Hey guys!!! My other half has been bugging me so much, so I dedicate this chapter to her! (Wow, that sounded so gay.) Just enjoy and review!!
The next morning, Scorpius awoke to a load of screaming and noise. Wondering what on Earth someone could possibly be screaming bloody murder about on a Saturday morning, he sat up in his bed, stretching his arms.
"What are you doing in here?" came one of the Gryffindor boys' disgusted voices.
"Do you know how to knock? We could be getting changed," was the response of Albus, upon seeing Rose Weasley enter the boy's dorm room.
"Scorpius. Your dad is downstairs," Rose said, ignoring the moans and groans around her.
"What? Why?"
"Your leaving early, remember? He wants you down in the common room, packed and ready to leave, in fifteen minutes."
"Ugh, why do I have to be the one with the evil family?" Scorpius asked in disgust.
"I wish you didn't have to, either. But, you must. Remember our plan? It's either this, or Slytherin."
"Yeah…I hate it though."
"Come on, man. I'll help you pack," said Albus, finally getting over the fact that there was a girl in the room where he slept.
"Fine, fine, I'm up. This week is going to be pure hell."
"At least you don't have to say that five more times. Thankfully, our little diversion is working, and your father hasn't reversed time since last night."
"Did you send the owl to Bill, Rose?" Albus asked, throwing Scorpius' stuff into the truck that lay open on the bed.
"Last night. Hopefully he'll get it as soon as possible, so Draco doesn't suspect anything," Rose replied, shuddering at the prospect of Draco catching on to their plan against him.
"I better go. My father's the most impatient person in the world," Scorpius said, shutting his trunk and heaving it off of his four-poster.
"Kind of like living with James," Albus muttered darkly.
"See you guys after break. Al," he said shaking hands with his friend. "Rose," he said. He stepped forward, and then stopped. Should he hug her? I mean, they were friends. But, was that too….over-the-top?
"Goodbye, Scorpius. Have a great Christmas," Rose said. She stepped forward, and embraced him. It was all friendly, but Scorpius couldn't help but hope that there was a little more intended.
"You guys, too. And, I won't."
The trio laughed, and said their last goodbyes. As Scorpius was walking down the steps, he took a few deep breaths as he braced himself to see his father.
"Hello, dad. How was your sleep last night?"
"Horrible. I couldn't stop thinking about how mad father is going to be that we misplaced his scepter."
"And I couldn't stop thinking about how mad you're going to be when you find out," Scorpius muttered to himself.
"Well, we should probably get going. We don't want to waste time that could be spent looking for it."
"Yeah, I guess. Let's go," Scorpius said, trying to sound convincing, and anxious to begin the search.
Father and son walked the halls of Hogwarts, more than half the school most likely still asleep. They walked in silence for a while, but it was broken Draco.
"I remember my old school days….good times…"
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah. I loved my years at Hogwarts."
"I was under the impression that Harry Potter made your existence here miserable."
"Well, he did…but I was always kind of jealous of him."
"Really? Wow, that's a first," he said, mumbling the latter to himself, so his father couldn't hear.
"What was that?"
"Nothing."
"What you mean 'That's a first'?"
"Well, everything's about you most of the time, so I can't believe that you would be jealous of other people." As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he caught himself. He couldn't believe that he had just said that to his father.
"Excuse me?"
He didn't know what to say to that. Scorpius wasn't sure whether he should pursue the argument, or apologize for thinking something so "foolish".
He decided to pursue it. "Dad, it's true. I thought that you hated Potter. I didn't know you were jealous of him."
"Well, what's not to be jealous about? He won all the teachers over with the miracle of his life, he was a great student, and all the girls liked him."
"But, didn't you win all the teachers over, and didn't all the girls like you, too?"
"That's what I've been telling you, but no. The only teacher that liked me was Snape, and the only girl that ever liked me was…well, your mother."
"Oh. Why have you been telling me lies over the past 10 years?" All of a sudden, Scorpius found himself sympathizing his father.
"Because…well, because…I wanted you to look up to me."
"Look up to you? Why did you need to tell me that to make sure that I look up to you?"
"Because, I thought that you'd think that I was a good person when I went here, and I wanted you to follow in my footsteps. You know, like every good father."
"A good father would've told me the truth." Now, he was angry. Man, his emotions were all over the place.
"I know, but I knew that if you knew the truth, that you would never idolize me like I did my father."
"Dad, sons are supposed to idolize their fathers. It's what we do, no matter what. Just being my father and being honest would have been enough."
"I still think that you would have idolized me even more if you kept on believing what I have been telling you. I mean, wanting to be in Gryffindor? What was that?"
"Now, father. This is changing the subject. We can discuss this later. We need to get home."
Right then and there, Scorpius thought he saw a look of sorrow cross his father's face. And, he thought he felt a wave of guilt come over him, for not being so forgiving. However, the guilt and the sorrow passed just as quickly as they had come.
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Weeks went by, and finally, after all the confusion, and drama, and suspense, it was time to let it all go, and return home for the holidays. The morning of their departure for the station, Rose and Albus awoke early to begin packing. By the time they were finished and ready for breakfast, the rest of the Gryffindors were just awaking and preparing for their arrival at home.
Since the end of the war, all students were required to go home for the holidays. Although Lord Voldemort was gone, there were still those minor villains roaming the country, and Christmas vacation at Hogwarts was spent holding teachers' conferences, discussing the problems of the day.
"Come on Rose. We need to get downstairs and eat so we can leave as early as possible," Albus said, rushing down the flight of stairs that led to the boy's dorm.
"I know, I know, I'm coming," said Rose from her end of the stairwell. Five seconds later, she came down the stairs, dragging her trunk behind her, obviously struggling.
"Let me help you with that," Albus said hurriedly, running over to help her. He took her suitcase to relieve her, and they both made their way down the stairs and out the portrait hole.
The cousins ate a quick breakfast, and then were off to find the rest of their family. When they got back to the common room, they saw James and Matt reclining on armchairs, waiting for them to return.
"What took you so long? We've been ready for, like, and hour already," Matt said exhaustedly.
"Yeah, all you had to do was grab a couple dozen pastries and run," James said, smirking.
"No, that's what a pig like you would do," said Albus to his brother, just as sarcastically.
"Come one guys. We better get going," Matt said, standing up from his sleeping position on the couch.
"We have to wait for everyone else to get up, though," Rose said, sitting down where he left.
"Oh come on. We all know that Jaclyn's not gonna get up until well after noon," James said.
"Yeah, I know. Hey, I have an idea," Albus said, moving over to the staircase. "Rose, go and wake her."
"Are you crazy? She'll kill me!"
"Exactly. It'll be hysterical."
"Fine," she resigned, walking slowly up the stairs. She paused at the top, and held up one finger to her lips.
"This should be good," Matt whispered to James.
"JACLYN GET YOUR ASS OUT OF BED!!!" came the shout of Rose from the sixth year girl's dorm. Five seconds later, Rose came dashing down the steps and out the portrait hole, followed by a fuming Jaclyn.
"This should be a very fun Christmas," James whispered back to Matt.
Corny, corny, corny, I know. But, it had to be done. Now, the next chapter (or next few chapters) will be all about the Christmas break. We're talking tons and tons of pages on Word, hysterical Potter/Weasley humor. It'll be cool. Give us your feedback, and stuff you wanna see in the next chapter, in a review. We know that some want to see more of Teddy/Victoire. We live off of this stuff!! Tell us what you want!! (What you really really want. Spice Girls just popped into my head. Couldn't resist….) R&R please!!
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