So...
This is it, the last chapter. There may be a bonus chapter after this one, if anyone is interested, but it would be set earlier in the story. But this is the last one chronologically. Thank you so much to everyone who has enjoyed this story. I hope this last chapter does not let you down.
The day after graduation, her last day at Hogwarts, Rose woke up to find someone lurking at the foot of her bed.
She shot up in a panic before realizing it was just Eva.
"Finally," sighed her lurking Hufflepuff friend before smiling conspiratorially and handing Rose a rose.
"What's this for?" a groggy and extremely confused Rose asked.
"You're lucky you make sleepy look sexy. Get up and head outside."
Rose slowly got out of bed and looked down at the polka dot shorts and white tank she'd been sleeping in. "Shouldn't I get dressed?"
Eva pretended to consider before saying it would be much more fun if she didn't and proceeding to shove Rose out the door. There Rose almost ran into a second year she'd been tutoring named John.
"Hello John," she started before he smirked and shoved a rose in her hands.
"Have fun. I'm going back to bed," he responded and he walked off.
"Oi! Over here!" shouted Patricia Divan, who always had a knack for unnecessarily shouting across small rooms. She also handed Rose a flower of her namesake.
"I wish I was this lucky." She smiled and shoved her to the next student, another friend of hers, with another rose.
Once she walked out of the commons, she found herself following a trail of friends—Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws, Gryffindors, and Slytherins alike—all with roses. Every 20 or so someone would also hand her a basket, and so she was struggling to carry five baskets stuffed to the brim by the time she reached the small gaggle of her blood family still at Hogwarts, who were waiting near a door leading outside.
"I can't believe I'm up at this ungodly hour for you. And I can't even cover the Slytherin door in shaving cream or something to take advantage of it," said Lily, who was also in her pajamas.
"Why not?" Rose was growing more confused every moment.
Lily gave her trademark smirk. "I don't think I'm allowed to after this. See ya at breakfast." She plopped her rose in one of the baskets.
Hugo spoke next. "I'm just telling you now, I demand to be there when you tell Grandpa Weasley." He handed her his rose and walked off.
Albus smiled at her and bowed before handing his flower over.
"I still have no idea what's going on." Rose laughed. She hadn't seen Scorpius yet, but she didn't think he could be behind the floral attack; this wasn't really his style.
"All I'm going to say is you deserve this. No matter what, I'm sure you'll be happy and you're amazing." The head boy, Gryffindor Quidditch captain and future Auror kissed her on the cheek and opened the door.
In the field they kissed for the first time stood Scorpius, in a black tuxedo, holding a single red rose.
They both laughed. "Here, let me help you with those." Scorpius helped her set the baskets of roses down on the ground and took her hands.
"You're behind this?" Rose laughed.
"Well, yeah."
"But that's over a hundred people."
"They all wanted to give you a good memory of your last day at Hogwarts. Most of the school did, actually. Once word got out, I had people coming up to me left and right, asking to get up at seven in the morning on the last day of school to give Rose a rose. In case you haven't noticed, you're the queen of Hogwarts. I had to start turning people away because if every Hogwarts student had to hand you a rose, we'd miss breakfast."
"And you—Mr. 'Lone Wolf', you talked them all into it?"
"Well, as I said, it didn't require much talking."
"I love you."
"Good. And I love you. Keep that in mind."
Rose cocked her head, confused, and he continued.
"I know we're really young, but the ministry already gave you the thumbs up to be an Auror, and I start work as an Obliviater July, so I figure we don't have to worry about financial security."
Scorpius got on one knee and Rose felt her hands start to shake.
"As I said, we're really young, and I completely understand if you say 'no', but I love you, Rose Weasley. I love you more than anyone or anything else I've found in this earth and I want to spend the rest of my life with you." He pulled out a gold ring with a gem the blue of Rose's eyes. "So if that's what you want too, will you be my wife?"
"Hail, Rain and Sunshine."
They were late to breakfast.