Disclaimer: Jo owns Harry Potter, the characters, and probably me by this point.

She had never done anything like it before.

Rose Weasley spent her time evenly divided between studying and classes and reading and the occasional friend. Her mother had raised her to be logical and precise while her father made sure she knew she was allowed to have fun.

She didn't often listen to her father.

Some days she would skip meals to catch up on sleep or to memorize what she might need for a test, but never classes.

Because she wanted to be something that no one in her never-ending family had been and she couldn't do that if she didn't study hard enough. She had to work hard in school, get a job in the Ministry working with Muggle Relations - without help from any of her family, thank you very much - and move up to become a Obliviator.

The sequence of thoughts, studyworkhardgetajobmoveup, ran through her mind as she purposely took the wrong turn and went down the wrong corridor and it was all wrong but she did it anyway.

"Oh, Merlin, I don't know what I'm doing," She sang quietly, her legs carrying her away from where she needed to be. She looked behind her, almost willing herself to turn back around before she ran into what felt like a wall.

"What the- Weasley?"

Rose looked up and smiled at the face of Scorpius Malfoy weakly before blurting out what she was trying to convince herself she wasn't doing:

"I was looking for you," She said quickly, biting her lip. Scorpius raised an eyebrow and opened his mouth to speak, but Rose beat him to it.

"I hate my family." She blurted. "I hate them because they expect me to be my mum and get perfect marks and I'm tired to it. I'd rather be a Curse-Breaker than an Obliviator but I feel like I have to do something that nobody I'm related to ever has because they're the Golden Trio and they all faught and did great things. And-and…. And I thought I could talk to you about it but I don't know why and… Oh, I'm sorry-"

"Weasley- Rose. Rose, calm down." He laughed, causing Rose's mouth to drop. He was laughing. He had the audacity to laugh at her. Why was he laughing?

"I shouldn't have come to you about this," She breathed, pinching the bridge of her nose. "I don't know why I did; the only time we ever talk anymore is when we're yelling at each other."

"Because all you do is hide away in your room and study," He muttered, rolling his eyes.

"I do not-"

"You do so, and I'm going to tell you something so you need to listen."

She nodded slowly, tucking a curl behind her ear.

"You don't hate your family," He started, raising his hand to stop her from speaking when she opened her mouth. "I claim to all the time and I don't, but I'm still closer to it than you are. You're just in a rut. Skip class once or twice, live a little. Disobey your parents. Rose, you need to live."

"I need to live," She repeated dryly.

"You just said you'd rather be a Curse-Breaker, that job requires more living than any other. Talk to your uncle about it."

"But my family thinks…"

"Your family doesn't matter!" He said a little too loudly, grabbing Rose's elbows. "Merlin, Weasley, you've got to get that in your head. They saved the world, yeah, and that's a big deal but it's over now. It's your turn."

Rose stayed silent, watching him carefully with large blue eyes.

Then she stood on her toes and kissed him, pressing her lips to his.

"Weasley, what are you-" He murmured, his hands falling to her hips.

"Shh. I'm living."

She kissed him again

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I think I'll try to get one up a week, maybe? Thanks for reading. -MK