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Scorpus returned the hug and Lily went back around the counter and took a seat on her bar stool. The girl folded her hands in her lap and allowed Scorpius to ramble on. He asked her a couple of questions and then his observation. The only time she was ever seriously into her work was while she sat in here. So she did know what he meant. Lily sighed a bit, not really in unhappiness just in the familiarity he brought her. “I’ve been up to the same usually stuff I do. Work, home, more work, practice.” She shrugged her shoulders and waited a moment. “As for what I’m working on, come take a look.” The girl suggested before getting up and signaling Scorpius to follow her.



Lily led him through the isles of wands before opening the door to the back room. She turned on a light and lightly dabbed the paint of her new wand. Satisfied, the girl picked up the wand and handed him the handle. “Don’t know if it’ll work to be honest. I’ve been experimenting lately. Mermaid Scale, holly and blackwood, eleven inches.” The girl grinned. “I just need to test it out now!” That was the dangerous part who knew what the wand was capable of. The girl waited for him to take the wand. “You’ll be the first to touch it outside the creator, who knows what would happen.” Lily winked at him, of course knew what to do if things went bad, like they often did.



"Give it a go." she said excitedly.

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Lily scoffed. “You can’t believe I can make one of these?” She bumped his shoulder lightly. “I’ve been making them since the end of my first year working her.” The girl beamed, “No social life, no love life, just work!” The girl said seeing no problem in the matter. The red head just loved what she was doing and because of it, she had many wands at home that worked for her and only her. Lily was definitely equipped with the brains and talent for this sort of thing. She just absolutely loved it. She couldn’t ask for a better job. She got to play with wandlore, magic and art. It was the best package. And she was never embarrassed to show her work. She did a great job after all, it kept her Death Eater enemies at bay, that was for sure. Lily looked at him, “Good.” She grinned. “So the black wood is from Australia, it’s great for potion making and summoning charms. Lots of Hufflepuffs tend to buy this kind. As for the holly, bad for hexes and curse but brilliant against dark magic! I’ve sold the holly wands to most Gryffindors lately.” She nodded giving him more back ground.



“As for the mermaid scale. Or hair. Is a bit of temperamental sort of core, and very rare. Lucky enough, there is a merperson who was quite fond of my father and doesn’t mind supplying me. Perfect for Herbology or Potions, favors water based spells. Since it’s a mermaid I received it from, it’ll work better for a woman.” She nodded. “Eleven inches is more someone that leans toward more of a Ministry future and it’s also inflexible, meaning, it’s super powerful but makes it difficult to master a spell.” She nodded. Lily raised an eyebrow at the comment about nursing him back to health. “Trust me.” She told him before Scorpius took the wand and wave it. She watched the box float and then explode. The girl cheered and clapped her hands together. “Perfect!” the girl looked at him. “No more tweaking. This wand is made more for a woman, most likely a potioneer destined for Mungos or a female Auror for the Ministry.” She nodded taking the wand from him and putting it into a box. “It would have never worked for you Score.” She wrote a incredibly high price on the box and out it on a shelf. “Wands pick their masters. Not every wand with aid you.” Lily told him in all honesty.

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Lily smirked. “Hey, never said anyone is at fault.” The girl bumped his shoulder back. Lily was pretty content. Was she overly happy? Only when one of her wands were picked or one wand was finished. But companionship was never her biggest priority. Not to mention, she didn’t really have a list of people she’d want to chose from. It was too dangerous just dating strangers and well, dating friends were tricky. Actually dating in general during this time was complicated. Yet, Lily didn’t dwell too much on it. Like stated before, she was content and content was great during this era.

Lily was bound to become Old Mr Ollivander one day. She had an amazing memory and something she is completely focused on, it wasn’t hard to remember. That and she wrote it down in her book of wands. She’d write down the wand she created, the name it belonged to and then stored it. It was mostly incase it ever came back in for help. Who knew how long her memory would last. But that was another thing she didn’t dwell on.

The girl took out her wand and gave it a wand. The fire and smoke was gone, but the box was hopeless. She picked it up and tossed it into the trash bin next to the desk she worked at. “Always. Can’t except me to baby you.” She gave a shrug of her shoulders. Lily mostly said what she thought or what was fact. She never paid attention if it was brutal or not. But in this case, Scorpius was jut teasing her, so she teased him back. Lily raised her eyebrows at him. Becoming of it. “So if I had a thing for only guys, does that make me not very becoming?” she challenged him. It was a fair question to his comment.

