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Scorpius

He was walking away from Lily unbelievably shocked at himself for making plans to 'talk' with her tonight. What he was thinking he didn't know, he just knew part of him wanted to talk with Lily about everything.

When he saw her he always felt strange and when they talked he hated being mean to her but he knew he had to try and get her to leave him alone. The one thing he didn't want was to pull her into his families problems. No one needed that especially her.

Scorpius stopped at a window looking outside it and realized that he seemed to actually care about Lily. But what was so wrong with caring about her? Nothing was wrong with caring Scorpius, stop being stupid. Came a voice deep in the back of his mind. He shook it away and kept walking to the great hall for dinner.

The hall was very loud with students talking all around him as he entered. As he walked to his table he felt eyes on the back of his head realizing the eyes belonged to James Potter. Of course it'd be him glaring, he thought timidly. What he did this time he had no clue, but he was sure it had to do with Lily. Why else would he give Scorpius so much of his time. Laughing at his thought he sat down feeling another pair of eyes on him. He looked up into the eyes of Lily Potter once again.

"Something funny?" She had a bright smile on her face passing a roll to him.

He snatched it out of her hands not meaning to take it so fast and hard. He gave her an apologetic look and she simply smiled and said "You never answered my question."

"Didn't know I needed to." He bit down on the roll he had in his hand.

She shrugged "It was just simple conversation, so I guess you really don't need to answer."

Scorpius put the roll down and looked at her bored "I was laughing at your idiotic brother over there. He spends all his time staring at me, probably thinking of a plan to 'get back' at me for the imaginary thing that I have done. And I can tell it's making him go crazy that I could care less about his staring problem."

He said it a bit snarky and he could tell that Lily looked irritated at her brother because she was glaring over at him making him look away in regret.

"I'm really sorry about him; he's very protective of me. Though me telling him I can take care of myself won't get through to him." She sighed frowning.

"I can see why" He mumbled trying not to be heard but she seemed to hear sometime.

"What?"

He shook his head as to mean 'nothing' and kept eating. He started to stand up but Lily's hand grabbed his.

"8 o'clock tonight right?" She looked like she was afraid he'd changed his mind.

He nodded and she let go watching him walk out of the great hall alone.

He was sitting outside the door to the Hufflepuff common room running his hand through his hair. Scorpius felt a funny jolt in his stomach when he saw Lily appear in front of him.

He blushed looking her up and down. She was wearing a blue dress with her hair tied up. "Is this a date that I was not aware of?"

Brushing her hair out of the way she looked at him embarrassed. "No, I just thought I'd look good, and I needed a reason to wear it."

One thing came to his mind 'I should have dressed better than jeans and a t-shirt' but then he thought 'why would I care?'

Scorpius could tell that there was something bothering Lily but he kept his mouth shut while they walked down the corridors. No one spoke while wind blew from the enchanted castle. He stopped at a door and opened it up to an empty room that showed old books and crumpled up papers.

He stepped to the side as he watched Lily look around the room in complete confusion. "What is this room? I've never seen it before."

"The room of requirements, it only shows itself when the person seeking it needs it most." He looked down at Lily breathing slightly. The feeling inside of him escaping him before he could hide it; a burning feeling in his heart.

All of a sudden the room changed right before their eyes. Light blue and silver curtains hung from the fake windows, a blue and white tiled floor came to life with lights, and a few small blue couches sat along side the tiled floor.

Scorpius noticed the room changed into a ball room and he had a gut feeling that Lily would want him to dance. He didn't dance, no he wouldn't, what was he thinking he couldn't dance. He looked sheepishly at Lily.

She glanced over at him blushing "If I'm mistaken the room changes for what the person seeking it wants?"

"Yes."

He closed his eyes trying to figure out a way to break it to Lily that they couldn't be friends. But as he opened them he noticed that she walked to the center of the dance floor and looked at him. He didn't know if it was the look on her face or the feeling inside of him- guilt, worry, and caring all mixed in one person, he didn't think that was possible.

Walking over to her closing the distance between them he shivered as they both looked longingly into each others eyes. He couldn't express how much he wanted to be friends but with the problem with his father made it hard for him to admit it.

"Scorpius" She whispered still looking at him. "I can tell there's something wrong by the look you have in your eyes. You've had that look in your eyes ever since we first started to interact."

He looked away instantly, breathe starting to become heavier, and his father's face coming into view. "It's nothing important."

"You said we'd talk Scorpius, you can trust me."

Trust. A word that wasn't used on Scorpius all too much and he didn't know if he could trust her or not but something inside of him was telling him he could. "I've been trying to avoid you for the past few weeks now ever since our first day."

She nodded her head simply in understanding grabbing his arm to sit down on one of the couches. She didn't know what else to do or say to him, she tucked her hair behind her ear and wanted to reach out but stopped.

"It wasn't your fault in any way shape or form. My father, you see, is very strict at who I'm friends with. He specifically told me to stay away from you three and to not cause trouble. Ever since the war ended my father has been acting strange. No one likes the Malfoy family anymore and they don't trust us at all. It's amazing I'm even able to come and study here at Hogwarts." He sunk against the couch and looked at Lily with sad eyes.

She laid her hand on one of Scorpius's hands and looked at him with a smile. "I think your father and my father need to talk things out and resolve issues. And for you and me, I'm not worried one bit about your father or mine and I don't care about the past. Just what's happening in the present."

Scorpius felt a warm sensation fill his chest and a small smile rose on his face. He wanted so much to be friends with Lily Potter, but feared his father would ruin things. But she seems to understand, he thought.

"If your father told you to stay away from me also, then why do you think him and my father should talk about the past?"

She smiled "Because then maybe they will make up and stop being completely insane about us being friends. My dad told me the stories, about him and your father and everything, but that's the past and my father knows it. He just doesn't know how you react and he doesn't want any trouble for us. He doesn't know how you are but when he finds out who you really are he will like you just like I do." She smiled at him sitting up pulling him with her.

The warmness inside of him grew and he could tell that what Lily said was true. Both their parents should talk about what's going on. He wanted to be friends with Lily because she's the only one that's tried so hard.

She pulled him to the tiled floor as music started play. His heart was racing and a small blush crept onto his cheeks knowing that Lily wanted to dance. He wasn't good at dancing and he hated to make a fool of himself in front of anyone. But when she wrapped her arms around his neck he tensed not meaning to.

She backed away just an inch "Scorpius? We don't have to dance if you don't want to, I just love dancing." She let her arms fall and started to walk toward the fire that was lit.

But before she could get too far he grabbed her arm lightly and swung her into him as he wrapped his arms around her waist. His heart kept pounding as he noticed a blush appear on her cheeks and they started to dance slowly. The night went on like this and they danced for a few hours not letting anything else bother them but the movements they made across the dance floor.