A/N: Hi, this is just another one-shot I've had in my head for ages and just now managed to put in writing. I decided to make it a short story after people reviewed wanting more :) Hope you enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or this wonderful universe, JK Rowling and Warner Bros. do.
Rose Weasley was sound asleep. She'd had a long night, and she had dozed off at the first moment of rest she found after all the… activity from the night before. It was now 10 in the morning, which wasn't very late for a Sunday but it wasn't like her to be sleeping in. But this was a different day; she had promised him that she wouldn't be so uptight anymore, so she was taking the first step by sleeping in. Baby steps. Too much too fast is never good.
However, she didn't get any more sleep after this point because something wet moving down her neck woke her up. She groaned and tried to move but a set of arms kept her in place.
"What are you doing? You woke me up." She said with a sleepy voice.
"Ready for round two?" Scorpius asked before he continued kissing her neck.
"Are you mad? I'm still tired; we went to sleep at 4 in the morning!" She answered moving her shoulder to try to make him stop.
"Six hours is a perfectly fine period of time to recover energy." He added. "Besides, you still owe me; we could have been doing this for Merlin knows how long. But you were always such a prude."
"Shut up." He did have a point, though. He had been pursuing her for months since she had interviewed him for a Quidditch article for The Prophet. But she didn't pay him any mind. Three months later she gave in at The Daily Prophet's Annual Ball, which happened to be the night before. But that's a different story.
He smirked at her response and continued kissing her neck. "Come on. It's weird if you're not responding." He insisted.
"You're a pervert." She said before turning around and accepting his kiss. She had to admit he wasn't that bad, they didn't get along during Hogwarts, but it was mainly because of house rivalry. And him being an arrogant pain in the arse, of course. But he seemed to be matured now. Well, as matured as a Quidditch star could be.
"Stop talking." He said between kisses and positioned himself on top of her. She felt his hands on her breasts and moaned. He kissed her neck and moved his hands lower. Just when he was about to reach in between her legs…
DING-DONG
"Shit. Not now." She said sighing.
"Just ignore it." He said before continuing where he'd left off.
"But-oh!" His hand was now in between her legs, making her forget who she was.
DING-DONG
"ROSE!?" She heard someone yelling her name and opened her eyes.
"What's that?" She asked him putting her hands on his chest to push him off her.
"Rose, come on." He said trying to kiss her neck, but she stopped him. He sighed. "I thought we agreed to ignore it."
"But I heard someone yelling my name."
"I didn't hear anything." He said.
DING-DONG
"ROSE?!"
She gasped. "I think that's my mum!" She said with wide eyes.
"Oh. OH!" Scorpius got off the bed immediately and put on his underpants.
"Wait here. I'll get rid of her." She said leaving the bed. She put on her night robe and walked towards her front door.
DING-DONG
"I'm coming!" She reached the door and opened it. She was surprised to find that not only her mum was outside her flat, but her dad and brother were there, too. "What are you all doing here?"
"Can't we visit?" Asked her mum walking inside, followed by her dad, who gave her a kiss on the forehead, and her brother.
"Mum… not today. I'm tired." She lied. Well, not really, she was tired. Scorpius had tired her.
"Tired? It's 10 o'clock. You're usually up by now." Said Hermione.
"But I went to the paper's ball last night and I got here late." She whined.
"You can rest later. We're going to Grandma Molly's for brunch, so get ready." Ordered her mum.
"You could have owled me, you know? I would have met you there." Rose said.
"I told them that." Said Hugo.
"Well, I'm sorry if I wanted us to arrive together, as a family." Scolded Hermione. "Now, go get ready, we're supposed to be there by 11. We'll wait here." She sat down on her couch in the living room with her dad and Hugo.
Rose went back to her room, fuming. She found Scorpius on her bed, wearing only his underpants. "What happened? Is she gone?" He asked.
"No. They're all waiting for me to get ready, and by all I mean my dad and brother are here as well. We're going to The Burrow." She explained.
"The what?" He asked raising an eyebrow.
"My grandparents' house. Sorry." She apologised.
"It's fine. I guess I'll owl you tomorrow." He said getting off the bed. "So… should I walk out of here?"
"Shit! I didn't think of that!" She said smacking her forehead. "They can't know you're here. They'll kill me."
"I'll just Apparate."
