A/N: Last chapter everyone! Thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed. I really appreciate all nice things you have all said about the story. I'm glad you all liked it, and I hope the last chapter lives up to your expectations. Let me know what you think. :)

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James

I am pretty much the coolest person who has ever lived, except maybe Albus Dumbledore because of all that crazy shit he did that my Dad is always telling us about. But it's a close competition. My sister Lily calls me a cocky bastard, but I prefer to think that I am simply embracing my awesomeness. Anyway, I'm pretty sure that my cousin Rose and my best friend Scorpius would agree with my diagnosis of my coolness. I am the reason for their happiness after all. More like I basically pointed out the obvious that they were too dense to see. And they say Rose is the smart one in the family.

Scorp and I had been casually walking down the hall (more like trying to make it look causal because we had just dyed Alicia Corner's hair pink as she walked by and were trying to avoid the suspicion of an angry McGonagall. We didn't really want to spend the rest of the week cleaning out cauldrons with questionable substances crusted to the bottom.), when we came across Rose and Albus in the middle of an argument with Ian McLaggen and William Zabini. From the debris littered at their feet, it seemed like McLaggen and Zabini had been unfortunate enough to bump into Rose as she carried a huge stack of parchment. I knew from firsthand experience how angry Rose could get when her perfectly stacked and organized papers were no longer in such pristine order, even if it had been an accident. Given the angry looks on all of their faces, McLaggen and Zabini had gotten defensive and the exchange had turned ugly. One would think that Al would be exempt from participating in this particular argument since he had done nothing, but Al would do just about any stupid thing when it came to his favorite cousin. I personally think it is unfair that he has a favorite cousin. If he has to have a favorite, it should be me. I know I'm not his cousin, but I should still be his favorite.

Scorpius groaned at the sight of this altercation, and I took the opportunity to make a snide comment, "What's wrong Scorp? You afraid Rose will forget about you since she's arguing with someone else? Don't want McLaggen or Zabini to take your place as 'Most Irritating Person in Rose Weasley's Life'? Wouldn't know what to do with yourself if dethroned, would you?" I tried, whenever possible, to hint, not so subtly, that Scorpius had a thing for Rose. Judging by the light flush on his cheeks, he understood and was denying it with all his willpower.

"No," he said back, letting me know in no uncertain terms that he did not appreciate the comment by smacking the back of my head. "McLaggen and Zabini are my roommates. Do you think I want them all worked up and angry? They keep me up all night complaining when they are."

"You mean like you do to me when you're angry at Rose?" I shot back, rubbing my head where he had hit me. I know practically every detail of their relationship, learning in the process things I would never want to know about anyone let alone my cousin and best friend. Scorp has complained to me about every encounter he has ever had with Rose, except one that happened after Slughorn's Christmas party that he refused to tell me about even after vicious badgering. Apparently Lily had witnessed the whole thing without either of them noticing, and she had no qualms sharing it with me. Being the awesome friend I am, I wasted no time completely rubbing it in his face. Heh.

Ignoring me, he walked toward their fight in an attempt to break it up. I followed slightly behind. I was positive this wasn't going to go well, and I wanted to be there to witness the destruction, but I also wanted to ensure that I would not be in the direct line of fire.

"Whatcha doing?" Scorpius asked, apparently going for the teasing approach. By the way Rose, Al, McLaggen, and Zabini all turned furiously in his direction, I had a feeling it did not work. Rose in particular seemed to become even more irritated.

"Go away Malfoy. This doesn't concern you, just your idiotic friends," she growled at him, turning back to his friends with a glare.

"Who are you calling idiotic? At least I'm not an insufferable know-it-all," Zabini replied angrily.

"Oh. How creative. I haven't heard that one before," Rose said, sarcasm dripping off every word. "You're sure to win awards for wit if you keep that up."

No one really likes it when others are sarcastic with them (something I learned third year when I tried to only speak with sarcasm. It only lasted a few days because my cousin Fred got sick of my antics and glued me to the dungeon ceiling. No one found me until the next morning's potions class.), so I couldn't really blame McLaggen and Zabini for getting rather worked up about it. They did not, however, have to call my cousin what they did. I would tell you what they said, but even I have a sense of propriety. Surprising, I know.

Al grabbed Rose to restrain her while Scorp stepped between the Slytherins and Gryffindors, telling his friends sternly, "Hey, that's too far. A little spirited argument is fine, but that's enough."

They narrowed their eyes at Scorp before practically spitting the words in his face, "We should have known you would take your girlfriend's side."

I know that Scorp secretly loves Rose. I guess it's not really a secret if the whole world knows except the two of them, and maybe Uncle Ron, but he's most likely in denial. Even Professor Binns has noticed something going on between them, and he's really lost. I mean he didn't even notice anything that time when half the class had taken Polyjuice Potion to look like my Dad. How do you not notice half a classroom full of Harry Potters? But Rose and Scorp seem even more out of it than Binns. Lately, however, I think Scorp has begun to realize his feelings, but has been denying them. After Rose's stunt at Christmas it's been harder for him to write off. It's given me way too much ammo. Since when does Rose have such a great sense of humor? It sounds like something I would do. Not to Scorp though, that would just be weird. Actually… that would be hilarious. I'll save that one for later. Anyway, based on the way Scorp turned a bright shade of pink, I'm pretty sure their comment came too close to the mark for comfort. Heh. Sucker.

