A/N:
The long awaited chapter 12! I'm really sorry I've been taking so long, but I wanted to make sure I got ahead of myself before posting this. I want to give you all a heads up, I have the rest of this story completely planned out, and I know what's happening ;) haha. But that means I also know how many chapters are left, and from the looks of it, there will be 3 after this. :( sad days. But I am one hundred percent promising a sequel, and there is good reason to. Because I know if I don't, you guys might hunt me down and kill me for how I plan to end this :P ... anyways, I will fill you in a bit more at the end. Right now, on to chapter 12! Oh, and if you see any mistakes in this, or previous chapters, let me know!CHAPTER 12
Rose awoke with a sharp jab to the side. "Rose Charity Weasley…" someone hissed in her ear.
Rose flicked her wrist, attempting to smack her assaulter, but her arm barely made it off the bed. "Go awaaay," she moaned.
"Rose, get your sodden arse out of this bed right now. Or I'll go Levicorpus on you!" Rose quickly sat up, knowing how much of a threat that was from Sarah. Sarah would not hesitate to cast her best jinx upon Rose, and she knew it.
"I'm up! I'm up!" looking at her clock, she saw it was only just after eight in the morning. Scrunching her face she looked at her attacker, "Why am I up?"
"Because you have a lot of explaining to do girl! Gallivanting off with Scorpius Malfoy until way past curfew! What happened?"
Rose turned her signature crimson color, ears burning. "Er…nothing…?" she replied, but it came out as more of a question.
"Nothing? Yeah right! You came back here with a goofy grin on your face, and you fell asleep as if you didn't have a care in the world!"
Rose grumbled, "Nothing happened," before grabbing her toiletry things and clothes and rushing into the adjoined bathroom.
No way in hell was Rose going to talk about her little escapade with Scorpius the night before. She wasn't even really sure what had happened herself, and her thoughts were a jumbled mess. The kiss felt amazing, and right, and all those other cliché things she was supposed to feel.
Hopping into the shower, she let the hot water practically burn her skin as she rubbed her temples. Rose felt her brain tumble as she thought over everything that had happened in the last year.
Scorpius had quickly jumped from being her best friend, to something more. And that scared her. What would Albus think? What about the rest of her family? What about his family?
Speaking of Scorpius' family, Rose was pretty sure that his grandfather would not approve of this new relationship between herself and Scorpius. If anything, Rose now realized this would make her more of a target. Her father would be strongly against it, so telling him was out of the question. Her mother, however, Rose couldn't figure out whether or not she'd understand.
Getting out of the shower, Rose used her wand to dry herself, as a towel usually made her hair even frizzier.
"You know, hiding in a shower will not let you escape."
Rose squealed as Sarah appeared behind her, smirking at poor Rose in a towel.
"You know, sneaking up on people is rude," Rose huffed before climbing behind a curtain and changing into her clothes for the day. As it was finally Saturday, she felt comfortable wearing just jeans and a t-shirt. Leaving the curtain behind, she moved to go back to the room, however Sarah stopped her.
"No, girl. Now that you have a boyfriend, I'm not letting your hair out of here looking like that!" Sarah started to inch towards Rose with her wand.
Rose's face turned from slight pink to crimson. She hadn't told Sarah anything of last night. She wasn't even sure if she and Scorpius were officially 'dating'. All they had done was talked for a little bit, then kiss and then just sat for a while in companionable silence before returning to their dormitories.
Now Rose stared in fear at the wooden stick that would be her doom.
"Rose, don't worry. My mom taught me some things this summer. I may have complained how Albus never notices me, and she may have taught me some things to help me out." Sarah grinned evilly.
"Not in Merlin's name will you be touching my hair…" Rose winced.
"That's what you think!" Sarah squealed while simultaneously tackling Rose into a chair.
…
Rose had to admit, she looked…well…good. Or at least, better.
Sarah had somehow managed to contain Rose's frizz and her hair was now sleek and left to hang at her shoulders in ringlets. A simple star clip had pulled half of her hair back and pinned it behind her ear.
"I'm … impressed," Rose said, nodding in approval at Sarah. "Thanks. Sorry I doubted you."
"No worries. Just glad I got away with it," Sarah smiled. She had also styled her hair accordingly, although hers was left straight and pinned back with a butterfly clip instead of a star and on the opposite side of her head. "We match."