"No! This place has wards; you can only Apparate outside of the building." She said pacing. "I guess you'll have to wait for us to leave. It'll be fine, I'll just get ready as fast as I can and we'll get out of here. You can use the Floo in the living room after we leave."
"Why not change your wards?" He offered.
"You're joking, right? There's an Auror in my living room, not to mention that my mum is an expert on wards. They'll feel them changing and ask me questions." She explained. "Just wait here, it'll be fine."
He approached her and put his arms around her waist. "Okay, okay." He kissed her. "But, I'm going to have to meet the parents someday, you know?"
She put her arms around his neck and smiled. "You seem awfully confident about meeting my parents."
"Come on, all parents love me." He said smirking.
"I think you're forgetting who my parents are."
He was about to kiss her again when someone knocked on her bedroom door. "Rose? Can I come in?" It was her mother.
"Your mum sure has good timing." Scorpius joked.
She disentangled herself from Scorpius embrace and walked to her door. "I'm not presentable, mum."
"Oh, Rose. I changed your nappies when you were a baby, you don't have to hide from me."
Scorpius sniggered and Rose scowled at him. "Just tell me what is it, I'm about to pop in the shower."
"Well, I was just going to suggest you wear that flower sundress I gave you. I don't think you've worn it and it's really pretty. And I want your Grandma Molly to see you in it."
Rose sighed. "Uh, sure, mum. I'll wear it." I don't even know what dress you mean.
"Great. Hurry up!" Rose heard her mother walk back to the living room and she locked her door. She turned around and found Scorpius picking up a book from her nightstand.
"I'm getting in the shower. Please don't make any noises." She said walking towards the adjacent bathroom.
"What if I pop in the shower with you?" He said with a smirk.
"There is no way I'm going to let you touch me when my parents are in the next room! You're mental." She said and locked herself in the bathroom.
Hermione walked back to the living room and sat next to her husband. "Rose sounded a little nervous back there." She told Ron. "Like… a bit agitated."
"I did notice she was acting weird when we arrived." Ron said. "But she said she was tired; maybe it's just that."
"Told you you should've owled first." Hugo murmured.
"Oh, shut it." His mother scolded.
"We wouldn't be waiting here if she had known we were coming." Ron said looking at his wife.
"I didn't think she'd still be in bed! She's usually up and ready at nine. I didn't remember that ball she went to last night, so I'm sorry for expecting something she usually does." Hermione said scowling.
"It's alright, you do have a point." Ron said while Hugo rolled his eyes.
"This place is awfully clean." Hugo added randomly.
"Your sister's always been much organised. You should learn from her, your flat is a mess." Hermione told her son.
"It's not a mess. I just didn't make my bed this morning." Huge defended. "I bet her bed isn't made."
"Well, she did just wake up. She couldn't have had time to make it." His father said.
"Oh, you always take Rose's side." Hugo said rolling his eyes.
"He's right, though. She probably didn't have time." Hermione said. "I should probably go and clean up her room a bit. It's not her fault she didn't have time to do it."
Scorpius was lying on Rose's bed when he heard footsteps coming from outside of the bedroom. He knew the door was locked but he didn't know if whoever was on the other side would leave after seeing that or if they'd try to get in anyway.
He saw the doorknob moving, which meant someone tried to turn it. He got up from the bed and knew he had to hide. He looked around and thought of hiding behind the curtains but he was too big and they would notice him standing there straight away. Where? He thought.
Rose turned off the shower and heard a lot of noise coming from her bedroom. I told him to be quiet! She thought to herself.
She wrapped a towel around her body, one on her head and walked out of the bathroom.
The first thing she noticed was her mum making her bed. Alarms started ringing in her head. Where's Scorpius? "Mum? What are you doing?"
"I thought I'd help you make your bed. I figured you'd be in a hurry and wouldn't have time for it, so I wanted to help." Said her mother with a smile on her face.
"Oh. Okay, thanks." She said looking around looking for Scorpius. "Um, you can go back with dad and Hugo, I'll be ready in no time." She said still looking around.
"Honey, I told you you don't have to be embarrassed in front of me. I'm your mum!" She said cupping her daughter's face. "Now, I told you to wear that flower dress I gave you." Hermione said as she turned around and headed for Rose's closet. The closet!
"Wait!" She said stopping her mum from opening the closet's door. "I… um." Shit. Now what do I say?
