I apologize in advance, this is my first fan fiction and it's not that good. But I've kept writing anyway.

Rose stepped onto platform 9 and ¾, about to start her third year at Hogwarts. She glanced around, looking for Albus, who was her best friend aside from Scorpious Malfoy. She spotted Albus almost immediately, he was standing with her other cousins and Uncle and Aunt. It was Lily's first year at Hogwarts; Rose knew it was a big day for the Potter's. Everyone had been excited for Hugo last year. When Albus and Rose both had the same first year it was a nightmare with everyone congratulating them and wishing them goodbye and checking everything off lists. Rose was so glad that she didn't have to deal with that this year. She proceeded to walk over to Albus who waved happily. They had seen each other a few nights ago, it was Scorpious who she hadn't seen, they'd written each other of course, but it wasn't the same.

"Hey Al, have you seen Scorpious yet?" asked Rose as she approached.

"No, not yet, but don't worry, even if we don't we'll see him on the train." Said Albus.

"Right, he'd look for us." She said then turned to Lily. "Excited?" she asked

"Oh yes! I can't wait to be sorted!" said Lily a huge smile across her face

"If you want to be in the best house it's Slytherin." Said Albus.

"Gryffindor's great too." Said James

"Oh quiet you two." Said Ginny "Whatever house your in is the best house for you, so it doesn't matter what you're in." she said with a smile. It was close to departure time and everyone began hugging and saying final goodbyes. Rose and Albus turned away and headed toward the train. Rose followed as Albus wove through the crowd. Suddenly a hand was on Rose's shoulder. She turned to see if she'd forgotten something and her mum was telling her. But it wasn't her mum. It was Scorpious.

"Scorpious!" said Rose in excitement and greeted him with a hug, which he returned happily.

"Hey, Rosie." He replied with a smile. Albus turned to see them in an embrace and smirked. Scorpious released Rose and turned to Albus greeting him with a brotherly hug and a smart comment on his height. Then the three of them turned to the train car and boarded moments before it pulled out of the station.

The three shuffled through the aisle until they found an empty compartment. They started to put their bags onto the luggage rack, but Rose, still short couldn't quite make it, even on her tippy toes. Scorpious put a hand over hers and gave an extra push on her bag sliding it up onto the rack. He looked down at her and smiled. Rose blushed and sat down.

Scorpious sat next to her and Albus across from him, Rose put her feet up on the bench across from her and everything seemed just as usual; the three of them were back together all sitting in happiness. Scorpious told Rose and Albus about his summer, he'd gone to New York for a week with his parents. Albus and Rose shared a story of James jumping off his broom and sliding down the chimney of the Burrow to dive for a snitch when they'd been playing quidditch.

They laughed and smiled together hearing different stories of the summer or something they had just thought of. A few hours for them to just catch up was the best thing they could've had at that moment. The trolley came by and Scorpious treated everyone to a couple chocolate frogs. At some point Rose fell asleep. The train turned and her head fell to Scorpious's shoulder. After a moment she turned into him, putting her hand onto his chest. A smile spread across Scorpious's face and he closed his eyes.

Scorpious had had a crush on Rose since 1st year, and he'd only grown to care for her more over the years. Now, with her head on his shoulder and hand on his chest, he felt happy… and peaceful. Unfortunatley his peace was interrupted by a snort from Albus who had lowered his copy of The Quibbler. Scorpious opened his eyes, but the smile remained on his face.

"When are you going to ask her out?" asked Albus with a smirk.

"Oh shut it, Al. I just don't want things to be awkward, and it's not like she's interested." Replied Scorpious

"And how do you know she's not interested if you haven't asked?"

"Does she seem like she's interested to you? Because she doesn't to me." Scorpious said with a frown.

"She talked about you a whole lot this summer. And didn't you write each other everyday? I think she cares about you more than you realize." Said Albus

"Well, yeah, but she only wrote me because you wouldn't."

"I've never written you before though, she only started writing you often this year. Don't you think that means something?"

"Look, I just don't think it's a good idea, if she says no our friendship will be awkward at best and if she says yes you'll be a third wheel, and then if we break up in an undesirable way, it'll be even worse."

"I don't mind being a third wheel for you. Besides I've already got a girlfriend."

"You have?!" exclaimed Scorpious.

"Yeah."

"Who?"

"You know Mallory, from Ravenclaw?"

"Mallory Henley?"

"Yeah, I asked her out over a letter. That way if she rejected me it wouldn't be as public. But she didn't. I haven't seen her yet though."

