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Chapter 1
"Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy, what the BLOODY HELL are you doing with my cousin?"
Scorpius and Rose detached their mouths from each other's and turned to look at Albus, who was running down the corridor towards them, his green eyes wild.
"Oh, hi, Al," said Rose calmly. "Would you mind going away, please? We're kind of busy."
That was why Rose was in Gryffindor, Albus thought. She wasn't ever afraid to speak her mind, and she wasn't ever ashamed of her actions.
"Yeah, I can see that," he said. Was this what it had been like for his dad, seeing his two best friends snogging each other? "Well, all I can say is, about time. I do believe everyone now owes Roxanne a galleon."
"You bet on us?" gasped Rose, looking horrified. Scorpius chuckled, wrapping his arms around her even more tightly, if that was possible.
"Of course they did," he drawled. "Your cousins bet on everything."
"That's not true," Albus protested. "The only other couple they've bet on is James and Calla. Well, when Calla would give in." Calla was James's fiancée whom he'd wooed for six years. In the seventh, he'd finally won her heart. "Oh, and now Lily and Anthony. But that's a different story."
"WHAT?" shrieked Rose. "And you never told me?"
"Put her down for summer of sixth year," Scorpius said.
"So we're joint-betting now?" Rose said, looking straight into his blue-grey eyes.
"No, I don't think you're right," he said, smirking. "But I knew you would say that."
"You always know what I'm thinking," Rose grumbled.
"I do," he agreed. "But think of the energy you could save! You'll never have to speak again!"
She rolled her brown eyes. He laughed and kissed the tip of her nose, pretending not to notice Albus fake-retching in the background.
"You're going to be worse than Teddy and Vic," Albus complained.
"Really, Al?" Rose said. "You and Sarah are practically worse than them." Sarah Longbottom was Al's girlfriend.
"But we can't even do anything, not with Neville around," Al protested.
Rose giggled. "'Do anything?'" she repeated. "Oh, Albus…"
Scorpius snorted. "Yeah, nothing except stare all lovey-dovey into each other's eyes, hold hands all the time, snog each other in deserted corridors…"
Albus blushed. "Well, you guys can," he said. "Or maybe not. Our cousins will probably insist you stay at least a metre apart. Oh Merlin! Wait 'til James hears about this! He'll come tearing down here and -"
"Beat me up, yeah, yeah, I know," Scorpius said. "I'm ready. But the point is, you're supposed to go away now."
Albus did not budge. "Shall we?" asked Rose. Scorpius smirked and kissed her.
"AAAH!" screamed Albus. "I don't need to see my cousin and my best mate snogging, thank you very much!"
Scorpius and Rose looked at each other and cracked identical evil grins, and then leaned into each other once more.
Needless to say, Albus left.