"Yes?" Hermione asked lifting her eyebrows.
"I…" Fuck!
"Oh, Rose. Stop playing games, we don't have time for that!" Hermione moved to open the closet and Rose just closed her eyes preparing for the chaos that was about to break. "Rose?" She heard her mother inquire after opening the closet. Fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck. Here it comes. "Is that my coat?"
"What?" Rose said and opened her eyes. She saw no sign of Scorpius. Just her mum, holding a coat she had taken from her closet. "Oh, yeah."
"I've been looking for it everywhere! Is that why you didn't want me to open the closet?"
"Yes." She lied. "Um, look, I'm sorry I took it. I needed one and I really liked yours. You can take it back. I'll just get ready and meet you there, okay?" She said massaging her forehead.
"Are you feeling alright?" Hermione with concern.
"I don't know." Answered Rose truthfully, for once. "I think I'm coming up with a headache." You're all driving me crazy.
"Oh, sweetie, maybe you should stay…" Yes! "I can stay here and take care of you." No!
"It's fine, mum. I'm alright. Just let me get dressed, please." She pleaded.
"Okay, I'll let you get ready." She said and walked towards the door. "But hurry, please."
"Yes, mum." She said and closed the door after her mother left the room. "Scorpius?"
She then heard shuffling coming from under the bed. Of course, the bed. "Hey." He said as he came out and stood up.
"I thought you were in the closet. I almost died when she opened it!"
He smiled. "I thought about hiding there but I knew she might open it." He lied on the bed and rested his head on his arms. "You better get dress or she might barge in again. Or should I leave, too? I know I didn't change your nappies but I was hoping you wouldn't get embarrassed to change in front of me." He joked.
Rose rolled her eyes and went to her drawers to get her knickers and bra. "Shut up." He laughed. "Why are you still in your underwear, by the way? You could have put your clothes on by now."
"I was actually going to ask if you don't mind me using your shower." He explained.
"Oh. Sure, go ahead. But you'll have to wait until after we leave. I don't want them hearing the shower running knowing I already took one."
He nodded. "It's fine. I just don't want Thomas thinking I didn't spend the night home. It's better if he thinks I woke up before he did and went out. Otherwise he'll be a pain."
"Thomas?"
"My flatmate."
"I didn't think you'd have a flatmate." She said dropping her head towel and drying her hair with her wand.
"Why? Because I have enough money to own my own castle?" He mocked raising an eyebrow and watching her as she walked around her bedroom in only her underwear.
"No. Because you seem pretty independent… okay, yeah, because of that, too. I just thought Quidditch players would have their bachelor penthouses and the likes." She said going through her clothes looking for the dress her mother told her to wear. "And considering you do have enough money to feed the planet forever, I figured you didn't need to share a place."
He laughed. "Okay, first of all, I don't have enough money to feed the planet. My Grandparents do, and they don't share. Second of all, Thomas is my best mate, and we've lived together since we left Hogwarts. We did move once as we started making more money, but we're not like the kind of men that try to impress girls with huge properties, or whatever. We're pretty normal." He shrugged. "Besides, he's always very annoying when I tell him about a girl. Hence me not wanting him to know I didn't spend the night." He explained.
"Oh. Don't get me wrong… but I kind of thought you were some sort of womanizer." She said sheepishly. "Like a ladies' man."
"Is that why you wouldn't go out with me?" He asked.
"Maybe." She said after putting her dress on and sitting next to him on the bed. "I just wasn't sure about you, I'm sorry."
"What about now?" He asked as he got closer to her. "What do you think?"
"You're alright." She said smiling and shrugged her shoulders.
"Just alright? I'll change your mind!" He said pulling her down on the bed and trapping her beneath me. "'Alright' my arse. I'll show you 'alright'." He smirked and kissed her.
"Stop. I have to finish getting ready." She said giggling.
"Don't go." He kissed her neck and put his hand on her thigh.
"Scorpius, seriously, stop." She pushed him off her. "I'm sorry. I really do have to go."
He sighed. "Fine."
Rose put on her shoes and went to her vanity to do her make up while Scorpius watched.
"Okay, I'm ready." She said after ten minutes. Scorpius stood up and reached her.
"I'll owl you." He put his arms around her waist and kissed her.