"Cool, Mallory's nice, I think Rose likes her too."

"I'm more concerned with Rose liking you."

"Whatever… quiet down I think she's waking up."

And she was. Rose's eyes fluttered open she sat there for a moment, with her head on Scorpious's shoulder, her hand on his chest. Then she seemed to actually wake up. She quickly pulled her hand off Scorpious and sat up straight. She turned to him.

"Sorry!" she said blushing. "You could've pushed me off or woken me up, I wouldn't have minded." Said Rose

"It's alright, I didn't mind anyway. " He said smiling at Rose. His shoulder felt cooler and empty without her head, and his chest felt bare, though he was fully clothed.

"We're getting close." Said Albus, still smirking. "We should change."

"Right." Said Rose, rubbing her eyes. She grabbed her bag and headed to the girl's bathroom. The boys pulled the curtains close and changed in the compartment. Scorpious and Albus both had they're pants on, Albus was finishing the top buttons of his shirt, Scorpious pulling his shirt out of his bag when Rose pushed the door open.

She was treated to Scorpious'w well toned body, slightly tanned from spending most of his summer out doors. "Oh! Sorry!" she said and started to pull the door closed.

"No, it's fine, pants are on." Said Scorpious quickly. Anytime with Rose was good, particularly time when he was not fully dressed.

"You sure?" she called through the door.

"Yes, Rose." Said Albus. She opened the door and sat down, her cheeks still red. She kept stealing glances at Scorpious. He was beautiful. His body was smooth and unflawed. He had a scar on his side, but Rose thought it looked nice. After he had his shirt buttoned he started putting on his tie, except he couldn't tie it correctly.

"Stop." Said Rose and she stood up and started fixing his tie for him."

"I haven't had to put a tie on in a while. I'll remember though" Scorpious said in defense.

"You'll have to. I'm not going to be around to tie your tie for you every morning."

"Sure you will, I'll just have to look stupid till breakfast." He said in reply as he looked down at her, a smile on his face. She was beautiful and her concentration was set on his tie, not glancing up for a moment. Her blue eyes looked bright against her pale face, freckled from the summer sun. She pulled the tie tight to his neck and stepped back to admire her work.

"All set." She said and sat down. Scorpious adjusted the tie and pulled on his robes. He sat down just as someone walked past the door. And then came back. It was Aline Long. She pulled open the car's door. She had long dark hair, and pale skin with dark eyes, she was strikingly beautiful, and she hated Rose.

"Why on Earth are you two sitting with this stupid Gryffindor girl again? Haven't you gotten tired of being joked about in the common room yet?" she said staring at Rose with disgust.

"Shut up Aline, you're just mad because Gryffindor won the House Cup last year." Snapped Albus

"Whatever Potter. You don't belong in Slytherin anyway. Everyone knows you wanted to be in Gryffindor like your stupid brother."

"You know what Aline, as I recall nearly everyone got tired of making fun of us after about a week, but you kept at it. So stop holding a grudge and get over it. We're part of your house whether you like it or not." Said Scorpious

"She's not you filthy muggle lover." With that she closed the door and stalked off.

"What do they say about me?" asked Rose quietly after a moment.

"It's not important Rose." Replied Albus.

"No, I want to know."

"Rose…" said Scorpious

"Look, at least you hear what they're saying about you, I clearly don't, and that's not okay with me." Albus and Scorpious exchanged glances.

"Are you sure?" Albus asked.

"Yes, I'm sure now what is it?" she asked, irritated with them now.

Albus started. "Rose they say a bunch of different things, some about Ron being a blood traitor and Hermione being a mudblood."

"But they say you're friends with us to cheat off our grades." Said Scorpious quietly. Scorpious and Rose were at the top of the class, Albus was somewhere in the upper middle.

"They say you've got no brain because of your muggle blood and…and that you've never learned a thing in your life without our help. They say you're a squib" said Albus

"They call you MLSG and Weasel." Said Scorpious

"What does MLSG stand for?" asked Rose quietly

"Muggle Loving Squib Girl" whispered Albus after a long pause

"Oh." Said Rose. She felt small. Her day had been going so well! She was going back to Hogwarts. She'd finally gotten to see Scorpious. She'd woken up on his shoulder. She'd seen him shirtless! And then that was all to be ruined by Aline. Who decided to tell her she was ridiculed in the Slytherin common room. Her parents along side her.

"I'm sorry Rosie." Said Scorpious softly. She smiled weakly.

"It's okay." She lied. The three of them sat in silence for the next couple minutes while the train pulled into the station.