Rose Weasley knocked on his bed frame, she had managed to slip into the boys Ravenclaw dorm area. She shivered, wishing she had put a jumper on before coming over from her bed. She knocked again on her best friends bed frame. Her red curls fell messily around her pale face. His family had been surprised when he was sorted into Ravenclaw, but then again, so was hers. The only Weasley to not be a Gryffindor, something she wasn't all together proud of.

"Scorpius?" Rose said in a whisper, so she wouldn't wake his room mates, she had before, it never ended well. "I had a nightmare," she mumbled, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't fall asleep on her own after a nightmare, she hadn't been able to even when she was a little kid. Her blue eyes were large and pleading at his groggily awakening form. She shivered and rubbed her arms, regretting only sleeping in a tank top and shorts. She hated that she had constant nightmares, more so that she constantly bugged him in the middle of the night.

The heavy blue drapes around Scorpius's bedframe rustled as the occupant peeked out suspisiously at whomever was intruding on his rest. When he recognized Roses outline against the dim light of the dorm, he grinned and pushed the drapes aside, swinging his legs over the edge of the bed.

"Hey Rose."

Rose sighed wiping her tear stained face. "Hey."

"Have you ever considered, like, hot chocolate or something?" Scorpius asked rhetorically "Or snuggling one of the other GIRLS? You know, a solution that doesnt involve your cold feet in my bed?" He patted the covers next to him anyway, inviting her to join him

She rolled her eyes climbing into the bed. "Stop being a prat."

"I can't help it. Being a prat is in my blood." Scorpius yawned and leaned over to pull the drapes back around them "What was your nightmare about?" he asked sleepily after a moment

"The second wizarding war." She mumbled looking away.

"Hm. Have you ever considered having nightmares over something you actually experianced? just a thought. Like the turkey they served last week. That's gotta be worth a nightmare." Scorpios's teeth flashed white in the darkness, and Rose knew he was giving her a hopeful grin, trying to turn her thoughts to lighter topics

She laughed shaking her head. "You're such a prat, that's why you're my best friend."

"It's pronounced 'genius' actually, not 'prat'." He informed her. "Are you ok now?"

She nodded smiling. "You always cheer me up."

Again the white flash of teeth, pleased to hear her cheered "If you ever become Queen of the world, I get to be your personal jester, right?" he added sleepily

She laughed nodding yawning. "Of course love."

Rose awoke to the sounds of the Ravenclaw boys getting up, and to Scorpiuses arm draped haphazardley across her face. He completely failed to wake up and instead kicked her in his sleep.

Rose rolled her eyes pushing Scorpius off of her. "Get off you twit!"

With a strangled sound that could only be written as 'sngfljkx', Scorpius sat up and rubbed his eyes. "What year is this?" he yawned

She rolled her eyes. "We are seventh years dimwit."

"Sleep confuses me." He claimed, giving her a wounded look. "What would you say if I asked you to take off your shirt before you left? It would really improve my reputation with the other boys, that's all I'm saying"

Rose glared at him. "No, what you say if I knee you in the balls?"

Scorpius very quickly drew his knees up to his chest protectively and gave her his best puppy dog eyes. "You're so mean."

She laughed. "Shut up Scorpy, I'll give you one of my old bras to impress the guys."

He grinned and pumped his fist in the air "This is totally why you're my best friend, you know." He shoved back the blankets and swung his legs over the side of the bed, opening the curtains to let a sliver of light fall across the bed, highlighting Rose's red curls and glaring right into her eyes

She put her hand in front of her eyes. "You are such a dork."

"Yep." He flapped the blankets a few times to let in the cold air "Come on up and at 'em. You made me get up so now you have to"

She groaned. "Do you still have my clothes and tooth brush here?"

"Dunno what happened to your toothbrush." Scorpius admitted, tossing her robe at her "I think I may have been using it after Victor used mine to scrub out the drain."

"Damn it Scorp!"

He shrugged helplessly, like, well, what could HE do? "Most of the boys are gone now. Go use the one in your bathroom and I'll meet you at breakfast."

She nodded and headed up towards her own dorm.

Scorpius got to breakfast late, despite having a head start. Rose gave him a suspisious look as he sat down beside her, slightly out of breath.

"What the hell happened to you?" She asked looking at him like he was nuts.

He blinked innocently at her. "Whatever do you mean?" She could see a bruise forming on his collarbone where his shirt wasn't straight. He reached for an apple, trailing a muddy sleeve across the table.

"Did you hook up with someone?"

Scorpius coughed in shock and a peice of apple came up through his nose. After a long moment of painful coughing, he gave his best friend a stunned look. "Really? I mean, if i said that, you would beilive me? Cause in that case, I totally hooked up with three hufflepuff girls. At once."

She laughed. "Did someone beat you up?"

"Possibly." He admitted

Rose sighed. "Who? tell me."

"A dragon. Three dragons. I killed two of them. Not some Slytherins on the quidditch team."

She sighed. "They are idoits."

Scorpius's lips narrowed into a line. "They are." he agreed. He chewed his apple in tense silence foir a moment, before grinning at her cheerfully once more. "What classes do you have today?" he asked, gloomy thoughts apparently put aside for the time being

"Astromney, muggle studies."

"I have Arithmancy first, and Divination-DONT GIVE ME THAT LOOK ITS A USEFUL CLASS!"

Rose rolled her eyes. "Its not a real class."

"You're taking /muggle studies/. Your Mom is MUGGLEBORN! You could just ask her how rubber ducks work and join me in deciphering the inner workings of the temporal paradigm with tea leaves!" Scorpius suggested, reaching for a bran muffin just as the food dissapeared, his hand closing pitifully over the space where the muffin had been seconds before. He looked sadly at his empty hand.

Rose rolled her eyes giving him her muffin. "Don't say I never helped. "