An auburn haired girl stared at the big white house and sighed.
"How am I suppose to survive this night without going insane?!"
The girl closed her small blue-green eyes and ran her fingers through her long hair.
'Why did they invite him to dinner? Oh right... he's their ''friend''. Ugh, just stay as far away from him as you can and everything will be okay... I think...'
She rang the bell and waited for an answer. Moments later, the door opened and her cousin Lily appeared.
"Hi" she said awkwardly.
"Rose?" Lily called "Finally! I thought you decided not to come!"
"Yeah... sorry I'm late" Rose smiled sheepishly "I couldn't find -" she tried to explain but her cousin interrupted.
"I don't care! Come in, dinner's almost ready. It's lasagna, hope you like it" she smiled and started walking to the kitchen "They're all in the living room."
"Oh, okay, do you need any help?" Rose asked.
"Nah... it is almost ready, but thank you anyway." Lily said smiling like a little girl on Christmas "Go on, I'll call everyone when it's done" she entered the kitchen and screamed to her cousin "Get out on my kitchen Hugo! Stop trying to eat all the food!"
Rose laughed at her brother's luck "You better get out if you don't want to face Lily's wrath" she warned while laughing.
"But... I'm hungry!" he pouted.
"I don't care! Just go, shooooooo" Lily said pushing him out of the kitchen.
"Fine, I'll go play upstairs since you all want me to starve!" he sighed dramatically causing Rose to laugh harder.
"Oh, you poor thing..." she said with sarcastic worry. Hugo huffed and stormed upstairs.
Lily shook her head at her cousin and walked back into the kitchen with a ghost of a smile on her lips. Rose then walked towards the living room that was at the end of the hall lost in her thoughts 'Please don't be here yet... oh god, that's his voice!'
She stopped on the doorway of the rather big living room, scanning it to avoid a certain person...
The walls were a burgundy colour, contrasting with the white celling, while the floor was dark wood. In the center, there was a glass table with two beige sofas on each side of it, a marble fireplace behind framed by the walls and the paintings on each side aligned with both sofas. James and Scorpius sat on the left one while Albus sat on the opposite. Rose trailed her eyes back to Scorpius making him smirk at her face.
'Stop smirking... just st-' her thoughts were interrupted when she noticed her cousin Albus Potter waving his hands in front of her face.
"Rose? Rose! Is someone in there? Where are you staring at?" he asked turning around to look at where she was staring.
'Oh no, he can't notice that... say something Rose!'
And, before he turned completely, she distracted him by talking to him "Han? Oh sorry, I was... thinking" she said while her eyes stared back at Scorpius to see his smirk widen with pleasure in seeing her uncomfortable.
"Yeah, I kind of figured that one out." Al said smiling "Anyway, are you going to join us or stand in the middle of the doorway?" he asked sitting again and patting the sit on his left. Rose smiled and sat beside him looking directly at Scorpius.
"So Rose, what took you so long to get here, han?" James, Al's and Lily's older brother, asked curious.
"I couldn't find something really important" she answered cryptically.
"Courage, perhaps..." Scorpius mumbled but Rose heard.
"What was that?" Rose asked him narrowing her eyes.
"Oh nothing..." he answered with his signature arrogant smirk.
'Oh how I hate you Malfoy. Why can't you just keep your mouth shut?'
"What would be the fun in that?" he asked provoking her.
'How?... Wait, did I just say that out loud?! Oh god...' she thought with wide eyes. Scorpius smirked and gave her a look that clearly said 'Oh yes you did'.
'If you want to be that way, fine. I'll give you to smirk at' she thought smirking herself.
"And... it begins..." Al said while James sighed "Here we go again".
"You know, Malfoy, the world would definitely be a better place if you knew how and when to shut up. No one was talking to you" Rose said "But, did that ever stop you before? Of course not..." she stood up rolling her eyes.
"It's amazing how you know me so well Weasley" he answered winking at her.
"Fuck you" she said loudly and started walking towards the kitchen.
"Only if you help" she heard him say "Wouldn't you like to help a friend in need?" he continued causing her to stop on the doorway and turn to face him.
"Sorry to disappoint you but you're not my friend. Not even close, so you can keep trying..." she turned around and resumed her path to the kitchen where she didn't have to look at his face.
"I will, thank you for the advice, friend" he called from the living room where Albus and James were watching the 'show' with their mouths open.
"I thought you said you weren't going to argue with her again! Seriously, I can't take it anymore! This is getting out of hand!" Al confessed standing and pacing up and down the room.
"Just calm down okay? Jeez, you're making me nervous!" James complained rolling his eyes "But he's right Scorp, that was a little too much".
"I said I would try" Scorpius started "Besides, she is the one to blame! I'm an innocent victim..." he exclaimed, smirking when he remembered how this whole mess started...
