Chapter 12! My favorite number! I wanted to finish and upload it yesterday, but I was kinda dead after tennis practice. So here it is!

P.S. I'm going to start putting dates so everyone knows where they are in the school year. I'll add dates to the previous chapters at a later date. Happy reading!

Oct. 12

"I'm so glad you too made up over that stupid petty argument." Rose said.

"Rose, it's been almost a month. You can stop saying that now," I said. Scorpius nodded in agreement. We had heard that sentence too many times to count, and it was getting quite annoying.

Rose was lying on her back looking at the sky, and Scorpius imitated her as she spoke. "I can't help it. Now I don't have to avoid hanging out with one of you guys more than the other. Now the three of us can just spend time together." She probably would've gone on longer, but Scorpius was now using hand gestures and different expressions as he mouthed Rose's words as best he could. Naturally, I busted out laughing.

"What?" Rose asked as she bolted upright.

"Nothing." Scorpius and I said in unison. Scorpius ran his hand through his hair trying to act natural.

Rose wasn't fooled, and narrowed her eyes. "Were you imitating me?"

"What? No, of course not." Scorpius lied, but his smile betrayed him.

"How did you know?" I asked.

She shrugged. "Hugo imitates me behind my back all the time, and my dad laughs every time."

"Huh, well your brother seems like a pretty cool guy."

"He is, I guess. If you like annoying nine year old brothers."

Scorpius shrugged. "I wouldn't know; I'm an only child. And most of my dad's friend's kids are my age or older."

"Want to borrow Hugo over the summer holidays?" Rose joked.

"I'm pretty sure my grandfather would have a seizure if he found out I was playing "big brother" to a Weasley at Malfoy Manor. And I'm sure my father wouldn't approve of me bringing some random kid home for the summer."

I looked up and saw James walking toward us. He sat down between Rose and I and asked, "What are you guys up to?"

"Well, we were having a nice conversation, but then, well…you came," Scorpius answered with a smirk.

James gave a false laugh. "You're so funny Malfoy." Then as quickly as it came, the laugh disappeared and was replaced with James's "severely unamused" face.

"What do you want James?" I asked.

"I'm bloody bored, Al. Everyone's in Hogsmeade, but you, Rose, and Roxanne." Scorpius cleared his throat, and James corrected himself. "Sorry, everyone but you guys and Blondie."

It was the first Hogsmeade visit of year, so naturally everyone was gone, except for 1st and 2nd years who weren't allowed to go, and maybe a few older Ravenclaws who were studying their little brains out in their Common Room.

"Isn't that Emmett Harper, the guy that has it out for that annoying Austin kid?" Rose asked nodding her head towards a boy sneaking around the grounds.

"Yeah, I think so. And it looks like he's up to something. He's heading for the greenhouses. I said trying to get a better look.

"Let's bust him!" James yelled excitedly. "That'll get me on McGonagall's good side. And maybe we'll earn some house points to take the lead from stupid Slytherin." He looked at me. "No offense."

"How is Gryffindor in 2nd place with you and Fred getting in trouble every five minutes?" Rose asked.

James shrugged. "What can I say? Dom is brilliant. She and her friends make up the points that Fred and I lose, so everyone doesn't end up hating us. Now let's follow him." James stood up and waiting impatiently for us to do the same.

It wasn't exactly easy for four kids to sneak over to the Greenhouses. There wasn't anything to hide behind until you actually reached them.

We were peeking through the window of Greenhouse Two where the more dangerous plants were kept. Emmett was poking around some plants with his back turned to us. "Why is he in this Greenhouse? Fred and I almost died in here last year." James whispered.

I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Alright. Not die, but we almost lost a few fingers."

Rose rolled her eyes. "That's because you and Fred poke around in things you shouldn't be poking around in. And apparently, so does Emmett." As if on cue, Emmett snatched his hand away from a plant as it lunged at him. James looked at me as if to say, "I told you so!"

As I peered back through the window, I saw Emmett look around, hurriedly shove something into his pocket, and walk quickly to the exit.

"What are you four doing?"A man's voice behind us asked.

We spun around to find Professor Longbottom looking at us with an eyebrow raised.

"Checking out the plants to see what we have to look forward to when we're older…?" Rose suggested.

"I'd believe that from you three," He said pointing at Rose, Scorpius, and I. "Sadly, I can't say the same for you, James. Why are you really here?"

"We saw someone looking suspicious over here, and came to check it out." James admitted.

Professor Longbottom scrutinized the four of us for a few moments longer before he said, "Alright. I believe you four weren't up to anything horrendous today." At the last word he looked pointedly at James. Even though he said it with a light smile, James still squirmed uncomfortably. Professor Longbottom nodded toward Emmett, who was jogging up to the castle, "However, I can't say the same for him."

"Should we tell the Headmistress?" I asked.

"I'll do it myself. I don't want her thinking you four are in any way involved with this. I'll see you in class."

With that, he walked off to the castle.

As always, thank you guys so much for sticking with this story and reading it!

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