AN: There will be more, I promise. I just hope that all the Scorlily lovers out there don't absolutely hate me.

7 Months Later, June

Scorpius stood still as his mother adjusted her tie. Astoria Malfoy may not have approved of her marrying Albus Potter, but that did not mean she would allow him to look like anything less than his best when they recited the vows. "Are you nervous?" she questioned.

"A little." He rocked on his heels as he thought of Albus in the room over. The wedding was far from traditional, they were just going to be married in the Ministry office with their close family as witnesses before having a dinner party. His mother wouldn't let that happen so the two were going to enter from the sides. "But then I remember its Al." He shrugged. "There isn't a whole lot to be nervous about, he's my best friend."

There was quite a bit to be nervous about. In the past few months their faces had been splashed across several covers with sensationalized articles. They took it in stride and let it not get to them either the praise or the criticisms. Two months ago the two of them moved in together into a place that was not an apartment. Granted it was tiny one bedroom house with a small loft. The area was full of muggles and wizard integrationists. Of course the press had a field day at that and they were painted as some sort extreme left liberals, but that was a conversation for a different day.

"Scorpius… Albus Potter may not be my first choice for you to marry. I may wish that you were taking a wife instead of a husband…" She took a deep breath. "But you are happy, the both of you are and the two of you respect each other and have a healthy relationship. That is all a mother should ask for."

"Yeah…" Al's speaking habits had gotten to him and now he was noticeably less precise when he spoke. This would be fine but it irritated Hermione to no end now that he worked with her.

"I'm heading out now, I was just checking in on you to make sure that you were doing alright."

He waited for a few minutes, waiting for his time to come. Ginny came by and gave him a thumbs up before heading to her own seat. Exiting the room he walked towards where the ceremony was and official opened the door with a flick of his wrist. Across the way he saw Albus coming towards him, looking carefully put together in his vest, button up and slacks. Scorpius felt overdressed in his blazer, but he was used to that by now.

"Hey, relax." Al placed on hand on the taller man's shoulder as the stood in front of the official. "I got you."

"I know." Scorpius stood closer and reached to touch him as well, his hand resting on the middle of his back. The rest of the ceremony flashed before his eyes. The vows he agreed with, memorized the words, but he couldn't tell you what exactly happened. When it was announced they were supposed to kiss, they paused for a moment, but when he looked into Al's eyes everything was fine. He leaned down and Al stretched a bit, their arms going around each other and a kissed. Everything in that moment made sense. Al was safe. When he kissed he wasn't pushing harder than Scorpius, they had the same amount of pressure. It wasn't like Lily, free falling and terrifying or Steve were it was much too tentative or worse yet, Ophelia with her sticky sweet lip gloss.

For the first time in his life Scorpius understood the appeal of a family and a 9 to 5 job…When they clasped hands and he saw the wedding band on his finger he was ready for all that. He was ready to do it with Al.

July

Lily was squeezing lemon over a summer vegetable dish simmering on the stove. David came up behind her, his arms on either side of her as he a handful of crushed basil into the pan. "Looks amazing." He kissed where her neck met her shoulder and then let his arms wrap around her midsection.

"As much as I like this, it's kind of hard to stir with you around me."

He gave her another kiss before walking towards the cabinets to set the table the muggle way. "Do you want wine?" He was already reaching for the half-finished bottle of white wine from earlier in the week.

"Sure." After that there was a bit more shuffling and few more wand waves before things were all put into place. Lily sat down next him with a smile on her face.

"How are things going? The tutoring is easier this summer, right?"

"Yes, it's mainly just students that live nearby wanting a head start on next year along with one that is trying to graduate a year early."

David pushed a piece of zucchini around the plate. "I wanted to talk with you about something."

"What is it?"

"I got offered a coaching position in Germany. The team is fairly new and the head coach will be retiring in a few years, they wanted someone that would be willing to take his place after that."

"Oh," Lily said. "That's great, you're taking it, right?"

"I wanted your opinion on it."

"David, it's the job you wanted since you got injured playing Quidditch. I mean Germany isn't the ideal place, but it'll get your name out there, give you experience." She reached over to pat his hand. "What's wrong?"

"What about us?"

"David…" She looked at him, the emotion written on her face transported her back to those talks with Scorpius. "Don't take me into consideration, do what feels right for you."

"But I want to Lily. We've been dating for nine months, living together for more than a year."

"We can make it work, okay? I'll be here and can visit you on the weekends I don't have shifts in the castle or even swing it to come over after my classes if I don't have any the next day. Okay?"

David looked down at the table and then took Lily's hand into his. "I know this is still new, but I don't want to make it end before it's supposed to. I want to give the two of us a chance."

Lily looked at him and suddenly the walls felt like they were closing in on her. The last thing she wanted was for someone to make allowances for her again. She never tailored her path to fit someone else's and she never expected someone to do that for her. That last person that did that was Scorpius. She was still convinced that him being a Quidditch player had more to do with her apprehension about him becoming an auror than anything else. She hadn't had many relationships, the one with Michael was a disaster she was ashamed of. Still, the best relationship had been with Jordi. It hadn't lasted very long and wasn't really anything more than a good friendship with sex thrown in the mix, but they had ended on amiable terms when he left for Romania. She would try with David, but if it wasn't going to work out, it wasn't going to work. Right now she wasn't ready to run from Durmstrang.

"Lily?" David pulls his hand away slowly as if he is scared she will turn on him. "Are you alright?"

"I just need some air." She gets up from the table, the chair squeaking against the floor as she rushes out and heads in the direction of the woods, her back facing the school. Never before has she tried to force a vision to come, but now she wants one more than anything. Stopping once in the trees she takes a deep breath and holds herself in her arms. She can feel the light breeze rippling through the trees and playing with hair as she stands there. The grass is cool and soft under feet. All of these things ground her as she tries to open her mind.

"What's her name?" It's Scorpius as he looks at Al. In his arms is a little girl with wide eyes clutching tightly to her brother's shirt.

"Matilda," Albus says. "Meet your papa…"

That image Lily tries to push from her mind as she searches for another one. The next thing she know a wave of pain washes through her body. She sees a dark robe and flash of badge, but not much that she can actually make out. As she reaches further out, opens up her mind even more, she finds something that makes the pain go away and instead it replaced by a tight feeling in her chest.

A ring rests in Lily's palm as she looks down at and then up at David. He's dressed in a red shirt with two black bands around the arms and words she doesn't recognize printed in gold on his chest. "Please accept this." He takes her hands and closes them before wrapping his own around them.

"David..." She takes him in. "I…I want to, but do we need to?"

"If we trust each—"

"Lily!"
The voice tears the vision away and she is angry at herself for not having better control. She turns around and sees David walking towards her. "What do you want?"
"You've been gone for nearly an hour. I was beginning to think you left."

Walking toward him, she embraces him, taking him in her arms. He makes her feel so small when he wraps his around her. "I'd never leave you." The words don't feel like a lie when they come out of her mouth. They fall out too easily. When she pulls away and sees him she realizes something. For the first time in a while she doesn't feel like bolting. She could love David, in fact she might already.