Disclaimer: JKR will forever be the supreme ruler of this universe. Not me.
We landed in my parent's time easily enough. No wrong time, no seeing a mini or future self. Just a simple drop off.
Well, it should have been.
You see, between Albus, Scorpius, and me, we were having a hard time deciding who would be best at wiping their memories.
"I was the one that created the time turner!" Scorpius put in, as if this proved something.
"You didn't make a time turner well." I pointed out. He glared at me.
"I'm always the one you call upon if Scorpius messes something up, so you should let me. Because Scorpius messed up." Albus tried to coerce us into seeing. I wasn't buying it.
"You haven't actually fixed any of this adventure yet. So how do you know you can? I should do it." I proclaimed.
"Uh, you guys? How about we pick who wipes our memories." Ginny ventured.
Huh. I had never thought of that.
"That sounds good." Scorpius agreed.
"Right, well… who gets the highest grades in charms?" Mom asked. "Because that's what the spell is."
"I get E's primarily," Albus grudgingly admitted.
"I get O's." Scorpius and I said at the same time.
"Okay. Rose it is then." Dad decided upon, nodding his head for extra emphasis.
"What? Why?" Scorpius asked, surprised. Dad gave him a withering look.
"You're a Malfoy." Apparently that was enough of a reason. Even I could admit it was stupid, but hey, I still got to cast the spell.
I pointed my wand at dad and he closed his eyes like he thought it would be painful. Odd. I let the light of magic stream out of my mind, and forced a knock-out spell immediately after it. Dad ended up collapsed on the ground, breathing easily. I let myself breathe a sigh of relief. I hadn't killed him.
After dad were Uncle Harry, then Aunt Ginny, and then my mom. Again, they all looked quite peaceful.
Albus and Scorpius were behind me. Now it was just the three of us. Like the way it had started.
"I suppose we should go back now," I offered to the silence as I turned around to face them. They nodded in unison, which was kind of strange, but not really the point. Scorpius held out his hand, and I let mine slip into it, where it felt oddly comfortable. I felt and unwilling smile on my face, and Scorpius was smiling too.
"Come on! Whisk us away to present time please!" Albus said loudly. I glanced at him. He looked like he knew something that we didn't.
"What?" I asked.
"Oh nothing," was all he would reply, looking between Scorpius and me smugly. I gave him another look.
What a weirdo.
Scorpius twisted the time turner, and for the last – and hopefully final – time, we were moving through time.
We landed in the Head's common room. It was just as we had left it, with my homework strewn across the table, and Scorpius's books from the library tossed around the entire room half-hazardly. checked the date. It was the same as the day we left. Albus looked around peacefully for a moment, before something seemed to strike him with a sudden fear.
"Katy!" He exclaimed, and dashed out of the room, practically leaving dust flying in his wake.
"She's going to be surprised when he tackles her," I muttered, and Scorpius snorted. That was when something hit me.
Scorpius and I were in the room.
Alone.
Sure, we had been alone before, but that had also been before he had kissed me. And I sort of admitted that I like him.
"So…" I dragged the word out, and I could see in his eyes he was thinking something along the lines of what I had just thought.
"About the kiss-" He started, by I interrupted him.
"Was it real, or just a side-effect of being stuck in another time?" I asked. I was hoping that I didn't sound to hopeful towards it being real.
Scorpius stared at me intently for a beat, before saying, very seriously, "It was real."
And there it was. Scorpius really did like me.
But maybe I should get one more confirmation of this fact, just in case.
"You like me then? As… more than a friend?" I confirmed, feeling a smile creep onto my face.
"Yes." He stated. A hopeful grin seemed to coming onto his face too.
I allowed myself to rejoice silently.
HE LIKES ME HE LIKES ME!
I walked over to him, and placed my hands on his chest, not quite looking him in the eye. I felt on of his hands slide to the small of my back and pull me closer. The other hand gently grabbed my chin, and lifted up my face so that we were separated by mere centimeters.
Then, ever so lightly, he kissed me for the second time.
It was nothing like the first.
This kiss more like a brush of the lips, testing to see if I was okay with it.
I pulled him closer, applying more pressure. It was perfect. I felt myself sigh into his mouth, felt him smiling, felt myself letting go of holding on to the insane fact that I couldn't like Scorpius Malfoy.
And then it was over. He pulled away, a goofy grin having replaced the hopeful on, and hugged me too him.
"Well," I said into his chest. "I suppose we should go to lunch now."
"Yes," he agreed. "I suppose we should."
We pulled away from each other slightly, though he still kept an arm around my shoulder, and opened the Head door, stepped into the hallway, and-
Promptly ran into someone.
"Oh, Sorry Professor!" Scorpius apologized.
Professor Maydern looked at Scorpius and me, and specifically the arm Scorpius had around my shoulder. She taught charms, and was one of my favorite teachers, because she treated us like adults from the very beginning.
"Well then. Looks like he finally created the time turner." She said happily. My expression quickly dissolved into one of shock.
"How did you know that?" I demanded from her. She gave me a look like I was an idiot.
"I do recall that that I was there. You saw me probably less than five minutes ago, though I was probably younger. And running away from you."
The my mouth fell open.
Avarice.
"You're a teacher here?" Scorpius managed to get out.
"Yes." She said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"How can you teach though?" I questioned, confused. Her smile became quite broad.
"Let's just say I have certain connections." She said illusively. It didn't look like we were going to get much more out of her.
I. Still. Couldn't. Believe. It. She had been here the whole time. And was one of my favorite teachers.
"I'll see you two in class," she said. Scorpius and I just nodded dumbly. And then Avarice walked away from us again.
Once she was gone I turned to Scorpius.
"Sh-She's Professor Maydern!" I stated the obvious quite well if I do say so myself. Scorpius nodded enthusiastically.
"It all fits together!" He almost yelled. I laughed at his enthusiasm.
"We have to tell Albus," I decided, and Scorpius nodded vigorously again, sliding his arm tighter around my shoulders as I leaned into him. And with that, we set off to find Albus.
Personally, I'm betting we use that time turner again.
A/N: So... It's finished. Wow. What did everyone think? What should i fix? Constructive criticism is welcomed. A lot. PLEASE REVIEW!
~Colleen
