Dark Fire

Chapter 4- A First for Scorpius



“Gosh you’re growing up so fast. Now remember your manners and thank Mrs. Zabini, as much as it pains me to say it.” Hermione straightened Scorpius’s collar as he prepared for Daisy’s party.



Hermione needed Draco to give Scorpius the talk, so she made her way into their back bedroom where Draco was laying still on their bed, his eyes staring off into space, deep in thought. How had he lost two days of his life? This plagued his thoughts and he couldn’t make sense of it all no matter how many times he went over the events in his mind.



“Draco, he is about to leave. “ Hermione and Draco had agreed that Scorpius needed some fatherly direction from Draco so Draco made his way into his son’s bedroom. Scorpius was splashing on some of Draco’s sweet smelling after shave and Draco sat down on Scorpius’s bed to talk.



“You really are almost a man Scorpius. “ Scorpius had already gone through that awkward stage where he grew several inches and his voice had deepened. Now Scorpius not only looked like Draco but his voice sounded the same as well.



“So, since you are almost a man I guess you and I need to have a talk about girls. Plus your mother won’t let me back in the bedroom if I don’t have the talk with you right now.” Hermione quieted a giggle when she heard this as she eavesdropped outside Scorpius’s bedroom.



“I know there will be girls at the party tonight son. I know one of them likes to throw herself at you, doesn’t she?” Draco of course was referring to Pansy’s daughter Daisy and Scorpius immediately knew who is father was speaking of without even a second thought.



“Don’t take her up on anything she suggests Scorpius. You will regret it later, trust me.” Draco of course spoke from experience. Pansy had been sickeningly in love with Draco and it had complicated his life for a few years because of it, but also because his pureblood parents had actually liked Pansy and her family making it even harder for him to break things off with Pansy.



“Dad, seriously. You’re making a fool of yourself right now. Do you think I would touch that girl? I don’t fancy pigs in a trough, Dad.” Scorpius said as he slipped his Italian leather shoes on.



Draco couldn’t help but laugh at his son’s analogy.



“Alright Scorpius but just remember that you will treat all girl’s as ladies, even the one’s who are not very lady-like. Understand?” Draco stood up and looked Scorpius in the eyes, although Draco still had a good two inches on him in height.



“Yeah Dad got it, can I go now?” Draco nodded and then pulled his son into a quick manly hug, slapping his back and clutching him to his chest briefly whispering I love you Scorp in his ear.



Scorpius swung his bedroom door open to find Hermione bending next to it eavesdropping.



“I figured you were listening Mum.” Scorpius smiled warmly at his mother as Hermione straightened his shirt and stopped him, laying her hands upon her son’s face.



“You’re growing up so fast Scorpius. Just to add to your father’s little talking to, don’t do anything unbecoming of an almost fourteen year old. No sense trying to grow up too fast, plenty of time for that later.” Hermione patted his face and kissed his cheek.



“Off you go then! You are escorting Isis and Lily to the party as well so keep an eye on them won’t you?” Scorpius sighed and then glanced over at Isis and Lily Potter sitting on the sofa waiting for him to finish getting ready so they could go to Daisy’s party.



“It’s about time Scorpius, done enough primping in the mirror have you?” Isis shot a smirk at Scorpius who grunted as Lily Potter stared at him like she had just seen a Greek Adonis and Scorpius held his head up high as he swaggered out the door telling them they better keep up because he wouldn’t wait for them.



“See you at eleven o’clock and have a good time!” Hermione shouted from the door turning to see Draco standing behind her with a look of molten lava on is face.



“Let’s see, what shall we do for the next three hours Mrs. Malfoy?” Draco’s hand slid between Hermione’s thighs and up her dress as he pulled her into a close embrace.



“Well I thought we would go over some of the details about your disappearance my loving popsicle of a husband.” Hermione looked at him coyly.



“No. We won’t Hermione, now stop nagging me about it, damn it woman!” Draco’s words came out of him so unexpectedly to both he and Hermione that Draco had felt like somebody else inside him had said them.



“Alright, Draco I’m sorry. I was half kidding anyways. Calm down already.” Hermione said with a disturbed look on her face.