Grinning, Rose looped her arm through Sarah's giggling as they re-entered their room. Letting Sarah grab her satchel, they exited. Connie and Felicity's beds were empty, so the girls just assumed they had left already for the day. Pausing by the door, Rose gulped.
"Are you sure I look OK?" Rose asked.
"Yes. You look positively smashing," smiling, she pulled Rose by the arm down the stairs.
It was still only early so the Common Room wasn't quite full. Mostly some students trying to get the first week's homework complete or playing wizard's chess.
Rose ached to play a round of wizard's chess. She hadn't played in several weeks, last she played was to pass the time while she waited to return to school. However she knew the only person who would even attempt to play her was her father. Rose had already stepped all over Albus, Scorpius and Sarah when it came to the game, and they refused to play with her any more. Even some other students refused to play her since she brutally tore their pieces apart with her skill.
"Move along Rose," Sarah groaned as she realized what Rose was staring at. "We're not playing you, forget it!"
Rose pouted with her signature sad-eyes, but allowed Sarah to drag her along and out of the common room.
"Time for some air. We're going for a walk. You, me, and the lake!" Sarah dragged Rose by the arm down the stairs.
"Blah! Walking! Who needs it!" Rose complained, attempting to drag Sarah in the opposite direction. "I don't wannaaaaa!"
"Stop being such a baby Rose," came a male voice at the bottom of the stairs.
Looking down, Rose smiled when she saw Scorpius and Albus standing there. Scorpius looked amused, but Albus just looked bored.
"Hi Rose," Scorpius grinned at her.
All Rose could do was smile and blush. Sarah beamed, but Albus just gagged and rolled his eyes.
"Albus, maybe we could give them some alone time, if you know what I mean," Sarah said, raising her eyebrows suggestively.
Rose and Albus looked at Sarah horrified while Scorpius just laughed at Sarah's suggestive tone. This, in turn, caused Rose to glare at Scorpius.
Scorpius' humor quickly dropped off of his face. "Oh come on, she's only joking. And I thought it was funny!"
Rose simply rolled her eyes, grabbed his arm and dragged him away, leaving Albus and Sarah behind.
"So…" Albus said in the awkward silence that had ensued. "Want to go to the Room of Requirement? I'm sure we can get it to give us some board games to play."
Sarah looked at Albus. "What's a board game?" she asked, furrowing her eyebrows.
Albus mentally smacked himself. Right, no one in her family knew anything Muggle related, and she never took Muggle Studies.
"Somewhat like wizard's chess, except there are many different kinds like Monopoly, where you buy properties and try to get the most money, and Scrabble, where you spell big words to earn points…"
Sarah scrunched up her nose, "It sounds like work, not fun."
"Trust me, it's fun," Albus grinned, leading Sarah up to the seventh floor.
…
"Scorpius…I…"
"I know Rose."
Rose looked at Scorpius in horror. How did he know what she was going to ask him? All morning she had been thinking over their relationship and how dangerous it would be. Imagine if word got through from William to his father? Rose would be an immediate target.
"I'm not going to put you in danger. There is no chance about it; I can't put you through this Rose, that would be selfish of me!" Scorpius tugged his blonde locks in frustration, turning from Rose in the empty classroom they were in.
"You're not being selfish. No one is being selfish," Rose said quietly.
"Don't you see? If we were to start dating now my grandfather would be sure to find out. And if he doesn't come after you? Well I would be surprised."
"I know that Scorpius," she reached for him, touching his shoulder gently. "But I…I don't know if I could be just friends with you after something like this. But if we kept it a secret…"
"There are no secrets at Hogwarts Rose," Scorpius replied glumly, placing his hand over hers on his shoulder. "People would notice if we started to sneak off…"
"My family can know, they won't tell anyone! And we don't have to be overly adamant about our relationship just yet. I mean we can save that stuff for after Hogwarts. But just knowing that you're mine, and I'm yours, and no one else's…that's all I would need," Rose smiled sadly. "We won't have to sneak around too much anyways; there are plenty of hiding spaces, and Prefect duties. Your dorm," Rose smiled slyly.
Scorpius smirked with a sort of lop-sided grin. "Rose, no matter how tempting that is, I don't know if it's right for your safety."
Rose's sly smile slipped off her face only to be replaced with a stone-cold look. "Scorpius, stop deciding what's right for me right now. The only person that knows what's right for me is me."
