Hey, I'm Back! YAY! Well for now, I'm on Winter Break from College and I am finally able to update. Since it's almost Christmas, if you celebrate Christmas, consider it an early Christmas present. If not well Happy December! I'm sorry it's been so long since my last real update (I'm not counting the author's note that I posted) but unless I have sudden bursts of inspiration or time my updates are going to usually be far apart, but I will try super hard to make them not SO far apart.

Anywhos, here is Chapter 24 (FINALLY!). This chapter is rather long. I had no idea where I was going with this chapter, I just kind of typed whatever came to my head and I hope it works.

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Chapter 24: Thanks Auntie Ginny

"I've got it!" Scorpius exclaimed one night, while looking through Rose's baby name book.

"What do you got?" Rose asked waddling towards him.

"Names. I've got them!" he said smiling.

It was April, about three months until Rose's due date. Although they had been excited to find out the genders of their babies at first, when the doctor had told them at their last appointment that she knew what they were, Rose and Scorpius had decided to keep it a surprise.

"What names do you got?" Rose asked sitting in front of him.

"Well if it's two boys: Leo Trevor and Orion Timothy. We could call them Leo and Rion. If it's two girls: Olivia Daisy and Eleanora Violet. We could call them Livvy and Nora. And of course, if it's a boy and a girl: Phoenix Thomas and Neva Tamsyn. We could call them Nix and Evie," he answered, pointing at the list they had made together. Most of the names had been on it except for Trevor and Orion had been on the list, but hadn't been paired up. Except for Phoenix Thomas and Neva Tamsyn. They had decided on those names a while back, but only if it were a boy and a girl.

Phoenix followed Malfoy tradition of a celestial name for boys (as did Leo and Orion). Neva meant 'snow' something Rose loved, while Olivia and Eleanora both had 4 syllables. Daisy and Violet were both flowers (as was Rose's name). Tamsyn was a variation of the female form of Thomas, both which meant Twin.

Rose smiled, "I like the girl's names the best. But I really do like Leo and Orion together. But overall I hope we have one of each gender, since they are the only names we have completely figured out."

"Me too," Scorpius said, "Your wonderful cousin said he heard your Auntie Ginny tell your mom, that she was lucky that she's getting two grandkids at once. Because chances are, after you go through the labor to have these kids, you aren't going to let me have any for a very long time. And if that's the case, I want to have a son and a daughter in one shot."

Rose smacked his arm and smiled at him, "Well you better hope that's not the case, you might go into withdrawals or something." He rolled his eyes at her as she stood up, "I have to pee, I'll be right back." Scorpius nodded and went back to his name list.

On the way to the bathroom, Rose ran into some Slytherin girls in her year. They smiled at her and pretended to be friendly, but followed her into the bathroom. Rose saw their feet outside the stall and knew something was wrong so she withdrew her wand from her robes. She opened the stall door and saw two wands pointed directly at her. She smiled at them and walked between them to the sink, her wand in the sleeve of her robes for easy access. The girls let her wash her hands then stood in the doorway so she couldn't leave the restroom.

"Can I help you?" Rose asked politely, while gripping her wand inside her robes.

"You stole my boyfriend," the shorter of the two said to her, with a disgusted look on her face.

"I did what?" Rose asked, confused, she'd stole no one's boyfriend she was sure of it.

"Scorpius," the girl said simply, "he was my boyfriend, well almost."

"Almost? What do you mean?" Rose asked again, thinking to herself, trying to figure out the best spell (that she could do nonverbally) to use.

"He flirted with me, and even hung out with me for a week, before you swooped in and stole him away!" the girl exclaimed tightening her grip on her wand.

Rose knew her thinking time was up and the girl was going to hex her (or something along those lines). But Rose couldn't risk hurting the babies, so she thought quickly.

"Petrificus Totalus," Rose thought extending her wand from her robes. She pointed it at the girl that had been talking, hoping it would work. It did. The girl's body went rigid and fell to the floor, with only her eyes moving. The other girl advanced on Rose and Rose thought the spell again. The other girl went rigid and fell to the floor beside her friend.

Rose looked at the door. Of course she had to use the one bathroom that the door opened inward instead of push outward to leave. With the two girls rigid on the floor there was no way for her to get out, but she couldn't stay until the spell wore off, they'd attack her instantly.

"Wingardium Leviosa," she said out loud pointing her wand at the first girl. She rose in the air, with a look of terror in her eyes. Rose directed her safely into the first stall and sat her on the floor. She did the same with the second girl, putting them both in the first stall. She gave them a few drops of the Forgetfulness Potion that she had in her robes (just in case she needed to use it on her cousins or brother). Then with a smile she shut the door and locked it with a spell she had learned from her Auntie Ginny. Most people in her year didn't know the spell, so they didn't know the counter spell. Alohamora wouldn't work on this spell. She smiled again. There was only two inches between the bottom of the door and floor, so they wouldn't be able to crawl out. They also wouldn't remember who did it, when the teachers finally found them, and Rose wouldn't get into trouble.

Rose opened the bathroom door and walked back to her room.

"What took so long?" Scorpius asked as she sat on the bed.

"Oh, a couple of Slytherin girls tried to attack me in the bathroom," Rose said simply.

"WHAT!" Scorpius exclaimed jumping to his feet.

"No need to worry, I took care of it," Rose said smiling, "would you like to see?"

Scorpius looked at her quizzically, then nodded his head. He followed Rose to the bathroom, waited outside for her to be sure it was clear, then followed her in.

Rose pointed to the first stall, "In there."

Scorpius stood on the toilet in the second stall and looked over. The full-body bind hadn't worn off yet and they still were slumped in the stall with a glazed look in their eyes.

After jiggling the door of the first stall, Scorpius looked at Rose and said, "you used Auntie Ginny's spell didn't you?"

Rose nodded, it wasn't actually Auntie Ginny's spell but it was the best thing to say incase the girls overheard.

"Okay," Scorpius said, "We'd better get out of here before someone realizes I'm in here."

Rose nodded and walked out the door first to be sure it was safe for Scorpius to leave the bathroom.

"Why'd they try to attack you?" Scorpius asked Rose when they got back to their room. Rose and Scorpius changed into their pajamas, getting ready for bed.

"Well, the shorter one, I think her name is Opal, claimed that you were her almost- boyfriend. She said you guys had been flirting and hanging out for a week before I "swooped in" and stole you away," Rose answered looking at him sheepishly.

"Opal, my almost-girlfriend?" Scorpius snorted, "Yeah, we hung out in the common room, and I helped her with homework. If that's what she meant by 'hanging out' but flirting, I don't remember flirting."

"Maybe she thought you were flirting?" Rose asked, "You are a flirty person, whether you mean to be or not."

"Maybe," Scorpius said, "Well anyways it doesn't matter now, I have three of the most important people in the world right here with me. I don't need anything else."

Rose smiled as Scorpius placed his hands on her stomach, "Two of them are in here," he said kissing her belly, then taking her face gently in his hands, "and the other is right here." Scorpius kissed her sweetly then drew back.

Rose smiled at him and kissed him again. She intertwined her left hand with his right. He felt the ring he'd given her for Christmas on her finger. He was sure she hadn't taken it off since she'd opened it. He sat on the bed, against the wall, and drew Rose close to him. Rose laid her head against his chest and closed her eyes, listening to his heartbeat. Soon she was asleep. Scorpius laid her down on the pillow.

Before laying down beside her, he kissed her cheek and whispered in her ear "I love you, Rose," and he swore he saw a small smile on Rose's face as she slept on.

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