A/N: I don't own any of the characters except Professor Turk. Hope you enjoy!

Scorpius

She was definitely more different than she seemed, Scorpius thought to himself as he walked up the stairs to his room. He replayed everything over in his head and thinking back he didn't understand why he lied to her. He wasn't told to wait for her to get out of the bathroom, he offered. He did hear the noise she heard but made it seem like she was going crazy. So why lie to her?

Scorpius got into bed closing his eyes and as he did he saw Lily Potter's face smiling at him. What was wrong with him? If his father knew he was thinking of a Potter he'd get smacked by his mother and worse by his father. He shook her out of his head and went to sleep.

The next morning was like a fresher day. He didn't see Lily at all in the dormitory or around the castle. He wasn't sure that they had any classes together and he surely hoped not.

He was walking to his potions class when right before he entered someone ran into him knocking both of their books on the floor. "Watch where you're going" Scorpius looked up realizing that it was Lily who ran into him.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to. I tripped." Lily collected her books as I did mine.

"Well try to be less clumsy Potter."

Lily just looked at him mumbling "Try to be less mean" and walked to an empty seat.

Less mean? He thought staring at the spot she just vacated. He walked in shaking what was left of the vived memory out of his head and looked around frowning. The only available seat open was next to, who else, but Lily Potter.

I will never be able to get away from her will I? he snarled in his head sitting next to Lily. She looked over at him and tensed up. Why would she be the one to tense up?

"The person you are sitting next to today will be your partner for the rest of the year." Professor Turk said. "No exceptions."

Scorpius' heart sank to the ground so fast he almost fell off his chair. "Great" he said under his breathe.

Lily looked pained "Why do you seem so different today? I mean I've heard the rumors that you can be nice at times but then go to an arrogant jerk the next day. But I try not to listen to rumors." She opened her potions book.

"It doesn't matter."

"It may not matter to you but it does to me."

He glared at her "Why?"

"My parents told me to stay away from you and so did my brothers. But I never understood why. Just because your father betrayed my father doesn't mean you're just like him." She had a sweet and innocent tone to her voice.

Scorpius for once had nothing to say back. He didn't know how to respond.

At the end of class Scorpius looked at Lily packing up her belongings. "If your parents told you to stay away from me, then why?"

"Why what?" She looked at me confused.

"Why communicate with me?"

"Simple. Everyone deserves a chance." She smiled and walked out of the room in one swift movement leaving Scorpius frozen in his spot.

Everyone deserves a chance, never left his mind for the rest of the day. He walked down the hall in a daze. When it was finally his free time he went to the library. He didn't know what he was doing here but he just let his instincts lead him.

No one was ever as nice to him as Lily Potter was to him. Even as rude as he could possibly be to her, she just smiled and walked away.

Not looking where he was going he ran into James Potter. Oh look another Potter, go figure.

"Watch where you're going Malfoy." James glared at Scorpius with hatred.

"I thought your daddy told you not to call me Malfoy, Potter?" He smirked.

James looked bored "Yeah, well he's not here right now and he doesn't have to deal with a toad like you."

Scorpius could feel his face getting warm with anger "You better watch what you say."

"No you better watch what you say to my sister. You lay one finger on her and I will make sure you get expelled from Hogwarts. Your daddy wouldn't be so happy." And with that James walked away from Scorpius leaving him in his own anger.

It wasn't his fault Lily was being nice to Scorpius. He needed to stay away from Lily as much as possible, not just for his sake but for hers as well.

But when he turned to walk out Lily called his name.

"Scorpius wait."

He just looked at her.

"I'm sorry for my brother James. He has a temper at times." She smiled.

"I don't care what your brother has to say to me. For that matter I don't care what you have to say either."

Hurt ran across her face for just a second then anger "Why is it so hard for you to have a nice bone in your body? I'm just trying to nice."

"Well…" He wasn't sure if he should mention it but how else was he supposed to get her to leave him alone? "It's not at your best interest to converse with me. You're much safer avoiding me at all costs."

"Why? What aren't you telling me Scorpius?" Lily stood in way of the entrance.

"My father's not the best to anger. Let's just put it at that. Not step out of the way." Scorpius said it calmly.

He could tell she didn't want to move but she stepped out of his way and watched him leave the library in a rush.