Scorpius groaned and ran his hand over his face. He knew she was right, but he wished she wasn't. "Rose – "
"No. Now unless for some reason you have suddenly stopped having feelings for me, we are going to try to make this…" she pointed at the both of them with her index finger, "work. Agreed?"
Scorpius stared at Rose for a moment. The girl was crazy, putting herself in danger for someone like him. He wasn't worth it, Scorpius knew that. But this was her decision, and if he didn't agree, he'd probably never get another chance with Rose.
"Agreed," he replied with a small smile.
"Good, now stop being pouty…it's not becoming," Rose teased lightly. "If you're going to be my…" she lowered her voice to a whisper, "boyfriend…" returning her voice to normal, she continued, "Then you might have to deal with the family. They're going to try to intimidate you, you know. Give you the 'talk'."
Scorpius knew of the fear the Weasley's and Potter's could instil. He did not want to be on the receiving end of that. Gulping, he put on a brave face for Rose.
"At least Albus is on my side," he said with confidence.
"That's true. And he'll get you in with James, now that James has finally warmed up to you. And James will convince Fred. So you may be lucky if it continues from there," Rose smiled. "This will work, I promise." Rose grasped his hand in hers, feeling the slight roughness that she knew adorned her palms from the dry pages of the books they read, and the broom handles and wands they grasped.
"I hope so Rose; for your sake. But if there is any attempt on your life, I will not have you be in danger any longer than that. And you'll at least let your parents know of this, OK."
Rose nodded.
"That's settled," Scorpius leaned towards Rose then and placed a soft kiss on her lips. He could feel Rose shiver slightly beneath him. "Let's go for a walk, shall we? Let Sarah and Albus have some alone time." He laughed at the repeat of Sarah's words, and Rose joined in.
Scorpius pulled Rose by her hand out of the empty classroom, but let go once the door closed behind them. He found it was easy to slip right back into friend mode, as they had been friends for so long, and he was thankful for that.
The two made their way down to the Black Lake, where once in the shadow of the trees on the west side, they resumed holding hands. Rose began to tell Scorpius about how she had formed a good study schedule over the summer for them all, and she hoped to start implementing it soon.
Scorpius rolled his eyes.
It was so Rose.
…
"Albus! I just don't understand! Why am I married with four kids, a terrible job, and no money! What kind of game is this anyway? One to coerce fear into someone? I do not like it!" Sarah, out of annoyance, chucked one of her cards at the boy's head.
"It's called Life, Sarah. You pretend to live out a life you do not have, and try to make it the best. It's fun," Albus chuckled.
"Well I certainly do not find it fun. Same with Monno-po-lop-lee, whatever it's called. And Scribble. Not fun," Sarah hissed.
"Only because you lost."
"Because I don't know how to play, let alone understand the game!"
Sarah stood up and groaned. Albus and her had been playing board games for the past two hours, and she was just getting more and more frustrated the longer they played.
"I'm done with this. I'm tired and my brain hurts. I need a nap," Sarah rubbed her eyes.
Albus grinned and snickered as he watched a cozy double bed suddenly materialize in the corner of the room. Sarah seemed to notice, and this only caused her to laugh just slightly, enough to let Albus know she wasn't truly angry, just frustrated.
"Fine, go take a nap, I'll play some Solitaire," he said, while only just managing to stifle a yawn himself.
"Who are you kidding Albus, you're tired too. Look, why don't we both take a nap, then we'll go hunt down the lovebirds," Sarah smiled as the double bed suddenly stretched into a king sized, big enough for the two of them. And the crackling fireplace just feet away wasn't helping their attempts at fighting off their sleep.
"Come on, half an hour and then we'll get up," Sarah smirked in the glow of the fire, as she edged towards the bed.
Albus hesitated for only a moment, but then he followed Sarah to the blue duvet covered mattress that could have easily fit Scorpius and Rose too if they wanted. Albus felt it was a little awkward, as he still hadn't established what his relationship with Sarah was right now. They hung in that limbo between friendship and more than friendship, and it scared him a little. The most experience Albus had ever had with a girl was snogging Bella Tunstall back in the beginning of fourth year. He had been crestfallen when she said she liked him better as a friend, but he was OK with that. His feelings were still rocky over Sarah and how much she had changed had caught his eye.
Pulling back the covers, they slipped under. Close enough to each other that they could feel the heat radiating off of each other's bodies, yet far enough that they weren't touching. Currently they lay on their sides facing each other.
