Chapter 1

Last Weekend of 6th Year

"Oh, c'mon Ali," whinnied Rose, as they entered their dorm "you can not honestly agree with her." Alison laid down on her four posted bed, with the Gryffindor red curtains open, and crossed her legs. Her long chestnut hair, spread across her pillow. Rose moved to stand at the foot of the bed. Her fiery red, wavy hair fell just below her shoulders as she stood with her hands on her hips looking pointedly at her best friend. Alison smiled slightly as she looked up at Rose.

"All I said was that he wasn't unattractive," Rose rolled her eyes, with a heavy sigh of frustration as Alison continued. "The majority of girls at this school find him attractive so doesn't that mean it is more accurate, when the majority agrees." Alison sat up while Rose just glared at her.

"He is the most arrogant; selfish, egotistical asshole to ever walk the planet. How can you, Stacey or anyone find him attractive?"

Just as Rose finished, Zoe walked into the dorm. She was slightly shorter then Rose and her dark brown, almost black hair matched the long length of Alison's. "Who's not attractive?" she asked, as she dropped her bag on the floor and through herself on her bed.

"According to Rose, Scorpius" Alison answered.

"Are you kidding me Rose?" Zoe uttered, sitting up and turning to face Rose. "He is…is… well, hot!"

"Hey, aren't you dating my cousin?"

"Yes and I am very fortunate that Louis is also very, very attractive" replied Zoe, giving Rose a saucy look.

"Ew" Rose expelled with a disgusted look upon her face.

Zoe smirked and opened her mouth to torture Rose further but Alison took the opportunity to spare her friend and spoke up, though in a somewhat daze.

"Besides attractiveness is a personal preference, Scorpius may be easy on the eye but that doesn't mean I would go out with him or anything."

"But that is only because you can't look past his best friend, who happens to be my other cousin" Rose counted, with a knowing look. Alison blushed and laid back down on her bed with a frustrated sigh.

"I am I really that obvious?"

"Yes," Rose and Zoe stated together.

Alison covered her face with her pillow and groaned as Zoe continued. "Honey, it's been obvious for years."

"Do you think he knows?" Alison mumbled from behind the pillow.

"Are you kidding?" Rose laughed, "Al is completely oblivious, and he always has been."

Just then there was a knock at the door.

Rose, the only one still standing walked towards the door and opened it to see her younger cousin Lily in the doorway.

"Lilly, what do you-

Before she could finish, Lily push pass her cousin and started squealing, jumping up and down, and dancing around the older girls' dorm. "Hello to you too Lily" Rose mumbled and as she closed the door. Lily was almost an exacted replica of her own mother, slim, fit and although she was 2 years younger then Rose she easily matched her height.

"You will never believe what happened!" Lily expressed as she commanded the attention of all three teenagers in the dorm. They all look at Lily waiting for her to continue. When she didn't but started dancing around the room again, Rose finally spoke up.

"What won't we believe?"

"That Simon Goyle asked me out to Hogsmead!" she squealed out, before coming down for her high with an excited and cheeky smile across her face.

"What!" Rose nearly shouted at her.

"Lily, please tell me you didn't say yes" asked Alison with a concerned expression.

"Of course I said yes, he is so handsome!" Lily said in a matter of fact tone.

"Urgh!" Rose through her hands up into the air, "James is going to have a field day when he hears about this."

"Not to mention what Albus will do," Alison added, "Simon is his dorm mate."

"Yeah Lily, he is two years older then you" Rose said condescendingly.

"Do you think this is really wise, Lily" Alison reasoned.

Lily was about to speak with a look of shock and confusion upon her face, when Rose had to have another dig. "And…He is a Slytherin."

This triggered Lily's anger. Her expression changed in a blink of an eye. It said 'she was her mothers daughter and was about to prove it'.

"How is that even relevant?" Lily fuming marched toward her older cousin. "Are you really that much of a…a…" Lily stuttered her face red with anger as she stood right up in her cousin's face, "a Houseist!" Rose opened her mouth to reply only to be cut off by Lily. "And have you forgotten that my brother, your cousin is a Slytherin, have you?" Lily added. "Do you ignore him because he's a Slytherin?"

"But Lily, that's completely diff -"

"It is not different, you are just a houseist, judging everyone on what house they come from rather then who they are as a person. And to think, I thought you would be happy for me but no." Lily said as she pushed passed Rose, heading towards the door. "Next time I won't even bother!" she added as she exited the dorm, slamming the door as she went. Rose stood, looking at the door in shock as an awkward silence fell upon the 6th years.

"Well…that went well" Zoe finally broke the silence.

A smile spread upon Alison's face. "Yup"

The two girls smiled before focusing on Rose. Slowly she shared their expression, as the three girls began to laugh.

"Is Houseist even a word?" Rose asked, through the mist of their laughter. This only fueled their laughter further.

In the Slytherin 6th year boys dormitory, Albus Severus Potter lay stretched out on his bed, reading The Daily Prophet, when he was interrupted by the sound of the bathroom door opening. Scorpius stepped out of the bathroom in his best navy jeans and a blue lined button-through shirt. The top button on his shirt undone, revealing a little skin suggesting what he was planning on doing tonight.

"So, who is the unlucky girl?" Albus chuckled as he sat up on his bed, facing his best mate, watching as he applied some of cologne. Scorpius snorted at this.

