Rose gazed up at the ceiling, barely aware of her wet cheeks.

Harry was dead. The curse had been irreversible, and he'd past away in his sleep. No pain.

Rose wept for her favourite uncle. The one who had piggy packed her around the house for hours, even when he had to work.

The one who had payed attention to every ache, scrape and injured bird.

The one who had been like a second father.

And now everything ached. Her chest, her legs, her heart. Especially her heart, and her Uncle Harry wasn't here to make it go away.

Rose was now aware that she was in her bed.

How had she gotten there? She racked her brains.

Oh yes, Scorp had carried her.

The part of her that was still Rose marvelled at the fact that Scorp could pick her up. When had he gotten so strong?

It didn't matter anyway. Nothing matter

Harry was gone and Rose receded into herself.

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Scorp looked at Rose across the table. It was now June 1st exactly a month since Harry had died, exactly two weeks since Al had stopped talking to either of them.

"So we have Potions first," said Scorp trying to start a conversation.

Rose ignored him and continued to push her eggs around.

He continued, "Exams soon. You scared?"

Nothing.

Scorp sighed and looked around at Al sitting not so far away.

He was talking to Josh Hold, completely ignoring his friend and cousin.

Scorp sighed.

Al hadn't been so happy when Rose had yelled at him after he asked her if she wanted to play Quidditch.

"You're Dad is DEAD and you want to play QUIDDITCH!?"

He hadn't been too trilled either when Scorp had told him to 'give Rose sometime to get over it'.

"Bullshit! It's my dad who's dead and I'm getting over it! Why the hell should she be more cut up about it!?"

Scorp had been stuck between friends and he'd chosen Rose, for obvious reasons.

For when he'd carried Rose up to her room the day of Harry's funeral, something had happened.

Thank God Rose had been too upset to notice.

He placed his fork down on his plate.

"Rose. Rose look at me."

Rose didn't look up.

"Rose this is stupid now. Come on."

Nothing.

"ROSE!" his yelled broke through the morning chatter.

Rose looked at him.

Scorp was standing up, his face red with anger.

He looked around and realised that everyone was looking at him.

He ignored it. This was more important.

"Rose, you have to snap out of this."

Rose stood up, facing him.

Although she was smaller she held more confidence.

"Scorpius you have no right to tell me how to grieve."

Scorp flinched at the name. Rose had only called him Scorpius once in between the time they had met, and that had been as a joke.

"You're right Rose I don't, but I can't just sit here and watch you waste away."
Rose narrowed her eyes at him, "I would appreciate it if in the future you would not talk to me Scorpius."

Scorp was taken aback.

He'd expected yelling or crying. Maybe even punching, but not this.

This cold rejection.

He turned his back and walked out of the hall.

He walked slowly to his dormitory, pulled out his trunk and started throwing his belongings into it.

Fine, if Rose wanted him not to speak to her then he would just remove himself.

He grabbed Grin's cage and placed an invisibility charm on it and his trunk.

He trudged down the stairs on the grounds and to the broom shed.

"Alohamora," the lock broke open.

Scorp just grabbed the first broom he saw and took off, leaving Hogwarts behind.

He glanced around his shoulder to take one last look and he knew he'd be back.

Next year.

A/N: The end. For now!

Yes people this was the end of this year. I know I know the year actually didn't end but I've been planning this for about three weeks.

Never fear though Scorp will be back in a few days for another year.

I'm sorry this wasn't a very long chapter and that it was a bit too fast but I just wanted this year to end. I'd like to thank Charlotte (aka Tortall Tribe Freak) and my friend Bec for sitting on either side of me singing, "Write another chapter! Write another chapter!" repeatedly all week. Don't I have great friends?

Thanks to them in about two days I will post the first chapter of a different kind of Gryffindor II (I will put in a name here when I think of it.)

See you later.