AN: OK, I'd been taking a break from FF as I contemplated career moves, and have finally gotten back to it. I know a lot of people wanted an epilogue for 7 summers, and I might still write one but… I really like my sequel idea a lot more. This is loosely based on the movie the Hangover (which is why I thought now would be a good time to write this). It is NOT a direct parody or crossover, but this was inspired by the first movie. Enjoy, and let me know what you think.

Scorpius Malfoy, Hugo Weasley and James Sirius Potter trudged down a busy street, dejected as the snow whirled around them.

"You know we're going to have to tell her"

James and Scorpius scowled at their curly headed companion. Recent events notwithstanding, Hugo had an annoying tendency to state the obvious.

'You're his brother' Scorpius cowered slightly as his best friend's oldest brother glared at him. He had always been slightly afraid of James growing up, and recently that fear had escalated into a full blown terror. Scorpius knew he hadn't been James Potter's favorite person for awhile now, and only the only reason he had been invited on this stag do was because Al had insisted.

"You're the one that fucked up" James' voice was icy. Al may have forgiven Scorpius, but there were some things James Potter could not overlook. He was going to bear a grudge against the tall Malfoy heir probably for as long as he lived, no matter what Sonia said.

Biting his lip, Scorpius picked up his phone and dialed a familiar number.

Madeline Zabini wasn't usually a tense person. Her sister and Lily had joked that she was the easiest bride they had ever met. Of course, after Rose, anyone would have seemed reasonable. Maddie and Lily had joked that Bellatrix Lestrange herself couldn't have pitched such a fit when the wrong color roses were delivered to the church. But this time, she knew that something was up. She hadn't heard from Albus in two days. No one had. Harry couldn't find him. The wedding was in four hours, and the only groomsmen still in town were Frank, Greg and Kyle, forbidden from attending the weekend of debauchery by their pregnant wives. Lily had arrived an hour before with Arthur, looking stressed, and practically flying to hair and makeup, not saying a word to anyone. Maddie just knew in her heart of hearts that something had gone terribly wrong. As her phone rang, she had a good idea of who to blame.

"Malfoy" Maddie's voice was curt and sharp, channeling Lily during most of their Hogwarts career. She barely registered the bump as her best friend hit her head on a large hairdryer nearby, turning her head in shock.

'Hello, Mads' Scorpius gulped. Madeline Zabini didn't get angry very often, but when she did, she was almost as scary as Lily Potter herself.

"I'm getting married in four hours, but I seem to be missing something. Or should I say someone?" Maddie struggled to keep the panic out of her voice as her sister shushed Arthur in the background. Lily Potter looked downright green as she stared at her best friend, wringing her hands (much to the chagrin of the nearby manicurist). A few meters away, Ginny Weasley Potter had to be held back by her sister in law, as she reluctantly allowed Maddie to talk.

'Yeah about that…' Scorpius stared at the ground, willing himself to come up with the right thing to say. How could you tell someone their fiancé was lost without his wand? And not get killed?

"What? Scor, the wedding is in four hours. What happened to him?" Madeline Zabini abandoned all traces of anger, as she imagined her fiancé bruised and bloodied in a hospital somewhere. She should never have trusted his idiot brother and idiot best friend to plan a bachelor party. Merlin only knew what they had gotten themselves into.

Nearby, Lily Potter blanched. The last time she had seen her brother, he had been safe, happy, and very, very, drunk. She had to be the most irresponsible sister and best friend in the world. She didn't know whether to comfort her best friend, or to apparate back to the city and shake Malfoy until his teeth rattled (not that she hadn't done so already). She bit her lip as she tried to remember the events of the previous two days. It was hard to do without recalling the bittersweet portions as well. The ones involving Scorpius Malfoy.

"Mads – that isn't going to happen" Scorpius looked at the ground. Just when he thought he was done letting down the Potter family, he goes and loses one of their sons.

"What do you MEAN it isn't going to happen" Madeline Zabini's voice quivered as she crossed her fingers, praying that this was Malfoy's idea of a sick, sick joke.

