Author's Note: So, I know I've gotten a lot of reviews lately, and I want to throw out a big thanks to everyone who's supported me, especially potterphilsosepher and Nello Orella, I will make sure to check out your stories in the near future! So, I want to reply to some stuff that people said. Okay, first off, in one of my reviews, it addressed the fact that I've been switching tenses a lot. I'm really sorry about that. I'll try to watch it more, I don't know why it's so hard for me! Nello Orella, you don't sound like a perv, and I don't really care even if you do, I don't have a problem with perverts...unless they are middle aged men. I've thought about that a lot. I think it will affect her ability to be physical with Scorpius, but not overly. MFINGA25 I do that ALL THE TIME! The worst is when I'm trying to read secretly after my mom thinks I'm asleep and I'm trying to stop giggling. Glad I made you laugh. Soooo, now for the chapter! Hope you enjoy it!
Chapter 7: Saving All My Love For You
*Lina P.O.V.*
"I feel like we shouldn't be doing this." I whispered into the little device as I closed the door behind me. James laughed from inside the phone.
"Oh, come on, what's life without a little risk?" He said.
"How is there phone signal here again?" I asked questioningly.
"The Room of Requirement doesn't make muggle things go haywire like the rest of Hogwarts. I dunno why, but I've never really looked into it. It doesn't matter why, anyway. Just as long as I can talk to you." James said, sending shivers down my spine.
"How's the graduated version of the Weasley/Potter/Malfoy clan?" I said after a bit of silence.
"Don't let Uncle Ron hear you calling us that! They're boring, all working and stuff. Although, we did get together at the shop to have a party last week. It was a blast. Wish you could have been there."
"Maybe we should make it the official name. We could experiment: see how many times we have to say it in front of him before his ears pop off."
"That wouldn't take long, I imagine." James snorted. I let us fall into a comfortable silence. I could hear his breathing into the phone, soft and lulling, and from the background the sound of voices and clatter of dishes.
"Are you at home?" I asked him.
"I'm at the burrow." he corrected me. "We're about to have dinner, unless Fred steps in and burns something again, or Teddy knocks over something important this time, or Dom—"
"Okay, okay!" I laughed, cutting him off. "Are all the people in your family clumsy?"
"Hey! I'm not clumsy!" James protested.
"Suuurrrreee Jamie." I said patronizingly. James huffed then changed the subject.
"Guess who's here?" He said, and I heard a smirk in his voice.
"Hmm, I don't know, the old cat lady who lives on your corner?" I asked playfully.
"No." I could almost hear him rolling his eyes. "Dom's boyfriend." I almost dropped the phone.
"Frank's there?" I asked in disbelief.
"You got it. Can't believe he would have the nerve to come, not with him dumping Rose like that. I don't even think Uncle Ron had wind of that until now. He's had this really weird constipated look on his face the whole night; I think he's struggling with whether he should feel angry at the guy for dumping her or relieved that his little girl's single again." I was sent into a fit of uncontrollable giggles as I imagined Rose's father with his face screwed up and his eyes squinting heavily at Frank. I recovered quickly.
"What about Dom and Frank? I mean," I paused. "Do they seem like a better couple than Rose and Frank were?" James made a noncommittal noise.
"I think so. Though that's not really saying much." he said, snorting. We both laughed. In the background, I heard Victoire's soft voice calling James to dinner. James swore lightly under his breath. "I gotta go, Lina."
"That's fine." I fought to hide the disappointment in my voice.
"We can do this again soon, okay?"
"Yeah, that'd be nice."
"See you, babe. Love you."
"I love you too." I smiled into the phone.
"Bye, love." The phone beeped off after James' words. I clicked off, too, and stared sadly at the phone. It buzzed again, and I looked down hopefully.
From: Jamie3
To: Joline
Almost forgot, do you want to stay at my place for Christmas break? I'll be good, I promise ;) Love you.
I smiled greatly and began to text him back.
-A+R+S-
*James P.O.V.*
My phone buzzed in my pocket and took it out and hid it under the table, reading her response and smiling.
From: Joline3
To: James
I'd love to! Gotta tell Rose, lets hope she won't be too disappointed ;) Love you, babe.
I smiled. My mother leaned over to inspect what I was doing, and took the phone from my hands. "Come on, James, no phones here." she scolded, and I looked over at her, abashed. She lifted the phone up to read the conversation, and her expression grew soft. She tossed the phone back at me, rolling her eyes. I caught it, smirking at her expression, and stuffed it back into my pocket, but not before texting back "can't wait".
-A+R+S-
*Lina P.O.V.*
I smiled, shaking my head at his response. Turning off my phone again, I shoved it into my pocket and got up off the bed in The Room of Requirement. Opening the door cautiously, I looked both ways then scurried out, going back up to my dormitory to get some sleep.
-A+R+S-
*Rose P.O.V.*
I tried to stifle my giggles as Filch turned around in circles, looking for the culprit of the sudden pellets of food flying towards him. A warm hand clamped over my mouth, and I looked up to find Scorpius also trying to hide his laughter as the caretaker hopped around angrily.
"Let's go before he thinks to look behind here." he whispered in her ear, taking her hand and pulling her along the deserted corridor. We sprinted, laughing freely, up staircase after staircase, hearing the sounds of Filch's cursing fade away as we raced through the castle. We looked at each other, both of us smirking slightly.
"Race to the astronomy tower?" I asked. He winked.
"It's on." We began to sprint up the stairs as fast as we could. I was better at climbing stairs, since it was easier to run up them with short legs, so I was always a few steps ahead of him. When we reached the corridor attached to the Astronomy tower, I raced to get the advantage, but I only made it a few steps before he caught up to me, putting his arms around my waist from the back, and spinning me around a few times before setting me back on my feet. Leaning over, he kissed my cheek. I rolled my eyes and walked a few feet unsteadily, still dizzy from the times he had spinned me, and sat down on the edge of a pillar. The darkness seemed even more magnified up here, where the stars could contrast it, putting shadows over everything.
Looking back over to Scorpius, I saw that he was looking at me, smiling like an idiot. I got up and walked over to him, wrapping my arms around his neck. "What's up?" I asked, smiling up at him. He grinned cheekily.
"Just savoring the fact I could do this anytime I wanted to," He said, leaning in and kissing me softly. My arms tightened and his went to my hair, fiddling around with it. I realized he was putting something in it.
"What—" I said, pulling back and touching my hair. He held up something in his hand, grinning. It was a daisy, white and perfect.
"I thought they might look good on you." I guessed there was another in my hair. At that moment I was rather glad that it was dark, because I had turned an embarrassing shade of red. To make up for my silence, I leaned in and kissed him again. He smiled against my lips, his hand unclenching and dropping the other daisy as we pressed together. Just then I heard the sound of footsteps on the stairs. As I pulled back, my eyes widened as I heard my cousin's voice. Scorpius recognized it, too, and he grabbed my arm to pull me behind a crevice.
"Who's there?" Albus asked in a loud whisper, entering the seemingly abandoned tower. My eyes grow even larger as another familiar voice sounds behind him, and Gracie steps into the room.
"I was sure I heard voices." Gracie says, looking around curiously. Albus snorted.
"Talking. More like snogging, probably." He begins to look around, and Scorpius and I catch our breath.
"Al, there's no one up here." Gracie said, looking around a corner with a perplexed look on her face. She turned back to face him. "It's weird."
Albus wrinkled his nose, and looked at the ground, a weird expression on his face. Bending to pick up a small white flower off the ground, he sniffed it. "Very weird."
