Phase 3: Don't Screw Up

"So," Jasmine said as she tried edging out of the classroom, "What it Al's plan again?"

"We break Scorpius and Catherine up." Al said.

Jasmine rolled her eyes, "I could've and did think of that."

"Yeah," Al smirked, "But neither of you had an actual plan. Honestly, the key to success is getting in the minds of that relationship. Jasmine, befriend Catherine, Lily befriend Scorpius."

"And what will you do?" Jasmine asked.

"I," Albus chuckled, "I as friend of Catherine and Scorpius will add the finishing and crucial touch."

Jasmine smirked as the wind caught her ruby hair. "What crucial touch?"

"The final motivation of being Catherine's trusted housemate and Scorpius's trusted best mate. You two can put thoughts in their heads and figure out what's going on. But only I can make them believe those thoughts instilled in their head. They'd never trust you two, Catherine because you're Slytherins and Scorpius because he's smart. But with my touch, I can have this rolling."

"And what do you get in a return?" Jasmine asked eyebrows poised.

"I," Albus straightened himself, "Get to see and do something interesting in this school, get to piss off James, and get to be in the company of a beautiful lady." Albus had moved forward so that he was standing a few inches away from Jasmine.

Jasmine, eyes wide quickly shifted so that she was out of the classroom. "Nice plan Albus, see you later. I have class."

Albus turned to his sister. "You're ditching class?"

Lily rolled her hazel eyes. "I don't take Ancient Runes; my next class is in half an hour."

Albus raised his eyebrows. "You didn't answer my question." He smirked.

"You know, you really ought to have been in Slytherin. And no, I ditch most Divination classes, Trelawney never notices, and when she does, I tell her that my inner eye sense better in my room." Lily rambled.

"What would dad say?"

"If he knew that you were assisting your little sister to break Catherine Longbottom away with her boyfriend so that your little sister could date Scorpius Malfoy?" Lily fought back.

"Touché."

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"Mate," Scorpius Malfoy said to Albus as he walked up to him on their way out of Herbology, "Two things. First of all, I'm shocked that the Chudley Channons are actually winning this year, and two, dude, your sister dating."

"What about it?" Albus snapped.

"I mean, your sister beginning today. I mean I remember her when she was a little firstie, and now, dude, I heard Zabini said he was going to have to work hard to keep his mits off of her whether she liked it or not."

Albus kept hard to keep calm, but an eavesdropping James wasn't so calm. "What?" James roared as he stomped over and threw Scorpius against one of the stone walls of Hogwarts.

"Uh, but I told the git that if he touched her, I'd tell you, James." Scorpius stammered out of his mouth and Albus looked amused as his best friend whimpered in fear.

"And what did that git Zabini say?" James asked as he chuckled and grinned arrogantly.

"That he was going to go take a cold shower and erase the horrible thoughts."

"Good." James thought a second. "I think I'm going to buy Lily a chastity belt." And with that, James walked off.

Albus turned to his friend and laughed hysterically. "Who's afraid of the big bad James?"

"That isn't funny." Scorpius said. "James scares the shit out of me when he thinks someone wants to deflower his little flower sister. But dude, what's he gonna do if Lily walks out of the common room wearing what she was the other night? I mean, I know it wasn't her choice, but my little cousin is so domineering."

Albus sighed, not even thinking of what Scorpius said after his comment of Jasmine.

Scorpius rolled his eyes. "Mate, ask Jazzy out already, she doesn't bite," Scorpius paused and thought, "hard."

Albus laughed a bit. "Mate, Jasmine like hates me. She doesn't trust me, she doesn't like me, she tries to get out my presence whenever she can, and she mocks me. Well, not as much as before, but still. Mate, your cousin doesn't like me, will turn me down, and try to humiliate me in the process."

"I wasn't sure Catherine would like me." Scorpius said.

Albus looked up from his shoes that he had been looking at for the past minute. "You were nervous with Catherine?" Albus asked, not believing that his friend actually cared about a girl. "I thought you just wanted to shag her, I thought that was the point of this relationship, and then you promised me that you would," Albus was cut off.

"Well you know what Al," Scorpius started flaring at Albus, "I think I can decide whether or not I should break up with my girlfriend. I never thought you'd be selfish. Though I guess you were hoping to secure this rivalry extra. What, did you expect me to hook you up with Jasmine when Catherine and I broke up? Did you expect me to have my sense come back so much that I'd do what you say?"

