Five Minutes

AN: So I FINALLY, fully and excitedly have a plan for this story. c: Except... :c Now I'm going on vacation until the 15th, with no internet access... Then I start school. Aw well, I'll write while I'm on vacation anyway.

Warnings: None for this chapter...

Rose guards the door as Albus leads me into the room, holding tightly onto my arm as she closes the door behind me. Al and I are alone now and I pull myself away from him. I don't bother to look around the room. My eyes are on Albus alone.

"What in Merlin's name are we doing here?" I keep backing away from him as he tries to grab my arm again. "I told you, I don't want to be friends, you bloody idiot!" I yell and his eyes portray how much this had hurt him. It frustrates me more. "Why can't you just leave me alone? It isn't WRITTEN that a Potter must make a Malfoy's life a hell!"

He backs off a bit, eyeing me over as he begins to think again. I sigh in resignation. After a bit of silence, he approaches me again. "Kiss me." It's whispered and I almost don't catch it. I look up to him.

"What?"

"One last time, Scorpius. Please." He pulls me against him, arms around my waist. "I miss your... lips." His voice is low and I briefly wonder if Rose knew the real reason he as here. I try to pull away, but he's still holding me close.

"You do an awful lot of missing, don't you! You broke up with me!" I growl, giving in to his strong hold. "Get over it." I stare up at him and for a second, those loving green eyes pull me in and I near give in to him.

...

Loving?

"And that's the way it will stay... I just want..."

"Do you... Still love me?" I say it slowly and the color fades from his face. He lets go and backs up. "You do." My voice is low and I feel a mixture of butterflies and painful needles against my ribs.

"No!" He damn near shouts it at me and the rage from earlier is back. He's defensive now and I'm incredibly angry.

"You're mad! Insane!" I jab my finger into his chest and he pushes my hand away. "If you loved me, you wouldn't have hurt me! I've been so alone. You nearly killed me when you left and now, NOW! you come back thinking you can just-"

"You have no idea what I've been through, darling." I can only read stress in his voice as he takes a step forward reaching out to me and brushing a bit of hair from my forehead. "You ask me if I love you and… I…"

"do."

He sighs and it's then that I realize his face is only a small movement away from my own. "Please?"

I shift a bit as one of his arms wrap around my waist, both of my hands ending up against his chest. "No, Al. We aren't together, I am not going to just…" I'm so confused and it hurts. My heart is heavy and my mind is spinning. He's as tender as he was when we were together, his words laced with the love and adoration that had captivated me for so long.

And finally his lips capture mine in the sweetest kiss we've ever had, as his arms hold me against him again. I can't even convince myself that I hadn't wanted this, hadn't been consumed by dreams of him returning to me. He's so gentle, so completely careful of me that for a moment, I forget that we aren't together.

But the thought comes back to me as soon as we split apart. I can't look at him, just staring at the ground. Not in shame, but deep in my own ponderings.

He loves me... Wants me... But he claims he still wants it to be over between us.

Then it occurs to me, like a small spark setting an entire field aflame.

James.

fin chapter 3

Scorpius: We are never ever ever ever ever, getting back together!

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