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A/N: Heh. Kinda had to force myself to post today. Really wrapped up in my book at the moment. (:

Title: Growing Up and Moving On
Genre: Family
Rating: K+
Warning: N/A
Pairing/Character: Rose/Scorpius, Ron, Hermione, Hugo, Lily
Word Count: 580

The Weasley-Granger family sat around the table, eating breakfast. It was the summer after Rose left school and Hugo still had two years left until he finished, too.

Ron's head was buried in the Daily Prophet, making noises of approval or annoyance with each article he read. Hugo, being the nosy teenager that he was, kept asking for it, growing more annoyed with each attempt.

Rose was barely eating, nibbling on the toast with little interest. With all the nerves in her stomach, anything she ate tasted like cardboard. She sat the toast down on the plate and took a sip of her Pumpkin Juice, which she also barely tasted. Come on, she thought, just tell them. It'll be fine.

Lily Luna, who was staying temporarily after an argument with her mum, walked in late and headed straight for the cupboard in which the cereal was kept. You can do it, Rose thought to herself. "'Morning," Lily said to the family as she opened the cupboard. Just say it, don't lead up to it, just get it out, Rose continued twittering. "Hey, who ate the-"

"I'm thinking of moving in with Scorpius," Rose blurted, unintentionally cutting off Lily's sentence.

Ron spat his cup of coffee out, all over the newspaper, but Hugo didn't seem to notice as he'd, too, been shocked by this news. His mouth hung open, giving Rose a not so nice view of chewed Rice Krispies and milk. Hermione didn't seem too shocked, though her eyes did widen as she looked over the rim of her rectangular glasses at her daughter. Lily spun round the second she said it, eyes wide and face pale.

It wasn't a secret that Rose and Scorpius were together – the family had crossed that bridge together two years ago, but Rose had never been the kind of girl who'd want to settle down early. Moving in with someone was as drastic as marrying someone in Rose's eyes. Lily took a couple of steps towards the table.

"Wait a minute," she said, her voice quite loud. "life-altering plans cannot be squeezed between 'pass the newspaper' and 'who ate the Special K?'!"

"Sorry, Lils," Rose said, smiling slightly.

"Are you sure about this, Sweetie?" Hermione said, setting down her mug and pushing her glasses up her nose. "This is a big decision, we don't want you to rush into anything."

Meanwhile, Ron was still frozen in shock, and Hugo – who had managed to swallow his food – was staring at Rose as if she'd just informed them that she was running away to the circus to take the part of trapeze.

"I'm sure, Mum. I love him. I know it's crazy and against everything I've been saying for the past six years, but I mean it … I truly do love him and I want to live with him."

"Well, okay, honey … if you're sure."

"I am," Rose insisted.

Ron murmured something along the lines of "So young" but he went ignored.

"Okay, that's just great, fine and dandy," Lily said, walking forward to lean against her empty chair, pressing her hands onto the top of it's back. "But seriously, who ate the Special K?"

"Wait a minute, life-altering plans cannot be squeezed between 'pass the newspaper' and 'who ate the 'Special K?'!" - Charmed.

A/N: I'm not keen on Lily usually... but I kind of like her here. Sort of.

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