A/N: I'm so sorry it's taken me forever to update! And the chapter's really short too, but I've been feeling very uninspired lately. Please review and hopefully I will update quite soon this time.

Again, for conversations between them, Al is normal font, Rose is bold and Scorpius is italics.

Disclaimer: Unfortunately, Harry Potter does not belong to me.

Someone pointed out to me I had got Al and Scorp the wrong way round at one point. I have no changed it, very sorry, I obviously just wasn't concentrating.

Valentine's Day

Al,

I'm so sorry to disturb you at this time, but I had to show you something. Send me an owl if you're still awake, and if not I suppose it can wait until morning. I'm really sorry if this woke you up.

Rose


Rose,

It's eleven o'clock. Why on earth would I be asleep? Surely you're not all asleep by eleven in the girl's dormitory? That's just ridiculous. Anyway, what is this urgent thing you had to show me?
Al


Al,

What time do you stay up to? Eleven's a perfectly reasonable time to be asleep. We have school in the morning. Honestly, no wonder you always fall asleep in class!


Rose,

I only ever fall asleep in History of Magic, and even you have trouble concentrating there. But that's beside the point. What did you want to show me?
Al


Al,

Yeah, sorry, I got distracted. Anyway, do you remember those coins our parents used in the DA when they were at school? Well, Mum showed me how to make them, and I've altered the charm a little bit so we can send proper messages on them. I thought maybe you, Scorp and me could have one each and use them to send each other messages – a bit like the texts Muggles send – when it's too difficult to send a proper owl. What do you think?

Rose


Rose,

Wow that sounds awesome! How about you send me one now and we can try them out?

Al


Al,

Here's one of the coins. It might not work perfectly yet, but I'll send you a message in a few minutes and we can see.

Rose


HI AL DID IT WORK?

YEP. THIS IS SO COOL!

GREAT. GLAD YOU LIKE IT.

CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW SCORP.

YEAH. GOODNIGHT AL.

NIGHT ROSE.


HI ROSE.

OH DID AL GIVE YOU IT THEN?

YEAH. IT'S GREAT. BEATS WRITING NOTES IN CLASS.

DON'T USE IT IN CLASS TOO MUCH THOUGH.

COURSE NOT!


HEY AL, HOW'S ANCIENT RUNES GOING?

VERY BORING. WHAT ABOUT MUGGLE STUDIES?

GREAT. LEARNING ABOUT TEXT LANGUAGE.

TEXT LANGUAGE?

THE WAY MUGGLES SHORTEN STUFF, I'LL DEMONSTRATE:

R U GOING TO HOGSMEADE THIS WEEKEND?

YH I AM HOW ABOUT U?

HOW DID U KNOW HW 2 DO THAT?

GRANDAD SHOWED ME AGES AGO.

K. YH I'M GOING IS ROSE?

YH.

SO WE WILL ALL GO TOGETHER LIKE LAST TIME?

ACTUALLY I CAN'T.

BUT I THOUGHT U SAID U WERE?

YH BUT NOT WITH U GUYS SORRY.

HOW COME?

WELL . . . IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY

SO?

SO I'M GOING WITH SARAH CLEARWATER.

SARAH CLEARWATER?

YH.

BUT SHE'S IN SLYTHERIN.

SO?

WHAT WILL UR PARENTS SAY?

SARAH'S AUNT WENT OUT WITH MY UNCLE ONCE. THEY WON'T MIND. THEY LET ME BE FRIENDS WITH U, AFTER ALL.

YH I GUESS. SO JUST ME AND ROSE THEN?

YEP. SORRY.

NO PROBLEM. IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY. HOPE U HAV FUN.

THNX.


Al,

So . . . how did it go? Didn't see you in the Great Hall this evening. How come you weren't there?

Scorp


Scorp,

It was fine. Sat at the Slytherin table in the evening, sorry. Was going to come and find you and Rose but I just lost track of time I guess. I'm really sorry.

Al


Al,

Quit apologising. Rose and me didn't mind. Except that someone's started some stupid rumour about us, just cos we went to Hogsmeade together on Valentine's Day, and you weren't with us. So now everyone thinks we're dating or something. As if! I mean, everyone knows Rose and I are just friends. I guess they just have nothing better to gossip about.

So anyway, are you and Sarah planning to go out again?

Scorp


Yeah, probably. She's nice. And don't worry about the gossip. It'll stop when they realise that nothing's actually happening between you. But we'd better go to sleep now, cos Rose said if I fall asleep in class again she's going to stop lending me her notes. Except maybe History of Magic. Cos who doesn't fall asleep in History of Magic?

Al


Rose. She doesn't. But yeah, I know what you mean. Night, Al.


Goodnight, Scorp.

A/N: Just to make it clear AL is going out with Sarah NOT SCORPIUS cos I got it the wrong way round before. The whole italics/bold/normal font gets slightly confusing sometimes.