Of course now I can't find Scorpius anywhere. First, I was avoiding him and now I can't find him! I've even looked in all of the usual places!

Honestly, I haven't seen him since the kiss, which was around a day and a half ago. A day and a half is forever in I-have-to-find-out-what-he-meant-by-that-kiss-or-I'm-going-to-blow-something-up time. It's like torture! All throughout my breakfast, all throughout my classes, all throughout my lunch, all throughout my one free period today I just keep thinking: What the hell was that? What the fuck did he mean? Will he kiss me again?

And of course, the 'will he kiss me again?' question begs at least five new ideas of just exactly where in the castle he would kiss me or on which part of my body, or whether or not a teacher would barge in on us.

I think I might be slowly losing my mind.

I must finally resort to asking Al where he is. There's just no other way around it despite the fact that I've distinctly been trying to avoid Al for multiple reasons. Two of the most prominent would probably be because: he's usually attached to Layla in some way or another (hand, mouth, leg—does it even really make a difference?), but also because I'm worried that Scorp might have told him the whole story on what's going on between us. I don't even know the whole story of what's going on between us!

Plus, Al would probably just take the mickey out of me about it anyway.

But, after about a day and a half of futilely attempting to find Scorp, I give in. I find Al, Layla on his lap (does she ever even spend time with her friends anymore?), sitting in the joint common room.

The joint common room was created right after the Great Battle of Hogwarts. Mostly its purpose is to encourage inter-house unity. But now it just kind of acts like a big common room for the whole school. Good thing it's big as so many people hang out there. It's very helpful when you have to spend time with people from different houses as it's easy to find one place where everyone can meet and actually talk.

So, anyway, here they are and now I have to ask him. Which involves Al removing his face from Layla's. Which will most likely make him very irritable. Ah, screw it.

"Al?" I say just loudly enough so he can hear me but quietly enough so I don't shock him too much, which would most likely cause Layla to be catapulted from his lap and onto the floor. Don't want to hurt any civilians.

He ignores me. That bastard. The only reason I know he even heard me in the first place is because he flips me the universal sign of peace behind Layla's back.

I don't know why he even bothers hiding it from her really, she probably already knows about it anyway. Ah, the early stages.

"Albus!" I scream.

He breaks away from Layla and sends The Glare of Death in my direction. Albus can't really pull off The Glare of Death, which actually makes it quite funny. I smile innocently to the people around me, acting as if I hadn't just disrupted their lovely afternoon by screaming at my cousin.

"What, Rose?" He positively growls at me.

"Do you know where Scorpius is?" I ask my voice the epitome of sweetness. "I've been looking for him and I can't seem to find him anywhere!" I even throw in a smile at the end.

"Fucking hell! Why can't you two every fucking find each other? Go put a fucking tracking spell on him if you need to find him so urgently!"

I wait patiently. Maybe once he blows off some steam he'll actually tell me what I need to know.

He continues to fire off obscenities and insults for a few minutes until Layla takes his hand and squeezes it. I see her glance in my direction sympathetically. Why does she even stay with him if she knows how irritable he is?

He glances at Layla and she smiles and nods her head in my direction. Great, now they're having silent conversations. For all I know she could be saying "You're cousin is a slutty whore because she has straddled and kissed (twice!) her best mate, just let her go find him so we can get back to having fun."

No. Layla wouldn't say that, even in a silent conversation. Would she? Now I'm being paranoid.

"Quidditch pitch," he says curtly, turning back to Layla.

Quidditch pitch. Of course! Why hadn't I thought of that? That's where he always goes when he needs to blow off some steam.

"Thanks so much!" I throw my winning smile at him again, but of course by now he's already preoccupied with Layla's mouth.

I hurry outside. Literally, what he said has been running through my head all day. I don't think it was a mistake. How are you supposed to concentrate in your classes when a guy says that to you? That boy will be the death of me! Or, at the very least, the reason for my soon-to-be plummeting grades.

I see him out there flying around. It looks like he's practicing shots. The only reason he isn't beating is because that jobs a lot harder to do when you're the only one out there.

"Scorpius!" I call to him. I don't think he really hears me, he's up too high.

How to get his attention? Hah! I send a stinging hex his way. It won't sting him too badly, just a little extra zip to get his attention.

Yep, that seems to have caught his attention. He sees me and waves, flying down to land right next to me in the middle of the Quidditch pitch.

The next words out of my mouth are, I swear to Merlin, total instinct. I was for some reason just irrationally irritated with him.

"What the hell was that?" I ask him.