Albus had to intake a sharp breath of oxygen. The sight of Sarah, her hair spread around her face after having been removed from the butterfly clip she had captured it in earlier, took Albus' breath away.
"What?" she asked innocently, although there was a glint in her eye, as if she somehow knew what he was thinking.
"N-nothing," oh great, now he was a blubbering idiot.
"Sure," she said, drawling it out.
Albus only stared at her, and this in turn made Sarah feel awkward. She made to pull the blanket back and began to remove herself from the bed.
"Look, if you want to just go and find Scorpius and Rose, we don't have to stay here – "
Albus had cut Sarah off by pulling her down to him and capturing her lips in his. She lay stock still for a moment, but then began to hastily return his kiss with her lips.
Soon they were locked in a heated embrace, but there was a knock at the door to the room.
"Shit," Albus hissed. Three fast knocks and then one more. James was here. And he wanted the room. He pulled Sarah from the bed, "That's James, Sarah. He'll never let me hear the end of this."
Sarah nodded her head, understanding. "Let's just go find Scorpius and Rose. If he asks, we were bored," she smiled at Albus.
Nodding they moved to the door, while Sarah willed the room to get rid of the bed. Ensuring it had disappeared, they opened the door.
"Why hello little brother! I had expected Fred in here, but not you! And Sarah! Lovely day isn't it? What were you two doing inside?" James waggled his eyebrows suggestively.
"Playing board games. We were bored," Sarah supplied, a satisfied grin on her face.
James scrunched up his nose. "You two are so boring. Anyways, out little bro. You know the rules; older Weasley/Potter's etcetera get first dibs." James smirked as he shifted the girl at his side into view.
Sarah gasped. "Felicity?"
"Hi Sarah," Felicity said, a little taken aback at seeing her old friend there.
"Sarah, can you take Felicity in the room for a moment, I need to chat with my brother," Albus huffed, a glare slowly etching into his facial features. Sarah nodded, and led Felicity into the room, and closed the door. Once Albus had ensured they were out of earshot, he hissed at his brother, "James, this is Felicity. She almost killed Rose! Our cousin! Merlin you prat, what will Rose and the rest of the family think?"
"Well Albus, if you should know. We've actually been seeing each other since before the incident, if that means anything. Although I had broken up with her after what she'd done. But she's changed Albus. Have you seen her act mean to Rose once?"
"No. But she hasn't been nice either. Do you even know why Felicity hates Rose?"
James was about to reply, but his mouth just hung open.
"Because Scorpius liked Rose. Not Felicity. Rose. And she was pissed. She's hated Rose ever since about it. It wasn't just a random attack James. There was a reason behind it!"
James currently resembled a goldfish as he faced his younger brother. "Albus. I-I didn't know." He ran his hands through the messy blackish-red locks atop his head.
"I know James. But is she worth it?" Albus asked, looking at his brother. "Because if she is, I'll leave you be. But James, if she isn't…"
Scratching his head, Albus watched his brother contemplate the decision.
"Rose is more important," he replied simply. "Besides, I don't even like her all that much. I just needed…well you know," James winked at his younger brother. Albus punched his older brother in the shoulder, before retrieving Sarah from Felicity's clutches. Sarah almost looked relieved when he dragged her away.
"It's taken care of," Albus said simply to her. That was all Sarah needed to hear. As they walked away, they could hear sobs following them down the hallway that they found hard to ignore.
"Strangely, I feel bad. When I was in the room, all she was talking about was how for once someone seemed to like her for her, and not her looks. But, knowing James, that's not true, is it?" Albus nodded, "And now to have her heartbroken. Prepare for hell Albus. She'll know it was you."
"I know."
"Let's go find the terrible two, hey? I mean it's dinner time. They should be hungry soon," Sarah smiled.
"Just…just one last thing Sarah," Albus said, before pulling Sarah into the next empty classroom he found.
Sarah looked at Albus as he ran a hand through his dishevelled black hair as he closed the door. Sighing she moved towards the center of the dusty un-used room.
"What Albus?"
He quickly closed the gap she had created between them, and placed his hands on her shoulders. Taking a deep breath, he took the plunge.
"Will you be my girlfriend?" he simply asked.
Sarah was taken aback. She spluttered out the responding, "Yes of course, you dolt!" before he grabbed her and kissed her once more. Sarah melted into his mouth. Her hopes had finally come true, and she would have to let her mother know that her little tricks worked.