Scorpius was walking down the street after work when he ran into someone.
"Huh, sorry! Oh it's you..." Rose Weasley said frowning at him.
"Don't be mean Weasley, you really hurt my feelings!" he said putting his left hand above his heart pretending to be hurt.
'I didn't know she had returned from her little trip to Venice' he thought confused why Al hadn't told him that his favourite cousin was in town.
"Whatever..." she said walking away "It was not nice to meet you again!"
"Likewise" he said smirking and resuming his path down the street.
(...)
A few weeks passed by without any trouble. That is, until that day when he visited Albus. He rang the bell and, imagine his surprise when, Rose opened the door.
"Malfoy, what are you doing here?" she asked surprised.
"Al called, he said he needed to talk to me, that it was urgent. What are you doing here?" he retorted.
"I'm his cousin, duh!" she opened the door so he could come in "Al is in his bedroom, I'll be in the kitchen with Steve if he needs me, okay?" the red-haired said.
"Hum, who's Steve?" Scorpius asked curiously.
"My boyfriend..." she answered like it was obvious, walking away.
'What can they be possibly be talking about that is taking them so long?!'
"Rose? Are you listening?" her boyfriend Steve said.
"Huh? Sorry, I was thinking about something... but anyway, what were you saying?"
"I have to go now, some emergency with work..." he explained.
"Oh okay, good luck then" Rose smiled and grabbed Steve's hand, both standing up and walking to front door.
"Bye Steve, I'll call you later okay?" Rose asked opening the door. He placed a hand to her cheek, leaning to kiss her and Rose kissed him back. Some seconds later he pulled back "Sure babe, I'll be waiting." he said walking out the door. Rose tried not to flinch at the ridiculous nickname and closed the front door sighing.
After Scorpius left Al's bedroom, he heard Rose say goodbye to her boyfriend and the sound of the front door close. Then, he frowned. Everything was quiet... 'Maybe she left with him...' he thought while walking down the hallway towards the front door. Suddenly, Scorpius felt himself being pulled inside a dark room, where the only light was from the hallway, and pressed against the wall by Rose.
'What the hell ?!' he thought but, before he could voice it, she kissed him like her life depended on it. Scorpius opened his mouth trying to talk, but Rose took advantage of that and deepened the kiss, pressing him harder between her and the wall, both of them moaning from the contact.
'Wait, is this really happening? Well, I should enjoy it while it lasts...' Scorpius snapped out of his thoughts and turned them around, this time being Rose against the wall, never breaking the kiss. It wasn't soft or sentimental, not at all, it was raw and deep and aggressive, the attraction between them clear in it. He took her hands in his and held them above her head, broke the kiss and started nibbling, kissing and licking his way down her neck to her collarbone.
Rose moaned as he nibbled on her pulsing point and trailed his mouth to the valley of her breasts while grabbing the back of her thighs and lifting her so she could wrap her long legs around his waist. Rose moaned louder and tugged at Scorpius' blond hair to kiss him again as he groped her wherever he could.
'Oh god, that feels so good, why haven't I tried it before?' she moaned 'Wait, what am I doing?! No, no, no, NO! Not with him! For god's sake Rose, you have a boyfriend!' she thought coming back to reality, pushing him away and staring wide eyed "Why did you do that?!"
"Excuse me?! You're the one who grabbed me and kissed me like there was no tomorrow! I'm an innocent victim..." Rose blushed at Scorpius' comment "Now, I always knew you were attracted to me, but damn..." he smirked and suddenly Rose felt furious "You're a bastard! That was a mistake, a simple one-time thing!"
"Sure, keep telling yourself that, someday you might actually believe it..." he answered sarcastically.
"Huh, you're insufferable!" she huffed.
"And you are a glorious kisser..." he retorted smiling at her uneasiness.
"Shut up! Weren't you leaving?" she offered him a sarcastic smile.
"I was... before you started kissing me..." he answered in a very low and deep voice.
"Oh shut it! Don't mention this to anyone, do you hear me?" she narrowed her eyes, her lips forming a thin line.
"I'll think about it... See you around!" he said smiling and leaving Rose alone in the huge guest bedroom.
"Oh no you won't!" She screamed but stopped when she heard him laugh, then a door closing.
"Scorpius? Scorpius! Hey, I'm talking to you! Or, at least trying to..."
"Sorry, I just remembered something..." he smiled "but, what were you saying?"
Albus sighed "I said: I hope you try harder. At least don't provoke her, okay? She already has a lot to worry about..." he continued lowering his eyes to the beautiful carpet under his feet.
Scorpius frowned and was about to ask for more details but Lily screamed "Dinner's ready!"
