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If I live for a million years

I will be right there

To catch your tears

Will you get over it this time?

Or is this the last time?

-A Million Years; Teddy Geiger

EPILOGUE

SCORPIUS MALFOY

"Lorcan and Fate are engaged." Rose said, as she lay in my lap while I stroked her hair.

"Both infuriatingly annoying, it should work out." I smirked, and Rose grinned.

"Lorcan isn't that bad…" She joked. After her and Lysander had broken up back in fourth year, Lorcan had taken the liberty of whispering snide comments to her and about her. Some of them were pretty mean actually, and I'd wondered how his lack of imagination had come up with such things.

Rose laughed, and I felt a smile creep across my face as I heard it. It made me happy to see her happy.

Sappy git.

I decided then and there that I didn't care how sappy I was. I loved Rose and Rose loved me, I could be as sappy as I wanted. She was mine.

Possessive…

I made a mental note to switch off that voice whenever I thought of Rose. All it ever told me was that I was such a girl.

Ron Weasley had become almost accepting of me. Almost. He still sneered around me or whenever my name was mentioned, and he liked to slip in little comments about me, but he seemed to approve of me dating his daughter.

Hugo had become like a brother to me as well. He was a pretty cool kid, to be fair, and he was always up for a laugh, even if he did act about six. I wondered how many of Rose's family I was going to start counting as my brothers. Hopefully not James Potter, he was a right dickhead. He wasn't exactly bad to me, because he knew that Albus and I were friends and that Rose was my girlfriend, but I knew he didn't like me still and that was okay because I wasn't particularly fond of him either. Teddy was cool, and not only was he part of their family but he was also part of mine, which meant I didn't really have to worry too much about him liking me because he was family. I'd grinned to myself when I thought this. Teddy did seem to like me though, and he always seemed thoroughly pleased to see me. I found this a bit weird, seeing as he was practically a Potter – the people who my father hated – and he'd married Victoire so he was now officially a Weasley, although not by name. It was almost a shame, because I thought that Teddy Weasley sounded way better than Victoire Lupin, but hey, whatever floats their boat.

Everyone in the Potter-Weasley-Lupin clan had begun to accept me now, and I loved it. I felt more at home at the Burrow than I did at the Manor. Rose's grandmother, Molly, was forever fussing over me and Albus, telling us we were too skinny and that we needed to eat more, which I was happy to do seeing as she was the most amazing cook. Seriously I was going to get fat if I kept eating like that. Everyone treated me like one of the family, and I was more than content with that. I'd never really felt like that in my house. My father had always just treated me as someone to carry on his name, and that's all. In Rose and Albus' family, I was their adopted Malfoy. Everyone accepted that I'd be there for most Christmases and holidays, because I was actually wanted there. Albus had told me to just show up whenever I wanted, but he knew I'd never do that, so he usually wrote to me and told me I was wanted with his family. Harry Potter, I think, had been the most accepting of me. He took me into his home whenever I was around, and he was always pleased to see me. He treated me like a third son, and when I was there, I felt like one. I thought Harry might've been slightly less accepting of me, not just because of my father but also because I was what Adrian and Lily had in common, and I was sort of what had drawn them together. Harry was actually surprisingly accommodating of their relationship, which was good because I knew Adrian planned on asking Lily to marry him. Big step up for little old Zabini.

He hadn't done it yet, but I was sure he was going to do it soon. He was asking Harry for his permission first; we Slytherins were nothing if not traditionalists. Adrian, Albus, and I had become closer since sixth year. Seventh year was our year. We'd spent the entire year getting into trouble, having a laugh, and passing our NEWTs like fucking bosses. We'd got into more trouble in that year than Adrian and I had done for all previous six years. And hey, it was our last year; what else were we going to do?

Rose had made Head Girl, and Albus hadn't stopped teasing her about it for the entire year. Phoenix Goldstein had been made Head Boy, which made Albus pissed. He spent most of the year pissing Goldstein off just to get back at him for it. Apparently Albus thought he should've been made head boy. Yeah, like that was gonna happen. With the amount of shit Albus, Adrian, and I got into its almost insane that we weren't at least suspended.

We were a year out of Hogwarts now, and Rose and I were to be starting our new jobs at the ministry. I was going into Auror training with Albus, while Rose went to work in the Improper Use of Magic Office. We were both working in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, so we would see each other a lot when we were there. Al just could wait to be an Auror; I think he felt like he should, as well as that he wanted to. James and Lily were not going to be Aurors, and I think he thought at least one of the Potter kids should be one, and who better to do it that Albus Potter: Second Biggest Badass Ever to Walk the Halls of Hogwarts?

I was leading Rose to a flat by her house. It was near, but not too close. I made her put a blindfold on so she couldn't see where I was taking her.

"Scorpius, where the hell are we?"

"You'll see." I smirked.

"I hate you, you know." She joked.

"I love you too, Rosie." I grinned, although she couldn't see it. She laughed too though.

I led her into the lounge of the place. The walls were white and the floor was wooden. A large sofa sat against the wall. It was facing a television, because I knew Rose would love all that muggle crap.

"Ready?" I asked, preparing to take off her blindfold.

"Am I ever?" She laughed, and I removed the blindfold from her eyes. She gasped as she looked around, her eyes drinking in every piece of furniture that she could find.

"Do you like it?" My voice came out more anxious than I intended it to, so I tried to cover it up with a cough.

"It's beautiful. What is this place?"

"This, Rosie, is our flat." I grinned and she turned around to look at me, her eyes wide.

"What?"

"Move in with me." I posed it as a statement and not as a question. She nodded almost immediately, and I walked towards her to kiss her. She pulled on my bottom lip and giggled, and as I kissed her, I realised how in love with her I was. How lucky I was to have her. How well she fit with me.

How I will marry her.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

And that is the ending of the story that has been keeping me sane for the past few months. No, the 'How I will marry her' was Scorpius saying they were engaged, it was saying how eventually he would marry her.

The sequel to this story will be called "In Another Man's Arms". It will not be up straight away, as I am working on a Scorpius/Lily story at the moment. I know, I know, I'm betraying my ship or whatever, but I LOVE Scorose, I've just found a liking for Scorpius/Lily (Scorlily? Lilius?) as well.

Thankyou so much to all of you who've kept reviewing and making me smile when I check my email. It means a lot to me that you liked this, and I love youuuuuuuu!

Thanks guys!

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