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Rose made her way over to her two favourite blokes, grinning.

"I think I've gotten everything."

"Did you buy the store, then?" Scorp asked, amused as he took her armload of sweets from her, moving off to the cashier. She rushed behind him.

"Scorp-"

"If you try to pay, I'm going to be angry, Rosie."

"Really, Scorp, why don't you just-"

"No."

Rose scowled at him, annoyed.

"You always do this!" she said, her voice filled with irritation.

"Then you should be used to it."

"You paid for everything else. You don't even eat from these-"

"Shut it, Rose," he said, rolling his eyes as he emptied his arms onto the counter.

"You two give me such a headache," Al said, rubbing his forehead.

As they exited Hogsmeade, Scorp was about to shrink the bags when Rose stuck her hand into one, extracting a sugar quill, immediately starting to suck on it.

Scorp rolled his eyes, trying not to look at her mouth.

"The Three Broomsticks?" Al asked, smiling at them.

"To pick up food for the picnic?"

"I don't think you'll exactly go hungry," Scorp said, gesturing to the now shrunken bags of candy in his hands.

"That's not for now," Rose said, scandalised.

Al and Scorp sighed, shaking their heads, making their way towards the Three Broomsticks.

"So how have you two been surviving without me being there to keep you out of trouble?" Al asked, grinning.

"We hardly need help from you, Al. Weren't you only recently found snogging in a broom cupboard with Alice?" Rose asked, smirking.

Al's face went scarlet.

"It doesn't count if there was a Prefect in there with me," he muttered while they laughed.

As Rose opened the door of the Three Broomsticks, she squealed, running off in the direction of the booths. Scorp and Al glanced at each other in confusion before trailing after her at a more sedate pace.

Scorp grinned when he noticed Rose hugging her cousin Dom and her boyfriend, Gerald. Michael Birch, Gerald's best friend and team mate sat opposite the couple. Rose shoved her cousin and her boyfriend around to squeeze into the booth. Al took a seat next to Michael while Scorp took a chair from an empty table to sit on.

"What are you two doing here?" Rose asked, grinning.

"We came to see you lot. Figured we'd surprise you, and since everyone ends up in the Three Broomsticks at some point..." Dom trailed off with a shrug. Gerald's arm was around her waist and he smiled at Rose.

"How has Fifth Year been, then?"

"Horrible," she said, rolling her eyes. This earned a laugh from all three of the visitors.

"Wait until N.E.W.T.s," Dom said with a wink.

"Forget about school," Rose said, excitedly, "How's Egypt?"

"My internship's almost done," Dom said, grinning, and Rose watched as Gerald's smile brightened. "I only have a couple of months to go before I start at the Gringotts in England with mum and dad."

Rose hugged her, excited to be able to see her more often.

"What about you, Gerald?" Al asked, smiling at him.

"I was made MVP for the final of the European Cup," he said and Dom pressed a proud kiss to his lips.

"He's incredible," she said, grinning.

"Well I wouldn't say that," Gerald said, flushing. "It's a team sport-"

"He's bloody brilliant," Michael cut in and they all laughed.

"And you, Michael?" Scorp asked.

"I've been all but dying, training with this blockhead over here," he said, jabbing a thumb towards Gerald who was now snogging Dom.

"I resent that," he pulled away to say before leaning down to her once more.

"Of course he does," Michael said, rolling his eyes. "Now that they're eating each other's face again, I'm just glad I have company."

"Have they been at it all day, then?"

"I'm shocked they haven't secluded themselves to the loo to tell you the truth," Michael said with a grin. "They haven't seen each other since the end of Summer, though, so I can forgive them."

The trio grinned at him. Al excused himself to go for butterbeers and food. It was a unanimous, unspoken agreement that their picnic was cancelled with the appearance of their cousins.

"Tell me about your year, then," Michael said, leaning back in his seat.

"We've been made Prefects," Rose said, gesturing to herself and Scorp.

"Oh, you're both a couple of brown-nosers like Dom, then?" he asked with a smirk, glancing at the snogging couple only to roll his eyes when they didn't even register he had spoken.

"No, we're just more responsible than you," Rose said, sticking her tongue out at him. He returned a grin before it seemed to falter.

"How's Molly, then?" he asked, staring at his drink with interest, obviously trying to pretend that the question meant nothing to him. Rose wasn't fooled.

"She got through to the Unspeakables, as I'm sure Dom has told you," Rose said, grinning.

Michael nodded, smiling.

"Yeah. I knew she'd get in."

"No one doubted it, really," Scorp said with a shrug and Al, who had returned, passed over their drinks before asking,

"Who are we talking about?"

"Molly," Rose said.

"Isn't she dating someone?" he asked, frowning.

Both Rose and Michael's eyes widened.

"Really?" Rose asked, interested.

"Yeah. Mum told me in her last letter. Dad took a detour from the Auror's Office to check on her and caught her snogging some bloke instead."

Al was still snickering as Rose watched Michael's face blanch.

"Dom," Rose said, poking at her cousin. She pulled away from Gerald, her eyes blurry.

"Mmm?" she asked, pressing her lips together slightly.

"Is Molly seeing someone?"

"Yeah," she said after a moment, her eyes clearing slowly. "Terrence Fitzpatrick. Really nice bloke. He's in the Unspeakables as well. I don't know if you'll remember him. He was a couple of years above us. He left in your Second Year. Always had an eye for Mol, he did."

"She never looked back, though," Michael said, grumpily, and Dom sent an amused look his way.

"I reckon she's fed up of being single," she said with a slightly reproachful eye-brow quirk.

Michael ducked his head, looking anywhere but at Dom, as their food arrived. They all split the Fish and Chips between them. Rose and Scorp ended up sharing and she snatched a chip from his pile, making him scowl and grab a chip from her own in return.

"I never thought of her as an 'in a relationship' type," Al said, shaking his head.

Both Rose and Dom snorted.

"Molly?" they asked, simultaneously.

The boys seemed confused and Rose supposed they were justified. Molly was forever proclaiming herself to be the 'independent woman' who didn't need a man in her life to make her happy. They knew the real Molly, however, and she was a hopeless romantic at heart.

"She's worse than Dom," Rose said on a laugh and earned a glare from her cousin. "I'm sorry, but you know you're a romantic fool."

"As if you aren't," Dom said with a sniff, as a smirking Gerald pulled her chin to press a kiss to her lips.

Rose shrugged, seeing Scorp give her an incredulous look out of the corner of her eye.

"The point is, Molly's wanted a boyfriend since she was old enough to know what one was. She's just been waiting for the right bloke."

At this point, she gave Michael a sharp look and he flushed.

"I guess she found him," she added, annoyed at him.

"Terrence is great and all, but I think she's only seeing him because he's fit," Dom said.

Gerald poked her side, offended.

"I never said he was as fit as you," she said in a comforting tone, grinning at him. He nodded, satisfied, and Dom continued, "But he is fit. Molly's hormones are probably finally coming to the fore. About time too. She needs a good shag."

With that, Gerald pulled her back in for another snog, making the others at the table gag slightly. Rose watched as Michael had a slightly panicked look on his face and shook her head, leaning forward to whisper,

"You had your chance, didn't you?"

His eyes widened and he glanced over to ensure that Dom and Gerald were still occupied.

"She never fancied me."

"Are you blind or stupid?" Rose asked, offended on behalf of her cousin.

Al and Scorp's eyes widened. Rose wasn't usually rude to anyone but them.

"She's fancied you for years. Thankfully, however, she seems to have gotten over you."

Michael's eyes were all but bugging out of his head.

"Y-you're not serious."

Rose's eyebrow quirked.

"You really are that thick?"

"He is," Dom said, laughing, shaking her head. She had obviously been listening to at least a small piece of the conversation. Gerald seemed rather confused.

"Molly fancies him?"

"Yes," Rose said, rolling her eyes.

"Almost as long as I've fancied you," Dom said, laughing lightly. Gerald turned wide eyes to Michael.

"Do you-"

"Of course I do!" Michael snapped. "You were too busy mooning over Dom to see it, obviously, but I did."

He poked at a chip for a moment, brooding as he said,

"I do."

Dom quirked a rather haughty eyebrow at him.

"I know I don't have to ask you to stay away from my cousin while she's in a relationship, of course."

"I'm not going to go proclaiming my love for her or anything," he said, rolling his eyes. "She's obviously gotten over whatever she felt for me."

Satisfied now, Dom's facade dropped to a friendly grin.

"I wouldn't be so sure," she said and Michael looked up at her quickly. "You've made her pine for you over the years, so I'm not going to make it easy on you," she added, smirking. "You are, however, cordially invited to the next Weasley get-together. Ollie will tell you when it is."

"Ollie?" Rose asked, confused.

"She calls me Oliver sometimes," Gerald said with a shrug.

"Why?" Al asked, confused.

"I like the name Oliver. Doesn't it suit him?" Dom said, turning to press a kiss to Gerald's jaw. He was grinning like a fool in return.

"Not really," Scorp said, brow quirked. "But to each his own I suppose."

He turned a look on Rose as if to say, 'Your family is nutters.'

It wasn't long before Lily, Lysander, Lorcan and Hugo joined them. Lily had the same reaction as Rose, squealing as she dove over Rose to hug Dom.

"Merlin, Lils, get off!" Rose said, shoving at her cousin. She took a deep breath as Lily squeezed in next to her, forcing Dom onto Gerald's lap, much to his enjoyment. "You're heavy."

Lily stuck her tongue out at her but asked Dom,

"Did you come to give us good news, then? Are you preggers or something?"

Dom's face went white at that.

"No," she said, sharply.

"What's so wrong with that?" Gerald asked, his brows furrowed. Rose and Lily grinned at each other, leaning closer to hear the conversation better.

"Nothing. It's just-"

As Dom saw them at the edge of their seats, waiting for a response, she said,

"We'll talk about it later."

Gerald nodded, but he was still frowning.

"I'm here to surprise my lovely cousins, Lily not included," Dom said sweetly, sending a little glare in Lily's way as thanks for the trouble she was in with her boyfriend.

"Love you too, Dommie," Lily said, stealing a chip from Rose's plate.

"Hey!" she said, pulling it closer to her, protectively.

"Gerald, mate, haven't seen you since Summer," Lysander said, leaning over to shake his hand.

"How've you been, then?" Gerald asked.

"At school," he said with a smirk. "How do you think I've been?"

"Point taken," Gerald said, nodding with a grin on his face.

"When you share food, there's a greater chance of contracting Raptorfever," Lorcan said, matter-of-factly.

Lily grinned at him, saying,

"Lorc, I don't think any of us are carriers."

"Your cousin has been to Egypt," he said, shrugging.

Lily turned a horrified look on Dom.

"She didn't touch those chips, did she?" Lily asked Rose, panicked.

"No," Rose replied, rolling her eyes. Lily's face was so relieved, she had to laugh.

"I've missed you, Dom," Hu said, pushing Al around to squeeze in next to him.

"I've missed you too, Hu. How has my favourite little cousin been?"

Rose and Lily cleared their throats, but Dom said,

"Neither of you two take times out of your busy schedules to write to your lonely cousin in Egypt. Hu sends me a letter every week."

"Brown-noser," Rose said, sticking her tongue out at her brother. He smiled in return, turning back to speak to Dom.

"There's too many people here," Scorp said, shaking his head, reminded of the Potter/Weasley compartment once more.

"I know," Rose said, finishing her chips and stealing one of his. "Isn't it wonderful?"

"For you, maybe," he said, rolling his eyes.

"Rose," Michael said, and she turned to smile at him. "Do you think you can maybe... give me some tips? With Molly I mean," he asked quietly, careful not to let the others hear.

"Sure," she said, hoping that he could finally gather the bollocks to ask her out.

"Was it just me, or did Rose tell Michael to shave his head?" Al asked, curiously.

"I didn't," Rose said, rolling her eyes as she, Scorp and Al made their way out of the Three Broomsticks.

Gerald, Dom and Michael had had to leave a bit earlier and they had stayed for a few more minutes before leaving themselves.

"I just told him to give his locks a trim. Molly doesn't like blokes with long hair," she said with a shrug.

"What about you?" Scorp asked with a smirk.

"It depends on the bloke," she said with a shrug.

"On me, then," Al said and she scowled.

"That's disgusting, Al."

He rolled his eyes before he said,

"What about Scorp?"

"He could do with growing out his hair, I suppose," she said, critically, fingering where the end of his hair met his neck.

Scorp almost closed his eyes in pleasure as Rose fingers played through his hair. Conscious of Al's gaze, however, he pasted a slightly amused expression on his face.

"But really, he looks good either way," she said with a shrug before sending a wink his way. "Must be those pureblood genes of yours."

He laughed at the ridiculousness of the statement, unable to help himself. If blood-status had anything to do with looks then Rose's blood would be the purest of them all.

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