left. "I wonder what's 'waiting' for us at his hut?" Lily shrugged. "We'll find out soon enough. Come on, we'd better hurry or we'll be late for breakfast." They ran inside the great hall. It looked magnificent, as usual. The ceiling looked like it was opened up to the heavens above, though Lily and Rose knew it was just a bewitched ceiling.
They sat down at the Gryffindor table and ate their pancakes and scrambled eggs. Albus was seated next to Rose while Lily was seated next to Hugo. Lily noticed Hugo was watching her very attentively every time she glanced at Scorpius who was seated at the Gryffindor table. Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy was a pure-blood wizard and the son of Draco and Astoria Mal.
Lily realized she looked at him a lot. She looked back at him and tried to think about what it was about him that got her attention. Was it because he was pureblood? Nope. Was it because he was in Slytherin? Nope. Was it because he was handsome? Maybe. She shook her head to clear the thought and looked down. Her hands were shaking. She couldn't get him out of her head! She got up and whispered to Hugo, "I'll see you in a bit. I'm not hungry." He looked at her suspiciously, shrugged and returned to his food. She walked past Scorpius avoiding eye contact with him, and then she suddenly caught a whiff of an amazing smell. She breathed it in and turned around trying to find where it had come from. Scorpius was watching her. She decided to see if it was from him.
She walked up to him, "Hey, is this the Slytherin table? It looks friendly and, well you're a Malfoy." She finished embarrassedly looking away. He looked at her, clearly offended.
"Um, yeah this is the Slytherin's table. Sucks, right? I wish I was in Gryffindor." Lily's jaw fell open. The terrific smell was coming off of him. She couldn't believe he wanted to be in Gryffindor! He was a Malfoy. Then again, he might be lying, she considered, but then that must mean he likes me!
She looked at him curiously. Maybe he wasn't all bad. "Why didn't you go in Gryffindor then?" He looked at her, confused. "You can't exactly choose, can you?" He turned back around and started picking at his food.
Lily, rather offended he had dissed her, said, "Uh yes you can. My father got put in Gryffindor because he wanted to be in it, and not in Slytherin. My father also told me that the sorting hat had told him he'd do well in Slytherin though it still put him in Gryffindor because my father asked it to!"
Malfoy turned back around and said spitefully, "You know what? I don't think I want to be in Gryffindor anymore, they're a bunch of know-it-alls! I'm surprised you're not in Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff! You talk way too much! Tell your father to stop telling lies to his children!"
He IS all bad! Lily thought. "My father was NOT lying!" She turned her back towards him and ran away. Just when she had pulled the door open she heard him call over his shoulder, "Righto! I'll keep that in mind next time you come to me and tell me your father's rich and famous!" All the Slytherins laughed joyfully as Lily rushed out, fighting back tears.
Lily sat on her four-poster bed and thought about how mean Scorpius was. She felt like letting out all her anger on him, but she'd get in trouble. She sighed and lay down. She had care of magical creatures with Hagrid and the Slytherins today. She couldn't hide from her lessons. She combed her hair, walked down the girls' staircase, through the portrait hole and to her class.
She groaned when she found their lesson was studying blast-ended skrewts. The Slytherins arrived late, talking amongst themselves.
Hugo went over to her side and said, "Lily, what were you thinking talking to Malfoy? You know he's demented!" lily giggled a little. "It's not funny!" He exclaimed, exasperated.
Lily didn't answer. She didn't think she wanted to tell Hugo about Scorpius right now. That was a personal matter. Hugo went to stand next to Albus and Rose. Hagrid beamed at her and started explaining what they were to do. Five minutes into his lecture, Hagrid broke off and looked behind her.
She looked up curiously. He nodded to whoever was behind her. He then went back to explaining. Something grabbed her hand and a voice whispered in her ear, "Come with me!" Whoever it was, pulled her away from her class and back into the castle, in an empty classroom. All she could see was a blonde head. She knew who it was immediately. Scorpius released her hand and turned to face her.
Lily looked at him, scared. He was about to hurt her. To get revenge, she knew it! Scorpius' face softened as he looked at her white face, full of fear. "I owe you an apology about what happened this morning at breakfast. I was just pissed off that I couldn't be in Gryffindor. I'm really sorry." He insisted looking her in the eyes, grey meeting brown.
Lily's heart was pounding. She could feel the blood rushing to her face. She nodded understandingly, though on the inside she wanted to hug him. "It's okay. I can be pretty talkative." He half smiled at her. "I don't know about talkative, but pretty? Oh yeah."
Lily laughed. "Thanks! That's really sweet of you. Is that cologne you're wearing? It smells really good." The question had just popped out of her mouth before she could stop it. She waited for his reaction with baited breath, biting her lower lip. It was his turn to laugh. "Yeah, my dad gave it to me last Christmas and I figured I should use it." Lily decided she wanted to be friends with Scorpius. "Would you like to be friends?" He nodded, his eyes not leaving her face.
Lily grinned at him. "Okay. That's enough romance for one day, buddy." He laughed and they walked back to class together, hand-in-hand.
