Yes, yes, I KNOW it's been quite a long time but…I've been diagnosed with writer's block…But here it is…and it is DEFINITELY worth the wait! ;) Review…if you have a heart! Go on, it's Valentine's Day…where's the love, dudes?

Chapter Twenty One – Valentine's Day Blues

Lysander…

"Where. Were. They?" Albus asked again, his voice more venomous than before.

"I said I don't know," I repeated fiercely for about the sixth time.

Seriously…this guy needed to chill out.

"Don't lie, Lysander."

"I'M NOT LYING!" I yelled. "Now," I said calmly, "it would give me great pleasure if you would please leave me alone FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!"

"All I'm asking is for you to tell me where Scorpius was last night."

"Why do you care?"

"Tell me and you'll find out." His voice was so droningly monotonous. He outstretched his arm even further so that he was practically poking me with his wand.

"Dude, you're kind of invading personal space, if you know what I mean." I grinned.

"I wouldn't have to if you just told me!"

"Hey, do you guys…" came the voice of some Gryffindor girl before she saw the situation. "Oh, uh…I'll just…go. This looks like an 'it-ends-here' moment…see you." She mumbled.

Albus looked back at me. "So? Go on…"

"I don't know and even if I did I wouldn't tell a slimeball like you!"

The last thing I heard was the sound of fist hitting flesh.

His fist.

My flesh.

My face, to be exact.

Then everything went black…

Albus…

Lysander fell to the ground with a loud thump. Everything went silent for a moment, until I heard a familiar voice calling his name.

"Lysander?" I heard Scorpius call. "Scam, you up here?"

I panicked. I had to get out of here fast. I concentrated and pulled out my wand. "Obliviate," I whispered, and then fled before Malfoy spotted me…

Scorpius…

I turned a corner in the hallway and saw Lysander.

Only he was on the floor at the foot of the stairs. And he was unconscious.

There was a shadowy purple bruise forming under his right eye. I moved my hair from my face and tried not to panic. "Lysander," I mumbled as I tried to wake him.

I took a deep breath. I'd always wanted to do this…it just seemed like the wrong time.

I slapped him. Really hard. On his face.

And boy, it felt good.

"OUCH!" Lysander yelled groggily as he returned to consciousness. "Dude, what was that for?"

"I had to wake you up! What the hell happened?" I ordered.

"I…can't remember." Lysander mumbled and looked up at the staircase behind him. "Dude, did I…fall downstairs?"

"I don't think so. If you did, how did you land on your face? You've got a huge bruise around your eye. But still, you are Lysander. I wouldn't put it past you." I helped him up. "You should go to Madam Pomfrey."

"No, I'm fine, it's just my eye that hurts…I really can't remember what happened…"

"Sure?"

"Yeah." Lysander frowned and then shook his head. "Listen, I'll talk to you later, OK?"

I nodded. "Yeah, OK, see you."

Two days later…

14th February.

Valentine's Day.

Or if you're me – just another normal day…

I breathed in the chilly air as I looked out of one of the arched windows of the Stone Bridge. The sun was nearly setting – its rays a blend of gold, magenta and orange.

"Hey dude!"

I forced a smile. "Hey, Lysander."

"Dude! Lighten up, it's Valentine's Day," Lysander exclaimed.

"I know," I sighed, "and I don't know why you're telling me to lighten up. It's not like I was upset or anything."

Lysander frowned. "Try looking at your face then saying the same thing."

"That is so rude!"

"Well it's true! You look really miserable, Alfo, what's up?" Lysander said.

"Nothing is up!"

"Dude, just –" Lysander began, before a voice behind us made him stop. Lysander turned around to see Selena Finnegan walking along with her best friend, Alex Flint. Well…her name was Alexandra but she literally hexed anyone who called her by her full name.

Selena was quite pretty, with strawberry-blonde hair and pale blue eyes. I knew her because she was a Gryffindor and I had most of my classes with her - Alex, however, was in Slytherin. She had your normal, everyday brunette hair and dull brown eyes.

The two were nattering about something until they reached Lysander and I. "Hey, guys!" Selena said enthusiastically.

Lysander practically drooled at her, staring at her blankly until I saw what he was doing and stamped on his foot hard.

He snapped back into reality. "Oh, uh, h-hey, Selena," he grinned stupidly.

I wasn't stupid. I could put two and two together.

Oh, this was just delicious.

I could finally get back at Lysander for all the times he'd tormented me about Rose. I smirked and simply watched him stutter his way through the conversation.

"Happy Valentine's Day, you two!" Selena smiled a dazzling smile which made Lysander almost faint.

"I, uh, take it you're enjoying it, then?" Lysander blushed.

"Yeah, it's…it's been great!"

Hmm…I wonder what the hesitation in her voice was all about…

"Well, we'll see you two later. Bye, Scorp. Bye, Lysander." She gave a little wave and she and Alex left.

I smirked up at Lysander as he watched her walk away. "Selena Finnegan, huh?"

"What about her?" Lysander, still completely dazed, asked.

"You know what, Lysander," I grinned, "it's not exactly hard to figure out."

"Oh, no, Alfo, don't even go there! I don't like Selena Finnegan." Lysander protested, but blushing all the same.

"So…you wouldn't care if I told you who she's going out with?" I asked casually.

Ah, revenge felt so good.

"No! I don't care!" Lysander scoffed. "Pfft…who is it?"

