Hogwarts Chapter 9
Lily woke up early the next morning. Her bed seemed warm and comfortable, and the atmosphere seemed friendly and seemed to be winking at her. She sat up and looked around just as Madam Pomphrey came bustling in, a silver tray full of food in her hands.
"Your arm is okay. I mended the bones. Your parents and brother will be here shortly." She said. "You might as well have some breakfast." She placed the silver breakfast tray on Lily's bedside table. Lily's stomach grumbled with hunger.
"Thank you. Where's Scorpius?" She asked looking around. The bed beside her was empty. She and Hugo were the only ones in beds. Hugo was still asleep. Madam Pomphrey looked at her quickly as if she were going to explode if she didn't tell her, and then said, "I mended his nose already. He didn't need to stay the night. He left while you were asleep."
"Oh." Said Lily, but before she could feel disappointed, Five people came running in. First was her brother James, next were her mom and her dad, and after that, were Uncle Ron and Aunt Hermione. Lily beamed at them. She got out of bed and hugged each of them in turn. She hugged James last and whispered, "I'm really sorry," in his ear. He nodded forgivingly and whispered back, "It's alright lily. I deserved it."
Harry opened his mouth to speak, but Ginny said it first, "You can go back, James." James mouth fell open in astonishment and happiness. He did a kind of whoop and hugged his mother. Suddenly they heard people coming and turned around.
Albus, and Rose were running towards them and Hugo was stirring briefly.
Hugo opened his eyes and saw his whole family looking back at him. He jumped out of bed and hugged his parents along with Rose and Albus.
"We were so worried! We were told you all got into a fistfight! What happened?" Hermione said, concerned. Lily began to tell them. When she was done, every parent had their mouth wide open. Ginny recovered first.
"Um, Lily, you are much too young to have a boyfriend! I didn't even have a boyfriend in my second year! I started dating at around the age of fourteen or fifteen!" Lily glared at her mother. "Well, I'm not you! Scorpius is the one for me, I know it!" Harry and Ron exchanged exasperated looks. There were times when Harry thought Cho Chang was the one. There were even times when Ron thought Lavender Brown was the right girl for him. But they were both very, very wrong.
Lily turned away from them all, with her arms folded across her chest.
"Wait!" Ginny suddenly said. "Did you kiss?" She asked angrily. Lily turned to face her mother. "N-no! We've just gotten to know each other!" She said half terrified, half defending. Ginny shook her head. "He's from Slytherin, Lily! Are you crazy?"
"Yeah no one's that thick." Ron muttered. "Ron!" said a reproachful Hermione. "Okay Lily, be friends with him, get to know him, but don't kiss him." Harry and Ron laughed. "What if he wants to kiss me?" Lily asked Hermione, angrily. "Then you can kiss him on the cheek." "Humph." Said Lily turning away again.
"Well, thank goodness you're okay. We'll leave tomorrow. James you can join them back to Hogwarts at Christmas." Ginny said and James nodded happily. "For now, well, Professor McGonagall says it's alright to go up to your four-poster. It hasn't been removed." James beamed, kissed his mother goodnight, nodded to the others, and left.
"We'll be sleeping in the hospital wing, what fun!" said Ron sarcastically. Everyone laughed. Lily finished up her breakfast and they went for a walk around the castle, which followed many stories of their parents' childhood.
"Were you famous when you were little, dad?" Albus asked suspiciously. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny exchanged glances worriedly. Finally, Harry said, "It's getting late, we should probably return to the hospital wing." Ron snorted. "Nice subject change." He chuckled under his breath. Harry smacked his shoulder.
