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Has anyone else read 'My Immortal" coz that shit is the funniest thing ever. I will never get over Dumbledore yelling 'motherfuckers' in Chapter 4. And how about Lupin 'masticating' over the chick in the shower? Aaaah, good times.

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May We Look Ever Forward

Part Two: Your Arms Around Me

Chapter Three

He woke up the next morning to a lot of noise in his dormitory. Denny and Joe Anese were having a loud argument. Scorp was sitting up in bed, staring at them. Al look at him quizzically and Scorp shrugged, indicating for Al to just listen,
"Look, mate. I'm Head Boy this year, and I'm telling you, you can't keep letting Lisa sleep in here. I know she's your girlfriend, but it's just uncomfortable for everyone else,"

"Where's the rule that says that, huh?" Said Joe, "I don't see one!"

Denny rolled his eyes, "Well, how's about we ask one of the teachers then? And see if they think there's a rule?"

Joe stormed out of the dorm, calling behind him, "Whatever, hey. You were a lot nicer Denny when you didn't have a stick shoved up your arse."

Scorp muttered, "Don't worry about him, Den. He's-" he then proceeded to miaow like a cat, then make a whipping noise. Dennis laughed heartily. Al shook his head at them, retrieved his glasses from the bed-side table and made towards the bathroom

"Um, Al? Could I've a word?"

Al was getting extremely sick of Dennis Longbottom asking to have a word with people, "Sure," he said through gritted teeth, "What about?"

"Just, I was just wondering… What's going on with you and Grace?"

Al stared at him, "Excuse me??"

"Well, I just noticed you guys weren't talking, and I was worried. She looked pretty upset-"

"And what," Said Al, cutting him off, "Were you going to come and champion her cause or something?"

"No," Said Denny hastily, "I was just wanted to know what happened,"

"Well, it's none of your business, alright? It's between me and Grace and no one else, so just butt out, yeah?"

"Well, look. If she's upset, then I'm worried-"

Al cut him off again, "You're not her boyfriend!"

There was a steely silence until Denny muttered, "Well, neither are you."

Scorp was still sitting up in bed staring at them, and Al didn't give either of them a chance to speak before he walked into the bathroom and slammed the door. Al did not want to apologise to Grace about his outburst about Longbottom now. He wanted to hex Longbottom until he couldn't walk, talk or see and then confess his feeling to Grace. But since Longbottom was the Head Boy, he couldn't hex him, and since he didn't know if Grace felt the same, he couldn't tell her anything. It was the most frustrating thing. On his return to the dorm, he was relieved to find it empty. He dressed, and went down to breakfast with no desire to eat anything at all.

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He sat down in the spot reserved for him by Scorpius, who now looked at him and said, "Well, I think you owe me and explanation,"

Al looked at him, and sighed, running a hand through his already messy hair, "Longbottom asked Grace to go with him to Hogsmeade, and she said yes. But she doesn't know if she fancies him, and I don't think she should go, because it's going to turn out like the Louis fiasco."

Scorp looked at him and said, "And this is just about protecting Grace, right? Not because you yourself fancy the pants off her and would like very much to punch Longbottom in his smarmy, plump face?"

"I don't fancy Grace!" Said Al automatically

Scorpius rolled his eyes, "Don't be a git, you've fancied her for ages,"

"Scorp, drop it mate."

"Not a chance, Albus, not a chance." He said grinning, "Now, tell your old buddy the truth." He waved his fork at Al, "Do you like our dear friend Grace Bellevue?"

Al stared at Scorp, and then slumped his shoulders, defeated, "Yeah alright, I like her."

Scorp snorted, "Knew it. Since 5th year, right?"

Al stared at him, "It was that obvious?"

"Only to me because I know you so well and because I know everything."

"You can't say anything to her!"

Scorp stared, "Why not? This might be your only chance to get in there,"

"'Get in there'?" Said Al, grinning now. It felt good to finally talk to someone about this. He was starting to understand why girls gossiped

"You know what I mean!"

Al shook his head, "I don't know how she feels."

Scorp frowned in thought, "Well, let me think. She left Louis to come and protect you, if my memory serves me,"

"Yes, because we're friends. She'd have done the same for you,"

"Mmm. Maybe. But it was how she was looking at you, mate."

"What??" Al said, perplexed,

"Like you were the only thing in the world,"

Al stared at him, "You haven't, by chance, picked up a romance novel recently, have you?"