McLaggen and Zabini took advantage of Scorp's lack of focus to get out of there as quickly as possible. Huh, seems like even the stupidest of the Slytherins had their smart moments. Who knew?

Scorpius blushed even more as Rose spun to face him, glaring at him so intensely that I think she was trying to telepathically make his head explode. "What is wrong with you?" she demanded, stomping her foot. "I was having a perfectly civil argument with them, and you just had to interrupt, and now they've escaped!" She made a movement to run after them screaming, but Al pulled her back, not wanting to have to do damage control.

Normally Rose wouldn't be this mad if someone had knocked down her papers. She would yell at them, of course, but would stop short of actually chasing them down the hall once they tried to escape. Something else must have happened to rile her up. Being the concerned and caring cousin; or as my cousin Victoire would say, a nosy git; I politely asked, "Geez, Rose. What's got your knickers in a knot and your wand in a twist?"

Scorp, being the awesome best mate that he is, chuckled, then said in a very serious tone, but his eyes not quite managing to be as solemn, "James, if you're going to use common sayings you might as well try to get them right. It's 'What's got your knickers in a twist and your wand up your arse.'"

Al, acting completely out of character and non-stick-in-the-mud-ish, nearly choked from laughing and added, "No. I thought it was 'Who put a sock in your mouth.'" Granted, his comment was not as funny as Scorp's, but I was proud of my little brother. He was finally catching on.

I was about to retort with something along the lines of, "Dude, that doesn't even mean the same thing. It's clearly supposed to be, 'Why did you poke the sleeping dragon?'" but Rose had been getting progressively angrier with the situation and cut me off before I could share this comedic gem with the world.

"You wanna know what's wrong?" Rose practically shrieked at us.

"That's why we asked you why your broom is flying sideways," Al said. I snickered and gave him a high five, but the glare Rose shot our direction shut both of us up.

Pretending we had not interrupted her, Rose turned back to Scorpius with a murderous look. "Mary Bulstrode felt it her job to point out to the entire class that there must be something wrong with me because I haven't had a boyfriend since fourth year. Since this is true, I couldn't even come up with a proper comeback. I had to say something about her less than competent cognition skills. I know. Lame. This is all your fault," she emphasized her point by poking Scorp in the chest as she said all your fault.

"My fault? Mine? So it has nothing to do with your face or complete lack of social ability?"

"Yes your fault," she responded, ignoring his jibe. "You're the one who's made it his business to scare off anyone who even considers going out with me. Do you really hate me so much that you won't let me be even slightly happy? Or maybe you're just frustrated that no girl will ever love you, so you're doing all you can to ruin love for everyone else too."

Although I love watching their fights, I saw that this one had the potential to last, and I was kinda impatient to eat dinner, so I tried to divert their attention from each other by loudly saying, "Well, this was fun. Let's go eat and continue this later."

For my efforts, they both yelled at me, "Shut up James!" Ungrateful buggers.

"No girl will ever love me? Really? Did you forget to tell your roommates, because I'm pretty sure they were the ones that started the 'I Love Scorpius Malfoy and Want to Have His Children Fan Club'," Scorp retorted, taking a bit of liberty with the club name. He had added the 'Want to Have His Children' part, but knowing the girls in question, it was probably a part of their club charter or something.

"Seriously guys. I'm hungry. Lez go," I tried again.

"Shut up James!" they yelled, without having the decency to look at me. It's only polite to yell at someone to their face.

Rose, who loved her roommates but despised their silly club, narrowed her eyes and practically spat at him, "Yeah? Well did I tell about the club I'm starting? It's called 'No One Loves Scorpius Malfoy, So He Should Go Crawl in a Hole, Saving the Rest of Us From His Arrogant, Prat-like Ways'. Wanna join?"

"That's a mouthful," I interjected as I attempted to corral them toward the Great Hall with Al's help.

"Shut up James!" I hear that way too often. No one appreciates my hard work.

"What? You want me to join so that you can have two members, because I'm pretty sure you're the only one who'd be in a club that lame. Well, maybe you and your mother. Wasn't she the one who started spew? That was the least popular club in Hogwarts history. Guess it runs in the family."

"Hey. I'm a member of spew. Well, Uncle Ron promised me free Skiving Snackboxes until I graduate if I told Aunt Hermione I wanted to join. It was totally worth the hours I spent listening to her go on about how proud she was that I'm so concerned about elves," I said.

"Why didn't you use a Snackbox to get out of her rant?" Al asked curiously.

"Al, use your brain. Aunt Hermione would have known something was up. She knows all about the Snackboxes. She would have confiscated everything Uncle Ron gave me. I couldn't risk that," I said as though it were obvious, which it should have been.

