So I figured that you all deserved a quick update after my several month hiatus. Here it is! Enjoy.

Rose nervously wiped her slightly sweaty palms on her dark wash jeans. She couldn't believe that she had actually talked herself into going to Al's. Not that she didn't love her cousin, she did, they were best friends. The problem was that Lily and Roger were going to be there. Most of her cousins were going to be there actually, all of them were bringing various spouses, fiancés, boyfriends/girlfriends etc. All of them, except Rose of course. Oh and let's not forget about Scorpius Malfoy. Gathering up the little courage she had (she wasn't in Gryffindor for a reason); she knocked on the door to Al and Anna's London apartment. After about a minute, the door swung open to reveal Anna Thomas, now know as Anna Potter.

Anna had been a Gryffindor in Rose's year. If Rose recalled, Anna and Al used to biker all the time in their Hogwarts years. It wasn't until they both started working together as aurors that they really became friends.

Upon seeing Rose, Anna smiled. The two women hadn't known each other too well in Hogwarts, but they had become fast friends when Anna started dating Al.

"Hi Rose, it's great to see you! I didn't think that you were going to make it. Come on in," Anna said with a smile. When they heard the name 'Rose' several other Potters and Weasleys turned around to greet her. Rose stepped over the threshold and saw that she was not the last one to arrive. Almost of her cousins were there and so was her little brother Hugo. But Dom and Vic weren't coming and Lily hadn't arrived yet. And of course, sitting lazily on the couch talking to Al, was Scorpius. "Rose," Anna called, "we're just about to eat dinner, would you mind giving me a hand with bringing the food?"

"Of course not Anna," Rose replied and the two witches made their way to the kitchen while all the other Weasleys and Potters raced over to the dinner table, anxious to eat. It was well known that Anna was an excellent cook.

"So Rose, how've you been? I haven't seen you for a while; it's really getting to Al by the way. He keeps wondering how you are," Anna said as she pulled a tray of fresh baked rolls out of the oven and put the rolls onto a platter.

"I've been alright; mostly just busy with work I guess, and planning Lily's wedding." Suddenly, the tray that had once held rolls went clattering to the floor.

"Lily's getting married? To who, that bloke she's been seeing? Oh my Merlin, when did this happen?" Rose was startled at Anna's questioning. Of course Lily was getting married, didn't they know?

"Yes of course it's to Roger. Why didn't you know about that?"

"I don't know, and I don't think that Al knows either. How did you find out?" Anna questioned.

"She told me. Lily wants me to plan the wedding."

"Well, maybe she's making it a surprise. I can't imagine Lily forgetting to tell her whole family something like this. She's much too dramatic to ever pass up an opportunity for attention." Unknown to much of the Weasley clan, Al's wife did not have much love for the youngest Potter. Out of loyalty to her cousin, who had just shown up recently, Rose opted not to say anything, and they soon brought the food out for dinner. Anna slipped into the chair on Al's left while Rose remained awkwardly standing and looking for a place to sit. Every single chair at the table was full except the one next to Malfoy. Scorpius -who saw her for the first time that night- looked surprised to see her at first, but he quickly noticed her predicament. He rose out of his chair, and in a mockingly chivalrous manner, pulled out the chair next to him for her. Blushing slightly at his dramatic antics, she quickly sat down.

"So you decided to come. What changed your mind?" Scorpius asked her as she sat down. Rose sneaked a peak at Lily and Roger through her peripheral vision before vaguely answering.

"I just didn't have anything better to do." Scorpius smiled mischievously.

"I bet you just wanted to see me, Rosie." Rose frowned at him.

"I have no problem with you calling me Rose, but don't call me Rosie," she told him sternly.

"But your family calls you Rosie,"

"Yeah, well, they're my family," Rose replied snippily as she watched Lily wipe crumbs off of Roger's face. They were so sickening.

"So are you like one of those people who's in like a perpetual bad mood? 'Cause every time I talk to you I get these hostile vibes," Scorpius joked with a grin. Pulling her attention away from the couple, Rose directed all her focus at the blonde sitting next to her.

"Sorry, I've just been really stressed lately," she told him sincerely, regretting being short with him earlier.

"It's no big deal," Scorpius said, then he lowered his voice to a whisper, "is it because of the wedding?" Rose was shocked. How could he be so perceptive? How did he know that she was in love with Roger?

"I mean planning something for Bridezilla over there can't be easy." Rose breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know.

"Oh, yeah. It hasn't exactly been easy."

"You should've said no," Scorpius teased, remembering the time they had practiced saying no. Rose laughed a little at that.