Rose put her hands on his chest and let him kiss her; she couldn't get enough of him.
GASP! "ROSE!?"
She felt her stomach drop. She pushed Scorpius away and looked around to see her father standing in the doorway with a furious look. Oh, I was so close! Her father had just caught her in her bedroom, snogging a half-naked man. This couldn't get any worse.
"Dad… I can explain…" She stammered. Just then, she heard two sets of footsteps coming to the bedroom. I'm dead. She thought.
"Ron? What happ- Oh!" Hermione stopped walking as soon as she saw Scorpius. Hugo was right behind her and his eyes went wide when he saw what all the commotion was about, he then smirked. Stupid Hugo. "What is going on, Rose?" Hermine asked calmly. Too calmly.
"Um…" She was at a loss for words. "Well, this is… um…"
"I'm Scorpius Malfoy. Sorry we met under these circumstances." Answered Scorpius putting his hand out for a handshake.
"Oh, I know who you are!" Said Ron pointing his finger at Scorpius, who put his hand down. "What are you doing here!? Why are you HALF-NAKED?"
"Dad… please." Rose said trying to calm him down.
"Don't lie to me, Rose!" Ron said, whose face had turned a deep shade of red.
"Well, what do you think!?" Rose asked, exasperated.
"Don't take that tone with me, young lady." Ron scolded.
Hermione suddenly gasped. "Oh! That's why you've been acting so weird!" She told Rose. "He spent the night." It wasn't a question. "He's been here this whole time. That's why you didn't want me to be in your room." She said sternly.
"Is that true, Rose?" Asked Ron looking at his daughter, angry.
Rose sighed and looked at Scorpius, who was looking anywhere but her and her family. "Yes."
Ron suddenly grabbed Scorpius by the shoulder and took him to the living room, everyone else following behind them.
"Dad! What are you doing?" Rose screamed. Ron sat Scorpius on the couch and pointed his wand at him. "DAD! NO!"
"I don't want you near my daughter." Ron threatened with a low voice. Scorpius looked at him with wide eyes.
"Stop! Dad, you don't get a say in that." Rose said before putting herself between her father and her… boyfriend? Is he my boyfriend? …Oh, not now, Rose!
"Of course I get a say in that! You're my daughter and I don't want any Death Eater associated with you!"
"Death Eater!?" Rose asked irritated.
"Ron, calm down." Hermione said putting a hand on her husband's arm.
"His father's a Death Eater, Hermione!" Ron yelled pointing at Scorpius.
Hermione sighed. "Ron, I don't think-"
"I forbid you from seeing him!" He told Rose ignoring his wife.
"You can't do that!" Rose yelled.
"Of course I can! I'm your father!"
"I'm not a child anymore!" Rose replied, her face as red as her hair. "You can't tell me what to do! I have my own flat and my own job! I don't have to obey you anymore!"
"Of course you have and you will!" He turned to Scorpius. "You, get out of here. I don't want to see you near my daughter again."
"You know, nothing you say will stop me from seeing him!" Said Rose crossing her arms.
"Okay, everybody calm down!" Hermione called when Ron was about to open his mouth. "It's late, we should leave. We'll discuss this later."
"Yes, you should leave." Said Ron and grabbed Scorpius from the couch and pushed him towards the front door.
"Um…" Scorpius said. "May I… get the rest of my clothes?"
"No, you may not!"
"Ron!"
"What? Why should he?"
"Just let him get his clothes!" Hermione said sternly.
"Fine." He said and Scorpius walked towards the bedroom with Ron following behind.
"Mum…" Whined Rose when her dad was out of earshot.
Hermione sighed. "Not now, Rose."
"Mum, he's a nice guy, I promise!"
"I said not now!" She said as Scorpius walked out of the bedroom, wearing his trousers and holding the rest of his clothes and shoes in his hands, with Ron behind him.
He opened the door and Scorpius walked out. "I'll owl you!" Said Rose before Ron closed the door.
"No, you will not!"
"You can't tell me what to do!" Rose yelled, once more.
"Shut up, everybody!" Hermione screamed. "It's time to go. We'll discuss this in the evening." She said and pushed her husband and daughter towards the fireplace. "Let's go, Hugo." She said to her son who was sitting on the couch, with an amused look on his face.
"Told you you should have owled." He said, receiving a dark look from his mother.
Thanks for reading :)