"None other than Shane Creevey," I fought back laughter as I saw Lysander grimace, "you know? Dennis Creevey's son?"

Lysander shrugged. But he couldn't fool me. I'm too awesome to be fooled.

Rose…

His stormy grey eyes bored into mine. "Good day?" Scorpius asked.

"No."

"What's wrong? Lighten up, it's Valentine's Day." He smiled.

I laughed. "I think Valentine's Day is completely notorious. Why can't you show someone you love them every day?"

"Yeah but it's a…special day. Does that mean you don't celebrate Mother's Day either?" He raised a perfectly arched eyebrow and waited for me to answer.

"That's…that's different." I mumbled.

"How? It's basically the same thing. On Valentine's Day you do something for that special someone to show that you love them. On Mother's Day you do the same thing, only the 'special someone' is your mother."

I thought about what he'd said. "I guess that's true." He smirked. "Wipe that grin off your face, Malfoy. You may have changed my mind about this but it doesn't mean you're always right."

"Course I'm always right, I'm Scorpius Malfoy…duh!"

"You love yourself too much," I said, but not in a mean or malicious way. More like a…fond way.

"What's not to love?"

And then what did I do? Out of everything I could've done…I blushed. I could've killed myself. Curse you, stupid Weasley blush!

"Vain," I scowled at him.

"If I'm so vain, why are you still here?"

"Am I not allowed to be here or something?" He smiled, flashing his perfectly white teeth. I didn't know whether I wanted to hug him or kick him.

"I was just asking. What are you doing here with me is I'm so vain, Weasley?"

"Guess I'll leave, then. I'm sure Albus wanted to ask me something." I saw Scorpius stiffen with anger as I said Albus's name. I made for the door.

"No," I heard him call, "wait."

Scorpius…

She stopped in her tracks at the sound of my voice. And for the second time this week, I'd surprised both her and myself by a few stupid words.

"Yes, Scorpius?" She asked irritably, her arms folded.

"Where are you going?" I questioned.

"I told you. To the Gryffindor common room. Albus wanted to ask me something." She replied, not even bothering to turn around. Her voice was cold. I flinched.

"You're leaving? To go to Potter?" I spat. It was physically sickening.

"That's right. Bye." She said cheerfully.

"Oh come on, it's Valentine's Day, you can't leave me alone, Rosie," I grinned. She hated it when I called her Rosie. Which was why I did it so much.

She turned around to face me.

"I'll stay," she began, "as long as you call me Rose! Not Rosie, Rose."

I looked her up and down. "Deal. Hey," I started, "what do you know about that girl Selena?"

Rose frowned. "Selena Finnegan?"

"That's the one," I nodded.

"Well…"

Albus…

They were clueless. Absolutely clueless. They had no idea that I could hear each and every thing they said. I boiled with anger at the sound of Rose – my cousin – having a normal conversation with him. How could she stand to be within a two-metre radius of him? It just didn't make sense.

Rose and I were related… did she not feel the hate I felt for him? The answer was obviously no. But how? I didn't understand – the same blood ran through her veins as me. How could she stand him? It made no sense in my eyes.

He was a creep and nothing more. A disgustingly vain and conceited creep. I was sure he was using her. I'd just heard it myself. "What do you know about that girl Selena?" He'd said.

I thought about the words and a plot began to form in my head.

Scorpius…

"Lysander," I called gleefully.

"You will not believe how much I found out about Selena today," I grinned.

Lysander shrugged. We were in Astronomy – the only class I had with Lysander. "Dude, I don't care."

"Oh, come on! You drool every time you see her, you practically melt when she walks past you."

"Whatever, dude. I am trying to sing, here!" Lysander smiled to himself.

"Ah, what's today's song?"

"Price Tag by Jessie J," Lysander mumbled, and then suddenly broke out into song. "IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY, MONEY, MONEY!" He belted.

"I think you'll find it is."

"Just because you have enough Galleons to last three lifetimes, doesn't mean we all do!" Lysander stuck out his tongue childishly. "WE DON'T NEED YOUR MONEY, MONEY, MO-"

"MR SCAMANDER!" Professor Sinistra bellowed, while I tried to hold in my laughter. "You are disrupting other students! Now stop…singing and get on with your work!" Even in the dark I saw Lysander turn crimson.

"Hey, uh," I began, "it's Selena's birthday next week, going to get her anything, Lysander?"

"It is?" Lysander smiled eagerly. "I mean…yeah, sure, whatever."

"Seriously…you going to buy her something special?"

"Yeah, I guess…what have I got to lose?"

"That's more like it," I nodded and Professor Sinistra dismissed the class.

Rose…

"He's just using you, Rose! Can't you see that?" Albus raved yet again.

"No, I can't, because he's not, Albus! We've been friends for ages and you know that!" I said, my voice a little too loud.

"I heard your conversation, Rose! It's obvious. He plainly asked you for information, you know, when you were talking about that girl…what was her name? Selena?" Albus frowned.

I felt a jolt of…jealousy?

No. It couldn't be.

"I've heard all sorts about him and Selena, you know," Albus proceeded. "You should stay away. Well away."

I felt my heart plummet at that. And I had no idea why. I sighed. "Albus, you're…you're my cousin. Please…tell me you're not lying."

"Why would I lie to you? I'm just trying to warn you…he's trouble, Rose."

What a good Valentine's Day this has turned out to be…

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