"We – we fucked up, Mads. We lost Al"

Two days earlier

Scorpius Malfoy was unpacking his suitcase, as Al, James and Hugo got ready in their rooms. James, wasn't talking to him, and had ceremoniously refused to share a room with him. He had even sweet talked the receptionist at their hotel to upgrade their room to a suite. Scorpius toyed with the small velvet box in his hand. Hopefully James would soon decide he had been punished enough for everything. Merlin knew James couldn't hate him as much as he had hated himself for the last two years. He sighed sadly at the box in his hand as his best friend cleared his throat.

'Scor… what's that?' Albus Potter's voice was guarded as he took in his best friend's rueful expression. His heart sank as he debated how ethical it would be to smack some sense into his friend. With a bludger.

"It's an engagement ring!" Hugo's voice was loud and joyful as James Potter glared at the tall man in front of him. His hazel eyes narrowed as he inwardly cursed his brother for making him promise to try and get along. He twisted his lips into what he supposed was a half smile.

"I'm going to ask her at the wedding. It's time" Scorpius' tone was flat, as he took out the plain silver band with the flashy square diamond. His best friends' emerald eyes narrowed.

'That isn't the Malfoy ring, Scor'

"No one's getting that ring" Scorpius dug his hand into his pocket as he felt the green box he had been toting for the last two years, reminding him daily of his stupidity.

'If you would just –'

"Over my dead body!" James thundered. Bachelor or not, Albus was NOT allowing this git anywhere near their sister ever again. He had even tried to get him banned from the wedding. "He is NOT talking to her"

'They'll both be at the wedding, James. And in the wedding party. He can't not talk to her' Albus and Maddie had even planned to pair their stubborn best friends up as they walked down the aisle, until Lily found out and threatened to boycott the ceremony.

"I'm not going to try anything, James." Scorpius was quiet. "She deserves better than me, we all know that"

Albus bit his lip, as James stared, mutinous but mollified. After a moment's silence, he spoke carefully. 'But… why Flint of all people?'

"Why not?" Scorpius was bitter. "I don't care who I marry if it isn't – " Almost against his will, a vision of red gold hair, pink tearstained cheeks and huge wet hazel eyes popped into his memory. He was a jackarse, and deserved everything he had with Elpheba.

"But doesn't she beat you?" Hugo had been just as angry as James, but events in the last couple of years had taught him sympathy. He knew how it felt to lose the person you loved after a fight. What he didn't understand was how Malfoy could be so passive about it. He had spent the last year moving heaven and earth trying to find Ellie, and he knew that when he saw her at the wedding he was going to grab her apologize, and propose on the spot, family and friends be damned.

"Only when I deserve it." Scorpius tone was oblique and resolute, as James smirked slightly and Albus pinched his nose under his glasses. Merlin help him, he was going to shove his sister and Scorpius into a closet at the wedding if he had to. Meanwhile he supposed they should get on with whatever Scor had planned for the night. If James had been involved, there would be scary trips to muggle strip clubs just to start the night.

"I have shots! And a speech!" Hugo piped up as his cousins rolled their eyes. Hugo meant well, but he had a tendency to turn every conversation lately to being about Ellie. Which Al didn't exactly disapprove of. If nothing else, Hugo was proactive.

"The last year and a half has been especially hard for me…" Scorpius glared as he met a two pairs of almost identical bespectacled eyes across the room. It was almost as if the last couple of years hadn't happened, as James mouthed the words SODDING BORE to his brother and Scorpius as Hugo droned on about the trials and tribulations of his singledom.

"But you, Albus, have been especially encouraging to me. Even when Maddie and Lily wouldn't tell either of us where she was, you told me to keep going, and not to end up like –" Hugo cut himself off and gave Scorpius Malfoy an embarrassed look. Clearly he had not thought his speech through.

"Cheers to the best cousin I could ever have. You're marrying the love of your life, and I can't think of a bloke who deserves it more"

Albus, Scorpius and James raised their glasses, to what would be their last memory of the night.

AN: I promise this is going to have much more of a plot than the movies, but I couldn't not include some drunken fun as well. Let me know what you think