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"What do you mean she's gone?" Scorpius demanded, arms crossed as she walked into the common room. He was glaring at the Slytherin boy prefect; Micheal.

"Well, she's back now," Micheal rolled his eyes, gesturing towards Arianna. Scorpius turned around.

"Why were you out past hours?" Scorpius demanded, looking furious. Arianna huffed indignantly, sitting down on a couch, arms crossed tightly.

"That's none of your business, Scorpius," she said. "Why are you even asking?"

"Well, I came to look for you. I needed to ask your opinion on something," Scorpius muttered evasively, his face flushing slightly. Scorpius never blushed. Ever.

"Where were you?" Scorpius asked again. "And you should be more careful," he snapped at Micheal.

"I was out with a boy," Arianna said honestly, shooting Micheal a rather smug look when Scorpius wasn't paying attention. "And besides, Scorp, you know Micheal doesn't care about being out past hours," she said pointedly. Scorpius looked between the two of them for a second, looking a tad confused.

"Who?" Scorpius asked finally. "And you better not have been doing anything...well," he coughed awkwardly.

"No, I wasn't having sex," she rolled her eyes.

"W-well good," Scorpius sighed. "I need you to walk with me. I have a bit of a problem," he said, pulling her off the couch.

"Hey, who was it?" Micheal demanded, noticing that she hadn't answered Scorpius' question.

"You're crazy if you think I'd tell you," she spat.

"Grow up," Micheal grumbled.

"What the hell is going on with you two?" Scorpius asked in exasperation. "I know you're my sister, and he's my best mate, but if you two have something going on, just tell me," he sighed. Arianna laughed.

"No, he wishes he was that lucky," Arianna assured Scorpius. "Besides, I'm kind of spoken for," she added.

"Well, alright then," Scorpius sighed, feeling a little out of the loop. "Can we please talk," he implored, gesturing towards the exit.

"Yeah," Arianna agreed, opening the portrait and slipping out. Scorpius followed her, scratching the back of his neck.

"Well, I've got an...issue," Scorpius admitted. "And you're a girl, so I figured you might give decent advice."

"I tend to know a little about girls, though I'd wager Micheal knows about as much," she laughed.

"Yeah, but Micheal's probably a little too sexed up to look at the situation objectively," Scorpius began. "Anyway, there's this girl..."

"Alright, I'm not playing this game," Arianna shook her head. "Tell me her name."

"Um, Rose Weasley." Arianna's eyes got a little wider.

"Wow, alright then," Arianna sighed, hoping that Albus hadn't said anything to her about them. He wouldn't have had a chance to yet. "What about her?"

"I-uh, I might have slept with her," Scorpius admitted, a panicked look on his face. "We were safe," he added quickly.

"Shit," Arianna mumbled. "Y-you slept with Rose Weasley?" she stuttered quietly. "When did this happen?"

"Last night," Scorpius sighed. "We were fighting, yelling, and then we were snogging."

"And then shagging," Arianna supplied. "That's probably not a good thing." Scorpius ran a hand over his face. "What are you going to do about this? Do you...like her?"

"Yes," Scorpius said miserably. "I have since fourth year, damn it. Merlin, I don't know how it happened."

"Well, you guys probably got a little too excited and started undressing each other," Arianna said sarcastically.

"That's not what I meant," Scorpius grumbled. "But she won't even look at me, and I feel as if I've done something wrong."

"Other than shagging a Weasley?"

"Yeah, other than that," Scorpius sighed. "Her family will kill me if they find out."

"Yeah, I'll say," Arianna laughed. And she thought she would be in trouble if anyone found out about her and Albus. "Well, you need to talk to her. Do something nice for her. Tell her how you feel about her."

"See, this is why I didn't go to Micheal. He would have patted me on the back and told me to shag her again," Scorpius rolled his eyes.

"Well, I'm tired and I've got class tomorrow, so if you don't mind, I'm going to bed," Arianna sighed, yawning slightly. "I hope you work something out."

"Me too," Scorpius said, sounding as if he was in an entirely different world from hers. "See you around, little sis."

"Bye, Scor," she grinned, walking back to her common room. Well, at least she hadn't been the first to break the rules. A familiar giggling made her stop on the way back, cocking her head to the side. Alright, so what was Olivia doing out past hours. She never did that sort of thing.

She walked in that direction, not exactly planning on spying, so much as finding out what was going on.

"Hu," Olivia began, "you're not going to convince me that you haven't got some ulterior motive to your sudden interest in me," she sighed. Alright, that was it, Arianna was leaving. She didn't need anymore drama. Olivia was currently walking through a hall, her hand in Hugo Weasley's. Weird. Very weird. Arianna made her way back to the common room, going to bed immediately there after.

"Honestly, are you so surprised that I'm interested in you?" Hugo asked, stopping to look at her.

"Yes!" Olivia exclaimed. "You're Hugo Weasley," she pointed out.

"Yeah, and?" Hugo demanded, obviously a bit put out. "You're Olivia Zabini," he sighed. "It doesn't make you any less smart, beautiful, or fun to be around." Olivia blushed, brushing her dark hair out of her face.

"Then why now?" Olivia demanded. "I, honestly, don't want a boyfriend right now," she sighed.

"Why not?" Hugo asked impatiently. "If you don't like me, just say so."

"Hugo, you're being impossible," Olivia sighed. "I just don't enjoy dating, and I'm certainly not going to do so in secret." She pulled her hand out of his, not for the first time. He was just being so damn insistent. Honestly, what she didn't want was to get attached to anyone. It wasn't something she thought could ever come to any good. You got married to have kids. Love was an added, temporary bonus. And you certainly couldn't fall in love in school, so what was the point? There wasn't one, simple enough.

"It doesn't have to be in secret," Hugo insisted. Merlin, he didn't want to lose this bet, and his odds were looking down right impossible. It took a lot of guts for him to even look Olivia in the eye. And considering every time he did, he got a rather nervous feeling in his stomach, he didn't know what to do.

"What do you want, Hugo Weasley?" Olivia asked, not unkindly, just in exasperation. "Will you just leave me alone?"

"Fine," Hugo muttered, a stung expression on his face. Olivia sighed, touching his face lightly, causing it to burn scarlet.

"There's nothing wrong with you," Olivia assured him, forcing him to meet her eyes, "This is about me, and the fact that I'm not going to be dating anyone until I'm out of school. I have before, and it just wasn't a good idea."

"I'm not giving up," Hugo said obstinately. "Thanks for walking with me," he half-smiled. "I'll see you around, alright?"

"Alright," she sighed, glaring slightly as he kissed her on the cheek swiftly before she could react. "See you, Hugo," she muttered as he hurried off. What the hell was going on?

This is a short chapter, I know. I know I said it would be all about Hu and Olivia, but I honestly don't know what to do with the two of them. But I threw in a little Rose/Scorpius just because I'm a sucker for it.

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