Somehow Sarah had managed to land herself Albus Severus Potter, and she felt on top of the world.
It was Albus who broke away minutes later, complaining that his stomach was growling from only having eaten breakfast before the girls had even come downstairs, and having missed lunch. "Let's go eat!" he exclaimed, pulling Sarah behind him as she giggled at his absurdity.
…
"Took you guys long enough, we've been here for half an hour," Rose stated.
"What were you to up to?" Scorpius asked with a wink.
Sarah blushed crimson, while Albus spluttered out another of his, "N-nothing!"s. Scorpius and Rose just smiled in return.
"Anyways, I was talking to Mandy. Try-outs are moved to next Saturday. Not really sure why. Oh and I got another letter from Victoire. She said she's upset that the wedding had been postponed until next summer, but after all that had happened, she was glad she had waited. And she says hi," Rose smiled.
Albus smiled. His cousin Victoire was definitely one of his favourites. Smart, funny and just down right nice. Teddy had asked him to be one of his groomsmen, along with James. Harry was going to be his Best Man, and his grandmother Andromeda Tonks would give him away, as she was really his only family left. Besides the Malfoy's and Lestrange's. But the only Malfoy or Lestrange that he associated with was Scorpius.
"So it's beater and chaser that are open, right? I'll advertise," he put on a grin and laughed.
True to his word, that night in the common room, Albus made sure every member of Ravenclaw heard about the try-outs. There were some hopefuls, including Rose's brother Hugo. Rose hoped for the best that all the family games were enough, and Hugo had begun to finally hit puberty and was growing nicely. If he tried hard enough, he was sure to get Beater, his favourite position.
"Well boys, I'm off to bed. Good night!" Sarah had already made her way upstairs minutes before, and Rose knew she wanted to tell her everything that had happened today, and expected her to return the favour.
"So…" Scorpius prodded. "How did it go?" he asked.
"Well. She's my girlfriend now, if that's what you mean," Albus grinned.
"Good job Albus. She's an awesome girl, you caught a good one," Scorpius said with a wink.
"How about my cousin? How did that go?" Albus pried.
"The usual. I suggested something, she shot me down. We came to an acceptable compromise."
"And that is?"
"Well, we are officially a couple. Just in secret," Scorpius groaned.
"Oh. Have fun with that one mate," Albus groaned as well.
"Your family can know, and Sarah. And that's it," he said, "I want to keep Rose safe."
"Agreed," Albus said with a nod, "Anyways, I'm tired. Long day. Night Scorpius." Albus stood and headed up the staircase.
Scorpius sat staring into the fire momentarily before following him to bed.
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"I'm glad he finally asked you! I was getting to my breaking point about that," Rose smiled at her best friend.
"Really though, took him long enough," Sarah smiled back. "And how did your talk go?"
Rose smiled secretively. "He asked me out. Well, after he told me we would never work. But I told him we could easily keep it a secret."
They rounded the corner on the sixth floor heading back to Ravenclaw tower. By the time Rose had made it up to the dorms the previous night, Sarah had ended up falling asleep on her bed. Instead of waking her, Rose covered her with her blanket and let the girl sleep.
There were several students mingling in the corridor. Rose and Sarah instinctively glared at the lingering group of fifth year Slytherins. The five of them only returned the glare, the fiercest coming from William, but his was focused on Rose.
"Scorpius doesn't believe me though. Says if anyone finds out, we'll have to end it," Rose had lowered her voice to a whisper as they continued on. "For my safety apparently."
They passed a bunch of Hufflepuffs, Professor Longbottom's daughter, Alice, smiled at them as they passed. Climbing another batch of stairs they finally reached their tower.
Knocking the brass eagle knocker, the girls waited.
"Hello ladies. A simple one today. An Archaeologist found a coin dated 42 B.C.E. How did he know the coin was fake?"
"Aren't you going easy on us there?" Sarah grinned.
"A coin wouldn't be dated 42 B.C.E. In 42 B.C.E. they didn't know they were in the time of 'B.C.E.' or Before Common Era, as they didn't know of a Common Era."
"Correct dear ones! You may enter!"
The door swung open allowing them entrance, and the girls headed inside.
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"Congrats Hugo!" Rose ruffled her younger brother's hair.