"Do I detect some jealously?" he said as he run his fingers through his messy golden blonde hair.

"Yeah jealous, because I want to waste my time with girls that are only interested in one thing" Albus replied sarcastically before he turned serious, "I actually want to do it right."

Scorpius finished getting ready and turned to face his best friend with his hands in his pockets and a smirk plastered across his face. Albus was a romantic at heart, he was insistent on actually trying to have proper relationships with girls. Scorpius new it was important to him to get to know girls before he dated them. When Albus explained this to him, he didn't understand it then, and he still didn't now. What was wrong with a little fun? Albus said that he should try to be friends first, but Scorpius just told him it was okay because he didn't date girls he just used their expertise.

"Well, you should be jealous" he said walking towards the door with an even larger grin on face, if that was even possible. "Besides practice does make perfect," he added with a wink before closing the door behind him.

Albus laughed at his best friend, even though he could be a player he really was a great guy and a great friend. They would do anything for each other; he would always have his back.

Albus laid back down on his bed and continued reading the newspaper. However his thoughts soon started to wonder. It was nearly summer holidays and then it was their last year at Hogwarts. He couldn't see past that, he really did not know what he wanted. He knew that he wanted to keep in touch with all his friends, especially Scorpius, but he knew it would never be the same. Albus thought he probably get a job and earn money but it all seemed pointless. He had nothing to prove, he had nothing or more specifically no one to earn money for.

When his Dad got his first job he was working to rebuild his and the whole wizarding world way of life. He also had a beautiful girlfriend in mind, someone who made him want to save up to buy a house and have a life with. Albus had none of that; the only thing he had was an expectation to be great no matter what, the expectation that comes with being a Potter.

Albus sighed, got up straightened out his uniform and headed out of his dorm and then straight out of the common room, ignoring the rest of his house members, in search of food. Dinner had finished but he knew where to find a great cook.

When Albus walked into then kitchens, he was not surprise to find his cousin and her best friend. Rose could always be found in the kitchen, she was an amazing cook and baker. She just had a knack for it; however, cakes were her specialty. Alison was sitting at one of the large tables, out of the way of Rose's area, watching as her friend mixed some ingredients in a bowl.

"Fancy seeing you here" he said, catching her attention, causing her to turn towards him with a stunning smile. Albus couldn't help but return it, blissfully. He walked over and sat across from her, taking her appearance. It took Albus by surprise, it's like he only just saw for the first time. She was still wearing parts of her uniform, like Rose, but something was different. Albus couldn't help but notice how revealingly her top buttons were undone.

"Yes it is a real surprise, its not like we do this every Friday or anything" she joked. Albus laughed and nodded in agreement before turning his attention to Rose. She had a Gryffindor red apron over her uniform, a mixing bowl tuck in one arm while the other mixed in the ingredients with a whisk. Rose always did it the muggle way, she always said that whenever she's in a kitchen it is a magical free zone.

Even though Rose and Scorpius did not get along, that was one thing that they had in common, their love for muggles. Surprisingly for a Malfoy, Scorpius loved the muggle way of life. He still would not give up magic, especially quidditch, but he did enjoy the perks of living both ways. In fact that was one thing that all four of them; Albus, Scorpius, Alison and Rose, had in common, they shared this love. Rose loved the cooking and culinary side of things. Scorpius loved the mechanics and technology, cars, motorbikes, TV and appliances. Albus and Alison just seem to love all of it, just the way they lived, the combination of everything.

"What's on the menu tonight, cuz?"

"Oh, just a simple chocolate and macadamia slice." She answered stiffly. It seemed as something was bothering her. Albus turned to Alison with a concerned and confused look. Alison sighed and rolled her eyes.

"We ran into Scorpius on our way down" she whispered across the table.

Realisation washed upon Albus' face. "Oh," he whispered in return.

However, the exchange didn't go unnoticed.

"Yes your stupid friend, Malfoy, decided I needed to know all about what he was planning to do this weekend," Rose said with a huff. Alison and Albus shared a look.

"Al, how can you even be friends with that asshole?" asked as she paced the kitchen, red faced, mixing. Without even giving Albus a chance to reply, she continued, "do you know how arrogant he is? How he treats women?" turning to him as though looking for answer. Albus just opened his mouth before she went off again, on her little rant. This was a common occurrence over the years and by now Alison and Albus knew how to ignore it.

"You'd think she would get used to it by now," Albus whispered to Alison, "I mean, what else does she expect?"

Alison nodded in agreement, "You should have seen them. It's like they turn into different people when they are around each other."

"They bring the worst out of each other" Albus said, as they turned to watch Rose throwing her hands in the air, pacing and ranting about Malfoy.

"And sometimes the best."

"Huh?" Albus muttered, as he turned back to Alison, confused.

"Well, it's like Rose always rises to the challenge with anything to do with Scorpius." Albus still look confused, so she continued. "She is always wittier around him, even when he just comes up in conversation. Their competitiveness makes them work harder, it brings the best they have out of each other to try and beat the other." There was a pause, Albus thought about it and knew that she was right; she always was right. He smiled at her. She blushed.

"It's quite funny actually; they don't even realize that they enjoy it," she tittered.

They shared another smile and a chuckle with each other, at their best friends.