AHHH! So I made a huge mistake and forgot to put this chapter in before I put in the chapter who's the Genis! Thank you so much to the reviewer who pointed that out! So please enjoy this chapter! - Alex

The next day, Rose and Scorpius were sitting in the Astronomy tower, trying to piece together what happened.

"Have you heard from your parents?" Scorpius asked. Rose shook her head. She had been quiet ever since she found out. "It'll be okay, you know." He told her.

"I just wish I knew what happened." Rose sighed in frustration. "If death eaters broke out of Azkaban, we should know. We could be in danger!"

"Our parents will tell us." He said confidently. "Besides, Hogwarts is the most secure place in Britain."

"Azkaban was supposed to be secure." Rose muttered, leaning against the stone wall of the tower. Scorpius was silent. He looked at the stars.

"I wonder which star is mine."

"You mean, the star you were named after?"

"Yep. Seems like something I should know." He shrugged.

"If you had children would you keep up the family tradition?" Rose asked.

"Probably." Scorpius laughed. "But I would find the most normal star name there is. Maybe Draco after my dad. That's not horrible."

"Scorpius isn't horrible." Rose protested, flicking her hair over her shoulder.

"It's pretty awful."

"You could have done worse."

"I suppose. I'll have to look into that more… when I have children, that it."

"With Jenny?"

Scorpius choked. "Of course not."

"Then why are you dating her?"

He sighed and leaned back against the stone. They were sitting opposite to each other.

"Because I'm a sixteen year old boy and she's a nice kisser."

"Nice? Not hot?"

"She's hot as well." Scorpius argued.

"I can't believe you're one of those blokes!" Rose exclaimed, jumping up.

"I'm just trying to be normal! It's okay for me to be attracted to a girl!" He yelled back at her.

Scorpius stood up as well. Rose jabbed him in the chest with her finger, "You're using her."

"We're using each other!"

"Gross!"

"Grow up, we're sixteen years old, almost seventeen, it's okay for -"

"Oh Merlin." Rose gasped.

"What now?" Scorpius ran his hands through his pale hair.

"It's Atria's birthday!"

Scorpius's eye's widened.

"Shit, I completely forgot. With everything going on…"

"We all forgot." Rose scrambled to get her books off the floor. "Come on, it's only nine o'clock, I bet she's not even up yet."

"I was going to get her present yesterday!" Scorpius said as they both raced to the spiral staircase.

"Yesterday! You waited until the day before to get her a present." Rose berated him.

"This is the first trip since we've been back from break!" He said defensively.

"You could have gotten it before break!"

"That's when I get Christmas presents!"

"You could do both." Rose stated.

Scorpius rolled his eyes.

"Happy birthday!" Amanda said half-heartedly. After yesterday's news, it was a little difficult to be excited.

"Thanks!" I tried to smile.

We were sitting in our dorm room, I had just come out of the shower.

"Everything will be okay." She sat down on my bed, holding a small box. "Here, I'm glad I got your present before the break."

"Thank you." I said, sitting down with her. I pulled off the blue ribbon and opened the box. Inside was a charm bracelet with a bird and a heart charm.

"I figured you could add to it as the years go on. Sort of like a memory bank." She shrugged, looking sheepish.

"Thank you so much." I hugged her.

"The bird is because you like Care of Magical Creatures. It's from a muggle store so they didn't have hippogriffs or anything."

"It's lovely." I said clipping it around my wrist.

"Freddie's waiting downstairs. I don't think he got your present though…" She trailed off.

We wandered into the common room.

"Hey Attie." Freddie hugged me. "Sorry I don't have your present." He rubbed the back of his neck.

"That's what you get for waiting 'till the last minute." Amanda nudged him.

"It's alright," I told him. They looked at me in disbelief. "Honestly. My birthday isn't the most important thing right now."

"But it's your seventeenth and it was supposed to be special." Amanda whined.

"It still is." I insisted. "I'm going to go see Hagrid. I'm alright, really." My voice sounded weak even to me.

"Are you sure you don't want us to come with you?" Amanda asked.

"Yes, mostly I just want to see Buckbeak."

Freddie cringed. He was not an animal person.

"Well, we'll see you around." He waved me off.

As I made my way through the castle, various people wished me a happy birthday and I made some notion of thanks.

I loved spending time with Hagrid. He always had some manner of interesting creature around.

I knocked on his door, but he didn't answer. I wandered around to the forest behind his house. I spotted Buckbeak lounging in the fenced clearing.

"Hey," I rubbed my hand up and down his beak. He nuzzled my hand and cawed. He craned his head looking for some type of meat. "I don't have any with me today." I muttered.

"Thought I'd find you here."

I jumped at Albus's voice. "What the bloody hell?" I gripped my chest.

"Did I scare you?" He chuckled, tossing his black hair.

"A little bit, yea." I glared at him. He stared at me for a moment.

"Your hair is brown."

"It does that."

"You're upset."

"Death eaters just broke out of Azkaban."

"It's your birthday."

"I thought that was last year."

"Funny thing birthdays, they're sort of an annual thing."

I sighed, leaning my head against Buckbeak's.

"Happy seventeenth birthday." Albus said.

"Thanks." I replied dryly.

"I got you something." He grinned. I couldn't help but feel this was a trick.

"You did not." I snorted.

He sighed. "No faith." He said, shaking his head. "You have to come back to the castle with me." He held out his hand. Buckbeak made a noise, but Albus didn't flinch.

I rolled my eyes and walked past him without taking his hand. He strode up behind me and threw his arms around my shoulders. I shook him off and nudged him in the side. He just laughed.

"You're mean."

"You're a flirt."

"Maybe I like you."

"I have a boyfriend."

"One almost-date doesn't make the twit your boyfriend." Albus scoffed, ruffling his hair. I wanted to yank his long, messy hair out of his head.

"His name is Justin." I hissed as he pulled me along. I tried to keep up with his long strides as we went up to the castle.

"He's short."

"No, you're just freakishly tall."

"And devilishly handsome."

"Devilish? Yes. Handsome? Eh." I shrugged and he laughed.

"The real question is what does he see in you." He told me. I tried to punch his face, but he easily dodged. "That could've hurt." He pouted.

"You'll survive."

"Maybe I shouldn't give you your present."

"I doubt you even have one." I sneered.

"It's hurts that you doubt me," He sighed as we entered the castle. He went in a random direction and I followed, obediently.

"Can you tell me where we're going, now?" I asked.

"Where do you think we're going?"

We were in a random corridor.

"Room of Requirement?"

"Ding ding." He smirked. "It's the only place I could think of where no one would be."

"Someone could accidentally stumble across it."

He paused for a second. "Nah," He said eventually. Blokes, they never planned ahead. The wall changed to a door and we entered the Room of Requirement.

"Alright, close your eyes." He said, turning me around the face the door we just walked in.

"This seems-"

"Just close your eyes." He groaned. I rolled my eyes, but closed them.

I heard him shuffle. And then something brushed across my lips.

Haha, thank you so much to whoever caught that mistake! And this was an important one as well. Please keep reviewing!