"SHUT UP JAMES!" Scorpius and Rose screamed in unison.

Ok. That's too far! No one tells me to shut up more than three times in two minutes without facing my wrath. Not even my best friend and cousin. Payback time.

"Why don't you two shut up? You're driving me crazy! And that's hard to do! As for your fake clubs, I can think of a better one. It's called 'Scorpius And Rose Are So Stupid Because They Don't Realize They Are In Love With Each Other And Should Get Together Already And Stop Taking Their Frustrations Out On The Most Awesome Person Ever: James Potter'. I'm still working on the name, but I think you get the drift. It would have even more members than your stupid clubs combined! You'd join wouldn't you Al?" I said all this louder than I needed to, but it they finally stopped yelling at each other (and me). They just kind of stood there blushing and trying not to catch the other's eyes.

"Uh. Yeah. Can I be the VP? I think Fred would want to be Secretary. You know how he likes to mess up what everyone said in the records."

"Sure bro. You think McGonagall would let us make an announcement during dinner?" I asked, watching Rose and Scorp's faces fill with horror from the corner of my eye.

Al seemed to ponder my question for a moment before nodding and saying, "If we ask nicely, and maybe if you promise not to change her office password to 'All Hail James Potter' again."

"Let's go get Lily and talk to her about it." I turned back to Scorp and Rose addressing them, "We're going to leave you two here to sort through your feelings and such, and if you haven't worked something out by the time we come back, this club will become a reality. It is still in its beginning stages, but not if you keep this constant denial up. Get it together already!" I grabbed Al's arm and began to drag him toward Gryffindor tower. As soon as we were out of their line of sight, I pulled the Invisibility Cloak out of my bag and threw it over me and Al.

"I thought we were going to find Lily," Al said in confusion.

"And miss what is sure to be an epic scene between Scorp and Rose. Yeah right." Al shrugged, and we crept back toward them in time to see that they were still standing there awkwardly saying nothing. What dorks. I made a mental note to make fun of them for that later.

Realizing her papers were still scattered on the floor, Rose got down on her knees and began to pick them up. Pausing for a moment, Scorpius bent down and helped her. I guess it didn't occur to either of them to use magic. Each seemed to be lost in their own thoughts, but all too soon the papers had been picked up, and they were back to staring at each other. If something exciting did not happen soon, I was going to do something drastic. What? I hadn't decided yet. Hopefully, I wouldn't have to.

Scorp handed her the papers in his hand, and she took them, both turning pink when their fingers touched. They had it so bad.

"Do you really love me, or was that just James being James?" Rose asked tentatively, her eyes downcast.

Scorp studied her face carefully, seemed to come to a silent decision, and said, "That depends. Do you love me? If you don't, I'd say that James was just being James and pretend I didn't care, but I'd secretly cry my eyes out like Moaning Myrtle when you left. If you do, I'd say that James was right for once in his life."

For once in my life! What kind of best friend is he? How dare he insult me! Just because he is right doesn't mean he has to rub it in.

"But I though you hated me."

He laughed, "I only hated you because you hated me. Plus, it was easier to tell myself that I hated you than love you. I try not to admit my feelings to myself. It's too uncomfortable."

She smiled, put her papers in a bag by her feet, and took a step closer. "I don't hate you either. In fact, I'm rather glad we disagree on so many topics. Where's the fun in agreeing all the time?"

I could tell from the way he seemed to be restraining himself from moving forward that he desperately wanted to close the distance between them; however, Scorp is ever the gentleman and allowed her to do it, not rushing her into anything. I guess I won't have to go all crazy protective cousin on him…yet. I might just for fun though. Rose was practically touching him when he said, "So… do you love me too?"

She sighed in a teasing manner, "I guess. Who ever thought I'd love an arrogant prat?"

He laughed softly and brushed a strand of hair from her face. Gently, he leaned down and pressed his lips to hers, arms wrapping lightly around her waist. She, in turn slowly put her arms around his neck, one hand playing with the hair at the base of his neck. Al and I looked on perplexedly. I had always thought that when they finally admitted their feelings for each other they would devour one another's faces in a fierce make-out session that I would cringe at and Uncle Ron would yell his head off at. Though completely unexpected, this sweet and gentle embrace they were in somehow fit. I guess they had more feelings for the other than I had given them credit for. I had written most of it off as hormones. They disconnected just as slowly as they had started and smiled, still in each other's arms. After another moment of such sappy staring it made me want to puke, Rose rested her cheek on Scorp's chest. Urgh, make it stop.

"Maybe James is as awesome as he says. I think I owe him one for this," Scorp said smiling into Rose's hair.

"Yes!" I said triumphantly, pulling the Invisibility Cloak off me and Al. "You finally admit to my awesomeness!" I threw my arms in the air victoriously and began to do my celebratory dance around them. It involved a lot of fist pumping and exuberant leg kicking.

"SHUT UP JAMES!"

A/N: The end.

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