Then Scorpius had a challenge for her. Lily took a seat in her chair and took his wand. The girl ran a hand over it, her eyes frowned a bit. “Should I be brutally honest?” Lily smirked at him before looking back at the wand. She held it in her finger tips and observed it. Before giving it a wave. A box popped off it’s place. Lily gave him a look after he made his last comment and giggled a bit.

“Well, you’re wand is made out of a not so common wood.” Lily placed it on the desk and let it roll. “Texture, color and weight says this is from Africa, Acacia. But since it isn’t a wand pass down means this piece of wood actually came from Europe itself.” She sat back and folded her arms. “That wood, well, it’s a difficult sort to use, meaning, most wands made out it tend to be rigid, inflexible, sturdy or supple.” She picked up his wand again and flexed it by holding each end of it. “Supple. Means, you probably had more trouble learning a spell than someone with a flexible wand. So, if you can master a spell with this wand, means you’re talented. And stubborn, but determined and ambitious.” She put the wand back down.

“Scorpius, you have a lot to prove. Tricky wand wood and dragon heartstring?” the girl folded her hands on her lap. “Dragon heartstring produces power, also very flashy wand work.” She winked at him before continuing on. “But, it levels the playing field since it’s a core that can be easily used. Temperamental though. Funny enough.” Lily shrugged and picked up her measuring tape. “Interestingly enough, knowing your family history and the way you grew up, the core is perfect. It doesn’t have an affinity for light magic or dark magic, it can adapt to either.” She looked at Scorpius, “A boy, born to a pureblood family, filled with dark arts but eventually found a spot in the good. Not exactly siding with them, but not exactly siding with us. For the most part, neutral, but can go any way.” She knew he was trying to keep his social standing incriminating. Lily Potter was not dumb. The strawberry blonde took the tape and measured the wand on her desk. “Did you know wandlore could be linked to divination, a prediction of who the holder could become. You can use tarots to figure out what the lengths mean. More symbolism than anything, but some times, it fits.” She handed him his wand. “Eleven, the card of Justice, One, the card of The Magician, Four, the card of the Emperor. Want to know what the cards mean?” she titled her head looking at him curiously.

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Her green eyes lingered on Scorpius for a moment. It was amazing that they could just be a bit childish when all hell was breaking loose. It was a small moment. She felt slightly more than just content. It made her a bit curious. Lily looked away from him and back at her main focus, wands.

Lily would glance up every now and then when she spoke. She wanted to see his reaction to the words she spoke. She was giving him a lot of information, maybe some that he wasn’t comfortable hearing. But in the end, her asked and Lily was answering. There was a smile. He was a bit nonchalant until he heard the fact that mastering a spell with his wand meant talent. Lily had managed to give him an ego boost. Lily smiled lightly over her words. Scorpius had a nice smile. It wasn’t his smile he normally gave her when they teased each other. And it wasn’t the smile he gave to anyone. It was a smile that showed her was proud of the comment. Or at least, that was what she was understanding. Reading wands were one thing, reading people? More complicated.

He laughed at her calling him stubborn, but in all honesty, that was a trait she knew to be true in Scorpius. It was trait they shared with each other. Nether could give up on something they thought enough about.

Lily started it. She sometimes never knew how to control it. She just said the first thing that would come to mind, or at least give body language without thinking it through. For heaven’s sake, she just flirted with her childhood friend. It wasn’t an odd thing for Lily, but it was Scorpius… That fact seemed to make it different. Lily smirked at him. She may have started it, but he didn’t finish it. Lily couldn’t help it. Her green eyes trailed him up and down, twirling the stick like object in her hand. She then spoke again. “Well then, maybe you should show me sometime.” It was out of her mouth before her thoughts could catch up. “Then I’ll know.” Lily raised an eyebrow at him before drawing her attention back to his wand… the one he brought from Ollivanders years ago.

Scorpius expression didn’t change, the room felt smaller some how. What she said was serious. The core could go either way. And so could Scorpius. Lily knew where he stood. At least she had an understanding of what he was doing. But he was in with the Death Eaters too, sort of. Who knew what influences would attach to her friend.