The positions had just been announced after the try-outs. Beater had easily gone to Hugo, him being the best out of the seven potential try-outs. Chaser had gone to, surprisingly, Lorcan Scamander.
It looked like he had picked up his game since the last time he had tried out, as that afternoon he had performed exceptionally as a chaser, over the other five try-outs, having managed to beat everyone by two goals on Rose.
"This makes an excellent line-up!" announced Mandy proudly. "Chasers are Jacob Turpin, and Scorpius Malfoy. Newest addition being Lorcan Scamander. You played well today kid!" she ruffled his hair as I had done to my brother previously, "Beaters are yours truly, and our second newest addition, Hugo Weasley! Seeker is Albus Potter, and Keeper is Rose Weasley! Congrats to all! I'm going to bed. Practise begins in two weeks. First match is against Hufflepuff on Saturday, December 11th. Be there!"
Hugo beamed with pride and could tell he was bursting to write to their parents, so Rose released him. Rose smiled at Scorpius, happy that today's events had turned out for the better. Rose knew Hugo would have been crushed if he never made the team.
"He played good Rose, don't worry," Rose smiled at Mandy.
"I told you he was good," Rose replied to her.
"No kidding. And for a second year, that Lorcan kid has style. Beat out some seventh years in speed and everything. He's going to be very agile, and he's small. He'll fit in great with Scorpius and Jacob," Mandy smiled back. "We'll be getting the others teams' rosters soon; hopefully they'll shape up well. James is captain of Gryffindor this year. No offence, but most of his team will probably be your family. I suspect he'll bring back his usual teammates, his sister Lily, and Lucy and Fred. So that's four out of seven. And isn't Louis a second year now?"
"Louis doesn't play Quidditch. We're fine," Rose smiled. Mandy was right though. And if she, Albus and Hugo had been in Gryffindor, they would have finished off the team. Perhaps being a Ravenclaw was a good thing.
"Good," Mandy laughed. "Well good night everyone," and with that she disappeared from the common room.
Hugo returned then, coming through the door breathing heavily.
"Almost…" breathe in, then out, "Never made curfew," he sighed.
Rose smiled at her brother. She was glad he was finally starting to fit in. When Hugo first joined Ravenclaw, his dorm-mates found him weird and annoying. However he'd grown out of his old habits, and he now had made several friends. He and Lily were still inseparable, and it would definitely be interesting to see the Ravenclaws play the Gryffindors. But that wouldn't be until February, so there were definitely going to be some rivalries over Christmas.
"Night Rose," Hugo said before heading up to his dormitory after catching his breath.
Rose moved and sat by Sarah by the fire. Sarah could tell she was thinking hard.
"What's wrong Rose?" she asked.
"Do you think Quidditch is going to put a strain on our family's relationship? With almost everyone involved, I'm worried," Rose frowned.
"Your family has been through thick and thin. I think you can handle anything at this point," Sarah smiled warmly.
"Thanks Sarah," she said, leaning on her friend like a life support. Rose didn't know what she'd do if she didn't have a friend like Sarah.
Sarah stroked her friend's hair. Truthfully she did worry about the strain it would put on the Weasley family relationship. Albus had confided in her once that he and James almost had a falling out when James found out Albus had gotten seeker and would play against him. Thankfully Hugo was a Beater and not a chaser. But Lorcan was a close friend of Lily's as well, and wondered what a game would be like if they faced each other.
"Let's go to bed Rose, it's late," Sarah said, looking down at her friend. Rose could only nod; she had begun to drift off on Sarah's side. Rose let Sarah lead her up the stairs and into their dorm, where she proceeded to change into light pyjamas and crawl into bed.
A/N: Soooo? Like it? Hate it? Comments? REVIEW? Haha. Anyways, yes yes, Sarah and Albus! Finally! Oh I wish I could tell you how everything was going to turn out in the end. But I can't do that ;).
I'd just like to take the time to thank all of my wonderfuller reviewers and followers. If it wasn't for you guys, I may have given up hope for myself. I pushed through this for you guys :)
Also, re-writing on the other story may not happen until summer time now if I'm ever going to finish this story. So this is my primary focus.
However, I saw Avalon High for the first time tonight, and I was severely inspired and may consider a one-shot/story incorporating the Next Gen, or just on it's own. Who knows! No stealies...my idea *growls* :)
Anyways, glad to be back, and expect Chapter 13...eventually? Haha.