Scorpius grinned, "I'm a sensitive soul, though I seem thick skinned."

"You're joking, right?"

"Of course I'm joking, I wouldn't read that trash if they paid me!"

"No, not about your stupid fixation with romance novels. About Grace."

Scorp shrugged and said, "Well, let's look at it this way. I'm always right."
"You are not always right."

"Okay, okay, 9 out of 10 times, I'm right." Scorp shovelled some bacon into his mouth, "What I'm more worried about now is how we're going to get rid of Longbottom."

"What?!"

"Oh, come off it. Let's do something to him. Put itching powder in his pyjamas the night before Hogsmeade. Or, or- we could blow up his head to double its normal size, then it would be in proportion with his ego."

Al laughed, "You have spent too much time hanging out with Fred and James. Grace would kill us if we did that. Rose would literally wipe the floor with our faces"

"Mmm. Only if they found out. And, I'll bet Joe will help us,"

Al shrugged, "I couldn't give a rats about Joe. Lisa always sleeping in our room is a pain,"

"She's such a babe though,"

Al snorted, "Oh please. She's as thick as two short planks."

"She's still a babe, though."

"Scorp, you have got to stop ogling girls who can't spell their own names."

"And you have to stop ogling Grace and do something about it!"

Al smacked him over the head, "Shut up."

"Seriously, though. We have to get rid of Longbottom." Said Scorp, "To be perfectly honest, I couldn't stand having him around more than we already do. We've got Rose watching our every move, which is more than enough; we don't need another watch-dog."

Al gave an exasperated sigh, "And what are we going to do? Tie him up and shove him into a trunk and ship off to somewhere in Africa?"

"You know, you might be your Uncles nephew after all!" Said Scorp, "That's not a half-bad idea,"

Al laughed, "As if we could pull that off without getting expelled,"

"Mmm. This is true. Well, mate. Your only option is going to be confessing your love."

Al put his face in his hands, and groaned "Why does this feel as if it's been a very long morning?"

"Probably because it has. And we have a lovely class to begin the day too; double Potions with the Slytherins,"

"Excellent," Groaned Al

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They made their way down to the dungeons, and saw that Rose and Grace were already there. Al took a deep breathe, and walked towards them,

"Grace, can I maybe, um, talk to you?" He could hardly meet her eyes; his stomach churned. What if she said no?

Grace stared at him, her eyes scanning his face. "Okay," She said finally, and they walked a bit away from the group. She wouldn't look at him as they stood facing each other,
"Look, Grace. I'm really sorry about yesterday."

"So you should be," he heard her mutter under her breath

"I said some really stupid things. And now I don't know what to say to fix them. Well, I probably can't fix them, but I can't stand not talking to you."

She looked up at him, her eyes overbright, "You what?"

"I can't stand not talking to you. I can't stand not having you around. It's like, I dunno," He shrugged, "Like all the good bits are missing,"

She gave a watery chuckle and said, "Very eloquent, Al."

He smirked at her, "It was the best I could do."

She smiled, "Yeah, I know. I can't stand not talking to you either, you know. And I probably overreacted to it a bit. Well, a lot."

"So are we good then?" He asked, raising his arms hopefully. She gave him a sidelong look for a second, then grinned and hugged him tightly and said into his chest, "We're good."

"Good," He said, relieved, wrapped his arms around her "If you want to go to Hogsmeade with Longbottom, who am I to stop you?"

She pulled away from him, "Al, it's okay. You don't have to say that. You were right to argue with me about it. And I do want to go, but I don't know how I feel, and that's probably the wrong thing to do. I understood what you said; I just didn't like hearing it"

He nodded, "Sorry."

She scoffed, "Don't apologise because I can't handle the truth. It's okay."

"Oi," Said Scorp loudly, "Are you idiots talking to each other now?"

Grace gave him a withering look, "To think I spent a day without having to listen to your annoying voice Malfoy. It passed me by so quickly, I didn't savour it nearly enough as I should have"

Al and Rose laughed, "You're a gem, you know that Gracie?" He said, grinning widely

"It's been mentioned a few times,"

Rose shook her head, "Please never fight again. That was the most awkward 24 hours of my life."

"Of your life?!" Said Al, "What about me and Grace? It was awkward for us too, you know"

"It was your fault though; it's different!" She said, laughing, as Professor Slughorn opened the door to the classroom.

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End, my starlets. Chapters four and five are already written, plus stuff that happens at Christmas. Much more to come :)

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