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Disclaimer: i do not own harry poter or its characters, and the quote is anonymous.

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It was slightly past one in the morning at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and just about every student was sleeping in their dorms at the moment. One of the few exceptions was Rose Weasley. She looked the part at first glance, curled up in her sheets, but was actually wide awake, thinking about the news she had recieved from her cousin less than twenty four hours ago.

Rose was brought out of her thoughts by the sound of tapping on the other side of the window next to her bed. She quickly rose from under her comforter fully dressed, having gone to bed wearing regular clothes. Quietly, she grabbed her coat hanging on the bedpost and made her way over to the window. Before opening it, Rose put a silencing charm on the hinges to keep their squeak from waking up her fellow dorm mates in the middle of the night when she wasn't even supposed to be up. Astride a broomstick on the other side of the window, was Scorpius.

"I believe some one requested a midnight broomstick ride." Scorpius said as soon as Rose opened the window and saw him there.

Rose couldn't help but smile at her boyfriend. "And you're right on time. For once."

Scorpius simply raised his eyebrows at the last part. "you try sneaking out of the dungeons and past two prefects, three professors, and breaking into the quidditch room completely undetected. Then you can complain about punctuality." he replied. "Getting on?"

Without hesitation, Rose leaped gracefully out of the tower onto the broomstick floating two hundred feet above the ground, expertly closing the window behind her at the same time. If anyone had been watching, they would have been able to tell that she had done this numerous times before. After giving Scorpius a quick kiss on the cheek, Rose settled herself behind him. Once her arms were wrapped securely around his waist, the two of them sped off across the lake.

~~~~one hour later~~~~~

"You would think with the number of times we had done this that someone would have caught us sneaking off by now." Rose said, leaning her back against Scorpius. The two of them were sitting on the sand leaning back against a felled tree that was lying across the ground, looking out towards the lake. They were on its far side, the greatest distance possible from the Hogwarts Castle.

A gust of wind blew down the beach, making Rose shiver slightly and snuggle into Scorpius's chest while he tightened his arms around her. as she made herself comfortable, Rose felt Scorpius rest his cheek on her head, ruffling her wavy red hair as he did so.

"Come on now, Rose, its not that cold. I didn't even need to bring a jacket." Rose just looked up and glared at him from her position on his lap.

"Well, unlike some extremely fit quidditch players with big muscles who are blessed with excessive body heat, the rest of us normal people have to wear jackets and cloaks when it gets below fifty degrees (10c)." Rose replied. Scorpius just laughed at her retort and leaned in to kiss her softly. Rose stopped shivering instantly and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer and deepening the kiss. At her response, Scorpius tightened his arms around Rose, bringing her chest and stomach flush against his. After a few minute the two of them broke away, faces flushed and much warmer.

"Did that help with the cold?" Scorpius asked smugly. Rose just smiled at him and turned her body back towards the water, sighing heavily.

Rose was silent for some time after that, and Scorpius could sense a change in her mood. Twisting his body so that he could look more directly at her, Scorpius asked, "What's wrong?"

"Scor, there was actually a reason for me asking you to fly us out here tonight. This afternoon in Hogsmeade, I ran into James leaving the Joke Shop. He was frantic, looking for me everywhere. He had something really important to tell me. This morning while he was visiting his parents, he heard my dad Screaming out a tirade at the top of his lungs. He was furious about something, and nothing mum or uncle harry could do would calm him down." Rose paused for a moment to brace herself for what she was about to tell the boy she was in love with.

Scorpius went very still where he sat, and suddenly felt a knot form in his stomach, getting tighter by the second. He could think of only one thing that would anger Rose's father that way.

"Oh no." he whispered. It suddenly felt much colder outside than it had been moments ago.

As Scorpius's face paled (more so than it already was), Rose could tell that he had guessed what had set her father off. She continued the story anyway. "James realized that it wasn't the best time to visit, so he left before anyone noticed that he had been there. Before disapparating though, he heard a few seconds of the argument. My dad knows Scor. About us. And he's furious."

They were both silent for a long while after that. There was only one thought crossing the mind of Scorpius Malfoy at the moment.

He was so dead.