She smiled, “Numbers are powerful Mr. Malfoy. Just like words and stars and magic.” She told him. Who knew if it was right, it was just loosely connected, but it was fun any way. “The card of Justice. Means, impartial, dstant, cold, objective, clever, critical, insensivite, decisive, intelligent, analytical, realist, sense of responsibility, rational, has a clear vision, logic and reason.” That was the first card. Eleven. Or at least was describes it. “So you have a goal, one that you will not change your mind on because in you, you know it to be right in every sense of the word.” she then muttered stubborn and gave him a teasing grin. “Next would be The Magician.” She wiggled her eyebrows at him, “You have a conscious, which means you're no bad guy. Action driven. Centered concentration, a personal power, practical. Creative, energetic, precise. You have conviction. Manipulative, self confident.” Lily rolled her eyes at him, teasing him once more. “Focused, objective, determined. “ The girl waited a moment. “So you have a goal you are immovable on, but you won’t sit back on it. You are going to act on it and work on it. And you are going to use every ounce of yourself and not back down, no matter the need to achieve it.” It was a pretty general reading. Lily did well in divination. She knew enough to trick a muggle and word a phrase to apply to everyone, but the more she thought about the words she said, and pictured Scorpius, she found herself believing in her theory. “And last, four. The emperor.” The girl ranked through her mind for that one. “You are fatherly.” Lily gave Scorpius a look, “stable, holds authority, power, control. You have discipline, command and common sense, a status quo too. There is order, structure, organized, egocentric!” Lily went off in a fit a giggles. “Okay that one has! To be true.” She covered her mouth and looked at Scorpius amused. “A bit rigid, someone for tradition. Leadership is in there oh and the word experience comes to mind.” Another wink was thrown his way. “Inflexible and conservative.”

“Scorpius Malfoy. You have a goal. A goal you feel strongly about. This goal is truer to you than the sky is blue. This is a goal your willing to act on, something that takes time and care. You won’t back down from it and you won’t change your mind, no matter what. You have a plan. It may be a cliché plan, but you have one and you are already acting on it. You don’t care what it will take, but you will finish it. Or at least die trying…” Lily stood up and looked around her work place. Magic and numbers were an incredible thing. Who knew what she said was true. If it were, she learned a lot more about the boy in one sitting starting at a piece of wood than speaking to him through the years. Lily looked at Scorpius, “How’d I do?”

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And so, Lily and Scorpius passed a line they never dared walk. The redhead flirted with him and he flirted back. It continued on to the point where words were mixing with body language. She was facing him completely, hands by her sides instead of crossed over her chest. And in turn, Scorpius reached up and took a gentle hold on a strand of her strawberry blond locks. He played with it and she couldn’t help but feel a bit of electricity pass through them. It made her heart a jump a beat and if she wasn’t well versed in flirting she could have swooned of allow her breath to be caught. But she didn’t, she just smiled up at Scorpius.

Scorpius held no seriousness to what she said. Though, each word made her worry more and more. She believed a bit into her words, there was some truth and with the word they lived it, those words could be incredibly important. But he teased her a bit and it managed to calm her down slightly. The girl raised an eyebrow, “Manipulative? More? How?” she questioned him. Whatever goal that was now focused in his mind was more light and happy than what she could have predicted him to think of. The redhead looked at him curiosly. That was true! Scorpius was a Professor at Hogwarts, but in all honesty, it brought her worry back. There was more and more truth to what she was saying, which was the scary part. “Right, Professor Malfoy.” She joked back trying to keep herself under control. He obviously held something in mind, but she didn’t want to ask. It wasn’t her place to.

Then the unthinkable happened. Scorpius filled up the space between them. He moved forward and closer to her the moment she stood up. Her heart rate began to quicken, her eyes went a bit wide. She had no idea what was going on, she didn’t know how to act. She wasn’t sure what was going on. She was confused and curious, a bad combination for her. She stayed in place and soon a tingling ran up her spine and electricity flowed through her. Thanks to Scorpius placing his hands on her waist. He was touching her and not in the hey we’re friends way. His voice was low and quiet, she couldn’t help but lean a bit closer to hear him better. Cliché plan? Oh yeah, her “prediction”, his goal? What was his goal?

Then he kissed her.

Everything began to make sense from there on out. His lips were on her hers. The blonde kissed her and, Lily felt something?

As soon as it began, Scorpius broke it. Her eyes was still closed, still slow to what was going on. She finally opened her blue green eyes. She blinked a couple of times before her eyes focused on Scorpius. The girl looked at her before touching her lips. She looked at her finger tips. “You, you just kissed me?” it was more of a question. The found herself leaning up against her desk. What did this mean? The girl looked back up before it was her turn closing up the space. She was back in front of him. Lily was on her toes and kissing Scorpius back, an arm wrapped his neck and a hand placed on his chest. Lily didn’t think. She just acted. And then she stopped kissing him. But she didn't move away.