Scorpius Malfoy

"Well, sorry, but I'm not too much of a drinker myself." On occasion, he'd have a few drinks and maybe one or two if he really felt like it, but he really hated the idea of getting drunk. There was no reason for him to personally do so and who knew what he would do when under the influence. He already had done stupid things while completely sober. "Though if you catch me on a good day, I'd probably agree and drink a few." Maybe today was that day, after all, he'd been going through some crap he'd hoped never happen again.

"Pretty sure my dad is the one that embarrasses me. Sometimes I think he truly is evil." Showing off his damn baby pictures were the worse. He didn't care how cute he was, the whole lot of death eaters or party goers didn't need to see them. It was just awkward. "We sure do." Whether or not either of them really wanted to be in their little group, it was far too late to back out now. The moment they agreed to join was already too late. The mark would never go away. "Right, I'll make sure to let people know when you fall to the floor unconscious that it was death by boredom and being surrounded by stupidity." His eyes went to her drink then back up to her. "As long as you don't get too drunk, have as many as you like."

His lips curled down slightly at his words and for a moment, he really wasn't quite sure what to say. It wasn't an easy thing to reply to nor was it a topic he talked about often enough to know a whole lot on the topic. "I guess that is true, I'm not going to say it isn't. However, even if you weren't I guess these sick bastards with all their money could get the innocent ones in trouble anyways." Sometimes he wondered if his father ever tried something like that. He didn't seem to have the best reputation when he was in school. "I hate all these pureblood assholes just as much as you do Lorcan, and if there was anything I could do to help, if there is anything I can do to help, I will."

“I would love to say that I really don’t care if you trust me or not, but unfortunately that isn’t true.” It wasn’t. Since he had first met Albus, he had been trying to gain James’ trust because it seemed even from a young age, he never really did like him. Then, when he started to really fall for Lily a few years ago,he had tried harder, but it had seemed like nothing was working, and he was right. “Yes, I do know how terrible things are, for all three of you and I have been trying my hardest to help her through all of it.” Not that he would believe him. Seemed like people were believing him less and less these days. Taking a deep breath, he fell quiet for a moment then he nodded. “Thank you then.” His eyes met the older boys. “For protecting her that is, because I know I can’t do it alone.” And he never thought he could. “I’m not upset or anything that you don’t trust me. If I had a sibling, I wouldn’t trust anyone with them either, No matter what their past was. So thank you.” 

His hand rested on the table for a moment, his eyes not looking anywhere but down, For a long moment, he didn’t say anything, not sure if he really should or not. Finally, he spoke. “The Scorpius you used to know? Well, it sounds like you don’t think he was ever real in the first place.” At first his words were quiet, but he spoke up more next. “Never, not once in my life have I even thought about lying to you. Even now, I would never dream of doing it, You can think whatever you want about the people I supposedly support, because I probably think the same thing, but just because I am one of them doesn’t mean I am anything like them.” His eyes finally met hers once again. “You were one of my bests, if not my best friend back in school. I told you because it was actually killing me inside for you not to know. You were practically family to me, and I was just trying to get some help because I thought maybe if anyone was going to help me through it, it would have been you.” He pressed his lips together, swallowing a lump that had seemed to form in his throat. “But it seems like not only was I wrong, but not even almost seven years of us being friends could make you look past one stupid mistake. I tried to be there for you for almost everything, I told you everything, even my biggest secret, and you just think I’m a liar.” He fell quiet again for a moment before moving away from the table. “Well, I’m done trying to get you back then. I’ll stay out of your way.” With that, he turned away and made his way to the door. 

“Wow, kill my mood completely Athena.” He sighed dramatically, crossing his arms over his chest. “Are you saying I wouldn’t be your favorite if someone else were in the picture?” His eyebrows rose slightly before he nodded. “That’s good. Although I am still curious as to what was going on just now.”

Honestly. he wasn’t surprised at all when Teddy stood to walk away. For a moment though, he didn’t do anything. He didn’t speak, he didn’t move, he just sat there. One memory just running through his mind, the last time he had decided to tell someone. He wasn’t going to let it end that way again though. Standing, he moved around the table, heading towards him. “Teddy, wait please.” His voice cracked just slightly at his own words. Why was he putting himself through this again? “Just listen to me. I swear it isn’t what you think.” What did he think though? He hadn’t said a word. Scorpius just felt like running now, getting away from him and everyone else in that place. Funny how that worked, considering they’d usually be the ones wanting to get away from people like him.”I’m sorry.” He stopped in his tracks, not bothering to go after him any further. “I wanted to tell you sooner, but after what happened when I told the first person, I couldn’t do it again.” 

“What? That is so not what I meant.” Scorpius rolled his eyes slightly, but still a smirk played on his lips. “I haven’t gotten drunk in quite sometime so I don’t even know how I would react if I were to get too drunk.” Sure he had had a few drinks from time to time, but he was never fond of waking up after a night of nothing he remembered. Always made him feel like he did something wrong. “The craziest I’ve ever seen? Well, we are magical so things arent as crazy to us as it would be to most. I have seen tons of injuries from new wizards trying out dangerous spells though. You’d think after the first time, they wouldnt do it again.”