Albus's eyes were wide; plans normally never broke out on him. Even with his parents who he'd used every trick in the book on never broke apart a plan like this. "No, Scorpius, mate," Albus was no longer the confident Gryffindor with his ambitious side as everyone knew; he was now more scared than the meekest, smallest, and most naïve Hufflepuff in the midst of a seventh year Slytherdor part with James drunk and pissed. "Please, understand, I wasn't using you, I was just,"

"Trying to date my cousin and get me away from Catherine? I'm not an idiot; I'm far from it in fact. I've got the intelligence of Greengrasses and cunning thoughts and realizations of Malfoys. And you have the arrogancy of you Potters. Well, Lily doesn't have it, but you and your annoying brother James have that horrible arrogancy that makes you think that you're better than everyone, that you can do whatever you like, at the expense of others. No wonder my hated your dad, your dad must've been worse to my father. My father's always been nice, he said he tried being your dad's friend, but your dad just called him a git and was rude to him." Scorpius yelled.

By this time, several students from various years and houses had gathered around the area to see some of Hogwarts most famous students arguing. James was standing behind Albus intent on seeing what was going on, and, by the looks of it, pissed off at both parties of the fight. Scorpius was a Malfoy, and his brother was an ambitious snake.

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"Lily!" Jasmine yelled to Lily ass Lily tried walking to class.

"I'm gonna be late, what is it?" Lily snapped.

Jasmine turned her friend towards her and made Lily connect eye contact. "Albus and Scorpius are in a fight."

"So?"

"A fist fight, and apparently, James was there at first, and there were mentions of a chastity belt, me, and blood purity." Jasmine giggled, a truly sinister girl she was.

"Come on Jasmine." Lily said as she pulled her friend in a direction. "Wait, where are they?"

Jasmine giggled. "Paved Courtyard, duh!"

Lily rolled her eyes, "Come on Jasmine. I think we'd like to see my brother and your cousin stay at Hogwarts. They're in enough trouble, Professor Entwhistle would die for something like this to freaking expel them!" Lily was furious for a redhead.

Jasmine giggled and was making Lily more annoyed by the second. "Lily, relax, I mean, Entwhistle doesn't go anywhere near the Paved Courtyard, get out your Marauders' Map and find him." Jasmine raised an eyebrow before giggling some more.

Lily snorted at her giggling best friend who had no doubt just seen the love of her life; Lily wished she would get over him. She pulled out the Marauders' Map. Originally, James stole it from their father, but Lily stole it from him; and since he stole it to begin with, James couldn't really lodge a complaint. Harry found this rather hysterical and told Lily he was proud of her for double crossing her brother. "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." She had only told Jasmine about it.

The traces of her grandfather and his friends at school appeared as the black ink of Messrs. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs showed back on the parchment. Lily flipped it open and to the Courtyard, there was a large group of people including Scorpius Malfoy, Albus Potter, James Potter, Lysander Scamander, Theodore Nott, Gregory Goyle, and Professor Entwhistle.

"Shit." Bother girls exclaimed.

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"Scorpius," Albus said as he fought Scorpius off, "You've got it all wrong."

"Oh," Scorpius said, "So you weren't planning for me to hook you and Jasmine up and to convince m-"

"What is going on here?" Professor Entwhistle roared as he walked upon the two boys.

"He started punching me," Albus yelled as he ducked another swing.

"Because he was trying to-" Scorpius didn't finish his statement.

"BOYS!" Entwhistle yelled and every person dropped silent, even Lily Potter and Jasmine Deveraux who were just walking in the courtyard. "I may have been a Ravenclaw in my years, but I'm not afraid to force you two to stop fighting. You're acting like childish schoolgirls over some boy the other likes. You two, Potter, Malfoy, you are both sixteen, you both need to get more mature. You may do so in detention tonight." Professor Entwhistle said before walking away. "And the rest of you, don't you have some homework to do? Or are the Professors lying when they say that that mountain of overdue homework is piling?"

"But Professor," James said cockily, "All of my work is in."

"For talking back, Mister Potter, you may join your brother in detention." Professor Entwhistle barked and turned around. "And you two, Miss Potter, Miss Deveraux, don't you have class? You can join your family in detention."

Lily and Jasmine's jaws dropped.

"Is it just me?" James inputted. "Or has Entwhistle been handing out loads of detention since that group of old Death Eaters escaped?"

"I think he's afraid of Death Eaters once again at Hogwarts, or loose anyway." Jasmine said.

Lily, who had seen Scorpius and Albus, along with Scorpius, Albus didn't talk and looked away.

James slung his arm over Jasmine's shoulder after two minutes as he head her off. "Now Miss Deveraux, we must get you to class."

Jasmine giggled.

AN: Kevin Entwhistle is an actual character (not sure if he's eer mentioned) but he was on Jo's class list for kids in Harry's year. Also to clarify, I believe that Nott and Goyle would subsequently give their children their names since it seems like the purebloods do that a lot.

-SilverDrana