Lily

The next day Lily sat in the great hall eating breakfast alone. She wasn't feeling so great and she wasn't eating much but mostly she didn't want people to ask her if she's alright constantly. She coughed constantly and sneezed every five minutes.

Picking up a small Danish she noticed Scorpius staring at her from across his table. She looked down shyly her appetite disappearing.

When she first met Scorpius he came off a bit strong and decided she should just be nice to get on his good side. But as days went by he seemed to open up more. There was something different about him than he put off to everyone else.

She looked up again seeing that Scorpius has left his table. She got up and walked out of the great hall feeling nauseated. People around her watched her stride away looking pale. She felt dizzy and noticed she wasn't walking very far, though it felt like it to her. She got too dizzy and fell into someone who caught her before she hit the ground.

Scorpius looked down at her having a concerned expression on his face. He picked her up and walked her to the hospital wing. That was the last moment she remembered before she blacked out.

Lily woke up rubbing her forehead. She turned and looked straight into the eyes of Scorpius.

She looked confused "Scorpius, what are you doing here?"

"Just making sure you were alright. Falling into me in the hallway wasn't really a reassuring moment for me." He put on a blank expression.

"You were worried about me?"

"I never said that, I just simply said it wasn't reassuring to me." He glared down at her.

She frowned "Why am I here?"

"You're sick."

"Thanks for pointing out the obvious, Malfoy." James glared down at Scorpius as he got up and walked out without a word. "So how are you feeling Lily?"

Lily threw her extra pillow at James.

"Ow what was that for?" Albus laughed at his brother's fake pain.

"You know you could be a bit nicer to him. He is the one that carried me up here."

"Only because you fell on him. He didn't want all of Hogwarts to blame him for leaving you stranded."

He had a point as Lily looked down at the floor. She was hoping that maybe there was some chance at Scorpius caring for her. But seeing how he didn't seem too happy to be in here just a few minutes ago made what James said all too real. But then why was he in here if he didn't want to be?

A voice came from across the room "How are you feeling Miss Potter?"

Lily raised her head looking at the nurse "I'm feeling much better than I was earlier, I must not have gotten enough sleep or something."

The lady smiled down at her "You just had a simple bug but I gave you something that has taken care of that pesky little thing. You are free to go when you are ready."

"Thank you" Lily smiled.

James and Albus helped Lily up but she swatted them away "I can surely walk on my own but thank you both." Smiling they walked to the door arm in arm stopping at the site of Scorpius standing in the door way.

He looked embarrassed looking over at Lily. "James, Albus I'll meet you down stairs. I want to talk to Scorpius for a moment. If it's okay with you of course Scorpius." He nodded.

Both James and Albus hesitated then walked away with frowns.

Lily looked at her hands for a second "Thank you Scorpius."

"For what exactly?"

"Helping me to the hospital wing. I don't know how you did it since we haven't quite mastered the levitation spell yet."

Scorpius looked confused "I didn't use a spell, I carried you. You don't remember?"

She frowned "No I guess not."

Scorpius switched footing feeling uncomfortable with the conversation.

"Is there something on your mind?"

"No, why do you ask such a silly question?"

Lily shrugged "You always seem like something is on your mind and that you have something to say but you're holding back."

"You're wrong."

Lily bit her lip "Why won't you let me in? It's like you try to avoid me."

"Maybe I just know us being friends is a bad idea. Enough said."

"Is it because of your father?" Lily knew she was taking a big risk in asking this question but it slipped from her mouth before she could stop from saying it.

He scowled at her "Don't ever bring up my father again, Potter." And with that he stomped away leaving Lily standing there in regret.

The next day Scorpius didn't look at her at all, not even a glance in her direction. She was mad at herself for saying what she had. Why she cared so much about him? She had no idea.

Albus looked at her "You alright?"

"I said something I shouldn't have to Scorpius and now he won't even look at me."

Albus sighed "He gets mad easily at people, so I heard. But why do you care so much?"

Lily looked at her food "I'm not fully sure I just feel like I should. I want to try and talk to him about it. When I'm around him he seems less tense depending on the day and his mood." She looked at her brother.

Albus noticed Lily looking over at James "Don't worry about him, his big head gets in the way of everything. I'll take care of him." She smiled at him.

Looking over at where Scorpius was sitting she watched him get up and start to leave. She followed him out of the great hall and she grabbed his arm.

"Scorpius wait."

He scowled at her "What?"

"I just wanted to say I'm sorry that I brought it up. I didn't mean for it to get you upset."

"It didn't make me upset. You just don't understand what goes on with my father. It's not something I want to talk about." He started walking away.

Lily grabbed his arm again and he looked at her "Wait, can we talk privately at some point?"

He looked like he was going to say no but changed his stance "8 p.m tonight outside of the entrance into Hufflepuff." And he walked away without another word.

It put a smile on Lily's face that he actually made plans to talk to her. She had to come up with something to say to him tonight.