Dinner was pretty intense between Rose and Scorpius (since she glared at him every five seconds while he smirked all the time) and awkward for Lily, Albus, James and Hugo. Well, maybe it was only awkward for Lily and Albus since James and Hugo were busy devouring the lasagna...
"Sister, this lasagna is delicious!" James said to Lily.
"Thank you James. Just don't eat everything, some of us may want more!" Lily warned him then looked at Hugo who was stuffing more lasagna in his mouth "Ew, that's gross Hugo!"
"What? But it's so good!"
"I totally agree with Hugo!" James said and both did an high-five.
"You finished all the lasagna! Not fair, I wanted more!" Rose pouted.
"Me too! You two are so selfish sometimes..." Albus declared and looked at her sister expectantly.
"What? No, I'm not cooking again, I'll bring in the dessert." she sighed standing up and walking to the kitchen.
"I've got an idea!" Scorpius said making everyone look at him in hope "Rose can cook something, right Rose?" he looked her in the eyes smirking arrogantly "She's a great cook, you know?" he asked wiggling his eyebrows and Rose's eyes widened in shock while everybody looked at her, then at Scorpius, then at her again with their mouths wide open. Even James and Hugo stopped eating.
"Huh and how exactly do you know that? Rosie says she hates to cook..." Hugo raised an eyebrow in suspicion.
"It's true, she says it all the time." Lily said narrowing her eyes at him, putting the dessert on the centre of the table.
Rose looked around her to see everyone looking at them suspiciously then at Scorpius' eyes and remembered that critical day...
Not even a week later after the "incident" at Al's house, Rose entered her favourite pub and found him sitting on a booth looking down at his drink. As if sensing her presence, his green eyes looked up and found hers. She inhaled deeply and walked towards where he sat and the blond smiled.
"Hi, mind if I sit?" she asked politely.
"Not at all" he gestured for her to sit in front of him and Rose obeyed the request.
"So," she started "what happened to make you sit here drinking all alone?"
"Rough day at work, nothing interesting..." he answered annoyed "What are you doing here?"
"Hey, no need to be rude, I was only asking!"
"You're right, sorry, I just... it was a frustrating day..." he looked down ashamed.
Rose gasped and looked at him shocked.
"What?" he asked worried.
"I can't believe it! Scorpius Malfoy said he was sorry and that I – Rose Weasley, your mortal enemy – was right?! It must be the end of the world..." she mocked him with laughter in her eyes.
"Ah ah, very funny..." Scorpius said annoyed but smiled nevertheless. They looked at each other and started laughing so loud that the others glared at them.
"We should leave before they kick us out" Rose suggested after regaining control of her breathing.
"Yeah, we should" he smiled then stood up, helping her stand and both walked out of the pub.
(...)
Rose woke up to the sound of birds singing and something trailing up her spine. She shivered and hummed when it touched a sensitive spot.
"Good morning love..." a voice welcomed her and she started smiling but froze when she realized to whom that voice belonged to. In that moment, she realized two crucial things: 1) it belonged to Scorpius; 2) she was naked, with him, in a bed, barely covered by satin sheets. "Glad you finally woke up, not that watching you sleep naked next to me after a night of hot steamy sex isn't entertaining... but I'm hungry and I don't know where all the things are, so..." he confessed and looked ate her expectantly "... get up, come on!" he stood up, in all his naked glory while she blushed and covered her eyes with her hands. Scorpius laughed at her gesture crawling back to bed with a predatory smirk and taking her hands in his "Hey, open your eyes." Rose shook her head no "Oh come on, don't act like a prude now!" she opened her eyes and opened her mouth to protest, but Scorpius beat her to it "I'll make this simple for you: we get up, you cook breakfast, we eat and I leave without talking about this to anyone, deal?" he suggested.
She smiled "Fine..."
'Oh shit, what am I going to say now?! Think Rose, think!'
"Al, remember when I told you about Lyra's party last weekend?" Rose tried to come up with a believable excuse to cover her secret 'affair' with Scorpius.
"Yes..." he answered not understanding.
"Well, I found him there." she answered like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Everyone frowned, still confused and waiting for an explanation.
Rose sighed rolling her eyes "Apparently Lyra thought it was funny to invite Scorpius to her birthday party, just to spite me"
"That does sound like something Lyra would do!" Lily laughed shaking her head at their friend.
"Doesn't explain how he knows you're a good cook" Hugo complained.
"Fine, Jeez!" she rolled her eyes "Mrs. Bianchi asked me to help her in the kitchen since I was the first one to arrive, then Lyra complained because her mother wasn't helping her decorating and I ended up cooking. As simple as that!"
"That's it?! No shocking revelation?! I'm disappointed!" James pouted then started eating the chocolate cake Lily had brought from the kitchen.
'If only you knew...' Scorpius thought while laughing on the inside at Rose's flustered face.