Valentines day came around and Cassie found herself in a dilemma. For once in her life, she'd forgotten to buy a gift for something. She always bought gifts, from the weird and wonderful (there are some peculiarly shaped muggle sweets in Spain) to the thoughtful and practical (sunglasses that folded). But for her first Valentines with Albus she had completely forgotten. It was only when he slipped a note into her hand on February the fourteenth, telling her to meet him in the Gryffindor common room for her gift, she remembered. She couldn't go and get him a gift, it was far too late. She would just have to use her Slytherin resourcefulness and hope he hadn't got her anything too exciting. She dashed to his common room, a thousand ideas running through her head.

When she arrived, the room was cramped and buzzing. Couples were ramming their tongues down each other's throats, crushes were blushing at each other, there was even a sixth year couple doing something wildly inappropriate on the rug in front of the fire. She scanned the busy room for a familiar mop of messy black hair, and after a mild panic where she though James was Albus and was cheating on her with his brother's girlfriend, she found him. He was waving at her from the corner of the room, where he was sat with Scorpius and Rose. She felt her heart sink. She could bet that Rose and Scorpius had got each other wonderful presents, and Albus would surely dump her for forgetting if he saw how imperfect she was.

"Hi." She smiled weakly at them. They all flashed huge, dazzlingly white smiles back at her.

"I like your skirt, Cassiopeia." Rose complimented her sweetly.

"Oh, um, thanks." she replied awkwardly.

"I wish I had the courage to go out in a skirt that short." She sighed. Albus spat the butterbeer he'd been drinking across the table.

"Don't you dare Rose Weasley!" He spluttered. Scorpius murmured something in Rose's ear that made her blush in a way that Cassie didn't think humanly possible.

"You behave Scorpius Malfoy, or I'll write to Grandmother about your corrupting Rose." She warned. Her Greengrass grandmother had got on surprisingly well with Rose, and held her in high regard. If she had seen how Scorpius had made Rose blush, he'd be in for it.

"We'd better go and, er..." Scorpius took his girlfriend's hand and tried to tug her away.

"Fold your socks?" Cassie suggested with a wink as they disappeared. She sat down across from Al, and he smiled at her.

"I got you something." He pushed a small parcel across the table to her.

"Oh Al! You didn't have to get anything!" She gushed as she began unwrapping it.

"What, and have your cousin laugh at how pathetic I am at dating a Slytherin? No chance." He chuckled.

"Oh merlin Al, this is wonderful!" The parcel was a Parselmouths album, her favourite band.

"You said you liked them once and I found this in a shop a while back and-" She cut him off by pressing her lips against his and kissing him.

"That's a really good distraction." He breathed. She grinned.

"Now it's time for your present." She told him, took a deep breath and jumped up onto the table.

"Sonorous!

Oh Albus Potter,

There's no one hotter,

Except maybe me,

It's true I'm sorry!

I'm improvising this,

Give me a kiss!" She leant down and he pecked her on the cheek, the whole room was staring at her as she began to do a small tap dance routine on the table.

"I forgot about ,

I was so happy that it slipped my mind,

Both rhythm and rhyme,

Were lost that time,

I doubt you'll forget today,

"So let me just say,

I'm really embarrassed right NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!" She sang, although the last few notes were drowned out by applause and cheers for her feat.

"Sorry Al, I forgot to get you a present." She informed him quietly. They laughed until they cried.