I don't nor will I ever claim the rights to anything that is created by someone else, therefore I do not claim to own Harry Potter or any of the characters from the books.

I'm really sorry I have taken so long to upload this chapter, in all honesty I thought I had uploaded this ages ago and had received no reviews. But thanks to Cookie-Dough-Always I realised I hadn't updated and so found some time to do so today :)

This will be the last chapter, and don't intend for a sequel to follow... Unless I get many requests

I want to thank my awesome Beta Lucky's Girl!

Chapter 9

I felt a smile pull on my lips as I again go over the conversation I had with mum about dad's lack of empathy and how it was a probably genetic trait in the entire male half of the Wizarding world and perhaps it even affected the muggles... The only real conclusion I got from the weird and random conversation my mum deemed appropriate to give me right before the embarrassing conversation about the billywigs and the bowtuckles which she had given to me several times to me before even though I insisted I knew exactly how babies were made, was that I all men are idiots muggle and wizard alike.

My train of thought was broken as a large tentacle broke through the smooth water of the lake. It was causing ripples to lap at the edge of the lake nearby to where I was sitting under a beech tree.

"You know my great - great - great grandfather found the squid on one of his travels," a voice said behind me, causing me to jump and instantly wish I was somewhere else other than here. "They're a delicacy in muggle Japan, but wizards liked to keep them as pets... The lake at Malfoy Manor was too small so he gave it to the school when magic made it grow too large."

"What do you want Malfoy?" I asked letting the dissipating anger fill my tone of voice, sounding like a Ravenclaw whose feathers had been ruffled by a lowly snake.

"Give it up Rose; the glamour wore off as everyone began to leave the hall."

"Well if you give me a head start, I'll re-apply it and lose you in the castle."

A long pause followed as I watched the last of the ripples meet the edge of the lake, the full moon becoming clear in the water as it once again became still.

"You know what? I really don't know why I bother sometimes Rose. No matter what I do, it never ever seems to be enough." Scorpius voice was little more than a whisper.

"Why are you bothering now then?" I asked getting riled up, standing up at the same time so I could be a little more intimidating. "Why don't you just give up on me?" I shouted at him moving forwards at the same time to stand in front of him, pushing him back as I shoved both his shoulders.

"WHY!?" I screamed, my voice echoing across the grounds reaching the tall dense and dark trees of the forbidden forest, to the illuminated castle

"Because I love you!" he shouted back before pushing his lips onto mine in a quick movement. The initial feeling of his kiss was like one of the many I had shared with Lysander at the beginning of our relationship, but something changed as it dawned on me that this wasn't Lysander Scamander kissing me, it was Scorpius Malfoy. Fireworks erupted inside me as excitement, happiness, joy, and hundreds of other emotions ran rampant throughout my body.

"Scorpius," I whisper as the kiss comes to an abrupt halt, our foreheads resting against each others.

"I love you Rose Weasley, I always have, and I always will."

"Hmm... Now how are we gonna tell our dads?" I asked, my head resting on his chest as his arms snaked their way around my waist.

"I don't know... and I don't care as long as I have you," he looked down at me a smile pulling on both out faces as the lazy tentacle belonging to the Giant Squid sunk back under the water, the water's ripples disappearing as the two teenagers began to walk slowly back to the illuminated castle.

I'm really sorry for the long wait, I feel like such an idiot :S Anyway I hope you enjoyed

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