“Possibly so, everyone does seem to have their own reason for joining, whether it be for power, they’re jut crazy, or even manipulation.” The reason he had joined. Teddy was right, the wars just seemed to keep coming because no one ever seemed to stay happy so they had to ruin someone else’s lives to help themselves. “We’ve had three wars in the past century or so? It is really crazy.” And his family had been involved in all of them somehow. Or at least he was pretty sure they had been. A lump formed in his throat and Teddy’s response. Maybe he could just make something up and back out quickly. “I uh,” Of course this would be hard. The people, the group or whatever they wanted to be called, that he was in had done so many wrong things, including killing Teddy’s parents. Scorpius stayed quiet, as if thinking for a long minute or so. The words weren’t coming, so he made sure to get something out. “Just promise you won’t hate me? Okay?” After all this talk, of the Death Eaters, of how they all had their own reasons for joining, it didn’t make it any easier. His eyes fell to the table, and without another moment of hesitation, it just slipped. “Teddy, I’m one of them. I’m a Death Eater.” His voice was quiet, and part of him wished he hadn’t heard him, but he knew that wasn’t true. 

“Hey, no need to apologize, Luce.” He smiled over at her, shrugging to show he really didn’t mind it. Yeah, he had missed seeing her a lot, but he also knew that they both had jobs now so they both got busy. He didn’t even get to see too many people that often since he had to work as well, except the few that he saw everyday anyways, which weren’t very many. “Probably a good thing you can’t imagine it, it is terrible what is going on right now in the world and unfortunately I have to see all of it. People just keep coming up with new ways to hurt people.” His lips fell into a frown at the thought and he looked down at the table as she got up to go get the drinks. How was he ever going to tell her that he was in one of the groups causing all of the trouble? He probably wouldn’t be able to, he couldn’t have her hating him as well. He cares about her too much. When she came back, he forced a smile to her. “Thanks. This will be good.” He lifted the soda to his lips and took a sip before nodding. “She is doing good. We’re doing great.”

“I know you were joking, I always know when you are.” He then shook his head, smiling over at her. “I’d never be mad at you. I promise.” Pressing his lips together for a moment, he looked over her. “Well, you probably should take something so it doesn’t get any worse. I don’t want you in any pain.” 

“Well, I have to spend the whole time here. My father still doesn’t trust me out on my own at night. Probably after that dumb night like seven years ago.” His father still hadn’t gotten over the fact that Scorp had agreed to become a death eater, but there was nothing he could do about that now. It wasn’t like he liked it anyways. “Awe, not going to last another 15 minutes, Ana? Surely you won’t die of boredom or anything.” He chuckled softly, looking over at her. “Thankfully, there aren’t anymore parties. This week, well as far as I know. My father seems to throw surprise ones at time.”

His eyebrows rose slightly at his response before he let out a sigh, sitting in front of him. “People also sometimes hate others for no reason or just because they are different. Isn’t it a wonderful concept?” He had plenty of people hating him just because he was the son of Draco and his family was known to be death eaters. He was such a great example by becoming one himself. “You realize you have the right to self defense right? Don’t let the assholes take you down. Then they know they are winning.” He never did understand why blood purity mattered so much to people now a days. Even with animals, it was crazy. “Remember, if you’re different, then you apparently don’t matter.” The blonde rolled his eyes, leaning back onto his hands a bit. Purity had been a problem for decades, and in this day and age it was confusing that it was still such an issue. Some of the best people were non pure wizards, because if you were a pure blood you were either an asshole or ‘a traitor’. 

"Until what? You're right and I turn out to be some terrible person? Stop being so sterotypical James." Whether he was right or not, his family really wasn't all that bad. Maybe their pasts were, but they were different now. Even his dad had changed a lot since his years of Hogwarts, and maybe that was because he had a son to look after, but either way he changed. So he wasn't sure why James had to distrust him so much. Or was it simply because he was dating his sister? "Pretty sure the only time you talk about me, is when you're talking about how much you hate me to my face. Or do you complain to you parents too?" He rolled his eyes a bit before letting out a sigh. "James, Lily and I have been together for over two years and we've never even gotten into an argument. So why do you always think I'm going to hurt her?"

"So what made you come back here then?" He hadn't know or heard of too many of the people his father knew of, at least not ones he didn't meet himself. There were still names he had heard occasionally from overhearing Draco speak to others whether be at night or when he takes them off alone at the parties. Crowley wasn't one he had quite remembered. "That would be him. I hope you don't think he's a bad guy like everyone else in this city does. Cause he really isn't all that bad." He felt like he needed to make that clear, because it seemed most people who had just heard of the Malfoy family only ever heard of their far pasts and not of how they were now.

"Thank you for letting me know." It was odd, how people and media made America seem like such a wonderful place, but any of his friends who had visited it had came back and told him it wasn't as great as it had seemed. More of a reason he really didn't want to go anywhere near the country. "Okay, maybe not everything. And only certain people ever get to know what it smells like,and usually those people find out by complete accident." He knew he had only been teasing, but it was indeed the truth. "Oh, definitely top secret. So secret that I have to tell you. It's just some reading for work that I'm catching up on. New potions and such I have to know how to make for injuries that come in."

"What? I can't believe you'd even think that I'm a cheater." He reached over and took one of her hands into his, rubbing his thumb gently against the top of her hand. "Awe, I'm sorry you have a headache. Have you taken anything for it yet? If not I can get you something to help. My day was pretty good though."