So, I've decided to write a sequel to Changes, as I had quite a few reviews asking for one. This story will be less focused on romance than Changes was, but there will still be a lot of Rose and Scorpius :). If you haven't read Changes, I would suggest reading that one first as it will help you understand the characters and their backstory. This story is also likely to switch between Rose and Lily's POVs. I hope everyone enjoys it. Unfortunately, school has started, so I will probably only be updating around once or twice a week.
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Rose POV
Lying flat on my broom, I descended as quickly as I could towards the roof of Number 12, Grimmauld Place, trying not to let the Invisibility Cloak flap too much and reveal any part of my body. My head was spinning, and even the three hour broom ride hadn't been enough for me to fully realise what had just happened. I'd gone to Scorpius's house. I'd told him how I'd felt. He'd kissed me. And now we were together.
Happiness was literally bursting out of my every pore. That is, until I stepped inside the house, moving as quietly as I could in the hopes of not being discovered and saw my father's face. He was standing in the entrance hall, arms folded, staring at me. The expression on his face was angrier than I'd ever seen it.
***
I hadn't really ever thought I'd be able to pull off running away to Malfoy Manor in the middle of the night without being found out. However, I hadn't bargained for my entire family in the entrance hall, waiting for me to come home and trying their best to prevent my father from coming out to look for me. The only reason he hadn't, he informed me through gritted teeth, was that Lily, plus our friends Helen and Swarna, had convinced him to give me until one o'clock to come home on my own. I'd only just made the deadline.
I wasn't sure whether to thank my friends for preventing my father for coming to Malfoy Manor, or to be angry with them for telling him where I was. I had no time to decide, however. He was still staring at me.
'Rose, what the hell possessed you to go flying off to Malfoy Manor in the middle of the night?' he yelled suddenly, his voice rising with every syllable. 'And how can you possibly be going out with a Malfoy? Don't you remember what I said to you on your first day of Hogwarts? Or did you just not listen?'
I knew what I had done was stupid and he had every right to be angry with me, but I was not going to put up with him being against Scorpius because of his family.
'I'm not going to put up with your prejudices, Dad. We're not at war anymore.' I said, looking him straight in the eye. 'I know I shouldn't have flown off without telling anyone, but I knew if I told you, you would never let me speak to Scorpius again.'
He opened his mouth, probably to agree with the whole never-speaking-to-Scorpius-again thing, but Mum stepped in, taking his arm.
'Ron, you're right about how she shouldn't have gone anywhere without our permission, but she does have a point. We do need to talk about your prejudices.'
She looked at me. 'Rose, why don't you go and sit in the drawing room while your father and I talk about this? We'll call for you in a while.'
Knowing I was lucky to get off this lightly, I headed into our room without protest. Helen, Lily and Swarna followed immediately, all wanting to know what had happened.
***
I had just finished telling the story when the door opened and Dad entered. He still looked angry, but not as furious as he had before. Immediately, Helen, Swarna and Lily melted away like snow does when the sun comes out. 'Great' I thought. I would have to face Dad alone.
He stopped in front of me. 'Rose,' he said formally, taking a deep breath. 'I've talked to your mother, and while I do not condone you sneaking out of the house in the middle of the night, I'm sorry for what I said about Scorpius. You were right, I was prejudiced, and I will try to be open minded about this.'
I was completely shocked by this. I had been convinced that Dad would never come around to the idea of me and Scorpius. Before I could speak though, he went into a long rant about how irresponsible I was, how if I ever snuck out of the house again I would regret it, and how, for my punishment, I was grounded for the rest of the Christmas holidays, and would have to spend Boxing Day cleaning the attic. I listened to this without complaining, because I knew I deserved it.
Once he'd got it all off his chest, I hugged him silently, then we both went downstairs to everyone else.
***
The rest of the Christmas holidays passed uneventfully. I spent Boxing Day cleaning the attic, something that didn't really feel like a punishment as there were so many interesting objects to examine. I spent half an hour going through an antique trunk, looking at all the old fashioned robes it contained and marvelling at how much fashion had changed. This change was undeniably a good thing, I decided, folding a set of moth eaten robes in a horrible purple colour that were covered in lace ruffles.
I was about to put the clothes back in the trunk when I noticed something gleaming at the bottom of it. I reached in and pulled it out, examining it closely. It appeared to be a necklace, with a tiny hourglass hanging on a thin chain. I pushed it into my pocket, then promptly forgot about it for the rest of the holidays.
***
It wasn't until the last day of the holidays, when I was packing, that it reminded me of its presence by falling out of the pocket of my jeans as I folded them.
It fell at Lily's feet, and she picked it up.
'Is this yours, Rose?' she asked, looking at it closely. 'It's beautiful.'
'No, I just found it in the attic while I was cleaning,' I replied, now packing my spellbooks, which had somehow moved out of my trunk and into a huge heap on the floor beside my bed. I wasn't entirely focused on the conversation, as most of my mind was busy being excited over seeing Scorpius again. 'You can have it if you want.'
'Thanks, Rose,' Lily smiled, tucking the necklace into the pocket of the robes she was carrying.
***
We took the Knight Bus to Hogsmeade Station the next day, arriving just in time to catch a carriage to Hogwarts. Despite all my subtle glances at the crowd, I couldn't see Scorpius anywhere.
'Don't worry Rose, you'll see him when we get there,' laughed Helen. I blushed. Maybe my searching hadn't been so subtle after all.
Much to my chagrin, I didn't see him again until the feast. He smiled happily at me from the Slytherin table and got up to come over, but at that exact second, Headmistress Bones stood up to make her speech. He sat down, looking disappointed. I gritted my teeth, annoyed. We'd written to each other during the last week of the holidays, but I had wanted to talk to him.
I finally got my chance in the Entrance Hall after dinner. There was no time to talk properly, as we were surrounded by students trying to go to bed, but he managed to give me a quick kiss.
Feeling much happier, I accompanied my friends to the dormitory. Helen, Swarna and I immediately started to get ready for bed, but Lily insisted she had to use the library to go and check some minor fact in her Transfiguration essay in a book. Despite all our protests, she would not allow us to talk her out of it, so eventually we let her go.
Lily POV
I headed down to the library, shaking my head at how my friends had tried to convince me to go to bed without checking my essay. I knew I worried too much about work – I took after my Aunt Hermione that way – but I had long since learned not to fight it.
I reached the library and searched, as quickly as possible, for the book I was looking for, a history of all the Animagi ever registered. Finding it, I dropped into a chair to quickly check how many had been recorded in the 17th century. As I read, I toyed with the hourglass around my neck, the necklace Rose had given me. It spun between my fingers, faster and faster until it became a blur. I had always needed something to fiddle with as I worked. It helped me concentrate, and this necklace was possibly my favourite random object ever. Becoming engrossed in the book as I always did, I didn't look up until I'd found what I needed, a good five minutes later.
Once I had, I stood up, closing the book. Next second, I'd jumped back in shock, bashing painfully into the chair behind me.
'Ouch!' I exclaimed, falling into the chair again and rubbing my sore ankle, while my eyes roamed around the unfamiliar room I was now in.
Well, the room was familiar. It was still the Hogwarts Library, but it was different. The bookshelves were closer together, and there were fewer chairs.
With a start, I realised that, sitting in one of those chairs, was a teenage boy with dark hair, staring at me with interest.
Please review as I want to know if you like the beginning of this fic. Don't worry, Lily won't stay in the past for long, and there will be more Rose/Scorpius in the next few chapters.