Chapter 10

15 Galleons Later…

AN: Well this is it! This is the last chapter of Don't Hold Your Breath. Hahaha, just kidding.

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Scorpius POV

Rose decided we would tell her family today.

So here we are.

Sitting on a couch in the Gryffindor Common Room.

Awkward sausage.

"So…You two are a couple now?" Al asked, a confused look on his face as he pointed to first Rose and then me.

Dominique rolled her eyes at him.

"Well, obviously. And do not point, eet eez rude."

James and Fred both jumped up at the same time and groaned.

Lucy and Roxanne got up and started doing a victory dance, while Louis and Hugo stared at them grumpily.

Lily smiled wickedly, and then went to Al and tapped his shoulder.

"So…I believe you owe us 15 Galleons…Each?" her smile was as wide as the Fat Lady.

Wait.

"You guys BET on us?" Rose yelled.

"Yeah!" I inputted.

"Who didn't?" James asked.

Ha. Ha. Not funny.

So that was half of Rose's family. Tomorrow was Christmas Break, and we'd be going to the Burrow to announce it.

Yay.

I looked at myself in the mirror again, ignoring Al as he snickered at my "girly-ness".

I wanted to make a good impression on Rose's parents, even though they had already met me one-billion times.

I was wearing a button-down shirt with three-quarter sleeves, black jeans, and a Gryffindor scarf, even though it wasn't that cold. I just figured that the more I showed them I wasn't my father, the better off I'd be. I'd even tried using a charm to turn my hair darker…It turned green. I had quickly changed it back.

At least I didn't have my father's sharp, angular features, and instead had my mum's rounder, nicer, features.

Rose had sent her parents a letter yesterday.

Dear Mum and Dad,

Tomorrow we'll be coming to the Burrow, all of us. Even Louis agreed to stop chasing every single girl at Hogwarts and come- (here she was interrupted as Louis wrote down his own thoughts) not every single girl, just the good-looking ones –Oh shut up Louis. Anyways, so I thought I should tell you that I have a boyfriend that I would like for you to meet. You've already met him actually…It's Scorp, Mum, and I love him, and he loves me, so shut up Dad! Mum, please try to get him to meet Scorpius without killing him.

Lots of Love!

Rose

I had to laugh at her letter. Only Rose could be so blunt.

Her father and mother had both written back.

Rose Weasley,

What is wrong with you? First Goyle, now Malfoy? What is this?-Ron shut up. Hi Rose, it's Mum. I didn't know we had got the letter until your Dad had blown a few things up. Anyways, of course I won't let Ron kill Scorpius! Tell him that we are very excited to see him again.

Love Always.

Mum AND Dad

P.S. Where the bloody hell is Hugo? Why is he letting you date a Malfoy? I am going to- Shut up Ronald. Tell Hugo we say hi.

I didn't know what to think of this letter…

Rose came through the door and sat down on Al, who had been laying on his bed.

"Oof! Rose!" he shouted.

"Oh shut up, Al, I'm not that heavy," she said casually, as if she sat on my best friend's chest regularly. "You ready?" she asked me.

"Sure…" I said, unsurely.

"It'll be fine."

"Yep."

We were trying to comfort each other, but we weren't doing the best job of it.

Al snorted.

"Oh, come off it. You know your mum won't let Uncle Ron do anything to Scorp, and I asked my dad to not let him do anything stupid. And my mum will definitely take your side Rose, and my mum can be scary when she's mad." He said this all matter-of-factly, and I couldn't help but be calmed a little.

"Aww, Albus! That's so sweet!" Rose squealed, before getting off of him. He sighed, thankfully, before getting attacked by Rose again, who threw her arms around him.

"Ugh, Rose, gerroff," he mumbled.

"No."

"Stubborn woman."

"Grouchy boy."

"I'm not a boy."

"Sorry, girl."

"Rose! I am a MAN!" Al looked offended.

I couldn't help chuckle. Rose got up and looked at me, examining my outfit.

"Er…You look good?" she offered.

I snorted.

"Good? I look great. You? I might need to make a few adjustments."

I examined her outfit: A pair of loosely fit jeans, and a baggy Weird Sisters shirt with a grey and red striped cardigan on top.

"I'm dressed for comfort!" she objected weakly.

"Yeah, but that's not what we're looking for," I told her, taking out my wand. "Hmm…Let's see. How about a pink dress?" I said, smiling mischievously at her, knowing that it would clash with her hair and be too cold.

I waved my wand, and she was wearing a pink sundress, with short sleeves, and a V-neck neckline. She looked at me wearily.

"Just kidding!" I said gleefully. "Let me fix this."

I transfigured her clothes into blue skinny jeans that were ripped ever so fashionably, and a red and white striped sweater.

She blushed, which showed that she liked the outfit.

"I am a genius," I said, pocketing my wand and taking her hand.

Al snickered again.

"Are you sure you aren't gay?"

Rose POV

After turning Al's hair blue for insulting my boyfriend, we headed out (sadly Al knew how to turn his hair back –surprising) to the carriages. We were on the train before we knew it, and soon we were at King's Cross.

I gulped.

Standing in the crowd was a mob of red, and in the front I could see my dad, his face sullen.

Then I saw Aunt Ginny standing next to him, casually twirling her wand in what seemed to be a threatening manner, and Mum on his other side, holding his hand. My two uncles, George and Harry were on the ground, laughing their heads off.

Strangely enough, that was comfort.

Us Weasley/Potter kids immediately jumped off the bus, dragging along Scorpius, Lysander, and various other friends, girlfriends, and boyfriends.

I dropped Scorpius's hand and jumped into my mum's arms.

"Rose!" she said, hugging me back.

Hugo came to my father, who high-fived him and said, "Hey squirt."

"Don't call me squirt!" Hugo shouted. Of course.

Then I brought Scorpius forward.

"Mum, Dad, this is my boyfriend, Scorpius Malfoy," I couldn't help but smile as I said that.

My dad started to say something, but Aunt Ginny popped up next to him and he shut up.

"Scorpius, we're going to have you stay at our house instead of Ron's because of obvious reasons. Plus my brother's a git," she stated.

"Oi! I am not!" Dad said, making me laugh.

Scorpius chuckled.

"Okay, thanks Mrs. Potter," he said, his voice quiet, but happy.

My Mum smiled.

"Well, Scorpius, I already know you, so I can say you're close to me," she said, smiling.

Dad harrumphed.

"As long as we get a chance to talk about some business later, I guess I'm okay with it," he said.

I couldn't help but smile with happiness, this was perfect.

He was perfect.

We hadn't been together for long.

But honestly, he's sensible, and he says everything I need to hear, and I always feel so perfect with him. He's charming, and endearing, and he always keeps his promises. I can't help but love him.

AN: So did you notice anything familiar at the end? Haha, tell me with a review! So what do you think? Next chapter is Christmas dinner at the Burrow and they start talking about his parents. Ooooh! Reviews make me happppyyyyyy(: