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There was a loud crack and James, grinning deviously, appeared in the doorway to Rose's bedroom.

"Stop doing that, James." Rose groaned, pushing herself up sleepily and brushing her hair back from her face. "Merlin. Just go away."

It was the Summer after his seventh year and James, very young for his year, had just come of age. He was being beyond annoying. He didn't do anything without magic anymore. If he wanted to walk two steps, he would apparate. Take off his shirt to go swimming? He'd set it on fire, whilst putting a cooling charm around himself. It was getting ridiculous.

"Well, that's no way to greet your favorite cousin, Rosie." James sauntered into her room, leaning against her dresser and crossing his arms coolly over his chest.

"You aren't my favorite cousin." Rose gave a sickeningly sweet smile, hopping out of bed and stretching, her pale pink tank top inching up to reveal her flat stomach.

James gasped loudly. "Rose! I am so wounded. You're just in denial. I know you love me." He smirked.

Rose snorted, peeling off her tank top and pulling a pale blue sundress over her head. This was normal: unclothing in front of James. She was closer to him than Hugo. She stepped out of her pajama shorts and pursed her lips, looking at her collection of shoes before turning to answer her cousin.

"James, I may have loved you at one point. But any affection towards you has died in the past week. Not only have you broken my arm, dyed every article of my clothing pink, used me as a lab rat for your stupid joke things without my permission, broken my favorite mug…all these things I could overlook. But no! You have also stabbed me in the back!"

"I have not!" James protested. He pouted. He looked like a five year old.

Rose gave him a look. "Puh-lease, Jamesie. You think I don't know it was you who told my father about Scorpius? I'm not daft."

James looked genuinely confused. "Rose, I would never. You keep my secrets. I keep yours. Gryffindor cousinhood." He spit on his palm and held out his hand for her to shake. "I promise."

He meant business.

The "Gryffindor cousinhood" was something James and Rose had a established three years earlier when Rose had been in second year. One night James had come back to the Gryffindor common room, completely wasted. He spilled all of his secrets to her and the next morning panicked and forced her into this stupid two person group to assure that he wouldn't have to worry about his love of bubble baths being spilled to the whole school.

Rose sighed, but spit on her hand as well. James took his rituals very seriously. She shook his hand and then reached out to wipe her palm on his jeans. "Then who did?"

"Louis." They both growled.

Rose was practically seething. "I hate him and his stupid French. If Daddy kills Scorpius, I am going to tear that cheese eating monkey apart limb by limb."

"I will help!" James grinned. He then proceeded to apparate all over her room.

"I am going to kill you!" Rose reached out to grab her cousin, but he quickly apparated across the room. He then proceeded to levitate her shoes, creating a tornado like effect around her, and transfigure her pillows into the shape of reproductive organs.

This ones for you "ToCatchYouWhenYouFall" I always think of Rosie and James having a very teasing, sort of sibling like relationship. Please review guys. I love you all.

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