"Stay"
I've been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall
And I've been laying here praying, praying she won't call
It's just another call from home
And you'll get it and be gone
And I'll be crying
I sit and sigh. You still sleep, as I know you will until the phonecall.
She always calls promptly at 5pm. She knows. She has always known.
But even so, I pray that today she won't call. That today she won't remember that her husband doesn't find her attractive.
But she will, like she always does.
Just another call from home, you'll say, and you'll be gone.
And I'll be here, in this too-big room at this too-expensive hotel, crying.
And I'll be begging you, baby
Beg you not to leave
But I'll be left here waiting
With my Heart on my sleeve
Oh, for the next time we'll be here
Seems like a million years
And I think I'm dying
And I'll beg you as always. I'll beg you not to leave.
But you will.
And I'll be left waiting, my broken still forever stitched on my sleeve.
The next time will never come quick enough. It could be millions of years for all you cared.
And during those times I swear I'm dying.
Because it's only near you that I'm alive.
What do I have to do to make you see
She can't love you like me?
What do I have to do to make you see that, though she may be your wife, she doens't love you.
Not like I love you.
Not with the same passion, the same spirit.
Why don't you stay
I'm down on my knees
I'm so tired of being lonely
Don't I give you what you need
When she calls you to go
There is one thing you should know
We don't have to live this way
Baby, why don't you stay
"Stay," I whisper into your ear, knowing you won't hear me. "I'm so tired of being lonely."
I could be on my knees, and you still wouldn't listen.
"Don't I give you what you need?"
But you are Scorpius Malfoy, and I'm just Rose.
You don't need much that I can give.
You keep telling me, baby
There will come a time
When you will leave her arms
And forever be in mine
But I don't think that's the truth
And I don't like being used and I'm tired of waiting
It's too much pain to have to bear
To love a man you have to share
I reminisce over the words you have told me.
That there will come a time when it's only me in your arms. That there will be no more calls from home.
I glance at the clock – 4:30.
I know that no matter what you say, they will never be the truth.
I may be your mistress, but I'm still proud. I don't like being used, and I'm tired of waiting.
The pain is too much.
How do you deal with knowing that you have to share a man, who you love?
Why don't you stay
I'm down on my knees
I'm so tired of being lonely
Don't I give you what you need
When she calls you to go
There is one thing you should know
We don't have to live this way
Baby, why don't you stay
"We don't have to live this. You could stay."
There is always that – you always have that choice.
You could choose to stay. So why don't you stay?
I can't take it any longer
But my will is getting stronger
And I think I know just what I have to do
I can't waste another minute
After all that I've put in it
I've given you my best
Why does she get the best of you
So next time you find you wanna leave her bed for mine
I feel my anger rise as I watch you, sleeping there soundly.
I can't take it any longer. The hurt, the shame, the ignoring.
My will is strong enough now, that I don't have to waste another minute here.
Waste another moment of my life waiting for you decide once and for all.
I've given you my best for years, so why does she get the best of you?
Next time, well, there won't be a next time.
Why don't you stay
I'm up off my knees
I'm so tired of being lonely
You can't give me what I need
When she begs you not to go
There is one thing you should know
I don't have to live this way
Baby, why don't you stay, yeah
Scorpius awoke to an empty hotel room, a note lay on the pillow next to him.
He picked it up gently.
Scorpius, it read.
I'm tired of this – tired of being lonely. You can't give me what I need, you never could. You could only fulfil something I thought I once wanted.
I'm not your whore anymore.
Next time when you're in bed with your wife and she's begging you to stay, just like I used to, remember that you don't have anywhere else to go.
You can stay with her.
I'm not living this way anymore.
Rose.
Scorpius allowed himself a small smile. She had finally gone.
He knew that what had been happening wasn't fair to her, but their delicate social situation hadn't allowed for their love.
It seemed now that Rose's will hadn't allowed for their affair either.
His phone rang.
"Yes honey?"
"Home. Now." He understood. His wife had every reason to be short with him. She knew – she always knew.
She would always be second choice.