It had been a pretty uneventful weekend. There had been no drama and that was something that never happened within the Weasley-Potter family. However, I knew that situation was likely too good too be true and Sunday night when I walked into the common room I learned that I was right.

"What!" I heard Diedre yell. "Are you serious? Why on earth?" She sounded disgusted.

I walked over to Diedre and Al.

"Can we not talk about this here? She's right over there." Al said.

"You brought it up!" Diedre said.

"Well I didn't think you'd react this way." Al yelled.

"What is going on?" I asked.

"You won't believe it Rose!" Diedre said getting up. "Let's go to Al's dorm room."

"You guys aren't supposed to be up there!" Al yelled following Diedre up the stairs.

"I don't care!" Diedre yelled as me and Al followed her to Al's dorm.

When we got in there she slammed the door and let Al have it. "Mariah Coventon? Why the hell are you going to Hogsmeade with Mariah Coventon?"

"You're what!" I asked.

Shit. Shit. Shit.

Al coward back onto his bed. "She asked me!" He yelled.

"Oh." Diedre said slightly less angry. "Why?" She asked confused.

"Thanks Dee." Al said sarcastically.

"I didn't mean it that way, Al." Diedre said. " It's just I thought she liked Louis. She's in the freaking fan club!"

"No she's not." I said I said calmly. "Her best friend is Claira Bones who is like the president of Lou's fan club."

"Yeah. Mariah's in the Albus Potter fan club." Al said proudly.

Me and Deidre both just rolled our eyes.

"Yeah. She likes Al." I said.

I practically watched Al's ego grow in front of me as he said. "Yeah he asked her out last week and she turned him down because she likes me. She said the only reason she would date him was to attempt to make me jealous."

"Oh." Was all Diedre could say. "Well I'm going to bed." She said and walked out of the room.

I walked over and sat down next to Al on his bed. "Why are you doing this?"

"What? I'm not doing anything wrong."

"Al, we both know you don't like her. You don't even know her very well." I said.

"She's nice. She's pretty." He said.

"We both know you have two reasons for doing this." I said.

"What?"

"One is because you want something Louis can't have. And you can have the girl he likes. And two is because you want to make Diedre jealous."

He stared at me. "What does Dee have to do with this?"

"I'm not stupid, Al. I figured it out a long time ago." I said.

"Figured what out?"

"Come on. Al, you're in love with her."

"I'm not-"

"I'm you're best friend. I'm you're family. I know you better than anyone! You can't lie to me."

"Does she know?" Was all he asked.

I shook my head. "She has no clue."

"Good." He said. "Does anyone else know?"

I laughed a bit. "Well a few people like Lily and Roxy. The family pretty much."

"Did James tell you?" He asked.

"No."

"He was the only one I ever told." Al said.

I just shook my head. "He never said a word. I figured it our for myself."

"How long have you known?"

"It was 3rd year when she told us she had a crush on Fred."

He laughed remembering that. "Yeah. Well now it's all out there."

"It's ok." I smiled reassuringly. "But, here's the thing, Al. I don't want you to break this poor girl's heart."

He shrugged. "What if I end up liking her?"

I took a deep breath and said. "Do what you want."

"I need to try to get over her." He said.

I gave a half smile. "Ok. I want you to do what is best for you."

"Thanks Rose. Just for understanding me better than anyone."

"Love you, cousin." I said smiling.

"Love you too, Rosie. Good night."

I left the boys' dorm and walked to my own. I saw Diedre in there she was reading a book and sitting on her bed. Well she was pretending to read. Her eyes weren't actually moving.

"Hey, you ok?" I asked.

She nodded.

"What are you so upset about? Is it just the fact that it's Mariah?" I asked.

"That's part of it. And that I don't know. I don't want to share Al. I mean it's our last year. It won't ever be the same after this. You guys will always be together because of the whole you're related thing. But I'm going back to Ireland after this year." She said.

"Dee! Really? Like after school and after 7 years of being BEST FRIENDS, me and Al are just gonna forget you?" I said.

She laughed. "I'm being stupid. I don't really know what it is that's bothering me so much. But I've always been the girl that Al gave the most attention to and a lot of girls like him. I mean he's the great Harry Potter's son. But you know? It was always me. I was the one who could say Albus Potter was her best friend."

I nodded. "I get that."

"I just don't want to lose him."

"I don't think you have to worry about that." I said.

~*S*~

"Hey Scorpius." Mia Zabini said as she took a seat next to him on the large green sofa. Apparently she had forgiven him since their last fight.

"Hey." Scorpius responded quietly, too busy to really notice Mia. He was staring at his potions essay.

"You know what next weekend is?" Mia asked as she began to stroke his hair.

Scorpius shook his head to get her hand off.

Mia sighed. "The first Hogsmeade trip."

"Uh huh." Scorpius responded not really listening. "Do you know what the three anecdotes for the Burnsberry potion are?" He asked.

"What? No!." Mia then stood up exasperated. "Scorpius listen to me!"

"Hold on a second, Mia." He continued scribbling.

"Scorpius!" She grabbed the paper out of his hands.

"Give me that back. This essay was due tomorrow and I'm trying to finish it at a decent hour."

"It's already midnight."

"Ok then just shut up. I have like 2 sentences left to write."

"Fine." Said Mia and she watched him finish his essay. After it was finished he handed it to her.

"Sound good?"

"Sounds fine." She said quietly.

"You didn't even read it."

"Like I have any idea what your writing about."

He gave a slight laugh. "Right."

"So as I was saying about next weekend... it's the first Hogsmeade trip."

"And. . . "

"You are so clueless, Scorpius!" Mia yelled.

"Sorry. So, ummm, you wanna go with me?" He asked hoping that this would finally shut her up.

"Good job catching on. I'm pretty much convinced that you forget that I am your girlfriend."

"Well, it's hard to keep track of if you and I are together or not." He said.

"You are such an imbecile, Scorpius! Well, if your having such a difficult time keeping track, then why don't we just call it off for good. I'm done with dealing with you. I could do so much better. I could actually have a guy that cares about me. I could get a guy that remembers me and is actually interested in me. You-" She paused and gasped for air. "You could care less! I am more than just a pretty face that you can have on your arm."

"Really?" Scorpius asked. And his friends around him laughed.

"You asshole!" Mia screamed. By this point everyone in the common room was watching them. "We are done!" Tears began to stream down her face.

"Same applies to you, Zabini." He said. "Don't come crawling back to me when you realize that no guy actually wants you."

She drew her wand.

"Watch it Zabini. I can put you in detention for this." Scorpius said pointing to his badge.

"You wouldn't dare!" She choked out.

"Try me." He said.

She jut stared at him at him and put her wand away.

"There. That's a good girl." Scorpius said.

Mia walked toward and slapped him with every bit of strength she could muster.

Owwww! She's stronger than I thought.

"I'm done with you, Malfoy. Done."