This of course immediately puts him on the defense. This was definitely not my original intention. I'd figured we'd discuss a few things and then the conversation would go from there. But, oh no, my stupid arse mouth had other ideas. And now that he's on the defensive, I'm screwed. Everybody knows it's easier to be the defense than the prosecutor.

"What the hell was what?" His grey-blue eyes seem more gray than blue today as the flash coldly at me.

"Was…was…you kissed me!" I flail my hands in the air like that will somehow explain what I'm trying to say to him.

Yeah, not the most articulate or eloquent argument I could probably come up with, but it certainly seemed to get the point across.

"You kissed me first," he whips back at me.

Fair point. I suppose I did start this whole mess. But it wasn't a premeditated act! I didn't sit there and think "Oh I'll just tell him about my day and then plant a big one on his lips! That should solve all of my problems!" I didn't plan this! He so obviously planned his kiss! Right? You don't just go up to a girl and say that kissing her wasn't a mistake if you hadn't planned it!

"Well why'd you have to go and return the favor? I didn't ask for you to kiss me!"

But it's not like I didn't want you to kiss me. Don't get the two mixed up.

His stare is so cold. His usually blue-grey eyes are definitely a shade of cold, steely grey at the moment. But really, what did he expect? That I would just jump into his arms and start snogging him without an explanation? I'm a girl who needs answers. I am in Ravenclaw after all.

"I did it so you would talk to me." His voice sounds like he's in control but on the verge of screaming at me.

I really hope we don't make a huge scene out here on the Quidditch pitch.

"Really, that's your reason?" I sneer. I have to egg him on in order to make him tell me what he's actually thinking. We could talk in circles all day long.

"Because you were avoiding me! And we have to talk about this!"

No, we really don't. I'm all in favor of pretending this never happened. In fact…let's start now!

"Isn't that what we're doing now?"

"No, Rose, now we're screaming at each other and not discussing at all. Why don't we try to talk about this rationally?"

Um, because my mouth is moving on its own accord and I seem to have no control over it? Oh and apparently I'm just an immature person in general. But then I see the blue back in his eyes and I know I'm done for.

"I suppose," I agree reluctantly. But then immediately regret the next words out of my mouth. "So, why'd you do it?"

"Why did you do it?" he counters.

Oh, here we go again! This is getting us nowhere. Absolutely nowhere! This is not doing us any good at all!

"I didn't plan to do it! It just happened!" I'm screaming again. "Why did you do it and then walk away?"

He's staring at me, face flushed, eyes grey, but instead of yelling he speaks slowly, like a poison letting his words seep into my brain. "I had to do it so you would talk to me. You were avoiding me and that was the only solution I could think of to get you to talk to me. You need answers, Rose, but you hate to give them. I needed answers from you and this was the only way to get you to talk to me, to even give me the vaguest idea as to what was going on in your head. It was only logical."

Logical, was it? Logical! That's his excuse! There is absolutely nothing logical about this! Did he even want to kiss me? I can't help it. Seriously, that's the question burning in my mind right now. Did he even want to kiss me?

I have to try and distract myself by attempting to figure out my feelings for him. I mean, he's attractive, no doubt, and he's my mate, no doubt there either. At least, he was until I fucked everything up and kissed him. And now here I am yelling at him, like that will help things. Oh I can't take it anymore!

"Did you even want to kiss me?"

My voice cracks embarrassingly as I say it and now my statement is followed by a ridiculously long awkward silence. Why won't he say something?

His eyes are back to their original blue-grey color and he stares into my eyes as if he's searching for something he can't find.

"I don't know anymore," he says quietly before turning around and walking away from me.

Well, that went well.

A/N: *Speechless*

I know you all are probably getting tired of me thanking you all for the reviews but will that ever stop me? No! You guys are... reviewers! I have no words...and I'm a (attempting to be talented) writer! I think there were over 50 reviews on the last chapter alone! OH MY GOD!

Anyway, so I have decided. Well, sort of. I will do both a companion and a sequel to this story...BUT either the companion or the sequel is going to be short! Like, one or two shot short! So now you guys get to pick! Do you want a few chapters from this story in Scorp's POV and then a longer sequel OR this whole story in Scorp's POV and then a few oneshots from their future life as the sequel? Hmm? Let me know!

Also, some of you have expressed interest in companion pieces featuring the other couples in this story. (Which, I must admit, that thought had never even crossed my mind!) The other couples being Em&Hugo, Layla&Al and, of course, Sarah&Ethan (who seem to be acquiring quite a fanbase, go figure!) It would kind of being like creating my own little nextgen series/universe! So, let me know your thoughts on that as well!

And of course, I'm dying to know what you all think of the chapter because, well, I had a really fun time writing it! (during maths but who really has to know that?)

So, as always, let me know what you think,

~wwccd