Valentines Day. The most hated holiday of singles. Lily Potter had a bone to pick with whatever idiot who came up with Valentines Day, or rather she wanted to beat the living crap out of her boyfriend for dumping her on the day before Valentines day.

"Why did this just have to be the year that Hogwarts finally has a Valentines Day dance? Hmm. Why couldn't it be next year? I bloody HATE Valentines Day now!" Lily moaned to her cousin Hugo as they walked to the Great Hall, the corridors filled with people who were either wrapped up in each others arms or kissing.

"The whole bloody week that it's on is stupid," he agreed, "I hate feeling pressured into getting Lindsey something."

"Well, you're lucky. You actually have someone to get something for. And she'll probably get you something and then you'll be happy," Lily said sourly entering the Great Hall.

Lily narrowed her eyes angrily at the floor as she kicked at a flag stone that was sticking up on one side.

"Ouch!" she yelped in pain, hopping on one foot clutching her other foot. "Stupid stone!"

"Whoa, are you alright?" she heard someone ask. Awkwardly, she managed to turn and see who it was, Sixth Year Scorpius Malfoy, her older brother Al's best friend.

"Oh, Scor, it's you," Lily said, still hopping on one foot and holding the other. She grimaced.

I must look like a total idiot like this! she thought to herself.

Scorpius rushed up closer to her and pulled her free arm around his own shoulder, helping her to a seat beside her other cousin, Rose, who turned around to see Scorpius helping Lily to sit down.

"Thanks, I guess having the Valentines Day Blues is making me very violent, kicking poor flag stones and such," Lily said, straining to make a joke through all her sourness.

"It's alright, I'm just glad that you didn't brake off your toe! I mean, the force on that kick was 'wow' material," Scorpius said with a grin.

"Well, I do have experience in kicking things, my older brothers, ex-boyfriends, and the occasional stupid flag stone," Lily said grinning.

He does seem to always have that effect on me, being able to make me laugh even when I feel like crap. I'm glad that I can have a friend like him, even if he is a year older than me, she thought to herself.

"So, what exactly has down in the so-called 'Valentines Day Blues'?" Scorpius asked her.

"Idiots, you know, the usual," Lily said shrugging.

"Which one. I know a lot of idiots," Scorpius asked grinning.

"What makes them idiots?"

Scorpius looked over a Rose who had been eavesdropping on the two's conversation. "It's to complicated and mushy to say, at least here with all these people," he said cryptically.

"Well, will you tell me later?" Lily asked him.

"Sure, if you agree not to go around kicking flag stones," Scorpius said with a chuckle.

"Deal."