“I’m sorry Hermione I don’t know where that came from, it’s like it was somebody else saying it yet it was me. Forgive me babe.” Draco said apologetically.



“It’s okay hun, come on let’s skip the chatting and go upstairs and hold each other. We can talk later.” Hermione had a warm look on her face again and Draco reached for her hand as they ascended the stairs to their bedroom.



At the party...



“It’s a muggle game called Seven Minutes in Heaven. I heard my Mum talking about it once when she didn’t know I was listening to her and her friend talk after having some elf-made wine.” A rising third year Hufflepuff girl said as she explained the game.



“You have to go into the dark closet with a boy and spend seven minutes in there with him.” The girl went on as all the girls and boys wrote their name on little pieces of parchment and stuffed it into an old wizard’s hat of Blaise Zabini’s. Pansy and Blaze were upstairs getting inebriated with some of the kid’s parents. Draco and Blaise were still friendly but he hated his wife Pansy so he and Hermione tended to steer clear of their well known and attended parties.



Scorpius, was leaning against the wall in the basement as the other adolescents hovered whispering in a group on the floor over the hat. Pansy had decorated the basement with party favors. There was a muggle disco ball that flashed light and threw specs of light against the walls as they rotated around the basement walls. On the ceiling was the figure of a slithering snake that coiled itself into a ball then shot out,tongue flickering, as if chasing a rat. A punch bowl and snacks for the kids were at the far end of the room.



“Lily Potter! Now you have to choose a boy’s name out of the hat.” Daisy exclaimed excitedly.



Lily put her nervous hand into the bag as twenty kids all stood awaiting with eager anticipation on their faces. Lily was a pretty girl. She had auburn hair, a good mix between Harry and Ginny’s color. Her eyes were a striking emerald color like her father’s, and unlike Isis, she had already hit puberty. Lily had a cute dimple on her face when she smiled. Scorpius’s heart skipped a beat when she pulled the name from the old hat and read it.



“Scorpius Malfoy.” Lily’s face blushed rosily and Daisy, with a look of anger, snatched the parchment from Lily’s hands.



“Let me see that! I don’t believe you Lily Potter!” Daisy glared at the parchment clearly upset that Scorpius’s name had been pulled as she was supposed to pull his name out not Lily Potter. Suddenly Daisy’s face softened and an evil looked marked her expression.



“I’ll switch with you Lily; you can take my turn, alright?” Daisy was now making her way over to the wall where Scorpius stood, holding his jacket in a suave and sophisticated way over his shoulder with his index finger. Lily was standing motionless, afraid to disagree with Daisy who was older then her and bigger in all the wrong places.



Scorpius had seen Daisy coming for him and he quickly stepped between people as to avoid her, finally reaching Lily in the crowd of kids and reaching for her hand.



“Come on let’s do this.” Scorpius pulled Lily into the closet and shut the door as the other kids cheered, all except for Isis who stood glaring at her brother and her best friend silently.



“Lumos.” Scorpius lit his wand.



“So are you going to the World Cup next week?” Scorpius tried to make the situation less awkward for both of them.



“Yeah I think we are all going together, your mum and mine and my dad.” Lily was sure she was stuttering. She was sitting in the closet with the boy she found to be so devastatingly handsome. She was sitting in the closet with her best friend’s brother and Isis passed into her thoughts. How would she be able to face Isis after this. Would she have to admit to Isis that she loved her brother Scorpius, that all the times she had admitted that she hated him, she had been lying?



Scorpius looked at his watch after several minutes had passed.



“I’m supposed to at least kiss you, but we don’t have to if you don’t want to. “ Scorpius said blushing now at Lily. His blond hair was now shimmering in the light of his wand and she longed to kiss his lips.



“Well I’m not a chicken.” Lily smiled and Scorpius leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips. He pulled back and opened his eyes and Lily was still sitting across from him in the darkly illuminated closet with her eyes closed. Scorpius, without thinking kissed her again, his hand on her silky soft cheek now as he kissed her tenderly, not realizing that the door had swung open and standing before them was Lily’s father, Harry Potter.



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