"I couldn't. It wouldn't have been nice." Scorpius looked at her curiously.

"But what about you?" He asked, his voice -though still quiet- taking on a much more serious tone. "Don't you ever get to be happy? Why do you spend all your time doing things for others instead of doing something for you?" Rose spluttered incoherently at that, she wasn't sure how to reply.

"Come on Rose, when was the last time you put someone else on hold and did something for yourself?" Rose thought about it for a while. She couldn't remember a single time when she'd ever put herself over someone else's needs. It was in her nature to be compassionate, but maybe Scorpius was right…

When Rose never answered the question, Scorpius went back to his meal and started chatting animatedly with Al and Louis about some Quidditch match that they'd all watched on the radio. Meanwhile, Roger and Lily were making goo goo eyes at each other. Rose turned away. All of the sudden Lily stood up, pulling Roger up with her. She tapped her fork against her wine glass a few times until all eyes were on her.

"Could I have everyone's attention, please?" She asked with a wide smile on her beautiful face. "I have something that I'd like to say." She paused for a minute, milking the moment for all it was worth. "Roger and I are getting married!" And with hat she pulled her enormous engagement ring out of her clutch and slipped it onto her finger. All of the Weasley cousins broke into cheers and questions.

"How long have you two been engaged?"

"Are we the first to know?"

"How'd Uncle Harry react?"

"Okay, okay. Well, we've been engaged for only a few days. And besides mum and daddy, Rosie was the first to know! She's planning our wedding! We wanted to surprise the rest of you!" James stood up, his shot glass raised.

"I propose a toast. To the happy couple!"

"To the happy couple!" The cousins echoed. Anna and Al also rose to their feet.

"Not to take the spotlight off Lily," Anna began. Al clasped her hand firmly in his, smiling at his wife. "But Al and I have an announcement of our own. I'm pregnant!" There was another round of cheers. Lily, who looked a little put out from losing all the attention, quietly sat back down.

"Congratulations you two! When's it due?" Molly asked. Anna smiled.

"The end of May, and it's a girl."

"Do you have a name picked out yet?" Fred asked. Al shook his head.

"We've got nothing definite yet, but we've got a few ideas that we've been playing with."

"You should name it after me!" James cried out. Al narrowed his green eyes at his slightly tipsy brother.

"It's a girl you idiot. We're not naming our daughter James."

"Why not? It'd be a great name. In fact, we're going to name our first daughter James, right Rhi?" James' wife Rhiannon good naturedly rolled her blue eyes at him.

"Sure James, whatever you say. It's bad enough that you wanted to name our son James Sirius Jr. Thank Merlin we could compromise on Max" The cousins broke out into laughter as James grinned at the thought of his one year old son.

Rose looked around at all the happy faces of her cousins and suddenly felt very lonely. After a quick dessert, she made hasty goodbyes to everyone and left Al's early.

She had just gotten out of the apartment building when she heard the door squeak open behind her, she turned around and there was Scorpius Malfoy, holding her purse in his hand.

"You left this inside," he told her when she didn't say anything. She reached out to take it, but he held onto it. "I told Al that I had to go to, and that I'd bring it out to you."

"Thanks," Rose said and took the purse. She started to walk and Scorpius slowed to match his pace with hers. Normally, Rose would have called him out, but she found that she didn't mind his company as much as she had a week ago. All of the sudden she blurted out;

"I'm sorry about what I said earlier." Scorpius looked at her curiously.

"What'd you say earlier?" He asked. Rose chewed her lip before continuing.

"I'm sorry that I asked about your wedding. I really didn't mean to, and I had no idea-"

"Rose," he cut her off, "don't worry about it. It was a while ago and I'm totally over it, I swear."

"Oh, okay," Rose mumbled awkwardly, not sure what she should say. "If you don't mind me asking, who was it?" Rose inquired quietly. Scorpius didn't even hesitate before telling her.

"Isla Montague, she was a Slytherin in year ahead of us."

"Is that also why Al never hangs out with Anthony Zabini anymore?"

"Yeah, pretty much. That's not really one of those things that a friendship can rebound from," he told her with a smile. Rose grinned back at him.

They were almost at her apartment when Rose turned around wanting to ask one more question. She could feel the words 'why'd you kiss me?' forming on her lips, but at the last minute she chickened out. Choking out a quick 'goodnight' she hastily made her way back up to her apartment. Needless to say, she didn't get a lot of sleep that night.

So I hope that you liked that chapter! I felt that it was important to introduce Rose's family a bit more and to shed a little more light on Scorpius' past. Please review and tell me what you liked, or what you didn't like and any questions that you may have!